“Chaeyoon.”
Moreover, as he called her name, she started crying even more severely.
A sense of confusion deepened on Jaeo’s face.
What’s going on? Why is she crying?
There were times when she cried, but back then, it was because of him, or it was when she saw him unexpectedly after being alone for a while.
Now there’s no reason for her to cry like this. Why is she crying so sadly?
Jaeo, who couldn’t figure out the reason, approached Chaeyoon, whose crying had started to escalate, swallowing dry saliva.
Folding his knees, he sat down and gently stroked Chaeyoon’s head, who was crying like a sad child, asking softly.
“Why are you crying?”
“….”
“Did something happen before I came?”
“Sob….”
“Chaeyoon.”
Her head lifted at the affectionate tone calling her name.
“Why…”
Seeing her eyes soaked with tears, it felt like his heart sank to the bottom. The muscles in his jaw tightened.
Who the hell made you cry like this.
With the thought that he would kill half if caught, he wiped away the tears flowing down his white cheeks.
“Why. Why are you crying?”
Chaeyoon’s lips trembled.
Because this touch was so good.
“Say something. Huh?”
At least, in this moment, grateful that this man is alive, Chaeyoon, instead of answering, hugged his neck, resting her head against his shoulder.
As Chaeyoon embraced him, in that brief moment, it felt like the tension in Jaeo’s mouth, which seemed to have melted in the interim, let out a sigh of relief.
However, this was also short-lived. As the body held in an embrace trembled, the relieved chest tensed sharply.
Feeling like it wouldn’t work at all, he lifted Chaeyoon while still holding her and headed to the living room.
Having seated Chaeyoon on the soft sofa while still hugging her, he gently comforted her quivering back.
It was an awkward touch, but whether it had an effect or not, Chaeyoon’s breathing gradually stabilized.
After shedding a torrent of tears, Chaeyoon finally raised her head.
With teary eyes, she blinked and asked, “Why, are you here so early?”
Jaeo’s hand wiped away the tears clinging to her small chin.
“Because I missed you.”
Even before the words finished, tears overflowed in the eyes that hadn’t dried.
Until this morning, when she heard such words, she would shyly laugh and keep herself busy. Now, she was trying to burst into tears again, and Jaeo suddenly thought.
Perhaps, the brat who made her cry deserves to die.
An ominous premonition passed by.
Why. What’s the problem? Jaeo, who couldn’t grasp the reason at all, swallowed his breath in tension and asked, “So… is it not allowed?”
Tears like chicken droppings fell from Chaeyoon’s eyes.
“It’s not that it’s not allowed… if there’s an accident, what do I care, you came so quickly like this.”
Because of no one else. Because of her, he came quickly, and this fact bothered her.
Just by looking at the time he came, she could tell that he drove urgently.
“Why did I get into an accident.”
It was a calm tone.
Intensity entered Chaeyoon’s eyes.
“What accident, I wanted to get into one? I just wanted to.”
I just wanted to.
“I didn’t drive fast enough for an accident to happen now. It’s going to be crowded on the road because of the rain.”
“That’s a lie. You drove fast, so you came at this hour. Even if it rains and the road is crowded.”
Unable to argue with the correct statement, Jaeo came up with another excuse.
“Really. It’s not because I drove fast, but I just turned on my face and came out.”
Then Chaeyoon’s eyes filled with confusion.
“Why did you just show your face?”
“Because I missed you,” he said.
If that’s the case.
“Then, postpone the promise or something. Why did you have to come?”
Although he was already in an irritated state before coming to Chaeyoon because of this, he couldn’t help but say it.
“I have to go today; otherwise, I won’t see you.”
Chaeyoon tilted her head with a puzzled expression.
“Are you going to live without seeing your friends at all?”
Seeing the eyes that couldn’t understand, Jaeo lightly smiled and replied, “I see them often, so what’s the big deal.”
Casually answering, he changed the subject.
“Why were you crying?”
With a gaze lowered as if it was awkward to answer, Chaeyoon absentmindedly fiddled with his collar.
“Don’t you want to talk about it?”
With a denial, Chaeyoon shook her head and slowly began to speak.
“I cried because I remembered the day when Dad passed away. The weather was bad back then, too.”
“…….”
“Dad, who said he would come early, didn’t come, and I was waiting alone… Dad, who was supposed to come soon, didn’t come, and I only got a call saying he had passed away.”
Listening to the unfamiliar story, Jaeo just stared at Chaeyoon without saying a word.
Chaeyoon lifted her tear-filled eyes and looked at him.
“I understand. The situations back then and now are different.”
However.
“But, I just got so worried. Even you… you said you would come as soon as your business was done, but what if something happened to you on the way to me? It’s raining, and the visibility is poor. If you collide with a drunk driver, it could be very dangerous… While thinking like that, all kinds of bad thoughts came to my mind.”
Listening quietly to Chaeyoon’s words, Jaeo’s complexion darkened.
It was because memories of the past came to mind.
“Hey… Oppa.”
“Why.”
“There’s a chance of rain today. Be careful while driving.”
Chaeyoon, who rarely spoke to him like that, sometimes just said what she wanted to say and turned away.
He used to think it was just a casual greeting and didn’t pay much attention to it.
However, now that he looked at it, it wasn’t just a casual remark.
A gloomy light thickened in the darkened eyes.
Jaeo couldn’t smooth out his crumpled expression.
“It’s been like this all along.”
“What do you mean?”
“Worrying about me when the weather is bad.”
On gloomy days, when he came in late or didn’t come in at all, he wondered if she had always been so anxious, looking at his empty seat and receiving no contact.
“I didn’t do it a lot.”
At Chaeyoon’s reply, the narrowed space between Jaeo’s eyebrows became even more crumpled.
Seeing Jaeo’s complexion worsen, Chaeyoon quickly added.
“It’s true. It wasn’t like this before. I worried about your safety, but I didn’t get so anxious like now. I calmly waited for you, thinking no news is good news, and felt relieved seeing you safe…”
“…….”
Looking at Jaeo’s expression now, it seemed like something she had been worrying about so far had been interpreted as if she had been so anxious.
Trying to convey this to Jaeo, Chaeyoon urgently moved her lips.
“Oppa.”
But the words that were supposed to tell him not to overinterpret stopped because of the force that tightly pulled her into an embrace.
Hugging Chaeyoon tightly, Jaeo said, “I’m sorry.”
With a low and sinking voice, a perplexed look briefly crossed Chaeyoon’s eyes at the expected reaction.
“Why are you sorry, Oppa? I’m just anxious on my own.”
“I don’t know. I’m just sorry.”
So, not knowing what to do, Jaeo tightened his grip on Chaeyoon’s arms.
It seemed like his feelings were conveyed through the firm touch.
Chaeyoon didn’t say anything more.
She just quietly gave him time to calm his emotions, and as Jaeo held her, swallowing the bitter feelings, he thought.
From now on, there would be no more leaving Chaeyoon alone.
His determined gaze shone brightly.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
