In response to Jegal Min’s question, Namgung Ryeo laughed heartily and pulled me towards her.
“Weren’t Yeorin and I originally close friends? Right?”
“Uh, well, is that so?”
Originally, we weren’t that close! It hasn’t been long since we started talking.
While I was hesitating, unsure how to say that we’ve decided to be friends now, Jegal Min questioned Namgung Ryeo.
“For such a thing, didn’t you two act rather unfamiliar?”
In response to that question, Namgung Ryeo vigorously shook her head. Then, clenching her fist, she shouted.
“When I first met Yeorin, she made a snack with dried persimmons for me! Since then, she has been my closest friend!”
It’s just like saying an adult who gives candy is a good person! It’s so easy to get kidnapped this way, protagonist!
‘No, she’s sincere! I’m embarrassed that I thought of her as just a superficial friend.’
Even if it’s just a liking based on the idea of “someone who gives food is a good person.”
While discussing such things, Damokbi, who had been silently listening to our conversation, interrupted with a serious expression.
“Yeorin… made a snack?”
Damokbi seemed like someone who had received a great shock. Namgung Ryeo, without realizing it, replied loudly to him.
“Yes! From the beginning, the reason we went on this journey together was that I thought I could get a warm meal if I followed her.”
“What?”
I blinked my eyes. Namgung Ryeo seemed excited, and Damokbi frowned and said firmly.
“No.”
“Why not?”
“Why should Yeorin go through hardships to feed you? Absolutely not!”
I was taken aback. Without control, Damokbi raised his voice and scolded Namgung Ryeo.
“You just want to eat alone, you greedy one! Wanting to eat something delicious all by yourself.”
I couldn’t agree more with Damokbi saying that Namgung Ryeo is greedy. I firmly held Namgung Ryeo’s hand, patted the back of her hand, and said.
“Hey, that’s not it. Even when I worked as a bodyguard, I never let Yeorin enter the kitchen.”
Namgung Ryeo, looking shocked and disbelieving, asked with a confused expression.
“Why? Ruining her cooking skills. That’s a waste of talent!”
I think it’s a waste of talent too. In reality, when Damokbi was my bodyguard, some people even cherished me for doing nothing. I laughed clapping my hands.
“That’s why it’s not like she wants to eat alone. On the contrary, it seemed like she wasn’t very interested in my cooking.”
“No, that’s…”
Just as she was about to refute my words, Namgung Ryeo suddenly made a helpless expression. Then, she mumbled in a small voice.
“… Pretending to be too nice isn’t good. I’ll be a counter-teacher.”
While doing so, she seemed to glance at Damokbi as if he were a pitiful person. Perplexed, I looked at Jegal Min, hoping for a counterargument, but Jegal Min also stared at Damokbi with a sympathetic look. Thanks to that, I was the only one who awkwardly stiffened.
‘Wait, did I say something wrong? Why is everyone reacting like this?’
Afterwards, we were too busy running with horses to have time for a conversation. After running a considerable distance, we stopped briefly to have a meal.
“Today’s dish is hot pot.”
As we sat in a circle introducing today’s lunch, Namgung Ryeo raised her hand eagerly.
“What’s hot pot?”
“It’s a dish where you put all the vegetables you want to eat comfortably!”
“Then, isn’t it just vegetable soup?”
To Namgung Ryeo, who tilted her head, I replied, tapping my index finger.
“Hehehe, the secret to making vegetable soup not just vegetable soup lies in these hands.”
“Wow, Yeorin is the best. Yeorin is reliable!”
As Namgung Ryeo clapped her hands and cheered, Jegal Min, who was sitting across from her, frowned.
“I should learn to cook too.”
“…?”
I tilted my head at Jegal Min’s words.
‘Wait, does he really have an interest in Namgung Ryeo?’
If he’s really fallen in love, what should I do? While I was pouring the prepared ingredients into the pot, Damokbi approached.
“I’ll help.”
“No need. I’ve already prepared everything.”
“Still…”
I can’t ask Damokbi to do something like chopping vegetables. So, I had prepared and processed everything in advance when organizing the luggage.
“Now, this thinly sliced meat is briefly soaked in hot water and quickly picked up to eat. Got it?”
Originally, it should be raw meat, but to prevent it from spoiling during transportation, I had blanched it slightly in advance.
And regardless of whatever, today’s masterpiece was the tofu soaked in soy sauce that I had kept in the sauce since I brought it.
As soon as the tofu was put into the boiling hot pot, it quickly warmed up. Huffing, I put the sizzling tofu into my mouth and quickly became happy.
‘I’m so glad there’s tofu!’
The team also widened their eyes after tasting the well-soaked tofu in soy sauce.
Huffing and eating deliciously in the boiling steam, Jegal Min asked me.
“When did you prepare ingredients like this?”
“I thought we might end up having street food like this.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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