I'm gonna defend Yiyoung here. The dude is forceful af! He pulled Yi into the car even though Yi declined, took an intentional detour, igonred Yi's mentions of being in a relationship and most likely just dragged Yi in to the restaurant and ordered his food. Could Yi just leave? Sure, but 1. that's not really his personality and 2. this dude is a business partner. I have so many issues with the dude for being so brazen and forceful!
Now it all depends on how Yi responds to Kang... I hope he tells Kang the truth about his whereabouts, bcs hiding it is just gonna cause more issues
Also, remember the dude is added to the story only for Kang to realize he is actually NOT okay with Yi leaving him for someone else and without a forceful jerk like this, Yi would never end up in a situation like this by himself...
Interesting points you have here and I like that you came into this comment with this perspective but I notice you point the blame solely at the new guy and dont hold yiyoung accountable for passively going off with a guy whose flirted and is interested in him even while knowing he’s in a relationship because yiyoung’s “personality” isnt the type to just say no firmly. While thats making excuses for yi, ultimately yi is the one in a relationship and common sense says you tell someone no. Its really that simple. He allowed himself to be pulled along and walked into that restaurant on his own 2 legs & is continuing to sit there and engage. While his actions are not cheating imo as the original poster said they are inappropriate because its up to both ppl in the relationship to set boundaries with those outside their relationship. Yi is forgivable here because this isnt a huge deal so far, The new guy is pushy and intrusive but the world is full of those ppl and its up to the person being pulled along when they dont want to do something to make they’re own decisions And here yi chose to go along with this instead of firmly standing with no. I do agree with you in the hope that yiyoung is honest with kang instead of hiding this because these stories have way too many dishonest secrets and casual lies for no reason most of the time.
This is cheating imo. Knowingly getting involved with a man who is interested in you is shitty behaviour. Makes me think you're actually interested in another person if you don't draw the line when you're already in a committed rls with someone. I'm immensely disappointed. I wish we never got this continuation.