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you can read back around chap 37-38. but to explain, xinlu made a deal with ilay not to touch/bother tae anymore if they slept together. and our asshole of a man decided to make tae see it. so yes! they did have sex (tae even saw xinlu giving ilay a head/hiding him, i forgot). and later on, we all know that our bastard of a man regretted everything LMAO
honestly i uncomfy rereading it, i literally scrolled past it and only read the dialogue it's so freaking awkward but i know it would be important
but honestly though, i feel like ilay wanted to clear up the "slept with xinlu" incident because he doesn't want taeui to think that he liked xinlu before and also wants tae to understand that only like him (although his way of saying it is weird). it's even more fuel to the fire when he said he shared the same type as tae before (small/cute), but i believe that plays on the bigger picture that he knows xinlu's personality and plan. i have so much to ramble about but thank you for the meal