Novel part has a flashback right before the mirror part:
It was only natural, in a way, that Heegeon hated people. It wasn’t as if that face of his suddenly appeared out of nowhere one day. His features were already perfectly formed when he was born. When he first started toddling around, his plump, milky skin was so adorable that anyone passing by couldn’t help but gasp and turn to look.
It was only natural, in a way, that Heegeon hated people. It wasn’t as if that face of his suddenly appeared out of nowhere one day. His features were already perfectly formed when he was born. When he first started toddling around, his plump, milky skin was so adorable that anyone passing by couldn’t help but gasp and turn to look.
So many strangers would come up and pinch his baby cheeks or try to kiss him with unwashed hands that his mother ended up walking around with the stroller canopy fully lowered. Even so, once word spread around the neighborhood about a beautiful baby, some people went as far as to suddenly throw open the stroller without permission just to peek inside. A talent scout from a baby modeling agency even camped out, waiting. And a kid his age—jealous because all the adults’ attention had been stolen—once pinched Heegeon out of spite as he passed by.