Lee Soo watched as Ji Ho loaded Yumi into his car and drove away.
They were too far away for her to hear their conversation, but Yumi laughed brightly throughout, while Ji Ho remained expressionless.
It was 5 PM.
There were more people at the main gate than usual.
“Oh my, is that Seo Ji Ho over there? Who’s that woman next to him?”
“Isn’t that woman the Goddess of the Dance Department, Jung Yumi?”
“It seems like they’re going somewhere together. Are they dating?”
“The two are truly a handsome couple. They go well together.”
Lee Soo listened to the people’s chatter indifferently, but she couldn’t help but snort at the words ‘Goddess of the Dance Department’.
‘So Yumi is now even being called a goddess.’
It must have taken them about 3 minutes to meet and get into the car.
Even in that short time, Ji Ho had managed to draw all the people’s attention.
Even after the car had disappeared, speculation and assessment of the woman next to Ji Ho continued.
Lee Soo felt as though she was getting a preview of a situation she might face someday.
While she was lost in thought, Aera ran over and lightly hit Lee Soo on the shoulder.
“Lee Soo, let’s go.”
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The movie was thrilling and exciting throughout its running time of over 2 hours.
It was past 9 o’clock when Lee Soo said goodbye to Aera after dinner.
As she watched Aera go to the subway station and turned around, she hesitated about contacting Ji Ho.
It would be past 10 by the time they could meet if she called now.
Wouldn’t it be better to contact him late when he might not be expecting it at all?
As she walked towards the bus stop, calculating time, a bus that went straight to her home whizzed past her.
The bus stop was about 20 meters away.
Knowing she would have to wait a while if she missed this bus due to the long interval, Lee Soo started running instinctively.
Even though there was no real reason to hurry.
It was an action that overlooked her physical condition, which was moaning even while going down the stairs due to the muscle pain in her legs caused by hiking.
Suddenly, Lee Soo felt as though she was floating in midair, and then her center of gravity shifted forward, causing her to fall facefirst onto the asphalt.
“Ahhh!”
A scream involuntarily escaped her lips.
“Oh my, what do we do?”
“That must really hurt.”
The people at the bus stop said a word or two in sympathy as they watched Lee Soo.
It was a situation that made one’s eyes involuntarily furrow because she fell so miserably.
‘Wow. I feel like crying more from embarrassment than from the pain.’
Lee Soo propped herself up on her hands and struggled to lift her upper body.
She wanted to dust herself off and get up, but her legs didn’t have enough strength.
As soon as she managed to stand up, she saw a passing taxi and waved her hand frantically.
All she wanted was to get away from this place as quickly as possible.
As soon as she sat down in the taxi, Lee Soo let out a long sigh of relief.
Only when the embarrassment subsided did she feel a strong pain from her injured leg.
Looking at her leg, she saw that her pants were torn, and blood was visible through the tear.
‘Really, anything and everything is happening today. I should definitely not meet Ji Ho.’
Lee Soo took out her phone and sent a message to Ji Ho.
Ji Ho, let’s meet next time. Sorry for contacting you late.
She wrote a long message but then deleted it all and sent a short one instead.
Is something wrong?
The reply came immediately.
As she was considering what to reply, a call came from Ji Ho.
“Hello.”
“I’m on my way home.”
[Okay.]He hung up the call.
What does he mean by ‘okay’?
Lee Soo took the phone away from her ear and checked the screen again to make sure the call had ended.
She wondered if he was angry, but she didn’t feel like calling him back to soothe his feelings.
As time passed, the pain became more intense, as if she had cracked a bone.
After all, it was because she was taking a taxi. If she had taken it from the beginning, she wouldn’t have been hurt like this.
‘Why did I run for no reason?’
She was in pain, but more than that, the situation was annoying, and she scowled.
About 20 minutes later, Lee Soo got off in front of her house and hobbled along.
It didn’t seem like she had broken a bone since she was still able to walk.
But the pain from the grazes and bruises was quite sharp and irritating.
Her beige pants were ruined with blood stains.
Just imagining the pain she would have to endure while disinfecting the wound made her grimace.
As Lee Soo was looking at her miserable knee and walking, a large shadow approached from behind.
“Lee Soo,”
“Huh? Seo Ji Ho…”
Lee Soo whipped her head around.
Embarrassment took precedence over joy.
Once again, she found herself in this predicament.
“Why are your legs like that? Did you fall?”
Surprised, Ji Ho kneeled to inspect the wound on Lee Soo’s leg.
“Do you need to go to the hospital?”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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