My Chick Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 5
Following Seo Yeon’s instructions, Director Kim and the design team employees busily moved around.
They created leggings made from functional fabric that were comfortable for activities, and even completed a bra top along with a stylish zip-up hoodie that slightly covered the hips.
It took exactly three days to embroider the Yeoni Black logo on the right leg and the back.
While the employees were busy, Seo Yeon didn’t stay still either.
She created several dynamic yet sexy activewear designs and revised the designs for home shopping before sending them to the factory.
Even amidst that busyness, the plan to “accidentally” meet Kwon Yul was proceeding without a hitch.
On the first day, she lightly scouted the park near her house.
After confirming the exact location, Seo Yeon predicted the time slot when he might appear.
Since he exercised every day, he probably liked routines, so she figured he might come at a set time.
It could be in the morning, but since it’s usually after finishing all daily tasks, she thought between 7 and 10 in the evening. On weekends, it might be morning.
“Nothing today.”
On the second day, she went out a little past 8 in the evening but didn’t meet him.
On the third day, she checked the route between the bakery and the coffee shop near the park.
She thought it wouldn’t be bad to “accidentally” run into him while carrying coffee or a bag of bread.
On the fourth day, she enthusiastically walked around the park with full determination. Then the company employees complimented her, saying her complexion looked much better.
The next day, she instructed them to fix the uncomfortable fit of the leggings.
“The seams keep rolling into my hips, and the crotch area pinches too—it’s annoying every time I walk. Please add a gusset.”
Following Seo Yeon’s instructions, the employees quickly revised the sample.
The plan disguised as coincidence unintentionally improved Seo Yeon’s health and advanced the activewear business day by day.
Then on the sixth day, she saw the back of a head that looked similar to Kwon Yul’s and her heart sank.
Her heart was pounding so hard that without realizing it, she hid behind the park exercise equipment.
“Phew. Seriously. What am I doing, looking so pathetic. Get a grip, Han Seo Yeon.”
She soon stepped out from behind the equipment with a confident posture, but the man who had made her heart race was not Kwon Yul.
Then embarrassment surged up all at once.
Do I really have to go this far to win a man’s heart? She felt severe self-loathing.
“Ugh, damn it. I’m done! I’m done! Just watch me never come out again.”
Walking through the dark night streets with no results felt empty and sad. Seo Yeon unconsciously looked up at the sky while letting out a sigh into the air.
Far from twinkling stars, the city’s night sky filled with dull darkness looked as lonely as Seo Yeon’s heart.
Then she laughed with a deflating sound.
Kwon Yul doesn’t even know, and here she is playing the drum and cymbals all by herself. What is she even doing?
She had worked hard, but nothing remained.
She comforted herself, thinking that at least she needed to bump into him once to show off her charm or seduce him, so let’s try a little longer.
Seo Yeon pursed her lips and straightened her shoulders again. Because giving up easily in front of a clear goal wasn’t like Han Seo Yeon.
The thought that she would soon meet Kwon Yul turned out to be an illusion.
It didn’t take long to confirm that. After two weeks passed, the reason to meet him became unclear.
The only gain was discovering some decent bakeries and cafes in the neighborhood while waiting for Kwon Yul who never appeared?
Seo Yeon was now confused whether her desperation for Kwon Yul was because she was interested in him, or because she wanted to prove she was still popular.
“If I did this much and still couldn’t meet him, it means we’re not meant to be. Let’s stop here. If I continue, it’ll just look pathetic. Pathetic.”
Sunday afternoon, 1 o’clock.
Seo Yeon, who had woken up late, put on a cap over her unwashed face and went outside.
Then she grumbled to herself while trudging along.
“Still, it wasn’t a completely wasted time. That should be enough.”
She consoled herself with the fact that she had freely designed the activewear she had always wanted to try, forcing a constructive conclusion.
Soothing her bitter feelings with an iced Americano, she carefully hugged a bag full of sweet and savory breads.
“You’re the only ones comforting me. I’m a fair person, so I’ll put all of you into my stomach without exception. Let’s go home quickly.”
Seo Yeon opened the bag and looked happily at the breads with their delicious smell wafting out.
