The original Korean paragraph contains 30 lines. Here is the English translation, maintaining the exact same number of lines:
“Guys, where should we go now? It’s only 9 o’clock.”
Da-eun, having finished dinner, sparkled with excitement as if the night was just beginning.
Lee Soo, usually more of a listener than a talker, felt drained as if all her energy had been sapped away.
She wanted nothing more than to go home and rest right now.
However, considering they had met after a long time and Da-eun had come from far, Lee Soo couldn’t bring herself to suggest parting ways.
“Hey, let’s go to a club.”
Do-yeon suddenly suggested with sparkling eyes.
“Oh. A club? Should we?”
“Yeah. Let’s go. I’ve never been to a club in Seoul. It’ll be so exciting.”
Min-ju and Da-eun enthusiastically agreed with Do-yeon’s suggestion.
Lee Soo’s eyes shook as if hit by an earthquake.
A club, all of a sudden.
She’d stand out if she was the only one not going.
Deep wrinkles formed on Lee Soo’s forehead.
“Guys, but, it might be really crowded today…….”
She added cautiously, but her excited friends seemed not to hear her.
A club in Hongdae on a Saturday evening.
The mere thought gave Lee Soo a headache.
[Star icon][Star icon]“The line seems unusually long today.”
Ha-joon commented, looking at the long queue behind the club entrance.
“Then we don’t have to go.”
Ji-ho said with a displeased expression.
Though he came reluctantly, dragged by Ha-joon, he wasn’t fond of noisy clubs.
“Hey, why are you like that? Forgot it’s my birthday?”
“Let’s just do what Ha-joon wants today.”
“Yeah. He’s paying for everything.”
Sung-hoon and Jun-woo joined in from the side.
“It’s not like we only go today, pretending it’s a rare occasion.”
Grumbling, Ji-ho followed Ha-joon, pulling out his phone.
He had texted Lee Soo the truth about going to the club, but she hadn’t replied yet.
“Huh?”
Ha-joon, walking ahead, suddenly stopped and tilted his head, pausing in his steps.
“That looked like Lee Soo.”
Muttering to himself, he turned around and started walking in the opposite direction.
“Hey, where are you going?”
Sung-hoon and Jun-woo turned their heads, following Ha-joon.
Ji-ho stopped in his tracks.
He was in the middle of texting Lee Soo, his eyes still fixed on the phone screen.
Ha-joon walked briskly up to a group of girls and stopped.
“Oh, it is Lee Soo!”
He joyfully exclaimed upon seeing Lee Soo standing in the long line leading to the club.
Ha-joon leaned forward as if to double-check it was really her.
“Oh! Lee Ha-joon!”
Lee Soo was equally surprised to see Ha-joon.
Turning her gaze slightly, she caught Ji-ho’s eyes over Ha-joon’s shoulder.
Ji-ho deliberately lifted the phone in his hand.
Lee Soo took out her phone from her bag and checked the message.
Realizing too late she had been dragged to the club because of Ha-joon, she felt a belated regret.
‘I should have told him beforehand when in a relationship. Got so busy, I forgot to contact him, he must be upset.’
Embarrassed, Lee Soo’s face turned red.
She nervously tucked her hair behind her ear, fiddling with her nape.
The original Korean paragraph contains 30 lines. Here is the English translation, maintaining the exact same number of lines:
Ji-ho was intently observing Lee Soo, who looked different than usual.
She wore a short dress that accentuated her slender figure and high heels.
Her eyes, nose, and lips appeared more distinct and intense due to her makeup.
Had her high school friend she was meeting been a guy, Ji-ho might have been green with jealousy.
‘Good that she’s dressed up so pretty to meet her girlfriends, but she was lining up for a club?’
The thought that she got all dressed up to go clubbing with her friends brought a slight smile to his face.
Ji-ho suppressed the urge to go over to Lee Soo right away.
“Wow, I almost didn’t recognize you. You’re a completely different person outside of school.”
Ha-joon openly expressed his surprise seeing Lee Soo.
“You recognized me and yet you say that.”
Lee Soo felt shy seeing Ha-joon and Ji-ho, who looked just as surprised.
On days like this, I really shouldn’t meet anyone I know.
“I have eagle eyes, that’s why I recognized you. But Lee Soo, are you also in line for the club?”
“Uh? Oh. My friends kept insisting on going.”
Lee Soo emphasized that it wasn’t her own choice to be there.
“Lee Soo, who is this?”
Da-eun asked.
“Ah. He’s a club friend. I’m in the ski club.”
“All of them?”
Da-eun gestured slightly towards the group that seemed to be with Ha-joon.
“Not all, just…”
“Hello? We are Lee Soo’s high school friends.”
Do-yeon interjected, linking arms with Lee Soo and greeting Ha-joon.
“Ah, hello?”
“Since we’ve met like this, how about we go have a drink together? It’s hard even standing in this line… What do you think, Lee Soo?”
Do-yeon looked back and forth between Ha-joon and Lee Soo, making a sudden proposal.
It was she who first suggested going to the club.
“You guys would prefer that, right?”
“Uh-huh. I’m fine with it… Da-eun, you?”
“I’m good too.”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
