The car ride to the hotel was anything but quiet. Since the year turned, Jaehui had been busy with work, and Jihan, back at university after military service, was preoccupied with his studies, reducing the number of times the trio could meet. Therefore, there was much to catch up on, laughing and chatting nonstop to Jaehui’s playlist until they arrived at the hotel.
Upon alighting from the car and watching Jihan confidently hand over the keys to the valet, Yuin and Jaehui exclaimed in unison.
“Wow, Yun Jihan~.”
“Wow, seems like Mr. Yun Jihan frequents hotels quite a bit.”
“Ah, stop it with the nonsense. Let’s go in.”
Jihan, obviously disliking the teasing, frowned and led the way in, with Yuin and Jaehui laughing and following behind.
Entering the lobby, a giant indoor fountain made of black marble immediately caught their attention, and Jihan was waiting beside it.
“This fountain always feels so out of place. Isn’t it too big for a hotel lobby?”
Jaehui quietly murmured while looking up at the fountain, to which Yuin replied in agreement.
That’s when it struck Yuin – this was the hotel where Director Do Gyeon had called her. The last time she was here, she hadn’t even noticed this massive fountain. All she wanted was to get her phone back and go home as quickly as possible.
“Yuin, let’s go.”
Snapped out of her daze by Jaehui, Yuin pushed the occupying thoughts back into a corner of her mind. With those thoughts gone, even her friends’ bickering seemed distant and muffled.
“You drive well. How about being my driver when I start my company?”
“Why don’t you just shut up for once? Can’t you be serious?”
“Ah, why? I’m serious. I’ll pay you well, Yun driver~.”
“Isn’t it tiring always joking around like that?”
“No, it’s not. It’s fun. I’m going to do it even more.”
Following her friends who continued to bicker, Yuin took out her phone and tapped the screen, only to see a clean notification panel with no messages. It irked her more than usual.
Sighing, she shoved the phone back into her bag. When she looked up, she noticed a perfectly matched couple walking towards them from the other side of the lobby.
Usually uninterested in others, Yuin should have looked away immediately. However, something about the man in the crisply tailored suit, his elegant stride, the height that stood out in the crowd, and his charming face with a faint smile, held her gaze.
“Ah…”
It was him. Director Do Gyeon.
Frozen on the spot, Yuin felt her heart pounding loudly in her ears.
In a moment overwhelmed by a wave of mixed emotions – whether it was displeasure, happiness, or resentment, Yuin couldn’t tell – someone from behind suddenly pulled her away.
“Nam Yuin! What are you doing here?”
For a moment, it seemed like those cool eyes were looking in her direction, but Yuin quickly turned around, taking deep breaths.
Jihan then gently embraced Yuin’s slightly shaking shoulders and asked, “What’s wrong? Did you see someone you know?”
“No. Who would I know at a hotel? Let’s go quickly.”
Seeing Yuin’s stiffened face trying to force a smile, Jihan hesitated for a moment but didn’t ask further, gripping her shoulder tightly as they headed towards the elevator area.
Waiting alone, Jaehui grumbled at Yuin, “Don’t make me look for you in a hotel, Nam Yuin.”
“Sorry.”
Yuin tried to smile again, her lips struggling to curl upwards.
Ding-dong[Dash].
The elevator, with its luxurious hotel sound, opened its doors, and during the ride up to the top-floor restaurant, Yuin found herself drowning in a flood of emotions again.
The couple she had just seen looked very natural together. They were well-matched, stunningly beautiful, and graceful.
So, he’s with someone like that. She must be at that level to be with him. I see…
Lost in the afterimage of what she just witnessed, Yuin barely focused when Jaehui asked about ordering wine.
“Huh?”
“Are we having wine?”
“Yeah, yeah. I’ll have some.”
“Okay. Yun Jihan, you’re not drinking, right?”
“Right. I have to drive you two home.”
After a brief tussle over the wine selection, they settled on an appetizer and a reasonable choice. The wine finally arrived, bringing a moment of quiet.
“Cheers[Dash].”
“Cheers!”
The sound of three wine glasses clinking filled the air.
While the other two sipped and set down their glasses, Yuin, after a brief pause, downed her wine in one go, slamming the glass down. Wiping the remaining wine from her lips, she noticed her friends looking at her strangely.
“Nam Yuin, what’s wrong?”
“Yuin… are you actually enjoying alcohol now?”
Both were surprised for different reasons.
Yuin, feeling the sharp warmth of the wine dull her tangled thoughts, reached out for more.
“It’s good, give me more.”
Jaehui, seemingly thrilled to have a drinking buddy, eagerly refilled Yuin’s glass.
“Hey, hey! Are you crazy? She can’t handle much alcohol!”
“Too much? Yuin, try to pace yourself.”
Jihan’s protests were ignored as Jaehui playfully dodged his hand, grinning mischievously.
Yuin, feeling the warmth of the wine, smiled along with Jaehui.
If it weren’t for Jihan making the reservations and choosing the menu, the table wouldn’t have filled up so quickly with veal steak, fragrant ravioli, finger food topped with salmon, and avocado salad.
“Wow, thanks, Jihan. I’ll eat well.”
“Stop drinking now and eat this.”
“Why?”
“…Are you drunk already?”
Jihan, furrowing his handsome brows, gently stroked Yuin’s flushed cheek.
Watching from across the table, Jaehui teased Yuin.
“Look at Nam Yuin, drunk after just three glasses of wine. Tsk tsk.”
“No, I’m not drunk.”
Yuin, puffing her cheeks in protest, was immediately mimicked by Jaehui.
As usual, when it came to teasing Yuin, these two were perfectly in sync.
Irritated, Yuin pushed away Jihan’s hand, only for it to reach out again and take away her glass.
“Hey, why are you…”
That’s when it happened.
A quiet footstep on the carpet abruptly stopped near them.
And the light illuminating their table vanished, replaced by a large shadow. All three pairs of eyes looked up at the shadow’s owner.
Feeling the heat of the wine on her shoulders, Yuin felt a large, cool hand descend.
“Yuin?”
The man from the lobby, Director Do Gyeon, was here.
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
