I am not surprised by his reaction. From the start, he wanted the painter more or less dead. The beating could have killed NK back then ... The more Jihwa will try to get rid of BNK, the more SH will do anything to protect him. But SH is not naive as well. He will be able to realize the identity of the mastermind.
Due to his jealousy, Jihwa is unable to understand the whole situation. He hates BNK for two reasons:
1. BNk is a low-born... how can he have sex with SH, a rich noble
2. He gets aware that SH is under the influence of the painter.
On the other hand, he underestimates SH all the time. He thinks that SH is just someone who can be easily seduced and manipulated. But he is wrong... Furthermore, BNK never seduced SH in the first place, it was actually the opposite. SH is longing for love and recognition from SH.
Just like In Hun, Jihwa is arrogant due to his social status but also due to his love for SH. He thinks, he knows SH the best, while this ex-lover has never seen SH's intelligence. From my point of view, he thinks that SH is just a sex-addict who got abandoned/rejected by his family.
Very good analysis. I absolutely agree. I’m already betting that Seungho knowing that someone was watching them plus the other servants seeing Jiwha storming off in tears on the property of his ex lover that he was previously DRAGGED off of will have set the cogs in motion . Seungho will undoubtedly realize that Jiwha is quite obsessed with him and predict the lengths he is willing to go to. I forgot to mention that it’s the main three previous boyfriends that are all on board with this plan. At least three others that were in the group when the assassination was being discussed announced they’d have no part in it and they could care less who Seungho sleeps with. I’m wondering if any of these other dudes will be used to reveal the plan to Seungho and give him a plan ready to counter the assassin. At least I’m hoping. It would be such a good way to showcase the lords intelligence to have the assassin show up thinking that everyone on the estate is unaware of him just to be cut down within a few minutes of arriving. It would be so epic.
As I suspected Jiwha saw Nakyum and Seungho having sex and ran away in tears to his group of orgy buddies. The one that is always smiling (I think his name is Min) seems to really get a kick out of the drama and Jiwhas turmoil. But he also escalates it further when he encourages Jiwha to “Just kill him!”. I’m pretty sure they’re talking about Nakyum and the jealousy and anger is directed at him solely by the looks of it because he “seduced” Seungho. Jiwha then follows his friends instructions and goes out into town where there is a specific dancer/performer who he can hire as an assassin and the chapter ends with him introducing himself to the mystery man. This chapter is pretty dialogue heavy and I don’t trust google to be accurate with everything so I’m awaiting more experienced translators. This is just the gist of it. This is getting gud. :3