“That… What do you mean, no, why…”
Yuin’s fragmented words scattered unfinished.
Unlike someone who had just heard a heart-fluttering confession, Yuin’s face turned from shock to a deep red, like a ripe tomato.
She abruptly knocked off the fingers touching her chin and covered her mouth with the back of her hand.
Seeing Yuin’s ears and neck turn bright red through her hair, Giyeon leisurely smiled and leaned back.
“You don’t have to say anything now, since you asked and I answered.”
“…”
“I suppose it wouldn’t be the words I’d want to hear anyway.”
“Why?”
Barely audible, Yuin mumbled, but Giyeon keenly asked back.
“What’s why?”
“I mean… you don’t know anything about me.”
“Do you have to know someone well to like them? Is that how it is for you, Yuin?”
His response was too simple, almost plain.
Yuin had no reply for Giyeon’s question. She had never liked someone before, so she didn’t understand what it meant to like someone.
Could you really like someone without knowing anything about them? Was it that easy? Yuin was only confused.
Ah, that man has always been like this. Everything was easy for him. Taking interest in someone, saying he likes them, even accepting rejection. All of it.
For Yuin, all these things were difficult.
“But… about Yujin…”
“Why does that matter?”
His voice was so calm it seemed almost arrogant.
“Nam Yujin has nothing to do with this. This is about you and me. Don’t bring Nam Yujin into our matter.”
“…”
“Did you get that?”
Giyeon’s deep voice always wanted the answer he desired, but Yuin just bit her lip harder.
The feelings she felt now had no name tags, just nameless emotions she couldn’t recognize.
Most of what he offered her was like that. Things with unknown names and meanings.
What was this feeling that wasn’t pleasant or unpleasant? What was this suffocating, breathless feeling that made her want to run away?
Would this man, who knew everything and found everything easy, know the name of this feeling?
“Do you always do this?”
“Do what?”
“Take interest, be kind, and like someone quickly without knowing them well… Can you decide all that so swiftly?”
Her voice was almost a whisper.
Giyeon watched her slender neck, still flushed, and said,
“Why does Yuin find everything so difficult?”
He grabbed her damp, thin shoulder, turning her towards him.
Yuin shrank away, trying not to face him, but couldn’t resist the force of his large hand.
Finally facing her, Giyeon met her eyes. His gaze was steady and firm, unlike her large, trembling eyes.
“Knowing the answer first doesn’t make it easy or wrong. It’s a journey only the person knows.”
“…”
“I simply accepted my feelings quickly. I clearly know why I feel this way. Don’t think it’s trivial or simplistic. Yuin doesn’t know what I feel.”
A lazy smile spread across Giyeon’s lips, his dark eyes filled with certainty.
“I know it’s hard for you to accept things right now. So, follow me slowly. Just watch me. I’ll wait until you come.”
Yuin felt even more lost at his confident words.
His arrogance, sure she would come to him, was annoying yet made her heart ache.
Among all the unanswered questions, Yuin frowned, and Giyeon gently stroked her cheek with a dignified smile.
“Take your time to think. Don’t plan on running away.”
“Running away?”
As his cool fingertips passed, Yuin’s shoulder trembled slightly.
Giyeon, pleased even with that reaction, chuckled and started the car.
“Fasten your seat belt.”
Yuin, unable to grasp his words, just stared blankly at Giyeon, holding the steering wheel.
After Giyeon laughed aloud, saying, “What are you doing?” Yuin finally came to her senses.
Outside the car window, the rain had weakened, and Yuin’s damp knit and hair were almost dry. The magic time Giyeon had set was over, and now it was time to move back to reality.
“Ah… yes.”
She responded but her bewildered hand aimlessly wandered in the air. Suddenly, a hand from beside her restrained Yuin and fastened the seatbelt for her.
Giyeon’s car skillfully exited the school and soon merged onto the road, where traffic crawled due to the rain.
Inside the car, a strange silence lingered. Yuin, with her gaze outside, fiddled with the blanket like before.
Giyeon glanced at her small, busy white fingers and casually asked, “But why haven’t you dated?”
Yuin’s answer came after a moment’s delay, “…Do I have to?”
“It’s not necessary, but didn’t anyone leave you alone? Everyone around you, I mean.” Giyeon laughed, whether in ridicule or amazement.
“I’m not interested in that stuff.”
“Why aren’t you interested?”
“Because it’s an emotion that will eventually change and fade. I don’t see why I should invest time and effort into it.” Yuin’s voice was close to resignation.
Her words might have been about relationships, but for Yuin, it applied to all interpersonal relationships.
At first, they’re good and fun, exciting and happy, but in the end, they fade away, distorted by baseless words and absurd rumors. She was tired of such instant relationships.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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