“No, it’s nothing.”
Suddenly, as if someone had lit a fire in her heart, the area around her chest became hot.
Suddenly, he approached Sori and lightly gripped her wrist. Sori’s eyes widened as if they would roll back in her head.
“Don’t lose me for no reason.”
She was no longer trailing behind him but now walking alongside him.
Stopping in front of a foreign bed brand, he confidently entered the store.
The displayed beds were bent in strange shapes, and some even protruded. At first glance, it was undoubtedly a highend brand.
But isn’t the bride supposed to handle the wedding preparations?
How much is my card limit again?
Suddenly faced with an unexpected expense, her mind became a whirl of thoughts.
Sori, who had managed to fund her tuition herself to avoid burdening her mother, was not in such an abundant financial situation.
Of course, her mother, Suh Yang, had been making enough money to pay for her daughter’s tuition, but that was Sori’s obstinacy.
Ah, what to do.
“You must be a soontobemarried couple.”
“Uh… haha, that.”
“Yes, you’re right.”
Rather than a flustered Sori, he responded calmly to the manager’s question.
There was no doubt that Sori’s facial thermometer had been broken for a while now.
“You two look so good together.”
“Do we now?”
“Yes, you should quickly have a second child. If the child resembles both of your beauty, it’ll be a masterpiece.”
The manager, who was serving the customers, was a bit talkative. Hyun Woo, leaving such a manager behind, carefully examined the model.
He also received a recommendation from the manager.
“Come sit here.”
“Huh? Oh, yes.”
The bed she sat on in surprise felt like sitting on a cloud.
She wondered if it was just her feelings, but once she tried jumping with her buttocks after putting her foot down, it was not an ordinary bed.
“I thought it would be fastest to get it shipped from Korea. I found out this brand is a good brand.”
“You seem to know a lot, groom. Our brand is recognized in Germany. It’s not for nothing that expensive beds are good. Even if you wrestle all night here, your back won’t hurt at all.”
“…”
“Investing in a bed as newlyweds is the best investment.”
Sori, who had been bouncing her buttocks on the bed, slowly turned her back to Hyun Woo. She couldn’t face him because she was so embarrassed.
“Try lying down together. It’s different when you lie down.”
Why is this manager so proactive?
Due to the manager suddenly pulling Sori’s leg, Sori slid onto the bed, shouting, “Mom!”
“How is it?”
“It’s so, so good.”
His emotionless face suddenly came close over the rigid Sori.
“How about it. Do you like it?”
“Yes…… well.”
Sori, who had been looking up at him with a flushed face, strangely felt dizzy.
“You can’t fall asleep here, Yu Sori.”
Had her focus blurred for a moment? He poked Sori’s cheek to wake her up.
While cupping her cheek, Sori thought.
She wondered why she was feeling motion sick while lying still on the bed.
The awkward soontobemarried couple’s preparation for marriage continued for a while at the department store.
This time, it was a console.
“Choose one you like.”
But ever since he had paid for the expensive bed in one lump sum, Sori’s complexion had suddenly turned pale.
Due to his unexpected spending, Sori’s lips were rather parched.
He unfolded the catalog and handed it to Sori.
“A vanity is the most important thing for a woman.”
“Who says?”
“Ji Woo.”
His response was blunt, but he was one to listen carefully to Ji Woo’s words.
“I don’t particularly think so.”
“Even so, since we’re here, choose one.”
Sori thought about Ji Woo’s room. Ji Woo’s room, which had been pink when she was a child, was decorated with a deep walnut tone after she became an adult.
It was a room equipped with a bed of the same vintage console design, and a separate remodeling made it a personal dressing room as well.
The atmosphere was completely different from my room, which had only a single bed and an old desk that I used throughout my school days.
Why wouldn’t I have a longing for such a beautiful room for myself?
“If you don’t like anything, let’s go.”
Unless Sori said this was beautiful, he seemed determined to continue taking her to stores.
This was already the fifth store.
“It’s all pretty, so I don’t know what to choose. But I can do this later.”
“If it’s because of money, I wish you wouldn’t worry about it.”
He pinpointed Sori’s inner thoughts in a single shot. Recently, Sori had been admiring his ability.
“Still……”
“This is all you need anyway. You’re going to use everything else as it is.”
“….”
Still shivering, Sori seemed displeased as he grabbed Sori’s wrist and left the store.
Suddenly, he took the elevator straight down to the parking lot and put Sori in the car.
Although he was a person with little change in facial expression, this was definite.
Seo Hyun Woo was upset.
Sori started to regret it belatedly.
I should have just chosen anything.
“Are you upset?”
“No.”
A cold voice that seemed to be not.
As he got into the driver’s seat and buckled up, he left the department store.
For a while in the ensuing silence, Sori did not know what to do.
Seemingly, the sudden change in relationship had a large side effect.
“I didn’t know you’d be this uncomfortable. My thinking was short.”
I thought it would be more efficient to look together rather than choose alone. It was a waste of time on her day off as she was not comfortable.
“It’s not that I’m uncomfortable….”
“You’re uncomfortable.”
He abruptly cut her off.
Unable to refute my honest feelings, Sori remained silent.
“Come back with Ji Woo later and choose.”
“…..”
“Ji Woo would be better than me.”
“Yes. I will.”
She seemed to have tried to consider her in his own way, but she, who could not easily accept his favor, felt as if she had made him more uncomfortable.
Looking back at Sori, who was immersed in selfreproach, he asked.
“Aren’t you hungry?”
“Yes, I’m hungry.”
She was hungry, but she had no appetite.
Was it because she had skipped too many steps?
While Sori enjoyed her time with him, she was drained from the excessive tension.
However, she had to get used to it.
Because he was the man I had so longed for, and loved.
“What do you like, Professor? I’ll buy the meal.”
She tried to speak bravely to him, hiding her dispirited appearance, but he did not respond.
But once again.
“How about Tteokbokki? Or Tonkatsu?”
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When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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