I disagree. Honestly alot of the novels being translated now is full of authors who take the easy way out. How much easier is it to write a novel with someone who changes history at will? There were alot of uncertainties and the mc tries to do right while not fucking up anything that could change modern China. Honestly, it's a pretty messed up to say u don't care and you very well return to the future somehow. But knowing the future DID help him. Just not in the typical wish fulfillment way. The only thing I remember the mc driving me crazy with was that one woman that would betray him over and over. It was like he loved to dance with death. Was glad when she finally died!
One the other hand, sad as it may be, reality says that unprotected, weak women die.I remember that was pointed out earlier in the novel.