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ok so I decided to pick this up again bc I was so confused why the majority of readers in the comment section is cursing the ML, calling him all the worst names and saying that he’s the biggest trash and doesn’t deserve the shou. My azz got curious bc what did Li Yu do to warrant so much hate (when in fact, he was the one being harassed by the MC) and after catching up to the latest chapters, I am more confused than ever. Probably bc I read too many dog blood cn novels/manhuas with toxic MLs that Li Yu seems like a kitten compared to them. Bro cannot even compete against those scumbag male leads from 188 series. Like the real villain is actually the younger brother, that mf deserves to be slapped with a baseball bat.
Anyway, Im not saying that Li Yu is not a red flag (he literally SA’d the shou, he also betrayed him) but I think he’s mostly naive and a fvkng idiot. I would say his age plays a big factor why he did a lot of stupid things and there’s also a power imbalance between him and JSY due to their age gap. Li yu was young, didn’t know better and got easily manipulated by Suiying’s younger bro, using his childhood affection to coax him and making him an accomplice for his revenge. I think what’s sad about LY and JSY situation is the fact that they fell in love with eo and Li Yu still chose the younger bro and betrayed Suiying. Now, Liyu is just reaping what he sowed and I’m glad Suiying never fold easily. I know Suiying is not a saint either, he’s also a red flag and he did harrass Liyu so many times but I think he didn’t deserve all the shits that happened to him. I also think the chasing arc is not that bad since LiYu was so pathetic chasing after Suiying who didn’t give af about him anymore.
But yeah, my most hated character is definitely the younger bro I wanna slice him in half with a samurai. I might read the novel as well bc most of the time, manhua adaptation doesn’t give much justice to the characters of the OG source