“Why? Why do you look at me like that? I said we were starting, didn’t I?”
Hayan couldn’t shake off the feeling that Minje’s gaze had changed. It felt like a switch had been flipped.
“Okay, okay.”
Wow, you just let my words pass by. Hayan was dumbfounded as Minje responded in a nonchalant manner.
“Let’s begin.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the shuttlecock flew like a bullet.
Huh, startled, Hayan instinctively hit the shuttlecock. Ping, ping, pong, pong, an unorganized rally continued.
“We were supposed to practice!”
Although Hayan felt perplexed about the rally being more intense than a match, she didn’t have time to utter a word. She glanced at Jihu. Jihu stood motionless, holding the racket.
With each shuttlecock’s flight, the child’s head moved back and forth.
Minje, who belatedly noticed Hayan’s gaze, seemed to have just realized Jihu’s presence. When he stopped swinging the racket, the incoming shuttlecock hit his head with a light thud.
“This way, Jihu won’t be able to learn badminton.”
You realize that now? Hayan sighed in amazement.
“Now, Jihu, give it a try.”
Minje handed the shuttlecock to Jihu. His expression was as gentle as when he spoke to the child.
“Well, I still don’t know how to do it.”
“Take it slowly. First, try tossing and hitting it.”
Encouraged by Minje’s words, Jihu threw the shuttlecock and swiftly swung the racket. With a dull thud sound, the shuttlecock’s direction abruptly changed.
And just like that, the shuttlecock gracefully descended onto Minje’s head, as if his head were the destination.
“Oh…!”
Hayan let out a sigh, hastily covering her mouth. She was forcing herself to hold back her laughter.
Minje looked at Hayan with fiery eyes. Hayan pretended not to notice, deliberately turning her gaze away.
Letting out a short sigh and running his hand through his hair, Minje, now at eye level with Jihu, explained kindly.
“The shuttlecock flies well when it hits the racket head. And when you grip the racket, choose the hand shape you’re comfortable with, either forehand or backhand.”
Looking at it this way, he seemed quite like a good dad. Does he really not know how to treat a child? Hayan, with an intensified gaze, looked at Minje.
“I’ll take a break for a bit, so you two practice.”
Hayan casually blinked, saying that this was just to enhance the intimacy between rich people. Minje, who stared at Hayan with an astonished expression, burst into laughter.
“Whether it’s a dad or a son, a million-dollar smile is the same.”
Sitting on the bench, Hayan gazed at the picturesque scene, smiling contentedly. She hadn’t noticed it up close, but looking from a distance, Minje and Jihu’s figures seemed truly endearing.
Thoughts about Dad naturally came to mind. Whether it was learning to ride a bike for the first time, learning to skate, or getting on a boat for the first time, Dad was always there.
The scenes of Dad scolding on behalf of Mom when she nagged are now a thing of the past and cannot be seen again. Hayan, whose nose inexplicably felt stuffy, looked up at the sky and blinked. Usually, tears would enter her eyes like a lie, but for some reason, they didn’t come easily today.
“Sister, let’s do it together now!”
Jihu shook his hands with a determined expression.
“Yeah, sure! I’m coming!”
Hayan deliberately responded with a more spirited voice and got up from her seat.
Jihu, perhaps tired from the hectic day, fell asleep a bit earlier than usual.
Instead of going straight to her room, Hayan opened the front door and went out to the yard. The garden on this night with occasional streetlights was distinctly different in atmosphere from the bright daylight.
Although there was a significant temperature difference from the hot day, the coolness felt good. Sitting on a bench, Hayan stared silently at the green leaves swaying in the wind. Perhaps because of recalling her parents’ thoughts in the afternoon, the melancholy feeling didn’t easily subside.
“It’s okay, it’s okay…”
Hayan kept muttering like reciting a spell. Sometimes, when she felt like she was alone in this world, she would be engulfed in a profound fear. At such times, repeating the same words could help her regain composure.
“I miss you.”
But the longing suddenly came and showed no signs of leaving. For Hayan, who usually showed a strong front, days like this, where she surrendered to her emotions, were quite rare.
At that moment, along with a clinking sound, the sound of the front door opening and closing reached her ears.
“Who could it be at this hour?”
Hayan raised her head and confirmed the owner of the approaching footsteps. Minje was walking towards her with a plastic bag in one hand.
“It turned out to be good timing.”
Seeing Hayan sitting on the bench, Minje sat down beside her, saying, “Where have you been?”
Surprised but trying to calm her emotions, Hayan smoothed her expression and asked, “Yeah, where have you been?”
“Well, today, I felt like this would be necessary for some reason.”
Mumbling to himself, Minje pulled out a beer.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
