“Wait, did I, by any chance, grab your lips and shake them?”
“Do you remember?”
This can’t be real.
The memory that just came up was real.
“Why didn’t you stop me?”
If it were the usual Ji Seo Joon, he would have been more than capable of pushing me away. There was no way he would let me shake his mouth as I did.
“I did try to stop you, but you wouldn’t let go, so I yanked your lips. But then, you laughed? Are you a pervert? I still get goosebumps on my arm just thinking about it.”
Having finished speaking, Ji Seo Joon thrust his arm in front of me. Indeed, his arm was riddled with goosebumps. I quickly rose from my seat.
I shouldn’t stay in Ji Seo Joon’s face any longer. A warning bell rang in my head.
“No. That’s impossible. I don’t want to hear any more. I’ll go first.”
“Sit down. I’m not finished yet.”
Another warning bell rang in my head. If I were to ignore Ji Seo Joon’s words and leave this place, um… I don’t even want to imagine.
Reluctantly, I sat back down in the chair.
“It seems you don’t remember everything…… Of course, Moon Da Yul would deny it even if she did remember.”
I didn’t argue because everything he said was correct.
“I was drunk too… but not as out of it as you.”
My throat went dry, so I took a sip of the coffee in front of me.
“Although you came at me persistently… It was my fault for not resisting to the end. I’m sorry.”
For a moment, I wondered if my ears were deceiving me. Or was there alcohol in this coffee?
“Did you just apologize? Ji Seo Joon?”
“Yeah. I’m sorry.”
“Say it again.”
His eyes hardened at my words.
“Keep, keep saying it…”
As I backed off, he relaxed his eyes again, put one hand on the table, flicked his index finger, and tapped on the table.
“How about we meet up?”
My mouth dropped open in surprise. What… what was he saying? I was too shocked to speak.
He looked at me, unable to speak and only gaping, then let out a deep sigh and ruffled his hair vigorously. He didn’t seem to care about his hair getting messed up.
“Say something.”
Realizing that I needed to compose myself, I exhaled deeply through my nose. Then I took a sip of coffee to moisten my throat and opened my mouth.
“You don’t like me.”
“…I do.”
“Not as a friend, as a woman.”
“……”
“If you’re just saying this because you want to take responsibility for your actions, I’d rather you didn’t.”
He scowled at my words, as if displeased, and sharply turned his head away.
“There’s no need to take responsibility. We’re both adults… even if we don’t remember everything, if the two of us agreed and spent the night together, it’s not something that needs responsibility.”
It wasn’t about pretending to be cool, I genuinely believed that. It was the first time I had slept with someone who wasn’t my boyfriend, but I didn’t want to entangle Ji Seo Joon with something I couldn’t even remember.
If we were to start dating just because we had spent the night together, neither of us would be happy.
“So.”
“So what. I’m not dating you.”
Why couldn’t the clever guy understand. I diligently sucked up the coffee that was almost empty through a straw.
“So… what happens between you and me?”
“What happens… we just go on as usual.”
Ji Seo Joon looked at me with a slightly surprised expression at my words.
Ah. He had been anxious. It was clear he had been worried about our relationship changing. That’s why he had rushed to the front of the office with such glee.
Getting out of Ji Seo Joon’s shadow had always been a dream of mine, but I had never even imagined cutting off our friendly ties. Our relationship had always been like that.
“Get up. I haven’t even eaten yet. I missed breakfast and because you came all the way here, it looks like I’ll have to go in without eating anything.”
Feeling embarrassed, I got up from my seat and hurried Ji Seo Joon. As I urged him, he put the book on the table into his bag and slowly got up.
We left the cafe and went out to the bustling main road.
“Can you go without eating?”
“I don’t have time. I’ll just buy some bread from the convenience store and eat it.”
“Okay. Got it.”
It was when I turned around after bidding him a cautious farewell.
“Watch out!”
An electric kickboard whizzed past me. I was able to narrowly dodge it, not because of my reflexes, but because Ji Seo Joon had pulled me to the side.
“What are you doing? That was dangerous!”
Ji Seo Joon shouted.
“I’m sorry.”
The person on the electric kickboard left an insincere apology and disappeared again.
“Are you okay?”
I tried to calm my pounding heart, but it was still racing as I was quite startled.
“Uh, yeah. I’m okay.”
“Are you… Your face has turned pale.”
I must have been tensing up my whole body without realizing it. As Ji Seo Joon patted my back, the tension eased and I relaxed.
“I should have done more than just let him go…”
Ji Seo Joon was still grumbling and fuming, but his touch was careful and warm.
“Seo Joon, Seo Joon, wait a minute… Huh?”
“Hu…”
Another memory came to mind.
When I flinched suddenly, Ji Seo Joon stopped patting my back and looked into my eyes.
“Why, are you hurt? Did you get hit earlier?”
He asked me with a worried look in his eyes.
“Are you hurt?”
This was a different memory. Short, disconnected clips filled my mind.
“No! I’m okay. I’m really okay. Lunchtime is over. I’ll go first! You be careful on your way in, too!”
I pushed away his hand that was holding my arm, turned around, and quickly headed in the direction of the office.
My heart was pounding, and my face was hot.
My mind was confused by the sudden surge of memories. Ji Seo Joon was undoubtedly the same person before and now.
But the Ji Seo Joon in my memories was different.
Ji Seo Joon was a man. A very attractive man, at that.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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