Guys, please don’t victim-blame the MC. I know his decision to listen to his brother seems stupid, but… don’t we all make choices like that?
How many times have we regretted procrastinating on a task? How many times have we told ourselves to be disciplined, only to lie to ourselves anyway? And how many times did we say we’d “let this marinate” but still ended up reading the latest chapter? Are we masochists, enjoying our own suffering? Maybe… idk.
But Yigon is different he doesn’t have a choice. We, on the other hand, do have choices and sometimes ignore them. For Yigon? That freedom wasn’t there.
He was manipulated by his brother for 35 years. Neglected by his parents. Betrayed by the only person he thought would help him. So in the end, who should he choose? A stranger who already failed him, or the family member who’s been manipulating him for 35 YEARS while dangling that small hope of, “maybe one day, you’ll finally get their love”? Just like the lies we tell ourselves: “just one more episode before I go to bed.”
Soooo yeahhh. Blame the circumstances, blame the manipulators, blame the system but not the MC. He just got out of a traumatic accident. He can’t afford to be seen as rebelling against his brother anymore. And even though he has extreme PTSD, he still chooses to live another day.
So please. BE NICE!!
EVERYONE HAS A CHOICE. He's a grown man. He's a rich grown man.
He can leave. He can just leave. He has a passport. He's rich. I'm not even rich and I could just leave because I'm an adult.
You are never in a situation where you have no choice. You are the choices you make. The actions that you do make you who you are. That's it. That's all you are. You are only the things you do. You can claim that you're a good person but if you act like a bad person then you're a bad person.
Only a bad person would drug someone against their will.
He can't just "leave". His life is in danger. Didn't you see him get wrecked by a fcking truck the moment he stepped out of the house??? It's his life or ML. He is not a bad person he is what the circumstances of his situation made him. ( + HE HAVEN'T EVEN DONE ANYTHING YET!!)
We have been watching this MC for months in his time. You're saying that in all that time he couldn't have gone to an airport? He had tons of opportunities.
He's also rich. He could just hire security to get him to the airport and deliver him onto a private jet to take him literally anywhere in the world.
You're completely forgetting that he's rich. He's wildly rich. He's a billionaire.
You're acting like this billionaire has no options. He has more options than anyone you'll ever know.
He has chosen this. Doing nothing is also a choice.
Being rich does not mean that he can't fcking die !!! And what is security gonna do when a big ass truck comes ramming towards the car? Stop it with magic ? You are also forgetting that MC'S brother is also rich and he is not only rich he is also cunning. He is the same guy who messed up a whole car line just to fck his brother up. Do you think leaving the country will solve anything??
His RICH brother is petty enough to let all the passengers on the plane die just to kill MC. He did it once and he is not afraid to do it again. He made it pretty damn clear.
I don't remember a plane crash. What chapter was that?
You're making things up, lol. This man tried nothing except pretending to do drugs. That was his first and only plan. It backfired because it made everyone think he was an addict and addicts can't be trusted. If you've ever dealt with addicts you know that you can love addicts but you can never ever trust them. The ML not believing him is completely justified because he acted like an addict... And that was his plan.
His plan was to make himself look as untrustworthy as possible and do nothing else.
He could have hired security. He could have hired someone to smuggle him out of the country. He could have taken a boat. He could have taken a plane. The only thing he couldn't take was a car because North Korea is in the way.
He could have done dozens of different things. He chose to do nothing and now he's pretending like he's completely out of options, lol.
It was a hypothetical situation. Yk when you said he could have taken a plan yeah I'm talking about that hypothetical plane that he could have taken. And why do you keep bringing up addiction?? I didn't even talk about it ?? IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU OR YOUR SITUATIONS. And did you not read my first comment? Or did you willfully ignored it because you can't think of a reply?? His brother is RICH AND SMART!! He made him get into accidents TWICE!! What makes you think he wouldn't cook up a sachme again??
And no ammount of fucking security or escorts are going to protect him when the whole ass truck comes at them.
I hope when truck-kun kill the brother, he will be reborn as an omega in all of the toxic series, if he’s not an omega then he’ll be nakyum in next life so he will be tortured by seunghoe or the uke in waterside or anyyyyyy toxic BL existed even in beastiality.
