“What are you doing this weekend?”
“Why?”
“I’m asking you to give me a ride.”
“Suddenly?”
He pulled one hand out of his pocket and scratched his nose.
“Yes. Let’s go somewhere nearby.”
“…Are you buying me something delicious?”
I slightly lifted my head to look at Ji Seo Joon. Whenever I was disheartened after making a mistake, he would cheer me up with food. I figured it would be the same this time.
“Okay. Buy it for me.”
As expected, the man standing proudly in front of me responded as if it was a given.
“Okay. Deal. Let’s go.”
Hearing his order to be ready and out front by 9 a.m., I rushed to get ready.
“Where are you going?”
Our mother, watching with suspicious eyes as her daughter, despite being a weekend, woke up early in the morning, washed up, and even meticulously applied makeup.
“Just going out.”
“But where are you going?”
What shoes should I wear to be considered welldressed? I was rummaging through the shoe rack when my mother asked again.
“I’m meeting Seo Joon. Ji Seo Joon.”
“Seo Joon? Why Seo Joon?”
Our stubborn Mrs. Kim today. Although I wasn’t really pleased, I found a decent pair of shoes, slipped them on, and replied.
“Seo Joon is giving me a ride.”
“Did Seo Joon buy a car?”
“Yes. So he’s giving me a test drive today.”
“Oh my. You should have told me sooner, even I…”
“I’m leaving now!”
Seeing the image of my mother about to rush out, I hurriedly opened the front door.
“Moon Da Yul! Wait a minute!”
Before my mother’s words even finished, I swiftly closed the door and came out. As the door shut with a ‘bang’, my mother’s voice cut off as well. I sighed in relief and got into the elevator that had just arrived.
As the front door of the building opened, I could see Ji Seo Joon standing next to a wellpolished car.
This must be what they call synergy. The car was shiny, and so was Ji Seo Joon.
“The car is really cool.”
“Get in quickly. We’ll be stuck in traffic.”
In response to my reaction, Ji Seo Joon coolly opened the car door.
“Wow! How does this door open? Is it automatic?”
As Ji Seo Joon pressed a button, I screamed like a child at the sight of the car door automatically opening.
“Get in quickly.”
“Okay!”
I got in the car and looked around the interior with curiosity.
“This is really nice. Is it expensive?”
“Not cheap, right?”
“What did you do in America?”
“What?”
“How did you get so much money? Did you possibly…”
Ji Seo Joon swept his palm from the top to the bottom of my face.
“Hey!”
“Don’t think anything weird. I’ve been making money since college. Even after graduation, I was fortunate to join a good company where I achieved a lot, and I also invested following my friend. That’s all.”
How well did he have to invest to afford the rent for a luxury apartment and such a car…
“So that’s why everyone dreams of the American Dream? Should I go to America now? Huh?”
Ji Seo Joon ignored my sparkling eyes and casually fastened his seatbelt.
“Fasten your seatbelt. We’re leaving.”
“Yes!”
The car, being electric, started smoothly without any noise. As we quietly and smoothly turned onto a main road, Ji Seo Joon received a phone call.
“Hello?”
Seo Joon! Where are you?
It was Aunt Yoon Hee.
“Near my house.”
That’s great! Are you showing Da Yul the car? Can you come back to the apartment? Your mom and I are going out.
“What?”
Ji Seo Joon turned his head to give me a stern look. As I had suspected, the aunts had acted swiftly.
‘Did I know the moms would do that? It’s not a sin to be honest, right?’
Feeling unjustly accused, I kept my voice low and just muttered.
“Sigh… Alright. Understood.”
Ji Seo Joon, who had been glaring at me with all his might, heaved a deep sigh and ended the call. Then, he made a rough Uturn.
“See you later.”
He didn’t forget to leave a warning.
Ji Seo Joon parked the car roughly in the apartment parking lot.
“Did you tell the auntie?”
“Yes.”
“You’re bold.”
“Well… I didn’t do anything wrong, did I?”
He glared at my words, then opened the car door and stepped outside.
I might have been a bit clueless, but the way the car door opened was astonishing. I admired it once again.
“I didn’t know the moms would follow.”
I said as I got out of the car.
“Why wouldn’t you know that? Have you not learned that in 30 years?”
“Seriously… What’s the big deal if we go together!”
Ji Seo Joon shook his head in what seemed like resignation to my words.
20 minutes later, the dolledup moms came out one by one.
“Yoon Hee! Aren’t you looking too pretty today?”
“No, did Da Yul’s mom lose weight? You look prettier today.”
I thought it was quite a skill to weave compliments together in a relay.
“Let’s get going quickly, there’ll be traffic.”
Only after I interjected did the compliment relay stop, and the moms got in the car.
“Oh my, this is too cool. Seo Joon, doesn’t it suit you so well?”
“So, this is the car you bought?”
The two moms casually surveyed the car before hopping in.
The moms’ intentions became crystal clear here. The car test drive was an excuse; they just wanted a dressedup outing.
“Where’s dad? And uncle?”
“Your dad went out early this morning for a cycling club.”
“Uncle has to go to a wedding hall today.”
Mom and aunt took turns answering.
Ji Seo Joon loaded the bulky luggage that the moms had brought into the trunk and got into the car.
“What did you pack so much in such a short time?”
“We just swept up what was in the fridge.”
“I did the same. Sigh. Son, your mother is a bit disappointed in you today.”
Aunt Yoon Hee heaved a deep sigh as she spoke.
“Huh?”
“If you have a car, you should give the moms a ride too. How can you just sneak off with only Da Yul?”
“Exactly… Seo Joon, your aunt was also a bit upset.”
Upon hearing that, Ji Seo Joon made an apologetic expression and spoke.
“I was planning to take you along. Yesterday, Moon Da Yul had an accident at work and seemed to be in a bad mood, so I decided suddenly.”
As Ji Seo Joon spoke, my mother jerked back from the seat and exclaimed.
“Again?”
‘Again?’… For your information, I am quite a competent deputy in my company.
I was vexed by Ji Seo Joon taking advantage of his own uncomfortable situation and making a light joke about it. When I glared at him, Ji Seo Joon blinked in surprise.
‘Being honest is not a crime, right?’
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The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
