I’m afraid I’ll have to apologize in advance for the person I will become once the second eldest brother gets introduced. The best Kwon brother!
What was added, cut out and changed from the novel
ADDED:
Chaewoo biting her cheek never happened in the novel, Chaewoo originally went straight into what I put down in the category“scene that was cutout”
CHANGED:
Chaewoo originally had a cast on his wrist but I get why they took it out in the manhwa.
Lee Yeon was more visibly angry when he had put her in the tub with him and yelled at him to quit messing around. In the manhwa she’s all blushy and flustered.
SCENE THAT WAS CUTOUT:
“There are times where I want to teach you a lesson,” he said in a low voice.
“What do you…”
“What’s the point of holding the leash when you don’t even take advantage of it?” Lee-yeon was speechless. What is he even talking about?
“You tremble just unbuckling my pants,” he said. “You’re so unused to me being under you, but you thought about selling me to another woman?”
Lee-yeon stared at him. “Didn’t you find it a waste?”
He lowered his head and nibbled gently on Lee-yeon’s br*ast that stuck out from the top of her brassiere.
Lee-yeon gasped. Her heart pounded at the sudden bite. Isn’t this a fight?
EXTRA LEE YEON INTERNAL THOUGHTS (that I think are important):
-It was an absurd and stupid excuse. A man who was able to kill a boar was acting so fragile to the point he couldn’t unbuckle his pants!
-Lee-yeon was scared but she couldn’t just up and leave. She didn’t want to rile him up. Nothing good would come out of aggravating a man when his memory was supposedly returning.
-Weren’t we done talking about that? She saw kwon Chae-woo’s scowl and realized he had bee holding back until this moment. Their fight was just beginning.
UGHH MY BLUE BALLS ARE TURNING INTO CHARCOAL JUST HAND OVER THE NEXT CHAPTER MY GOD
Defending So Lee Yeon on the internet is not enough i need a gun
I genuinely thought more ppl would have understood Lee Yeon as to why she is very cautious and hesitant but I guess not.
From the novel:
“My legs, my legs are shaking. I’ll take a breather for a second and go down. Kwon Chae Woo, you should… also calm down.….”
“You think I’m excited?”
When she glanced down, Kwon Chae-woo was no different from usual, except his chest was slightly heaving up and down to catch a breath.
Rather, he was still and calm as a fog.
“Oh, I see. You must have wanted to see me getting excited covered in blood.” He clearly had different ideas in his head.
Turning his shoulder as if he was about to do a stretch, he continued, “If that’s what you want, just say it. Do you want to see my p*nis get excited?”
“What the f―, no!”
“I told you I can do anything you want.”
“I’m not a pervert!” Lee-yeon made it clear. At the same time, the doctor’s words of concern and the serious look on his face lingered in her mind.
‘Behavioral abnormalities, aggression, hypersexuality.’ Those three words perfectly described the present Kwon Chae-woo.
Note:
Chaewoo is so wayyyy way WAYY more vulgar in the novel.
I think readers would have understood Lee Yeon’s hesitance and caution towards him more if they had kept some of Chaewoo’s vulgar dialogues and abnormal behaviors.
Originally in the novel, Lee Yeon does not come out to greet Gyubaek and Chaewoo.
In the afternoon Lee Yeon is seen drinking some tea while looking out the window. Chaewoo is outside doing push ups shirtless and she is checking him out.
Gyubaek jumpscares her as he catches her eyeing the “male” and begins to lecture and compare her to peacocks. He tells Lee Yeon that she is a very picky peacock but Lee Yeon being flustered shoves a cookie into Gyubaeks mouth which he happily eats
Lee Yeon begins to “mother” him by checking for any dirt on his ears/hair as Gyubaek continues to look through his encyclopedia.
Gyubaek anxiously warns Lee Yeon, he explains the heat cycle for male elephants and how ferocious they can be. He tells her that she should be careful around the “male”.
Quoting the novel:
Why is he so interested in Kwon Chae-woo?
“When elephants are ready to love—”
Kwon Chae-woo seemed to be done with his workout, he entered through the door. Lee-yeon shoved another cookie into Gyu-baek’s mouth to shut him up.
They become blinded by love.
Was what the child was about to say if not for the piece of sweet lodged between his mouth.
