Romance for You (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 4
The place Seo Ji Ho led me to was his car parked on the narrow path beside the library.
“Get in.”
Ji Ho said as he opened the passenger door.
As soon as Lee Su got in, she caught Seo Ji Ho’s scent inside the car.
Ji Ho, now seated in the driver’s seat, took out a perfume from the console box.
It was a brown bottle with an elegant design and a golden crown-shaped cap.
“Oh, this is it! Wait a sec.”
Lee Su reached for her phone to take a photo, but Ji Ho quickly held the perfume over her phone.
“Take this.”
“Huh?”
Lee Su looked at Ji Ho with wide eyes.
“It’s a perfume hard to find in Korea. Even if you take a picture, you still won’t be able to buy it.”
“Oh… But how can I just take something you use?”
“I’ve got another one at home. This one’s almost empty, so don’t worry about it.”
Ji Ho placed the perfume on Lee Su’s hand.
“You remembered it because of this scent, right? That means you liked it that much. Don’t refuse it—just take it.”
His expression was completely casual, as if this were nothing at all.
Lee Su hesitated about whether she should accept it, but Seo Ji Ho, smiling lightly, truly seemed to think nothing of it.
“…Thank you. And though it’s late, thank you again for what you did on the plane that day.”
Lee Su said, fiddling with the perfume bottle.
“I didn’t really do much.”
Ji Ho shrugged slightly, turned toward the passenger seat, and looked at Lee Su.
In response, Lee Su, who had been wearing a soft smile, now met his gaze with calm eyes.
Their eyes locked in silence, each holding the other’s gaze for a long moment.
Lee Su wordlessly recalled that day.
How much did Seo Ji Ho remember?
Did he remember all of me—crying all night, tear-streaked?
She hoped that, with time, those memories had faded.
She looked at him, wishing that even if he remembered, he’d pretend not to.
It was Ji Ho who looked away first.
It seemed this was the first time he’d met a woman who could so calmly accept his full attention.
Then again, perhaps it was Ji Ho himself who had been receiving that gaze all along.
His deep, dark brown eyes seemed almost as if they were speaking to her.
Unfamiliar with such a look, Ji Ho’s eyes flickered faintly—it was a new experience for him.
When Ji Ho faced forward again, Lee Su slowly turned her head too.
Raindrops streaming down the window formed a curtain, blocking their view.
Inside the car, filled only with the sound of rain drumming on the roof, the awkward silence made it feel like they were cut off from the rest of the world.
Every breath of air was filled with Seo Ji Ho’s scent.
Just as Lee Su was about to decide it was time to get out of the car,
Ji Ho, having fastened his seatbelt, started the engine and asked,
“Where do you live?”
Lee Su looked at Ji Ho with an expression that asked why he’d even ask that.
“I’ll drive you. It’s raining too hard.”
“No, it’s fine.”
Lee Su waved her hands vigorously as she spoke.
The idea of Seo Ji Ho driving her all the way home seemed utterly absurd.
“If you’d just lend me your umbrella…”
“I’m not lending you the umbrella, so just tell me your address.”
Ji Ho cut her off and immediately opened the navigation search bar without hesitation.
**
Outside the moving car, the windshield wipers tirelessly swept away the rain.
Cars, unable to speed up, stretched out in long lines along each lane, crawling like turtles.
The vehicle ahead lit up its red brake lights brightly once again and came to a stop.
The heavier the traffic and the harder the rain fell, the darker Lee Su’s expression became.
The comfortable seat surrounding her body began to feel like a bed of nails.
“You look like you’re dying from discomfort. Loosen up a bit.”
Ji Ho glanced sideways and said.
“I feel bad… because of me, for no reason…”
“Don’t feel bad. I offered to drive you myself.”
“…”
“I’d have done the same for anyone in this rain. Just relax.”
“…Thanks.”
“Yesterday, I saw you happily hand your heavy bag to Kang Dong Woo…”
Ji Ho suddenly blurted out something that came to mind, feeling that saying anything would be better than silence.
He’d also been a little curious.
“That’s different.”
“So you’re uncomfortable with me but comfortable with him?”
Lee Su remained silently still.
“Looks like that’s really how it is.”
“We were in the same class in our first year of high school.”
“High school classmates… That’s quite a while ago.”
