Before Ye-eun could ask more, Haeyeon quickly got out of the taxi and ran towards Doha. Walking beside him with an air of indifference, she gathered her courage to speak.
“Thank you for earlier.”
Doha stopped and finally looked down at Haeyeon. The streetlights reflected in his deep black eyes, revealing a spectrum of colors. Suddenly facing him, Haeyeon, flustered, averted her gaze.
“I want to repay you. Please contact me on this number.”
Feeling grateful, she took out a post-it from her bag, wrote her number, and handed it to him. Doha frowned slightly, then spoke in a pleasing voice.
“There’s no need for thanks; it wasn’t done for that. But may I give you some advice?”
“Advice…?”
Startled, Haeyeon blinked rapidly. Doha furrowed his brow again.
“People often misinterpret such gestures.”
As Doha handed back the post-it, Haeyeon, her face flushing, awkwardly accepted it, feeling like she had been firmly rejected.
“Sorry…”
Before she could finish apologizing, Doha straightened up, his expression slightly rigid, making Haeyeon feel awkward.
He walked ahead again. Haeyeon, without realizing, followed him until he stepped down onto the road and hailed a taxi. Bewildered, she started to walk away but suddenly felt her wrist being grasped.
“Get in.”
“Me?”
Doha gestured with his chin, his expression still impassive. Feeling as if she had no choice but to follow, Haeyeon got into the taxi, drawn as if by a magnet. Just when it seemed he would close the door, Doha sat in the front seat.
“Where to?”
The taxi driver asked, and Doha turned his head slightly to look at Haeyeon. Under his gaze, she mentioned the name of a station near her home.
“To Dobong District station, please.”
As Haeyeon turned her head to look out the window, the taxi driver turned on the radio before any awkward silence could set in. Contrary to the atmosphere inside the car, a trot song started playing, and as they drove off, Haeyeon slowly exhaled, feeling as if all her tension was dissipating.
A thought struck her. Was this man following her, or were they just heading in the same direction?
“Excuse me…”
When Haeyeon spoke up, Doha turned his head back again. With a flushed face and an awkward tone, Haeyeon asked him a question.
“Um, where are you heading?”
“I’m fine, so let’s go to Dobong District.”
Doha replied with a slight frown. Haeyeon, feeling awkward at his curt response, turned her gaze back outside, but her feelings were evident on her face. Her cheeks reddened as if she was about to press her head against the window.
“Thank you.”
When they arrived at the station, Haeyeon attempted to pay the taxi fare, but Doha was quicker. Before she could react properly, the driver had already processed the payment and returned the card to its owner. As Doha got out of the taxi, Haeyeon quickly took out some cash, wanting to at least pay half of the fare.
“Please take this.”
“Let’s go.”
Doha spoke bluntly. When Haeyeon hesitated, he added,
“I’ll walk you home.”
What? Haeyeon looked at him, puzzled, but Doha just walked ahead. Unable to decide what to do, Haeyeon followed him. When they reached her house, she hesitated, unsure whether to invite him in for tea, ask for his contact details, or simply thank him and let him go.
While Haeyeon was still pondering, Doha had already turned and walked down the alley. His tall stature and long strides made it impossible for her to catch up.
“What was that all about?”
Watching Doha disappear into a speck in the distance, Haeyeon murmured to herself and then entered her house.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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