It took a long time for the MC to realize that he loves the ML. He never felt anything involving love for any gender.

He only realized when he was about to leave the ML after confirming that ML could spread his wings and fly on his own.

It started out small and then slowly expanded as the MC began to explore and understand his preference in love.

The MC cares more about others than himself and never planned to confess his feelings.

Throughout the story, the MC always went above and beyond to help the ML. More than any other story that I have read so far.

He used his own money to help raise the ML. Buying milk and nutritions so that the ML grows healthy. Clothes and shoes in his correct size. A phone and laptop to help with learning. Guiding the ML in the correct direction with hope that he will be accepted and loved by his biological family.

All while hiding that it from him and letting the adopted mother take credit for it. Even going as far as to pay the adopted mother to spend time with the ML when he was in the hospital. Cause all the ML wanted was family love.

The MC worked as a translator to help make money to help the ML grow up safely and strong.

In the end, the MC wanted to adopted children with disabilities. And even own an orphanage for ab*sed and disabled children.

The ML did not care about any of the bad things in his life so long as he had his mother’s love. Never complaining about anything so as not to make it difficult for his mother. Always taking the beatings for his mother, cleaning, cooking, and saving up money from empty bottle to help his mother live a bit easier.

At first, the relationship between the MC and ML was rough as the ML disliked the MC for being one of the many people that bullied him. The ML held a strong grudge and distrust against the MC for a long time.

Later on, the MC saved the ML when he ends up in the hospital for protecting his adopted mother from his adopted father’s beating. Due to his adopted father finding out the ML is not his biological son.

Cause the adopted mother exchanged her real son with the ML so her real son could live a good life.

So the adopted father thought he was cheated on. But finds out later on that the ML is actually not related to either of them.

And since they are not related, they refused to pay for the ML’s medical bill to save his life. Even though the ML ended up in the hospital in the first place due to him protecting his adopted mother from his adopted father’s beatings.

The MC paid the for the initial down payment to save the ML with all the money he had. Then asked his parents for help and set up a donation page for the ML. While clearing up the misunderstandings of the ML that people had of him.

After the incident, the ML got smarter but lost the ability to see color.

The ML always returned the favor of anyone that was nice to him. So after he found out about the donations to save his life. The ML began to start learning how to make money from small jobs to programming, to finally investing in the stock market.

The ML later on repays everyone that helped him out.

At that point, the ML started to fall in love with the MC. Starting from wanting an excuse to talk to the MC, to relying on and trusting the MC, to finally falling in love. But never confessed because he knew the MC did not love him romantically. The ML only confessed after the MC fell in love with him and the feeling was mutual.

In the end, the ML forgave the people that bullied him and accepted the flaws of his biological parents saying that they were only human.

I was just really frustrated and disappointed with how lackluster the romance in this story is that I was wondering if there's still gonna be a development in their relationship even though I'm almost reaching the end! So if you're looking for a fluffy and sweet romance, there is nothing here. I felt like the author just wanted to be done with it and call it quits. Plot is so-so.

ML is too ridiculously OP. Just how old is he? Not even 18! His OPness had me rolling my eyes several times.

was MC having to support ML silently through ML's adoptive mother who was the worst character in the book. Annoying because this made ML had good feelings for her when it wasn't even her who did those kind things for him. It took half the book before ML found out and finally (thank goodness) cut ties with her. And she does later get her retribution.

author writes him off as without good will and against ML. I still felt a tad bad for him because he is a child. Like him wanting to hide the fact that he's not truly their child when his birth mother came looking for him for money could be seen as understandable as someone who grew up spoiled, for fear of being abandoned? But he also did a lot of bad things like staging an accident with the grandma to save her to get her gratitude.

1. I didn’t expect it to be so... bloody ^^‘ it’s very rare, to read a modern day novel, where the ML (indirectly) kills someone... it’s always hard to say if someone deserves to die and who not (bc who are we to decide on someone else’s life and death) but I‘d also admit that I do not feel bad for them p*dos Death. Neither for the adoptive father to go for jail. It was just very surprise to see that happen.

2. Well, even though there was fortune in misfortune (the ML, after the hospitalization, got better memory, basically became a genius, and realized how good MC is to him, was trigger of everything that lead to a better life for ML) I still think that MC could have solved this „problem“, ML not being their child and trying to separate them to save the ML, differently. He could have consulted in someone, why not notify the police (tho maybe it’s different in China, I’m not too sure ah). The ending is good, but ML really had to suffer a lot...

