Upon hearing that, my stomach churned. It was an instinctual repulsion. Perhaps even the subordinate found it uncomfortable, for he cautiously questioned back.
“But we haven’t even heard the young master’s opinion yet……”
“He’s still a child, so he wouldn’t think much about it.”
The narrowmindedness that dismisses others’ thoughts as useless due to their youth was as solid as a stone. The chief, who had seemed to be pondering for a moment, added with a more agitated tone.
“Do you think my children would marry this late? Children are gifts from heaven, and things don’t go according to human plans. There’s no such thing as too early to prepare.”
The wellknown fact that the chief had his twin sons marry and then conceive after a while did not convince the subordinate to agree readily. It was because he knew Danmokbi’s disposition.
“I’m worried that forcing something unwanted might backfire. He’s quite stubborn already.”
Yeon believed that Danmokbi was listening to her words and treating everyone politely, but that was only in front of her eyes.
Not getting rid of Yeon, who was the first thing that bothered him when he took Danmokbi under his wing, was because he knew Danmokbi was obedient to her words.
My son listens to a servant more than his own father. It was an utterly unpleasant matter for the chief, who twisted his lips and grumbled.
“It’s all because of that wench. How dare that lowly thing tell my son what to do.”
Then he emphatically said,
“This northern journey is an opportunity. If we send him far away, the infatuation for that wretch will wear off. He’ll forget about a mere servant in no time when he sees women as beautiful as heavenly maidens.”
The conversation then continued about the wedding. Feeling like he couldn’t bear to listen any longer, Danmokbi turned around and headed to his dwelling.
‘Such an annoying person.’
The chief had begun to reveal his inner thoughts more blatantly, perhaps thinking that Danmokbi was now obedient to him. Danmokbi could let some things slide now that he had grown, but he couldn’t just ignore matters concerning Yeon.
Danmokbi looked coldly at the floor. Grim thoughts filled his head.
‘Should I get rid of him now?’
The chief’s own power was nothing special. It didn’t seem like he would lose if they fought.
But Danmokbi shook his head.
‘Not yet. I must wait until I can eliminate him without anyone noticing.’
If he did it now, it would harm Yeon.
‘I don’t want to give false hope by awkwardly attaching a woman either. If I see him trying to do that, I might not be able to hold back.’
Thinking one by one about Yeon, Danmokbi suddenly stopped.
“I wish Yeon had stopped me from going.”
Danmokbi covered his face with his palm. A more raw sincerity flowed out.
“I wish she had told me not to marry.”
These were too heavy words to hope for from Yeon, who would freeze at just the words “I wish.”
[This is the time separator]After the meal, Danmokbi said he had to go somewhere and put on his leather shoes to go out. After seeing him off and taking a walk along the garden wall to help with digestion, I tilted my head in thought.
‘Danmokbi was a little strange earlier.’
He seemed to emphasize his refusal to go, perhaps.
‘Does he really want me to stop him from going?’
But why did she cling to him, of all people? They were not even family.
‘Well, I’m in a better situation than her family. I feel more like family too.’
Should I insist that she not go? My heart was leaning towards that side. At the end of the walk, a familiar face looked at me and grinned. It was the man who had been thinking hard just a moment ago.
“Yeona.”
“Young master?”
Why is the person who said they were going outside here?
I was surprised and quickly approached him. As I approached, he smiled a wide smile and said,
“You remember me.”
“Where is forgetting and knowing? I saw you just now.”
Oh, but when did he change his clothes? His hair doesn’t seem tied the way I did it earlier.
More than anything, the laughter. Even when Danmokbi laughed broadly, there was an air of carnivorous and predatory arrogance. But the man in front of me was laughing like a puppy.
Same face, different feel.
An absurd situation, but there was one explanation that made sense.
“……Could it be the elder young master?”
At my question, he burst into hearty laughter.
“Ha ha! Everyone reacts that way. Do we look that much alike?”
“Yes, completely identical…….”
If he let down that high ponytail, it would be hard to distinguish him from Danmokbi.
Looking at him with amazed eyes, he asked with a gentle smile,
“So which is it? Do you remember me? Or are you just surprised that our faces are the same?”
“That, that’s obviously I remember too.”
“What do you remember?”
With a somewhat mischievous expression, Danmokbi tapped the back of his hand. I frowned slightly and answered,
“You mean what you did to me? Of course, I remember.”
“Ha ha ha.”
At my words, he laughed as if pleased. Then he smiled slyly and said,
“Call me Chang.”
“Yes?”
“That’s my name. Danmok Chang.”
“No? It’s not that I don’t know your name.”
You’re a young master, how can I call you by your name so casually? As I hesitated, Danmok Chang grinned and said,
“What’s the big deal about a life with a broken string, calling a name so casually?”
At that, I was at a loss for words.
‘You have changed quite a lot.’
Where did that shy puppy go?
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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