Strangely, Chae Yoon, who entered the meeting room with Jae Oh, pulled the blinds to block the view inside the meeting room.
Once her view was completely blocked, only then did a sense of stability set in, and her pale face visibly relaxed.
Having found a sense of peace, Chae Yoon turned to face him.
The man, who had been acting strangely up until they entered the meeting room, was still unable to smooth his furrowed expression, as if something was still not to his liking.
But the face making such an expression was clearly looking much thinner, causing her earlier subsided worry to start simmering again.
She wanted to ask him if he was feeling unwell, but afraid of being too nosy, Chae Yoon tossed him a light question instead.
“Why are you here, Brother? Isn’t your work busy?”
Jae Oh, who had been trying to calm his mind due to the confusion caused by Chae Yoon, responded to her question.
He looked directly at Chae Yoon and said,
“Can’t you tell just by looking? I came to see you.”
Chae Yoon’s eyes widened in surprise.
She had a hunch that he had come to see her, but she didn’t expect to hear it in such a direct sentence.
Her heart began to throb in confusion at his unexpectedly straightforward answer. Afraid that her face would turn red if she continued to meet his eyes, Chae Yoon discreetly turned her head to avoid his gaze.
Jae Oh carefully examined such a state of Chae Yoon.
Seeing her face that had noticeably slimmed down, the worries that had been preoccupying his mind before he came to find Chae Yoon, among them the concern that she might have been hurt by JiPil’s changed behavior, became verbalized.
“Grandfather seemed very worried.”
Although his words were intended to probe whether Chae Yoon was truly hurt by JiPil, Chae Yoon interpreted them differently.
‘So, he came because grandfather told him to.’
She assumed that he came not because he wanted to see her, but because of worries about JiPil, and her lips tightened as if she had expected this.
At that, Jae Oh’s gaze turned sharp.
What kind of reaction was this?
Jae Oh, who wanted to find out whether Chae Yoon was hurt by JiPil, carefully examined Chae Yoon’s calm face and asked,
“Haven’t you been in contact with grandfather frequently?”
“Yes.”
“Why. Is it because grandfather didn’t accept your calls?”
“No. It’s just that, I didn’t make the call.”
“Why.”
Chae Yoon silently stared at him as he continued to question her relentlessly, as if trying to find out something.
When Chae Yoon didn’t answer and just stared at him, Jae Oh, keeping eye contact with Chae Yoon, continued to question her.
“Why didn’t you contact?”
Chae Yoon asked Jae Oh, who was waiting for her answer,
“Did grandfather ask you to find out why I didn’t contact?”
Just a moment ago, Jae Oh’s mouth, which had been freely speaking, suddenly hardened.
The disappointment faintly shadowed the corners of Chae Yoon’s mouth at his predictable reaction.
“If that’s the case, why didn’t you just ask over the phone?”
With a dry voice, Chae Yoon took a glance at Jae Oh and quickly turned her head away.
“I’ll contact Grandfather separately, so you can stop wasting time and go work.”
Finishing her sentence, Chae Yoon walked towards the door.
Suddenly, Chae Yoon, who was moving away from him, halted and a small sigh slipped from her lips, “Ah.”
She turned her paused body and met his eyes, she asked,
“Have all the documents been sorted out?”
The subject she had hoped would not come up was inevitably mentioned.
Jae Oh’s eyes flinched and narrowed.
Facing a situation he wanted to avoid, Jae Oh faintly furrowed his thick eyebrows and turned away from Chae Yoon.
“No, not yet.”
Hearing his unexpected answer, Chae Yoon’s eyes widened in shock.
She had thought that only his contact was delayed, and the seal would have been stamped a long time ago, but the documents still weren’t sorted.
“It’s been a month and you still haven’t sorted it out?”
At her incredulous tone, Jae Oh’s gaze shifted towards Chae Yoon.
‘It’s been a month.’
It felt like the time that had been unbearably long and tough for him, had passed quite quickly for Chae Yoon. This realization caused a certain place in his heart to well up and his chest to ache.
Jae Oh countered this unfamiliar emotion by furrowing one eyebrow even more.
“It’s only been a month.”
The way he emphasized ‘only’ in his voice and facial expression clearly showed his intention to drag out the document sorting process.
Seeing Jae Oh’s unexpected reaction, Chae Yoon felt like she was suffocating.
A touch of color brushed her pale face. At the same time, Chae Yoon, whose strength had drained from her body, took a long, deep breath.
She had said she would wait until he sorted out his thoughts, but that was because she had expected his mind would be settled quickly.
But looking at Jae Oh now, she had a feeling that this wait might go on indefinitely.
‘I can’t.’
The hopeless waiting.
Three years of waiting for Jae Oh’s heart to move was enough.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
