The original Korean paragraph consists of 50 lines. I will now translate it verbatim into English, ensuring that the English translation also has 50 lines.
Ji Woo kept nervously glancing at her phone, which she held tightly in her hand.
Ever since she received a call from Sa Rang on her way home from work yesterday, she had been obsessively checking her phone.
She couldn’t sleep well all night because of her friend’s sudden announcement of spending the night with a man.
The phone was off at night, and even though it seemed to be on in the morning, she couldn’t contact Sa Rang freely since she was with a man.
Ji Woo sent countless messages but received only one reply: ‘I’ll be home soon.’
When exactly is ‘soon’?!
Ji Woo habitually checked her phone again while watching TV with Yoon Jae, who found it odd.
“Are you expecting a call?”
“Huh?”
Startled, Ji Woo’s shoulders jolted.
“It seems like you’ve been looking at your phone a lot.”
“Oh, no. Just checking the time. Wondering when we should have lunch…….”
Her voice trembled slightly as she lied, but Ji Woo managed to smile naturally and avoid the crisis.
“Where did Sa Rang go?”
Yoon Jae was curious since his usually homebound friend was nowhere to be seen.
He thought she might have gone to the convenience store, but she hadn’t returned for over an hour, which was unusual.
“Sa Rang? Oh, she said she was staying at a friend’s place yesterday. It was her college friend’s birthday.”
Ji Woo quickly made up an excuse.
She had to protect her friend’s privacy.
“But why didn’t you go? Weren’t you and Sa Rang from the same department?”
Ji Woo quickly improvised a response, feeling caught off guard.
“We weren’t that close.”
“That’s surprising. I thought all your close friends would be the same since you and Sa Rang are always together.”
It was true, but Ji Woo remained silent.
She couldn’t reveal that Sa Rang had actually spent the night with a man.
“Is she coming back after lunch?”
“I, I don’t know.”
“Call her. If she’s not eating, we can wait and have lunch together.”
“Uh, okay.”
Ji Woo answered awkwardly and fiddled with her phone, just as the front door opened.
She turned her head quickly and frowned upon seeing Sa Rang.
Yoon Jae recognized Sa Rang first.
“You’re back? I was about to call you. Wondering if you’d eaten lunch.”
“I had a late breakfast, so I’m not hungry. You two go ahead.”
“Alright. You must be tired, go rest.”
Sa Rang glanced at Ji Woo at the mention of being tired, worried she might have spilled the beans about the overnight stay.
Catching on, Ji Woo quickly intervened.
“Right. You must be tired from chatting all night with your friend. Go ahead and rest.”
“Huh? Oh.”
Relieved that Yoon Jae seemed unaware, Sa Rang sighed in relief and went to her room.
Though she had slept a lot, she felt physically exhausted, perhaps due to the emotional strain.
Sa Rang had just collapsed onto her bed when Ji Woo burst in and sat down beside her.
“Who were you with until now?”
Ji Woo looked clearly angry.
She was obviously very curious, directly asking about the person Sa Rang spent the night with.
“I was with a man.”
“Who is the man? It’s not Ji Do Han, is it?”
“So, it’s okay if it’s someone other than Do Han?”
“Do Han Oppa? Oppa?”
Ji Woo gasped in disbelief.
“Why is that guy your ‘Oppa’ again…!”
Conscious of Yoon Jae outside, Ji Woo quickly lowered her voice.
The original Korean paragraph consists of 50 lines. I will now translate it verbatim into English, ensuring that the English translation also has 50 lines.
Sa Rang sighed softly as she watched Ji Woo’s agitated state.
There was no point in hiding it since she would find out eventually.
“It’s true, I was with Do Han Oppa. I went to his place yesterday.”
Ji Woo, shocked, opened her mouth wide and pressed her hand to her forehead.
It was perfectly normal for a friend to spend the night with a man, but not when that man was Do Han.
Ji Woo tried to explain calmly, containing her anger.
She noticed the cosmetics she had recently given to Sa Rang on the dressing table.
It was an eye cream, bought during a buy-one-get-one-free event, which she had shared with Sa Rang.
“Sa Rang, you know I complained about this eye cream having no effect, right? But do you know why I bought it again? I thought maybe with more use, it might make a difference. The ads make it look like it really brightens your face. That’s human psychology. You might think meeting Ji Do Han again will be different, but you’ll find it’s the same. People don’t change easily, you fool.”
Why can’t one see the thorny path that is so clear to others?
It was the same as five years ago; nothing had changed.
Ji Woo was upset that Sa Rang remained unmoved despite her passionate argument.
“Yeah, people don’t change. That’s why I’m liking Do Han Oppa again.”
“Sa Rang!”
“Ji Woo.”
Sa Rang wanted to convey her sincerity to Ji Woo.
She couldn’t ask for understanding, but she wanted to explain her current feelings.
“Do you know why you keep buying that eye cream?”
“What?”
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
