
Someone clarify the timeline here pls. So all those bad things and miscarriage happens in their first life and they dies and enter the world of huimin’s paintings. Later they exit the painting world and then they go back in past to the point where they reunited again at auction but huimin thinks he entered the world of novel and that the world of the painting is the real life before novel although he is wrong.

That pretty much correct. Now Huimin knew the 1st life Huimin was actually him. He accepted it without any trouble. His personality stay the same like him in the painting's world; cheerful, not too serious, drama-free. Honestly, his current personality is the reason why there's not much angst for their current life.
What did they mean by crown prince being captured or targeted? Did I miss something?
a capture target !! another word for a love interest in the game world ”someone you can capture or target to fall in love with” in a love way not criminal way <: