The character Ba Fenghan in the original work, I always thought was too standard of a cool guy. Because it is too standard, people have nowhere to start. So, watching the people around him gradually forming pairs, he was the only one who was still floating... Then, at a certain moment, Shitou suddenly realized that floating around was the most suitable way for him (perhaps, this was just his current mentality).
So, there is this countercurrent.