They got out of the car three minutes before the agreed-upon meeting time.
Isu walked, covering his swollen lips with one hand.
“Isu!”
Arab, who was standing in front of the tour bus, noticed Isu and waved her hand.
It was the first time they met since the last day of the exam.
Isu was also delighted and lightly ran towards Arab.
“Arab, aren’t you going somewhere alone now? Haha.”
Arab, with white skin makeup and eyeliner she didn’t usually wear, was wearing a blouse that matched her bright skirt, which extended below her knees, a dress more suitable for a blind date than volunteer work.
“Does it look like I tried too hard?”
Arab looked at Isu, who burst into laughter the moment they met, with a perplexed expression.
It was absurd to worry about such things while dressing like this.
“But it’s okay because you look pretty.”
“Just because you said so.”
“Then I should have dressed plain?”
“No. You can just change right away after wearing this. Greet a handsome guy before changing clothes, even before changing clothes.”
“Yeah. I was planning to do the same.”
At exactly 9 o’clock, after completing the attendance check one by one, everyone boarded the buses.
After a while, two deluxe 28-seater buses departed side by side.
After about two hours, the rural scenery began to appear outside the bus windows.
Ara and Isu chatted non-stop, sharing the stories that had piled up until their arrival.
The bus, which had been slowly reducing its speed, stopped at the rural elementary school playground where they would stay for three days and four nights.
Other school buses that had already arrived were visible in the playground.
Isu also got off the bus with his luggage.
As soon as he took a breath, the warm air rushed in.
While moving towards the classrooms assigned by teams, Ara suddenly pulled Isu’s arm.
Then, she whispered excitedly into his ear.
“Isu, there! Do you see the guy coming this way?”
“Huh? Where?”
Isu turned his gaze straight to where Ara nodded.
The face of the guy, who was faint from a distance, gradually became clearer as he approached.
Isu’s eyes widened.
‘Is that Minjae?’
Minjae approached with wide strides and stood upright one step ahead.
“Hello?”
Ara greeted him with a bright smile.
Ara was so busy looking at Minjae that she didn’t see Isu’s expression.
“Yes. Hello.”
Minjae greeted Ara and then looked straight at Isu.
“Long time no see, Isu.”
The awkward look in Isu’s eyes collided with Minjae’s welcoming gaze.
Minjae’s smiling voice trembled a bit.
Isu, who was too surprised to speak easily, finally opened his mouth.
“Uh… Long time no see.”
Having exchanged greetings, Isu blinked his eyes slowly.
Although he had heard the news about Minjae taking the exam again, there had been no one to convey any further information about him since then.
Isu glanced over the other school buses standing in the playground with his eyes.
‘He must have entered medical school this year.’
“Oh, what? Were you two acquainted?”
Ara, who alternately looked at Minjae and Isu, shouted in surprise.
Ara, who didn’t know the circumstances, seemed even happier with the connection between the two.
“Oh. We’re high school classmates.”
“Wow! Really? Then we’re the same age. So, we can talk comfortably. Is that okay?”
Ara, who thought Minjae was a year younger because he was in his first year, smiled and asked.
Age wasn’t important, but being the same age rather than younger was more welcome.
Minjae nodded his head toward Ara.
“Since we’re going to work together for the next three days and four nights, it’s better to talk comfortably. Well, I greeted you the day before yesterday, but my name is Kim Minjae.”
“Yeah. I’m Hana Ara.”
Ara, who didn’t imagine that the handsome guy she mentioned on the phone would be Minjae, smiled and introduced herself. Isu looked at Ara, who was chatting happily with Minjae, with a stunned expression.
‘I promised to help Ara do well, but what should I do in this situation?’
“Isu, why aren’t you saying anything?”
Ara pressed Isu’s arm, who was standing blankly, keeping his mouth shut.
“Oh, it was too unexpected.”
“Isu, let’s do well.”
“Huh?”
Isu opened his eyes wide at Ara’s words.
“We’re in the same cooking team. Let’s try our best to cook.”
“Ah… Okay.”
Minjae grinned at Isu, who nodded his head.
Minjae deliberately checked the list of Korean university students upon hearing that Isu was coming and applied for the cooking team with the intention of being on the same team.
“Let’s go inside.”
Minjae began walking ahead.
After unpacking their belongings in the temporarily assigned classroom, they had to gather in the kitchen immediately.
The three walked side by side across the playground.
“Weren’t you two close during high school?”
“Did we seem that way?”
Minjae replied with a slight raise of his eyebrows to Ara’s question.
“Yeah. It looked a bit awkward. Weren’t you friends?”
Ara joked, laughing.
“Then, we’re friends.”
Minjae turned his head and looked at Isu.
Isu and Minjae had been close, but it could be said that they had grown apart more than anyone.
In Isu’s expressionless face, no emotion could be read.
“It seems like it’s been a long time. I haven’t seen you since graduation.”
Ara continued talking to Minjae while walking between him and Isu.
“Did you apply for the cooking team because you’re good at cooking?”
“I do like it.”
“Wow, really? That’s reassuring. Isu and I can’t cook.”
While making jokes that weren’t funny, Ara laughed at the end of each sentence.
“Isu, say something too.”
Ara lightly nudged Isu’s elbow, who hadn’t said a word since earlier.
Despite being classmates, Ara felt frustrated when she saw Isu acting dumber than someone they were meeting for the first time.
“Uh.”
Isu hesitated, not knowing what to say.
Should he tell Ara the truth about what happened between him and Minjae?
It was a somewhat ambiguous situation.
Feeling troubled without a reason, Isu suddenly felt a headache.
During the walk, Isu couldn’t hear a single word of the conversation between Minjae and Ara.
Without realizing it, they had reached the entrance of the building.
“We need to organize our things by 12, and then gather again. Let’s go inside quickly.”
Isu reminded Ara, who was mentally preoccupied with Minjae’s conversation.
“Yeah, okay.”
“We’ll talk later.”
At Minjae’s words, Isu only nodded and turned to walk away.
With a sense of regret in her eyes, Ara also followed Isu.
It was a confusing start to the volunteer activity.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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