Jinx Chapter 5 highlights increasing tension as Joo Jaekyung displays grudging possessiveness over Kim Dan. Dan struggles with the emotional toll. The introduction of a new character who notices Dan’s distress hints at a future complication and suggests their transactional relationship is becoming more emotionally complex.
Jinx Chapter 37: Joo Jaekyung successfully makes weight but is severely stressed. At dinner, he gives a mysterious protein shake from an MFC rep to Kim Dan. Immediately after, Dan collapses in the hallway, incapacitated and trembling, implying the drink was spiked to harm Jaekyung.
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.