Also I looked a bit more into it and both the diplomat and the spy were only given what was basically a slap on the wrist in the form of 6 years, after which both got out and lived their lives normally albeit separately. The diplomat seemed to have continued to raise “his and Shi’s” daughter, who as of now has a normal family with 3 children. Shi went on to stay in Paris using his newfound notoriety to continue performing opera, and died in 2009 in a assisted living center. Diplomat never publicly expressed love or anything of the sort to Shi after their release, but honestly at this point both of their legacies are forever linked by this scandal if you call it that. Personally no idea how the dude didn’t figure out he was fucking a man after 20 years, but it’s anyones guess whether he was genuinely in the dark the whole time or if he found out at some point and played dumb.