Wongo didn't deserve getting sexually exploited and then losing everything imo.
It was his choice. He decided to go down that path to get to the top. He agreed to get sponsors.He did it willingly both parties were using each other for different reasons. I cannot say I didn't sympathize with him while reading maybe I would choose to do the same thing but that doesn't mean that there wouldn't be consequences to his actions. It was inevitable that one day the truth would come out and he would lose his career and also him losing Minki was also something that would happen sooner or later even without Taeyoung(Taeyoung just speaded it up). Their relationship was on life support for a long time already. It was his choices who led him to become what he is today. That's all I am saying. I am not going to judge how "fair" it was or if he deserved better based on personal feelings. It's also in his hands to start again from zero and maybe find happiness again but it's up to him and how he will choose to continue his life from now on. And this is reality, not everything is fair or easy in real life and you have to make choices daily that may lead you to a completely different out come. If you fall you have to gather your pieces and get up again be it with help or sometimes even alone because life will not wait for you neither will time.
Oh so you are ok with sexual exploration. And you don't see these people as victims. Ok
Exploitation*
Sexual exploitation is an act or acts committed through non-consensual abuse or exploitation of another person’s sexuality for the purpose of sexual gratification or personal gain. So his situation doesn't fully fall under this. This was a consensual act of both individuals that would benefit from each other. They are both at fault. They both agreed to it. Wonho was not forced into it. He made the choice himself because he thought that it would benefit his acting career. Why should it be only the fault of the one suggesting if the other agrees? It is something that I don't like or agree with but they were two adult individuals making a "deal". I hope such unethical practices didn't exist since a lot of people are being forced to do it or even threatened by their companies to get a sponsor. This is honestly like prostitution (and in some countries it's legal...). I will partly agree though, at some point(towards the end) he did regret it and from that point on I will agree that he was being sexually exploited but not from the beginning. At some point even Minki question why he still did it when he was already a famous actor so why did he not stop it? Ofc that must have messed up his mentality big time as well... But he decided on those choices. It is cruel and I do feel sorry for him however it was him who led himself to his downfall. I just hope that after this he will eventually start his life again, hopefully find happiness this time.
But how could he stop? He was literally a puppet at that point, everyone could have blackmailed him. He still wouldn't get roles if he stopped?
I was left satisfied with the ending though I wish there was more lol . The author gave justice to all of their characters and portaited their feelings realistically enough for me to sympathize with them. I just loved this from beggining to the very end. In the end everyone got what karma had instore for them. Each one of our actions and decisions leads us to a new path. Our "fate" It's mostly based on our choices and most of the time when you come to regret a choise you made It's already too late. Someone can say this is cruel, unfair or that it was the only way out... But this is rarely the truth. It's just that all of us most of the time want to choose the easiest and faster way for us without thinking the consequences that might come along with it in the future or even deny to think about them. Anyways, this manhua ended up to be deeper than I thought ヾ(￣▽￣)~