After ending the call with Su Cheol, Da Hyun contemplated whether to share the conversation with Min Hyuk. Su Cheol’s offer to let her meet Yeon Sil had swayed her, but her hesitation to speak to Min Hyuk stemmed from something else – the visions, or apparitions, of the past.
She had planned to ask Min Hyuk when he woke up, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
Popping a lemon-flavored candy into her mouth, Da Hyun stood up, wrestling with her thoughts. No matter how much she longed to see Yeon Sil, she couldn’t betray her husband.
“I should speak up. I’m sorry to mom, but I can’t deceive my family.”
Even if she did listen to Su Cheol, the chances of him showing her Yeon Sil were slim. The memory of Yeon Sil was painful, a fading memory, but still deeply missed.
“What are you standing there thinking about?”
Min Hyuk entered the bedroom, looking curiously at Da Hyun standing still.
Da Hyun, her lips sealed, stared at Min Hyuk holding the doorknob.
“Min Hyuk, there’s something I’ve been wanting to ask you, but I just couldn’t…”
She was overflowing with questions and things to say, but she didn’t understand why her words wouldn’t come out. It wasn’t like her. She just needed to ask casually, but something held her back.
“Why not ask? Ask anything. I’ll answer.”
Da Hyun’s lips curled involuntarily under Min Hyuk’s affectionate gaze.
How could she ask with him looking at her like that?
She swallowed hard, the tangy lemon flavor spreading in her mouth.
“Uh? Tell me.”
Min Hyuk had long realized that Da Hyun had something to say but was holding back.
He patiently waited, not pressuring her. Waiting was what he did best. After waiting two years to meet her again, this was nothing.
“If you’re not ready to talk yet, take your time. Tell me when you’re ready.”
Min Hyuk closed the bedroom door behind him and reached out to tidy Da Hyun’s tousled hair.
“Min Hyuk, you’re so kind. But you know what?”
“What?”
“They say the kindest people are actually the scariest.”
“I’m only kind to you.”
A shallow laugh escaped Da Hyun’s lips, as if he was joking to ease her tension.
He couldn’t possibly guess what she was about to say.
Da Hyun cleared her throat.
“The thing I want to tell Min Hyuk is…”
Originally, she wanted to talk about the scenes that suddenly popped into her head and the ones she saw in her dreams. But now, telling him about the call with Su Cheol seemed more important.
“I got a call from my father a while ago.”
“What did he say?”
“Well…”
“He told you to divorce me, didn’t he?”
Min Hyuk said it nonchalantly, echoing Su Cheol’s words. Da Hyun’s eyes widened in surprise, hesitantly trying to broach the topic carefully.
“Uh, how did you know?”
“I caused a bit of trouble. I meant to tell you today, but your father-in-law beat me to it.”
Da Hyun thought she might be overreacting, given Min Hyuk’s composed demeanor. But if Su Cheol had called her directly, she guessed it wasn’t a trivial matter.
“You must have heard from your father-in-law. What I did?”
“I didn’t get the details. He’s not someone who would explain things to me.”
“Do you resent me?”
“Why would I resent you, Min Hyuk?”
Da Hyun tilted her head slightly, wondering.
Should she resent him? Why should she?
If Min Hyuk took such a risk, it meant Su Cheol must have provoked him.
“If I really had a bad intention and spread it to the media, you know what would happen. That’s what your father-in-law is worried about. That’s why he contacted you.”
“I’m okay. Don’t worry about it. Do what you want, Min Hyuk. You know, even though I’m my father’s daughter, I’m practically treated like an outcast. But what file are we talking about?”
“You didn’t hear what file it was?”
“No, I just heard it was related to Yoo Song Group.”
Min Hyuk clicked his tongue.
“Remarkable. He’s asking for your help but still keeps it well hidden.”
Da Hyun had no intention of siding with Su Cheol. If she had to choose sides, it would be Min Hyuk’s. However, her agreement to consider Su Cheol’s request was because he had used Yeon Sil as leverage.
“An illegal surveillance file.”
“What?”
Da Hyun’s eyelids fluttered slowly in surprise. She had thought Su Cheol’s file related to Yoo Song would be unsavory, but surveillance?
“Aren’t you curious why I did this?”
Da Hyun crinkled her nose, thinking. If Min Hyuk went to such lengths, was it to defeat Su Cheol? To break him down?
“But aren’t you doing this to beat my father? To take him down?”
Min Hyuk, however, shook his head.
“No, it’s to let you take care of your mother. You know your father-in-law won’t show your mother to you no matter how much you plead.”
“…”
“I wanted to fulfill your heartfelt wish.”
Da Hyun’s eyes welled with emotion, hearing an unexpected response.
“So, you’re saying you did this risky thing because of me?”
“Yes, and it’s not dangerous at all. It’s quite simple for me.”
Why would Min Hyuk go to such lengths for her?
Da Hyun bit the tender flesh inside her mouth.
Her heart swelled. Min Hyuk was a man who would make sacrifices for her sake.
“Thank you so much.”
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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