Is it possible you started watching the show post leap?
The narrative is very one sided where Virat n PL r shown victims despite committing crimes.
Is Sai problem maker? NO
Sai is not problem maker but CN people hate her so much that everything she does is a problem.
Just to give example of their hatred- If you remember old episodes- In Amay track argument started because Elders saw her standing the doir. JUST STANDING THERE!
She eats out its problem.
She eats home its problem
She works its problem
These are very basic things and they made mountain out of mole because they never accepted Sai.
ON THE OTHER HAND they love PL so much that her infidelity towards their own Son Samrat is ignored. Her criminal acts towards Sai and her fetus were ignored and they not only accepted her but worship her.
Sai can not be forgiven for speaking up for Devi n Mohit but PL can be forgiven for Criminal acts like hiring goons to attack Sai!! Devi would still be living in hell hole if Sai did not rescue her. Ofcourse there would have been no tamasha but Harini would have been motherless and Devi would be locked in room.
I Know you asked not to mention Virakhi but they have to be mentioned to highlight the hatred CN people had towards Sai. Few loved Sai at some point because she helped them or they loved Virat but in large scheme neither Virat nor his family accepted Sai wholeheartedly that is why they made til ka taad of everything she did, good or bad (mostly good). Blamed Sai for everything wrong in their life without reflecting on their own actions.
Sai is victim of domestic abuse at hands of in laws. How they break a person bit by bit.
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