“Director, what did you just say…”
Kwon Ji Soo seemed frozen, shocked by Ji Yeon’s words.
Her eyes lost focus and soon filled with pain.
“That can’t be… Such an unbelievable coincidence can’t happen. I can’t believe it.”
After vehemently shaking her head, Ji Soo looked back at Ji Yeon and spoke.
“Director, you’re joking, right? You’re just saying that because you think I’ll bother Kang Hyun, aren’t you?”
“No. I told you the truth. I am Lee Kang Hyun’s girlfriend. Why would I lie to you, Writer Ji Soo?”
Ji Soo looked into Ji Yeon’s eyes, seeking confirmation of the truth. Her face was filled with devastation.
Ji Yeon’s eyes were calm, like the sea at midnight.
“I didn’t want to open up about my personal life, but it seemed necessary to mention it to avoid impacting our work.”
Ji Soo’s gaze dropped to the floor, her eyes filled with uncertainty.
Her hands trembled, but Ji Yeon pretended not to notice.
Further conversation with her now would be too much.
Ji Yeon stood up.
“I hope my answer doesn’t affect our work, Writer Ji Soo. I’ll be leaving now. See you next week.”
Leaving Ji Soo behind, Ji Yeon stepped out of the studio into the refreshing breeze, her hair fluttering gently.
Back at the office, Ji Yeon busied herself with the accumulated emails and tasks.
Being out of the office even briefly meant more work due to the travel time.
By 9 PM, Ji Yeon was still immersed in her work.
“Director, are you going to have dinner? I’m going out for a quick bite, do you want me to bring something back?”
Assistant Director Joo Yeon, holding her wallet, paused to ask.
“I’ll eat a bit later. I have an urgent email to send. Thanks for asking, Assistant Director.”
“No problem. What about Director Chung Shik?”
Chung Shik hesitated.
“I’ll just… not eat.”
“Don’t do that, Director Chung Shik. Go with Assistant Director Joo Yeon. You can’t stand being hungry.”
Ji Yeon, recalling how Chung Shik always complained about hunger during night study sessions in middle school, smiled and spoke.
“Come on, Director. Let’s grab some ramen and kimbap. Okay?”
Joo Yeon pulled Chung Shik to his feet.
“Director Chung Shik, don’t let Assistant Director Joo Yeon go alone. Eating alone is no fun.”
Reluctantly, Chung Shik stood up.
“Director, Assistant Director, while you’re out, try something nice. There’s a new sandwich place nearby that’s pretty good.”
Ji Yeon returned to her emails.
About 15 minutes later, after sending the urgent email, she stretched her arms.
“Ah, my back. Should I eat something? I might get hungry if I wait any longer.”
As she pondered her unsolved dinner, a message notification blinked.
It was from Kang Hyun.
[Have you had dinner yet?] Even just reading the message brought a smile to her face, a testament to the wonders of being in love. [Not yet. What about you, Director?] [Me neither. Can you come up to my room for a bit?] [Sure, I’ll be there.]Ji Yeon sent her reply and headed to the 17th floor where Kang Hyun’s room was located.
Kang Hyun’s secretary seemed to have left for the day, so Ji Yeon knocked on his door directly.
Knock-knock.
After waiting a moment, the door opened to reveal Kang Hyun on a phone call.
As Ji Yeon hesitated to enter, Kang Hyun gestured for her to come in and mouthed, “Sit here.” Ji Yeon chuckled at his gesture.
Approaching the sofa he pointed to, she saw a lavish spread of sushi on the table in front.
Her eyes widened at the sight, and as she stood beside the table, Kang Hyun finished his call and came over to embrace her tightly.
“Ah… Finally filled up with our Eun Ji Yeon energy!”
He inhaled deeply as if finally able to breathe, holding her in his arms.
“Kang Hyun…”
“Today was tough. Can I just stay like this for a minute?”
Without lifting his face from her neck, Kang Hyun asked.
Ji Yeon quietly held him, stroking his back.
After a moment, they parted, and Kang Hyun, smiling, pulled her hand to sit on the sofa.
“Didn’t eat dinner yet, did you? Let’s have some of this.”
“This is a bit too lavish for a simple meal, isn’t it? Oh… there’s even eel! I love it!”
Kang Hyun’s eyes sparkled with joy seeing Ji Yeon’s excitement.
She always found happiness in every moment, big or small.
Wherever, whenever, Ji Yeon found the positive, the happy.
Being with her seemed to color his world with happiness too.
Ji Yeon cracked open the chopsticks and picked up a piece of sushi, holding it up to Kang Hyun’s mouth.
“Kang Hyun, say ‘ah’.”
Kang Hyun hesitated at her words, then slowly opened his mouth.
“You have to say ‘ah’.”
She placed the sushi in his mouth as he complied.
“Ah~.”
Following her instruction, he said ‘ah’ and accepted the sushi, causing Ji Yeon to burst into laughter, almost to the point of shaking.
“Hahaha, oh my, my stomach hurts. Kang Hyun, has no one ever fed you before?”
Chewing the sushi, Kang Hyun shook his head.
“I see.”
Laughter continued to spill from Ji Yeon’s face.
While others might see him as a stern executive with a cold gaze, here he was, adorably saying ‘ah’ while being fed sushi.
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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