“Yura, do you have any grievances against me these days?”
“No? I don’t have anything like that.”
“Then, is there any longstanding resentment that hasn’t been resolved?”
Yura chuckled with a bewildered expression.
“I told you there isn’t. Why are you suddenly talking nonsense?”
“But why are you treating me like this?”
Jaein’s angry voice reverberated through the bathroom wall.
As Jaein’s hands grasped Yura’s shoulders, they trembled. From her fierce and swirling eyes, it seemed like fire could erupt at any moment.
“Ah, it hurts! Jaein, what’s wrong?”
“Is it wrong to ask because I don’t know?”
Jaein’s lips quivered as she looked at Yura’s face, where “I don’t know anything” was written all over it.
It happened a while ago when Jaein was trying to push Dohyuk away and send him off.
“Team Leader Cha, what do you like? Since we’ve met like this, let’s have a meal together.”
Suddenly, Yura poured cold water on the situation.
No matter how much Jaein signaled frantically with her eyes to stop, it was in vain.
Yura’s gaze was fixed only on Dohyuk.
As someone born in the East Asia Division, she should know better and refuse at least once out of courtesy.
But Dohyuk accepted without hesitation.
“Then, shall we?”
Jaein’s dream of being free, even for a moment, ended in disappointment, just like that.
As soon as the order was finished, Jaein dragged Yura to the bathroom.
Choi Yura, I won’t let you get away with this!
“Do you know how much I struggle with the team leader every day, and yet you dare to stick around even on this precious and refreshing weekend? Are you my friend?”
I’ve been fighting since morning to claim my freedom!
“You purposely came to bring me my cellphone, and in that situation, how can you heartlessly tell me to just go? I told you it’s not about asking for the food you always eat.”
“WWell, that’s true, but…”
To barge in like this!
Startled by the sudden intrusion, Jaein hesitated, and Yura spoke as if scolding her.
“And you, why didn’t you mention that Team Leader Cha is young and handsome?”
“What does that matter?”
“It matters a lot! Every time you complain, I imagine a balding old man with a protruding belly. Ah, it’s unfair.”
“There’s nothing to be unfair about.”
“Since the words came out, I’m saying that with Cha Team Leader’s appearance alone, I could accept whatever he does with a Pacific Oceansized heart.”
Yura clasped her hands together as if worshiping the empty space, and Jaein let out a sigh.
“You should try working together with him to regain your sanity. Do you think those words would sink in even for three days?”
“Is it really like that? I want to switch places and work with you for just three days. Anyway, Seo Jae In, I’m really envious!”
“What’s there to envy? Snap out of it!”
Jaein shook Yura’s shoulders vigorously.
Meanwhile.
Sitting side by side, an awkward silence filled the space between Dohyuk and Gyumin as they stared at the vacant seats.
If only they had some food, it would have eased the situation a bit, but on the empty dining table, only a water glass was placed.
Finally, Gyumin broke the silence.
“Team Leader, I heard you’re working even on weekends. Your passion for work is admirable. Haha.”
“There’s a lot of work to do.”
“What do your family members say about it?”
“Not much.”
“Wow, I’m envious. My mother always nags at me whenever she has the chance. You’re perfectly fine and spend the weekends alone without a partner.”
“….”
“Well, it’s not that I haven’t had the opportunity, but I haven’t met someone I like,” Gyumin said with a smile.
“Until a few days ago.”
Look at this.
One of Dohyuk’s eyebrows rose sharply. This is clearly a declaration that stimulates the instincts of a sleeping beast.
Now he won’t hide it anymore, right?
A subtle smile spread across Gyumin’s lips as she looked at Dohyuk’s stiffening face.
“Why don’t you have a partner, Team Leader? Even to other men, you look impressive.”
“I was the same.”
Dohyuk calmly replied to Gyumin’s question, as if pondering deep in his heart.
“Until a few months ago.”
“….!”
In that moment, a glimmer of understanding flashed in Gyumin’s eyes.
They didn’t say who it was, but the two men tacitly knew.
They were speaking with the same person in mind.
Amidst the tense atmosphere, Dohyuk spoke, breaking the silence.
“It’s a mission assigned to a department head, a project that must succeed. Please proceed smoothly. Professionally.”
It was an implicit warning, subtly urging Gyumin to focus on work rather than daydreaming.
In response, Gyumin smiled and replied.
“Don’t worry. Even though it may not seem like it, I keep my personal and professional lives separate.”
“Please make sure to keep your promise.”
“I understand. There’s no need to rush.”
No need to rush?
Is he that confident?
Dohyuk narrowed his eyes and contemplated Gyumin’s words.
Unlike himself, who was tied up in a contract and even cohabiting, Gyumin seemed completely at ease, with a relaxed expression on his face.
It was extremely annoying.
30 minutes later.
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
