Dang, Li is so freaking ambiguous all the time, like he just be like "oh woe is me and all of my mysterious burden."
He's been radiating suspicious vibes since chapter one, and it's even blindingly obvious to the notoriously dense Sakura. Like bruh, I get that u want to protect the angel incarnate that is Sakura, but I can only take so much ambiguity for so many chapters. In the majority of the chapters, Li just gazes at Sakura guiltily/longingly/lovinglyt/painfully/etc. Bro just get on with ur confession with.
Tl:dr my boy Li, just confess to her what you've been hiding for 23 chapters and save us all the heartache.
This is just a little rant, but my love for the two angels that are Sakura and Li has not diminished in the least.