She wanted to retort, ‘You liked me in middle school when we were class president and vice-president, didn’t you?’ But knowing he would deny it dramatically as usual, she swallowed the words along with her chocolate bar.
“But Kim Chaewon, are you sure you’re okay? If you’re uncomfortable, you don’t have to attend the dinner tonight. I’ll handle it.”
Usually, he would insist she must attend, but since he knew about Heeju’s situation, he was concerned.
“I don’t want to spread the news about my sister’s condition. I’ll stop by the hospital and then join.”
Understanding, Min Seong nodded.
“Okay then. And if you’re coming, come early. Rescue me.”
Smiling, Chaewon turned her head at the sound of a vibration.
It was Heeju’s phone, which she had kept in the drawer.
[What are you doing? Jaemin]Chaewon looked at the message and then, without responding, put the phone back in the drawer.
[Teacher, when are you coming?] [Everyone’s waiting. We can’t start without you.] [It’s unfair. Always arriving a bit late.]After visiting the hospital, Chaewon got up, prompted by the successive texts from her colleagues.
If she was later than this, they’d insist on drinking more.
Her goal was to disperse at the first round.
They must have already started drinking by now, and if she arrived now, she might be able to fill in the gaps and end it in time.
“Please take good care of my sister. Call me immediately if anything happens.”
“Don’t worry.”
After instructing the caregiver several times, Chaewon left the hospital.
She parked in the lot and headed to the nearby pub where her colleagues gathered.
“Teacher! Teacher Chaewon!”
Nurse Oh’s eagle-like detection was right; even from a distance, she noticed and waved.
Chaewon smiled slightly and walked over.
“Teacher! Why did you come so late?”
Looking at the slightly flushed faces of her colleagues, Chaewon sat down.
“I thought we weren’t starting without me. But looks like the mood is already high, huh?”
As the alcohol started to flow and give them energy, the staff began speaking up one by one in loud voices, each offering their own explanation.
The overlapping voices created a noisy atmosphere.
Glancing around, Chaewon’s eyes met with Min Seong, who seemed overwhelmed by the others’ enthusiasm.
“Did you come early?”
Greeting her sarcastically, as if he had been harassed by the others, Min Seong looked relieved to see her.
“Should I have come even later?”
Seeing Min Seong’s annoyed expression, Chaewon chuckled lightly.
Just then, she noticed Nurse Oh, who was frantically moving around.
“What’s wrong, Lee Ji?”
“Oh, my boyfriend gets upset if I don’t respond while drinking, but my phone died. I forgot to charge it.”
“Use mine then.”
“Thanks, Teacher.”
Energetically, Nurse Oh dialed her boyfriend’s number she had memorized.
“Hey, my phone died because I didn’t charge it.”
Amidst Nurse Oh’s voice and the loud laughter of the staff, Chaewon looked around cautiously.
Although the place was inherently noisy with music and many people, a woman at the next table, who seemed to have just arrived, glanced over uncomfortably.
“Let’s keep our voices down a bit, everyone.”
“Okay, okay!”
The staff responded well, but their voices soon grew loud again.
Energetic as ever, they clinked glasses and erupted in laughter.
“Is the owner of car number 3517 here? Please move your car!”
A man’s voice came into the restaurant, causing Chaewon to turn towards Min Seong.
“Isn’t that your car?”
“Yeah, what should I do? I’ve been drinking.”
Chaewon put down her barely-touched drink and extended her hand to Min Seong.
“Give me your car keys. I’ll go.”
“Ah, that works!”
After receiving the keys, Chaewon hurried off to the man looking for the car owner.
“Okay, honey, don’t wait up. Go to sleep.”
After ending the call, Nurse Oh pressed the end button, but the call didn’t disconnect. Confused, she pressed several buttons.
“What? It didn’t hang up? Hello?”
Called Kim Chaewon’s phone.
Startled by the unexpected voice, Nurse Oh checked the phone screen again.
[Choi Yugeon]The name of the man who had come to see Chaewon at the hospital, a name that had been quite a topic among the staff.
Recognizing him, Nurse Oh’s face lit up with a bright smile, holding the phone with both hands.
“Wow! You’re the one who visited our hospital, Kim Teacher’s boyfriend, right? I’m the nurse who assisted you that day!”
Hearing her words, Min Seong, who was pouring drinks, turned his head towards her.
Chaewon’s boyfriend? Is that the man who came to the hospital that time?”
“Oh! Invite him over, why don’t you? Aw, I didn’t see him last time.”
The table grew noisy with a new topic of conversation, and even Min Seong focused on her call, his expression surprised.
Nurse Oh, gesturing for silence, spoke in a slightly coquettish voice.
“We’re actually having a staff dinner… Could you possibly come pick Teacher up? It’s a bit worrying to rely on a designated driver later tonight. If it’s not too much of an intrusion, maybe you could come, say hi, and take Teacher home?”
“Come on! Come over!”
The staff erupted in cheers as if a festival had begun.
Under normal circumstances, Min Seong would have quickly taken the phone away, considering it inappropriate, but he let Nurse Oh continue.
He was curious to see the man who had mistakenly been thought to be a patient, to find out exactly what his relationship with Chaewon was and what kind of man he truly was.
“Come over, please. Our teacher is a bit drunk and needs a guardian,” Nurse Oh energetically fibs.
Watching this, Sungmin, feeling like he might get scolded by Chaewon any moment, intervenes.
“Ms. Lee, stop it, will you? How much will you regret this tomorrow? Chaewon will be angry.”
“Ah, I must have overstepped. I apologize.”
Regaining her senses from Sungmin’s words, Nurse Oh quickly puts the phone back to her ear, eyes widening.
“He’s coming? Really? Wow! Let me tell you where we are!”
Elated, Nurse Oh swiftly informs him of the location, politely greets, and ends the call.
“Is he really coming? Are we finally going to see Teacher Kim’s boyfriend?”
Everyone looks on with anticipation. Nurse Oh spreads two fingers, making a victory sign.
“Hehe, he said he’s coming right away!”
The employees excitedly slap each other’s shoulders in a frenzy of excitement.
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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