in manhwa form*
Until ch 98 you r right but the last 2 chs change many things.
And mc didn't just fall in love you know, he felt safer with taeju, and always being alone and helpless it's not surprising that he fell for taeju. But yea ofc the whole plot is what you said but it's still better than those where ml just apologise, do some flaky things and gets everything.
N i thought i was crazy for thinking that after the first few chapters. The glazing is insane
truly the glazing is formidable
im gonna get downvoted so badly for this but this is literally r@pe apologist rhetoric and stockholm syndrome in manhwa idc taeju should be castrated and tied to a boat