Shit shit shit shit.
I can understand if mom gets angry first. Some whacks on the back at first. But then realizes how Jaehyuk changed and how frugal Garam is.
Gotta admit, her saying why Noah did not ask her why or stop her - I was saying, well girl you said not to ask why. But yk, lol, if he really loved her, like actually loved her, he'd trash the damn contract. So him getting annoyed and being arrogant about effing begging is him getting annoyed that River is standing up for herself and going against him.
Now fucking think how you'll explain all that to the kids and your mother.
Also, uhm Sir Sam (the mother's husband) needs more screen time. He's pretty handsome....
I always wondered what exactly made Taeju fall for Euihyun, seeing this now, my guess he realized how fragile a person can be. Taeju was surrounded by people built like tanks. They are all confident affluent alphas. When Taeju realized how young Euihyun raised Euiyoung practically on his own, it just dawned on me why he just wants to spoil Euihyun.
This guy will never do that so no need. I'm just ready for the divorce. Ffs. I have been impatient before but never like this. My goodness.
I gave the older brother the benefit of the doubt that was simply teasing - like a harmless sibling bullying - but no, he's just effing immature and insecure. He readily received all the love and attention, and he still envied the brother who had to practically beg for it.
Then the reveal, I mean it was a long time coming. It had to be done. The last straw was his grades and scholarship being affected by the relationship. To me it's FINALLY the plot is moving.
I was so happy she mentioned divorce but BACKED OUT FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. SHE WAS SWEPT BY HIS "APOLOGY" GAAAHHHHHHH
The author is pretty consistent with Jihwan. Imagine him actually being a romantic and kept being gentle with Soo young without having any therapy, when we know he never sought medical help. He pretended, almost had Sooyoung, then screwed up. Sooyoung jumped the boat until he jumped right out. The series is actually good, hope the author can make it even more realistic - like therapy, or unrealistic like plot twist where Sooyoung outsmarts Jihwan.
The art is divine - Wooju and Jiheon as kids are effing cute. Then Wooju's parents....HOT HOT HOT.
That aside. I don't exactly have issues with stupid uke/MC but there's a limit. If it keeps happening without the character progressing for more than 3 to 5 chapters, it gets effing annoying. He felt sus with Jiheon but not with professor? Bruh. Connect the dots - the side effect is supposedly loss of memory or increased forgetfulness, but not problem solving.
With so many effed up thing Jiheon did, ffs, the child was neglected af. His obsession is rooted from neglect as a child. To me, albeit everything he did, as long as he suffers - which I think we're seeing now, I'm satisfied. Wooju will most likely end up with someone in the end and I still go for Jiheon but ending up with no one would be a better ending. That would be unlikely so I'll pick the lesser evil - Jiheon.
I found a gem. Drama's there. Well paced. Romance gradually and naturally progressed. Characters are actually well rounded - they have flaws and they have reasons for their flaws. It's pretty easy to weigh the characters. The character development is good for all 4 characters! Hyundo and Yumin are not pushovers, Iseon became honest and appreciating what he lost, and lastly, the ever so manipulative and borderline narcissistic Sojeong finally apologized. All it took was her mother to drag her back to the ground and face the problem. The cliffhanger is so damn good too!
I cannot express more how much I am loving this series.
From the latest anime episode, we see a side of the late emperor that should blur the pure hate on him. Most of the audience jump on hating him as he's a pedo, understandable, but forget he does not have a normal state of mind. He was also repeatedly abused by adults becoming scared of adult women. As he grew older, he did develop some maturity and apparently recognized his daughter with Taihou. Hence, requesting Shisou to marry her and hope his daughter and her descendants would be in good hands - we know this didn't happen because Suirei ended up abused by Shenmei. But at one point, he cared. He wanted to recognize his daughter but the queen regent threw them out. That to me shows he was not evil the way he was portrayed and how most audience deem him. That does not change what he has done but it was worth giving credit that he requested Shishou this much.
Loulan taking responsible for her family is sad yet empowering. Berated women who succumbed to pleasure - drugged but still - and barely cared for their kids. Knocked some sense in her father, took Suirei and fully rebelled against Shenmei. Ugh, the music while Loulan confronted Shisou was chef's kiss.
The entire reveal - the characters we know knowing the truth about Jinshi and the Jinshi x Maomao moment is divine! Jinshi is hot!
It's so good that I will still read the manga because, why not? Glad to have stumbled on this series.
Edit: OMG, every character so far has some sort of duality to them. Doing something horrible yet have notable deeds that can be credited to them. Empress regent stopped slave trade, late emperor "secured" his daughter's well-being. Shenmei, was just horrible through and through, ffs.
I held off reading because I know about the wing - got spoiled about it. But man, I couldn't help but shed a tear. Ribbit crying, the other guy begging for potions, and others giving theirs - my heart......
He bled. Sir was not prepared to have sex. No lube, no prep. That was the problem. He had all the time but did not research how to prep for sex? MC was already opening to it but he fucked up, yet again.