Ji Yeon left Min Woo’s house and took a short walk.
It was to soothe her heart, which felt refreshingly empty yet hollow, a complex mix of emotions.
The excitement from earlier still hadn’t subsided, and her heart pounded wildly.
She had resolved to do it, but wondered how she could have spoken with such venom.
Reflecting on it, she felt she did well.
‘Eun Ji Yeon! You did a good job today.’
Now it was over, and it was goodbye forever.
‘I’m going to live happily too! I’m going to experience beautiful love, achieve an impressive career, make a killing on all my investments and live blissfully, just to show all of you! I’ll take my revenge by being extremely happy.’
‘No, what revenge, I don’t care how you live, just live as you please. I will be happier.’
‘No, they should be punished for their wrongdoings.’
Various thoughts whirled around in a mess inside Ji Yeon’s head.
At that moment, her phone rang.
‘Who could it be on a Friday evening? Ha Young? Or is it Eun Woo?’
As she checked her phone with a laugh, it turned out to be Kang Hyun.
‘The division chief, on this evening?’
She hesitated for a moment whether to answer, but eventually picked up the call.
“Hello, Division Chief.”
“Hello, Ji Yeon. How are you spending your Friday evening?”
“Me? Um… You could say I’m sorting trash. Anyway, I’m tidying up and taking a walk now that I have some free time.”
“Sorting trash? You still had a lot to clean up after moving, I see. And doing such cleaning on a golden Friday night.”
“Yes! It was trash that had been piling up for 3 years. I sorted it out today, and I feel really refreshed. What are you doing on this Friday evening, Division Chief?”
“I was working out until a little while ago. Then I thought of you, Ji Yeon, and decided to call.”
To Ji Yeon, this sort of soft conversation felt odd, but it wasn’t an unpleasant feeling.
She wanted to feel it a bit more….
“Division Chief!”
“Yes, tell me, Ji Yeon.”
“Do you have any special plans after this?”
“Um… No? I was probably going to have a glass of wine and look for a recent movie.”
“How about this? Would you like to have a drink outside with me? It’s Friday night, isn’t it?”
It was an offer that Ji Yeon would never normally make, but her emotions were heightened differently now, and she didn’t want to spend this kind of night alone for some reason.
There was silence for a few seconds.
“If it’s a date proposal from Ji Yeon, I’d have to go out right now.”
A date proposal?
Well, what’s so special about a date? It’s just spending time together.
“Yes, it’s a date proposal. Please spend some time with me.”
“Alright. What time and where would you like to meet?”
“Let’s meet on the first floor of the villa in 30 minutes. Please take me somewhere not too far, somewhere we can walk from home.”
“Okay. Let’s meet in 30 minutes. I’ll take you to an amazing place.”
Ji Yeon felt her heart lighten and become joyful at Kang Hyun’s laughterfilled voice.
Ji Yeon immediately took a taxi home. When she arrived at the villa, she walked around the first floor garden for a bit.
“Our home is really nice. It even has this beautiful garden. Our home, our home~.”
She liked the words ‘our home’ that were lingering in her mouth.
Although Ji Yeon lived alone, ‘our home’ felt natural to say about her own house.
When she was living with Min Woo, the term ‘our home’ had always felt awkward whenever she mentioned it.
‘It was a house that better suited the terms ‘your house’ or just ‘house’.
The garden was emitting a fresh scent, a mix of freshly cut grass and sweet flowers, as if the lawn had just been mowed.
Looking at her home on the third floor from such a garden, she felt an even greater surge of affection.
“What are you looking at so fondly?”
“Mom~.”
Ji Yeon was startled when she suddenly heard a voice next to her.
Kang Hyun, whose hair was still damp as if he had just taken a shower, was standing right next to Ji Yeon.
“I’m sorry. Did you get a big surprise? It seems you didn’t hear any noise even when I came right next to you, and it’s not like I sneaked up.”
“No, I had no idea. I was just… looking at our house on the third floor.”
“Our house, it has a nice ring to it. More than just a house.”
It was so strange to hear Kang Hyun say the same thing she was thinking that Ji Yeon stared at him with a surprised face, her eyes wide open.
“Why? Why are you so surprised?”
“I was thinking exactly that a while ago. I love the phrase ‘our house’… and it’s really strange to hear you say it.”
Kang Hyun, with a serious face, suddenly moved his face close to Ji Yeon’s ear and whispered.
“It’s a secret, but I can read people’s minds. Like telepathy. I can go back up to 30 minutes.”
With that, he put his finger to his lips and made a ‘shush’ pose.
‘What’s with him? He wasn’t serious just now, was he?’
When Ji Yeon made a slightly confused face, Kang Hyun burst out laughing.
“Ji Yeon, you really are a fun person. It’s all over your face. You’re full of an expression that says, ‘This person seems a bit weird,'”.
‘Oh my! He can’t really read thoughts, can he?’
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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