I know MC is being insufferable rn with running away but remember, and this was mentioned many times by multiple characters, that he was extremely sheltered and unsocialized.
ML never really properly expressed his affection and like most chaebols have that business wedding arrangement BS..
ML is just surviving and yes he is dumb for jumping to conclusions but if you look back, the "Eye Of Truth" fox bead made these arrangements in his life. Most of his decisions are paved for him that he doesn't really think that his situation is permanent, probably even that these are his choices or that he has the capacity to.
Circling back, he just wants the freedom to do and to choose for himself.
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You'll learn this in the very first chap that MC is clairvoyant and can see things in the future. For plot's sake, he is trying to avoid being graped by a relative of the ML and he will have visions of that future. That same relative will also make attempts to MC in the present timeline.
This vision is also why he will ask something of the ML. In the 1st chap, it will probably look like SA but it is mostly due to the circumstance and as mentioned earlier, MC's plan to avoid a certain future. In ML's POV, his request would sound rude and inconsiderate, that's why ML would respond to it quite badly.








I too agree that there is oh so little plot. Many plotholes and unnecessary stuff. Older bro went off the grid, lacking relationship building in the start, lacks drama in the betrayals for both of them.. And a whole lotta more (=・ω・=)
Lmao I meant vibes*