This is a coming of age story.
The male protagonist is not a good guy in the traditional sense.
He was cruel to everyone, both men and women. This kind of character setting is not for the sake of contrast later.
Because I'm fed up with the kind of stories where the male protagonist was cold and ruthless before, but after meeting the female protagonist, he becomes as tender as water and all kinds of IQ dropped. I just wanted to write a male protagonist who was cruel from beginning to end.
Really, write it like this. I just pity the heroine.
Intention: Growth, no longer dependent, independent.