The ML is lucky, seonghoe and the red head emperor from Moonlight and Osiris from Ennead had raised the bar of red flag so high in hell that his bitch ass attitude is still lukewarm compared to them but istg he do be testing the limits
Also as much as i wish Yigon to grow some balls, bro was tortured for 35 years with no one ever on his side, i had to put a blind eye eventhough he frustrates me the most coz everything can be settled if he can fight back his bitch ass sorry of an excuse incompetent and insecure brother. But yeah… ptsd is ptsd.
Guess i now have the strength to marinate this story since its gonna get uglier later on. Reading Ennead and this is destroying my mental health. I need to cleanse my eyes with wholesome series now.
Being reborn as Nakyum... that's...
When I so understand where you are coming from....
Please don't give up Blair, I like ur analysis :(
ML will be like : The divorce came out of nowhere
ITS OUTT AND OMG what is Hakyung planning
After rereading this story carefully — first only from the ML’s POV (excluding all of Yigon’s), and then again trying not to be biased towards Yigon — I came to a few conclusions:
1. From ML’s POV, Yigon really does come across as unstable or even delusional.
ML ran multiple background checks on Yigon’s claims and found nothing suspicious. So when Yigon had his anxious breakdown, it understandably made him look like someone losing touch with reality — even like a drug addict dealing with aftereffects.
2. ML might have had a crush on Yigon long before this contract.
His PA and the brother both mentioned that ML’s past one-night stands(ONS) all looked strikingly similar to Yigon. At first, I thought Yigon was just “lucky” that ML happened to like his face. But after rereading, it feels like Yigon is actually the original blueprint, while the ONS partners were merely echoes of him. Maybe we’ll even get a flashback one day showing ML’s first time noticing Yigon.
3.Yigon isn’t really in love with ML.
What he feels is attachment to the comfort ML provided — because it was the first time he felt alive and safe. So when we thought Yigon was “the one who fell first,” that was actually bait from the author. His feelings don’t stem from true love but rather fear of losing that comfort. In contrast, the one truly crazy in love here is ML.
4. So why did ML treat Yigon so badly if he loved him from the start?
Because he was in denial. Attendants even pointed out that ML’s behavior with Yigon was not how he usually treated his flings — it was out of character. A lot of his cruelty comes from the power imbalance of the contract and that immature “bully-your-crush” dynamic.
5.Yigon’s brother is a born serial killer
No wonder this mf is stupid in bussiness this bitch was born to be a serial killer prodigy. He’s manipulative and cruel in a way that makes my blood boil every time I read how he treats Yigon.
6.Taekang disappointed me in the latest update.
Not once did he ask how Yigon was feeling. He just walked in and said, “I have a question to ask,” instead of something like, “Are you okay? How’s your injury?” That lack of basic concern hurt to read.
7. Final thought: I want a new ML.
I want Yigon to finally grow a spine, stand up to his brother, and flip a middle finger to ML while he’s at it.
Yep, agreed. From the very start, he’s been lying and exploiting Yigon, acting like he was doing him a favor, when in reality, he benefited from it too. Then came the power play from that lies. he completely exploited yigon's desperation, even going so far as to threaten him for his "first time," which wasn’t even necessary at all. Pfft. I want him to suffer during the chasing arc. Hope Yigon won't forgive him that easily.
Yep, agreed. From the very start, he’s been lying and exploiting Yigon, acting like he was doing him a favor, when in reality, he benefited from it too. Then came the power play from that lies. he completely exploited yigon's desperation, even going so far as to threaten him for his "first time," which wasn’t even necessary at all. Pfft. I want him to suffer during the chasing arc. Hope Yigon won't forgive him that easily. Yigon deserved to be mad and feel betrayed when he found out bout it
Ikr! This mf thought he has the upperhand, he forgot how Yigon never goes back to his EX everrrrr. Not to mentioned he was straight in the first place.
“Maybe all of the fucking makes me feel a bit for him” my ass. Pretty sure in later chapters whatever he did to Yigon will be met with this same sentiments because the author had foreshadowed the convo in earlier chapters. It felt so refreshing Yigon wont be influenced with emotions since he now know how shitty this guy is.
Best course of action is for Yigon to strike a deal with his grandpa, allegedly since the brother is soo good in destroying the evidences, grandpa’s private investigator is still in the dark.
I want everyone to see how awesome our Yigon is and they be kneeling to have him. Also Taekang to be slapped by his grandpa because he broke up with Yigon when Yigon was at the peek of the career.
