Baiting

Noh Heesung, a student on leave from Korea University, lives a life that seems to pack in every tragedy the world has to offer—but it’s made him a master of survival.

Always on the run from money problems, he’s done just about every job imaginable—except the one he really shouldn’t have.

He didn’t know it was the one thing he should never do.

Tempted by cash, he began secretly working as a malicious commenter targeting Origin Club. But the moment he saw Gu Jaehyuk, the terrifying new owner of Origin, he knew instantly…

…he was a dead man walking.

And he was right. Turns out, the saying “better alive in a dung heap than dead in silk” was total bullshit.

As Heesung’s life spirals further into hell, the only person he can cling to is Jaehyuk.

So he does—voluntarily becoming Jaehyuk’s possession.

But one day, Heesung realizes the place he’s trapped in is nothing more than a cozy garbage bin.

He makes up his mind.

He needs to run—from Gu Jaehyuk.

Luckily, Heesung, who got into the country’s top university on his own merit, isn’t just good-looking—he’s smart.

And so, Jaehyuk ends up losing the “pretty little bastard” he went through hell and high water (and even crossed borders) to make his own.

“Where’s my mutt? Where’s Noh Heesung?”

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Character Info

♣ • Gong (Top)

♣ • Gu Jaehyuk (31)

Simple but never shallow. Uneducated but frighteningly strategic.

A man with a terrible temper and terrifying persistence. The youngest of three brothers in the Gu crime family—with the shortest education and the worst patience.

Raised under parents who were anything but normal, Jaehyuk became an exceptional gangster.

No, mobster.

Now, as the new owner of Origin Club, he steps in to save it from ruin—his mother’s business.

While investigating why the once-booming club went downhill, he finds a small, pitiful, pretty little spy.

And to a man like Gu Jaehyuk, who excels at everything except studying, devouring one helpless boy is no challenge at all.

“This job’s gotten too big to settle with words. You get it, right?”

♠ • Soo (Bottom)

♠ • Noh Heesung (21)

An orphan and elite university student on leave, whose life is built on layers of misery, pity, and misfortune. Exceptionally hardworking and endlessly resourceful, Heesung has done just about every part-time job imaginable.

Though timid, he’s competent and courageous in the face of injustice. But while working as a secret online troll targeting Origin Club for some extra cash, he’s caught red-handed by the club’s new boss—Gu Jaehyuk.
From that moment on, his life takes a steep turn into hardcore territory.

“Boss, can’t you just let me go? You already have everything—house, car, money… and even a family…”