Major spoiler but he's the secret guy in charge of Hanai. He'll use it as a cover to pull in more shares from her company as a way to use her specialization (bone printing) to go after his cousin who's doing shady stuff and teaming up with others against him.
She finds this out after they're together, and tries to get back at him by teaming up with a third-party CEO who is HT's competition, but afterward finds out that even that was part of his plan. He maneuvered her in a way where his company ends up gaining.
As a result, she resigns as CEO of her company but retains her shares. Her company merges with HT's. They break up for about six months. During that time she takes on a VP position within the newly merged company. It places her in HT's orbit but not with frequent contact. Eventually, she forgives him, starts to trust him again and they get back together.
I kind of speed-read past the business details but that's the gist. Business machinations, and him taking advantage of her, and not trusting/communicating with her.
IDK how the show will handle it bc in the book they didn't communicate well and HT was in denial about how much he likes her when he maneuvered her in that way. In the show he knows how much he likes her, and they communicate very well. So I don't see him putting their relationship at risk by behaving like the novel HT did. I'm not sure how it'll develop here.
I have seen a comment from a poster claiming that Han Ting is grooming and controlling Ji Xing in the novel. While…
Agree with your assessment. And people need to seriosly stop using that term so loosely. It's dangerous to the unfairly accused and a huge disservice to those who've actually been groomed.
Spoilers from novel, don't read further if you don't want to be spoiled.I will break down how Han Ting and Ji…
Beautifully put. 100% agree.
BTW, do you know if there a full translation of the novel in english? The link I'm using is still in progress and it's driving me crazy waiting for more lol
I'm flipping through the novel and have some questions.
Han Tin in the novel is cold as ice. In the show he isn't, despite being formal and running rings around JX. But the show clearly portrays that he likes her, and knows that he likes her, and will go out of his way for her (secretly). In the novel, I'm seeing none of of that at all.
Also the cat, university connection, past history, etc, from the show isn't in the novel at all? What's up with that? Is the show completely different from the novel?
Tropes that have been used to friggin death in asian dramas and have GOT TO GO already: 1) overly intrusive "funny" friends who always butt in, listen at the door, and are insensitive as heck 2) the "perky" manager who does whatever the f they want, run circles around the main character in the name of "doing good" and just turns everything to crap
guess you're quite a masochistic person, probably wanting to see her suffer. Why is being materialistic person…
gender doesn't matter here, power does. he has it, she doesn't.
she didn't leave him for money. she left him bc his identity was revelaed and his mother forced her to. she'd have left him without the money, too. she took it since it was offered, but the money was not the reason for her leaving him.
imo he knows her reasons for breaking up, he probably got to know a bit about her history while dating her and he understands her. he's going to convince her to fight for them, trust in him, trust in love. it's not a matter of him forgiving her for choosing money over him bc that's not the choice she made at all. she chose self preservation above trust and faith in him.
the money is not an issue here, for either of them. its about her taking a risk on love and trusting a man to stand by her and with her. that's what he has to convince her to do.
guess you're quite a masochistic person, probably wanting to see her suffer. Why is being materialistic person…
i haven't read the webtoon so i'm answering you based solely on the synapsis above. the fl took her younger sibling, escaped domestic violence, and established herself in a career all on her own. this shows me that she's a pragmatist, a hard worker, and is likely strongly dissillusioned by "love". such a woman suddenly discovers that her bf belongs to a rich and powerful family-the family that employs her. there's the money gap, the class gap, the fact that the bf is her defacto big boss, and, to top it all off, the bf's mom makes it plain that she wants to get rid of the fl and will bribe her to go away. faced with such a situation, based on her current position and on her history, it makes sense that she'll break up with the bf. since she's leaving him, as a pragmatist, she'll take the money that's offered her. why not? she can probably use it for herself and the sibling she's supporting. she doesn't have the support or power to take on her bf's family and fight for him, nor is she idealistic about relationships. she can't risk it. she needs to look after herself and her sibling. also, both in kdramas and in real life, having in laws who dissaprove of you or don't like you is sheer hell. full on marriages have broken up for less, let alone relationships prior to marriage.
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She finds this out after they're together, and tries to get back at him by teaming up with a third-party CEO who is HT's competition, but afterward finds out that even that was part of his plan. He maneuvered her in a way where his company ends up gaining.
As a result, she resigns as CEO of her company but retains her shares. Her company merges with HT's. They break up for about six months. During that time she takes on a VP position within the newly merged company. It places her in HT's orbit but not with frequent contact. Eventually, she forgives him, starts to trust him again and they get back together.
I kind of speed-read past the business details but that's the gist.
Business machinations, and him taking advantage of her, and not trusting/communicating with her.
IDK how the show will handle it bc in the book they didn't communicate well and HT was in denial about how much he likes her when he maneuvered her in that way. In the show he knows how much he likes her, and they communicate very well. So I don't see him putting their relationship at risk by behaving like the novel HT did. I'm not sure how it'll develop here.
4 more episodes, that's too long a wait!!!!!!!!!
And people need to seriosly stop using that term so loosely. It's dangerous to the unfairly accused and a huge disservice to those who've actually been groomed.
BTW, do you know if there a full translation of the novel in english? The link I'm using is still in progress and it's driving me crazy waiting for more lol
Han Tin in the novel is cold as ice. In the show he isn't, despite being formal and running rings around JX. But the show clearly portrays that he likes her, and knows that he likes her, and will go out of his way for her (secretly). In the novel, I'm seeing none of of that at all.
Also the cat, university connection, past history, etc, from the show isn't in the novel at all?
What's up with that? Is the show completely different from the novel?
1) overly intrusive "funny" friends who always butt in, listen at the door, and are insensitive as heck
2) the "perky" manager who does whatever the f they want, run circles around the main character in the name of "doing good" and just turns everything to crap
she didn't leave him for money. she left him bc his identity was revelaed and his mother forced her to. she'd have left him without the money, too. she took it since it was offered, but the money was not the reason for her leaving him.
imo he knows her reasons for breaking up, he probably got to know a bit about her history while dating her and he understands her. he's going to convince her to fight for them, trust in him, trust in love. it's not a matter of him forgiving her for choosing money over him bc that's not the choice she made at all. she chose self preservation above trust and faith in him.
the money is not an issue here, for either of them.
its about her taking a risk on love and trusting a man to stand by her and with her. that's what he has to convince her to do.
the fl took her younger sibling, escaped domestic violence, and established herself in a career all on her own.
this shows me that she's a pragmatist, a hard worker, and is likely strongly dissillusioned by "love".
such a woman suddenly discovers that her bf belongs to a rich and powerful family-the family that employs her.
there's the money gap, the class gap, the fact that the bf is her defacto big boss, and, to top it all off, the bf's mom makes it plain that she wants to get rid of the fl and will bribe her to go away.
faced with such a situation, based on her current position and on her history, it makes sense that she'll break up with the bf. since she's leaving him, as a pragmatist, she'll take the money that's offered her. why not? she can probably use it for herself and the sibling she's supporting.
she doesn't have the support or power to take on her bf's family and fight for him, nor is she idealistic about relationships. she can't risk it. she needs to look after herself and her sibling.
also, both in kdramas and in real life, having in laws who dissaprove of you or don't like you is sheer hell. full on marriages have broken up for less, let alone relationships prior to marriage.
why is she so evil? what's her problem?