The original Xu Chunmu, who is now reborn in this timeline, is actually in grateful with the original villain that the MC is occupying because he saved him in his last life. That's why he cared for him so much. But still, he didn't love the og villain. The one he fell in love with is the mc--grateful to the og, yes, but that's just gratefulness. He can distinguish between those emotions and actually said he fell with the current MC... PLOT TWIST, THEY'RE BROTHERS.

ml... he's not the worst. Typical regretful, full of guilt ML then later turned dark. Very possessive. I can't blame him for treating the MC harshly cuz of the misunderstanding. But I also can't like him entirely. Who to blame? Fate? Mc? Well no one. I just love it when the gong suffers because of regret hahahah! Also chasing the MC. This one is delicious to consume because he honestly didn't know MC is the one he loves, as you know from the synopsis, MC has two roles. Hahahah Nevertheless, when MC later pretended to have split personality, he still fell in love.

OH, ANOTHER rare thing about this ML is that, he actually has a mother--Lol don't get me wrong, usually we all know "mothers" of "MLS", especially a prince and an illegitimate child, often gets killed at the start or before the story even starts. But this one, his mother actually survived, they survived at the beginning because of the MC getting them out of the Cold palace. The mother is also very kind and sweet! And the ML also loves his mother very much, that's why he got rlly mad when he thought MC killed his mother... but still--A filial ml, finally! (That doesn't lessen his yandereness or possessiveness though... He would still turn dark later on.

Xu Chunmu (side gong) thought that Chu Xie (mc) loves him just because the MC has to ensure he stayed alive in order to return to his world because the og Chu Xie was occupying MC's body in the original world and og Chu Xie has a demand that he'll only give up MC's body and keep MC's sister alive if he keeps Xu Chunmu alive. Now the whole misunderstanding excalates as MC tries his best to be with Xu Chunmu to ensure his safety, doing everything, even sacrificing his own safety, just to keep him alive. Who wouldn't think this is out of love? The MC ofc denied being in love when confronted by Xu Chunmu, but Xu Chunmu only thought that the MC is shy and stubborn. Of course, the ml, who later became the emperor is not Xu Chunmu's rival XD.

bro that sh*t with the "split personality" bs would have been tolerable if made comedic, but bro it was just so tedious and uncomfortable...