That was when it happened.
A somehow familiar and attractive scent brushed past. In that instant, Seo Yeon froze in place.
As if she were a perfumer, she stood there savoring the scent that had just passed.
Huh? This is……
The man she wanted to meet even if it meant faking a coincidence. Kwon Yul’s scent—it was exactly that.
Even if someone wore the same perfume, everyone’s natural body scent is different, so Kwon Yul’s unique refreshing fragrance mixed impossibly freshly with the smell of sweat and burrowed into Seo Yeon’s nose.
Seo Yeon stopped in place and blankly looked down at the ground.
Her gray tracksuit with knees sticking out came into view on the neatly square sidewalk blocks.
Why of all days……
In an instant of panic, with the single thought that she absolutely must not be seen, Seo Yeon walked forward looking only ahead.
How far had she walked?
Clearly, the scent carried by the wind lingered at the tip of her nose and felt close.
Has my nose broken now too?
Something felt off, so when Seo Yeon lifted her head, a voice full of joy came from her left ear.
“Seo Yeon-ssi? Seo Yeon-ssi…… right?”
Oh no. This isn’t how I wanted to meet.
Seo Yeon adjusted the brim of her cap forward to completely cover her eyebrows and hide her face.
“I thought you might just look similar, I wasn’t sure. But it’s really Seo Yeon-ssi.”
Perhaps he had just come from exercising—his bangs were glistening moistly in the sunlight.
“Ah, yes. Hello.”
Seo Yeon gave an awkward greeting while inwardly resenting him who had done nothing wrong.
Of all the many days, why today.
There were days when she was charming like Catwoman, days when she was cute like a college student, days when she was cool like an athlete. Why, why, why!
The day she had done everything for two weeks and finally gave up, lying flat saying she couldn’t do it anymore—the day her determination became meaningless, why did he appear now, looking as pathetic as these gray tracksuit pants with protruding knees.
Kwon Yul practically folded his large upper body to try to meet eyes with Seo Yeon who was hidden inside the cap.
The moment she met his deep eyes, her heart pounded as if she had just finished sprinting.
“How have you been all this time?”
To his question, she wanted to say “No.”
Do you know how hard it was these two weeks you know nothing about, suffering for no reason because no one told me to? What time on earth do you exercise? She wanted to ask.
But Seo Yeon hid her complicated emotions and only muttered the conventional words.
“Ah. Yes. What about you, Yul-ssi?”
He still politely and with his wonderful voice briefly shared his recent news.
Hearing the news about him that she had been curious about made her happy, yet she felt uncomfortable for being happy.
“It’s been two weeks. For us. Since we parted in the parking lot that day.”
Us. Can Han Seo Yeon and Kwon Yul be tied together with the word “us”?
“Is that so?”
Seo Yeon pretended not to know and answered.
At Seo Yeon’s cold attitude, Kwon Yul seemed at a loss and couldn’t keep his hands still.
Still, wanting to continue the conversation, he diligently spoke.
“Did you go to the exhibition?”
“Not yet. I’ve been busy.”
In truth, the reason Seo Yeon had been busy was because of the pointless efforts to “accidentally” meet Kwon Yul.
“It’s only until next week.”
“I’ll probably go within that time. Whatever.”
Seo Yeon avoided his gaze. Not because she hadn’t washed her face. Because she felt she would keep wavering under his affectionate eyes.
“I told you last time too. That I exercise in the park every day.”
Yes. Because I remembered those words, I was the only one pointlessly busy.
“Ah. Yes. Usually what time do you do it?”
Seo Yeon was curious. Just what time did he exercise.
“On weekdays, Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. And weekends at 12.”
Ha. Not knowing that, of course we couldn’t meet since I was always waiting at the wrong times.
As the time she had wasted passed like a kaleidoscope, she felt wronged. But her oblivious heart was excitedly pounding just because she met him.
That could be seen just from how Seo Yeon was standing in the middle of the street listening to him.
“I like it too. Especially……”
What…… what? You like it. Could it be?
“The mont blanc from this bakery is the most delicious. Have you tried it?”
