all of this. I'm enjoying seeing WHY she loved him so damn much. It helps us understand how traumatized she already was, too. Perfectly conditioned to go along with and depend on a domineering man, even when he's useless. I bet he took his resentment out on her a tiny bit at a time. Small snappy comments and insults, until they became constant and every day like we saw at the beginning. It didn't happen overnight, and she probably blamed herself for some of it too. So yeah, the backstory makes me feel so much more for HER than anything else.
Wow
fr!!! some folks dont want an interesting story and i dont understand why
Ngl the tirade of "Fuck Mincheol, i don't wanna see his backstory" is tiring af. It's the least interesting kind of conversation this topic could have. You can just skip these chapters folks. Free will, baby. Use it.
Personally I like stories that make their characters more complex. You do understand that these flashbacks also flesh out our girlie? Mincheol isn't a human shaped trash bag (...okay he kinda is now) and Na Haseo isn't just a door mat that says "Please step on me" (...okay she kinda is now)
He was a genuine upstanding teen deeply in love with his girlfriend and he wanted her happy and comfortable. Someone with a savior complex would have beaten her father back and focused on something superficial like "I want a big mansion for her". But he took the hits, because he understands that seeing her father hurt wouldn't make her happy (because children of abusers sadly still often love their parents and excuse their behavior) and he wants a "warm place" because she gets cold easy. But we do see his character flaws already shining through. He is arrogant and thinks that his results are the only important thing while completely ignoring his attitude. Not to mention his jealousy (which is inherently bad btw). This is just the prequel to his behavior at work when the dude asked about his "family member".
Na Haseo on the other hand feels indebted to him because of that, not to mention, that they bonded over this and she is hardcore attached. Which is perfectly human. She also apparently overcorrected from her father's behavior and stayed incredibly calm and never assumed anything bad about Mincheol before the incident. (honestly I'm still waiting for a big emotional outburst and I hope Beom is the receiving one). She also works her butt off because she is under the assumption that this is the only thing she can do to help her husband, that would have given her the world when they first started out. This also explains why she is so attentive towards her new young paramour. She is already back in old patterns. Her need to take care of some bum is so overwhelming that she ignores a lot of red flags just to be with him.
The backstory is such a great addition and elevated this from "just smut" to an actual well-build story that happens to be horny sometimes.