A Light Contract - Chapter 13

Although the formal contract still needed to be drawn up, I intended to proceed as planned unless he changed his mind.

As the strength left their clasped hands, Yura’s attempt to withdraw was halted by Lee Hyun’s sudden forceful action.

“Ah, I almost forgot.”

“What?”

Lee Hyun ignored Yura’s request to let go of her hand and instead pulled her closer, narrowing the distance. Then he mentioned the most important part of all matters.

“From now until we divorce, don’t meet other men even in secret.”

“Look who’s talking.”

Yura snorted incredulously. Jin Yura had no way of knowing that Lee Hyun had zero dating experience.

Moreover, Yura completely failed to grasp the hidden meaning behind this sentence.

She wasn’t the type to meet men without any sense of morality like someone else. However, ‘other men’ here specifically meant Oh Se Jin, and not meeting even in secret meant to never get involved with him.

If she knew the true intent, she would probably jump in shock. To avoid getting involved with Se Jin would fundamentally mean she’d have to quit her job.

“If any issues arise with other people of the opposite sex, there will need to be compensation for damages. Of course, the same goes for me.”

“Agreed.”

Lee Hyun inwardly laughed at the unhesitating response. Focused on the mention of the opposite sex, Yura didn’t delve deeply into the meaning of damage compensation. That would serve as excellent bait for Lee Hyun.

Yet Lee Hyun deliberately brought up that name.

“Oh Se Jin.”

As if it was a name she didn’t want to hear, Yura’s face suddenly hardened. She immediately asserted her innocence in a resolute voice.

“Let me be clear. I don’t have even an ant’s eyelash worth of feelings for him.”

It was an unexpected harvest. Lee Hyun had been curious if Yura might be wavering a little, or if she still had any lingering attachment.

After hearing a clear answer from her directly, his certainty about this contract and the actions he should take hereafter became even clearer.

“I know. The problem is that it’s not Oh Se Jin.”

Yura momentarily frowned at Lee Hyun’s words. His confident voice, as if he really knew everything, made her feel needlessly guilty.

There was no lie in what she had said to Lee Hyun. She truly didn’t have even a shred of feeling for Oh Se Jin, but she couldn’t give any certainty about the feelings he had, other than the fact that Yura would absolutely never accept them.

Separate from this contract, she felt frustrated about what to do about Oh Se Jin.

As if knowing Yura’s anxiety and frustration, Lee Hyun added:

“If that bastard tries anything, don’t try to handle it alone. Make sure to let me know.”

This was unexpected consideration. Or perhaps it was more about CH’s image being directly related to the issue. However, somehow it felt more weighted towards the former. That oddly made Yura feel elated.

“Wow, even if you’re a contract husband, it’s reassuring at times like this.”

On the day Yura met Kang Su about the marriage issue, she got an earful for not mentioning she had a man. And in an instant, a date for the families to meet was set.

Though inwardly anxious if things should move so quickly, like beans frying on a bolt of lightning, she had faith that nothing would go wrong since Baek Lee Hyun was designing and pushing it forward. After all, he was a figure who showed excellent abilities in all aspects.

In the gathering of both families’ elders, with Lee Hyun’s message that he’d be a bit late, Yura used greeting him as an excuse to leave the room and wander the parking lot. The chilly wind nipping at her nose tip seemed better than the suffocating atmosphere in there.

The evening glow was dyeing the sky purple. As she blankly stared at the sky, her father’s final words from a few days ago kept twisting her mood.

‘After living your whole life as you pleased, you somehow managed to catch Baek Lee Hyun.’

He had no interest in his daughter, and only got angry because she disobeyed him, yet now he was painting her as an unfilial daughter.

And he seemed satisfied with the fact that she had caught Baek Lee Hyun. His words implying she had no value of existence otherwise made her blood boil.

“Huff, should I just overturn it all?”

“Don’t even think about it.”

Yura was startled by the voice that came without any warning. Lee Hyun had arrived at some point and was looking down at her with a grim face.

“Tsk. When did you get here?”

“Just now.”

“Let’s go in. The elders have already arrived.”

“Don’t think of anything else.”

As she turned towards the restaurant, Yura glanced at Lee Hyun following behind with his stern voice.

“I’m not thinking of anything else now that the seal’s been stamped.”

“You just did.”

“Your hearing is sharp too. It was just a passing comment.”

“Don’t even make passing comments.”

Yura found it strange that Lee Hyun was attaching meaning to words that weren’t even serious. His voice was so earnest that anyone watching might mistake it for a real couple’s conversation. It was almost funny how worried he seemed over a contract formed just for mutual benefit.

Entering the reserved room, Lee Hyun bowed politely and apologized first. Yura followed, hiding her troubled thoughts behind a softer expression as she sat beside her mother.

“I’m sorry. I’m late.”

“Try to come earlier. At this rate, you’ll be late to your own wedding.”

“I won’t be late for the wedding.”

Though she had seen him for a long time, Yura was quite taken aback by Lee Hyun’s expression today, which she had never seen before.

There was warmth in his gaze towards her, to the point where she thought he would have done well as an actor. Yura was newly amazed at him, wondering if he was capable of such looks.

As the meal was being prepared, the elders naturally began to converse.

“It’s good to see you in such a setting, Chairman Baek.”

“Ha ha, what a wonderful occasion this is.”

“Thank you for looking favorably upon my inadequate daughter.”

