Across the crosswalk, Lee Seung Oh stopped. The unpleasant Ryu Kyung Joon was with him as well. She would have to find out later why that spy was stuck to him like that.
Seo Ha stuffed her cheeks with tteokbokki until they bulged. The swollen rice cakes stuck to her teeth and heavily clogged her esophagus.
“Oh my, young lady, eat slowly. You’ll choke!”
The kind lady quickly scooped up another cup of fish cake soup and handed it to her.
“Thang you!” (Thank you!)
Seo Ha patted her chest and barely swallowed the tteokbokki with the help of the soup.
On the other side of the fourlane crosswalk, her actions seemed extremely interesting. The first person to spot Seo Ha was not Lee Seung Oh, but Kyung Joon.
There was a woman who looked somewhat like Yoon Seo Ha, but completely different, eating tteokbokki alone at a food cart. The way she was shoveling rice cakes into her mouth, as if she were a homeless person who had been starving for three days after running away, was definitely not like Yoon Seo Ha.
Right, they just had the same name. There was no way that woman resembled Yoon Seo Ha.
“Jo Seo Ha…”
Unconsciously muttering, Lee Seung Oh also noticed Seo Ha’s presence.
The signal turned green. Kyung Joon hurriedly grabbed Lee Seung Oh as he tried to cross the crosswalk quickly and head under the street stall’s canopy.
“Where are you going?”
“I didn’t eat enough for lunch.”
It was a blatant lie. Kyung Joon had already noticed Lee Seung Oh’s gaze fixed on Jo Seo Ha and narrowed his eyes.
“I’ll have some snacks sent to the office.”
“I just want to eat a fish cake and go.”
Hearing their bickering, Jo Seo Ha turned around and quickly greeted them.
“Ah, hello! I’m intern Jo Seo Ha!”
With a 90degree bow, there was red tteokbokki sauce smeared on the corners of her mouth. Seung Oh chuckled and offered her a handkerchief.
“What were you eating so deliciously all by yourself?”
“Ah, just… tteokbokki…”
Seo Ha didn’t take the handkerchief and instead grabbed a few tissues hanging at the stall, hastily wiping the corners of her mouth. The tteokbokki sauce didn’t come off, and it only smeared more along with the poorly applied lipstick, making her appearance even messier.
“Did you come to eat tteokbokki too, Mr. President?”
“I came to eat a fish cake. Ah, Secretary Ryu, you should have some too.”
“I’m fine.”
Kyung Joon firmly refused and stepped back a bit to watch the two from behind the tent. Feeling extremely uncomfortable and bothered, Seung Oh picked one of the skewered fish cakes and dipped it in soy sauce.
“You started work today, right? How’s the company?”
“It’s so great. It feels like a dream.”
With lipstick and tteokbokki sauce smeared on her mouth, Seo Ha laughed heartily. He really wanted to wipe it off for her.
“It’s all thanks to you, Mr. President. I’ll really work hard. I’ll repay your kindness for choosing me!”
“No, working hard is good, but…”
Seung Oh moistened the handkerchief with a little bit of water and slowly wiped Seo Ha’s mouth.
“Don’t walk around like this. It looks silly.”
“II’m sorry!”
Seo Ha hastily snatched the handkerchief and diligently wiped her mouth.
“I must have eaten too quickly. I didn’t eat breakfast, so I was hungry…”
“You didn’t eat breakfast either? Then you should have a proper meal. Can you get by with just tteokbokki?”
“Uh, well, about that…”
“About that?”
Avoiding Seung Oh’s gaze, Seo Ha fidgeted with her fingers before bowing her head in shame.
“No, I’ve always liked tteokbokki.”
Peeking out from under her blue apron, Seo Ha’s sneakers were definitely bought from a market. Even those were worn out to the point where her toes might burst through soon.
Seung Oh took his eyes off Jo Seo Ha’s shoes and pulled out his wallet.
“Miss, how much did you eat?”
“One serving of tteokbokki. 3,500 won.”
“Here you go.”
“No, Mr. President, you don’t have to do that!”
Jo Seo Ha jumped up. Seung Oh, unfazed, handed the old lady a wornout 50,000won bill.
“Keep the change, and when this lady comes, give her tteokbokki. You can give her some fried food too.”
“Oh my. The president has a big heart.”
“Really, you don’t have to do this! I have money!”
Even the wallet she hurriedly pulled out was the one from the stationery store she had dropped on the street last time. What’s more, the only money inside was a measly 5,000 won.
“Just think of it as company welfare and eat.”
“Welfare?”
Jo Seo Ha blinked her eyes a few times and then innocently giggled.
“Thank you, Mr. President! Company welfare is the best! When I get my salary, I’ll treat you to tteokbokki and sundae!”
“I’ll look forward to it. Eat the rest slowly and go back in.”
As Seung Oh waved his hand and turned to leave, Seo Ha quickly grabbed the hem of his clothes.
“Here, you have to take the handkerchief!”
“Didn’t you just wet that to wipe your mouth? You use it, and then tell me to take it and wash it?”
“No, no, I didn’t mean it like that…”
She was laughing just a moment ago, but she quickly drooped her eyes and shook her head. She was even more naive and worrying than Ji Soo from three years ago.
“Then I’ll wash it clean and bring it to you. I’ll iron it too.”
“Where should I bring it? Are you planning to come up to the president’s office directly?”
“No, no, no! That’s not it either!”
Jo Seo Ha, who already looked pitiful, made a face as if she was really about to cry. Seung Oh stopped teasing her and smiled gently.
“Bring it to the president’s office tomorrow morning. If I’m not there, just leave it on the desk.”
“What? How could I dare to enter the president’s office…”
“I’ll let them know in advance, so it’s fine. Then, I’ll be going.”
At this point, Seung Oh waved his hand gracefully and made a complete exit. Kyung Joon also glanced at Seo Ha before moving towards the cafe.
The tears gradually disappeared from Seo Ha’s face as she was left alone. Her drooping eyes found their proper place, and the trembling of her lips stopped.
“… How awful.”
She loved to pretend to be so great. How much had she struggled with feelings of inferiority living next to Yoon Seo Ha, who was better than her?
The tteokbokki was getting cold. Seo Ha didn’t even touch the remaining tteokbokki and carelessly stuffed Seung Oh’s handkerchief into her pocket.
“I’ve eaten well.”
“Are you leaving already? There’s still some left.”
“My stomach doesn’t feel good. I’ve eaten well.”
Her stomach really didn’t feel good.
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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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