Juwon finally spoke up for the first time.
“Give it to me.”
Hyeju, who had just returned the cart and turned around, stubbornly shook her head.
“I can carry it.”
It was clearly a heavy box at a glance. Juwon confidently walked closer and said again.
“Give it to me.”
Hyeju completely ignored his words. Hyeju started to move the heavy soju box on her own, grunting and groaning.
Of course, Juwon didn’t show any consideration by asking once again. He knew it was mean, but he was also extremely irritated.
“Who made the first mistake and tried to exclude me without a single apology? Why do you grumble about what I did? It takes two to tango.”
In the midst of the tense fight, only the clumsy footsteps resounded loudly.
“Ah, it’s so heavy.”
Feeling upset, Hyeju crossed the parking lot with a thumping sound, placed the soju box on her knee, and lifted it once. She knew soju bottles were heavy, but it was even heavier than she thought. If the parking lot had been narrow, it would have been fine, but unfortunately, Juwon parked the car quite a distance from the mart entrance.
“Annoying Kang Juwon! Bad Kang Juwon!”
Hyeju cursed inwardly and continued walking, grumbling.
Thump!
It was at that moment, as she walked through the gaps between cars, that a dull pain shot through Hyeju’s arm.
“Oops!”
Hyeju instinctively hunched her shoulders. Upon closer inspection, she realized that the edge of the soju box had hit the side mirror of a parked car, causing it to fold in.
“Oh no.”
Regretful Hyeju put down the soju box. Carefully, with her fingertips, she restored the folded side mirror to its original state and checked if there was any significant damage. Fortunately, it seemed fine. Hyeju let out a relieved sigh and bent down again to lift the soju box.
That’s when it happened.
“What’s wrong with you? Are you crazy?”
The passenger door of the car, which Hyeju thought was empty, suddenly swung open. Hyeju was startled, as if she had seen a ghost, and almost stumbled backward.
In a dimly lit parking lot, who would expect someone to be inside a parked car!
“You’re planning to damage someone else’s car and run away? This is a hitandrun, you know?”
The man, who had been sleeping with his head against the passenger seat, jerked his neck as he groaned. Judging by the sour and disheveled smell coming from his mouth, he seemed to be intoxicated.
“I’m sorry. I accidentally bumped into it while passing by. Fortunately, I don’t think anything is damaged.”
“How do you know if anything is damaged or not? It sounded like thunder when you hit it!”
“I could hear it louder because you were inside, but it was just a light graze. You can try it now and if there’s any issue, I’ll do my best to resolve it…”
“Here, here, and here too! Don’t you see the scratches?”
“Oh, those are just minor wear and tear.”
“What nonsense are you talking about? I take care of my car so well. You think I’m someone who doesn’t even get automatic car washes because I’m afraid of scratches!”
It’s not that I don’t get automatic car washes, I just don’t get car washes in general.
The words hit Hyeju like a punch in the throat, considering the shabby condition of the car that seemed to have been on the road for at least twenty years.
“Well, I apologize anyway. It was my mistake for the collision.”
“You think an apology will solve everything?”
“Then what do you want?”
Hyeju could feel her temper rising. The man, nervously scratching his messy hair, extended his hand.
“Pay for the repairs.”
Of course, when it comes to absurd situations, it always comes down to money.
Hyeju chuckled and asked back.
“How much does it cost to repair the scratched side mirror?”
“Can’t you make a rough estimate? With this kind of scratch, the whole thing needs to be replaced! I don’t know how much a side mirror costs these days, but get me about six of them!”
I don’t think “about six” means six thousand won.
With an unreasonable amount, Hyeju sighed and took out her wallet. Of course, she wasn’t going to give him money. She was planning to hand him her business card and ask him to contact the insurance company.
At that moment, approaching footsteps abruptly stopped behind her.
“Put away your wallet, Oh Hyeju.”
A long shadow covered her forehead.
“What, who are you?”
Taken aback by Juwon’s sudden appearance, the intoxicated man flinched and hunched his neck. It seemed he was scared when a big man, taller than me, suddenly showed up in front of a woman.
“Why did you suddenly interfere? Is she your companion?”
Juwon lowered his head and closely examined the side mirror. Then he smirked and crossed his arms.
“You’re going to replace the whole thing just because the side mirror folded once? This guy is really ridiculous.”
“What? Ridiculous? Hey, don’t casually say it’s not your car! Don’t you see these scratches here?”
“Do you have any proof that it’s the original scratch or if it happened during the contact?”
“It made a loud noise. I thought it was really thunder!”
The man, with widened eyes, shouted in an exaggerated manner. Juwon glanced at the vehicle and spoke.
“Judging roughly by its age, it seems to be at least twenty years old. Are you in your right mind, complaining about replacing a side mirror for folding it once, even if you go to a scrapyard right now?”
“What do you mean scrap? It’s old, but it’s still running strong even at less than 200,000 kilometers! No, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. Who are you to tell me to scrap my car? Is it okay for anyone to come and crash into it just because it’s an old car? Ah, I don’t know! Do it by the law! By the law!”
Juwon chuckled softly. In fact, if he had examined it closely and found real damage, he would have naturally offered compensation. But no matter how closely he looked, all he could see were traces of time in the form of minor scratches. He didn’t understand why the man was demanding money. There was no way to force it.
“It seems like he’s underestimating me just because I’m a woman.”
That made Juwon even more furious. He could endure everything else, but he couldn’t tolerate anyone belittling his woman.
“I don’t need to be afraid even if we do it by the law. I need someone to vent my anger on right now.”
Juwon took a confident step forward. The sight of his long legs extending gracefully in midair caught the man’s eye.
“Uh… huh?”
His long legs folded elegantly in the air before heading straight for the side mirror.
Crash!
The sight of the shattered side mirror was imprinted in slow motion on the man’s eyes.
“What, what are you doing? Are you crazy?”
The man was astonished at the sight of the shattered and dangling side mirror. Juwon calmly put his foot down and took out his wallet from his pocket.
“I’m going to replace it anyway.”
A cold sneer settled on the surface of the parking lot.
“I’ll generously ask for a high price, so eat it and get lost.”
Swoosh!
Ten 10,000 won bills flew through the air.
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Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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