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every manhwa does side stories a bit differently. With payback the side stories are called another name which is "payoff" and iirc it's originally a side novel of the same characters. Also the main story followed a certain linear plot (chairman kim and his twink) while the sidestories aren't.
I don't understand how yaoi manhwa authors use side stories. I'm not criticizing or complaining, I just legitimately don't get it.
The main story isn't actually wrapped up or at a good place to end but they ended anyways. There is still conflict that the ML needs to wrap up and their relationship barely started, like they were barely together when the main story ended. To me, that doesn't feel like good place to end the story and obviously the author agrees because they've continued the story through side stories.
In my opinion, this is still part of the main story. If you stopped reading on the chapter called The end you would miss out on so much of the story. You would miss out on so much character developments and plot.
This isn't something that just happens to this manhwa, it happens to almost every single one.
Why do so many authors end their story at a place that is very obviously not the ending and then continue it through dozens of chapters of side story? Do they get paid differently? Do they have contracts that require them to end in so many chapters? There has to be a logical reason why this is so common and I just don't know it.