After the meeting, Nam Gung-ryeo squinted his eyes and asked me, “Did you…?”
“Ah! Is there any way to ask so blatantly like that?!” I exclaimed, stepping back from Nam Gung-ryeo. Upon this, Nam Gung-ryeo wrinkled his nose and smirked at me.
“Why not ask directly if you had breakfast? Must I ask secretly?”
“Ah, breakfast.”
I was once again tremendously surprised. Waking up from my daze, I realized, ‘Wait, why should I make breakfast now that we’ve returned home? There are plenty of people here who can do it for me!’
“I don’t know. I have no idea.”
As I turned my head swiftly and uttered these words, Nam Gung-ryeo whined and clung to me.
“Ah, do it. Do it. You know I won’t eat unless Yeon makes it.”
“Oh, so bothersome.”
It happened when Lye and I were playfully wrestling, holding each other’s arms. Just then, Jiho, who was coming out of the main building, widened his eyes at the sight of us and approached.
“Good morning! But when did you two become so friendly?”
Come to think of it, Nam Gung-ryeo initially came to Jegalsega because of Jiho’s wedding. I laughed, scratching my cheek.
“Ah, I don’t know. I just woke up.”
At my reply, Jiho puffed up his cheeks and chuckled.
“You seem to be having fun. It took me a long time to become friends with Yeon.”
“Did it take us that long? It felt like we became friends quickly.”
“Well, that’s because I stuck to you. If not, you would still be calling me Miss.”
“Oh, it’s not that bad.”
I shook my head, but as I recalled, Jiho had been a child who approached me warmly from the beginning.
‘Oh, really. I might have called him Miss Jiho until now.’
Seeing my expression, Nam Gung-ryeo smirked and said, “Yeon had some reservations.”
“Lye, you too?!”
Am I the one with reservations? Aren’t you guys overly open? With a very dissatisfied expression, I conveyed my dissatisfaction, and Nam Gung-ryeo jabbed my side.
“Think about it honestly. You, until recently, called Danmokbi ‘Master’ or ‘Sir.'”
“Ugh, well, I had to use those titles. There was no appropriate address.”
I shrugged. At that, Jiho covered his mouth and exclaimed.
“Did you really call Danmokbi ‘Master’? Until when were you planning to do that? Now call him Miss Jegalsega! You are Miss!”
“Ugh, stop nagging.”
As both of them lectured me simultaneously, can I even survive? I shook my head like a child and said, “From now on, I won’t call him Master anymore!”
Upon hearing this, Jiho teased me with a fox-like grin.
“Then, what will you call him? Darling? Honey?”
Darling? Honey?
“Ah! I’m leaving. I’m leaving.”
“Where are you going? We’re at the interesting part.”
“Right, right.”
I tried to escape, but the two of them grabbed my arms. I was so shocked that I mumbled in a dazed tone, “…I get how you two were friends.”
In response to my words, Jiho and Lye faced each other, shrugged their shoulders, and said, “We weren’t that close, right?”
“But it seems we’re getting along now. Teasing Yeon is fun.”
Please don’t unite for such things.
Anyway, as long as the two of them had the intention to tease me, it was difficult to escape from them. As I sighed heavily, Jiho narrowed his eyes and asked, “Even the leader of the Hyulgyo is head over heels for you. After spending all your time secluded in the mountains like a monk, what made you go outside?”
“I really didn’t do anything. It wasn’t my intention. Besides, over there, they called me an ugly bread loaf. Getting stabbed in the back like this.”
From my perspective, it was truly an unfair misunderstanding. Hearing my explanation, Jiho bit his lips, chuckling and shaking his head.
“But isn’t the leader of the Hyulgyo supposed to be an elderly gentleman? It’s unimaginable for an elder to call you an ugly bread loaf while joking around.”
It was only then that I realized the difference in perception between Jiho and me. Shaking my head, I answered, “No, he’s quite young. Maybe one or two years older than me?”
Come to think of it, I didn’t know Hyulgyo’s leader’s age.
‘Surely he’s not younger than me.’
At my response, Jiho furrowed his brows.
“Don’t lie. Or did you deceive the assistant leader?”
Usually, when it comes to the leader of a religious sect, they are elders in their fifties at the youngest. So, Jiho’s skepticism was understandable. I summoned another witness.
“It’s true. Lye, you met him in person. He’s quite young, right?”
“Yeah.”
Lye’s answer was exceptionally straightforward. Jiho, who was waiting for a bit more explanation, turned to me with an unimpressed expression.
“What does he look like?”
How does Hyulgyo’s leader look? I thought for a moment, then opened my mouth, picturing his face.
“Well, first of all, he’s very tall. His shoulders are broad, and among the people I’ve seen, he has the strongest arms. His skin is rough, and his nose is high. And his eyebrows look like this, stubborn and mischievous.”
Listening to my description silently, Jiho asked straightforwardly, “Is he handsome?”
“…Um.”
If you ask like that, there’s only one answer. I nodded slowly. To this response, Jiho was elated, clapping his hands.
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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