Honestly, I don't think everyone is being fair to the former fiance. She followed him around acting like an obsessive yandere saying she was the only one he could ever be with. Everyone thinks of it as a red flag when it's men who do it to girls but usually beat up the fiances when it's the girl doing it. Was it wrong of him to go out with others when the engagement was being decided, maybe? But it was only talking most of the time. I don't think cheating is okay but in this situation, I feel like it's a gray area.
That being said the real mc is really lovable, I just feel like the former fiance doesn't deserve all the flak he's getting.
Considering the setting, it is legal to have many lovers (it was even mentioned that he will have 7 wives). So don't get me wrong, I have nothing against him in that "cheating" aspect, since it is true that the original Haewon was a psycho (since her step-mom was manipulating her to act like one) when he was having a simultaneous relationship. I also don't blame him for almost killing the original Haewon lmaoo I'd do that too if he were me. So for the others who are fueling their hatred for him and justifying OG Haewon's actions because he was "cheating", I agree with you on the matter. OG Haewon is totally in the wrong, she got what she deserved.
But it's a different story when he started assuming that, "Oh man she's still chasing me all the way here, how obsessed is she with me? I knew the cancellation of the engagement was a scam!" because of a COINCIDENCE. None of her actions prior to being unmasked point to the "she's stalking me" conclusion he has. Is it reasonable that he is just paranoid because of past experience? Yes, and no.
Because the current Haewon is clear how DONE she is with him, many weeks have passed since they last interacted, she is displaying her disinterest even after meeting by chance... and he is STILL convinced that she's a scheming stalker? Without a shred of doubt? He has problem. At this point in the story, even the people outside the Dang family realized wayyyy earlier that she's changed -- or at least, she isn't what the rumors paint her out to be.
So for me, the way ex-fiance is acting right now is really unlikeable and I can see it becoming a pattern for their next encounters. So I'm patiently waiting for the moment he wakes up and realizes she's really no longer obsessed with him. If they get along or at least return to acting like strangers then I'd cut him some slack HAHAHAHHAHA
Yeah, I agree that after a few times it gets stupid but for now, I feel like it's excusable due to the fact that they just broke up so he's still nervous.
this reminds me a lot of Trash of the Count's family, but with a female lead... i am totally digging the adventure-centered plot, and her personality is similar to Melissa from Beware the Villainess (funny, because the supposed "male protagonist" is as delusional and egoistic as one of the "male leads" from that webtoon)