Spoilers for #74

rectify November 11, 2023 10:46 am

Chapter 73 spoilers: https://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/14721326/

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JH takes his seat and asks YO if he's had dinner. YO says yes and points out that JH has been habitually asking him that. JH says he's heard about YO constantly skipping meals (much to his frustration, obviously), hence...

JH then asks what it was that captured YO's attention as he had been intently looking out the window just now. YO mentions the play he wanted to watch, which he believed to be over as its banners were already being t@ken down. JH asks if YO wishes to perf0rm in theater as well. YO answers that he simply wants to learn more about acting.

A server arrives and sets several sIices of cake on the table, astonishing YO. JH comments that YO seems to have enjoyed it previously. YO, stunned by JH's words, says he didn't even particularly want one that time (this was the Christmas they spent together). JH says YO doesn't have to force himself then, but YO breaks a piece of his cake anyways. He doesn't seem to be eating, though. JH, too, doesn't touch his.

YO broaches the study tour his brother was offered and adds that his grandmother has also been moved to another (and presumably, a much better) hospital room. He asks if they were JH's doing, to which JH indirectly confirms by saying that he himself is responsible for YO's father's death after all.

YO thanks JH for the favors. He says he'd been too busy of late that he's had very little time to spare for his family. JH says he's only a call away should YO need anything else, but YO corrects him by stating that while's he's grateful, YO is not going to ask for more than he's already received. He then empties his cup of coffee, which, to JH, probably heralds the end of their meeting.

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[It is revealed that the cafe they went to just now is at the very hotel where JH initiated sex with YO for the first time. The very same hotel where YO handed the USB over and concluded his painful relationship with JH.]

YO has now gone incognito as they head down. They are joined by another pair in the elevator. The guy, unaware of JH's presence, runs his mouth about the Kwon family: Haekang's origin, JH's father's countless affairs and remarriage after the wife's death, JH's grandfather's disapproval of JH's mom, how JH's mom must have turned a blind eye to her husband's infidelity in order to get more alimony.

His companion brings up the suspicions over the wife's death. Rumor has it that it wasn't an acccident, but the guy (who brags about having a journalist friend) doesn't seem convinced, claiming contract kiIIing doesn't happen in Korea.

And what of JH? Didn't he rise up against them when he returned from overseas?

YO is shocked to have heard all these and checks on JH, who looks nonchalant.

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The silence is deafening in the car until JH breaks it.

"Does it bother you?"

YO turns in surprise. JH says he's noticed how YO keeps looking over to him. YO reluctantly questions JH's indifference to people carelessly gossiping about his family. He faces the other way again, probably not expecting an answer, so, JH surprises YO by saying they were pretty accurate facts anyway, except he wasn't aware the public had taken interest.

JH spills more by revealing himself to be the reason for why his father walked all over his marriage and all over his mother. Much as JH cannot bear to part with her, he also wasn't ready to abandon the privileged life he grew up in, so, JH begged his mother to stay. Thanks to his childish wilfulness, his mother sat on her hands and suffered the consequences.

YO listens attentively, but doesn't say anything. Silence fills the car once again and JH decides to pull over. He asks if YO's still fretting over the things he's discovered today........and would he care to stay a little bit longer?

-end-

Responses
    rectify November 11, 2023 6:01 am
    MELI November 12, 2023 5:31 am

    Thank you for the spoilers

    saratoga November 12, 2023 6:58 am

    I can understand why Jaehyuk won't stop until he destroys his grandfather's legacy and avenges his mom, because he's the reason she stayed which ultimately cost her her life. He can't live the guilt. Considering his male role models are his grandfather and father, Jaehyuk isn't as terrible as he could be but the bar for men in this manhwa is in hell. He could have gone on with his life enjoying his wealth and privilege after she was murdered but he dedicated his entire adult life to getting justice for his mom. Jaehyuk doesn't know how to love someone, doesn't know how to be a good man but he does seem to want to be better than the men in his family. He can't stand that Yeon Oh suffered because of him, tbh he's already better than 98% of BL MLs at this point because the bar is ridiculously low, usually the story finishes with a happily ever after without the ML acknowledging and making up for the terrible things they've done to the MC. I just read profundis, and the MLs are all psychopaths, MC ends up with the man who made him into a sex slave with zero remorse from beginning to end... I don't think Jaehyuk is responsible for Yeon Oh's dad getting murdered, Yeon Oh's dad got himself killed trying to blackmail his former employer. What's his grandfather going do to Yeon Oh when he finds out their relationship is not a charade to embarrass the Kwon name anymore? Probably kill him.