Hyunwoo froze for a moment, as if he had heard something he shouldn’t have. Simultaneously, the conversation with his father, who had called unexpectedly last night, came to mind.
“Are you still in San Francisco?”
I called because there’s something urgent.
“Go ahead.”
“If Director Baek Sunhwa comes looking for you, don’t bring up marriage for a while.”
Talking to his father, who was making an unreasonable request, Hyunwoo swallowed a sigh.
“That director seems a bit unwell. It’s not good to provoke her now. She might try to break you guys up somehow. Are you listening to me?”
“Yes. I understand what you mean.”
“Tell Sori the same, skillfully.”
Why did this woman come here in the first place?
“Your expression shows that you’re quite surprised.”
“No, it’s not that.”
“Aren’t you going to answer?”
How does Sori’s mother know about her illness? He momentarily suspected his father. But his father had no apparent reason to do that.
He asked, with a tone devoid of ups and downs.
“How did you find out before? About the hospital?”
“I happened to see it when I went to Seohan Hospital. I saw Yoo Suhyang and Professor Seo Hyunwoo coming out together.”
Hyunwoo unconsciously moved his eyes to confirm Sori’s whereabouts. Sori was counseling with a grandmother in front of the hall.
“Yoo Suhyang had records of visiting our hospital, but she recently moved to Seohan. I just don’t understand why Professor Seo Hyunwoo is involved there.”
What Sunhwa knew shouldn’t have been known by Sori. Hyunwoo’s face, which had been calm, cracked slightly, but as always, he remained composed.
“I have a personal connection with her. I just helped her briefly upon a request.”
“That’s what I’m curious about. She’s your closest family, your daughter, who is a doctor. Why Professor Seo Hyunwoo?”
“That’s her personal reason…”
As Hyunwoo casually replied, his eyebrows subtly twisted. Why should he be answering this?
“By the way, are you following me? This situation is quite uncomfortable right now.”
“Following you? If that were the case, I wouldn’t have come here. I’m curious, and it’s hard for me to endure even for a day. If I made you uncomfortable, I’m truly sorry.”
“Do you happen to have a misconception that Seohan took away a patient?”
Although he tried to turn the conversation with a slightly unpleasant tone, the woman just smiled.
“Well, that could be possible. But more than that…”
With a gaze as if she had noticed something, Hyunwoo pretended to maintain a calm expression.
“By any chance, are you trailing behind me? I’m worried that you might have misunderstood. This situation is quite uncomfortable.”
“Trailing you? If that were the case, I wouldn’t have come here. I’m curious, and it’s hard for me to endure even for a day. If I made you uncomfortable, I’m truly sorry.”
“Does it seem like Sehan took away a patient?”
Although he tried to turn the conversation with a slightly unpleasant tone, the woman just smiled.
“Well, that could be possible. But more than that…”
As if she had noticed something, Hyunwoo looked at her with a gaze as if she had noticed something, and the woman looked back at Hyunwoo again with a slightly sad expression.
“If you’re close to Sori’s mother, you must think highly of Sori as well, right?”
“…I can’t say she’s entirely the same as other residents.”
In response, Sunhwa’s eye twitched slightly. However, Hyunwoo, preoccupied with Sori, didn’t notice the subtle movement.
“I’m thinking about making a suggestion to Professor Seo Hyunwoo.”
“What kind of suggestion?”
“Go on five dates with me.”
“What… are you saying?”
Hyunwoo questioned as if he had heard something absurd.
“Dates.”
Sunhwa casually mentioned it as if it were nothing.
However, if he didn’t accept this proposal, there was a vibe suggesting that she would immediately disclose everything to Sori.
“Judging a person after just one meeting is too harsh. It’s a bit unfair. You intentionally staged a fight during the matchmaking. You don’t have any other women to meet, right?”
“…”
“Dropping one’s pride isn’t easy. I’ve been waiting to meet Mr. Seo Hyunwoo for a long time.”
“Why. When did you see me and wait?”
The faint smile that had spread on Sunhwa’s face disappeared. Her eyes became somewhat distant as she stared at Hyunwoo.
“You really can’t remember.”
Sunhwa abruptly lifted one sleeve of her blouse.
“When I tried to die, you told me not to. You made me want to live like that. What if you can’t remember?”
Sunhwa’s straightforwardness continued, implying that she no longer knew how to go around the issue.
Hyunwoo lowered his gaze to the table. There was a long scar on his wrist.
That scar was leading Hyunwoo back to a day he wanted to forget the most.
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The villagers constantly visited the makeshift screening center to undergo examinations. Dentistry, internal medicine, orthopedics, neurosurgery, ophthalmology—specialists in each field diligently conducted examinations.
Sori sat where Hyunwoo could see her. It was right in front of the town hall entrance.
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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