Despite Taehee’s bewildered look, Sajun’s gaze remained steady.
After a moment’s hesitation, Taehee layered two lettuce leaves, adding some mixed grain rice and ssamjang (wrap sauce), and brought it to Sajun’s mouth.
Her eyes firmly said, ‘Just try not to eat it.’
Surprisingly, Sajun opened his mouth and accepted the wrap. While chewing slowly, still focused on Taehee, he asked,
“How is it?”
“It just tastes like greens.”
At Sajun’s indifferent response, Taehee felt an intense urge to find food that he would genuinely enjoy.
After finishing their meal, Sajun offered his card to pay, and the elderly owner looked back and forth between them.
“You two are a lovely couple, aren’t you?”
“We’re not a couple, we’re just……”
Before Taehee could finish saying ‘friends,’ Sajun calmly cut her off.
“We had a great meal, thank you.”
Sajun bowed deeply, and Taehee grumbled internally. He hadn’t even eaten and claimed to have enjoyed the meal.
Before getting back into the car, Sajun said he would return to the restaurant briefly.
As Taehee was about to ask why, she nodded when her phone vibrated in her pocket.
Watching Sajun re-enter the restaurant, she checked the caller ID and frowned.
It was her half-sister, Yeonseo.
Taehee disliked Yeonseo to the extent that if asked to choose between her and ‘that woman,’ she would say Yeonseo.
‘That woman’ might openly show her dislike, but Min Yeonseo was the most insincere person Taehee knew.
Externally caring and kind, but behind her back, she portrayed Taehee as pitiful yet wicked.
Yet Taehee never avoided Yeonseo’s calls. There was always a reason behind her calls.
So, Taehee answered the call calmly.
[Taehee unni.]The disgustingly sweet and innocent voice calling her ‘unni’ made Taehee sick.
“Get to the point, I’m busy.”
[Did you know? Dad’s looking for suitors for you.] Of course, she didn’t know. Seontae had said it in anger, but Taehee thought he wouldn’t give up on Sajun and push her into blind dates. [You know, your birth status is a bit… So, Dad is looking for families with big investments, but most of them are divorced men or way too old. Oh, and there was even a gangster.]This call wasn’t meant to provoke her.
“So, what’s your point?”
[Unlike you, who hates me, I love my only sister. Dad is choosing your suitors too carelessly, so as your sister, how could I just stand by? I even spoke up against the violent ex-con and the gangster. Aren’t you grateful?]Min Yeonseo was hardly the one to choose such people for Taehee, much less with ‘that woman.’
Misinterpreting Taehee’s silence, Yeonseo continued sweetly.
[Why didn’t you try harder with Sajun oppa? You told Dad, right? That you’re too cheap for Sajun oppa and could only be his second choice at best. But if you help me and Sajun oppa get together, I can convince Mom to stop the blind dates.]Yeonseo finally revealed her true intentions.
But Yeonseo was unaware of the information she had inadvertently let slip.
It had always been this way.
Though she tried to be cunning, her lack of intelligence meant she often leaked valuable information. 13 years ago about Kang Sajun, and now about the blind dates.
It was always bad news, but at least she knew in advance.
There was no longer any reason to put up with such nonsense.
“My dear sister Yeonseo.”
[Huh?]“I would love to help. But Sajun prefers me, even though I’m cheap, over you, the bundle of pretense. It breaks my heart that I can’t help you.”
Yeonseo’s grumbling was clearly audible.
But after a few seconds, she composed herself and spoke again.
[I’m heartbroken too, sis. You have to meet whoever the suitor is. If you refuse, Dad will…!]Taehee abruptly hung up, grinding her teeth and muttering,
“Why do they decide my marriage prospects for me?”
She closed her eyes and took several deep breaths to calm her boiling anger. That’s when she heard,
“What are you doing with your eyes closed?”
Opening her eyes, Taehee saw Sajun standing there with a black bag.
She quickly composed herself and asked nonchalantly,
“What’s in the bag?”
“Lettuce.”
“…Lettuce?”
“You said you could eat well for a week with just this.”
“Oh, yeah.”
“Remember to take it with you when you go home.”
Sajun casually mentioned and walked towards the car. Taehee thought his timing was impeccable.
Her father and half-sister were frantic to trap her, yet Sajun, unrelated by blood, remembered her offhand remark and bought lettuce.
After placing the bag in the car, Sajun stood in front of Taehee again.
“The grandma said there’s a small café behind the house with good coffee. It’s a pedestrian-only path, so we need to walk. Want to go?”
Instead of answering, Taehee just looked up at him.
She had clearly refused his proposal, yet here he was, doing this again. She wanted to confront him but didn’t want to lash out at Sajun too.
The call from Min Yeonseo had completely soured her mood.
“Let’s check it out.”
But Sajun didn’t respond, instead looking up at the bright sky.
Wondering why, Taehee also looked up.
“The sunlight is intense.”
With that casual remark, a cap was placed over Taehee’s head.
Before she could say she was fine, Sajun had already started walking away, hands in his pockets.
Reluctantly following behind, Taehee’s mind was swirling with countless questions.
Sajun today seemed both familiar and yet so different. He had always been kind, but usually in a passive way. Today, he was surprisingly proactive.
She hadn’t noticed before because of his casual approach, but on reflection, it was evident.
Taehee quickened her pace and grabbed Sajun’s coat.
Stopping and turning around, Sajun faced her as Taehee asked bluntly,
“Why are you suddenly being so nice to me?”
The change in Sajun, doing things he never did before, frightened her.
That was her honest feeling right now.
She was frustrated with herself for being swayed again by something as trivial as lettuce, even after rejecting him and scratching her pride.
That was the issue.
Wishing Sajun would be nicer, kinder, shake her up more, and yet wanting more from him.
“What’s your dark motive for being nice even after I rejected you?”
She wished Sajun would stop so that her resolved mind wouldn’t waver.
That was why she spoke harshly, feigning anger.
“Are you trying to seduce me right now? To make me date you?”
Sajun briefly looked up at the blazing sun before lowering his gaze to Taehee.
He held her gaze, slowly leaning in to match her eye level.
His handsome face, framed by the sunlight like a golden halo, wielded like a weapon.
“If I am trying to seduce you,”
He asked casually, his deep voice sounding nonchalant.
“Would you fall for me?”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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