Oooooooh I didn't notice that thing bout yigon never going back to his EX. Wow heh heh can't wait for the chasing arc fr
Lets be real, the only reason why we are still following this story is bcoz we want to see the MC happy. I usually have a self control by stacking up chapters if the series is suspenseful or dramatic, but this one… i cant broo, i . Just. Want. Yigon . To . Be . Happy!!
Its worse knowing this is the only piece of literature the author has, no novel, no spoilers and the cherry on top is the author will go on hiatus after publishing 3 or 4 chapters. Not to mention this is the LAST season, i used to have hope for the chasing arc, but the pacing bro….. i just can give a sigh.
Yup
Since there’s a lot of psychological effect the author is hinting i hope its not amnesia but its DID (Dissociative identity disorder). The old Yigon Died and now the new more mentally stable Yigon has been born and out for revenge. I really hope this happens and the new Yigon ignore this mf until he became the beggest beggar in beggerland. I want the chasing arc to last untill end of season, the lovey dovey arc only starts on side story. Or better yet, change the ML, i want the lawyer friend to be the new ML
Omg I was thinking the same thing too. I think this may be a tipping point for his psyche.. I mean even within his nightmares he’s suffering from grand delusions and dissociation so I think this incident may have wrecked his life even more
Ooh omg I was hoping for a 2ML too maybe a gangster/mafia bro who can help toughen him up to go against his bro xD
Riiighttt! Pretty sure the author have a lot of editors for them to consult, i just wish they didnt go to the chliche route. The story is promising but the execution so far is just mid.
Enough of Yigon’s suffering, we want our boy to stand on his feet and yeah change the ML if possible. If its Mafia, then Mafia it is XD. At least the guy can protect our sunshine better than this….hoe. “ i prob grow attchd due to fucking “ such a bitch ass excuse.
VERY WELL SAIIDDDD
LOVE THAT! bring in a 2nd ml lmfao
Shit felt like i was gaslighted, all of the anticipation for nothing. The ML didn’t even phase bout the accident. (Just skim through the raws, didn’t understand the dialogue) but like, broo thats it? Just a few flashbacks?? And this is the final season fgs. I have zero expectations for the author to deliver regret arc to us. Pretty sure it’s gonna be like limited run. Sigh
He’s been asking the secretary any chance he gets on Yigon, he asked his friend about the whole thing and he’s even fretting over what to say to his grandfather lol
Oh he’s gonna be regretting lol
Even his secretary clocked him and asked him why he’s asking about Yigon after every meeting or chance he gets
Ahhh well mends my broken heart a bit. Thank you for giving some insight bout the plot, i was about to throw hands if the ML is still with his high ego and thought Yigon orchestrated this to get his attention. ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
LMAOO he’s still acting like a dunce though. In one scene he says that he may feel involved with all of this bc he fucked Yigon too much or became attached bc of fucking lol
And in another scene he gaslights the secretary lol
And then we find out at the hospital Yigon is refusing to wake up lol and that his brother is kinda refusing visitors
That bish! I hope Yigon never forgive him, it time this mf gets the cold shoulder he deserve.
I got bored w8ting for new chapter n just notice the rose in the cover is BLUE! like why does the ML grip it so much to the point of crushing the petals, so after some digging this is what i found :
Blue rose
Longing and Unrequited Love:
They can also represent a desire for something out of reach, or a love that is not (yet) reciprocated.
New Beginnings:
Blue roses can symbolize transformation, new beginnings, and embarking on a new journey, making them suitable for situations like starting a new relationship or career
There are more to this but the latest chpter kinda leaning us towards this direction. I HOPE the author would serve us the best CHASING ARC, let the ML beg like the beggest beggar in beggary town. I hope the unrequited love is ML not MC in the next future chapters.
Bonus from gpt:
Pose & Body Language
The Tie Grab:
General: Dominance, pulling someone into your sphere, control over closeness.
In Story Context: Tae-kang might appear dominant at first (grabbing Yigon, demanding terms), but the intimate eye contact suggests an emotional tug-of-war — foreshadowing that control may “flip” later.
Eye Contact & Proximity:
General: Unspoken connection, challenge, or tension.
In Story Context: Their eye lock feels like a dare — both are testing boundaries to see who will yield first.
I love ML’s like this, any other similar manhwa? Idc if its cliché, its always fun reading these types of ml.