She tried to sound nonchalant, but her face twitched slightly.
“At the lounge bar.”
“Why were you there, senior?”
“I had a meeting with a friend.”
“You had a meeting, and yet you asked us all to have dinner together yesterday?”
“I was turned down by you and was bored, so I moved today’s meeting to yesterday.”
Young-In let out an incredulous laugh.
“You say it on the day and then make me look heartless.”
“Alright, I’ll tell you in advance next time.”
Sung-Hyuk added with a smile.
“Let’s have dinner tomorrow.”
Young-In rolled her eyes at his opportunism and changed the subject.
“Was the original meeting place that lounge bar?”
“No, it was somewhere else. I heard it was a trendy place and wanted to check it out, so I changed the meeting place.”
“Liar.”
“Yeah, it’s a lie.”
He calmly admitted and frankly confessed.
“I went because I was worried about Ji Seung-Chan. I was afraid he might do something to you.”
“Why would you care what he does to me?”
“You know why. Why ask?”
“…….”
Young-In bit her lip, speechless.
She hadn’t asked out of ignorance. It was meant to imply he shouldn’t care. But he went a step further.
“Don’t play games at drinking parties.”
“I didn’t want to. I couldn’t be the only one to opt out.”
Having Ha-Yoon there had been a reassurance, and the consecutive penalties had quickly intoxicated her, leaving her no time to react. Although unlikely to repeat, she still felt a bit wronged.
“If you really have to, call me. I’ll be your knight in shining armor.”
“…….”
Young-In unwittingly imagined him as her knight in shining armor. The thought of everyone’s reaction made her smile.
“If you won’t call me, then drink only with me from now on.”
“I’ve quit. I won’t drink anymore.”
“…….”
Sung-Hyuk swallowed the words that almost slipped out, his wish to continue seeing the unguarded Chae Young-In.
“But why did you bring me here? There are people who know where I live.”
“If I had taken you home, wouldn’t your family have thought it strange? I don’t mind, but I thought you wouldn’t like it. Did I do something wrong by bringing you to my place?”
Waking up in the bed of her ex-boyfriend after a night of heavy drinking was strange enough, but the thought of her sister’s furious reaction made Young-In reluctant to criticize him for bringing her here.
“It’s fine that I came to your house, senior. But you do have a guest room here.”
“Why would I let you sleep in the guest room? You’re not a guest to me.”
“If I’m not a guest, then what am I? Just an acquaintance, since we know each other?”
“You’re not a guest or just an acquaintance. We’re much closer than that.”
“We were close once, but not now.”
Young-In stated firmly, addressing both him and herself, emphasizing that their closeness was a thing of the past, not present.
She knew that if she didn’t stop him now, it would only get harder to resist his rapidly closing distance, even though it was futile against the awakened him.
“Yeah, not now.”
Cha Sung-Hyuk was a man who knew when to take a step back to move two steps forward, especially with Chae Young-In.
Technically, Young-In wasn’t wrong. She spoke of the past and present, leaving out the future. ‘Soon to be close again’ would have been more accurate.
“You didn’t treat me like a landlord either, so let’s call it even.”
Young-In eagerly bit on the bait Sung-Hyuk casually threw to change the subject.
“What did I do?”
“You were calling the landlord by his name and saying ‘hey, you.'”
Young-In’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Me?”
It was the second time she said that today.
“Who else? Don’t remember at all?”
“…….”
Her eyes, which had been darting around, suddenly stopped. A vague memory of her speaking informally to him surfaced.
Observing her expression, Sung-Hyuk slightly curled up the corners of his mouth.
“Looks like you remember.”
“No, I don’t remember anything.”
Young-In was stubborn, though she wouldn’t have denied it if she had anticipated his comeback.
“Then you don’t remember confessing your love to me?”
Her eyes almost popped out.
“When did I do that!”
“If you don’t remember anything, why are you so surprised? You could have done it.”
“I wouldn’t have!”
She believed that. She had to.
“Then did I do it?”
“…….”
Unable to cope with his increasing playfulness, Young-In silently shut her mouth.
Sung-Hyuk got up from his seat with a smile.
“Go take a shower.”
Young-In cheekily responded.
“I can shower when I get home.”
“Then just come out and have a hangover cure. I ordered bean sprout soup, your favorite.”
“…….”
Young-In silently watched the man who remembered everything leave the bedroom, then got off the bed.
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
