Ignoring So-ri’s words, Sohyeong moved as if to inspect the house. Although she had already glanced around, she wanted to see it again.
“But why do you have separate beds in each room?”
“……Huh?”
“Do you each use a separate room?”
Opening the door to So-ri’s room, specially prepared, Sohyeong asked in puzzlement.
In fact, the two still used separate rooms. Although they had occasionally shared a bed, they had not fully merged yet.
“Are you sleeping separately because work is tiring?”
“Yes. Until we hold the wedding, we decided to live separately for now. There are many days when we come in and out in the early morning.”
“But having separate rooms in the prime of your life. You’ve been living together for a while.”
“We’ll handle that ourselves.”
While a perplexed So-ri was muttering to herself, Hyunwoo approached and gently put his arm around her shoulders.
“From now on, we plan to use that room as a guest room.”
“Guest room?”
Looking at him, the expression that seemed to say, “Is it okay now?” returned to his eyes. She, who hadn’t even thought about it, was a bit taken aback.
“Really? Then, can I go to sleep?”
“Mom, we are still…”
As if not interested in So-ri’s words, Suhyang looked elsewhere as if exploring.
“Sigh. Maybe because it’s high up, the view is nice.”
Suhyang, who had been looking outside in front of the living room’s floor-to-ceiling window, suddenly stretched and turned around. Yawning as if sleepy, she asked.
“Professor Seo, can I really go to sleep?”
“Of course. Sleep well and rest.”
“I’ll prepare breakfast for the two of you tomorrow. Is that okay?”
A reason for her mom to keep doing things she hadn’t done before.
“Do as you wish, Mother. No need to overdo it in the morning. A glass of milk and toast is fine.”
Hyunwoo, infinitely generous to Sohyeong.
“Professor Seo speaks so nicely. Thank you. I’ll prepare something better than that.”
“Yes, I’ll look forward to it.”
Looking at the two, So-ri felt a surge of anger, but tears were about to well up.
“Why does Mom keep saying she wants to set the table? She has never done it in her life.”
“So, try setting the table before Mom dies. What could go wrong?”
“Don’t make unnecessary trouble.”
No matter what So-ri said, Suhyang pretended not to care and gave a sidelong glance at Hyunwoo.
“The bathroom is over there, right? Then, you two don’t mind me and rest comfortably. I’ll take a shower and rest on my own.”
“I’m going to sleep with Mom!”
“What are you saying? Professor Seo, take her with you.”
As if it were absurd, Suhyang pushed So-ri away.
So-ri glared at Suhyang with a resentful look.
I’ll pretend I don’t know.
For now, I’ll do as my mom wants.
⭐⭐⭐
Moving between the bathroom and my room, Suhyang, who was shaking Pusan, seemed to have entered the room when she became quiet.
So-ri had already washed up, and she sat on the edge of Hyunwoo’s bed with a troubled face.
In the master bathroom attached to the master room, he was showering.
Listening to the sound of water, So-ri, who was curious about how the two had started in the first place, couldn’t help but go back.
What was he thinking when he proposed to get married abruptly?
For what reason was he hurrying the marriage process?
Was he aware of everything from the beginning?
Thinking about this and that, her heart sank heavily. For some reason, since coming to this house, it felt like she had been acting immaturely.
Splash.
The sound of water suddenly stopped. Abruptly opening the bathroom door, Hyunwoo, wearing a nightgown, appeared.
So-ri blushed and hastily got up, leaning against him.
“I’m sorry. When Mom falls asleep, I’ll go out to the living room.”
“What are you talking about? Leave the perfectly good bed. We should get used to it now too.”
“I’m sorry.”
“What are you sorry for?”
Saying that anyone, whether Jiwoon or Mom, could come and go to sleep, he ruffled So-ri’s hair.
“Come lie down. I’ll turn off the light.”
The plain voice somehow made her more uneasy and at the same time reassured her.
Thump, thump. The resentful heart continued to beat vigorously even in this situation.
To avoid revealing the nervousness, So-ri tucked herself into the blanket, lying down in a fetal position, pulling the blanket up to her nose.
Confirming this, Hyunwoo turned off the bedroom light.
The room turned pitch black, with only the subtle glow of the yellow mood lamp and the mood light.
Hyunwoo pulled the covers off from the opposite side and entered. Rustling sounds echoed.
Suddenly, was this okay? Did he really start to like me? Was it pity from the beginning? Various sad speculations crossed So-ri’s mind.
“Lift your head a little.”
“Yes?”
While lost in thought for a moment, Hyunwoo pushed his arm under So-ri’s neck. And so, So-ri ended up using Hyunwoo’s arm as a pillow.
It was a night when sleep wouldn’t come.
Lying side by side, looking at the ceiling, the two were silently immersed in their own thoughts. Things that could never be expressed to each other.
“To be honest, I didn’t have many friends. Jiwoo was the only close friend I had, and Jiwoo was absent more often than not. There were almost none.”
In the darkness, So-ri unintentionally brought up her story that she had never told anyone before.
“Is it because of bullying because of Jiwoo?”
“No.”
Although it was true that friends who were jealous of Jiwoo also hated So-ri, it wasn’t the reason she didn’t have friends.
“I didn’t make friends. I didn’t want my mom to get hurt because of me….”
The story continued with brief pauses. Hyunwoo listened attentively to her words.
“The friends I used to hang out with found out that my mom was the actress Yoo Soo-hyang. At first, they were amazed. But as we got closer, they found out I didn’t have a dad. Then, it was always the same. They suddenly distanced themselves from me.”
Unable to understand the attitude of her friends, who she couldn’t express to anyone, she came home crying loudly.
Then her mom asked for the reason, and So-ri said. After that, her mom’s eyes would become sad.
“After that, my mom’s articles started pouring in again. As a single mother, Yoo Soo-hyang. People gathered in front of the house that had been quiet for a while. My mom would hide in the house again.”
“…….”
In the darkness, he faintly furrowed his brow. The long breath sounded like a sigh.
“So, from when my head got a little bigger, I stopped telling personal stories to my friends. I pretended to be close and laughed outwardly….”
Rumors that had already circulated once followed her even when she became a middle school student and a high school student. But then, even if such things happened, she didn’t talk about it, saying it was sad to her mom.
Young So-ri was not without wounds in her young heart.
But when there was an article in my childhood, I remembered So-ri’s mom crying and sobbing for several days and nights.
At that time, unable to approach and comfort my mom because of the thought that it was my fault. So-ri, too, hid in the room and shed tears.
Right now, we seemed to be exactly like that.
Unable to say anything to each other, fearing it might cause wounds.
A situation where we couldn’t muster the courage to do anything.
“Oh, I’ve unnecessarily rambled on.”
Suddenly, the throat felt blocked, and for some reason, the tip of the nose stung.
Hyunwoo turned to lie down on his side. He slowly stroked So-ri’s head with his large hand.
“You’ve grown up well, our So-ri.”
Before anything could flow down along the corners of her eyes, he used his hand to wipe it away.
Thinking that somehow we could overcome this situation, just as we did in the past.
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
