
I totally agree, the ML seems to be a little cucu in the head. Although, I think we do see some kind of development as I've read through the fan translations up to chapter 27. He's 44 but he's just figuring out what love feels like. Basically a teenager in a ahjussi body. As of right now, he seems more like a predator lol

For me, fiction is a way to explore themes that are actually dangerous in real life.
You can delves safely in the how, why, what can go wrong, what can go right, etc.
Because it IS fiction. I never said I feel nothing.
I read according to my mood. Sometimes I want to read the greenest green flag.
Sometimes I'm in the mood for something more rough.
And there are times, I want to read something toxic.
A quick break from a hectic real life.
You'll understand when you're older, but there is few flags redder than a much older person telling you they're into you because you're innocent and not jaded like people their age. The fact he called out that he wouldn't be interested in him after a couple years it's also an incredibly red flag.
This old man is a predator looking for poor young men he can take advantage of. People that can't speak up against him when he abuses them. He wants someone who will just agree to everything he says. He knows he can manipulate them and buy them.
This isn't cute. This is alarming.