Kwon Yul pointed at the bread bag in Seo Yeon’s arms and asked.
Ha. Of course.
As her shallow expectations for him crumbled, Seo Yeon let out a deep sigh. She decided to stop this dirty and petty emotional exhaustion.
“Ah. Yes. I’ll try it if I get the chance. Well then!”
Seo Yeon tried to turn away from Kwon Yul coldly.
She wanted to show her firm resolve that with this meeting, she never wanted to see him again. Really coldly, to the point of being hateful. She wanted to turn away like that.
But perhaps her resolve was too strong, or she used too much force.
The moment Seo Yeon gripped the disposable coffee cup tightly, with a “pop” sound the lid flew off and the iced Americano exploded out.
Damn it. This is crazy. This idiot. What is this!
Brown coffee and ice flowed from Seo Yeon’s wrist, creating messy streams on her gray tracksuit.
“Seo Yeon-ssi, are you okay?”
No. I think this is the end for me.
Today is so humiliating I can’t live. Let’s never meet again.
Seo Yeon bit her lip hard and gently closed her eyes.
Then Kwon Yul quickly looked around and said.
“Just a moment. Don’t go anywhere, stay right here.”
He immediately ran into the nearby coffee shop.
Seo Yeon, clenching her teeth, picked up the flown coffee lid and kicked away the ice cubes rolling on the ground.
“I’ll clean it up.”
He hurriedly came over and with a sweep of his large foot, the debris disappeared without a trace.
“Here. Use this to wipe. I came out to exercise so I didn’t have a handkerchief, I asked the coffee shop and brought these.”
The rough texture of the yellow napkins touched the back of Seo Yeon’s hand. Of course, his warm touch was showing off its presence behind that thin paper.
“Thank you. I’m showing another careless side.”
It was the second time.
The first time they met she spilled carbonated water, and now coffee. Ha……
“No, it’s fine. Here, take this. Use it if you need on the way.”
Kwon Yul quickly slipped a thick bundle of napkins into Seo Yeon’s bread bag.
“Ah. Yul-ssi. That outfit. I’ll give it to Director Hyun Woo. Well then.”
She no longer had the confidence to face him and turned away.
His lips moved, but she didn’t have the leisure to listen. Her legs were unpleasantly damp, and her patience was at rock bottom because of the unsightly coffee stains.
This really is the worst. This ends it! Absolutely not. Don’t even think about it. If you do, you’re crazy.
Seo Yeon returned home as if fleeing from him.
“Mom said to be careful because it’s the year of nine misfortunes and triple calamity. Ha. If only I had listened to mom. Ha. Was there also a humiliation star or something?”
On the way to the bathroom. Seo Yeon threw off the pants that had been sticking to her legs and poured out her irritation. That way this humiliating situation would make sense.
Seo Yeon stood for a long time in front of the shower pouring down like a rainstorm.
As Kwon Yul’s affectionate eyes and flustered face kept replaying endlessly, she eventually covered her face with both hands, unable to bear it.
“Phew. Hey. Kwon Yul-ssi. Please get out. From my head.”
Seo Yeon shook her head vigorously to chase away the Kwon Yul living in her mind.
After a long while, Seo Yeon came out of the bathroom and warmed some milk.
Then she turned the bread bag upside down and poured everything onto the dining table.
As the heavy breads fell with thuds, the yellow napkins Kwon Yul had put in gently settled on top. And one white paper.
Huh?
Seo Yeon’s fingers slowly picked up the paper.
When she unfolded the twice-folded paper, neat handwriting appeared.
– 010-XXXX-XXXX I’ll be waiting for your call.
The numbers she had so desperately wanted to know were written there. In that moment, the time she had spent trying to meet him replayed like a movie scene.
Seo Yeon, who had been silently staring at the paper, slowly raised her head.
Then her shoulders straightened into a straight line.
The corners of her mouth slowly opened and a loud deflating sound escaped.
“Heh. Ha. Haa…… Seriously.”
Seo Yeon stared at the paper with his phone number as if she would devour it.
“……Just you wait. As if I’d call!”
Only then did Seo Yeon’s neat teeth reveal themselves brightly.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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