Lacking the courage to hear the final names, she turned to leave, not wanting to break down in front of everyone.
“Elder brother, I have to go. I didn’t make it.”
As she tried to leave, Dae Bok stopped her.
“If you see my face now, I’ll show my tearful self.”
Trying to hide her choked-up voice, Yeon Woo replied.
“No, I failed.”
Meanwhile, the twenty-ninth name was called, still not hers.
Yeon Woo was eager to leave.
“It was brief, but I’m glad to have met you, elder brother.”
“Why leave now? Wait until the end! If you fail, at least you’ll know for sure.”
Dae Bok, looking genuinely sorry, held her back.
Just as she was about to firmly shake him off,
“Hong Yeon Woo!”
Her name was called last among the successful candidates.
Yeon Woo doubted her ears.
“Did you just call my name?”
She couldn’t believe she had passed and looked bewildered.
Repeatedly confirming with Dae Bok, he responded with a big grin.
“Yes, it’s your name. Didn’t I tell you?”
“Unbelievable, unbelievable!”
Realizing she had passed, Yeon Woo’s expression gradually brightened.
Unable to contain her emotions, she jumped for joy, letting out the laughter she had been holding back.
“Hahaha! I passed!”
“See, I told you. Listen to your elder brother and good things happen.”
“Thank you, thank you!”
Overwhelmed with joy, Yeon Woo felt like thanking everyone and everything.
She barely resisted the urge to hug Dae Bok.
Dae Bok smiled warmly, extending his hand.
“Let’s get along well from now on, sibling.”
“Yes! I look forward to it, elder brother!”
Yeon Woo smiled back, taking Dae Bok’s offered hand.
Feeling the warmth of his hand, her heart warmed too.
This first accomplishment of her own was precious and thrilling.
At this moment, Yeon Woo felt nothing in the world could make her envious.
Inside the barracks of the Kwang Ho Army’s training officers.
One of the test supervisors approached the barracks looking for Bi Yeong.
“Bi Yeong sir, are you there?”
Bi Yeong, who was tending to his sword, responded calmly to the supervisor’s call.
“Come in.”
With Bi Yeong’s permission, the supervisor entered the barracks.
He handed Bi Yeong the list of candidates who passed the test.
“Here is the list of successful candidates.”
“You have worked hard.”
Having finished his duty, the supervisor quickly left the barracks.
Bi Yeong unfolded the list of successful candidates he had received.
The list detailed the names, ages, occupations, and family backgrounds of the successful candidates.
Bi Yeong began reading the names of the soldiers he would be training.
As he was responsible for training these 30 individuals, having prior knowledge of them was beneficial.
Then, a familiar name caught his eye at the end of the list.
“Hong Yeon Woo…?”
Bi Yeong rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had seen incorrectly, and checked the list again.
No matter how he looked, the name on the list was Hong Yeon Woo.
While Yeon Woo was a name that could also be found among boys, having the same surname was less common.
But it seemed improbable that this Hong Yeon Woo could be the same Yeon Woo that Bi Yeong knew for a long time.
Moreover, Yeon Woo, not being a man, couldn’t possibly have applied to be a soldier, making it an absurd thought.
“Ha, I must be really tired these days.”
Why would he think this Hong Yeon Woo was the same Yeon Woo he knew?
Bi Yeong attributed these thoughts to his recent fatigue.
Yet, an unsettling feeling lingered in his mind.
Bi Yeong checked the detailed information of the candidate Hong Yeon Woo.
“Hong Jae Man’s 15-year-old youngest son, Hong Yeon Woo…”
In this area, there was only one family known to Bi Yeong as the house of Admiral Hong Jae Man.
Yeon Woo’s father, Admiral Hong Jae Man.
That family had a youngest daughter, but never a youngest son.
The list of successful candidates slipped from Bi Yeong’s hand to the floor.
He barely managed to steady his reeling mind.
“Yeon Woo, why are you here…?”
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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