I totally agree with you. The relationship between Dylan and Ellie may grow or develop a bit from this, but if this is the only issue or matter of Ellie and her boyfriend in this event, it would cause another boring and disappointing to Dylan's fans.
According to me there may be scenes related to Ellie and her boyfriend in part 1 and in part 2 there is a discussion between Ellie and Dylan on this issue and Dylan says he will help Ellie. At the end of the event, Ellie happily gives a small kiss to Dylan's cheek, That's all. Other than that, it’s impossible to imagine there could be any hot scenes between Dylan and Ellie in this event.
If something like this happens in 0.160, then perhaps Dylan's fans will be less interested in future updates.