She had been curious since the day she saw him in the office of SL Entertainment. The question had resurfaced after meeting his mother.
She asked, hoping to be less flustered if a similar situation arose in the future. She didn’t want to behave foolishly like today again.
I haven’t told them about you. Don’t worry.
“…….”
Young-in was momentarily speechless, realizing he had quickly grasped the implication of her question.
I’ll tell them when you accept me.
He had always been somewhat gentle with her, but he was much more humble and mild-mannered than three years ago. The change in the once formidable Cha Seong-hyuk was not entirely pleasing, especially since she couldn’t give him the answer he wanted.
“There won’t be a need to tell them ever.”
No, I’ll be telling them soon.
“That won’t happen.”
It will. I promise.
“Don’t you remember what you said to me? That we can’t know what will happen in life, so don’t make promises.”
This time is an exception. I just can’t help but promise.
“…….”
Young-in couldn’t help but smile at his audaciously confident attitude.
Let’s bet. The winner gets their wish granted.
“Why are you being so unlike yourself?”
Why? Is it childish?
“Yes.”
I never thought I’d be saying such things, either. But it’s not too bad. For you, I can be as childish as needed.
“…….”
Feeling touched and exhilarated by such words, yet unable to show it, was both difficult and torturous.
But why are you suddenly curious? Did something happen?
“It just suddenly came to mind.”
She swallowed the words, ‘I saw your mother today.’
“I’m going to hang up now.”
Young-in.
Young-in paused as she was about to end the call.
The first time is hard, but the second time is easier.
“What do you mean?”
Call me first like today.
“Seong-hyuk.”
Yes.
“Some people find the second time harder than the first.”
That was her.
Her relationship with Cha Seong-hyuk was like that.
The first time was an impulsive decision made in anger, but now, she was being cautious, trying not to get hurt.
The first time was a rash decision made in anger, but now, she was being overly cautious to avoid getting hurt.
Maybe it was because she could foresee a future with him, or perhaps because she knew how painful their separation would be.
It’s okay, don’t trouble yourself. I’ll handle it.
“…….”
Young-in hung up the phone without another word.
Today, after encountering his mother, she had faced the reality of her situation once again. On the one hand, she desperately wanted to forget about the harsh reality.
Seong-hyuk’s expression darkened after ending the call.
“There seemed to be something bothering her….”
He could tell from her voice that Young-in was more sensitive than usual. Though her words of denial or rebuke were usual, the atmosphere was different.
He didn’t press her vague answer of ‘just suddenly’ because he knew he wouldn’t get more out of her even if he prodded.
Lost in thought while driving, he found himself at the hotel parking lot before he knew it.
Seong-hyuk parked and headed to the restaurant.
It was one minute to 7 pm when he got off the elevator.
A staff member approached to assist.
“What’s the name for the reservation?”
“Cha Seong-hyuk.”
“Please follow me.”
Seong-hyuk followed the staff member towards the window. Since it was a same-day reservation, all the rooms were booked, so he could only reserve a table in the hall.
As he walked, mulling over Young-in’s voice in his mind, a familiar face caught his eye.
“Brother!”
Seong-hyuk threw a listless glance at Arim, who had abruptly stood up from her seat.
“What a coincidence to see you here.”
He hadn’t realized that the staff member had stopped next to the table where Arim was sitting.
“Just eat and go.”
Seong-hyuk’s lack of any formal inquiry about who Arim was meeting was due to his utter lack of interest.
Asking even out of courtesy would invite a response, and that would mean engaging in tedious conversation. So, he had deliberately cut off any pretext for conversation. But despite his efforts to avoid it, an annoying situation had arisen.
“Are you going to eat with me?”
“Why would I eat with you? I came to meet my mother.”
“No, you came to meet me.”
“To meet you?”
“Yes, you came to see me for a blind date.”
Arim smiled slyly, crinkling her eyes, while Seong-hyuk’s brow furrowed deeply in annoyance.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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