
I'm actually glad this happened. Chunwoo was a piece of shit and the fact that he admitted it, acknowledged it, and is finally coming to terms with what he had done...I mean....not many ppl IRL can do what he's doing right now. I gotta Ex who--after we broke up two years ago--still swears up and down and believes he didn't cheat on me with his female cousin and his former high school classmate even though I have a video proof of one and caught him in the act with the other, respectfully. He was drunk and high both times.
BUT I DIGRESS...... I'm so glad Chunwoo's break down happened. He needed this and Ho-In needed it too. I'm hoping this allows Chunwoo to move on and catch up with Ho-In, as far as happiness in their relationship goes. Great job Author! :-)
I will say that I agree with another commenter when I say I did kinda wanna see a switch tho. Heehee. :-D I wanted to see Chunwoo top so bad, but this is good too! We needed this. Maybe we'll get some side chappies with Woojin and Choi Yitae (I think that's his name). If not...then....whatever. At this point, I'm just glad it's still ongoing. I'm missing Full Volume, Miscreants & Mayhem (and some others I can't think of), and I want Hard Boiled Love aka Ang Ang to hurry up and come back.

*.....and SCREEEEEAMS* Ahem. Anyway.
I had to stop reading the novel. I gave a spoiler I think last month or so about what happens next. I'll give a shorter version of what I said.
I'm glad the manhua was brisk with the torture scene. It was worse than what we saw. And i was scared reading the chapters today but im glad they did show everything. But after this, Liqing is done with the ML. Well....for the time being. We know they'll probably end up together. But when the Asshole realizes from his Father about everything, he's gonna see he was wrong and Liqing was telling the truth and the yellow whore was the one that did everything. Liqing did "confess" but that was only to save his family whom the ML threatened and arrested too.
The Emperor wakes up and like I said told the ML how stupid he was and that Liqing wasnt the one who did all of this. Liqing's background is as the whore said but the Emperor and the General (Liqing's dad) already knew. The Emperor decided that it wasn't a baby's fault what family he was born into so he allowed the General to adopt Liqing and gave him a new life. After the truth comes out, the ML will apologize and tell Liqing to forgive him and the torture and told him to love him again. Liqing will pretend he does and that everything is okay between them, but his eyes are different. His smile is no longer there. The ML sees this, but ignores it bc Liqing said he forgives him and they love each other now so all is good.
When ML leaves for morning meeting with the Emperor and court officials, Liqing will burn all his own personal belongings, especially anything the ML gave him. The trinket with both their locks of hair when they were children even. So there's nothing of his left. No trace of him anywhere. Just the MLs things. Then he will go to the Emperor with his father and request divorce from ML. ML will be furious and start spewing shit like "I thought you forgave me! You can't leave with my brand on you!" Liqing with his crippled fingers, will cut off his skin where the brand is and throw it to the ground in front of ML and then he is granted divorce and leaves. While he's leaving, ML goes "You can't leave me. I'll leave you! I'm throwing YOU away. You're not throwing ME away! You can never come back here again! You'll never ever be with me again!" Liqing throws us the deuces and leaves. The Emperor tells ML how much of a fucking idiot he is and that he lost the best thing that's happened to him, all for the loose booty hole of a slave/prostitute/prince from the country you defeated. You made your bed. Now lie in it.
And that's basically where I stopped. I'll continue to read but the torture scene and MLs mistakes and then the way he swept everything under the rug after Liqing was found innocent pissed me off to no end. I was SHAKING after all of that.

Hm.....
So, Number 1 - Never realized just how handsome Tak was until I saw his brother. Im assuming they're not twins, yet they look exactly alike so, somebody please tell me how is it that the Hyung is more handsome than Tak?? Is it that whole thing where one twin might look better than the other one?? Such as Tia looks better than Tamera even though both are beautiful.
And Number 2 - We all know what's gonna happen or we can figure it out, but I actually want Tak to realize his feelings, but it's too late and Sanho moves on. Sure, opposites attract, but Tak's delusion is on another level. His delusion is delusional. Sanho is too sensitive, wears his heart on his sleeves, and is too much of a cinna-roll to be with someone as gruff and overly logical like Tak.

So, I get the Wife. Her flesh and blood is being overshadowed by her husband's son, who is a product of infidelity. But where she messed up at was taking it out on Hye-Rang. If your son is second best, killing his half-brother (who is better) won't make your son the best. He'll still be second, except there wouldn't be anyone in the front of him.
What she should've done was direct her anger and anxiety towards her husband. He's the one who had an affair with a Kisaeng (did I say that right??). Hye-Rang didn't ask to be born. He didn't ask to go with his father and become a part of the household. He studied and participated in things bc his mother asked him to be happy and live a better life. It's also not his fault that he's smarter and better than his half-brother. I feel sorry for the kid and I get it, but still...it's not Hye-Rang's fault.
And to appease the household and the anxiety of his scared wife and second-best son, the father sent Hye-Rang to battle. And at a young age at that. That boy wasn't fighting for the country or the Emperor or the people. He was fighting for his own life and his safety and will forever be battle hardened and scarred. How horrible is that?? He was forced to become a "rabid dog of the Emperor" all because he was TOO smart and TOO good at things--again NOT HIS FAULT.
I am so glad we are starting to get into the meat of things--the "nitty gritty" (do people even still say that these days? I cant keep up with y'all youngsters). And I'm starting to understand Hye-Rang and who he was and had to become. I hope we get more of his backstory and moments like this with him and our MC. This has truly become one of my favorite stories.
When stuff started being explained in the last chapter, I swear to y'all I said, "Please don't tell me he did something to the parents." I love obsession stories, but his obsession is so fucked up that it's well passed the line of psychotic. And at the very end of the last chapter, when he looked at the picture of the parents and Yoo-il, maaaan...my heart didn't drop to my stomach. It didn't drop to my feet. My heart dropped to Hell. I honestly wish there was more. Maybe to see the baby and for Yoo-il to find out what Hwan did and leave. But, that won't happen and I'm left with what we all are thinking and that is, "For the love of all things yaoi, what in the HELL did I just read??"