Startled once by Jae Oh’s voice, and twice by the unthinkable address, Chae Yoon turned her stiff neck to look at him.
When Jae Oh’s eyes met Chae Yoon’s, he approached her, his gaze never leaving hers, as if the man standing next to her didn’t exist.
On the contrary, Chae Yoon only felt a sense of reality when she saw Jae Oh approaching.
Her large eyes blinked quickly. Her startled mind gradually found its place, and thanks to this, Jae Oh’s appearance became even more vivid in her sight.
“Excuse me, who are you?”
A strange man asserted his existence.
Jae Oh’s gaze, which had been fixed on Chae Yoon, turned towards the man.
Jae Oh, looking down slightly at the man due to the height difference, had eyes full of cold energy.
“What are you doing then?”
The man responded as if he had been waiting.
“Ah, I was just about to go out with this woman…”
Chae Yoon was startled at the words coming from the man’s mouth.
“Excuse me. Why do you say that?”
When she shot back, the man’s gaze fell on Chae Yoon.
The round eyes that had been anxious a moment ago had now completely lost their anxiety.
His face seemed quite cute as he smiled, but then a cold voice suddenly came rushing in.
“Hey.”
The man’s eyes moved at the harsh voice, as if he was standing in a glare.
As soon as the stranger took his eyes off Chae Yoon, Jae Oh looked at the man as if he would drill a hole through him and spoke.
“Didn’t you hear me just now when I said ‘honey’?”
His icy gaze swept over the man’s appearance.
“It doesn’t seem like you’re deaf…”
His eyes were fierce, as if to say, ‘How dare you blurt out such words in front of me.’
However, the man didn’t seem to care.
“Ah, you must be the husband who is about to divorce.”
Upon hearing those words, Jae Oh’s face turned stone cold.
Chae Yoon, who was still sitting in the chair, looked at the man with frightened eyes, but the most important thing right now was Jae Oh’s condition.
Chae Yoon quickly moved her eyes to examine Jae Oh.
Sure enough. He was looking at the man as if he was about to cause a scene at any moment.
‘What to do.’
The moment Chae Yoon, who had sensed the serious atmosphere, swallowed her dry saliva, Jae Oh’s steps moved towards the man.
Upon seeing this, Chae Yoon stood up hurriedly from her seat.
Approaching Jae Oh urgently, she looked up at him and said.
“Brother. Let’s go.”
Despite the suggestion to leave, Jae Oh remained immovable.
Having no other choice, Chae Yoon urged him by pulling on his arm.
“Brother. Let’s not mind this nonsense and just leave.”
His eyes, which had seemed unresponsive to any words, finally moved.
Chae Yoon, who felt the gaze that had been piercing the man turn to her, grasped his arm even more tightly at this opportune moment. The gesture seemed like she was embracing Jae Oh’s arm, but Chae Yoon had no room to worry about what she was doing.
She was filled with the desperate thought that she needed to get out of there as soon as possible, and her large eyes were brimming with desperation.
“Let’s go. Please.”
With a pleading tone and pitiful gaze, his eyes, which had been seething with rage, slowly regained calmness.
His arm, which Chae Yoon had been holding as if to drag him, was the same. It had been so stiff that it felt like not even a needle could penetrate when she grabbed his arm.
Even above the thick coat, she could feel his firmness, but now it had considerably relaxed.
Thinking that this represented Jae Oh’s feelings, Chae Yoon breathed a sigh of relief and said,
“Let’s go.”
If they could just leave like this, it would be perfect.
But suddenly, his arm that she was holding slipped out.
Chae Yoon, in surprise, quickly moved her lips.
“Brother. Don’t…!”
What she wanted to stop was the confrontation with the man.
“!”
Since he wasn’t supposed to hold me like a princess, Chae Yoon had to look at Jae Oh with a stunned expression.
“What, what are you doing right now?”
Chae Yoon stuttered in confusion, but Jae Oh’s face was as calm as ever.
With a leisurely gaze, Jae Oh looked into Chae Yoon’s round eyes.
After meeting her eyes that were wide in surprise, he explained why he lifted her.
“You can’t walk properly when you’re drunk.”
The voice with which he said these words couldn’t have been more nonchalant.
Chae Yoon, who had gone blind with shame, tensed up and said,
“I didn’t drink much today, and I’m not drunk, so please put me down quickly.”
“Ah. You said that last time too.”
So he couldn’t trust her this time either.
There was even more intensity in Chae Yoon’s eyes.
“I only had two glasses of wine.”
“Really?”
Upon seeing his ‘so what’ expression, Chae Yoon sensed something.
No matter what she said now, he wouldn’t listen to her requests.
‘I can’t. How can I go out like this. I absolutely can’t.’
Her gaze on Jae Oh became more desperate.
“Brother. I’m really not drunk. So please, put me down.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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