I’ve always thought so too. And then he goes and tops his bf. Which to me, always made it seem he was raped at work and forced to bottom.
I feel like he was sexually harassed rather than assaulted, though you might be right. I think when he was rubbing his lips looking in the mirror, that it more about it being painful for him to smile after being humiliated.
ik this is an old comment but if ur not currently reading the ongoing manga following this storyline (i dont pay attention to titles but its the one abt kan chan and his current bf) the manga shows evidence of kan chan being sexually assaulted/raped.
Something I noticed rereading this again is pg 35-36. It was never really clear to me before whether Kan faced sexual abuse at work in addition to the obvious physical, verbal and emotional abuse. I mean there's him being ordered to strip, but that could be construed as more humiliation and not something overtly sexual. But if you look at pg 35 this is where he's ordered to strip naked and the disgusting boss says he's "nice and slim" and the next page he's in the bathroom, panting, washing his mouth/face, and rubbing his lips (saying ow, though there doesn't appear to be any wounds on the outside of his mouth, so maybe it's on the inside). So uhh was he forced to suck that guys dick or am I reading too much into it?