“What are you doing? You should hold on with your willpower.”
It was an eye for an eye.
Kang Se Hun, who had never been forced to drink before, heaved a sigh at the sight of the full glass. However, unable to withstand Hyun Woo’s continuous gaze pressure, he eventually emptied his trembling glass.
Hyun Woo turned to Eun Seok and spoke brightly.
“Make sure to send the Head safely.”
It was a kind instruction from Hyun Woo, sensing it was the end.
Soon after, his gaze was back on Sori.
His gaze that was focused on Sori sent a chill down everyone’s spines.
“You, come with me.”
He left behind his final words and stood up, descending the second floor stairs.
Despite drinking whiskey just like Kang Se Hoon and still looking sober, Hyun Woo didn’t forget his purpose to the new resident amidst the surprise.
There seemed to be no one in this space to stop him.
Everyone began to gaze at Sori with concern.
“Are you not drunk? Can you go alone?”
Between Jong Woo and Eun Seok’s concern, Sori tidied up her spot and stood up.
“I’ll go ahead then. I’m sorry.”
“Oh, okay, go ahead. Let’s see each other alive tomorrow.”
“Yes……”
She was so drunk that her words flowed out slowly.
Sori moved her steps slowly. She thought she was walking straight, but to others, her steps were shaky.
Heading towards the stairs to the first floor, Sori took a deep breath.
And she thought with her dizzy head.
Did she do something wrong enough to be driven out like this?
Sori quickly went over her day at the hospital.
However, due to the alcohol, she couldn’t think well.
When she reached the stairs, Sori, who was holding the railing, spotted Hyun Woo standing on the first floor.
Was he waiting for me?
At the sound of her presence, Hyun Woo looked up.
He, with an even colder face, sighed at the sight of Sori coming down the stairs while holding the railing.
Seeing his face, Sori’s body stiffened again.
He, who had climbed a few steps back up, grabbed Sori’s arm.
“……Professor.”
“I really want to cut it off.”
Ki Tae, who worried late, followed and saw their figure in front of the second floor stairs.
Precisely, he heard everything Hyun Woo said.
Hyun Woo and Ki Tae’s eyes met as Hyun Woo faced Sori with an angry face.
Professor Seo is really too much.
Unable to even ask why due to Hyun Woo’s cold glare despite his grumbling, Ki Tae could only wish goodbye to the drunken Sori being led away.
Inside the taxi.
Sori and Hyun Woo sat side by side in the back seat.
For some reason, Hyun Woo was taking deep breaths occasionally.
Sori, in turn, would sneak glances at him.
Sori couldn’t find why he was angry.
“Can I ask why you’re angry?”
“Do you really not know why you’re asking?”
Although there was nothing to be angry about, she didn’t understand why he was angry.
Why he was so angry.
He wanted to tell Sori not to go to the drinking party, but he didn’t. It felt strange to interfere that far.
After getting a transfusion yesterday, she surely wouldn’t drink at the party.
However, the problem was that the newbie Yoo Sori couldn’t even keep her promise for a single cup of coffee as the youngest.
‘You just have to avoid Kang Se Hoon.’
‘He claims to be the best at drinking, but he doesn’t drink himself, only making others drink. And he singles out one person to do so. What’s that all about?’
The decisive reason why he rushed to the drinking party, which he never usually attends, was because he heard the interns whispering as they left work.
So he went to the drinking party, and the sight that unfolded before his eyes was a spectacle.
Hyun Woo turned to look at the quiet Sori next to him.
Sori, who was wilting, sensed Hyun Woo’s gaze and shivered her head.
“I’ll talk about your stuff when I’m sober, so let me sleep a bit.”
At his sharp and straightforward words, she replied in a small voice, “Okay.”
For Sori, who was drunk, the fact that she was simply with him now held significant meaning.
It might have been presumptuous to dismiss her feelings towards him as mere admiration.
She had lived a day that she had longed for, that had seemed like a dream.
Each time he called her name in the emergency room, in the ward, in the treatment room, her heart throbbed.
Even if she was called in for a mistake, she didn’t feel bad at all because it was Seo Hyun Woo.
She was rather excited about the prospect of learning from his vast medical knowledge and his drinking skills.
She shouldn’t keep attributing special meaning to his casual care and hope, but she couldn’t help it.
Even though she knew, her heart didn’t listen.
Was this really just admiration?
All day long, at work, she didn’t know how many times she looked for him, who would be watching over her somewhere.
When she stood in front of him, she was shaking endlessly, but when he was not in sight, she would search for him diligently with her eyes.
She had repeated such a strange state countless times today.
Without knowing, Sori was once again staring intently at him.
He let out a languid breath.
In the car that was deadly quiet, even his breath stimulated Sori’s senses.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
