It might be because of the age difference between the FL and the "man" she met at the market. As well as the fact that I'm around the FL's age. But my brain went "You mean boy, she was walking around with a boy. She is a 30 + year old woman chatting with a college student. Nothing happend."
But maybe a little jealousy is needed to move the romance side of the plot forward.











Let the little brother live. The rest of her family can rot, but spare the younger brother.