Hyunwoo, who arrived at the lab first, waited for Sori after parking his car.
On the desk, the nutritional supplements he had received from Jieun a while ago were placed.
But what kind of meeting is this? Is it a way of saying he misses her?
It was cute how he tried not to show it and a faint smile crept out.
Before long, a knock echoed. The door opened, and somehow, Sori, who opened her eyes wide, walked in.
“I brewed some tea, thinking you might have had coffee earlier.”
“I don’t need tea.”
Her stiff voice sounded strange, and when she turned around, Sori’s expression didn’t seem good.
“Why is your expression like that?”
“How can it not be?”
“What?”
She quickly grabbed the nutritional supplement bottle on the desk, holding it up like she had caught something.
“It seems like Professor Kim has a good impression of you. What will you do if you suddenly receive something like this?”
“Impression…?”
“Yes. It seems like Professor Kim is watching you very closely. Biting your lips, taking care of your nutritional supplements.”
He chuckled through his nose, then his expression stiffened.
She became a bit curious.
How would Yoo Sori, who has been showing various expressions lately and seems genuinely jealous, react when she gets upset?
So, nonchalantly, he said, “What’s the big deal about this supplement.”
When he casually answered, Sori made a slightly surprised expression.
“Then why are women misunderstanding? Especially if someone like Professor Kim, who is so private, receives something like this, they’ll misunderstand even more.”
“Really?”
Seeing him casually answering with a face that seemed to know nothing, she felt a bit frustrated.
“Lee Jieun is just my only friend in this hospital.”
“Where is there friendship between a man and a woman?”
He took a sip of his mug. Sori still had a stubborn look.
“Yoo Sori, don’t you know? That friend doesn’t misunderstand.”
“How would I know? People give meaning to everything when they like someone and misunderstand.”
He seriously spoke, and finding it somewhat cute, she barely suppressed her urge to laugh.
“Even if I say that my girlfriend bit my lips?”
Grumbling, he approached her.
“Is that okay?”
“Yes! Just tell them you have someone to marry!”
“Got it. I’ll tell them everything as Yoo Sori says. Will that be enough?”
“Jeez.”
He pulled the grumbling Sori to the sofa and sat her on his lap.
“Why are you suddenly getting cute when you’re angry?”
“I can’t even show any emotions at the hospital, but when another woman pretends to be close and misunderstands that you’re Professor Kim’s girlfriend, it feels unpleasant.”
Still grumbling, she leaned her forehead on his shoulder. Finally, he chuckled, letting out the laughter he had held in.
It seemed like they were getting closer starting from yesterday. Seeing him express his feelings without any filter…
This isn’t bad.
“Don’t laugh.”
“Okay. I won’t laugh.”
But contrary to his answer, he was still bursting into laughter.
“Why do you keep laughing?”
“Just because.”
Because it feels good.
This feels strangely different and good.
Because he kept resting his head on her shoulder and laughing, Sori continued to feel frustrated.
“Aren’t you tired?”
“I’m so tired that I’m on the verge of death. The professor didn’t let me sleep much yesterday.”
“Sorry about that.”
He couldn’t sleep because he was too happy.
He lifted his head, looking at Sori with a worried expression.
“Do you want to lie down here?”
It was almost lunchtime anyway.
Still sporting a sulky expression, Sori lay down on the sofa with him using his legs as a pillow this time.
As he gently massaged Sori’s arms and hands, he said, “Relax and take a 10-minute nap.”
“If I nap for 10 minutes, I’ll be even more tired.”
“20 minutes then.”
“I can’t. The junior residents…”
“It’s okay. I’m here.”
As if consoling a sulking child, he comforted Sori and let her sleep.
It was a brief but honey-like break for both of them.
That afternoon.
Sori, who received a call and rushed to the emergency room, encountered a patient named Shin Hyunsuk with a head injury.
“Bibibi. Bibibi, give me my bibibi. That bad XX!”
While making a scene with a nurse beside her, Hyunsuk suddenly hit Sori on the back of her head.
“Ah!”
And she also used the same force against Sori.
Sori turned to the nurse, looking bewildered.
“She stole that red bean-flavored hard candy from the supermarket and ran away, but she tripped and hit her head. Do you have a guardian?”
The nurse, looking embarrassed, nodded as if to say, “Yes.”
“A passing lady reported it to 119 after seeing the grandmother who fell on the street, so she ended up here. You might have to ask for the police when they come.”
“It might take a while to contact the family.”
“The grandmother seems to have come out of her house or a nursing home not too long ago. Since she probably sneaked out, a missing person report might come in soon.”
“Then shall we check the condition of her head first?”
Having roughly grasped the situation, Sori approached Hyunsuk.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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