The author really knows how to do things, create dynamics and introduce relationships.
Such as the romance is literally so good, I love the FL and the MC, their relationship was forced at all, and they both genuinely bonded in a interesting way.
And the MC relations with his colleagues and all, it's so good, it feels human.
I have nothing against romance, which in murim/cultivation manhwa I think actually matters that the MC always has one experience which deeply will affect his word view.
Yet in this context, the FL is his former fiancé with whom the engagement was broken.
She wasn't wrong as the OGMC body was truly trash in attitude if I remember well, so it was deserved.
But, I still think it is embarrassing now that their engagement was broken at first, they should have moved on and maintained a platonic relationship.
I get where you're coming from. I also don't think the FL fits our MC's personality all that well. (Ignoring the mental age difference here for the moment.) She's a hard worker and cute, but they just don't seem to mesh well together.
Still, I feel the two of them will end up together anyway. That woman meant to perform the ritual on her own child feels like a better fit. Maybe we can write it up as a flaw in the author's writing.
At the very least it would still be a better scenario than multiple women falling for the MC though.









It's not exactly that they are dumb, but adolescence is not easy .
I understand the ml a little more because he got familyzoned, and coming back from that is hard especially considering his background.