“If you’re curious, let’s meet and talk. It’s not something for a phone call.”
After arranging a meeting with Ha Joon, Ji Young also set one with Jong Won.
While doing her makeup, she flinched at her reflection.
She was putting more effort than usual into her appearance.
Knowing it but unable to stop, she felt pathetic and almost burst into tears.
But she had to hold back; her carefully done makeup couldn’t be ruined.
After getting ready, Ji Young opened her mother’s room door abruptly.
“Goodness! Don’t you know to knock?”
Her mother was startled, clutching her chest.
“The business world is about to be turned upside down. If you release the article about marrying Park Jong Won, you’ll be hitting the ground in regret.”
“What?”
“If you want to ruin your family, go ahead and publish the article.”
Ji Young slammed the door and left the house.
[Star Icon]Ji Young first went to meet Jong Won.
Seeing scars on Jae Hwan’s face, it seemed he had been hit by Jong Won.
“Oh my, did you get hurt because of me? I feel so terrible.”
“……He’s waiting for you.”
Jae Hwan, looking downcast, led Ji Young into the office.
“Long time no see, brother.”
“Uh… yeah… have a seat.”
Jong Won, who had been sitting in the main sofa seat, stood up hastily, checking Ji Young’s reaction.
Ji Young, with a relaxed smile, crossed her legs and sat down, prompting Jong Won to sit as well.
“Want something to drink?”
“No. Who knows what you might have put in it.”
Jong Won swallowed hard. He didn’t intend to harm Ji Young, but he was quite uneasy.
“You’re bolder than I thought. How could you take on Taesung Group like that…”
“……What exactly did you hear?”
“Well, I heard about the plan to deal with the assailant in China and Choi Yeong Ju, and maybe even Han Seo Ah?”
Jong Won bowed his head, sighing deeply.
“I even recorded it yesterday.”
“…….”
“Please cancel the wedding. Then I’ll act as if I heard nothing.”
Jong Won’s eyes shook uncontrollably, and cold sweat ran down his back. Even the bold Jong Won feared his father immensely.
“Can’t we do something else? I can’t handle that…”
“I don’t need anything else. Just stop the wedding at all costs. The moment the wedding article is published, the recording goes straight to Ha Joon.”
“……”
“If you’re planning to deal with me quietly, forget it. If something happens to me, it’ll be the same outcome.”
“……”
“I thought I needed some leverage against someone as bold as you. I’ll be going now.”
As Ji Young stood up, Jong Won quickly spoke up.
“You want me to deal with Han Seo Ah too, right? That’s why you can’t marry me? What if I take care of Han Seo Ah and Ha Joon?”
“……Why would I want that? Sure, I liked Ha Joon, but I have no interest in a married man. Is Ha Joon the only man in the world?”
“Let’s collaborate. If not, Ha Joon might be in danger too.”
[Star Icon]That night,
As Ha Joon opened the front door, Seo Ah rose on her tiptoes and hugged his neck tightly.
Feeling pain at the wounded area, Ha Joon quickly bent forward.
Usually, she hugged around his waist, so he was caught off guard.
He could bear the pain, but if she clung too hard, the stitches might burst, and he could bleed.
He wanted to keep it from her at all costs and tried to hide it.
“I missed you, oppa.”
“Me too.”
Ha Joon, bending low to protect his wound, embraced Seo Ah’s waist and brushed his cheek against hers.
Following suit, Seo Ah also brushed her cheek against his.
To anyone watching, they would have looked like a couple who had been apart for days.
After embracing each other and soaking in each other’s scent, they finally let go and, hand in hand, headed upstairs.
“Oppa, you look really tired. Did you not sleep last night?”
“Of course, I couldn’t sleep. Our Seo Ah wasn’t there.”
“Ah! If it was vacation, I would have run to you right away! Take me with you on your business trip during my break!”
“I was thinking just that, but you’re just realizing it now?”
Seo Ah laughed brightly, shaking the hand she was holding. That made Ha Joon flinch again, as it was the hand on his injured side.
Trying to stay calm, Ha Joon changed the topic.
“Hm, have you showered?”
“Yes!”
“Then I’ll go shower on the first floor and come up. You go ahead.”
“Aren’t you showering on the second floor?”
“I sweated too much and feel sticky. I need to get out of these clothes quickly. You go up first.”
Ha Joon hurried off to the bathroom, carrying his bag with him. Seo Ah watched his retreating figure with puzzlement and then headed upstairs, tilting her head in confusion.
[Star Icon]Later, Ha Joon painfully showered alone in the first-floor bathroom and went into the guest room.
It was to disinfect his wound.
The sensation of the antiseptic seeping into his wound was excruciating, even for Ha Joon.
With a grimaced face and gritted teeth, he was enduring the pain when suddenly, the door burst open.
“What? What are you doing here…”
Seo Ah’s eyes widened in shock. She had just come to turn off the lights, not expecting to find anything amiss.
“Oh, oppa… your body… why…”
Ha Joon quickly covered the wound with gauze and stammered out an explanation.
“Oh? Oh… I, I was walking, and a flowerpot fell from a rooftop, luckily only this part got a bit hurt.”
“It’s not just there… you’re bruised all over…”
Realizing his oversight, Ha Joon checked his body. It seemed that in defending himself from the punches thrown at him, he had bruises on the back of his arms and back that he hadn’t noticed.
Tears had already filled Seo Ah’s eyes. Suddenly, Ji Young’s words came back to her.
[Dash] “They might even take care of Ha Joon if necessary. It seems like he likes you a lot, but for Ha Joon’s sake, shouldn’t you let him go soon?”“Because of me… because of me…”
Tears began to stream down Seo Ah’s tender cheeks, flowing unceasingly.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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