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I recommend reading the reply below first explaining Lee Yeon and Chaewoo’s past and how they’re connected to each other.
Story should be renamed “everybody hates Kiseok” tbh
Things u need to know:
-the Kwons are a gangster affiliation involved in numerous illegal activities behind the scenes, like drugs, child abuse, human traff!ck!ng, etc etc etc.
-Kwon KiSeok has been calling Lee Yeon once a month to check in. He knows everything, man’s got eyes everywhere.
-silly guy Jang BeomHee has been planting Chaewoo’s favorite things around in secret to try and trigger his memories somehow, it’s not working.
-BeomHee has a situationship with a fierce charismatic woman named Joo Dong Mi
-Gyubaek is such a silly billy, such a goated character fr
Kwon are 4 brothers in total
•Kwon Kiseok = head of Kwon family, evil Larry
•Kwon Heejoon = Hacker, cut ties w the Kwon family-> elementary school teacher, goofy goober and number #1 Kiseok anti
•Kwon ? = a rich entrepreneur, cut ties w the Kwon family, #2 Kiseok anti
•Kwon Chaewoo = head of the anti Kiseok movement. ex-cellist -> Kwon racketeer and torturer -> cellist once again
Basically Lee Yeon slowly begins to fall in love w Chaewoo but is still very hesitant.
Throughout the story, Chaewoo will begin to experience triggering headaches caused by things connecting to his memories/past, specifically to things relating to string music/the cello.
Lee Yeon slowly begins to open up to Chaewoo but doesn’t start to deeply fall for him after an incident where they both get captured by drug manufacturers, Lee Yeon is in denial about her feelings for Chaewoo so she goes on blind dates but quickly realizes she wants to be w him. They have sex for the first time.
They become more like a couple after this. And Chaewoo is still a flirtatious horny mf lmao
Things will happen throughout the story like Lee Yeon and Chaewoo being attacked by a Wild Boar, captured by drug manufacturers, the tournaments, landslide incident, etc etc etc.
In the Landslide incident, after Chaewoo gets Lee Yeon into safety he is dragged and knocked out by the force of the landslide. He regains consciousness as the real Kwon Chaewoo and is confused as to where he is and is very cautious. Lee Yeon hits him in the head and pleads for her husband to comeback. He faints and wakes up in the hospital as Husband Chaewoo and they have non stop hospital sex.
They go back to their usual routine, Chaewoo starts working at a Wildlife Rescue Center.
The Spirit Tree: this is where things start to go south.
Lee Yeon has a challenge to cure a sick historical tree named The Spirit Tree that is worshipped by the townspeople. A Shaman stares down Lee Yeon causing her to feel uneasy so they head home. They return the next day and Lee Yeon performs surgery on the tree while a crowd of angry people watch. Chaewoo is also in the crowd and notices the same Shaman staring at him. He starts to get one of those recurring triggering headaches after the Shaman mumbles something from far, the shaman gets closer to Chaewoo and tells him “you’ll be back tonight”. He starts to feel unwell but pushes his discomfort back and proceeds to gift Lee Yeon a wood carving of a Flower.
Lee Yeon planned on telling Chaewoo the truth about how they really met when they returned home but Chaewoo immediately went to sleep. He doesn’t wake up the next morning to Lee Yeon’s surprise and slept for a month.
A month goes by, Chaewoo wakes up after having dreamt about his past. He comes back as the real Chaewoo and he looks around hazily. He goes to Beomhee’s house and demands a full rundown off the past 2 years. Once he’s caught up he is disgusted by Lee Yeon. He decides to continue the husband act until he gathers more information regarding Lee Yeon, Kiseok and his mother’s death.
He’s self medicating in order to remain awake.
Lee Yeon and Chaewoo’s relationship during this time is very up and down. Chaewoo is internally fighting w himself a lot, he’s very hostile towards Lee Yeon but he also can’t help but love and feel attracted to her at the same time. Which makes it really difficult for him to act as her Husband. Lee Yeon can tell there’s something off w Chaewoo and notices how distant he is, she knows he’s been putting up an act but decides to play along as well because she loves him.
