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Eun Chae adjusted her grip, but Ki Joo shook his head, indicating it wasn’t right.

“Your hands are too far apart.”

His large hand covered hers, his warmth felt on her skin, making her shoulder flinch slightly.

Taking control of her hand, Ki Joo gently guided it.

“Narrow the distance between your hands to about the length of a finger.”
Teaching a single martial arts move shouldn’t have caused Song Eun Chae’s heart to flutter like this. Each time Kwon Ki Joo’s fingertips touched her, all her senses seemed to awaken.

Unaware of her inner turmoil, Ki Joo continued instructing, holding her arm.

“Raise your arms above your head.”

As Eun Chae raised her arms, Ki Joo instructed, “Now, strike diagonally downwards!”

Following his direction, she swung down at the straw dummy. The straw scattered on the ground as it unraveled from the impact, a different sensation coursing through her fingertips.

“Wow!”

Eun Chae looked at the scattered straw in disbelief.

“Did you see that, sir?”

Her eyes sparkled with excitement over merely unraveling some straw. Ki Joo found her childish delight in such a simple task both surprising and endearing.

“Is it that enjoyable for you?”

“Of course! This is why learning is important. It’s so different from practicing alone.”

Eun Chae’s joy, reminiscent of his sister, appeared genuinely feminine and charming to Ki Joo.

Her enthusiasm continued, “How are you so skilled in martial arts, sir?”

“When did you see me fight?”

Eun Chae realized her slip-up. Her encounter with the thugs employed by Bae Yongjae happened while she was disguised as Hong Yeonho, a woman. As soldier Hong Yeonwoo, she shouldn’t have known about that day.

Scrambling for an excuse, she said, “I heard it from your sister! She said you saved her from thugs that day.”

Eun Chae’s fabricated story seemed to be effective on Ki Joo.

“My sister spoke of me?”

“Yes, she bragged about how impressive you were that day.”

Ki Joo, slightly embarrassed by the mention of praise, coughed.

That day when they reunited, she had put up a barrier as if they wouldn’t meet again. So, hearing she spoke of him was unexpected and strangely thrilling for Ki Joo.

Changing the subject, Eun Chae asked, “Why aren’t you sleeping at this hour, sir?”

“I couldn’t sleep and came out.”

“Do you have insomnia?”

Ki Joo nodded in response. Eun Chae wondered, “Maybe you’re worried about something.”

“It’s always been like this.”

“Just wait here for a moment, sir. I’ll be right back.”

Eun Chae, struck by an idea, left Ki Joo in the training ground and quickly returned, panting, with a fragrance pouch from the barracks.

“Sir, if it’s alright, please use this.”

“What is this?” asked Ki Joo, looking at the offered pouch.
“It’s a fragrance pouch filled with dried medicinal herbs. If you keep it by your head when you sleep, it’s very effective for insomnia.”

Kwon Ki Joo looked down at the fragrance pouch Song Eun Chae offered. A subtle scent of herbs and sweet floral notes emanated from it.

“When I first left home to enlist, I had trouble sleeping. So, I made this pouch and placed it under my pillow. It helped calm my mind and sleep came easier.”

Ki Joo silently accepted the pouch. He noticed the delicately embroidered lotus on it.

“Did you embroider this?”

“No! It’s my sister’s handiwork! She made this pouch for me.”

Eun Chae blurted out another lie in surprise at his question. A man doing needlework in Joseon would be rare.

She worried that a pouch with embroidery might raise suspicions about her feminine side, so she hurriedly made an excuse.

Ki Joo looked at the lotus embroidery on the pouch and remarked lightly, “You and your sibling must be close.”

“Hahaha…! Isn’t it what families do, supporting each other during tough times?”

In reality, Eun Chae’s family was far from supportive; they only caused her trouble.

She laughed awkwardly, feeling the disparity between her ideal and the reality of her family.

Ki Joo then spoke, “Not all families are like that, it seems.”

He had never experienced the warmth of a close-knit family, and a bitter taste rose in his mouth.

“There are those who would trample their own kin for their benefit.”

Eun Chae knew her family wasn’t great, but Ki Joo’s seemed to have its dark sides too.

She couldn’t imagine what kind of environment he grew up in, where trampling over relatives for gain was normal.

Were Ki Joo’s scars and the assassins after him connected to his family?

Eun Chae was filled with thoughts and questions. She couldn’t comprehend the depths of Ki Joo’s circumstances.

Seeing his lonely eyes when discussing family, she didn’t dare to ask more. But it was clear: family wasn’t a comforting presence for him.

Eun Chae then said, “Does family have to be blood-related? If they provide support and strength in tough times, isn’t that family too?”

When Eun Chae returned home after her reward leave, Mr. Park didn’t even ask where she had been, only concerned about his gains and losses from her actions.

In contrast, Biyeong and Daebok, unrelated by blood, always extended a helping hand without conditions.

For Eun Chae, they were more like family, providing support and strength.

However, Ki Joo seemed to disagree, “Isn’t that more like friends rather than family?”
“Why do we need to distinguish between family and friends? If someone is there for us in hard times, they are both family and friends, aren’t they?”

“Is such a thing even possible? Do you have such friends?”

“I have two of them. Do you?”

Proud of having Daebok and Biyeong, Eun Chae confidently stated her case.

Observing her, Ki Joo shook his head quietly.

“I have neither friends like family, nor family like friends.”

A sense of deep-seated loneliness emanated from his response.

Eun Chae, who had been watching him closely, spoke up.

“Then I will be your friend!”

“What?”

Taken aback by her unexpected proposition, Ki Joo looked at her incredulously. A mere soldier offering friendship to a monarch was preposterous.

Eun Chae realized her overstep but couldn’t ignore the forlorn look on Ki Joo’s face.

“Didn’t I tell you I have two friends who are like family? I’ll show you it’s possible.”

“There’s no need for that.”

Despite Ki Joo’s firm refusal, Eun Chae persisted.

“Why not try and see? There’s nothing to lose for you, right?”

In response, Ki Joo lightly tapped Eun Chae’s forehead with the end of his scabbard.

“Ouch!”

“Instead of talking nonsense, either sleep or practice.”

“It’s not nonsense!”

Rubbing her throbbing forehead, Eun Chae felt unjustly treated. It felt like a bump was forming.

“I’m leaving.”

After dropping those harsh words, Ki Joo left Eun Chae alone in the training field and walked away, indifferent to her resentful gaze.

Fidgeting with the fragrance pouch Eun Chae had given him, Ki Joo mused.

“Friends like family…”

The idea of a friend becoming as close as family was a strange thought for him.

―I will be your friend!

A mere soldier equating herself to a monarch. Did she even understand the meaning of her words?

Yet, Ki Joo found her audacious behavior surprisingly endearing.

He recalled the startled look on Eun Chae’s face when she got hit on the forehead and couldn’t help but smirk.

“Amusing girl.”

Before dawn, Ki Joo returned to his private quarters.

Lying in bed with the fragrance pouch by his side, the fresh scent of grass and flowers filled the air. It seemed to be the source of the fragrance he always smelled around Eun Chae.

Closing his eyes and inhaling the scent, his anxious mind began to ease and dissipate into the air.

For the first time since leaving the palace, Ki Joo found himself comfortably settling down for sleep.

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Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife

I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!

Intro

When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.

After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.

Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.

Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.

At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.

Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.

The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.

He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.

[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]

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