Ji Woo, caught off guard by the sudden confrontation, had forgotten the lie she told about Yoon Jae being Eun Woo’s boyfriend.
From Do Han’s perspective, Ji Woo’s behavior seemed shamelessly bold.
“Were you always like this?”
“Me?”
“Acting all friendly in front of others and secretly messing around with a friend’s lover. Are you that kind of despicable person?”
Only then did Ji Woo realize the full extent of the situation.
She hadn’t expected her lie to come back in this manner.
But she didn’t want to reveal the truth there, fearing it would agitate Do Han further.
Deciding to remain the bad person, Ji Woo was about to retort when Yoon Jae spoke first.
“Do you have the right to say such things?”
“…What?”
“No matter what our relationship is, it’s none of your business.”
Not just Ji Woo, Yoon Jae too seemed incredibly nonchalant.
Caught red-handed, yet Yoon Jae looked remarkably unashamed.
Do Han, struggling to contain his desire to punch Yoon Jae’s smug face, felt his fist tremble with restraint.
At that moment, Eun Woo, carrying a bag of medicine, approached the trio.
“What are you doing here?”
Eun Woo had just finished her hospital visit and received a call from Ji Woo.
Meeting Yoon Jae at the subway station on her way back, she was invited to dinner.
Despite feeling unwell from her cold, she wanted some hot soup and headed to the galbitang restaurant.
But upon arriving, she was puzzled by the scene.
Why was Do Han here, and why were the three standing instead of sitting on the available chairs?
However, none of them offered any explanation.
Witnessing Ji Woo quickly move to sit opposite Yoon Jae, Do Han secretly exhaled in relief.
“How did you get here?”
“Do Han said he had something to pass on from Na Young. Just happened to see you two here and came in. Thought you were here too.”
Eun Woo realized Do Han was lying.
If there was something to be passed on, Na Young would have called her directly.
“I have something for you too. Let’s go outside.”
Eun Woo didn’t want to sit and eat with the four of them.
She hoped Ji Woo and Yoon Jae could at least dine in peace.
“Pack my galbitang to go. I’ll eat it at home.”
“Okay, got it.”
Eager to escape the role of the ‘bad person’ who betrayed her friend, Ji Woo quickly sent them off.
Outside, Eun Woo led Do Han into a cafe.
She wasn’t feeling well enough to talk on the street.
Sitting down and placing their orders, they remained silent.
Only after the waiter brought two cups of coffee did Eun Woo speak.
“Why did you really come?”
The original Korean paragraph consists of 17 lines. Here is the verbatim English translation with the same number of lines:
“I heard you were sick.”
Eun Woo, who was sipping water to soothe her dry throat, paused and set down her cup.
“Having a workplace colleague is indeed nice. Even visits when sick.”
“I didn’t come as a workplace colleague.”
Do Han was beyond holding back now.
He had refrained from revealing his feelings because Eun Woo was set to marry Yoon Jae.
But now that he knew the true nature of Yoon Jae, there was no reason to hide his feelings any longer.
If Yoon Jae wasn’t a better man, he couldn’t let her go.
Seeing Eun Woo’s incredulous expression, Do Han spoke again.
“I want to start with an apology. For what I did to you five years ago.”
“No need. It’s already in the past and doesn’t matter anymore.”
“Is it because you’re going to quit your job?”
Eun Woo didn’t respond.
Despite the turmoil over the past month, she couldn’t leave her job because of one man.
She had fought hard to get this job and intended to stay for a long time.
Instead, she decided to erase him from her life, as if preparing to quit, thinking it would allow her to live normally.
She couldn’t continue struggling every day like this.
“Just stay. I’ll follow you wherever you transfer.”
Eun Woo stared blankly at Do Han, who had changed overnight.
Until yesterday, he had been cautious around her, but now that demeanor was gone.
“Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”
She was the one unwell, yet why was he speaking so irrationally?
As Eun Woo massaged her throbbing head, Do Han said,
“I’m going to take you away from Yoon Jae.”
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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