Chaewoo’s body eventually reaches his limit after a week of staying awake and finally decides it’s time to leave. Lee Yeon prepares an orchestra as a surprise for Chaewoo, when Chaewoo arrives he walks up to a cellist and grabs the cello just to smash it. He taunts Lee Yeon and makes her cry. He brings up his mom and blames Lee Yeon for selling her back to the Kwon family causing her death. They break up and Chaewoo is taken back to the Kwon residence. Gyubaek is accidentally kidnapped after some Kwon guards trash Lee Yeon’s yard.
Days go by and Lee Yeon is still incredibly depressed and the spirits tree had died. It was poisoned and she knows Chaewoo had something to do with it.
She starts feeling better after talking to her friend Joo Dong Mi (A woman who worked w Chaewoo in the Wildlife rescue center, she was hooking up w BeomHee and he ghosted her lol).
Lee Yeon finds out she’s 12 weeks pregnant and decides to move on. She plans a funeral for Chaewoo and buries the wood flower carving he had gifted her and bids him goodbye.
Lee Yeon contacts Kiseok and demands he give back Gyubaek, he negotiates w her and they both come to an agreement. Lee Yeon is to serve 1 month of her gardening skills in order to get Gyubaek back so she goes to the Kwon Residence.
Chaewoo had been in a deep sleep and finally wakes up after a month and immediately tries to look for his wife but immediately remembers he was back home and isn’t w Lee Yeon. He begins to experience internal conflict as he struggles w his identity as the real Chaewoo and the husband Chaewoo.
He decides to not sleep for as long as he can again and begins to hallucinate a sleeping Lee Yeon wherever he goes.
Lee Yeon arrives to the Kwon main house and Chaewoo mistakes her as a hallucination but quickly realizes it’s actually her and thus begins the most delicious angsty slow burn I’ve read in a long time lol.
Chaewoo is very impatient and slightly rough w Lee Yeon at first and Lee Yeon is very strict and stands her ground.
Chaewoo gets more and more pathetically desperate the more Lee Yeon rejects him, especially after he finds out she’s pregnant (he decides to act like he doesn’t know and waits for her to tell him instead out of respect for her).
He finally accepts his love for her and tries his best to be patient w her, as difficult it is to keep his hormones in check whenever he’s around her.
A lot of things happen during this time too. Sex party, shootings, etc. all while Chaewoo is actively trying to take Kiseok down w the help of his other hot older brother, Kwon Heejoon.
Lee Yeon is forced to accompany Kiseok to an event introducing a new drug. Chaewoo accidentally takes this drug and trips out. Lee Yeon witnesses him cry and talk to hallucinations of his mom and of Lee Yeon expressing his sorrow and regrets.
After witnessing Chaewoo’s drugged up confessions, Lee Yeon decides to give him an impossible task. He has to find a way to fix the Spirit Tree he had killed. If he finds a way to fix the problem then she’d accept him back in her life. Days go by and it’s Lee Yeon’s last day in the Kwon residence. Chaewoo finally comes up w a solution for the dead Spirit tree. He meets Lee Yeon outside in the rain and passionately plays the cello for her for the very first time since his mother’s death. He cries and hugs the instrument and vows to play forever in place of the dead Spirit tree. Lee Yeon accepts and they get back together. And it’s so cute it’s probably my favorite moment.
Another incident happens when Lee Yeon returns to Hwaido w Gyubaek on a boat, Lee Yeon is hurt after being kidnapped but all goes well with the help of Gyubaek, BeomHee, Heejoon, guard dogs and ofc Chaewoo.
Chaewoo manages to take over as head of the Kwon Business (he locked Kiseok in a basement lol) and lives in Hwaido w Lee Yeon. As promised, he plays the cello in the exact spot where the Spirit Tree once stood. He wants to marry Lee Yeon but Lee Yeon is reluctant and rejects him. She just wants to date for now.
BeomHee and Dong Mi are an official couple and are no longer a situationship yippie, Gyubaek is Chaewoo’s wingman it’s funny, Chooja disapproves of Chaewoo but is willing to accept after Chaewoo offers his 3rd older brother to her lmao, They’re expecting a baby girl, Chaewoo takes care of housework and is experiencing Sympathetic Pregnancy symptoms….and yes Chaewoo is still a horny mf
Chaewoo plans a baby shower for Lee Yeon. Gyubaek is excited to be a big brother (no they don’t adopt him but they might as well) and writes a book for baby Namwoo (she’s not born yet). End.