After enjoying the lakeside for a while, Yoo In suddenly became curious. Why were there only Kiyun and herself in such a beautiful and wonderful place?
Yoo In asked Kiyun, who was leisurely walking beside her.
“But why is there no one here? It seems like a popular place for Instagram.”
“Well, why could that be?”
Kiyun ambiguously smiled and then slowed down his pace, turning the direction of the question around.
“I have something I’m curious about, Nam Yoo In.”
Yoo In, matching his steps, looked at him slowly and made eye contact.
Without mischief or teasing, his calm and quiet pupils were as deep as the bottom of the lake.
“Haven’t you arrived yet?”
The quick blinking of the round eyelids that didn’t understand immediately.
“…Huh?”
“You. Haven’t you arrived yet?”
“…”
“Where are you now?”
Kiyun wasn’t smiling. He was genuinely asking. How much longer does he have to wait?
She knew this time would come. Even if she knew in advance, it felt as if she had been suddenly hit by an unexpected wildfire, and her insides were hot.
A man who came to me, breaking the predetermined route, offering a diverse, intense, fragrant, and addictive flavor to life, which I thought needed nothing more.
For a few days, I had carefully chosen beautiful packaging, floating gently in my mouth, but when this moment came, I couldn’t bring myself to speak.
Losing words and forgetting to walk, Kiyun suddenly reached out his hand to Yoo In.
“I told you. I’ll protect you. I won’t let anything touch you.”
“…”
“Just stay by my side, Yoo In. Don’t be scared. Everything’s fine.”
Without saying a word, without showing anything, Kiyun comforted and reassured Yoo In again, as if he knew everything, like a person who knew it all.
It’s okay. So come here.
“Trust me.”
Whether he was asking due to a lack of options or if it was an assertion, Yoo In couldn’t tell.
His words were correct. Yoo In believed him. She had been believing in him.
“…Yes.”
“How much?”
“Huh?”
“How much do you believe?”
The corners of Kiyun’s lips slightly rose at the end of the questioning.
“…A lot.”
“Then, do you like it or not?”
Under the altered attack, Yoo In’s face, struck, quickly turned as red as a well-ripened peach.
Kiyun’s smile gradually deepened and intensified. His outstretched hand shook as if urging Yoo In. Show it. Your heart.
Yoo In found herself at the mercy of the man who occupied her entire being and reached out. She had lost everything she had prepared.
“Okay.”
In response to Yoo In’s words, Kiyun’s laughter shone even brighter than the sunlight. The softly curved eye corners, the smoothly raised lips, and the radiant light from the deep dimples all formed a brilliant smile.
To Yoo In, who was captivated by the perfect smile, Kiyun extended his arms and softly said, “Come here. Let’s embrace.”
This time, Yoo In didn’t hesitate and leaped into the wide embrace without reservation.
Finally, everything became perfectly certain.
Passing through the darkness, breaking through the dark and damp fog, what she discovered on the other side was the one ray of light she had been seeking and ultimately wanted to reach.
The end beyond the darkness. Right there, it was you.
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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