Can someone explain what the misunderstanding is between the main leads?
During ep 1 they attend the same party. The ml sees the fl and falls in love at first sight. The fl doesn't notice the ml at all.
After the party, a friend of the ml makes a mistake, confusing the fl's name with another woman. The friend then calls the ml and informs him that the fl likes him and wants to meet him. The ml is overjoyed and goes to meet her. On the way, he gets into a crash and damages his hand, leading him to lose his future as a surgeon. The fl never contacts him or follows up with him, making him mad and upset, especially when they meet again years later at work and she appears to have zero memory of him.
...But it was never her in the first place. The ml's friend just confused the names...
I just think it’s a youthful crush. She’s not crazy/obsessed with him (2FL is more like that). And ML is doing…
it's more than a crush. her feelings are persistant, she continues to like him and has no thoughts about. or attraction to other men for a long period of time, despite his constant setdown and low opinions of her. she won't chase him out of principle-he's already rejected her confession, and he has an "ambigous" relationship with a childhood sweetheat who happens to be the fl's roommate to boot.
I’m trying to understand why she’s down bad for the SML. Every interaction that we’ve seen so far between…
It's a mystery on both ends. They both like each other. However, all she gets from him is humiliation and belittlement, while he desparately resents her wealth and carefree attitude. The attraction on either side defies logic.
The real issue lies in his inferiority complex toward her. He can’t even imagine that she might genuinely face…
Beautifully said.
Also, slightly off topic, but your description of the sml reminded me of a side character in the korean bl 8'th sense. The ML there was rich, but had a very difficult and sad backstory, with severe emotional and psychological issues that he was dealing with at the start of and throughtout the development of the series. The side character i'm referring to was a "friend" of his who envied his wealth and couldn't see anything beyond it. When the ml was suffering from an emotional collapse, that "friend" stabbed him the back and did his best to destroy the ml's future. Truly awful.
People with such a mindset can't be trusted. They are toxic, as you said, and also dangerous.
not trying to be rude and anything, just genuinely curious. yours is the third or fourth comment i've seen asking about age gap. can i ask why? till now ive only seen questions about genre, style, whatever, and now age gap has become a deciding factor in watching a show?
Sorry i didn't really go through the cast list. From the looks of it, and the comments i've read on here from novel readers, the story is heavy on fluff and light on angst or intrigue so i just dived in for the fun without looking twice. so far its been really sweet and im enjoying it.
I'm reading the novel now and he decides to move on and a short while later finds out it was all a misunderstanding
At the start of ep 1 the ML is a surgeon. He gets a phone call from a friend who tells him to go meet a girl who has a crush on him. A few days prior the ml had attended a party, seen that girl, and fallen for her at first sight. Now, hearing from his friend that the girl likes him too and wants to meet with him, he decides to go out that night rather than going home to rest after work. On the way to meet her, he gets into a car crash, damages his hand, and has to quit working as a surgeon. After the accident, that girl never checked up on him, never reached out to him, basically forgot him altogether. When they meet years later, at work, the girl doesn't recall him at all.
The misunderstanding: At the party, the ml saw the fl and fell for her at first sight. He was happy she liked him too, and was upset that she forgot him and ignored his accident.
The ml's friend: gave him the wrong name. Friend thought it was the fl who saw the ml at the party and wanted to meet him afterwards. In turth, it was not. So the friend accidentally gave the wrong name, causing the ml to missunderstant that the fl likes him, asked to meet him, and then ignored him, plus forgot the whole story when they meet again for work several years later.
The fl: attended a party several years before she began her current job. The ml was also present at that party. But the fl has no impression of him at all; they did not actually meet, so the ml is a stranger to her until the day they find each other at work as boss and subordinate. She can sense he dislikes her in some way but has no idea why...
preview of ep 10 and 11 make it look the ml has gotten over his resentment of the fl. do any novel readers know, based on the timeline, if it's because he just plain decided to move on or if it's bc he finally finds out that she didn't know him in the past and is not responsible for his accident?
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The ml sees the fl and falls in love at first sight.
The fl doesn't notice the ml at all.
After the party, a friend of the ml makes a mistake, confusing the fl's name with another woman. The friend then calls the ml and informs him that the fl likes him and wants to meet him. The ml is overjoyed and goes to meet her. On the way, he gets into a crash and damages his hand, leading him to lose his future as a surgeon. The fl never contacts him or follows up with him, making him mad and upset, especially when they meet again years later at work and she appears to have zero memory of him.
...But it was never her in the first place.
The ml's friend just confused the names...
They both like each other. However, all she gets from him is humiliation and belittlement, while he desparately resents her wealth and carefree attitude. The attraction on either side defies logic.
Also, slightly off topic, but your description of the sml reminded me of a side character in the korean bl 8'th sense. The ML there was rich, but had a very difficult and sad backstory, with severe emotional and psychological issues that he was dealing with at the start of and throughtout the development of the series. The side character i'm referring to was a "friend" of his who envied his wealth and couldn't see anything beyond it. When the ml was suffering from an emotional collapse, that "friend" stabbed him the back and did his best to destroy the ml's future. Truly awful.
People with such a mindset can't be trusted. They are toxic, as you said, and also dangerous.
And, no, no second couple yet.
The misunderstanding: At the party, the ml saw the fl and fell for her at first sight. He was happy she liked him too, and was upset that she forgot him and ignored his accident.
The ml's friend: gave him the wrong name. Friend thought it was the fl who saw the ml at the party and wanted to meet him afterwards. In turth, it was not. So the friend accidentally gave the wrong name, causing the ml to missunderstant that the fl likes him, asked to meet him, and then ignored him, plus forgot the whole story when they meet again for work several years later.
The fl: attended a party several years before she began her current job. The ml was also present at that party. But the fl has no impression of him at all; they did not actually meet, so the ml is a stranger to her until the day they find each other at work as boss and subordinate. She can sense he dislikes her in some way but has no idea why...
Eventully the misunderstandings are cleared up.
do any novel readers know, based on the timeline, if it's because he just plain decided to move on or if it's bc he finally finds out that she didn't know him in the past and is not responsible for his accident?