While Solhee remained completely unresponsive, the other three didn’t realize the fact, fully absorbed in the story.
“Of course, you probably didn’t hear it. I also heard it by chance from a close unnie at that time. She said it was a secret relationship. It was kind of funny to me at that time. Not an entertainer, and a bit childish, you know.”
“Well, it was the early 20s.”
The two friends exchanged glances and smirked. Yesin, without smiling, continued.
“But do you know what the real deal was?”
“What else is there?”
“It was all a lie.”
“What are you talking about?”
“It turns out there was no relationship or anything between them. An Yoo-kyung senior just had delusions and spread false rumors.”
“What?”
One friend unintentionally exclaimed but then caught herself. Another friend widened her eyes and covered her mouth with one hand. Solhee, who had looked indifferent all along, was now frowning.
“No, it’s not a horror movie. Literally, it’s too secretive, to the point that even the other party, Gyuwoo Oppa, didn’t know? It’s crazy.”
“It seems like he really had some issues. Even though we were in the same major, was the Business Administration department that crowded? But anyway, Gyuwoo Oppa was convinced that someone liked him. He said that when Gyuwoo Oppa coincidentally moved to the same building, her symptoms worsened, and she even wrote a novel. She claimed that Gyuwoo Oppa deliberately moved to the same place.”
“Wow… that’s really so scary…?”
“Right? Even for us who are complete strangers to men, imagine how shocked Gyuwoo Oppa must have been when he found out much later.”
“So? What did Gyuwoo Oppa do after finding out?”
“I don’t know the details, but Gyuwoo Oppa told her to stop bothering him anymore and move on. He begged her, saying that if An Yoo-kyung senior’s parents came looking for her because she was sick, he would take responsibility and make her get treatment. That’s why An Yoo-kyung senior dropped out.”
Unconsciously, the group that had gathered leaned back, each with their own reactions.
“She’s insane. Gives me chills. Isn’t Gyuwoo senior unnecessarily nice?”
“Really. If it were me, I would have sued. Ugh.”
While the two friends couldn’t escape from the shock and exchanged a few more words, Yesin suddenly looked at Solhee on the opposite side. Her face, tightly closed, was too pale, so Yesin asked without realizing.
“Why are you like that, Solhee?”
“Huh?”
“No, your expression is too serious.”
Solhee, who looked stunned as if she had returned from another world, widened her eyes. Feeling the gaze directed at her, she forced a smile.
“Really? Just, hard to believe.”
“Well, I also heard from a unnie who said she was Senior An Yoo-kyung’s roommate a while ago. I asked her a hundred times if it was true. If it was a broadcast, there would have been rumors of fabrication.”
Nodding in agreement with Yesin’s words, Solhee, who had subtly bitten the inside of her lips unnoticed by anyone, replied.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t believe it; she just didn’t want to believe it.
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The next afternoon, Gyuwoo came to . There were a few things to discuss related to the movie, which had led to a sponsorship contract after Joo-han released the ban on the legs.
“I think it would be better to go as Senior said in that part.”
“Is it okay, though?”
“That seems better to me. Maybe Joo-han will agree with that, but let’s proceed after receiving payment once for the sake of courtesy.”
“Okay.”
After summarizing the business talk crisply, Gyuwoo suddenly asked.
“So, what happens to you guys now?”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s over, right.”
It took Eunsu a moment late to realize that Gyuwoo was talking about Joo-han and her.
“The shooting is over. But the TV program hasn’t started airing yet.”
“Is it really over when
Eunsu, realizing a beat late that Joo-han and she were the subjects of the conversation, furrowed her brow.
“The filming is over. But the TV program hasn’t started airing yet, right?”
“So, when it finishes airing, that’s when it really ends?”
“Why do you want to know?”
Eunsu’s tone became sharp. Gyuwoo just smiled, unfazed.
“What if because of that, it becomes awkward or uncomfortable with Joo-han? If that happens, quit here and come to our company. I’ll offer you a good salary.”
What’s wrong with this person?
Eunsu’s eyes were filled with resentment.
If you were to point out the person closest to Joo-han, she was close enough to be counted on three fingers. Yet, as soon as Joo-han heard it, it seemed like she opened her eyes wide as if suspicious.
“I haven’t lost my personality to that extent.”
“If you answer like that, what about the person who made the first offer?”
“I’m curious. Ask Kim Joo-han. She seems like she’ll tell you right away.”
“Are you crazy? Don’t pretend you got such an offer from me. She’s still lingering even after we broke up.”
“Why would someone who doesn’t want to break up in the first place make such remarks underwater? What if an annoying misunderstanding arises?”
It was ridiculous, but Gyuwoo looked even more ridiculous.
“How do you see Joo-han, huh? Even if others don’t know, I won’t misunderstand like that.”
So, he freely crosses the line and talks nonsense like that.
Well, in a way, it was something that could only happen between people who were close. The more difficult a person is when it comes to the criteria of being ‘close,’ like Joo-han, the more possible it becomes.
“I appreciate your kindness, let’s continue to get along.”
“Sure, let’s do that.”
“And just to clarify since we’re talking about it, I’m not working here for the money.”
Gyuwoo opened his eyes dramatically like acting in a play.
“Is that really true?”
“Yes. I’m doing it because I like it.”
“Oh, for Joo-han?”
“For furniture! Vintage furniture!”
“Okay. Why are you yelling about it?”
Gyuwoo laughed, folding his body. Eunsu, who imagined hitting him just once, breathed deeply to calm her mind. At that moment, she received a call from Solhee.
“Hello. Oh, now? Okay, got it.”
After ending the short call, Eunsu looked at Gyuwoo, who was asking with his eyes what was going on.
“It’s Solhee. She said she’s nearby and will drop by for a moment.”
“Oh, really?”
Gyuwoo, who made a strangely nuanced expression for a moment, stood up slowly.
“I should go now.”
“If you’re not busy, at least see Solhee’s face before you go.”
“Does she want that?”
“What are you talking about?”
Eunsu gave Gyuwoo a puzzled look.
Having often hung out together as four, including Joo-han, it seemed like they were comfortable even when the two of them met occasionally. However, now that they had become full-fledged adults and possibly grown apart, they didn’t purposely arrange meetings like before. But besides that, she wondered if there was something else.
“No, nothing.”
Gyuwoo, shaking hands casually, opened the door of and left.
“Thank you. Goodbye.”
Solhee, who had just gotten out of the taxi, closed the door and turned around, froze in place right there.
Solhee’s eyes and Gyuwoo’s eyes, with one hand in his pocket, met in mid-air.
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
