The colleagues who arrived before me returned my greeting. I gave them a slight smile, held a cup of coffee, and sat down at my desk, turning on my computer.

Everything needs a warmup before starting.

As I skimmed through the entertainment news, a headline about some celebrity’s breakup was plastered all over the portal site.

“Deputy manager. Isn’t it a surprise? I thought those two would never break up… Didn’t they date for quite a while?”
“Right, they looked good together… But I guess only the two people involved would really know.”
Baek In Ha came into the office and started talking after checking the monitor of my computer. It was a quite famous celebrity, hence Baek In Ha was very interested.

“That male celebrity, he’s totally my type… Ah, I wonder what it feels like to date him?”
She was looking at the picture attached to the breakup article.

Hmm… Based on looks alone, Ji Seo Joon was more handsome…

I was shocked by my own thoughts. Even though my goal was to not think about Ji Seo Joon, I couldn’t help but recall him.

Feeling stupid, I angrily closed the web surfing window. After a while, the team leader arrived and I opened the document window for the unfinished work from yesterday.

By the time I had made some progress with my work, it was already lunchtime.

“Deputy manager, should we go out for lunch today?”
Baek In Ha’s excited face appeared.

“Sure, let’s eat out today. What should we eat?”
“How about Pyongyangstyle cold noodles?”
“Sounds good!”
Baek In Ha and I grabbed our wallets and left the office. We walked out among the employees heading out to enjoy their lunch breaks and descended to the lobby.

“Oh my! Deputy Manager! Look at that man. Wow.”
She tugged on my arm and gestured somewhere. He was there.

“Eeek.”
I let out a strange noise and hid behind Baek In Ha.

“Deputy Manager Moon?”
It was impossible to hide behind her since she was shorter than me, but I felt like I had to do something. I grabbed Baek In Ha’s shoulder and moved towards a pillar that could conceal my body.

“Is that someone Deputy Manager Moon knows?”
“Ah, no?”
“But then why……”

I was busy observing his movements regardless of what she was saying.

Luckily, it seemed he didn’t notice me. He greeted someone happily and disappeared somewhere.

“What’s going on? Huh?”
She, who was still holding my shoulder, also began to look around with me.

“Ah… There was someone I didn’t want to meet, but I guess I saw the wrong person. Hahaha.”
“Ah… Me too… But wasn’t that man really handsome just now? It’s my first time seeing someone like him.”
“Is that so?”
I nonchalantly responded to her fuss.

“Could he be from our company? Ah. That would be great. Then going to work would be fun…”
She kept praising his appearance until we arrived at the Pyongyangstyle cold noodles restaurant. She didn’t care about my lukewarm reaction at all.

During the peak time, we sat down after a bit of waiting.

“Do you not really like handsome men, Deputy Manager Moon?”
“Huh?”
“You seemed indifferent when we talked about the celebrity and when you saw that man earlier… It seems like you’re not particularly interested in handsome men.”
“Well… Everyone has different tastes.”
“Is that so?”
I just smiled at her. And softly called out to her, who was as cute as a younger sister.

“In Ha, men like the one from earlier are high maintenance.”
“Huh?”
Baek In Ha paused eating her cold noodles and looked at me with wide eyes.

“You know the term ‘high maintenance’, right? That kind of man can’t be handled even with a limitless black credit card. They fully, completely live up to being high maintenance.”
She continued to blink at me without saying anything.

“So I like men like these affordable and humble Pyongyangstyle cold noodles.”
She alternated between looking at me and the Pyongyangstyle cold noodles, then covered her mouth and let out a pretty laugh.

“Deputy Manager, you’re so funny!”

Two days later, he contacted me again. I had been busy with work, but I wondered whether it was necessary to reply.

[Busy?] His message was succinct.

[Busy.] I responded in kind.

[See you on the weekend, then.] He sent a simple message and he replied succinctly as well. He just made a promise without asking for my opinion.

I packed my anger into my fingers and sent a reply.

[Do you think I have no plans for the weekend? I can’t meet! I have plans!] Then, worried that my lie would be caught, I sent a message to Ju Yeon and I Ra, my friends since middle school, asking to meet on the weekend.

Fortunately, my friends’ replies came faster than his.

[I have to go home. Is something up? Friend? Go Ju Yeon] [I have plans with my boyfriend, why? Do I Ra] Nothing seemed to be going my way.

As I scoured my phone contacts for someone else to meet, a message came from him.

[Then, I’ll be waiting in front of your house this evening.] Trying to avoid the fox only to meet the tiger… No. No, it was a tiger that I encountered while trying to avoid a tiger in the first place.

Anyway, that handsome tiger said he would be waiting in front of my house.

No matter how much I racked my brain, I couldn’t find a way out of the tiger’s grasp.

Work ended early that day.

I got off at a bus stop near my house and walked leisurely. Then, a playground caught my eye before I got home.

It seemed all the children had gone home as the playground was quiet. I sat on an empty swing and gave it a light push with my foot.

“Why would he wait when he’s got nothing to do?”
I stopped the swing and kicked at the dirt indented into the ground.

Then.

“Excuse me.”
Someone called out to me.

As I lifted my deeply bowed head, I saw a group of students in uniforms not far away, looking at me.

“Why, why?”
Respectful speech naturally escaped my lips.

“Haha. Hey, she says why. Hahaha.”
My respectful language amused them as they chuckled and laughed uproariously.

“Do you have money? Give us some money.”
“Hey, students! What are you doing? Where do you go to school? Do your parents know about this?”
I tightly clutched my bag and yelled at the students.

“We don’t care where you go to school, or about your parents, just give us the money.”
I swallowed in the tension.

“I… I don’t have money. Who carries cash these days? Everyone uses cards.”
“Is that so? Don’t all convenience stores have ATMs?”
I opened my eyes wide and glared at the students.

“There’s a big fee for using those!”
Some of the students burst into laughter again at my words.

“If you don’t want to get hurt and want to go home, give us the money quickly. We don’t have time.”
The tallest one among them approached me with a string of casual speech. It was scary. I stepped back from the swing, stumbled over a stone, and fell.

“Ah, really. Is this a joke?”
The students laughed louder as I fell on my bottom.

The big guy picked up my bag that fell while I was falling and rummaged through it.

Garbage, employee ID, candy, feminine products spilled out. And finally, my pink wallet fell out with a ‘thud.’

The tall student who picked up my wallet flicked through the few bills inside.

“You said you had no money, that was a lie.”
“Give, give it back!”
“No, I don’t want to!”
He mimicked me and laughed.

“Moon Da Yul?”
A familiar voice called me from behind the students.

“Ji Seo Joon!”

Male lead is a clingy little husband

One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.

Introduction:

One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.

One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.

As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.

From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.

But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.

Mini scene 1:

One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.

Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”

Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”

Mini scene 2:

After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.

Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.

Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”

Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”

Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.

[Reading Guide]

1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.

2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.

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