3. Like someone else said, I do feel a little... bad for the switched out child. He is just a child who was afraid of loosing what he had nos... It’s just that, he really did a lot of wrong things. He was loved by many, and didn’t really *need* to resort to these methods to stay. He did grow up there for more than 15 years, I don’t think they would have abandoned him. Tho I guess it was his insecurities, his pride and all that, that finally lead to the ending that he had. Because, even though MLs adoptive mother had malicious intentions, it’s mit the Baby‘s/Kid‘s fault, to be switched out. It’s just him having done so many mistakes, that lead to this.

I wonder what he’s doing, now that he basically has no family. Both his parents are in jail, he himself is 15 or 16. What happens, if this happens in real life? Will he be sent to an orphanage? I don’t know ah

4. The ending was... so abrupt haha it suddenly ended and I didn’t expect it •7•) / welp, I like the idea of him having an orphanage to support disabled and ab*sed children! It’s just that I thought I’d see more of their love life ohhhh anyway it was good!

what made me dropped this is on how MC "tried" to help the ML out of his abusive houshold by essentially making it worst. how he handled it is genuinely how a 14 yr old would handle it, not the adult he always claims to be.

he knew the ML was bullied and is sensitive to people making fun of him? let's "accidentally" make fun of him by imitating /mocking his chuunibyou phase in front of the whole class!

he knew the ML had a pe*verted stalker bc of his pretty face thats why he had to cut his hair in a weird way to ruin his image? let's force him to change his image to be prettier, causing the stalker to stalk him again and risk harming/assulting him bc he's (ML) only 15 yrs old!

ML has a trauma of someone taking pictures of him without his consent bc of said pe*verted stalker? let's take pictures of him secretly in front of his face!

he knew the ML's adoptive father was abusive, has severe anger issues and is ready to throw hands at his family at any time? lets piss him off by giving him a paternity test annonymously, making the only outlet of anger as his own son who was inside the house with him at the time!

i said "he knew" bc all of this were depicted in the novel he transmigrates into. Even if he doesn't, most of them can be avoided with common sense. Theres no excuses.

and how he treats ML's adoptive mom? disgusting. The world isnt black and white, and I think she fell into the grey area. Yes, she was a shitty person for switching the babies at birth, I dont want him to forgive her either, but isnt there something else you should be focusing on??? THE ML? HELLO??? Whether or not you think the mom did an unforgivable crime, the victim is still suffering and need both of your help. SHE is also a victim OF DOMESTIC ab*se. help them. you have the means to.

lastly, POLICE. HELLO? IS THERE NO POLICE IN THIS UNIVERSE?? IS THE POLICE THAT BAD/NOT TO BE TRUSTED THAT MC'S FIRST TOUGHT WAS NOT TO TRY AND GET THE POLICE INVOLVED FOR THE ab*se THATS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME, BUT TO TRY AND GET THE MOM TO DIVORCE THE DAD??? THAT SHOULD COME AFTER. GET THAT as*hole TO JAIL. GO GET CPS. DO SOMETHING???

(in the end, the MC sponsored his (ML) whole family with his allowance and part time job, which in turn only made the family financially depended on the MC and did not solve anything, bc the dad eventually found the cash, and took it)

of course you shouldnt just willy nilly-ly call the police "hello 911 my friend is ab*sed". Consent is also needed for this bc sometimes the victim does not want your help, but theres where trust and patience comes in. you have to do your best to gain their trust and convince them that what theyre experiencing is NOT okay and that you CAN help. its not an embarassing thing to get help. consult an adult (bc clearly you have the mind of a child as well), keep an open mind, and treat him (ML) as a friend and not a character. I say this bc it feels like he (MC) is not taking this seriously bc he knows the ML will get picked up by his real (rich) family later in the future. This is also why he took the aforementioned unconsensual picture of him, to UNCONSENSUALLY distribute it to the family.

the writer did a shitty job at everything.

i hate it.

There was a lot of enlightened language regarding ab*se, children with disabilities, and not becoming a yandere.

I cried when ML found out that MC had been the one caring for him behind the scenes the whole time. Honestly f*ck his mom for not caring for ML as she should have. Definitely a face slapping moment when she realized that the person that had always been on her side was ML, the one she had cast aside.

Then there's this whole thing where ML's birth mom HAS to choose between the son she raised and loved or the son she lost. Like??? Hey what the f*ck those are both your children why are we treating them like which fruit at the grocery store has fewer spots???

For you to have an idea, the MC only thought that he could love ML romantically in chapter 58 and they only got together in 63