“Eunha. Are you Cha Eunha?”
Wonchul walked slowly towards Eunha. Joy, longing, and relief. These emotions were mixed in his widened eyes.
Perhaps, it had been quite some time since Eunha avoided his gaze.
“…….,”
As if something was stuck in her throat, Eunha couldn’t say anything. It seemed not just because her name had been taken away by the contract with the cat.
“When I saw a concept hunter resembling you on TV, I had my doubts. But, you’re undoubtedly the one.”
“…….,”
Concept hunter.
With just that word, Eunha could roughly guess the content of the TV program he had watched. In that case, he might have seen Eunha wearing a flamboyant dress and wielding an umbrella.
Unknowingly, tension gripped her hand holding the bag strap. What could the Collector have thought seeing that?
However, Wonchul’s voice that followed had a somewhat different tone than Eunha had expected.
“I’m glad you’re alive. I thought you were dead. Really glad.”
With eyes reddened from forcefully pressing his eyelids with his hands, he stared at Eunha.
“How have you been all this time? Have you heard about Ijun? He not only became the first S-rank in Korea but also became a Prime. The guy who couldn’t even handle a handgun is now a big success.”
Ijun.
At the mention of that name, Eunha raised her gaze. She had completely forgotten about the unexpected reunion with the training instructor. Eunha’s black eyes quickly scanned the surroundings. She had to chase after him.
“That’s right. I happen to be on my way to meet Chief Instructor Jang. You remember, right? How about going together if you’re not busy?”
To Eunha, who was looking around nervously, Wonchul invited her to accompany him, extending his hand.
However, before his hand could reach her, Eunha reflexively stepped back. Her reaction was so cynical that Wonchul stopped abruptly, freezing in his movements.
“Cha Eunha?”
“……Ah.”
Eunha, who had short moaned, habitually clasped her left wrist.
Wish Bracelet.
It was not the old bracelet that seemed to break off anytime, but a much cleaner and more vivid blue.
“I’m sorry, but…….”
Eunha, who had been caressing the Wish Bracelet for a while, slowly pursed her lips.
“It seems you’ve mistaken someone for me.”
Even with such a dry remark, Eunha couldn’t bring herself to look at the training instructor. What kind of face would he be making now?
“What are you talking about? There’s no way I wouldn’t recognize you.”
His expression was unclear, but his voice remained unchanged. He strongly believed that she was the ‘Cha Eunha’ he knew.
While spitting out such dry words, Eunha fixed her gaze on the floor, unable to look at the training instructor.
Suddenly, his gaze shifted from Eunha to the bag slung over her shoulder.
The logo engraved on the surface of the bag. Wonchul’s eyes, upon discovering it, trembled slightly for a moment. He closed his lips, seemingly wanting to say something, and fell silent.
In the stillness, Eunha, turning slowly, said to Yura.
“……I’m in a hurry.”
He didn’t say anything more. He just moved his eyes, silently watching Eunha walking away.
Eunha also felt his gaze. Even though the distance was considerable, the piercing gaze on her back seemed to stick closely and not let go.
Eunha quickened her pace. Whether it was to chase after Ijun or to escape from something, it was impossible to know, but she never looked back once.
“…….,”
After passing through a narrow alley and turning a few corners, Eunha looked back slowly.
Even after waiting for a long time, the training instructor didn’t reveal himself. Confirming that no one was following her, Eunha exited the alley.
Cars running along the road. Numerous pedestrians strolling on the sidewalk. Eunha seamlessly blended into this ordinary scenery.
[Spirit ‘Cat Wandering in the Darkness’ says, “Unnie, does that old man really not know you?”]“……Yes, he does. He knows me.”
To be precise, he could be called an ‘acquaintance.’
The training instructor’s face had more wrinkles than Eunha remembered. The white hair and hunched back were the same.
The time gap, which she hadn’t felt when she saw Ijun, rushed in like a tide.
Eunha tried to erase his face from her mind and fumbled for the pendant around her neck. No, that’s what she intended.
Beep-beep-beep.
Despite being in vibration mode, the phone rang loudly. Eunha rummaged through her pocket and took out her cellphone.
[(Alert) Gate Appearance] [2021/9/25 PM 4:32 Crack detected near ○○ High School, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Estimated difficulty B+.] [Approaching the danger zone is prohibited! Please refrain from going out and stay safe.]…Now, it was no longer a surprising gate appearance alert. People walking around didn’t bother to read the alert and just hurriedly turned off the sound.
“Ah, X! I was watching a video!”
“Can’t you turn off this alert completely? Seriously annoying.”
“Check the settings. You might be able to deactivate emergency disaster alerts. I turned it off. It’s annoying.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
