Feeling sorry for her daughters, who couldn’t enjoy what they should have at their age, Myeongok wanted to repay the two men who brought laughter to her daughters even a little.
Since Dae Bok had coincidentally brought sea bream as a housewarming gift, she decided to showcase her cooking skills, which she hadn’t used for a long time.
Entering the kitchen, Myeongok lit the fire and started cooking. She grilled the sea bream beautifully, thinly sliced tofu, and added it to the miso soup she had prepared in advance. Before long, the cooking was coming to an end, and the savory miso soup that stimulated the appetite began to boil.
As she reached for the brass bowl on the shelf, the moment her hand touched it, Myeongok flinched. The reflection in the brass bowl made it difficult to discern who the unfamiliar man was. However, seeing that he was wearing a mask, it didn’t seem like he was approaching Myeongok with pure intentions.
Shaken, Myeongok’s hand holding the brass bowl began to tremble. As she looked around for something to defend herself with, she heard the voice of the unfamiliar man from behind.
“I never thought I’d be hiding in a neighborhood with such a distinctive smell.”
“…!”
In an instant, Myeongok’s body froze like ice. The man wearing a mask seemed to have been looking for Myeongok for a long time. Cold sweat streamed down Myeongok’s back.
When she heard the footsteps approaching with a staggering sound, Myeongok barely managed to part her trembling lips.
“H-How did you…?”
“Surprised, right? I was surprised too. Originally, I was chasing another prey.”
—Ssrrrk.
The sound of a dry swallow echoed behind Myeongok. Having swallowed her dry saliva, Myeongok let out a pleading voice through her trembling lips.
Limping, as the approaching footsteps sounded, Myeongok barely managed to open her trembling lips.
“H-How did you…?”
“Surprised, right? I was surprised too. Originally, I was chasing another prey.”
—Ssrrrk.
The sound of footsteps approaching from behind Myeongok was heard.
Having swallowed her dry saliva, Myeongok, with trembling lips, let out a pleading voice.
“Pl-Please, the children know nothing. Please spare the children.”
“Isn’t that right, Park Myeongok?”
The man, who had completely drawn his sword from the scabbard, pointed the blade at Myeongok’s neck.
“Hyik…!”
“18 years ago, a midwife who assisted in the birth of the Jungjeon Mama.”
Unable to offer any rebuttal to the man’s words, Myeongok closed her eyes tightly.
Feeling the cold touch of the blade on her neck, the hair on her entire body stood on end.
The air in the kitchen became chilly as the man exhaled his aura.
When Choa was setting the table for the guest in her room, a crashing sound of kitchen utensils falling was heard from the kitchen.
—Crash!
With the sudden commotion, not only Choa but also Yeonu and Daebok rushed out to the yard.
Before long, Myeongok, whose face had turned pale in the kitchen, hurriedly came out.
In an unusual state, Choa approached Myeongok.
“Mother! What’s happening?!”
Desperately, Myeongok pushed Choa away.
“Hurry, hurry, run away!”
“What? What’s suddenly…?”
In the midst of the unexpected situation, everyone, except Myeongok, was bewildered. At that moment, a man wearing a mask shouted as he emerged from the kitchen.
“Aaargh!”
The man twisted his body as if in pain from the hot stew splashed on his face.
After removing the mask covered in the stew, Yeonu’s eyes widened as he checked the man’s face.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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