‘She’s my exgirlfriend. But really, we have nothing to do with each other! Really, believe me!’
The male protagonist spoke.
Of all things, why did the dialogue have to be like that?
My hand holding the toothbrush clenched. After angrily brushing my teeth, I washed up quickly, applied basic makeup, put on my cap tightly, and stepped outside.
Ji Seo Joon was standing in front of the apartment building entrance.
“What did you want to say that you came looking for me this early in the morning?”
As I approached Ji Seo Joon and spoke, Ji Seo Joon looked around and then said,
“There’s no proper place to sit. Let’s get in the car.”
“I only brushed my teeth and came out. I can’t go far.”
Upon my words, Ji Seo Joon, who scanned me from head to toe, nodded.
“By any chance… aren’t you thinking something weird?”
At Ji Seo Joon’s words, I widened my eyes and looked at him.
“What thought?”
“About Olivia and me….”
The moment the name of the olive oil came out, I understood why this guy came looking for me in the morning. My heart that was anxiously fluttering suddenly stopped.
“Did you come this morning because you’re worried about that?”
At my question, Ji Seo Joon who was slightly nodding, coughed awkwardly.
Ji Seo Joon feeling awkward?
It had been years. He was a guy who just remained indifferent even when he saw my underwear spread out on my bed.
I felt like teasing him, so I deliberately lowered my voice.
“Exgirlfriend. Is there anything more than that?”
I did mix in a bit of tease when I asked, but after asking, my throat started to feel dry with unnecessary tension. I briefly regretted not moving to a cafe like Ji Seo Joon suggested.
“We were just occasionally asking each other how we were doing. It’s absolutely not the kind of relationship you misunderstand or feel bad about.”
Quite a firm answer. If Ji Seo Joon said so, it must be like that. But an uncomfortable feeling didn’t disappear.
Even with Ji Seo Joon’s answer, my mind was not cool. As I looked up at Ji Seo Joon, he frowned as if he didn’t like it and opened his mouth.
“Hey. It’s really not like that. Why would I lie? It’s just that there was really nothing more than occasionally contacting. Even when I say occasionally, there were times when we didn’t even contact once a year, and I didn’t even know she came to Korea.”
Hmm.
Why is he suddenly talking so much?
I crossed my arms and lifted my chin.
“Why do you keep in touch with an exgirlfriend? Huh?”
Upon my words, Ji Seo Joon, still skipping a beat, ruffled his hair wildly.
At that moment, elementary school children riding bicycles in the apartment complex stopped.
“They are having a lover’s quarrel!”
“Haha. Are you two a couple? My mom and dad fight every day, who is stronger between you two? My mom is stronger in our house.”
Boys who seemed to be in the second grade of elementary school stopped and stared at us.
“Go away, you children with bright futures.”
When I just turned my head and spoke with strength in my eyes, the kids were surprised and disappeared into the distance, pedaling their bicycles.
Watching the disappearing children, I turned my head to Ji Seo Joon.
“Let’s move somewhere else to talk.”
It was truly an early morning. It was so early that there was nowhere to go, so we bought a can of coffee each from the convenience store we often go to.
“Let’s go to the playground.”
“Do you go to the playground often these days? Aren’t you scared of being ripped off by high school students?”
I chuckled at Ji Seo Joon’s words.
Getting ripped off this morning. Are the students that diligent? And today was the weekend when schools are closed. Even on weekends, high school students….
“Oh, they’re here.”
High school students in school uniforms gathered together. They were definitely the kids who had cleaned out my bag that time.
I cursed myself for crawling into this playground.
But fortunately, they seemed unaware of Ji Seo Joon and me as they were giggling and talking among themselves.
Now’s the chance.
I moved as quietly but as quickly as possible, grabbed Ji Seo Joon’s arm, and hid under the nearest car.
“What are you doing?”
“Let’s rest here for a while, okay? My legs hurt too…..”
If Ji Seo Joon found out that we were hiding here to avoid those high school students, he would calmly walk to the bench between them and sit down. No, he will sit down. Definitely.
Ji Seo Joon’s gaze looking down at me stung, but I tried to ignore it.
“Oh dear, my shoelace has come undone.”
I slowly began to tie my shoelaces.
“Do you have to hide behind a car and tie your shoelaces because you’re scared of high school students?”
Damn it. If he’s going to pretend he doesn’t know, he should pretend until the end. Did he have to say this while we were sitting huddled together? I tried to give him a sharp look, but I loosened up, afraid that his mood might shift and he would suddenly stand up.
“Just, just let’s stay here for a while. Until they leave.”
“Why?”
Seeing Ji Seo Joon’s face asking as if he really didn’t know, I shook my head fervently. Then I grabbed Ji Seo Joon again, who was trying to get up.
“Where are you going!”
I yelled in the quietest voice possible.
“My leg’s numb. What is this nonsense? Oh…”
At the sound of rustling, I covered Ji Seo Joon’s mouth and moved to the rear end of the car we were hiding behind.
“Hey. Do you have money?”
“Where would I have money? I told you I’m broke too.”
“Oh, crap. I don’t have any either……”
“Just go home.”
“There’s nothing to do if I go home. Let me sleep at your house again today.”
“Crazy guy.”
The high school students passed by, exchanging rough conversation. Their voices gradually became quieter as they disappeared behind the alleyway.
“They, they’re gone.”
A sigh of relief for a moment. I carefully removed my hand that was covering the fiercely glaring Ji Seo Joon’s mouth.
“No, are you avoiding them because you’re scared, or because they’re dirty, huh?”
My feet were numb from squatting for quite a while and I moved them around. Ji Seo Joon, who had been hunched over for a long time, walked towards the playground with a large stride.
I followed him, limping.
“Those guys are unnecessarily diligent. Roaming around from this morning.”
“How would you know if they woke up early in the morning or have been out playing until now.”
I gave a thumbsup to Ji Seo Joon, saying that smart guys indeed have broad thinking. At the place where they were, he was frowning at the dirty traces when Ji Seo Joon approached.
“Come over here.”
Ji Seo Joon grabbed my hand and pulled me. I wondered if his hand, which felt oddly large, felt warm today.
We sat on a relatively clean bench under a tree shadow, avoiding the unusually harsh morning sunlight. It was on the opposite side where they had been.
I took out the bulging coffee cans from my pocket one by one.
“Here.”
As I handed him the coffee, Ji Seo Joon took the can in his hand, opened the lid, handed me the coffee, and asked me worriedly.
“Can I drink it on an empty stomach?”
“Sure. It’s the rule of being an adult to pour coffee on an empty stomach in the morning so you can wake up.”
Ji Seo Joon chuckled at my words and took a sip of coffee.
Ji Seo Joon was nervous at the moment. The words Ji Seo Joon and nervous did not go well together. However, Ji Seo Joon opened his mouth, which was fidgeting as he looked at my reactions.
“That’s not it.”
“What is.”
“I said that’s not it.”
Ji Seo Joon, who couldn’t even look at my face and was looking down at the ground, had a face that looked like it would explode in red.
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Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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