A pitch-black night has descended for a long time.
After parting ways with Biyeong, Yeonwoo hastily changed into her training uniform and ran to the hut of Sinwoong.
Leaning against a single torch, she crossed the mountain without stopping.
Was Geon awake? Or could something be wrong?
The darkness, which she had been so afraid of due to overwhelming thoughts in her mind, and the danger of encountering mountain beasts did not frighten her anymore.
Finally entering the hut, Yeonwoo faced Sinwoong coming out of the room.
Having run a long distance, Yeonwoo poured out questions about Geon without catching her breath.
“Nari, huff… How are you? Are you okay? Huff.”
“Go inside and see.”
When Sinwoong gestured for her to enter, Yeonwoo immediately went into the room.
She quickly checked Geon’s complexion, lying down.
Unlike the pale appearance when she last saw him, his face now looked lively.
The previously unstable breathing had significantly stabilized, and his lips had a healthy crimson color.
Seeing this, Yeonwoo breathed a sigh of relief.
“Haah…”
At the same time, her body relaxed, and she sank into the chair.
The feeling of relief, coming from the fact that Geon had revived, relaxed Yeonwoo’s tense body.
Now that the dangerous moment had passed, only the recovery remained.
Even with significant injuries, he had endured so well. He made her proud.
“It’s fortunate. You really held on well, Nari.”
Seeing the clearly recovered appearance, tears welled up in Yeonwoo’s eyes.
The anxiety about Geon’s breathing, which had been uneasy, also calmed down.
Extending her arm, Yeonwoo grabbed Geon’s hand tightly.
Until the rooster crowed, Yeonwoo sat by Geon’s side and spent the night nursing him.
Before long, the sun drove away the dark and emitted a bright radiance.
The chirping of birds in the forest woke up Geon, who had been sleeping for a long time.
Slowly opening his eyes, the familiar interior of the hut came into view, and the scent of familiar herbs grazed his nose.
Seeing the bandages neatly wrapped around his body, it seemed like he had safely arrived at Sinwoong’s hut.
When he tried to raise his upper body, a sudden pain rushed to his chest.
“Kkuh…”
Although he had regained consciousness, it seemed advisable to take it easy for a while due to the serious injuries.
When he attempted to lie back down, a perplexing object touched Geon’s hand.
Turning his head at the strange sensation, he saw Yeonwoo sleeping next to him, crouched with her body curled up.
Seeing the towel in her hand, wet with water, it seemed she had fallen asleep while nursing him throughout the night.
Geon gently took the towel from Yeonwoo’s hand and casually threw it to a suitable place.
Then, to prevent her from waking up, he slowly lifted the blanket, covering her from toe to shoulder.
Feeling the sudden warmth, Yeonwoo seemed to enjoy it, furrowing her nose and making a pleasant sound.
“Ung…”
Seeing her adorable frowning nose, Geon unintentionally chuckled.
How could this grown man look so cute?
Geon laid his hand on Yeonwoo’s head.
“You did well.”
Then, gently stroking her head with his palm.
At that moment, Sinwoong, who came to check on Geon, opened the door and entered.
“Are you awake?”
“Shh.”
Geon brought his finger to his lips and pointed at Yeonwoo.
It was a warning to be careful not to wake up the sleeping Yeonwoo.
“Oh my.”
Seeing the two people under the same blanket, Sinwoong unconsciously stepped back and quickly closed the door.
“I must have seen something strange.”
Leaning against the closed door, Sinwoong swept his surprised heart away.
Geon’s gaze at Yeonwoo was not the typical look one would give to a man. It was even less the gaze of someone treating a subordinate with care.
Sinwoong read warmth and tingling emotions in Geon’s gaze. The gaze was not fitting for an attitude toward a man.
‘Does he not know that she’s a woman?’
The more he looked, the more puzzled Sinwoong became. Geon, who was known to fear no one, had never brought anyone here, let alone anyone he would care for.
Such a weakened Geon, being seen by another and even covered with a blanket, and that other person being a woman, was something Sinwoong never expected to see in his long life.
Thinking of Geon who was with Yeonwoo, Sinwoong smiled subtly.
“Knowing how to care for someone by your side. You’ve changed a lot, Nari.”
Even if a mountain changes in ten years, would a person change so little?
In Geon’s once lonely life, a moment of leisure seemed to have finally dawned.
“Uuuh….”
Yeonwoo, who had been in deep sleep, tossed and turned. The warmth beside her made her body languid.
Enveloped in that warmth, Yeonwoo, intoxicated, wriggled her body to indulge more in the heat.
However, as drowsiness gradually faded and consciousness began to return, Yeonwoo, who had awakened from sleep, slowly opened her eyes.
Then, a familiar face came into view.
‘What, Gwangho-nari?!’
Upon opening her eyes, the first thing Yeonwoo saw was Geon’s sleeping face.
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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