“Let me know anytime if you’re busy. We can always date later.”
“It’s not a problem. I have plenty of time to spend with Miss Seo Yeon.”
Kwon Yool stated decisively.
He was planning to reorganize his study plan and adjust his exercise time to meet Seo Yeon. He figured there would be no issues as long as he diligently prepared for the upcoming exams and research for the report.
Besides, he originally didn’t sleep much, three hours a day was enough. He believed that if he got up early to make up for the insufficient study, it wouldn’t interfere with his academic work.
Kwon Yool had already concluded that it was more effective to meet Seo Yeon without restraint and focus on what needs to be done, rather than wasting time missing Seo Yeon.
However, Seo Yeon had no way of knowing Kwon Yool’s situation. She shared her daily life, and informed him of her busy days and the new season’s schedule in advance.
“I’ll keep that in mind so our dates don’t get disrupted.”
Kwon Yool felt relieved when Seo Yeon’s busy period coincided with the midterm exam period. He thought he could bear it to some extent, even if they couldn’t meet because they were both busy.
While Kwon Yool was gathering his thoughts, Seo Yeon looked up at the sky at an angle and mumbled.
“Hmm. The weather is really nice today. It seems like the seasons are changing. The wind is refreshing.”
As Seo Yeon smiled brightly, Kwon Yool gently pulled her hand towards him. He wanted to be closer to Seo Yeon.
Then, Seo Yeon’s long hair brushed past Kwon Yool’s shoulder.
The sweet and fresh scent of a peach that has tasted a lemon.
“Miss Seo Yeon’s scent is more refreshing and nice.”
Kwon Yool poured out sweet praises as if he had bitten into a candy.
Seo Yeon, who usually didn’t shy away, tucked her long hair behind her ears and smiled bashfully. The two people walked the vibrant streets with softened hearts.
“We’re here. This is the place.”
A square exterior built with grey bricks. Seo Yeon looked at the place where Kwon Yool pointed.
“Was there a place like this in our neighborhood? It’s my first time here.”
Seeing Seo Yeon’s face full of anticipation, Kwon Yool smiled brightly. Then he waved his gloved hand lightly and entered the restaurant sparkling with orange lights.
Sunday evening.
Menu that captures Seo Yeon’s taste, a nonstressful walk. The warmth felt from the hands held together again, and the sweet conversation as if honeyed continued for three hours.
The first date was a special time that made them forget each other’s worries and concerns.
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At dawn when the boundary between light and darkness was ambiguous.
Seo Yeon was lying in bed, blankly staring at the ceiling.
After parting with Kwon Yool last night, the concerns that started continued to torment me even in my dreams, ultimately awakening Seo Yeon from her morning slumber.
As the business started and the number of employees gradually increased, Seo Yeon’s worries increased.
There was no need to worry about falling behind on the rent or not being able to meet the factory fees anymore, but as the scale grew, the size of the worries grew just as much.
Sigh—.
“What a terrible sigh for a Monday morning.”
Chastising herself like that, another new worry began.
How should she face her employees?
Thinking of herself, who used to reprimand the employees like a crazy person, she wondered if she could deal with them with a gentle face as before.
Worries about the employees soon shifted to new products produced in the factory. About how to deal with all of that.
Dispose of all? Ignorantly discount sale? Or stack them in the warehouse and donate to a volunteer organization?
Ha. It’s driving me crazy. What to do from now on!
It was not only about money, but she didn’t want to throw the design she had worked hard to create into the trash.
As she continued to ponder while wiggling her toes, her cell phone gently vibrated.
It was Kwon Yool’s message, along with a big, cute bear emoticon.
Seo Yeon smiled wryly. It felt as if the threads of worry she had been wrangling with just a moment ago were unraveling like a lie.
This man seemed to have some kind of sense, appearing unexpectedly whenever a problem arose.
7 AM. Seo Yeon muttered as she checked the time.
“Our Yool is really diligent. Leaving already?”
The word ‘our’ naturally attached itself in front of the man’s name.
It was amazing how he could support her fluttering mind as if he was looking through CCTV.
Seo Yeon’s heart surprisingly regained its calm.
It was just a simple contact. But it provided deeper comfort to Seo Yeon than any grand words.
Plus, he had asked for her email address last night, and he seems to have sent some new information related to design registration.
“I am a special person. Yes, special….”
Seo Yeon engraved his words, which seemed like a spell, into her heart. Then, she could no longer stay lying down.
After leaving a reply to Kwon Yool saying ‘Thank you’, Seo Yeon abruptly stood up from her seat and immediately started getting ready to go to work.
She dressed in her most stylish clothes and finished applying a confident makeup look.
She then pulled out her most expensive and glamorous high heels from the shoe rack and put them on, hoping that these shoes would lead her to a better place.
“Let’s go!”
Seo Yeon, who had donned her high heels like combat boots, shouted as she stared intensely at herself in the entrance mirror.
The distinct sound of her heels, her perfectly straight shoulders without a hint of slump, her clear, shining black eyes, and her lips curling up leisurely.
With newfound confidence, Seo Yeon headed off to work.
As Seo Yeon arrived at the office, the employees who had been huddled in small groups vanished at the speed of light.
She sighed briefly as she saw her employees trying to avoid eye contact out of fear.
They all seemed to be aware of the commotion caused by the leaked designs, and were too busy avoiding Seo Yeon.
Well, it would be strange if they didn’t know. After all that uproar.
This unbearable discomfort, she had to brush it off before it made things even more uncomfortable.
“Secretary Choi, please gather all the design team members in the basement storage room.”
Upon hearing Secretary Choi’s words that the design team members had gathered, Seo Yeon slowly rose from her seat.
Clack, clack—.
The dank basement space filled with yellow boxes was warmed by the sudden influx of people. But as soon as Seo Yeon’s sharp heel sounds were heard, the room became as quiet as if a bucket of ice water had been dumped on it.
Seo Yeon stood at the very front with Secretary Choi. Everyone stood rigidly, their gazes downcast as if they were people who had committed great wrongs.
Then, Seo Yeon’s deeply low voice was heard.
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Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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