He recalled Kang Dong Woo, looking at Jeong I Su with overflowing warmth,
and how he’d made that ridiculous comment about coming to find her.
“Have you been close since then?”
“Yeah.”
“Just… friends?”
“Yeah.”
Her answer, without a hint of hesitation, carried not a trace of emotion.
Ji Ho remembered how sensitive Kang Dong Woo had been toward him and gave a short laugh.
“But how did you know I joined the ski club?”
Lee Su asked, as if suddenly remembering.
“Heard it from Ha Jun.”
“Oh, so you’re close with Ha Jun. Is that why you joined the club?”
“Huh? Yeah. Something like that.”
Why had he joined, anyway?
If he said it was just on impulse, she’d probably think he was ridiculous.
“Drop me off there.”
While the navigation instructed a right turn ahead, Lee Su pointed toward the alley entrance.
It was still raining.
“It’s still raining—let me take you right to your door.”
“No, I’ll get out here. It’d be a hassle to go all the way into the alley for nothing.”
Though he didn’t find it bothersome at all, Ji Ho decided this was enough and didn’t press further.
“Alright, then.”
“Thanks to you, I got here comfortably. Thank you.”
Comfortable? She’d sat there looking uncomfortable the whole time.
Ji Ho turned his head slightly and suppressed a low chuckle.
“I keep ending up thanking you over and over…”
Lee Su said with a slightly embarrassed look.
Ji Ho had seen many women who’d say thank you for trivial things and then insist on treating him to meals, drinks, or coffee.
Was Jeong I Su about to say something equally predictable?
Ji Ho tilted his head slightly, waiting for her next words.
“…How am I ever going to repay all this?”
He couldn’t tell if she was asking him or just thinking aloud.
Her thoughtful expression even looked rather serious.
Time passed, but her tightly closed lips wouldn’t part.
Was she really not going to say anything cliché?
Or was she just hesitating?
“Then how about we have a meal together? Or drinks. You can treat me, since you’re so grateful…”
Unable to bear the lengthening silence, Ji Ho spoke first.
Had he ever initiated such an invitation before? Thinking back, it seemed this was the first time.
But did it really matter who spoke first?
If she was hesitating, he might as well speak up for her.
“…”
Instead of answering, Lee Su looked at Ji Ho with an uneasy expression.
It was Ji Ho who felt flustered now.
“What? Is that not okay?”
Reading her expression, a faint frown appeared on Ji Ho’s forehead.
“Not like that. I’d like to repay you the way you helped me.”
She wanted to repay him exactly as he’d done for her—as if he’d done her some grand favor.
Caught completely off guard by her unexpected answer, Ji Ho let out an incredulous laugh.
So she didn’t want to have a meal with him, then.
“If you ever need my help, just let me know.”
Lee Su said with a calm smile.
Seriously, she was being kind all the way to the end.
Help? What help was she even talking about?
For the first time in his life, facing such an impenetrable wall, Ji Ho felt his neck grow warm.
“Your number.”
Still wearing a trace of a smile, Ji Ho held out his phone to Lee Su.
Lee Su looked at him, startled.
Ever since they’d first met yesterday, Seo Ji Ho had been bold in every way.
His confident, relaxed demeanor made his actions flow as naturally and assuredly as water.
His distinctive aura—overwhelming others with gentle eyes—seemed innate.
Lee Su swallowed hard.
She couldn’t let herself be swept away by his presence.
“What? Is this not okay either?”
Ji Ho narrowed his eyes slightly as he asked.
“You said to let you know if I needed help. Was that just an empty phrase?”
“…No.”
After a moment’s hesitation, Lee Su finally answered.
After all, sharing numbers was normal enough for clubmates.
Lee Su entered her number into Ji Ho’s phone and handed it back.
As Ji Ho pressed the call button, Lee Su’s phone rang.
“Save it. I’ll contact you when I need your help.”
Ji Ho said with a faint smile.
Lee Su stared blankly at the unfamiliar number on her screen, then typed in the three letters “Seo Ji Ho” for the new contact.
This was the first time she’d exchanged numbers like this.
“Take this and go.”
As Lee Su undid her seatbelt, Ji Ho handed her an umbrella.
“Thank you. When should I return the umbrella?”
“…Next week. I’ll contact you.”
