Nadir?
Nadir means the lowest point. So this is basically rock bottom for their relationship
Wait, is the obsession and abuse already done? Or another round before the begging?
I think it is a given that this was just a pretty lil’ showcase. The real thing will surely begin after this plot to escape him, in which he will most likely be found and dragged back, only to endure hell on earth… What I’m not sure about is whether he will kinda buy this first and discover after or he will check indecent parts one should not check on a corpse (given the nature of the body ig) and he will go mad looking for him
Yes, it's finaly over with Yeonjo escaping. The torture/abuse mentioned here clearly refers to what happened in the current arc. Knowing the truth about Yeonjo's killing intentions is what triggered the seme to commit the untold brutalities (chaining Yeonjo and graping him everyday for God knows how long it lasted). Now that Yeonjo escaped, I believe they will not reunite until the very end of this season and the real redemption will happen next season. Having Yeonjo acknowledging his love feelings for the seme looks like a sort of closure. The toxicity is finally behind. I am guessing we will have a time lapse at some point before the redemption arc kicks off
No I think it's definitely over. Check out my answer above
For those who forgot, here's what the authors said about the current plot (act 2) in the previous authors notes:
"And this period will mark the nadir of Yeonjo and Hee-ryang's relationship.
As mentioned earlier, Hee-ryang will be viciously obsessive + abusive toward Yeonjo, committing "untold brutalities,” which he will come to sorely regret by the time we reach Act 3. (No, "regret" won't even begin to cover it. He will want to gouge his heart out and eat it in penitence...!)"