At first he treats her somewhat indifferent since it is super rational for him to distrust her (the FL has a bad record) but he never disrespects her.

The girl has a bad record thanks to her brother and her father who have abused her and practically sold her to different people (it is not yet clear to me why they do all that)

He loves her so much that they do it all the time;) (the FL says that the ML looks at her with eyes of pure love)

1. Comedy?
   1. Do you think an MC with a warped mental state from brainwashing abuse is funny? MC does not crack jokes, the only thing she cracks is her back from apologizing and acting pitiful.
   2. I haven't read a single funny thing.
2. Shoujo?
   1. Do you even know what Shoujo means? You might have been confused because shoujo is "the point of view of a young female protagonist and usually involves romance and drama" and this novel contains drama and should contain a smidge of romance because the characters are married (don't count on romance here). BUT shoujo is light-hearted and would never contain an MC with such realistic problems like mental illness or eating disorders.
   2. Josei doesn't fit here either, this story has more in common with Shoujo than Josei. BUT THIS STORY IS NEITHER SO JUST DON'T ADD THE GENRE.
3. Tags.
   1. Are you joking?
   2. Are you joking?
   3. You must be joking.
   4. Out of the 13 people who rated this novel and the many more who read like ghosts...... None of you thought to add an Abuse tag. Abuse is present throughout 8 straight chapters.

Anyway, I'll fix it. I've only gone 8 chapters but I have some trigger warning tags to add. ALSO. I'm removing that damn comedy genre. Must've been selected by someone who hasn't read the novel, even from ch 1 the abuse was present and no comedy was seen. HERE IS A PSA. If the story is slightly funny, use the "comedic undertone" tag. Not the comedy genre. This story is not funny at all.

MC is not blackhearted nor is she good at scheming but this girl is so messed up to the point of no return. I'm talking about "3 years of therapy and shows slow progress". She was tormented in her previous life, and when she transmigrated it got worse.

Author, did you have to give MC such a brutal life where, what should've been an escape from her situation, she couldn't rest and her abuse was continued by her new family? Abused by her family in her first world, abused by her family in her second world. WHAT MAKES THIS WORSE IS, her pathetic personality was adopted to help her survive.

"If you open the door of the cage to a bird that has been trapped in the cage for too long, the bird cannot leave the cage. This is because the bird has been trapped in the cage for so long that it has forgotten how to exit and fly." This is MCs tragic situation. MC is the bird who has forgotten how to fly after being caged her entire life, threatened with violence from both of her families she became a "harmless innocent" who has no will of her own. It's possible that MC will attempt to free herself from her abusers but her personality does not have any fight left in it. When anything happens she wears a harmless smile and/or cries.

Because she feels detest, for her family and her older brother, I'm assuming she has enough strength to attempt an escape. But fear and obedience are engraved in her core, so I won't expect anything.

Back to the birdcage analogy, if MC had someone to open her birdcage she would struggle really hard to fly out. The author will most likely use the ML's hand to save MC, and the MC will struggle to separate herself from her abusers (probably even fail). After all, MC has been through so much trauma she's practically brainwashed to act harmless and innocent to avoid abuse.

Ah. I forgot to add why I hate this novel.

MC is a broken little white lotus. The author will not give MC room to breathe. The ML is not my favorite. MC's personality sucks. MC's first family was awful. MC's second family is twisted and chilling. MC's brother gives me a weird pe*verted "she is my toy" vibes, I'm pretty sure he is expelling his s*xual desire by placing MC on his lap and petting her head (oof I'm going to puke). MC's personality sucks.

Really, the author is overdoing it. MC's personality is so pathetic and hopeless. ("maybe the author wanted you to think of the MC in that way" NO.)

I'm also so excited to see where the plot with the monsters is going. Their relationship with FL and ML's response to them are so good! But what is the reason!?!? Popo and griffin and obese lizard, I hope you're all doing well, thank you for supporting our FL..!

The female lead is weak, she's scared and all she wants to do it survive. So she acts harmless, she let's things go, she doesn't pick fights, but that doesn't mean she's s*upid or naive. That's how she learned to survive after being abused and manipulated, which is a very real issue in real life. And it's to the point where she doubts the ML and distrusts him. (And there isn't any huge/constant misunderstandings because even when she wants to push him away and not believe him, her emotions get the best of her and she ends up relying on him and telling him the truth. It's to the point where it's shocking.) And I hope you don't get mad at her. Her family would say nice things and abuse her in the next, she doesn't know what to expect, she constantly went through times where she would have hope, although very little, and would be disappointed. Her responses and actions are really expected of a traumatized person, that you would honestly wonder why she wanted to be alive. And finding that out was heartbreaking. And what I love about this story, that I had issues with other stories, is that she didn't have to change. She didn't have to change to be loved, she didn't suddenly have to become a strong character that she never was, nor do things that she's too traumatized to do. I like that despite her doubts with the ml, he still loves her. And even when he gets mad because she doesn't trust him, he still stops and feels sad as to why she's like this. Instead of ignoring her trauma and simply being mad at her, he tries to understand her and asked her how he can help her and that he's on her side. This is really healthy behavior. Oh also don't misunderstand, I'm not "defending bad behavior" the female lead is actually a really sweet and likeable main character. I'm not trying to say she's a b**ch but she acts like this because this, this, and that. (Sry if I confused you) No I was trying to say why she's really timid where you just want to give her a hug. This story really makes you root for her and you want her to be happy. It's very satisfying.

A parent's death is a huge turning point of life. Even for full fledged adults the acceptance doesnt come easy. ML was 13 when his mom hung herself and he was the first one to find her body.
That is Trauma and its absolutely valid that he doesnt wish to get close to anyone or fall in love with anyone.
His mom died and he's estranged from his dad, dude never even had proper parenting and yet he spoils her so much. Thats a good man and a good personality.
He's cold? Hell, if I was to marry someone from the enemy family which is as powerful as my family, I would also be cold. He fully expected her to leave so he never bothered getting attached to her. Later he constantly asked her, if she wants to leave and she said no. She said no and he decided to accept his feelings. For him it was that simple.

FL's trauma ranges over two different lives. (Maybe even three if the dream she had was truly her and not og rudbeckia)
Being treated as a trophy in both life, all she had to do was be affectionate, smile and laugh. For Caesar, it worked. She put caesar and izek on the same pedestal of scary because caesar was obsessed with her and izek was supposed to kill her.
so she thought if it worked on caesar, it will work on izek. But what izek fell for was her interactions with others she was comfortable with, the split second bantering that showed her real personality.
before their first night, both of them already felt attracted to each other. FL was not emotionally available and now is slowly opening up while ML fell headfirst into love when he got to know her.
Author is not abusing the FL too much. Abuse is forever. It doesn't "end". Even if abuser is gone, the memories will stay and the fear will stay, what matters is whether there is someone helping you through it.

as for romance, I dont think it was fast lmao, rn it started as desperate need for survival and has evolved into ML spoiling her rotten and FL gaining more confidence and feelings for ML.
It's more emotional support than romance for FL rn and much needed honestly.
he asked her on their first night, if she wants to leave and FL told him no. That made him stop holding himself back and doubting her and he decided that he would be her everything.
he teases her, he spoils her, he kisses her and he loves her. All the mundane things she lacked he is trying his best to give her.
dude doesnt know how to deal with panic attacks and I cant fault him on that because even in modern age people dont know lmao

I was especially surprised by the mentioned mark on top of her hand which is a sign of bulimia or anorexia. I googled it to check. And it surprised me how through the autor is but also that I actually learnt something from a Korean novel!

that bish Freya