“Weren’t the subway rides during rush hour inconvenient?”
As they walked through the park, Do Han gently adjusted her hand in his.
Following her suggestion to walk before dinner, he was glad they did. The freshness of the air was incomparable to the office’s purifiers.
“Taking the subway is routine for me.”
“From tomorrow, take my car. It’s more comfortable.”
“With you, Ji Do Han, it’s anything but comfortable.”
His seriousness made him stop in his tracks.
As he looked at her for an explanation, Sa Rang shared what had happened during lunch.
“Do you know how anxious I was in front of Manager Jung today?”
“Who’s Jung?”
Thinking it was a man, his eyebrows furrowed in annoyance.
Sa Rang couldn’t help but laugh at his misunderstanding.
“Jung Su Min from the PR team. She sat next to you in the cafeteria, remember?”
His confusion about the name was evident. Sa Rang smiled at the absurdity of his reaction.
“Jung Su Min, the one who sat next to you today.”
The original Korean paragraph consists of 38 lines. I will now translate it verbatim into English, ensuring that the English translation also has 38 lines.
As Do Han seemed to ponder for a moment, he finally acknowledged, “Ah.” Seeing this, Sa Rang momentarily lost her words.
Su Min had a presence that shone wherever she went, with a striking appearance.
Plus, her sociable nature meant everyone liked her.
Sa Rang found it absurd that Do Han had to think hard to recall such a noticeable person.
“What if you had just left like that? You would’ve made Manager Jung feel awkward…”
“Just because she kept talking to me.”
“So, what? You should’ve just eaten without saying a word? You’re strangers; it’s natural to start a conversation.”
“Why sit next to a stranger?”
“She’s Manager Oh’s colleague. The three of us sometimes have lunch together.”
Sa Rang argued about the harmlessness of sitting and eating together, but Do Han’s expression became a bit stiffer.
He seemed inexplicably upset about Sa Rang having lunch with Su Min, who wasn’t even a man.
“Aren’t you bothered by it?”
“Bothered by what?”
Sa Rang widened her eyes and tilted her head, causing Do Han’s face to scrunch up even more.
“A stranger, a woman, sitting next to me and eating. She’s smiling and asking me all sorts of questions. Doesn’t that bother you?”
“Do Han is a star at our company. It’s normal to be curious.”
“It’s more than just curiosity. It’s romantic interest.”
“Well, that’s because Do Han is handsome. Most female employees at our company must be interested in him.”
Do Han felt slighted by Sa Rang’s casual response, as if discussing someone else’s affairs.
Wouldn’t she be upset if some male coworker showed interest in her?
He found her calmness infuriating.
“So, what should I have done? Just sat there and been nice to her?”
“You could at least have answered. It’s not hard among coworkers.”
“And then exchange phone numbers?”
“Phone numbers?”
“Yeah. What’s so hard about that? Among coworkers.”
Sa Rang was at a loss for words and clamped her mouth shut.
But exchanging phone numbers seemed a bit too much.
She wanted to appear cool, but she couldn’t bring herself to be okay with that.
“I thought you’d be upset about her. That’s why I left early and mentioned having a girlfriend, in case you were worried.”
“I’m not twenty anymore. I used to be foolish like that only when I was a freshman.”
Back then, just seeing Do Han with another girl made her jealous and anxious.
Looking back, she found herself pitiful.
It was a dangerous time when her world was entirely colored by Do Han.
Blind to the possibility that her world could crumble.
Sa Rang didn’t want to live like that again.
“Why would my first love be foolish?”
“First love? Who? Me?”
Sa Rang widened her eyes and pointed at herself in disbelief.
She couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
“Yeah, you. Sa Rang.”
“Ah, what a lie.”
How could she believe such an absurd claim?
Sa Rang was incredulous, letting out a gasp of disbelief.
“I said ‘I love you’ to you for the first time. That makes you my first love.”
“What kind of logic is that?”
By that logic, she hadn’t met her first love yet.
She hadn’t said ‘I love you’ to anyone.
“You’ll be my second and third too. I’ll say it every day.”
The original Korean paragraph consists of 16 lines. I will now translate it verbatim into English, ensuring that the English translation also has 16 lines.
She had never told anyone she loved them.
“You will be my second and my third too. I will tell you every day.”
Sa Rang gazed at Do Han, lost in thought.
She doubted if the person standing before her was really the Do Han she knew.
Could a person change this much in five years?
Suddenly, she remembered what Na Young had said at lunch in the café.
That she should always be on high alert because Do Han might cause trouble at any time.
She might not need to be worried about an accident, but it seemed she should stay alert.
If she wasn’t careful, she might fall for his sweet words just like now.
She could soon return to being the twenty-year-old Sa Rang who was infatuated with Do Han.
However, her resolve quickly dissolved.
In the crowded park, he leaned down and kissed her.
It was not just a light peck, but a deep kiss that made her immobile.
The kiss ended, but its intensity left Sa Rang feeling dizzy.
Just as she focused on Do Han again, he smiled gently at her.
“I love you.”
Her heart surrendered and fluttered helplessly.
No matter how much she resolved, it was useless.
Just one smile from this man could bring down her carefully built walls.
She realized after five years that she could never win against Do Han.
“Now, let’s go see the cherry blossoms. You like flowers, right?”
Sa Rang, still dazed, allowed herself to be led by Do Han.
The cherry blossoms were in full bloom, scattering their petals in the spring breeze.
Her heart fluttered like the cherry blossom petals.
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
