“Rabbit-driving,” the act of driving a mountain rabbit into a corner to catch it with a net, or a term referring to the person performing such an act.
I am about to start a rabbit drive.
The rabbit I’m going to catch seems quite cruel. I need to hold my breath, seize the opportunity, and drive it in until the end to capture it.
Actually, I’m not sure if I should catch the rabbit.
Because I liked that rabbit quite a bit.
It was an unusually cold morning. The bone-chilling cold, penetrating to the core, made my body shiver. The cold transitioning from autumn to winter felt more severe than the dead of winter.
[Let’s have lunch together today. Bring Baekinha too.]The message, confirming the stiffened fingers with a blow, was somewhat absurd.
I thought Baek In-ha was just a naive rabbit, but considering the ominous atmosphere, I had been carefully watching her lately.
However, this rabbit was very clever. While maintaining the usual appearance, she still wore an innocent mask.
It felt as if I might have misunderstood due to her too natural behavior.
But having lunch with her…
[What are you thinking?] [To catch a tiger, you must enter the tiger’s den.]Was she not a rabbit but a tiger?
As my body, which had shrunk due to the cold, entered the company, it gradually began to thaw. Holding a warm cup of coffee, when I sat down, Baek In-ha came into the office wiping her hands.
“Manager. It’s quite cold today, isn’t it?”
“Yes. It suddenly got colder, and it feels even colder now.”
“Yes. I might need to get a pair of gloves.”
I silently stared at her, who sat down while rubbing her hands. Then, rolling her eyes slightly, she asked me.
“Do you have something to say?”
“Yes? Ah… Do you want something warm to eat today? Ji Seojun bought it.”
“Researcher Ji Seojun?”
“Yes.”
She hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Fortunately, lunchtime was approaching, and the weather was getting milder. Still, looking at the remaining bare branches on the trees, I craved for warm soup and headed to the beef soup restaurant we used to visit.
“You don’t have to treat me too….”
While sitting down and putting down the chopsticks, Baek In-ha said.
“No. Since we’re colleagues in the same team with Dayul, I can treat you to lunch anytime.”
Oh? Look at this.
I blinked and only stared at Ji Seojun, who was speaking in a much more relaxed tone and expression than usual. Is he intentionally trying to persuade, pretending to be friendly?
“Then I’ll buy the coffee! Please let me buy it!”
Baek In-ha shouted earnestly towards Ji Seojun. Then Ji Seojun slightly smiled and nodded.
Baek In-ha’s cheeks turned slightly red with Ji Seojun’s smile.
Huh… What on earth is this nonsense?
A steaming hot beef soup emerged, the kimchi on top of the warm broth crisp and refreshing. With each bite, it felt like the frozen parts within me were gradually thawing, and my body relaxed.
“Han Tae-i contacted me.”
No way. Talking about Han Tae-i in front of such delicious beef soup. Even if you sprinkle sand, it wouldn’t be this smooth.
“Why suddenly bring up that topic?”
I furrowed my brows and asked, causing him to pause his spoon.
“I called to verify the story with Yoon-ah, that woman I had a thing with.”
“Yoon-ah?”
“She might be lying. We need to confirm properly.”
I raised an eyebrow and looked at Ji Seojun.
“Anonymous bulletin board. It seems that the story that woman told might be true.”
Ah, I see.
I wondered why she suddenly brought up that story, but it seemed she wanted to see Baek In-ha’s reaction.
“Really? The anonymous bulletin board is definitely not something Yoon-ah wrote.”
I agreed, looking at Baek In-ha, who was sitting in front.
I was a bit surprised inwardly. Her expression revealed nothing. She stopped eating and listened, staring intently at Ji Seojun, without expressing any thoughts.
“Anonymous bulletin board? Yoon-ah wrote that?”
Baek In-ha asked as if she didn’t know anything. Her voice was as usual.
“No, it seems like someone else wrote it on the anonymous bulletin board. Before that, there were rumors that she and Researcher Jung Chan-hyung had a relationship.”
“What? Those rumors? Did Yoon-ah say that?”
“Yes. She said they were friends, but maybe you didn’t know.”
“That’s right. We don’t talk about such things.”
After that, Baek In-ha asked various questions about Yoon-ah. However, there was no evidence that she did anything.
Indeed, it wasn’t an easy-to-catch rabbit.
After lunch, on the way back to the office, Baek In-ha, sipping her bought coffee, left a message, telling me to go in first, and disappeared abruptly.
Looking at the place where she disappeared, I muttered.
“No reaction at all… Are we really catching an elusive person?”
“Well, let’s try digging deeper into the corner.”
Ji Seojun’s expression was resolute.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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