After a busy day, when it was time to finish work, Ina hurriedly got up, thinking of Juhee waiting on the first floor.
As she descended from the elevator and rushed out through the main gate, she saw Juhee standing right in front.
“Juhee!”
Ina greeted her warmly, shaking hands, and Juhee walked towards Ina with a big smile.
“Our Ina. You’ve been working all day, must be tired, right?”
“No, not at all. I didn’t get tired at all thinking about seeing you.”
Juhee punched Ina playfully, making a creaking sound.
“Really? Us? Should we go quickly and eat some grilled meat?”
With a playful aegyo (cute charm) full of nasal sounds, Ina laughed and took Juhee to a favorite grilled meat restaurant near the company.
At the bustling meat restaurant at dinner time, the two women, finally securing a seat, enjoyed deliciously grilled beef and chatted.
An hour and a half later, the two women, patting their slightly bloated stomachs, left the meat restaurant.
“Ah, I ate too much; my stomach feels like it’s going to burst. But, Ina, didn’t you spend too much money?”
Juhee asked with a sorry expression, touching her own belly.
“No, I have this much. Is there anything else you want to eat?”
“If we eat more here, people might think I’m pregnant. Let’s just go have some tea. Is there a nice coffee shop nearby?”
“Yeah, I often go to a place. Let’s go there.”
As Juhee hooked her arm with Ina and started walking, Ina’s phone rang.
It was Juwon.
“Hello?”
Hey. Have you had dinner?
“Yeah. We just ate and are on our way to a coffee shop. Have you had dinner?”
Yeah. I had a simple meal just now. But it looks like work will end later than I thought.
“Oh? What will you do if you’re tired?”
No, I’m not tired. Well, I’ll have some tea for now. I’ll call you if I think I’ll finish earlier.
“Yeah, got it.”
“Why? What did Juwon say?”
After ending the call, Juhee asked Ina.
“He said work might end later than expected.”
“Oh, our Ju. Must be tired.”
The two entered the coffee shop Ina often visited.
Ina ordered coffee, and Juhee ordered green rooibos tea. They sat down at a table.
After a while, when the vibrating bell rang, Ina brought the drinks and handed them to Juhee.
While sipping their drinks, the two chatted about various things. Suddenly, Juhee’s phone rang.
Glancing at the screen, Juhee turned pale and quickly pressed the answer button.
“Oh, Kimbyeon! A busy person like you calling me, what’s going on?”
With a playful tone mixed with jokes, Juhee smiled and spoke.
“Now? I’m with my friend. Here? Near Yeoksam Station. What? Nearby? I’m coming now? Huh? Wait a moment.”
After lowering her phone, Juhee spoke cautiously to Ina.
“Hey, Ina. Our cousin is here, and this oppa is such a busy high society figure that he only has time now. He said he wants to come and see my face for a moment. Can he do that?”
“Oh, sure. I’m fine.”
“Ah, our good Ina. Thanks.”
With a bright smile, Juhee answered the phone again.
“Oh, oppa. Then I’ll come to the coffee shop for a moment. I’ll send you the location through text. Huh? Dinner? I already had dinner. Yeah. Okay.”
After hanging up the phone, Juhee took a sip of her tea, then looked at Ina intently and said, “Actually, you know, if you don’t have a boyfriend, I was thinking of introducing you to this oppa.”
“Huh?”
At Ina’s sudden question, Juhee laughed and said, “This oppa is completely crazy about work. So when I suggested he try being a little crazy about a girl, he asked me to introduce him. But this oppa’s ideal type is a cute, petite girl. Just like you, Ina. Perfect! And you’re so pretty, it’s like a match made in heaven. I was getting all excited about connecting you two, but… that rascal Joo Won seems to have already made his move.”
“Ah… I see.”
Ina responded with an awkward smile.
“But how did he suddenly decide to come when we were meeting? The timing is mind-blowing. Really.”
“Who is this person that’s so busy?”
“Oh, he’s a lawyer. His step-grandfather is also a lawyer, and this oppa followed his step-grandfather into the legal profession.”
“A lawyer?”
“Yeah. He says there are so many requests for legal representation that he can’t catch a break. So, I haven’t seen this oppa in a while.”
A fleeting thought passed through Ina’s mind. Could this person be the one who called and threatened Park Junghoon at that time?
While Juhee and Ina continued their conversation, the sound of the coffee shop door opening was heard after a while.
Looking at the door, Juhee smiled widely and waved her hand.
“Oppa! Over here!”
When Ina turned her head to look, a handsome man with a refreshing impression was walking towards them.
As Juhee stood up and hugged the approaching oppa, she exclaimed, “Oh, our busy lawyer even took the time to come and see his little sister. What should I do about this situation?”
“Punk! What can you do?”
The man chuckled and, after releasing the hug, looked down at Ina, who was sitting.
“Oppa, say hello. This is my friend Ina. Seo Ina. She was my closest friend in middle school.”
“Ah, hello.”
Ina stood up and bowed her head.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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