“Should we just order something quick?”
“I’ll whip something up quickly.”
Ji Seo Joon headed straight to the kitchen and started rustling in the fridge before quickly beginning to prepare something. I clung to his side, my eyes sparkling as I watched.
“Dangerous.”
“I’ll just watch from here.”
“I can’t concentrate with you around.”
That Ji Seo Joon can’t concentrate? I remembered how, when we were kids, I’d dragged a reluctant Ji Seo Joon to a baseball game, only to find him reading a book without blinking.
The very Ji Seo Joon who couldn’t focus? My eyes widened as I looked up, only for Ji Seo Joon’s lips to swiftly touch mine before withdrawing.
“What was that?”
“Even if you’re disappointed, bear it. You’ve been having a hard time lately. You should at least eat properly.”
“Bear what, exactly?”
As I spoke, Ji Seo Joon chuckled and said,
“Exactly what you’re thinking right now.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon]“Mr. Moon!”
On the day I’d agreed to have a meal with Researcher Jeong Chan Hyung, we decided to eat at a restaurant a bit away from the company.
“Are you really okay with Army Stew?”
“Absolutely. I love Army Stew.”
I’d suggested more expensive items several times, but he’d firmly refused. Entering the Army Stew restaurant he’d recommended, I saw office workers here and there, already seated and waiting for their stew to boil.
“Auntie, two servings of Army Stew, please!”
With a friendly smile, Researcher Jeong Chan Hyung cheerfully placed our order.
“Will the repatriated employees return next week?”
“Yes. They’ll probably take a few days off before returning.”
He took a spoon and chopsticks from the utensil container and gently placed them on a napkin, then heaved a sigh of relief.
“That’s truly a relief. I had a pretty good time when I was in that country. Those researchers must have only nightmarish memories left.”
When I was at another company, Mr. Jung Chan-hyung, who had been conducting research there for several months, said he had become friends with people while staying at a hotel for a long time. He explained that he was able to help this time thanks to them.
As his explanation was about to end, a delicious-looking army stew came out. He lit the portable burner and smiled at me.
“Eating with Deputy Moon is really tough.”
“Huh?”
“Do you remember the day we randomly ran into each other at the office?”
When I tilted my head, he made a slightly disappointed face.
“The day you looked unwell… We met in the elevator, and also at the pharmacy…”
“Ah! Yes.”
Right. That had happened. On the day we ran into each other in the elevator, I had heard bad rumors about him and was quite surprised when I unintentionally saw his name on his employee badge.
Come to think of it, he was also a frequent subject of office gossip. How exhausting his life must be… I felt a tinge of sympathy.
“We’ve been running into each other quite often since that day. Us.”
The word ‘us’ was emphasized in his tone.
“Other researchers also speak highly of Deputy Moon’s good nature… I wanted to get to know you, but because of the weird rumors…”
“Ah. Yes…”
He stirred the boiling army stew with a ladle, a somewhat regretful expression on his face.
“Other researchers praised me? That’s very kind of them.”
I unwittingly perked up my ears when I heard him mention my praise.
“Haha. Yes. And seeing Deputy Moon do his very best to carry out the employee rescue mission during this incident, I was honestly moved.”
“Rescue mission?”
I felt slightly embarrassed by the seemingly plausible term.
“If something like this happens to me in Korea, it would be really reassuring to know that there’s someone working so hard for me. I thought.”
His eyes were filled with seriousness. I felt even more embarrassed, and my face flushed.
“You’re giving me too much credit. It wasn’t just me; our entire team gave it their all. I just did my part.”
I touched my hair, tied back in an awkward bun, as I answered. He then gave an even brighter smile.
“Still, that doesn’t make the feeling of being moved go away.”
He served a proper amount of the well-cooked army stew into his own dish and then handed it to me.
“Ah. You go ahead.”
“No. Ladies first.”
Researcher Jung Chan-hyung started to serve himself a portion as well. When I was with Ji Seo Joon, we used to carefully tally who took more sausages… Suddenly, thinking of Ji Seo Joon made me smile.
“Why are you smiling? Is there something on my face?”
Startled by my unexpected laughter, he checked his clothes and started wiping his face vigorously with tissues.
“No, no. I was just thinking of a friend. It becomes a big deal if anyone takes even a bit more of the delicious sausage.”
“Ah… Researcher Ji Seo Joon does have a childish side, doesn’t he?”
Huh? Did I mention Ji Seo Joon?
Seeing him automatically assume my friend was Ji Seo Joon, I blinked my eyes. He laughed heartily and responded.
“Just a guess, but is it really Ji Seo Joon?”
Ah. He jumped to conclusions.
Though we weren’t on the same team, I might see him often since he’s in bio research. Should I clarify it’s not Ji Seo Joon? I was pondering when a shadow loomed over the table.
“So today it’s Researcher Jung Chan-hyung, huh?”
It was the last person I wanted to see. Ms. Yoo Na from HR.
“Huh? Long time no see.”
Jung Chan Hyung, the researcher, also found Ms. Yu Na Ra and greeted her warmly. The two people he had casually seen at the emergency exit came to mind. Could they be just close friends, not lovers?
However, today of all days. Today, ‘of all days’! I had to work hard to control my expression so as not to widen my eyes at the thorn in her words.
“It’s been a while. Senior.”
My jaw dropped unconsciously at her expression, which was 180 degrees different from the smile she had shown me. Just then,
“Deputy.”
Turning my head at the familiar sound, Mr. Baek In Ha was standing there.
“In Ha?”
Seeing my confused expression as I alternately looked at Ms. Yu Na Ra and Mr. Baek In Ha, Mr. Baek In Ha quickly spoke.
“We, we just happened to meet earlier.”
As I looked at Mr. Baek In Ha with a face full of question marks, this time Ms. Yu Na Ra interjected.
“Ah. I saw him going to eat alone and suggested we eat together. Right?”
“Yes? Ah. Yes.”
Mr. Baek In Ha answered, clearly startled.
“Is that so?”
Ms. Yu Na Ra stretched her pretty lips sideways and gave a slight smile. And then I was certain.
This woman is lying.
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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