I honestly think it's a simple explanation of Chiharu just having been around Gospel for so long and picking him up every day that she inadvertently became stronger because of it.
Carrying a baby around every day would definitely strengthen you, I bet.
People sure don't like this arc. I see what they're going for though. The main conflict here plays into Leslie's troubled upbringing where anyone who treats her well earns her trust and affection. Her level of intelligence and her naivety are at odds with one another in this arc, and it goes to...
From where I'm standing, she's still a college student and she's probably unsure what her future should be like beyond having our main man being in it.
Chen Dao wasn't in the original Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel because of a lot of his accomplishments would be attributed to Zhao Yun in that text.
However, historically speaking, Zhao Yun's legendary status in pop culture is thanks to both the historical figure that is Zhao Yun and the...