Lowering his gaze briefly to take in Chae Yoon’s face, he then scanned Hyo Jeong, Ga Young, and Su Min, before posing a question.
“Do all of you have boyfriends?”
“Yes.”
Ga Young responded.
“Do your boyfriends treat you well?”
The unexpected topic made both Hyo Jeong and Ga Young chuckle awkwardly.
“Yes. They do.”
“So, Chae Yoon must have boasted about it quite a lot.”
Discussions about relationships mostly began to vent about jealous feelings, but gifts or special events were also frequent topics. Hence, Hyo Jeong nodded.
“Yes, well… she did. But why do you ask?”
Instead of responding to her question, Jae Oh asked another.
“How was Chae Yoon?”
“Pardon? What do you mean ‘how was’…”
“In her college life.”
At this, Hyo Jeong’s eyes slightly narrowed.
She wasn’t fond of his approach, not responding to their questions and only posing his own.
She was certain that even Chae Yoon, when she spoke, must’ve been just as curt. Hyo Jeong’s gaze turned slightly colder.
‘Is he just a pretty face?’
Pressing her lips together briefly, Hyo Jeong said,
“Chae Yoon was immensely popular. She’s quite pretty, so right from the start, many seniors made a fuss about her. Initially, some people didn’t like Chae Yoon, but she wasn’t one to stand out and was quite reserved, so she got along with everyone eventually. She also studied diligently and had good grades.”
Eyeing Jae Oh as if expecting him to respond, Hyo Jeong then asked,
“But what do you do?”
Her tone was somewhat sharp.
“I’ve been wondering, how busy must you be to not even have a single photo with Chae Yoon in 3 years.”
Her tone was as sardonic as her words.
Hearing this, Ga Young’s expression became awkward.
“Hyo Jeong, why are you acting like this?”
Despite Ga Young’s admonition, Hyo Jeong didn’t relent.
“Listen, Mr. Boyfriend. While I know relationship matters should be kept between the couple, if you could, please leave Chae Yoon be.”
Both Ga Young and Su Min’s eyes widened in surprise.
“You don’t really like Chae Yoon, do you?”
Hyo Jeong’s relentless probing made Ga Young grab her arm.
“Hey, Kim Hyo Jeong. Are you drunk? Why are you acting like this?”
“Let me be.”
Pushing away Ga Young’s restraining hand, Hyo Jeong looked straight into Jae Oh’s eyes.
“In the past 3 years, whenever we talked about our boyfriends, Chae Yoon never once smiled.”
“……”
“Chae Yoon, that naive girl, seems to be so accommodating, doing whatever her boyfriend asks. If you plan to waste more of Chae Yoon’s prime years, kindly step back sooner.”
The table’s atmosphere grew tenser.
At that moment, Chae Yoon’s head gently landed on Jae Oh’s shoulder.
All attention turned to Chae Yoon.
“Look, Chae Yoon’s asleep. Mr. Boyfriend, I think it’s best if you leave now.”
Seizing the opportunity, Ga Young tried to usher Jae Oh and Chae Yoon out.
Having silently listened to Hyo Jeong, Jae Oh gently cradled the sleeping Chae Yoon in his arms.
“I’ll take my leave now.”
As Jae Oh bid goodbye, Ga Young collected Chae Yoon’s belongings.
With Ga Young’s help, Jae Oh carefully laid Chae Yoon in the passenger seat of his car. After settling the bill, he headed to Chae Yoon’s house, with her still deeply asleep.
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Embracing Chae Yoon, Han Jae Oh entered her room and gently placed her on the bed.
He looked intently at Chae Yoon’s face, oblivious in sleep.
Considering brushing a strand of hair from her pale cheek that seemed it might tickle, his hand paused as it neared Chae Yoon.
[In the three years when we discussed our boyfriends, Chae Yoon never once laughed.]Instead of continuing his gesture, Jae Oh grasped the blanket.
Covering Chae Yoon with the soft blanket, her previously closed eyes fluttered open.
“……”
Her unveiled eyes seemed dazed, as if wandering in a dream.
As their eyes met, Jae Oh softly suggested she continue sleeping.
“Sleep.”
At his gentle voice, her blinking eyes slowly closed again.
Seeing her seemingly drift back to sleep, Jae Oh quietly turned to leave her room.
Just then, a soft voice caught him.
“Brother……”
Jae Oh’s gaze shifted towards Chae Yoon.
“……It’s comforting that you’re here.”
With her eyes still closed, Chae Yoon murmured, her lips forming a prolonged smile.
Jae Oh’s eyes captured her lips stretching warmly, then relaxing back into place, a faint ripple of emotion passing through his eyes.
[She cherished it deeply.]Reminded of her confession by her simple words, Jae Oh stood still for a moment, lost in thought.
[Star Icon]Her eyes, previously closed in tranquility, quickly opened.
Blinking, Chae Yoon tried to recognize her surroundings.
Seeing the familiar wallpaper and furniture, she realized she was in her own room.
Holding her pounding head, Chae Yoon slowly sat up.
‘How did I get here last night?’
She distinctly remembered meeting friends, chatting, and drinking, but at some point, her memory became hazy.
She’d never experienced such memory gaps before, so Chae Yoon strained to recall.
However, her darkened memories remained silent.
She didn’t think she drank excessively, so why couldn’t she remember?
A sigh slipped from Chae Yoon’s lips.
“Ah, what’s this? So unsettling.”
Her elusive memories did not return even after she freshened up.
Growing restless, Chae Yoon began searching for her phone.
The phone wasn’t in the bedroom.
“Where is it?”
With the only place left being the bag she had yesterday, Chae Yoon headed to the dressing room.
“Ah, here it is.”
Luckily finding her phone in the bag, Chae Yoon quickly turned on the screen.
Immediately, a message from Ga Young appeared.
「Chae Yoon, call me when you wake up.」
She had a hunch something significant had occurred.
As she was about to call Ga Young, a deep voice resonated.
“Why did you wake up so early?”
Chae Yoon’s eyes widened in surprise.
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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