The reason I met Ji Seo Joon today was to shop before going on vacation tomorrow.
“Take it out.”
“No.”
“Take it out.”
“I said no.”
Ji Seo Joon, who had been staring at the cart full of items with his arms crossed, spoke.
“Why do we need this?”
The item Ji Seo Joon picked up was a mix of salad vegetables.
“I’m going to eat salad.”
“You don’t eat salad.”
“I’m going to.”
“Then what’s this?”
The next item Ji Seo Joon picked up was an electric fly swatter.
“You don’t like bugs, right? That’s why I put it in.”
“Then what’s this?”
“We need to roast sweet potatoes and potatoes.”
“In this heat?”
“We have to light a fire to roast meat anyway.”
“Then what’s the portable burner for?”
“Ramen?”
“Aren’t we going there for 1 night and 2 days?”
It was quite a lot of food for a 1night, 2day trip. I took out 3 bags of snacks, watching Ji Seo Joon’s reaction.
“Is it okay now?”
Looking at Ji Seo Joon’s still firm expression, I pulled out the cold noodle meal kit from the cart again.
“No more.”
At my words, Ji Seo Joon sighed deeply and put the bags and cold noodle meal kit back into the cart.
Then Ji Seo Joon pulled the cart and took it to the checkout counter.
“Can we buy all of this?”
“If there’s any left, you take it all.”
“Got it!”
The back of Ji Seo Joon’s car was full of the groceries we bought today and the camping equipment we had rented in advance.
“Don’t forget to put the things that need to go in the fridge in. Got it?”
As I urged him, Ji Seo Joon nodded and pressed the trunk closing button. Was it because the groceries were put in haphazardly? Something seemed to have triggered the sensor, and the trunk opened again.
The culprit was the electric fly swatter. When I threw it further in, the trunk closed.
“Did we forget anything?”
“Right. If we’re short on anything, can’t we just go to the convenience store at the campsite? They’ve got everything except the unavailable items.”
“Are we still short with all this?”
At Ji Seo Joon’s nagging look, I quickly backed off.
“I have to wake up early tomorrow, so I’ll go home first. You be careful on your way too!”
I waved to Ji Seo Joon from a little distance away. Then, I ran off towards my house.
“Take it slow! Don’t fall over!”
Ji Seo Joon shouted from behind.
Early the next morning, I woke up and left the house with my hastily packed bag from the previous night. It took a bit of effort to get away from my mom, who was prying into who I was going with.
Are you out?
“Yeah. I’m at the back gate of the apartment, in front of the neighborhood park.”
I was waiting on the side where there were fewer cars, just in case my parents or Ji Seo Joon’s parents might see.
I’m almost there.
“Okay.”
Not long after I hung up the phone, I started to see Ji Seo Joon’s car coming from a distance.
“What’s all this luggage?”
“Do you know anything about a woman’s luggage?”
After looking at my luggage, he clearly showed an expression saying he had a lot to say but wouldn’t, then he loaded my luggage into the car. Finally, the car started, and as we got onto the highway, the atmosphere of going on a trip filled the air.
“Ah. This is great. Nothing’s better than not going to work.”
At my words, Ji Seo Joon, who had been just looking straight ahead and driving, chuckled.
“It’s changed from school to work.”
“Of course.”
We headed towards our destination in quite a cheerful atmosphere. We stopped by a rest area to charge Ji Seo Joon’s car and have a quick meal.
As the scenery became increasingly green, I opened the window. Following the winding road deeper into the mountains, cooler air than Seoul entered the car.
“This place is really nice.”
“It sure is.”
Ji Seo Joon’s skeptical words about camping had me shrugging my shoulders. There was a reason why Doyra had strongly recommended it.
The campsite, surrounded by hazelnut trees, made us feel as if we were abroad.
Doyra’s words, that it took a while just to apply because it was a famous campsite, were true. As we approached the management office, there were cars lined up waiting for instructions. We were at the very end of the considerably long line of vehicles.
“We came early, but the line is no joke.”
I opened the window, poked my head out to check the situation outside, and then Ji Seo Joon pulled on my clothes to sit me down.
“You’ll scratch your face on the branches. Stay put.”
He was worried……. I swallowed a giggle and closed the window again.
Sooner than expected, it was our turn. After listening to several cautionary points, we arrived at the site where we would set up our shelter.
When we opened the trunk to unload, the items we bought from the mart the day before were very meticulously organized. It was all Ji Seo Joon’s handiwork.
“It’s cool here, so there probably won’t be many mosquitoes.”
I put batteries in the electric mosquito swatter that was neatly placed next to our luggage. I waved it around to check if the light was working properly.
“Aren’t you going to help me with the tent?”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
