“Huh? This…”
In Jun’s hand, revealed from the shopping bag, there was a neatly folded white shirt. A white polo shirt and short navy blue shorts that Jun had asked the director’s assistant, Hyunyoung, for permission to bring to the set today.
So, it was the outfit I wore on the day when I first met Jun. A white polo shirt and short navy blue shorts.
“I don’t know how you’ll feel about this…”
As Jun held up the clothes and glanced at me, there was a tension in his gaze.
“I wanted to see it.”
“Huh?”
“How you look in this outfit. Just once would be enough.”
“Oh…”
“I didn’t think you’d assume I got it for myself.”
“Well, it’s not that.”
“I didn’t think you wanted someone else to wear it either.”
“But still…”
“But the reason this outfit means something to me is because of you.”
Each statement resonated with the truth. Ironically, I was the one who hadn’t noticed when Jun picked up this outfit. Accepting those convincing words.
Then suddenly, it struck me as a bit odd that Jun seemed to be adding reasons one by one for picking up this outfit, as if he was worried that I might not want to wear the clothes he had rescued. I wondered if he was concerned about whether I would reject the outfit he had brought for me. With my nervous emotions hidden, he continued in a casual manner.
“So, I want to see you wearing this outfit.”
“…Yeah, sure.”
His bright smile, which was bright for someone who had just poked fun at me, felt piercing.
“I don’t think it’ll suit me now. It looked good when I was twenty.”
“Why? You’re still beautiful now, you were beautiful before, and you’ll continue to be beautiful no matter what you wear.”
“You’re being cheesy, Kim Jun.”
“That’s what I said.”
I made a face, showing that I found Jun’s playful tone irritating. Despite my indifferent expression, a beautiful smile appeared on his unaffected face.
“When you were wearing this outfit. When we first met, you were really ridiculous.”
“…I know. You made such a face back then. I saw it too.”
“Why are you suddenly sulking? Listen to the end.”
“You said it was ridiculous.”
“So. Listen to the next part until the end.”
“…I said I fell in love at first sight back then.”
“You still haven’t said it’s not true, right?”
“…”
“You from that day.”
Even now, the memory of Jun’s eyes crinkling seems amazing.
“It was truly ridiculous. You were comfortably sleeping in someone else’s house like it was your own. Even if the landlord came a bit late, you should have pretended to be surprised. Oh, you’ve come now, and just calmly sat there, looking at me like that.”
“…Even if it seemed calm, I was surprised. Inside.”
“It’s not important.”
Jun, who seemed to be getting sulky again, stroked the back of my head. He complained that if I kept getting sulky, it would be difficult to say the important part. Strangely, with just that touch, my heart seemed to lighten a bit.
“You may have seemed calm, but I was quite nervous.”
“…Why?”
“Even that appearance is so adorable. Instead of getting angry, I find myself wanting to see you more. Every time you look at me with those clear eyes, I get anxious, thinking about how I must look adorable to you. So, I was truly nervous.”
At that moment, I felt a surge in my chest, responding to Jun’s words without getting tired. Even though I wanted to act nonchalant, once again, I proved that I was like a child who trembled at every word you said.
But it couldn’t be helped. No matter what ugly words I threw at him. Even the words with hidden thorns in some corner, Jun always took them indifferently, using his hands to take them away and smoothing out the sharp edges with a sigh.
Then, he would gently place those round, pretty words back into my hands.
As if to say that all the warmth in those lovely words belonged to him.
“Yeah. I feel like I know what kind of feelings you’re expressing.”
“What kind of feelings?”
“Don’t try to hear it word for word…”
“Yeah.”
A warm response that conveyed the understanding that I also knew his feelings.
“Then, will you wear it for me?”
It sounded like a plea, asking to let him see your appearance from that day just once. As if such a wish could be his alone.
“Then you too.”
“…What?”
“If you wear the school uniform you wore that day.”
“Even if you say that, a school uniform…”
“Wear it. Like we first met.”
Jun paused for a moment. He understood the source of my hesitation, as it was a school uniform, not everyday clothes. Still, I felt an urge to look deeper into those wavering eyes. If a promise to wear it followed at the end of that hesitation, it seemed like it would be fine.
So. Whether he wore the school uniform or not, I thought he would look good either way, without being swayed by his choice.
“Sure.”
“…Huh?”
The moment I thought, just a few seconds ago, that regardless of whether he promised to wear the school uniform or not, I thought he would look good, I became uneasy.
“I asked you to wear it. I said I want to see you wearing it. I get it.”
“…A school uniform?”
“I didn’t ask you to wear it without knowing that.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
