The first to snap back to reality, Aunt Yoon Hee, along with our mother, hurried after Ji Seo Joon. Upon seeing us follow, Ji Seo Joon stretched his long legs and headed towards the car.
We followed behind, murmuring amongst ourselves.
“7 years ago? When would that be?”
“It would be shortly before Seo Joon’s military discharge. Who could it be?”
“Do mom and aunt not know?”
We spoke in hushed voices as much as possible.
“I had no idea. He never showed any signs……”
“Oh my. We were worried that he might not have met a woman properly with that face, but that wasn’t the case!”
I was in Australia at that time. It was naturally the first time I was hearing of this as Ji Seo Joon had never spoken of it.
That rascal had a girlfriend.
He and his girlfriend came to the beach and played at the arcade?
Ha!
It was an unimaginable scenario.
Aunt and I naturally slowed our pace as we continued to whisper among ourselves, causing him who was far ahead to turn around.
“Hurry up!”
“Oh! Let’s go! We’re going!”
Seeing his usually cranky demeanor being tightly restrained, we hastened our steps.
In the car on the way home.
The car was quieter than when we were on our way here.
The three of us were cautiously observing Ji Seo Joon’s reactions. Aunt, my mom, and I all had a ton of questions we wanted to ask Ji Seo Joon, but we all kept quiet.
By the time we returned to the apartment in silence, it was almost dinner time.
“Thank you, Seo Joon. We had fun thanks to you today.”
“Yes. Seo Joon. We are grateful. You must be tired from driving so much. Rest when you get home.”
The mothers said their piece, packing up their things to leave.
Just as I was about to thank Ji Seo Joon who was standing next to me.
“I have something to discuss with Moon Da Yul. I will take her.”
Me? I pointed at myself, mouth agape.
“Alright. Drive safely.”
Without showing any concern, the aunties went into their respective apartments.
“What do you mean? You have something to tell me?”
“Get in the car.”
That was Ji Seo Joon, climbing into the car with an air of nonchalance.
I awkwardly climbed into the car as well. As soon as I fastened my seatbelt, Ji Seo Joon started the car. He didn’t answer when I asked where we were going.
The place Ji Seo Joon parked the car was a park by the Han River.
Ji Seo Joon parked the car at an electric vehicle charging station, checked the remaining time as he began charging.
“Let’s take a walk while it charges.”
It wasn’t as if the only place to charge an electric vehicle was here, and he couldn’t have come here just to charge it. The back of his handsome head seemed filled with things to say.
But did he really have to say it outdoors on such a hot summer day?
That rascal seemed to take me to only hot places today.
I followed him, grumbling.
Every time I complained about the heat, he bought a cold drink from a nearby convenience store and handed it to me, then we flopped down on the stairs under a shaded bridge. I sat next to Ji Seo Joon.
It was bustling with people who came out to enjoy the cool river breeze.
Ji Seo Joon used to avoid crowded places in the past, but seeing him now unfazed made me think that there was much about Ji Seo Joon that I did not know, and it made me feel a little, just a little, strange.
As I was blankly watching children ride bicycles, Ji Seo Joon spoke.
“I used to have a girlfriend.”
I was resigned to never hearing such words from his mouth, but Ji Seo Joon brought it up himself. I was taken aback but didn’t show it, just fidgeting with the drink in my hand.
“I met her in America… I enlisted in the military, and she came to Korea near the end of my service to visit me.”
Impressive.
Even in Korea, when boyfriends go to the military, girlfriends are said to ‘put on their rubber shoes in the wrong way’— meaning they start dating someone else. But she came all the way from America to see Ji Seo Joon.
“Was she American?”
“KoreanAmerican.”
“Ah…”
So, he had dated a KoreanAmerican.
My curiosity was piqued, but I swallowed back my questions, fearing that if I interrupted Ji Seo Joon, he would close up again.
“She was a good girl.”
It was a rare sight for Ji Seo Joon to compliment someone. As I stared at my drink, I glanced at him.
“But, working in different places, we naturally grew apart.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
As I spoke, his gaze shifted from the ground to me.
Suddenly, I felt wronged.
“I mean, if I had a boyfriend, I would tell you everything. Why didn’t you tell me?”
“…If you knew, then our parents and all the aunties and uncles would find out, too.”
Of course, my loose lips wouldn’t have stayed silent. I would’ve called Australia right away and spilled every detail.
Even so, I felt upset.
“Did you date for a long time?”
“Yeah. About 2 years?”
That was a long relationship. My longest was a year and a half. His was 6 months longer than mine.
Considering he had seriously dated her, she must have really been a good person.
“Do you have a photo of her?”
When I suddenly asked out of curiosity, Ji Seo Joon seemed to flare up.
“Why should I have a photo of my exgirlfriend!”
I was just curious… but the sudden outburst from Ji Seo Joon made me flinch.
“Ah, okay. If you don’t have one, that’s fine.”
“…It’s been a long time since we broke up. She is literally my exgirlfriend.”
“Yeah, I got it.”
“You also have an exboyfriend.”
“Yes. I said I understood.”
Seeing Ji Seo Joon prattling on like a stuck record, I started to feel annoyed.
“Hey. You had more than me! I only had two and you… ”
“Were there one more?”
Ji Seo Joon closed his mouth.
“When? Who’s this woman?”
“At work…”
“At work? In America?”
Ji Seo Joon nodded. Apparently, his style was American girls.
“She was really brief… We only dated for a few months.”
“Heh… Not one but two? I had no idea.”
“No…”
Seeing Ji Seo Joon looking rather uncomfortable, I felt a swirl of strange emotions. A mix of unpleasantness and satisfaction.
“I broke up with my second girlfriend because she cheated on me.”
“What?”
I blurted out in English without realizing.
Ji Seo Joon being cheated on… this was surprising in its own way.
“You just let it go?”
“I didn’t really care. We started dating because I got swept up in it.”
So, Ji Seo Joon could be swept up in something too. I stared at him hard, wondering if this was the Ji Seo Joon I knew.
His appearance was definitely the Ji Seo Joon I knew, but why did he feel like a completely different person?
After that night, a previously unknown side of Ji Seo Joon began to emerge, and now that I knew about his past I was unaware of, he seemed like a completely different person.
I felt a pang of sadness at his unfamiliarity.
“I’m going to have my own secrets too.”
“What?”
“You also didn’t tell me twice. So, I’m going to have my own secrets.”
I gulped down the drink that Ji Seo Joon had given me. Before the drink could even pass through my throat,
“Don’t make one.”
I heard Ji Seo Joon’s deep voice.
“I don’t want to.”
Ji Seo Joon, who had been staring at me, licked his lips at my words.
“…I’ll give you a wish. So, don’t make one.”
I wavered.
Both my eyes and my heart.
At the offer of a single wish, my shallow determination faltered greatly.
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Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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