“Hit him in the head…… Just give him a good whack.”
“Deputy Manager?”
The next day at lunch. Wanting to recover from the hangover, I led Mr. Baek In Ha to a Vietnamese noodle house.

“Yes?”
“Were you just a little scary?”
“Me? No. I haven’t acted on anything yet.”
I placed some cilantro, clutched in my hand as if grabbing hair, into the bowl of pho.

“Who are you going to catch by the hair?”
Mr. Baek In Ha, pressing his own hair down, asked me.

“Capture? What’s there to capture? It means that you should be prepared for such an event.”
“What? What event?”
“There might be such a situation.”
“I see. So you have such a situation.”
Mr. Baek In Ha nodded, an expression of confusion strong on his face. But he seemed to think it was not appropriate to ask any more questions, so there were no more.

For the first time, I received a message from Ji Seo Joon via the company messenger.

[Are you really not going to check the messages?] In fact, Ji Seo Joon had been messaging me steadily since this morning, but I was completely ignoring them.

[Researcher Ji Seo Joon, please only use the company messenger for workrelated matters.] I sent the message in the most official tone possible.

[Then, can you check your phone for some personal contact, Deputy Manager Moon Da Yul?] Though such a message came, I decided to ignore it.

Because I am the hardhearted Moon Da Yul.

[I’ll see you after work. I’ll wait in the company lobby according to the end of working hours.] [No, I have to work overtime today.] [Why, you’re saying you’re not leaving work again.] Ji Seo Joon scoffed at my lie that he figured out right away, but soon dismissed it.

Then, another message came.

[I’m sorry. Really sorry. A meeting came up all of a sudden…… Let’s meet tomorrow.] Ah. So annoying.

Of course! I had no intention of meeting him, but when he suddenly cancelled our appointment, that, in turn, put me in a bad mood. So, I decided to change my mind.

Whether I was going to shake Ji Seo Joon by his hair, or whether I was going to shake his exgirlfriend by her hair, I decided to confront them headon.

The next day, I was the first to suggest having dinner together to Ji Seo Joon, and he agreed.

As we met near the office and walked towards the restaurant,

Ji Seo Joon was unusually silent and glanced at me, who was also walking without saying much.

“Are you mad?”
“Why would I be mad?”
I continued to walk without pausing.

“……”
I wondered what he knew to ask such a thing.

For the moment, not wanting to talk in the middle of the street, we went into a quiet restaurant.

Before us was a set of deliciouslooking sushi, showing off its artistic flair atop the cutting board.

“I’ll enjoy the meal.”
I told Ji Seo Joon as I picked up a piece of sushi and dipped it into soy sauce.

“Did I say I was paying?”
“Shouldn’t you be the one paying?”
I popped the long piece of sushi into my mouth in one bite.

“Is it good?”
I shook my head violently. Ji Seo Joon, who hadn’t even picked up his chopsticks yet, was watching me eat with his arms crossed.

“Aren’t you eating?”
This time, I picked up a different piece of sushi.

But upon discovering that Ji Seo Joon still had no intention of picking up his chopsticks, I asked him.

“Won’t it be a waste if I eat this and get indigestion? Especially since I’m paying.”
“… Let’s split it. So eat.”
“No need. You enjoy it.”
I was about to put it in my mouth but put the sushi back down.

“Why aren’t you eating?”
“It feels a bit strange since you’re not eating.”
Only then did he pick up his chopsticks and eat a piece of sushi. Seeing this, I also put another piece in my mouth and chewed.

“That time, was it Olive or something… that girl, your exgirlfriend, right?”
While taking a spoonful of miso soup, Ji Seo Joon looked at me.

“Her name was Olivia. And yes, she’s my exgirlfriend.”
There was no need to correct her name, but Ji Seo Joon did so anyway.

“Right, your exgirlfriend. Why was she in our neighborhood?”
Seemingly giving up on eating again, Ji Seo Joon put down his chopsticks.

“We met by chance.”
“By chance? She’s an American, born in America, and our neighborhood is not Myeongdong.”
“……”
“She was in our neighborhood for quite a while. She was wandering around when I was drinking beer alone at the convenience store! Even looking at our apartment address.”
As I got excited, Ji Seo Joon pushed the chopping board filled with sushi in front of me.

“Don’t get excited, just eat. Eat and then get angry.”
I glared at Ji Seo Joon as if my eyes hurt and put a piece of sushi in my mouth.

When it seemed like the sushi was running out, Ji Seo Joon opened his mouth.

“She came to Korea for work, and she remembered this neighborhood where she had visited before. So…….”
“You’re kidding.”
I snorted before Ji Seo Joon could finish speaking, and he raised an eyebrow.

It was an expression of annoyance.

Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me

One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.

Synopsis:

Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.

But this is still far from enough.

He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.

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