David's Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 14
“I—I just wanted to mention that Ji Hoo seems brighter now. I—I should get going, actually, since I’m busy. Have a nice time.”
The teacher, unable to hide her trembling eyes, mumbled disjointedly before hastily leaving.
“Why on earth is she acting like that?”
Min Je rubbed his chin, genuinely puzzled.
Do you really not know? It’s because of you! Ha Yeon wanted to say it aloud but couldn’t—instead, she let out a stifled groan.
“C’mon, c’mon—we need to find our seats quickly. The good spots are already taken.”
Jun Won waved his hand briskly, urging them to move with his energetic voice.
Mats had been laid out around part of the field for families to sit on, and the spots closest to the operations headquarters—where the games were coordinated—were already packed.
“Actually, a quieter spot might be better.”
Seeing Min Je head straight for the most secluded corner, Jun Won muttered, “Figures,” and scratched his cheek.
Ha Yeon followed behind the two men, holding Ji Hoo’s hand, and noticed the whispering around them growing louder with each step they took. The ajummas’ expressions practically screamed, “We’ve struck gold!”
She’d always known Min Je drew attention wherever he went—his sharp features and tall stature made that inevitable—but Jun Won surprised her.
“Now that I look closely, he’s quite the handsome type.”
It struck Ha Yeon today that Jun Won, usually overshadowed by Min Je, had an appearance that could be highly appealing to many women.
With his long hair tied back and glasses on, Jun Won was shorter than Min Je—but certainly not short compared to most others. Side by side, the two looked almost unreal, like models strutting down a runway.
“Oh dear, who are those dazzlingly handsome men over there?”
“You know—the ones from that art museum…”
“Oh, the single dad raising his child alone?”
“But who’s that woman?”
“I heard she’s the new nanny this time…”
Hey, I can hear you all perfectly fine. Though Ha Yeon felt like she was being chewed over as gossip, she held her tongue—for Ji Hoo’s sake. His face shone purely with excitement for the sports day.
After settling into a corner spot, they watched as the emcee climbed onstage to greet everyone. Clearly a professional hired for such events, their delivery was impressively smooth.
“Alright, kids—jumping straight into sports day without a warm-up means your muscles might go ‘ouch, ouch!’ So before we begin, let’s do some warm-up exercises together. Grandmas, grandpas, older sisters, older brothers, aunts, uncles—all come forward, please!”
At the emcee’s gesture, people surged forward and gathered on the field. Upbeat music spilled nonstop from the speakers.
“We’ll be stretching in pairs of two.”
Assuming she’d naturally pair with Ji Hoo, Ha Yeon turned to the boy—but sensing her gaze, Ji Hoo quickly grabbed Jun Won’s hand and said,
“I want to do it with Uncle.”
“Huh? You want to warm up with the driver?”
Caught completely off guard, Ha Yeon stood frozen, mouth agape in disbelief.
“Well, I suppose there’s no helping it.”
Jun Won shrugged once, then immediately began partner stretches with Ji Hoo—leaving only Min Je and Ha Yeon standing awkwardly alone.
Their eyes met, both unable to hide their embarrassment. As the only two still standing without stretching, they stood out unavoidably.
“Are the two of you here fresh from a marital spat?”
The emcee’s joke triggered scattered laughter around the field.
“We’re not married—!”
Ha Yeon began protesting, but Min Je cut her off with a long, weary sigh.
“Just do it.”
Before she knew it, her wrist had been caught, and Ha Yeon now stood facing Min Je, her eyes fluttering helplessly.
“Just pretend—do the motions loosely.”
“Y-yes, okay.”
She tentatively placed her hands on his shoulders—and her heart instantly began racing wildly.
During the stretch where partners placed both hands on each other’s shoulders and bent forward, their heads bumped several times as they lowered themselves.
Ha Yeon gasped, inhaling sharply without realizing it. She’d never known stretching could be so hard on the heart.
Next, the emcee instructed them to press their backs together and link arms behind them, inverted-style. Why does he keep picking only positions that force us to cling together? Ha Yeon glared accusingly at the oblivious emcee.
Though such stretches were intentionally designed to foster camaraderie during family sports days, to Ha Yeon, everything felt like a conspiracy to torment her.
“Since you might get hurt, just bend your waist slightly.”
Because Min Je was much taller than Ha Yeon, he figured if she bent only a little, his feet wouldn’t leave the ground—thus minimizing the weight burden on her. Except—his feet *did* lift off the ground.
“Huh? What did you say?”
So tense she’d missed his words entirely, Ha Yeon only belatedly understood and lowered him back down.
“Don’t tell me—you used to be a champion wrestler?”
Shocked by the strength Ha Yeon had shown lifting him, Min Je’s eyebrows twitched.
“What did you say?”
Offended by the “champion wrestler” remark, Ha Yeon unlinked her arms and whipped around to face him.
But Min Je turned toward her at the same moment—bringing their faces dangerously close. Too startled by the sudden proximity, Ha Yeon forgot what she’d intended to argue.
“Don’t… tease me.”
Ha Yeon barely managed to finish the sentence—her heart now pounding so fiercely she wondered if it might leap right out of her chest.
