The next day, Ina opened her eyes, grabbed her throbbing head, and squinted.
“Ah, my head.”
It felt like an earthquake inside her head.
With simultaneous headaches on both sides of her head and the lingering smell of alcohol still in her mouth, Ina hurriedly ran to the bathroom when nausea welled up.
She immediately grabbed the toilet, but fortunately, she didn’t vomit excessively.
“Oh, I’m dying.”
Ina groaned as she came out of the bathroom, and the scent of spicy bean sprout soup wafted through the air.
When she went to the kitchen while holding her head, three women were sitting at the dining table.
“Are you awake? Come and sit.”
Hyunjoo tapped the chair, inviting Ina.
Ina crawled over and sat on the chair.
She didn’t know who cooked it, but the table was filled with spicy bean sprout kimchi soup with egg garnish, and the three women were having their meal.
“Who cooked this?”
Ina asked as she sipped water, and Yejin raised her hand.
“I roughly cooked it with what was in the fridge.”
Hyunjoo scooped a bowl of bean sprout soup and handed it to Ina.
“Hey, drink it while it’s hot. Should I give you some rice too?”
Ina shook her head.
“No, I’ll just have the soup. But it’s amazing. When did you get up to cook this?”
“I have to eat breakfast no matter what happens. Skipping breakfast makes me feel sluggish all day.”
While eating, Yejin said as she wrapped rice in kim.
“After drinking so much last night, you can still eat rice. Amazing. Impressive.”
After Ina shook her head, she scooped up some soup and brought it to her mouth.
It was refreshing and slightly spicy, just right.
As Ina slowly sipped the soup, the three women stared at her as if observing her.
Ina lifted her head and asked them while frowning.
“Why are you all looking at me like that?”
“Hey, Seoina.”
Hayan grabbed a piece of kimchi and called Ina.
“Why?”
When Ina cautiously asked in the strange atmosphere, Hayan looked at Ina while putting kimchi in her mouth.
Then, she chewed the kimchi like a cow, with a slow, chewing expression.
“You were quite the spectacle yesterday.”
“What, what are you talking about?”
Ina asked with a puzzled expression, and Hayan shook off the kim on her hand, signaling something to Yejin across from her.
“Hey, wake up.”
“Why?”
When Jin asked in annoyance, Hayan got up from her chair and said.
“If she doesn’t remember, we have to reenact it for her, right?”
After glancing at Ina, who couldn’t understand what they were talking about, Yejin nodded and stood up from her seat.
Ina, who couldn’t understand what they were saying, narrowed her eyes as she looked at them. Hayan suddenly jumped up and hugged Yejin.
Supporting Hayan’s buttocks, Yejin looked at Ina and said, “Wonni, come to see Ina!”
Hayan, who made a creepy sound like a mad cow, suddenly kissed Yejin’s left cheek, right cheek, and hesitated when she tried to kiss her lips.
“Hey, I can’t do this.”
“Me too. Stop it.”
At Yejin’s words, Hayun quickly got up, then sat down again. And there was someone blocking her mouth in surprise—it was Ina.
“Hey… What, what are you talking about? This? Is it a lie?”
With a face turned pale like the heroine in a horror movie, Ina asked.
“Hey, do you think we’d lie too? No matter how messed up it was.”
Hayan, lips twitching, picked up kimchi again.
“Ju, Juwon was here?”
Ina asked, and Yejin nodded with an indifferent expression.
Ina held her cheeks and shook her head.
“Why… why did Juwon come here? Why?”
Upon hearing this, Hayun put her phone to her ear and entered the conversation again.
“Hello? Wonni Wonni, our Wonni, did Handsome Wonni call?”
Ina, with her mouth wide open, froze.
“Your boyfriend rushed over just because of your cute gesture? Is this really love, damn it.”
Ina began banging her head on the table in despair.
“Crazy. I’m crazy. Why did I do that? I must be really crazy.”
“Yeah. You are crazy. How could you make such a scene in front of us, the singles?”
“Sorry, friends. I’ve really committed a crime worthy of death.”
Ina raised her hands, begging, then fell into despair again.
“Hey, don’t worry. Your boyfriend’s expression wasn’t that bad.”
With a hopeful tone, Yejin made Ina look up.
“Really? It wasn’t an angry face?”
“Yeah. Wasn’t it a face you’d want to bite to death because it’s so cute?”
After a few seconds of silence, Ina started banging her head on the table again.
“He’s angry. He’s angry. What should I do? How should I face Juwon now…”
Hyunju, who had been watching this situation, smirked and said, “Hey, Ina, stop kidding. Seoina, lift your head. Juwon wasn’t angry.”
“Really?”
Ina lifted her head again.
“Yeah. But still, next time, drink moderately. Juwon asked us to make you drink a little less.”
“Sorry. Friends. I’ve really gone mad.”
Ina pleaded with her hands raised, then again fell into a desperate expression.
“Hey, don’t worry. Your lover’s expression wasn’t that bad.”
“Okay. Do that. It’s better. Just rest well.”
As Hyunju also spoke, Ina reluctantly put her clothes back on.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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