That explains why he's so hated by almost everyone at the brothel. Sure, it is more his relative's fault. But the fact that he is the reason Maomao's mother went crazy and decided to harm her daughter, Maomao can't just stop hating him for that.
To be a woman living on the streets on the red light district is a death sentence. Lots of young Gurkha and women are gang raped and murdered. The brothel almost went bankrupt and almost had to close. That would've put everyone living there on the streets. Maomao's mother was forced to serve the lowest of clients due to the effects that the pregnancy had in her body and how her value had dropped so low. She was made to sleep with men who were clearly sick due to how few wealthy and healthy men wanted her. The severing of one's finger was a common practice in the Japanese brothels and was occasionally done in the Chinese one as well. She cut off part of her finger and her daughter's finger in such a way it would grow back and sob she could tell Lakan that he had a child
Yes, everyone at the brothel hated him, at the same time, the POV we've been getting was actually from them. That's why Lakan was portrayed as a villain in previous episodes. But Maomao does not hate him, scared and annoyed but not hate. She doesn't have enough connection with both her parents to hate them.
If you watch the 21 min version of each episode, then the recap-I was shock how different the story is, so much is missing and the plot seems different