Link to novel: https://novelbin.com/b/flowers-are-bait/chapter-45
I do want to add that the story does have some action, deaths, drugs, kidnappings, shootings, etc.
pls be warned that some scenes will include sensitive content regarding sa, abuse, etc. So from the top of my head, expect these following moments:
During Husband Chaewoo:
-wild boar incident
-1st kidnapping, both LeeYeon n Chaewoo are taken hostage by drug manufacturers
-Landslide incident
During Real Chaewoo:
-first blowjob (I have a feeling many will have different opinions about this scene)
-Hotel lobby incident, Lee Yeon meets w her half brother/cousin for the first time in years and it doesn’t go well.
-sudden forest explosion incident
-the break up
-Gyubaek’s accidental kidnapping
-Outdoor Sex Party…yeah lots happen here
-Charity event shooting, Kwon Heejoon and Chaewoo team up against Kiseok.
-Chaewoo’s bad drug trip :(
-Kiseok is held captive
-2nd Kidnapping, Lee Yeon is taken to a secret drug plant bunker (?)
-Lee Jooha’s story (I feel so bad for her)
Feel free to ask me any questions about any of the following scenes above, I don’t mind giving full details of any of the options above as long as you don’t mind getting spoiled.
Repost**
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 (CW does NOT kill anyone, just incapacitates everyone lol, the only ppl he takes out are gunmen and snippers from the main drug manufacturing boat without Lee Yeon present), 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 cautiously surveys his surroundings. Lee Yeon hits him in the head and pleads for her husband to comeback. He faints and wakes up in the hospital as the Husband version 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 goes 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’s grown to love 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 (read my reply below to understand). They break up and Chaewoo gets inside a black car with a bunch of Kwon guards. From far we see a group of angry townspeople who then attack a frozen Lee Yeon and blame her for killing the sacred tree. (chaewoo did NOT send these ppl btw, just to clear up any confusion from the spoilers going around). 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 spirit 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 slowly remembers he was back ‘home’ and isn’t w Lee Yeon anymore. 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. Yes, Kiseok is the enemy.
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.
Days go by, After witnessing Chaewoo’s drugged up confessions, Lee Yeon, who is fed up w her emotions and her situations w the Kwons, decides to give Chaewoo 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 gets a miscarriage scare after being kidnapped but all goes well with the help of Gyubaek, BeomHee, Heejoon, guard dogs and ofc Chaewoo. The baby is okay!!!
Chaewoo manages to take over as head of the Kwon Business (he drugged up, tortured and 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 him 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.
OKAY I’m seeing lots of confusion and drama about some spoilers so I’m going to repost the full novel spoilers to those who want to read it I guess to clear up some confusion. LEE YEON DOES NOT GET BEAT UP my god…give me a second to copy and paste it
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Lee Yeon does get attacked by a group of elders who were angry at her for “killing” a sacred historical tree that they worshipped from their town. Chaewoo did NOT send these ppl to attack her but he did kill the sacred tree in ‘secret’ before their eventual break up. The townspeople blame Lee Yeon tho and pull her hair and push her around angrily bcs they were against the idea of her performing surgery on this historical tree in the first place.
Everyday we grow closer and closer to pussy drunk Chaewoo ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄
Lee Yeon loses her balance and sways side to side but quickly regains her balance. She’s confused as to why she hears several people below her shout but she refuses to look down out of fear and continues to climb. She grabs her saw as she finally reached her destination but slips once more, “ah shit” she says
She expected to free fall but realizes Chaewoo is holding her, his hands are all scratched up.
(He’s the reason why the crowd had been shouting, he had climbed the tree bare handed like an animal the second he saw her lose her balance the first time).
Link to novel, currently on ch 40. I recommend reading from the beginning but u don’t have to, ch’s are rather quick and short: https://novelbin.com/b/flowers-are-bait/chapter-40
Can’t believe we actually got a glimpse of kid Chaewoo playing the cello
This is just my guess/estimate based on how much is being adapted into chapters for the manhwa, so around:
Chapters 28-31 should be the start of the next bath makeout scene+pussy eating
and the time they finally go into pound town should start around:
Chapters 40-45
Link to novel If anybody is interested, it should lead you straight to ch 36 which is where we are in the manhwa currently:
https://novelbin.com/b/flowers-are-bait/chapter-36
Sorry guys, we’re gonna get be blue balled (like Chaewoo)
Lee Yeon nervously comes up with an excuse to reject Chaewoo’s request for sex. Chaewoo laughs at her excuse and knows it’s bullshit but backs off and obeys her anyways.
They go to bed and Chaewoo stay up reading a book while an anxious Lee Yeon peaks at him from time to time. He notices and closes the book and they have a little talk about the past once more.