“Well, you’re not a baby. But you’re always aiming for my lips. I can’t even sleep comfortably at home these days.”
“Oh, come on, Kim Jun. When have I ever done that?”
As I approached him with a feigned angry expression, Jun took larger steps back.
His smile was bright. I couldn’t tell if it was the sunlight or his face that was shining, but it was dazzling.
I squinted as if blinded by the sunlight and smiled.
The road past the plane trees led along the coast. True to a seaside village, there were no tall buildings, just a wide expanse of blue sea under a clear sky.
Jun and I walked side by side along the coastal road. The breeze was so smooth and strong that I half believed I could fly if I jumped.
Soon, we saw a long footbath with orange edges. Stretching along the flow of the sea, it was very long, and Jun said it was about 105 meters in length.
“As we followed the path along the sea, the footbath twisted and turned. You could sit anywhere along the long footbath, dip your feet in, and gaze at the sea.”
“Is this really a footbath? It looks more like a stream, it’s so long.”
“Maybe they made it this long so that people wouldn’t fight over space.”
“Really?”
“Of course not.”
I paused for a moment and glanced at Jun, who chuckled at my gaze.
“I want to try going in here.”
Jun, misinterpreting my intention as if I was going to undress right there, raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked, ‘Really?’ I just nodded casually and picked a spot. I took off my slip-on stockings and rolled them into my sandals.
The footbath was so calm it was hard to tell if the water was flowing or still. I couldn’t guess the temperature just by looking. Without much thought, I slid my feet into the water.
“Ah, ah!”
I dipped my feet up to my ankles, then quickly pulled them out, unprepared for the heat. I stumbled as my feet hit the ground, but luckily Jun was right there to steady me by wrapping his arm around my shoulder.
“Are you okay?”
“Just a moment…”
I quickly checked my feet, needing to make sure they were okay before I could relax. Thankfully, they seemed fine, just flushed from the brief dip. Seeing my okay sign and embarrassed smile, Jun let out a disbelieving laugh.
Jun and I then sat on the edge of the footbath. After a moment of silence, he began speaking.
“Iharu, do you know something?”
“What?”
“This footbath, if you walk from here to the end, you can have an everlasting love.”
Jun pointed towards the invisible end of the footbath as he spoke.
Was this some kind of local legend? Even so, I didn’t ponder deeply on it. My answer was already set.
“Is that so? Then I’ll just have a love that eventually cools.”
He probably wouldn’t have said that if he had experienced the footbath. An everlasting love almost sounds impossible, which might be why such a legend exists.
Jun, not expecting my response, looked surprised for a moment before smiling. He didn’t press the matter further and instead asked if we should go, checking if my feet were truly okay.
At that moment, I felt a twinge in my heart and realized it was probably because of my offhand comment about a cooling love. I had unintentionally acted as if our love would only be a fleeting daydream.
Feeling heavy-hearted for my careless words, I bit the inside of my lip. Re-adjusting my position, I turned slightly towards the inside of the footbath, away from Jun. He seemed puzzled and asked what I was up to.
“Trying it again.”
Ignoring Jun’s question, I carefully dipped my toes into the water, gradually getting used to the heat. Eventually, feeling comfortable with the warmth, I submerged both feet. As I got accustomed to the hot spring water, I cautiously stepped forward, mindful of the slippery bottom.
“Iharu.”
“Yeah.”
I didn’t turn around, focusing on each step, but Jun’s voice reached my ears again.
“Who are you going to have that love with?”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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