Jinx Chapter 22: Kim Dan, grateful for Joo Jaekyung‘s help with his grandmother, pledges full submission. Dan is then shocked to learn Jaekyung also paid several months of his grandmother’s hospital bills. This act of financial generosity intensifies Dan’s complicated gratitude and solidifies his emotional entrapment.
Jinx Chapter 41: Joo Jaekyung celebrates his immense post-fight success but is bothered by Kim Dan’s emotional distance. Dan, trying to avoid Jaekyung, is then devastated by a call from the hospital: his grandmother’s cancer has recurred, leaving him desperate for money and entirely dependent on Jaekyung again.
Jinx Chapter 29: Kim Dan attends a press conference with a tense Joo Jaekyung. They encounter the interested Choi Minji and meet Heesung, Jaekyung’s kind colleague. Heesung’s genuine nature offers a contrast to Jaekyung and increases the external scrutiny on Dan’s delicate position.