“Please get off right in front of your house. I’ll give it to you now.”
After the meal, he handed her a shopping bag.
“What’s this?”
“Abalone porridge.”
As if getting a luxury meal box wasn’t enough, there was abalone porridge. La Jin’s eyes widened in surprise, seeking an explanation.
“Does your mother make this too?”
“That’s why sons are useless.”
At his casual remark, La Jin alternately looked at the shopping bag and him.
“My mother asked what you’d like to eat. I said I wanted to feed you abalone porridge.”
“Huh?”
“She just asked if you were a woman.”
He probably thought his mother would be relieved. He also mentioned that he might have worried about his son, who hadn’t been in a relationship for over thirty years. It was like talking about someone else.
“Why are you so…?”
“Am I bothering you?”
A profound emotion burst out in response to his light question. La Jin embraced the shopping bag and chuckled.
“Ms. La Jin is carrying everything with both hands and feet. I will continue until you say you like only me.”
“I’ve already raised both hands.”
“Next time, I’ll send you a snack too. So you can raise both feet, Ms. La Jin.”
His witty words were so good that La Jin couldn’t stay still. She tightly hugged him, crumpling the paper shopping bag.
“Thank you.”
“I like ‘thank you,’ but I like ‘I like it’ more.”
“I like it. Mr. Jiho.”
Without hesitation, she blurted out those words, and Jiho buried his face in La Jin’s shoulder.
“I also…”
Hoo, the man’s breath that he exhaled was warm.
“I like Ms. La Jin.”
His words, claiming that it was unbearable, crumpled in La Jin’s throat. Unable to express her current feelings in any words, La Jin gently stroked his back.
Wee- The microwave was working hard.
La Jin, wearing red oven gloves as if enjoying some interesting sight, stood there. Although she didn’t know how much radiation came out of the microwave, she stared through the transparent window at the bubbling porridge.
Beep- When the microwave stopped, a smile spread across La Jin’s face.
“It’s done!”
As she took out the fully-heated abalone porridge, white smoke rose as if dancing. Being careful not to spill, she delicately scooped it into the large thermos that Jiho had given her.
La Jin cleaned the bowl, put it in the thermos, and put the remaining spoonful of abalone porridge into her mouth. The fresh scent of the sea and the richness of sesame oil spread throughout her mouth.
“I should brag to Haeun.”
Without realizing it, she murmured to herself and giggled softly. She grabbed her bag when she packed the disposable bowl to share with Haeun, along with the salad that the lady had prepared in advance.
“It’s already 6 o’clock.”
On the set of a historical drama, where there were more things to prepare than a modern play. La Jin checked the time while gently stroking her uncombed long hair with her hand. While grabbing the script with various tapes attached and a thick jumper for the cold, the doorbell rang.
“It’s Haeun!”
She had been waiting, wanting to pour out the story of Inspector Kang Jiho from last night. Overjoyed, La Jin rushed towards the intercom.
“Yeah?”
A man she had never seen before bowed towards the camera.
“Who are you?”
“Hello. I’m from the Myungjin security team.”
“Security team?”
“Mr. Jeon Moo-nim gave instructions.”
Although it was unpleasant, there was no other familiar manager around. What on earth is going on? Unable to just leave an early morning Myungjin employee standing outside, La Jin hesitated.
Staring at her tablet, she mumbled to herself, and a man in the screen leaned towards the camera.
“I’ll be waiting in the car. Come out when you’re ready.”
The man who bowed slightly turned around without saying another word.
What kind of scenario is this again? He mentioned the idea of restructuring the agency, but is he really planning to do it while Oh Jong-hyuk is in custody? If not, is he intending to cut out the manager who covered Oh Jong-hyuk’s mistakes and directly supervise by attaching the Myungjin security team?
The cheerful mood La Jin felt from the abalone porridge was shattered by Kim Yoo-jun’s unpredictable movements. Rather than accompanying the Myungjin security team until the end of the drama, she thought it would be better to stick with the manager.
Just as she was contemplating whether to search for Taehyung-sik, who was lying low, La Jin’s phone rang. As expected, it was Kim Yoo-jun. Taking a deep breath, La Jin pressed the call button.
“Yes.”
[Did you sleep well?]Kim Yoo-jun’s voice, filled with laughter, was unnecessarily affectionate.
“Yes. But right now… A security team has come.”
[I sent them because it’s your first shoot today.]“By any chance, did you fire the manager?”
Although it’s Oh Jong-hyuk’s company, Kim Yoo-jun’s influence is absolute, so is he really considering restructuring while Oh Jong-hyuk is in custody? Nevertheless, La Jin wanted to ask.
[Director Hyun will take care of it. For a while, you’ll be with the security team members.]What a bolt from the blue. La Jin, who lost words in an instant, stared blankly at the white ceiling.
[Why? Don’t you like the security team members?]La Jin was afraid that sparks might fly unnecessarily from the employee she only greeted through the tablet. To Kim Yoo-jun, employees were just consumables that could be replaced at any time.
“No. I just pressed the doorbell to let them know I arrived.”
[If they stare at you or bother you, let me know.]Afraid that if she delayed her response, she might be misunderstood, La Jin promptly agreed.
“I received a call from Jong-hyuk Oppa’s lawyer. He’s been arrested.”
[I told you. You don’t have to worry about it.]Whether he had no intention of helping Oh Jong-hyuk or not, Kim Yoo-jun’s voice was cold, if not sharp.
[I already heard that in the morning!]“…”
[I called because I have good news.]“What’s the good news?”
[My father will meet with Jinae today.]If Chairman Myung meeting his fiancée is good news… Surely, that’s not it?
[He said he would break off the engagement.]In an instant, La Jin’s vision went dark with the sudden downpour of lightning.
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
