As soon as Juhyeok opened his eyes, he wanted to see Line, but he was too preoccupied with consoling his tearful mother. After sending the family away, he was busy receiving visits from juniors and seniors who came to express their condolences.
Thanks to the gifts they brought, there was no space in the refrigerator for juice, and the table and windowsills were filled with boxes of drinks and flower baskets.
Greetings are nice, but the patient needs some rest…
Juhyeok, who wanted to see Line, changed his mind. There was no point in facing prosecutors; it wouldn’t help Line’s mood.
When he had a moment to catch his breath, Juhyeok recalled the events of the previous night. He distinctly heard the sound of someone saying “Director”… Moreover, around the time he was losing consciousness, there was a lingering memory of a man who looked like Na Songgang performing chest compressions on him for CPR. It was too vivid to dismiss as a delusion.
At that moment, a polite knock was heard.
“Yes, come in.”
Seeing the person who entered when he opened the door, Juhyeok had no choice but to get up.
“Just sit. What’s going on again? Sit, sit.”
It was the chief prosecutor.
“How did you get here…”
“If a junior got stabbed, should I just see it as a done deal?”
Juhyeok roughly touched the area around the wound.
“It’s about the incident at Prosecutor Jin Ra-in’s house.”
Juhyeok hesitated to answer, not grasping the intent behind the chief prosecutor’s question.
“That friend, you know, makes my life difficult.”
The chief prosecutor, who was once a respected senior prosecutor, seemed to have changed… Juhyeok struggled to hide his bitter feelings.
“It feels like I owe him a debt. Won…”
“What is that…”
Before the chief prosecutor could continue, a knock was heard. Both of them turned their gaze in that direction.
“Senior!”
The person was someone troublesome. It was Line.
Line stopped walking when she saw the two people, specifically the chief prosecutor. Although she thought that prosecutors would come for a visit, she didn’t expect to run into the chief prosecutor.
“Hello… How are you, sir?”
Line couldn’t easily utter the word ‘hello.’ Her expression became stiff. The chief prosecutor also looked at Line and held his breath.
Line didn’t want to meet the chief prosecutor’s eyes. She didn’t even hope for him to understand her feelings. She just wanted to be left alone.
“Prosecutor Jin Ra-in, I can’t even ask how you’ve been. I’ll leave now. Take it easy. Chief Prosecutor Choi, I instructed Prosecutor Choi to thoroughly investigate this case, so don’t break down and come back after getting some good rest.”
The chief prosecutor walked toward the door, and Line uncomfortably stepped aside with awkward gestures.
“See you again.”
He threw a meaningful remark and left the hospital room.
“I was about to tell him not to come…”
Juhyeok approached Line with heavy steps.
“Senior, lie down…! The patient…”
Line supported Juhyeok and headed back to the bed. Juhyeok sat on the edge of the bed.
“What happened?”
“I had never seen that person before. I wondered if there might be some resentment….”
“No, not that. Yesterday, the person I saw. Na Songgang, right?”
“Yes?”
Just by hearing Line’s breath, Juhyeok could sense everything. Line also sensed that she couldn’t hide it.
“Uh… That’s right… Senior.”
“What on earth are you doing… Ugh…!”
Juhyeok let out a loud sound but felt discomfort in his wound, so he hunched over. As Line took a step closer, Juhyeok gestured for her not to come closer.
“Answer the question quickly.”
Line had no choice but to hesitate. As she was about to speak, a knock was heard. However, neither of them turned their gaze in that direction.
“Is it Na Songgang?”
Juhyeok asked again. The person who entered during this time was none other than Haein.
“Senior…”
Judging from the situation, although he didn’t know what was happening, it seemed like the timing was wrong. The timing was not favorable for Line either.
“Oh, good timing, Haein.”
Line’s spine stiffened. It seemed that Attorney Cha Haein wouldn’t be able to defend against Juhyeok’s inquiry.
“Sorry for talking about work, but the tone of the written documents submitted by Taesung has changed recently. You know more about that, right?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
Haein seemed dumber than expected. Juhyeok stared at Haein intently.
“But why do I sense Jin Ra-in in that argument, and the timing of Na Songgang’s stance change is so strange? It’s as if Line left the Prosecutor’s Office as the turning point…”
Line closed her eyes tightly, swallowing hard.
“What’s this? Explain it. If there’s a fact you’re trying to hide in any way right now, neither of you will see me again.”
Juhyeok wasn’t the kind of person to casually make such remarks. For Line and Haein, who had known him until now, this was the first time they heard such a story.
Both of them couldn’t help but be scared. It seemed challenging to convince him with tangled lies.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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