Ji Ho paused briefly before answering.
He’d readily given her a rare, expensive perfume, yet insisted on getting back an umbrella he’d received as a souvenir.
Thinking about it now, it was kind of ridiculous.
**
Yoo Mi stepped out of the café.
She held a milk tea in one hand and an umbrella in the other.
She’d specifically come out after seeing off her relatives, craving milk tea desperately.
Walking while watching the ground to avoid stepping into puddles, Yoo Mi happened to lift her head.
In the distance, she spotted a magnificent car that instantly caught her eye.
“Oh! That’s the exact same car as Ji Ho oppa’s!”
Just seeing the same car model brought a gentle smile to Yoo Mi’s face.
It wasn’t a common model—same type, same color, down to the detail.
Curious, Yoo Mi kept her eyes fixed on the car as she walked toward it.
The car remained parked at the alley entrance with its red lights on for quite a while.
Then, click.
The passenger door opened.
Yoo Mi stopped in her tracks and her eyes widened.
From the slightly opened door, an umbrella poked out, and beneath its fully opened canopy, a woman stepped out.
As the woman straightened and turned around, her pale, clear face appeared under the umbrella.
At that moment, Yoo Mi blinked several times, her eyes growing wider.
The car remained completely still as the woman walked toward the alley.
When Yoo Mi drew closer, she caught a glimpse through the half-lowered passenger window— the man’s profile became briefly visible.
Recognizing Ji Ho at a glance, Yoo Mi’s lips parted helplessly.
“Oh!”
Just then, the window slid shut smoothly, and the car glided out of the alley like a whisper.
Only after the woman’s back had vanished completely did Yoo Mi exclaim,
“This can’t be happening!”
Feeling her heart pounding wildly, Yoo Mi quickened her pace.
Then she began to run.
**
Lee Su carefully pulled open the front door.
Fortunately, she sensed no one was home.
She went up to the second floor, opened her umbrella on the terrace, and entered the bathroom.
She ran hot water into the bathtub with bubble bath, then stepped back out.
She set down the perfume Ji Ho had given her on the vanity in the powder room and sank into the chair.
Staring blankly at the perfume for a while, Lee Su finally opened the cap and sprayed it into the air.
As the scent filled her lungs, Seo Ji Ho naturally came to mind—
his profile as he drove ahead, his gentle smile, his soothing voice, his incredulous laughter, and that unfamiliar number.
Suddenly, she thought the perfume resembled Seo Ji Ho.
Both had a rare, distinctive presence and an elegant aura.
‘It suits Seo Ji Ho perfectly.’
Perhaps due to the awkward atmosphere and her tension, Lee Su felt utterly exhausted, her neck stiff as a board.
She’d said she came comfortably, yet nothing about it had been comfortable at all.
Just as Lee Su was about to head back into the bathroom, rubbing her sore neck,
Yoo Mi suddenly burst into the room without even knocking.
Her face was flushed red, beads of sweat glistening on her forehead.
“You… and Ji Ho oppa… what’s going on between you two…?”
Her breath came in rough gasps, chopping her words into fragments as if she might faint.
“What?”
Lee Su furrowed her brow.
It took her a moment to realize “Ji Ho oppa” referred to Seo Ji Ho.
“Why did he drive you all the way home!”
Yoo Mi’s eyes, wide and unblinking, glared at Lee Su as if stabbing her, her heavy breathing sounding almost like a growl.
Barging into the room out of nowhere just to ask what kind of relationship she had with Seo Ji Ho?
And who exactly did Yoo Mi think she was?
Staring at Yoo Mi’s distorted face, Lee Su spoke calmly.
“I don’t know what kind of relationship you think you have with him, but I have no relationship with him whatsoever.”
That should shut her up for good.
Lee Su had no desire to deal with Yoo Mi any longer.
“Is that all? I need to shower, so please leave now.”
Lee Su left Yoo Mi standing there and stepped into the bathroom, sinking into the bubbly tub.
Ji Ho oppa…
Lee Su closed her tired eyes tightly.
When the male lead is punished by carrying the female lead’s child and having periods like a woman
“I’ve given birth to two children for you, yet you still think about him.
Was I nothing but his substitute to you from beginning to end?”
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, transmigrates to a female-dominated country.
Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to date them than in modern times?
Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!
Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!
Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.
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