Sajun once mentioned his grandfather asking about their relationship, curious about Sajun’s secretive but protective behavior towards her.
Sajun’s response was very accurate.
Min Tae-hee was like a personal secretary, responsible for his private life, the only person in the world who did not see each other as the opposite sex.
As she thought about it, Tae-hee became curious.
Could the clever Kang Sajun really not have calculated up to this point?
“What’s your plan for handling the aftermath of the lie? How will you protect me when the whales fight and the shrimp’s back gets broken?”
She was asking if there was a way to protect her in this situation.
Sajun’s reply was incredibly irresponsible.
“There won’t be an aftermath to deal with since we won’t get caught.”
Tae-hee couldn’t understand such blind confidence in Sajun. But for now, she decided to attribute it to his dislike of blind dates.
“Sorry, but I’ll refuse today. It’s too embarrassing at this age to say I was beaten. I look a mess, so today is not good.”
“So, you’ll do it later?”
Sajun’s gaze was as hot as the blazing sun.
Feeling like she would be completely ensnared if she misspoke, Tae-hee answered correctly again.
“First, you handle today by yourself. Then let’s come up with a plan together, a different way for you not to go on blind dates. Okay?”
Sajun reluctantly nodded and she offered him the car keys, but he didn’t take them.
“Call me when you’re done, I’ll come pick you up.”
It was already too late to say anything. Sajun had already gotten out of the car.
“Wow, Kang Sajun, you really know how to use me properly after such a long time.”
I was somewhat touched recently because you were treating me like a real friend, not using me.
As Tae-hee shivered, watching Sajun’s retreating figure, she had no idea.
That a faint smile was spreading across Sajun’s lips as he walked up the gentle slope.
Sajun didn’t need to open the massive sliding doors to visualize the scene inside.
Countless people would be seated there.
Fathers hoping their daughters would catch Sajun’s eye, already calculating their worth, sitting pretentiously.
Sajun had been nauseated by such hypocrisy since he was young.
His stepmother, Yeon-hwa, was the same.
She elegantly and generously accepted her husband’s illegitimate son into the family register.
As a child, deceived by her pretense, Sajun loved her as a mother.
But at some point, he began to see what was hidden.
The hatred concealed in his stepmother’s soft gaze, her cautious movements as if she feared touching something filthy.
Still, Sajun wanted to believe she loved him, until he learned the meaning of the character ‘사’ (death) in his name.
“It was written mistakenly. What era is it now that Hanja matters so much? Just think of it as a Korean name.”
The moment Sajun looked into his calm stepmother’s eyes while she excused it as a subordinate’s mistake, he knew.
She sincerely wished for his death.
From that day, he locked his heart and became wary of everyone.
As he guarded himself, he began to see the dark intentions of those scheming to use him.
But Min Tae-hee was different. She approached with an overt purpose and demanded a deal.
Then, as if she didn’t want to be indebted, she wholeheartedly played her role as his fool.
Doing everything from homework to chores, always shining, confident, and haughty.
When she didn’t feel like it, she treated Sajun roughly, not hesitating to speak her mind.
Their relationship was like an exact calculation, as if there was nothing to lose, ready to leave without regret at any moment.
Tae-hee’s straightforwardness made Sajun fumble. She showed him that even someone as easy-going as him could find someone difficult.
Even today was the same.
Although she made excuses about her face and clothes, had she come, she would have acted confidently without feeling inferior.
That’s how capable she was.
Even now, thinking of Min Tae-hee made Sajun unwittingly smile.
“Why are you grinning to yourself? Let’s laugh together, you rascal.”
Snapping out of his thoughts, Sajun found his grandfather, Heegu, still sharp-eyed at eighty, looking at him.
“Grandpa, now that I’ve seen you, I’ll be going.”
At that, Heegu’s eyes widened.
“You rascal, if you’ve come after so long, you should at least have a meal with your grandpa.”
“Why eat with strangers? Don’t you know I have a fear of people?”
“They’re not strangers. They’re all close to your grandpa.”
“Then Grandpa can eat with them. I definitely don’t plan to eat while looking at blind dates.”
At Sajun’s words, Heegu coughed awkwardly. Such a sharp-witted rascal.
“You caught on?”
“All the guests brought women my age as companions. Wouldn’t it be stranger not to notice?”
Grumbling, the handsome grandson’s brow furrowed. He clearly didn’t like this setting.
It’s understandable given his aversion to strangers, but this was one thing Heegu couldn’t compromise on.
To his son Yongjin, the chairman of Seomun Group, the grandson was a clear mistake, a blemish. After all, he was the child of a secretary who seduced a drunken Yongjin.
Two years later, the secretary, who had disappeared, appeared with the grandson, demanding money, mocking the daughter-in-law who couldn’t have children.
Yongjin, wary of his beloved wife’s gaze, refused, and it was Heegu who took in the grandson.
“You’ll be 30 next year, you rascal.”
His scolding tone was laden with affection for his grandson.
Though spoiled and lacking manners, his grandson was clever and deep, making him the apple of Heegu’s eye.
He wanted to give him everything, but the grandson refused it all.
After graduating from college, he declared his desire to live freely, and Heegu couldn’t deny him that under the right conditions.
“You promised that before turning 30, you’d take over the business or get married and give me a great-grandchild. You have to keep your promises. You’re not planning to wriggle out of it, are you?”
Heegu had been waiting for this day, but his grandson was silent.
Not bringing any women, maintaining a distant relationship with his son Yongjin, Heegu had no choice but to be anxious.
“I’m not wriggling out of anything. I remember it all.”
“But?”
“I’m just asking for a bit more time. You still have many years left, Grandpa.”
To others, it might sound audacious, but to Heegu, it was just his grandson’s endearing way.
He knew his grandson would be the first to rush to his side if anything happened to him.
However, the force in Heegu’s cane, as he hit his grandson’s broad back, was considerable.
“I’ve waited 29 years, you rascal. How much longer do you want me to wait? You’re tall and smart, so why haven’t you had a woman by now? Is there really a problem down there?”
Skeptically glancing downwards, the grandson flared up.
“There’s no problem, okay? I’m so full of energy it’s driving me crazy.”
“Well, that’s a relief.” Heegu sighed in relief, having been secretly worried.
“Then eat a meal before you go. I saw some fine ladies out there.”
As Heegu leaned on his cane and rose from the sofa,
“I don’t have a girlfriend.”
Heegu was about to retort that it was nothing to brag about, but Sajun spoke firmly.
“But there’s a woman I like.”
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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