Been a while since I've seen it, but didn't they hookup after she left the army? Prior that he treated her as any other soldier until he learned the truth.

Funny thing, people on the other side of the political specter are just as pissed at this, they believe the poundMeToo thing is just an excuse to cover up the fact that Capt. Li here is a bisexual icon to people in that community so they removed him to appease the Chinese censors.

Either of those reasons is utter bullshit, whichever is true, fuck this movie and fuck Disney for messing up a classic for political motives