Upon seeing Eunsu, who turned pale, Yoonbin’s eyes were filled with guilt.
“Sorry for not contacting you. I was out of my mind.”
“I understand. The situation must have been tough. But I was really surprised seeing it in the news without any explanation.”
Eunsu, feeling somewhat relieved, let out a sigh.
“How did this happen?”
Yoonbin began explaining as if making excuses.
“It was during a wire action scene, and there were no issues during rehearsals. However, when we started filming, one side suddenly snapped, and I was hanging there until it fell…”
Eunsu gently placed her hand on Yoonbin’s uninjured hand, where he wasn’t wearing a cast.
“Don’t hurt, Oppa.”
Yoonbin’s gaze shifted downward.
While watching Eunsu’s hand carefully caress her hand, avoiding the ringed needle on her back, he bit his lip upon seeing the ring on her finger.
“You didn’t have to come to the hospital for this.”
“The news just said you went to the emergency room without any explanation. And you weren’t reachable, which was scary. I’m sure there were tons of missed calls, probably. When Director Shim answered, I was so relieved that I almost cried.”
“If Director Shim had roughly explained, you could have relaxed and waited for my call.”
“I needed to see your face to feel at ease.”
The end of Eunsu’s sentence sounded a bit uneven. Yoonbin comfortingly raised the corners of his eyes.
“Thanks. You worried a lot.”
“It’s natural. Don’t we worry about each other in our relationship?”
“What kind of relationship do we have?”
It was an unexpected question.
“Huh? What kind of relationship?”
Whether it was a joke or a serious question, Eunsu hesitated for a moment, unable to read Yoonbin’s expression.
“Why can’t you say it? Are you afraid that I’ll feel bad if you call us siblings?”
A sense of inexplicable unfamiliarity emanated from Yoonbin in front of her.
“If you want to call us siblings, you can. From the beginning, our relationship wasn’t based on blood or our own will.”
A smile-like expression briefly crossed Yoonbin’s lips.
It was a fleeting expression that could make one doubt if they had seen it correctly.
Eunsu carefully chose her words.
“It wasn’t based on our will, and even the arrangement was decided by the adults, but still, thanks to that, I’m grateful that I have you as my brother.”
“…”
“In the midst of everything my mother did, it was the only thing that benefited my life.”
This time, Yoonbin smiled a bit more clearly. Finally, Eunsu joined in the laughter.
“Anyway, even if you’re not okay, you always say you are. So, I had to come and see for myself. Like before, just before our debut, when you suddenly came home.”
Yoonbin immediately understood which time she was referring to.
It was when he overheard a conversation about whether to include him in the debut group just before the debut. He couldn’t decide whether to leave or stay, but when Eunsu, who was alone, noticed him and welcomed him without asking anything, they spent time playing games and eating ramen without any further questions.
The next day, seeing Eunsu coming home instead of going to the practice room, Yoonbin felt a strange atmosphere but Eunsu didn’t ask anything.
They just spent time together. Later, when a call came from the company, Eunsu subtly said, “Go and work hard. If you feel like taking a break again, come over.”
That would work.
No one had ever said that to him.
Many had told him to work hard, and even he had said it to himself, but no one had told him to take a break when he wanted to.
Even now, Eunsu said with a smile, “Take a break for now. Then work hard again on the filming set.”
Feeling guilty for causing considerable trouble in the tight shooting schedule, Eunsu’s words surprisingly lightened his heart.
“Eunsu-yah.”
“Yeah?”
“If you have time, can you stay a bit longer? The manager is busy handling the reporters right now. He might come in a little while, but…”
A hint of hesitation crossed Eunsu’s eyes. Yoonbin mumbled with a helpless expression.
“Just, it’s a bit scary being alone.”
“What?”
Finding it strange to be afraid of being alone, Eunsu unintentionally burst into laughter.
“Yeah, forget it.”
As if saying, ‘When did you become so timid?’ Yoonbin smiled warmly. Eunsu tightened her lips at the end of her words.
“I feel like I’ve seen this expression on Oppa before.”
“What expression?”
“Yeah. The one that looks lonely when you say you don’t want to be alone.”
Eunsu spoke hesitantly.
“It was on the day of the award, I think. I can’t remember what award it was because you’ve received so many. Anyway, after the after-party, we had a brief video call when you said you’d show me the trophy at home, and Oppa made that expression.”
“Did I…?”
“I wondered what you were thinking at that moment…”
At that moment, Yoonbin’s phone rang. Eunsu quickly stopped talking, and Yoonbin, after checking the caller ID, looked back at Eunsu.
“You don’t have to answer it. Keep talking.”
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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