... Didn't like the ML. Too scheming, too proud of himself, look down on others too much, exploitative in a round way that make others think that he's too kind and it's all for them.

The FL has some treat as him, but still better. At least she won't be a wolf in a sheep clothis, when she want to do something she will tell the other that she is taking advantege of him openly. At least the other know what is going on.
Not like with the ML. He played everyone on his fingers as he like, sold others while they don't know and still has to happyly help him count the money he gaine from solding them.

But that was all fine until the FL start to be s*upid and played fool by the ML, and she the "smart" FL we once had, had gone with the wind. She become too s*upid and everything the ML do to her even if she didn't like it she will take it with smile, she will happyly let the ML control her and her and her family' lifes, and let him led her by the nose.

I don't really know how many times I thought about dropping this becouse of this. Espicialy that even the FL that I liked at the beginning I start to dislik for her stupdnees.

... But, fairness, this novel other than that was really okay and even good.
I really liked the FL smartness at the begninning, liked her funny thoughts about her family "company", liked her way in making money.
All was good, but the ML was too bad for me, becouse I don't like people like this so I can't cheer for him as ML, nor I could stand how he was playing the FL s*upid while she still think she's smart enugh to not fall in any of his schemes, but she was playing by the nose and give in for him over and over again.

Give it 3 stars for all the other things I liked. And dropping 2 stars beouase the bad ML that I didn't like 😌