“Honestly, who wouldn’t be happy to receive something like this?”
Eun-Soo lowered his eyes. The hand resting on his knee, and the jewel above it emitted a brilliant shine. The fact that it was in his hand, and that it didn’t feel as awkward as he thought, seemed somewhat surreal.
“I also… feel happy. No, I’m delighted.”
Eun-Soo’s gaze moved slowly. He looked at Joo-Han’s hand placed on the steering wheel. Seeing the large and somewhat rough-looking hand, and the ring fitted on the slightly protruding finger, a corner of his heart twitched.
He had imagined sharing the same ring.
And at some point, he had also imagined witnessing a ring on Joo-Han’s hand that he hadn’t seen before.
Somewhere between the excitement that seemed to burst too much and the pain that made his whole body numb, Eun-Soo’s feelings were now.
Eun-Soo’s slightly raised gaze met Joo-Han’s gaze, which had been focused on one place.
“Thank you. It’s so beautiful.”
Joo-Han just looked at Eun-Soo. Unable to sustain the gaze for long, Eun-Soo turned his head.
I just wanted to hear those words. That would have been enough.
It was hard to endure Joo-Han’s gaze that seemed to convey those words.
I only received what you spent your money on, and yet, what’s with that overwhelmed expression just because I said a single word of thanks?
In fact, he knew. Joo-Han always wanted to give anything, and he seemed happiest when he smiled with gratitude.
But Eun-Soo had always tried not to owe anything, pushing back, not willing to be indebted in the slightest. It was because his comfort was more important than Joo-Han’s pride.
If that’s the case, I should have just happily accepted what you gave back then.
Regrets were lengthening into lingering attachment. Eun-Soo muttered inwardly.
‘Sorry. There’s no way I can accept what I couldn’t accept back then. I’ll return everything when everything is over. But now, there’s no need to say that right away.’
Eun-Soo looked up again. Smiling, he faced the unwavering gaze that seemed like it wouldn’t leave him for a long time.
“I’ll treat you to dinner instead. Whatever you want to eat.”
“Good morning……”
Jae-Rim, who was coming in with a usual greeting, widened his eyes. Somehow, he approached Eun-Soo as if he had seen something extraordinary, then grabbed Eun-Soo’s left hand and raised it to the level of his face.
“What is this? Even at a glance, the brilliance is on a different level than cubic.”
Surveying from here and there, Jae-Rim, still holding Eun-Soo’s hand with one hand, covered his mouth with the other.
“You’re crazy. Did you get a proposal!”
“No, it’s just a couple ring……”
“Just a couple ring? Shouldn’t you get it from somewhere in Jongno where they give the best value for gold? That way, it’s good to sell it again after breaking up……”
Jae-Rim, who was casually muttering, suddenly shut his mouth. It was because Joo-Han, who was walking behind Eun-Soo, and he made eye contact.
I didn’t mean to say that you two are going to break up,” trying to justify himself, but Joo-Han spoke.
“Hand.”
“Yes?”
“Let go of the hand.”
“Oh, okay.”
Jae-Rim immediately released Eun-Soo’s hand. Joo-Han, seemingly indifferent to anything other than that, casually went down to the basement. Jae-Rim, who discovered a ring on Joo-Han’s hand as he lightly grasped the railing, admired once again.
“Nice flex. If you’re just getting a couple ring at , where else would you get a wedding ring? Oh, by the way, can’t I mention the product name? Will it get edited again?”
Jae-Rim glanced at Park PD, who was standing with the camera at arm’s length. Eun-Soo asked.
“But how did you know it’s a ring just by looking at it? It doesn’t even have a logo.”
“I had picked it as one of the rings I wanted to buy if I ever had to propose. Oh, but it seems like the CEO and the director have already done it, so I shouldn’t buy this one.”
Somin said.
“Not that you’re not buying it, but that you can’t buy it, right? Maybe we should hear Jae-Rim’s opinion on the bank account. Oh, what if there’s no occasion to propose before?”
“Why are you like this to me from the morning, Somin?”
“Just doing what I usually do.”
“That’s right. You’ve always been like this.”
Seonkyung chuckled softly.
“Come to think of it, during the secret relationship, you probably couldn’t muster the courage for a couple ring. It seems like you did it when you switched to a public relationship. It looks good. I envy you.”
At the word ‘envy,’ Eun-Soo’s cheeks turned red.
“Thank you, Oh Director.”
In the relatively quiet afternoon, Park PD requested a short interview with Seonkyung. Seonkyung, who hesitated, sat in her office chair and shyly looked at the camera.
“I heard that you’ve been working here the longest.”
“Yes. I joined when CEO Kim Kyung-Hoon was here. So, based on when the CEO changed, the rest are AD, and I’m the only AD member from the pre-CEO era.”
Park PD laughed.
“You might feel like you’re the behind-the-scenes powerhouse, right?”
“No, that’s not it.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]
