“Juwon, why are you like this?”
When Ina asked with a tilted head, Juwon, gesturing towards Ina’s coat, opened his mouth.
“I’m not that uptight….”
Looking down at Ina’s eyes, Juwon continued.
“Is the skirt a bit… too short today?”
Blinking, Ina looked up at Juwon.
“Why? Does it look too short?”
“Yeah. I just hope you won’t wear something so short in the future. It’s cold today.”
“Then, is it okay on hot days?”
Instead of answering, Juwon made a disapproving sound and frowned.
Ina, looking at Juwon like that, couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Upon seeing that, Juwon squinted his eyes at Ina.
“Why are you laughing?”
“You look just like a director right now.”
“Director?”
Juwon’s eyebrows curved like seagulls.
Ina giggled, looking at Juwon.
“Yes, yes. If our director wishes, we should do that. Anyway, let’s go eat. Granny is hungry.”
Bending like an old lady, Ina opened the front passenger door and crawled up.
Observing Juwon’s bewildered expression, she burst into laughter.
Juwon, who climbed into the driver’s seat, immediately took out a blanket from the back seat and covered Ina’s lap.
“When we get home later, I’ll gather all these short skirts and hide them so they won’t be visible.”
Ina pouted.
“I wore it because I wanted to look pretty to you… You didn’t even say I look nice.”
Ina complained, and as she looked ahead, Juwon grabbed her chin, making her look at him.
“You’ve never not looked nice.”
Then, Juwon kissed Ina on the lips.
Startled, Ina covered her mouth and quickly looked outside the car window.
“Hey, we’re in front of our company. What if someone sees us kissing?”
“So what if they see? It’s mine now.”
“Oh, really!”
Ina hit Juwon’s arm, telling him to start driving, and Juwon laughed and drove the car.
A while later, Juwon’s car arrived in front of a shabu-shabu restaurant.
The two were guided to a private room and placed their orders.
After a while, various side dishes, vegetables, mushrooms, and Hanwoo beef were served along with neat condiments.
As the broth began to boil, Juwon started adding mushrooms and vegetables little by little.
Then, when the vegetables were cooked, he added pieces of vividly colored meat.
“Let’s eat.”
Juwon evenly placed vegetables and meat on Ina’s plate.
“Yeah, you eat quickly too.”
“I’ll eat on my own, so eat while it’s warm.”
Juwon added more cooked meat to Ina’s plate.
“Yeah, got it.”
Holding chopsticks, Ina picked up the chewy mushrooms and meat, putting them in her mouth.
A fantastic taste spread throughout her mouth.
“Yeah, it’s really delicious.”
“Eat a lot.”
Juwon said with an affectionate smile.
The two ate slowly, enjoyed the delicious broth with knife-cut noodles, and left the restaurant.
Juwon, who got into the car, held Ina’s hand and spoke.
“Ina, you won’t have to meet Minsuji again.”
“Huh?”
When Ina asked with wide eyes, Juwon spoke in a low voice.
“I clearly and sharply told Minsuji yesterday so that she would understand. Well, from my perspective, it was ‘sharp,’ but to Minsuji, who has lived arrogantly, it might have felt like ‘humiliation.’ She doesn’t even think about the shame she brought upon herself. Anyway, since it’s spreading even among our classmates, she probably won’t show up again, even if it’s embarrassing. So you don’t have to worry about it.”
Ina, mouth agape, looked at Juwon and soon nodded in understanding.
Then, Juwon playfully tickled Ina’s hand.
“I want to sleep at your place tonight, is that okay?”
“Huh?”
As Ina fastened her seatbelt, she looked at Juwon.
“You were so tired yesterday that you didn’t even open the gift Joohee sent and just slept. Should I open it at your place?”
“Oh, right. That happened, didn’t it? But did you bring it with you?”
“Yeah, I brought it. And I even brought clothes to wear when I go to work tomorrow, so you can wake up around 7 in the morning.”
He seems like a thorough man in preparations…
“Also, you were too tired yesterday.”
“……Huh?”
“Can we review what we missed yesterday?”
…”
After blinking for a few seconds and trying to understand the meaning of his words, Ina suddenly started hitting Juwon’s arm.
“What, what are you saying? This guy!”
Juwon, holding Ina’s small hand, laughed and raised the corner of his mouth.
“I’ve always been diligent about reviewing and preparing when I was in school.”
With a sniff, Ina pulled her hand, held by Juwon, away.
“Don’t say strange things and start driving quickly!”
Juwon laughed and started the car.
A while later, when they arrived at the villa where Ina lived, Juwon took out a parcel sent by Juhee from the back seat. With the suit he prepared to wear tomorrow, Juwon and Ina entered the villa together.
After opening the front door, taking off their shoes, and going upstairs, Juwon whispered in Ina’s ear.
“Hurry and go take a shower, my dear.”
Feeling Juwon’s breath, Ina blocked her ears and glanced at Juwon.
“Don’t like it? Then should I go first?”
Still, as Ina hesitated, Juwon grinned.
“Or… should I help you shower?”
Ina’s eyes widened, and she started hitting Juwon’s arm.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
