You know, I think this conversation just clarified something for me. I suppose I see the final scene between Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan as such a blatant "this is NOT the ending; the story will keep on going!" that I'm not taking things for that final ... which definitely affects how I react to them.

(But yeah, even then I really don't like the Dixing/Haixing separation and choose to believe it won't last for very long.)