“Lee Hyun is just as inadequate. And isn’t it the role of a married couple to fill in each other’s inadequacies?”

“Of course.”

Starting with these polite greetings, Baek Hyun Tae and Jin Kang Su began discussing the current state of their groups and economic trends. As it wasn’t particularly interesting to her, and she didn’t know much about it anyway, Yura silently focused on her meal.

As the business-related topics were exhausted, Lee Hyun’s father brought up an opinion about the wedding date.

“I was thinking autumn might be good for the ceremony.”

“Spring…”

All eyes turned to Lee Hyun at the voice that casually slipped out. He conveyed his clear intention in a calm and firm voice.

“We’ll do it this spring.”

“Lee Hyun, spring is a bit…”

As Mi Hee showed reluctance, Yura swallowed dryly. Lee Hyun looked at her with urging eyes, as if telling her to continue. Yura elegantly put down her spoon and told an elegant lie to meet Lee Hyun’s expectations.

“Being an April bride was my dream.”

At those words, Mi Hee and Yura’s mother Young Eun asked with surprised eyes.

“Oh my, really?”

“You had such a dream?”

Instead of answering the questions, Yura gently smiled. Then, lifting the corners of her mouth even more, she threw a glance at Lee Hyun.

‘Now, how will you persuade them about my dream?’

The night before the date for the families to meet was set, Yura had an important conversation with Lee Hyun.

It was a meeting requested by Lee Hyun, saying there were parts that needed to be coordinated before meeting the parents. Sitting across from each other, seeming quite familiar as it was the second visit, he mentioned the wedding schedule while drinking coffee.

‘We’ll have the wedding as soon as possible.’

‘That’s not something we can decide on our own.’

Yura had thought the wedding date was set by the elders. It wasn’t something one could do just because they wanted to. She didn’t know about Baek Lee Hyun’s family, but at least Jin Kang Su was that type of person, hence her response.

But that was Yura’s position, and Lee Hyun didn’t care about such aspects at all.

‘We can. As we want.’

Everyone knows that a confident man is attractive and impressive. However, excessive confidence can actually have the opposite effect. Just like this aspect of Baek Lee Hyun.

‘How annoying.’

As Yura muttered with her lips pursed, Lee Hyun chuckled. Is it a problem that he’s too great, or is it my personality? To Yura, Baek Lee Hyun looked annoying no matter what he did.

‘How about early April?’

‘It’s early March now. Are you speaking with any concept of dates?’

‘Of course, a month is enough.’

Yura looked at him with incredulous eyes.

It was amazing how confident he was that he could prepare in just a month, as if marriage was some kind of playing house.

Even just looking at acquaintances, it took at least half a year to prepare, even for the shortest time. From everything needed for the wedding to the newlywed home, nothing was simple. Yet Lee Hyun confidently claimed he could finish it all in just a month.

‘What excuse are you going to use to insist on April?’

‘You think about that.’

‘So you show off your confidence, and I’m left to deal with the aftermath?’

It was irritating that the person who had confidently said they could do it was himself, yet he was leaving the cleanup to her. If it was going to be like this, why not just go with the date the elders set, she thought, wondering why he was bothering to complicate things unnecessarily.

Lee Hyun put down his teacup with elegant and graceful movements, free of any unnecessary gestures, crossed his legs, and moved his lips gently.

‘If you make the excuse, I’ll do the persuading.’

That’s how Lee Hyun had shown his intense confidence.

Since he was so self-assured, Yura threw out an excuse as if to say, “Well then, let’s see you try.” She wondered what kind of reasoning he would attach to this excuse to persuade the formidable elders on both sides. Yura stared at him intently with a look that said, “Let’s see what you’ve got.”

Even before Lee Hyun could start his persuasion, Mi Hee’s questioning voice flew in first, sounding puzzled.

“But why April specifically? Isn’t it usually a May bride?”

As Yura, who hadn’t expected the question to come to her, fumbled with her lips in surprise, Lee Hyun finally stepped in.

“Our Yura loves cherry blossoms.”

For a moment, Yura looked at Lee Hyun with an even more bewildered face than when she had received Mi Hee’s question. It was a look that seemed to ask, “Who? Me?”

“So I want to make her an April bride when the cherry blossoms are blooming.”

“Still, April is a bit rushed. We need to book the venue, and there’s so much to prepare.”

Lee Hyun had already looked into all the necessary aspects while keeping April in mind for the wedding date.

He first checked the wedding hall his mother had mentioned. And he quickly grabbed a spot that had a cancellation, which happened to be an outdoor hall. Unintentionally, he really would be making her an April bride in a hall full of cherry blossoms.

“There’s no problem if we hold the ceremony at the Grand Garden’s outdoor hall at the hotel.”

“Lee Hyun, a wedding isn’t that simple.”

At Mi Hee’s voice trying to persuade him again, anxiety crept into Yura’s eyes. Lee Hyun slightly raised the corner of his eye towards Yura as if to show off, as if telling her to trust him.

“I intend to do whatever Yura wants. No matter how reckless it might be.”

Yura doubted her eyes and ears for a moment.

Male lead is a clingy little husband

One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.

Introduction:

One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.

One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.

As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.

From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.

But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.

Mini scene 1:

One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.

Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”

Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”

Mini scene 2:

After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.

Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.

Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”

Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”

Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.

[Reading Guide]

1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.

2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.

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