Lee Soo, still lost in the afterglow, couldn’t take her eyes off him.
She wanted to keep looking at him, unable to shake off the feeling from the performance.
Though Jiho was the same person, he seemed different before and after singing.
“Do you like me that much?”
“Yeah. Honestly, today… I think I fell for you.”
How to describe this feeling? A whirlwind of indescribable excitement and throbbing emotion swirled in her heart.
She thought she wouldn’t be mesmerized by Jiho playing the piano again, but today, she experienced even more.
“You’re just falling for me now? Wow… that’s harsh.”
Jiho burst into a hearty laugh.
Feeling both happy and somewhat incredulous, Lee Soo pondered if it was a relief that she finally fell for him, albeit late.
“Your singing… it was really good. You could be a real singer.”
Lee Soo still vividly remembered Jiho’s songs echoing in her ears, making her heart flutter just thinking about them.
Jiho glanced sideways at her.
It was the first time Lee Soo had turned her body entirely towards Jiho while riding together.
Jiho was seeing this side of Lee Soo for the first time.
Not even when he had given her an expensive necklace did she have this expression.
“Looks like all I needed to win you over was my singing, not my looks.”
Jiho couldn’t help but laugh, realizing that singing was the key to Lee Soo’s heart.
He had guessed it when she spoke happily about J(제이).
“Yep, seems like it.”
Lee Soo agreed, without hesitation.
“The songs I sang today were all for you.”
Lee Soo’s face lit up with joy, but she blushed, unable to hide her excitement.
“Ah, but you didn’t drink any alcohol, did you?”
Though it seemed too late to ask, given they were already driving, Lee Soo’s curiosity got the better of her.
“It was obvious I wouldn’t. I drove here, so I had to stay sober.”
“Why did you bring your car on a bar night?”
“To comfortably take you home. You must’ve been really tired, right?”
Lee Soo suddenly remembered her fatigue, which she had momentarily forgotten amidst the excitement.
The kitchen had been a frenzy, mostly thanks to someone.
“It was crazy. Orders were non-stop.”
Lee Soo’s tone turned slightly chilly.
“You were really popular.”
Her tone had changed from earlier.
Jiho glanced at her, feeling like he had done something wrong despite not actually having done so.
“Now that I think about it, those women who came to see you must have felt the same as me.”
Lee Soo looked directly at Jiho, her words sounding half-questioning, half-stating.
Jiho pressed his lips together, not knowing how to respond.
“Did you see them? They were cheering and looking at you with adoration. Did you like it? People were filming your performance, going crazy. You were so impressive in front of everyone. But that’s something I only want for myself. You did that on purpose…”
Suddenly, Jiho leaned in and deeply kissed Lee Soo, taking advantage of a red traffic light.
“What… Why all of a sudden?”
Lee Soo blushed, startled by the sudden kiss.
“You make it impossible for me to resist.”
As the light turned green, the car smoothly started again.
Jiho resumed driving as if nothing had happened.
“I told you, it feels good when you get jealous. It’s exhilarating and cute, hard to resist.”
Flustered by the unexpected kiss, Lee Soo slightly rolled her eyes.
“You know I only had eyes for you, right? Don’t you still realize that?”
Jiho spoke with a tender voice.
Why doesn’t it get easier, getting used to Jiho’s confessions?
Lee Soo’s heart started racing again.
“From now on, every time you say things like that, I’ll make sure to remind you. You don’t need to be jealous of anyone.”
Jiho turned briefly to look at Lee Soo’s face and smiled gently.
“Okay.”
Lee Soo whispered in a barely audible voice.
‘This is why I can’t help but fall for you.’
Why do you have to be so charming today of all days?
“It’s good you realize now. I don’t mind continuing to reassure you.”
The drive home felt unusually short today.
Jiho’s car soon arrived in front of Lee Soo’s house.
“We’re already here. It would have been nice if your house was farther away.”
Lee Soo felt the same reluctance to part.
The excitement of the evening made it seem unlikely she would fall asleep easily.
The car clock showed 11:30 PM.
Jiho must be as tired as I am.
“Thanks for the ride.”
Lee Soo’s tone dripped with reluctance as she spoke slowly.
As she unbuckled her seatbelt, Jiho also began to unbuckle his.
“Lee Soo.”
Jiho’s long arm reached out and pulled her closer.
Though he hadn’t drunk a sip of alcohol, something warm seemed to stir in his chest as he embraced her.
Each time he had to part from Lee Soo, Jiho felt like he was caught in a tug-of-war between intense desire and cool rationality.
“I really don’t want to say goodbye… what should I do…”
Jiho’s soft voice tickled her ears with sincerity.
Instead of responding, Lee Soo wrapped her arms around Jiho’s broad back and held him tightly.
The scent emanating from Jiho’s embrace was so pleasant that Lee Soo took a deep breath.
‘I wish I could fall asleep buried in this scent all night.’
It was the first time Lee Soo had ever felt such a desire.
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.”
_____
Please help me, I want to bring you the best possible things.
If you find any chapter or novel with poor translation and editing quality, let me know by commenting directly under that novel or chapter. I will retranslate it as soon as possible.
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]
