I Got Caught After Flirting with the Wrong Person Chapter 91 Discussion

I mtled this novel 2.5 stars. I did not finish reading it.

About the story

MC found his bf cheated on him and decides to get revenge on him. In the spur of the moment, he meets someone who he suspects is the one who hooked his bf away. He decides to hook up with the person who made his bf cheat instead. As he gets to know ML, he realizes he's really decent until he finds himself attracted as well. The novel deals with a long arc of their budding relationship through the misunderstanding until about half way through when their relationship changes. The rest of the novel involves them getting together for real.

About the MC

The MC is the reason why I stopped reading this novel. The novel does not have bad writing but the author's characterization has me up in arms. MC is described as a charitable person who goes to take care of children with special needs. He also likes and cares for his grandma who stood up for him when he came out to his parents and was rejected by them. His characterization with these points are to setup the fact that he is compassionate and kind. However when he encounters his cheating ex, instead of blaming the cheating on ex, he's all of a sudden impulsive and committed to starting a relationship with the person that took his ex away. There is absolutely no brain cells and logic involved with this hair brained idea. He's petty and uses a lot of little kid tricks to try to attract ML's attention. I find the characterization of someone like this a bit too OOC. He lies in a lot of small ways like buying cookies for the ML but takes the package away and pretends he baked it himself. He lies really poorly and gets caught quite a lot. I think both his EQ and IQ are tremendously deficient. It's hard for me to equate someone who has the compassion to work with special needs children to be so devoid of EQ and also be so willing to live a lie for a prolonged time just for a single chance for revenge. The author for comedic effect created a character that has such opposing sides without setting up the reason for why he always tries to lie and thinks he can get away with it. I don't blame the author. I just read this novel casually and it's my own fault I don't like people who lie. I thought MC only lied on one thing but as the lies pile up even if they are tiny cute lies, I really got more and more annoyed with the MC. A lot of people will just find his behaviour cute and coquettish. It's my upright personality that can't handle this MC so don't let my description deter you from reading.

About the ML

ML is some years older than MC and much more mature so he sees through all of MC's little tricks and seductions. However he still finds himself appreciating MC's honest efforts to help his young sister. ML gradually falls for MC but the way the author writes it is a bit like he still sees MC as a child. And of course why wouldn't he? MC is very childish and coquettish all the time in front of him of course he would see that. I did not like the relationships dynamics between MC and ML. I don't actually think they have a lot of chemistry emotionally. I think the author conveyed the physical attraction well but really bungled it on the emotion part. Attraction and desire are not solid foundations for a relationship and because that's all was described, I did not buy that ML fell in love with MC.

Why I dropped this novel

I couldn't stand the continual deception from MC's side and I also couldn't stand how ML had to "punish" MC for the deception instead of doing the adult thing and having a heart to heart talk about this situation and or even asking for a do-over. MC was incredibly immature but ML is also not very mature in his approach. Maybe they are both imperfectly made for each other. I think most people will find this novel kind of cute and fluffy. It's just not for me.

TL:DR

If you want a cute MC who is super dense and makes a huge misunderstanding that causes comedic moments and fun times with an older ML who dotes on him, then this novel is for you. If the parts I mentioned disturb you, you may react similarly to me when reading this novel. If what I've mentioned doesn't matter to you, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.