The Art of Gentle Captivity

“My dream is to heal in the countryside.”

He never imagined that a single line he said nine years ago would light the fuse.

Because of the debt left behind by his father, he’s kidnapped by Cha Minhyung—an executive of a mafia-run corporation—and confined to a secluded countryside estate.

Three full meals a day, cozy bedding, overly kind(?) people, and the freedom to do whatever he wants in a luxurious villa…

“I told you to just relax. Why won’t you listen?”

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Character Info

☾⋆ Gong (Top)

☾⋆ Cha Minhyung
An executive of a crime syndicate and heir apparent to the chairman’s position.

Born out of wedlock, with a rough family background, he sees the soo—Yoon Jiwan—as his salvation. To protect Jiwan from a harsh life, he begins what he calls “protective confinement.”

At first, he’s content just to watch from nearby—but his desire to possess him grows.

Outwardly cold and ruthless, Minhyung is utterly devoted and gentle only to Jiwan.

ִ ࣪𖤐 Soo (Bottom)

ִ ࣪𖤐 Yoon Jiwan
Raised by an unreliable father who constantly dragged their lives into chaos, and abandoned by his mother, Jiwan grew up struggling.
At first, being captured by the top under the pretense of paying off his father’s debt filled him with fear.
But through the human connections he’s never known and experiences he’s long been denied, he slowly—subconsciously—opens his heart.
He’s even-tempered, quick-witted, and honest with his emotions, never afraid to speak his mind.