Early in the morning, the staff room was buzzing with chatter and brunch.
“I haven’t decided what to do yet, but if there’s nothing, I’ll just rest at home.”
Everyone shared various flavored breads placed in the middle, excitedly discussing their upcoming vacations.
“You have to do water activities to enjoy the vacation.”
“I’m going to have a hotel staycation with O-Geon. I’ve booked the K Hotel!”
“Wow, a staycation sounds great, Nurse Oh!”
Nurse Oh boasted, and Seong-Min responded with an envious tone.
“Teacher Moon should also find a good match soon.”
“What’s with that pitiful look? Either introduce me to someone or stop looking at me like that.”
As everyone silently ate their bread, Seong-Min swallowed his piece with a serious expression and straightened up.
“Alright, got it.”
“Got what?”
“You’re not introducing me to anyone because you think there’s something between me and Chaewon, right? Kim Teacher?”
The staff burst into laughter at the suggestion, and Seong-Min looked at them more intently.
“We never suspected that.”
“Why not?”
Seong-Min, seeming slightly offended, received a quiet chuckle from Chaewon.
“No, it’s not like that.”
Seong-Min, of average height and build, with a humorous personality and cool charm, was unfortunately not considered attractive enough to ever be mistaken as dating Chaewon.
“Why are you stopping, Ji-Hye? You’re making me feel really awkward.”
Chaewon smiled slightly and took a sip of her warm coffee when Nurse Oh spoke up in a tiny voice.
“By the way, Teacher, who was that man before?”
“A man?”
“Yeah, you know.”
Nurse Oh put down her bread and started to describe.
“He was about this tall, with really broad shoulders. He was wearing a suit… kind of looked like the model Kang Hyuk.”
As a dermatology clinic in an area full of entertainment agencies, it wasn’t unusual to see tall, broad-shouldered male celebrities.
But it was obvious Nurse Oh was talking about Choi Yu-Geon when she mentioned a tall man who visited a few days ago.
“Are you talking about the tall man who came in when I was here?”
When Seong-Min asked, Nurse Oh nodded eagerly.
“Yes, that’s right!”
Seong-Min turned to Chaewon, looking uncertain.
“Wasn’t he just a patient?”
“No, someone I know.”
The staff excitedly exclaimed, “Wow!” and started pressing for more details.
“So, is he your love interest? Please, tell us more. What does he do?”
“He seemed like a model. Or maybe a rookie actor?”
Everyone, even those who were holding onto their bread, put it down to join the speculation.
“What love interest.”
Chaewon stood up, holding her diary.
“Alright, everyone, have a relaxing meal and start your day. Have a great day.”
Ignoring her colleagues’ pleas for more stories, Chaewon left the room.
Entering the treatment room, she checked her appearance in the mirror, adjusting her well-dressed blouse and white coat, though the tight blouse was a bit impractical for work. Chaewon always valued her style.
Her phone buzzed with a text. It was Yu-Geon, suggesting a movie theater for their first date.
She was just about to agree when Seong-Min peeked his head in after a knock.
“Um… a movie theater sounds common and nice.”
It was Yu-Geon’s message about their first date location. Pretending to be in a relationship required proof in the form of a photo.
It was perhaps fortunate they could simulate a relationship with just one photo a day, keeping Hee-Ju’s condition concealed.
Chaewon sent a reply just as Seong-Min entered the room.
“Is it fair to diet alone, leaving all that bread untouched?”
Chaewon put down her phone after sending a reply.
“You know I don’t eat breakfast.”
“Your schedule is packed all day, will you be okay skipping lunch too?”
“I have to earn money.”
“So, you’re giving up your lunch break to see patient Han Ji-Sook? I heard she missed her appointment.”
“Of course, I’m going to be rich.”
“Wow, so ambitious, Kim Chaewon!”
Although she always talked like this, Chaewon was more dedicated as a doctor than most realized. Even for aesthetic treatments, she gave up her lunch breaks to care for patients who needed urgent attention, like the burn patient she was taking care of.
“Seong-Min.”
Seong-Min, adjusting his permed hair, sat down in front of Chaewon.
“Why so formal, calling me by my full name?”
“Are you free this weekend?”
“I might be busy, you know?”
“I’ll contact you, so answer your phone.”
“Hey, I told you I might be busy!”
“Let’s say around 11 AM to 2 PM, I’ll text you the location.”
Fidgeting in his chair, Seong-Min stood up, objecting.
“I might want to sleep in that day, I might be busy.”
“Oh, I left my coffee outside.”
Chaewon stood up to leave, leaving Seong-Min behind.
“Hey, Kim Chaewon!”
Seong-Min, left behind, sighed loudly.
“Who am I even talking to, huh?”
He stood up, wondering aloud, “Is she setting me up on a blind date?”
With a smile, Seong-Min left the room.
Jaemin picked up a baby ultrasound photo.
“I can’t wait to see our little one.”
Jaemin straightened up, pondering.
“But where is she, with no family around?”
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.”
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