What scale are you using to compare?? The first few chapters is mostly the MC recovering in the ml's home and having flashbacks
And the first few chapters of this is sort of similar but we got to see a sliver of mc's life before he's secluded in the ml's home.
We find out about BOTH MCs motivations and goals immediately while the ml's are still a bit of a mystery... So how is this story worse off??

This lowkey reminds me of Bongchon Bride but without the good plot and character building