His casual tone carried an implicit pressure. He had been planning to train her whenever the opportunity arose.
Today, Sori had walked right into it.
With his dismissal of her ramblings, Hyun Woo led the way out of the workout room.
“Ji Woo said he feels like throwing up exercising with his brother…. Huh.”
Sori grumbled, gathering her phone and the fruit container.
Hyun Woo heard everything, his eyebrows briefly rising, but pretended not to.
Her grumbling was oddly endearing that day.
“Professor…!”
Suddenly, Sori called out urgently from behind.
“Professor! Wait a moment.”
“Why?”
Startled by her sudden call, he stopped and half-turned towards her.
Sori stepped forward, coming right in front of Hyun Woo.
“…Please, do it.”
“Do what?”
The lack of an object in her request naturally raised a question in his eyes.
Blushing like a ripe apple, Sori fumbled with her words.
“Kiss… please do that.”
“What?”
He thought he had misheard, but no, he hadn’t. He remembered their conversation about the ‘couple play’.
‘Will you kiss me when you come home from work?’
That wasn’t just a joke; she was serious.
“Since you’re home from work, it’s like a ritual to start our ‘couple play’, so please do it.”
“……”
“Are you… embarrassed?”
She was provoking him again.
“Where?”
He asked indifferently, his eyes scanning her forehead and cheek as if stamping them with his gaze, then pausing at her crimson lips. Unintentionally, he averted his eyes.
She couldn’t possibly mean a kiss on the lips, could she?
Unexpectedly, what she shyly presented was…
“Here… please.”
“…?!”
It was her hand.
She lifted her arm, presenting the back of her hand right in front of Hyun Woo’s chin.
He touched his forehead briefly with a finger, seemingly annoyed at himself for jumping too far ahead.
Just the back of her hand? On such a rare opportunity to receive a kiss from someone she likes?
He shouldn’t laugh, but he couldn’t help it. He had overestimated Sori.
Covering his eyes with his hand, Hyun Woo slowly turned his head the other way, trying to suppress his emerging laughter.
He had to restrain himself. Sori might feel embarrassed.
Her face was getting hotter as she anxiously watched his profile.
“Hurry, please. I thought you forgot.”
“……”
At that moment, Hyun Woo pondered deeply, uncharacteristically.
Was he really supposed to kiss her hand?
Lifting his head, he covered his eyes with his hand again, now touching the lower part of his forehead, blocking the sight of Sori holding the fruit container, asking for a kiss.
“……”
To the anxiously waiting Sori, he said,
“Close your eyes, and I’ll do it.”
Right now, he felt he mustn’t look into her eyes.
“I’ve closed them.”
He gazed at Sori standing serenely with her eyes closed, extending her hand towards him.
Her round forehead, button nose, full lips.
Her lush eyelashes quivered gently.
Today, Sori’s delicate features seemed particularly prominent to him.
Upon closer inspection, she was adorably compact and cute.
He reached out and gently took Sori’s small hand.
Feeling her tighten her closed eyes even more, he took a deep breath, his shirt tightening with each breath.
He had held her hand several times before for treatments, and it was as soft as a down comforter.
Suddenly, he remembered the softness of her forehead where he had checked for fever and her cheeks where he had wiped away tears.
Was it softer than her hand?
Just as his lips were about to touch her hand, he suddenly lowered the hand he was holding.
Sori grasped Hyun Woo’s head gently with both hands and pressed her lips to his forehead.
Her kiss was neither too quick nor too slow.
Her lips precisely touched his thin skin and then withdrew.
“……!!!”
At that moment, a surprised Sori opened her eyes, and her gaze met Hyun Woo’s.
“Why are you so startled?”
“If you’re going to do it, do it properly.”
With a slight chuckle through his nose, he let go of her and stepped back.
“I need to change clothes.”
Watching him enter the dressing room, her heart raced wildly.
She needed to calm down.
She couldn’t show Hyun Woo that she was flustered by his counter with a ‘dare’ look in response to her provocation.
But it seemed she had already failed at appearing composed.
“Sigh…”
His lips had touched her forehead.
It was a vivid sensation, soft and warm.
But how could she remain calm now?
Why this reaction? It’s just a kiss, isn’t it? Don’t they even use kisses as greetings abroad? Don’t overreact.
Standing still, she repeated to herself to calm down.
Just then, Hyun Woo came out of the dressing room, heading towards the kitchen.
She remembered that she had left the dining table in a mess.
“Professor, wait!”
“Why again?”
He frowned as she blocked his way with outstretched arms.
“Why are you going to the kitchen?”
“……”
He tilted his head, wondering what she meant.
Seeing his puzzled look, Sori smiled and said,
“I wanted to bring it to you.”
“I have hands and feet. Why do you need to do it?”
“I want to.”
“Then just a glass of cold water, please.”
“Sure! Please sit on the sofa. I’ll bring it right away.”
After watching him head to the sofa, Sori finally went to the kitchen.
She placed a cup under the water dispenser, pressed the cold water button, and quickly tidied up the cluttered dining table.
Gathering the laptop, books, and scattered papers, she rushed back to the water dispenser.
“……?”
She saw him already standing, drinking the water she had prepared.
“Why did you…”
After finishing the water, he approached the dining table.
“Use the study.”
“How can I use your study…”
“There’s nowhere in this house you can’t use. Feel free. Do it comfortably.”
“……”
Pointing at her forehead and chin indifferently, he asked,
“I did it, right? Feel comfortable now. Should I do it again?”
“No, no.”
Right, comfortably. She had to remember that.
Realizing she kept forgetting this, Sori was resolute.
“But why do you still call me ‘Professor’?”
“Uh? Oh…….”
She froze at his question, already having several options in mind.
She hadn’t dared to address him informally without his consent.
“If you’re not too tired, Professor, could you sit down for a moment?”
With a renewed resolve to be comfortable, Sori’s demeanor was more determined.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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