“Yeah, I was suspected because a girl I used to date died. I had several records of reporting stalking to the police, so I was cleared of suspicion.”
Ju Won leaned slightly on the desk and raised his head.
“Well, I understand that too. If I had reported to the police on the day that woman came to my house for the last time, I could have prevented her death.”
That day, ten years ago, was like a nightmare. The day the woman, who had briefly captured my heart, hung herself.
“Hyung…”
The slightly blurred sky, the scent of rain mixed in the air, the dark shadow cast on the asphalt. I can’t forget any of them.
“I could have saved her.”
But what do you know to complain like that? The lips that lightly touched my cheek, turning blue and dry. I can’t even imagine what emotions I felt at that moment.
“Now, tell me.”
Ju Won glanced up and looked at Seung Won.
“Why do you think I reported Oh Hye Ji to the police?”
The eerie voice sank, dry as if it were hollow.
Eleven years ago.
Around his second year of high school, Ju Won received essay tutoring from a college student studying at Seoul National University.
She was a delicate and shy girl with a slender figure. It was an unexpected development that blossomed hidden feelings between them over the course of a year, meeting twice a week.
Ju Won, who had already surpassed 180 centimeters since middle school, was a wellknown handsome guy even back then. Female students from nearby high schools would go out of their way, taking detours to school just to catch a glimpse of his face.
On Valentine’s Day and Pepero Day, gifts piled up in front of his house to the extent that if someone saw it, they would mistake it for the home of a celebrity.
Won Hye Rim.
She was the first person to ignite a fire in Ju Won’s heart, who had no interest in girls at all. It was a puppy love during the peak of his youth.
During the tutoring sessions, Ju Won had developed feelings for the girl who would hold his hand subtly or stroke his cheeks affectionately when they solved difficult problems.
However, Hye Rim’s feelings were far from comparable to his.
As Ju Won focused on his studies in preparation for his senior year, she began demanding more and more from him. She wanted to see him every day and hoped for constant communication. Instead of teaching during their tutoring sessions, she sought affection, and on days when they couldn’t contact each other, she would show up at his house unannounced, causing disturbances with his parents.
When Ju Won finally pushed her away completely, the stalking began.
Hye Rim stood in front of his house day and night. On rainy days, she held a red umbrella, and on windy days, she wore a black coat.
He reported her to the police multiple times, but as she was a fragile woman and a prestigious university student, proper investigations were not conducted. Every time the police came, he received a simple warning and they left. In the meantime, Ju Won developed a habit of anxiously looking out the window.
She didn’t do anything particular when she came. She just endlessly stared at the secondfloor room where Ju Won was. Sometimes, when coincidentally encountering him, she would look at him as if pleading for him to come down.
It may seem like a trivial matter, but being constantly monitored made Ju Won increasingly nervous.
Then one day, after having a restless night and performing poorly on a mock exam, Ju Won encountered her in front of his house and unleashed harsh words.
“What are you accusing me of doing with my sister? Why are you persistently bothering me like this?”
“We… kissed.”
“Yeah, just a simple kiss. It was just a playful kiss.”
“Was it nothing to you?”
Assigning significant meaning to a single kiss is a talent. It’s a mental illness to be this obsessed with just a month of dating. You know that, right?
He intentionally spoke harshly to separate her from him. If she had known that she would be choked that day, he wouldn’t have unleashed those words.
On a damp Wednesday, she hung herself in the oneroom apartment. Underneath her trembling feet, there were scattered items filled with memories of Ju Won.
“Did my sister, Hye Ju, ever cross your mind to the point of suicide?”
Seung Won knew full well the wounds that incident had left on Ju Won. Even so, he couldn’t comprehend associating that incident with Hye Ju.
“You’re talking nonsense. Why would Hye Ju die? Oh Hye Ju is living so happily! She’s the bravest among my friends!”
“I know.”
“You know, but why?”
“Because Won Hye Rim did the same!”
She was bright and smiled often.
He couldn’t have expected that such a woman would make such a choice in an instant.
Ju Won knew better than anyone that connecting the deceased Won Hye Rim and Hye Ju was delusional.
Nevertheless, his throat kept tightening. Hye Ju’s face that day was strikingly similar to Won Hye Rim’s.
How should it be expressed? A face as if the world had crumbled? No, it was a face imbued with even more profound loss.
Of course, calling the police and breaking down the door was an impulsive decision. Due to Seung Won’s words that Hye Ju hadn’t been in contact and there was no response when he went to her house… because he was trapped in a nightmare from ten years ago… that’s why.
He couldn’t leave her, who had the same look in her eyes as Hye Rim.
“I know. It’s delusional.”
Ju Won murmured bitterly.
“But still, I wanted to confirm. That’s all.”
Seung Won pursed his lips without saying a word. His face seemed to want to curse, but the words didn’t come out.
After a while, Seung Won turned around with a deep sigh.
“Hye Ju is not someone weak like that. And certainly not a stalker!”
Ju Won didn’t respond.
He didn’t regret reporting it to the police just because things turned out this way.
On the same evening.
Hye Ju lay on the bed in her oneroom apartment, kicking the blanket.
“Argh, so annoying! How could he bring this again!”
Between the fluttering sheets, a black plastic bag in the corner caught her eye. It was Ju Won’s underwear that he had carelessly brought along again when he suddenly appeared earlier.
“I’ll definitely destroy this.” she thought.
She debated whether to tear it apart or just throw it away but ultimately decided to give it a proper sendoff. Seeing how Ju Won had thrown Kang Ju Won’s belongings into the trash without hesitation, it didn’t seem like an important item, so she could dispose of it as she pleased.
While contemplating if there was a suitable drum barrel to roll her eyes at, Dingdong! Dingdong!
She heard the sound of the doorbell. Hye Ju instinctively hunched her shoulders.
“Could it be the police again?”
The visit to the police station had become a trauma, and the worry struck her suddenly. Hye Ju pushed the plastic bag with her foot and placed it on the veranda before looking at the intercom.
On the screen stood an unexpected figure.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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