He seemed displeased with my casual response and furrowed his brows.
“That aside, just for a moment… Will you look at me?”
I gazed at Ji Seo Joon who was saying that, laughing a tipsy laugh, and called him.
“I am looking at you.”
I grabbed the end of Ji Seo Joon’s shortsleeved shirt and pulled him towards the blind spot where we were hiding earlier.
“Hey, where are you going.”
“Just a moment, I said let’s look at me.”
I went into a completely secluded spot and scanned the surroundings.
‘Pucker.’
I lifted up on my heels and brought my lips to Ji Seo Joon’s.
“What the?”
“What do you mean what. It’s a secret kiss while in a secret relationship.”
Upon hearing that, Ji Seo Joon took a step back to check on the others, then came closer to me.
“If it’s a secret, will that suffice?”
Ji Seo Joon, whose pupils seemed to deepen, came even closer to me.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
Having sobered up, I quickly slipped through the people who were wrapping up.
“Where have you been, Deputy?”
“Ah. Well… I went to the restroom and sobered up a bit.”
Mr. Baek In Ha, who was tidying up the soju bottles, spotted me. I fiddled with my slightly numb lips as I spoke.
“Are you also going to the second round, Deputy?”
“Who’s going for the second round?”
“Yes. The HR team is gathering people for the second round. You’re going too, right?”
“Well, I…”
“Aren’t you going?”
I usually didn’t miss out on such gatherings, but the image of Ji Seo Joon glaring at me as if he would devour me while we were secretly touching came to mind.
“I think I’ll have to go home early today. I’m a bit tired.”
“Really? Why, let’s go together, Deputy.”
Although Mr. Baek In Ha seemed disappointed and urged me to go with him, I resolutely shook my head.
“It seems like I overdid it a bit earlier. I’m feeling dizzy from eating meat and drinking…”
At my words, Mr. Baek In Ha nodded his head.
“You did run around a lot, Deputy.”
Fortunately, thanks to her understanding, I was able to avoid the second round without any suspicion and go to meet Ji Seo Joon.
When things were somewhat sorted out, people scattered in all directions, divided into those who were going home and those who were going for the second round.
I started to trudge towards the place where I had agreed to meet Ji Seo Joon, carrying the prizes I had won today.
“Deputy Moon?”
“Huh? Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon.”
Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon was driving, suggesting he had not been drinking.
“Are you not going for the second round?”
“No, I’m feeling tired today, so I’m thinking of going home early.”
I smiled at Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon through the wideopen car window.
“Are you going straight home?”
“Yes, I plan to walk a bit ahead and then catch a taxi.”
“In that case, I’ll give you a lift.”
“No, it’s alright! You go ahead.”
Saying that I would catch a taxi a little ahead was a lie, I was on my way to meet Ji Seo Joon. Of course, it was not entirely a lie since I had planned to take a taxi with Ji Seo Joon to his studio apartment.
“Please don’t refuse, get in. I’ll drop you off at the main road.”
No, just go man.
“No, I said it’s not necessary.”
“What?”
“Well… It’s just…”
“Why are you acting differently today? Don’t feel burdened. I’m going the same way anyway. You’re carrying heavy items, get in!”
Just then, another car approached from behind and honked. Left with no choice, I got into Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon’s car. As soon as I got in, the car smoothly set off.
“Why aren’t you going to the second round today?”
He asked with a puzzled look. He clearly did not believe me when I said I was tired.
“Look at these prizes. Do you think I’m alright?”
“Haha, I see.”
While driving, he looked at the prizes cradled in my arms and laughed in a good mood.
“Didn’t you win any prizes, Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon?”
“I’m not very athletic. Ah, Chief Ji Seo Joon was incredible. How can he be so good at sports? It’s unfair.”
Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon, grimacing and shaking his head.
“He’s the reason our research team lost.”
As I bluntly spoke, he once again burst into a hearty laughter.
“But, Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon, you’re well known for not drinking or participating in the second round of gatherings, what’s going on?”
It was an unusual occurrence, just like me skipping the second round, for Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon, renowned for being a social butterfly at the institute, to head home early.
“Ah…… That is. I have some matters to attend to.”
He wore a troubled expression before taking a sip of water, as if his throat had dried up.
“You don’t have to tell me.”
“Yes. Haha.”
As his face relaxed and broke into a broad smile, we had somehow arrived at a main road where Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon parked his car in a quiet spot.
“I could drive you home if you want……”
“Then you would have to take a detour. It’s fine. You’re going home early because of personal matters, aren’t you? I’m thankful just for you driving me this far. Please drive carefully!”
“Yes. Then, I’ll see you at the office on Monday.”
I stepped out of the car and watched Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon’s car growing distant when Ji Seo Joon called me.
“Where are you?”
I’ve already reached the main road here.
“I just arrived too.”
As I turned my head while on the phone, I saw Ji Seo Joon approaching from a distance.
“Over here!”
I waved at Ji Seo Joon while I was adjusting the prizes I held.
Ji Seo Joon spotted me, grinned, hung up the call and hastened his steps in my direction.
“I thought you’d be late.”
“Ah. I did leave late, but, I bumped into Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon on the way. He gave me a lift all the way here.”
“I see. So, you’ve been hitching a ride in other men’s cars.”
Ji Seo Joon ruffled my hair roughly as he said this.
“No, when did I ever hitch a ride…… Moreover, it was Researcher Lee Kyung Hoon’s car!”
“Isn’t Lee Kyung Hoon a man?”
“He is, but not to me!”
“Is that so?”
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Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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