Min Je rubbed his chin, feeling an indescribably strange sensation. He’d assumed he was fairly immune to women by now—had he been wrong?
He knew full well his behavior could leave room for misinterpretation, so he made a conscious effort to keep his demeanor clearly professional around the countless women he met for business.
True, that had earned him plenty of complaints about being cold or rude—but he didn’t care. Better that than getting unnecessarily tangled up in messy entanglements.
Yet Ha Yeon kept stirring something odd in him each time. Her guileless face, capable of shaking his composure, incited an impulse to keep watching over her. He even felt tempted to test just how far his calm could unravel.
That feeling had been deepening with each nightly “tutoring session”—so Min Je had doubled down on treating her strictly in professional mode.
“I wasn’t making things up.”
Min Je replied bluntly, subtly stepping back—lest he remain helplessly fixated on her trembling eyelashes.
Just then, the stretching ended. Relieved to escape the awkward moment, Ha Yeon exhaled deeply.
“Alright, warm-ups are done—so shall we officially kick off the sports day with a cheer? I’ll shout ‘One Heart,’ and you all shout back ‘Sports Festival’! One Heart! Sports Festival!”
Amid cheers, smoke and soap bubbles burst from the stage. Children jumped gleefully, trying to catch the bubbles, while adults clapped, swept up in the festive mood.
But Ha Yeon muttered quietly, lost in conflicted feelings:
“One Heart? My own heart won’t even obey me…”
Gazing at the sunlight-dappled, prismatic bubbles, Ji Hoo whispered to Jun Won,
“Did I do okay?”
“Yeah—you did great.”
Jun Won winked at Ji Hoo.
And so, the “One Heart” Sports Festival officially began.
“Next up—Blue Team friends will compete in the obstacle race. Blue Team, please come forward!”
It was Ji Hoo’s turn. Cheers for the participating children rang out from all around.
“Ji Hoo, fighting!”
Ha Yeon joined in loudly, refusing to fall behind. Ji Hoo glanced her way and smiled faintly.
Seeing that smile, Ha Yeon shivered as though struck by Cupid’s arrow. Why do you grow more adorable with each passing day?
“Could it be… you falsified your résumé?”
Min Je stared blankly at Ha Yeon, who was trembling slightly, and asked with a complicated expression.
“What? No—I didn’t. Why?”
“Oh, I just wondered if you had some chronic condition I wasn’t aware of.”
Seriously! Ha Yeon shot him a sharp glare before hastily pulling out her phone. She had no time for banter—she needed to record Ji Hoo’s race.
Watching her behave like any other proud mother, Min Je couldn’t help but chuckle softly. What a remarkably peculiar woman—no one could possibly coach her to act like that.
Before he realized it, the race had ended. Ji Hoo placed second by a hair’s breadth.
“You were amazing—absolutely the best!”
Ha Yeon praised him wholeheartedly, gently wiping sweat from his forehead.
“Ji Hoo’s back in sight. Looks like he’s even faster than me.”
Jun Won grinned and offered his congratulations too—naturally drawing everyone’s attention toward Min Je.
“…”
Min Je briefly pondered what those expectant gazes meant. He knew he ought to say *something* to Ji Hoo—but he was hopelessly weak at this sort of thing.
Expressing affection, giving praise, revealing his inner feelings—such things felt excruciatingly awkward, like bugs crawling across his face.
Seeing him stand speechless like a mute with honey in his mouth, Ha Yeon gave him a pointed look:
“You’re supposed to praise him right now!”
Her exaggerated blinking softened his rigid expression, almost involuntarily.
“Well done. Good job.”
Though blunt and dry for words meant for a child, Ji Hoo’s face blossomed into a sweet smile upon hearing Min Je’s praise.
“Look—here’s my prize.”
Ji Hoo held up the stationery set he’d received as a runner-up award.
“Oh—how nice.”
Min Je smiled and gently ruffled the boy’s hair—but honestly, he wondered if Ji Hoo would really enjoy it, given how much stationery they already had at home. He was certain something in him was fundamentally broken.
He understood clearly that, like mismatched gears halting movement, some part deep inside him had malfunctioned. That’s why he always carried a quiet guilt toward Ji Hoo—fearing the boy might grow up just as broken as he was.
Just then, the emcee’s voice rang out again:
“Now for the highlight of our sports day—the three-legged race! The winning pair will receive a special giant teddy bear!”
At the mention of the three-legged race, Jun Won and Ji Hoo exchanged subtle glances—but Min Je, deeply lost in somber thoughts, failed to notice.
“My stomach suddenly hurts so badly?”
Jun Won stood up, feigning discomfort with an awkward tone.
“I think I’ll go to the restroom too.”
Watching Ji Hoo follow Jun Won discreetly, Ha Yeon asked,
“Ji Hoo—weren’t you wanting that bear?”
The prize, displayed prominently to attract children’s interest, had made a strong impression on Ji Hoo—so much so he’d said he wanted it, as if it symbolized victory itself.
“Well… I guess I’ll let you and Dad win it instead.”
Ji Hoo smiled brightly, delivering his reply with surprising clarity.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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