Why does `|` display `\|` in table

What I’m trying to do

I’m trying to write | in a table cell. However, it displays \|. Strange thing is whenever I click on it to remove the "", it disappears, but when my cursor is not there, it appears again. Does this have something to do with the escape sequence of Obsidian?

Things I have tried

I read some documentations but still have no idea how to fix it! If you have any idea, please let me know! Thank you.

Does it display \| in live preview or source view?

If it is source view then it is normal
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It shouldn’t do that in live preview or reading view
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As you can see in the source view, markdown tables are made using |, so if you want to use it inside a table it needs to be ‘escaped’ using \ first.

Edit : It will help if you can copy paste the table with the problem here

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