
This could just be me, but this side story with the boss has made me both so uncomfortable and so nervous at the same time. Most of the time I straight up skimmed their chapters because....no.
But this latest chapter had me anxious the whole time and atp I'm waiting for something to go horribly wrong. Part of me doesn’t want to read this damn side story anymore because of the toxicity and yet a part of me wants to know what happens just a tiny bit more ugh... I just want to see Dajeong be happy again and have the story end there

The brother makes me want to go up to him and strangle him just to make him shut up, no joke. Everything he said is just pushing the mc further and further away from the goddamn TRUTH of the matter and pushing him further away from actually being able to comprehend and think for himself. That brother needs to shut the fuck up and tell the mc that he needs to handle it on it own and LEAVE IT AT THAT instead of giving him advice that actually IS NOT HELPING. Not to mention the brother sounds like an absolute dick. Its clear he doesnt want to hear any of this from the mc so him telling him all that shit info was just an asshole move.
I like this story, but right now it just seems like the author is trying to drag out this misunderstanding as long as they can between an mc who is so undeniably airheaded and an ml who absolutely MUST beat around the bush everytime despite him doing that resulting in the mc thinking of the WRONG answer. I liked it at first and laughed about it but this chapter jyst flipped that switch made it insanely frustrating instead. Hoping that the mc doesnt take his brothers words to heart and still suggests the "living together" to the ml even if its under his damn breath.

So... I'm a little confused now. At first it felt like the story was going at a slow pace. Not a BAD slow pace, but ya know, just slow which I didnt mind. But now it feels like its suddenly being rushed and tbh it feels like we've about neared the end except I still have so many questions. Maybe it's just coming to the end of season 1 but gosh... I'll have to reread this once its complete!

I'm just a little frustrated they aren't asking Aerin her opinion and/or the fact she isn't speaking up. Doesn't her opinion matter on who she wants to be adopted by? I guess not if they're practically acting like she doesn't exist and carrying on the conversation between themselves. And I think it's so stupid the grandfather didn't comment anything about Havenik's blatantly obvious lies on his economic presentation. I'm guessing the grandfather is trying to make up for being a terrible dad to his son but it's not making him look better. Its making him look worse because he's seemingly complicit with Havenik's actions and is letting his granddaughter be possibly adopted by a man who clearly does not care about her
For those who've been curious. The author is very very active on Twitter and from what I see, they ended up taking a long break after chapter 20, moved houses, and somewhat returned ready to draw again Dec 2024. BUT it looks like they also participated in an event that took place in March that kept them busy awhile. Then it looks like they drew a very small parody manga. The author said... and this is translated from Japanese so not exact words: "the new publication is a nonsensical parody consisting of 8 pages.... sorry....but at least its something new...." basically referring that they're apologizing that it's not a new volume. Then it looks like they had some more events involving this manga in Japan in the early summer months and has been relatively quiet since June, having only posted once in July. So I imagine they could be working on it right now, who knows.
Author's twitter: https://x.com/konashuor