“Thanks, Minjun! We’re going to sell this at the market play. How about it?”
“It’s a fantastic idea!”
While Minjun was sparkling with joy, he noticed a black friend, Kobi, who was sitting alone.
Minjun felt a connection with Kobi, as if looking at himself. Kobi also hadn’t made close friends since starting kindergarten.
Minjun wanted to share the Lassi Rahul gave him with Kobi.
“Rahul, should I ask Kobi to join us?”
“Kobi? Sure!”
Rahul gladly nodded, and Minjun and Rahul approached Kobi together.
“Kobi, hi!”
“Uh, hi? Minjun, Rahul.”
“Hey, if you haven’t decided who to partner with for the market play, how about joining us? Rahul and I are going to open a Lassi store.”
“Can I join too?”
“Of course!”
Kobi’s face brightened as he stood up.
Except for three children, the others had already formed groups and were busy deciding on their stores.
In fact, Minjun, Kobi, and Rahul were somewhat on the outskirts among friends in the class. Minjun had always found it challenging to mingle easily, even before the incident with Roa. Even after that, he couldn’t easily integrate. The kids who were friends with Roa didn’t mix words with Minjun due to Roa’s interference.
Moreover, the rumor that Minjun was Taekyung’s child had spread among parents, branding him as the hidden son of the HY Group. Some parents even tried to discourage their own children from associating with Minjun.
Kobi, due to being Black, and Rahul, being Indian, also had trouble being approached by the other kids.
Thus, these three children, who were now outsiders, couldn’t express their situations accurately in words, but they empathized with each other’s feelings.
Kobi was truly grateful to Rahul and Minjun for approaching him.
“Kobi, this is Lassi that Rahul brought. It’s really delicious! Try it.”
Kobi accepted the Lassi that Minjun handed him, tasted it, and his eyes widened.
“Wow! Delicious! It’s really tasty. Are we going to sell this at the market play?”
“Yeah! How about selling something else too? What would be good?”
“Then, how about cornbread? My mom mentioned it as soul food.”
“Really? That sounds good too! Let’s sell cornbread and Lassi together, like when you buy a hamburger, and they give you cola as a set menu!”
“Wow, that’s a great idea!”
“Then, let’s not just have an Indian restaurant; let’s make it a global restaurant!”
“Sure! We can sell Indian food and American food.”
“Wow!”
The three of them decided on the menu and were extremely excited. They even chose a name for the store and created a menu board.
The menu, written in curly letters, contained English, Korean, and Hindi, giving a multicultural vibe to the signboard.
To Minjun, whether they were Black, Indian, or anything else, it didn’t matter. They were just thankful and good friends.
Later, he wanted to invite these friends to his home as well.
Minjun left school with a happy expression.
“Did something good happen to our Minjun?”
Minjun, who had not been in a good mood since the evening meal with Taekyung, approached Seoha with a bright face after a long time. Seoha opened his arms, embracing Minjun.
“Yeah. I made new friends today. Kobi and Rahul, Kobi is American, and Rahul is Indian.”
“I see.”
“Also, Kobi and Rahul and I decided to sell Lassi and cornbread at the market play.”
The kindergarten teacher said that parents should attend the market play. Minjun felt a bit sad that while other kids’ dads were coming, only his mom was coming.
Minjun thought it was okay to live without a dad, just as his mom said. However, on the other hand, he envied kids whose dads came.
What if his dad came like other kids?
Being his dad, but not there when needed, Taekyung became detestable to Minjun.
“Really? Is there anything Mom should help with?”
“No, there’s nothing. Oh, no. It would be nice if there were also Korean dishes.”
“What kind of food would be good? What’s a small and easy-to-eat snack?”
“Hmm.”
Minjun furrows his brow, contemplating with the same expression as Taekyung. Seoha looks at Minjun as if finding his contemplation adorable.
Seoha suggested to Minjun about the market play.
“We have bread and drinks. How about sweet rice syrup?”
“Rice syrup? Like candy?”
“Yeah, I’ll prepare it. I think it would be nice to sell that too.”
“Wow, Mom! Please do that!”
Minjun seemed to have forgotten about his thoughts regarding Taekyung, focusing solely on the market play.
“Mom has to come when we have the market play! I told them we would do it with Mom and Dad.”
“Really? Okay, I’ll come too, Mom.”
Minjun was overjoyed at the thought of his mom coming. Meanwhile, on the other hand, he felt annoyed that his dad wasn’t coming.
Did he go away because he hated him?
It wasn’t to the extent that he was hated so much. He kind of missed the coding teacher.
The thought of the coding teacher coming as his dad and being cool crossed Minjun’s mind.
“But, Teacher, are you going on a business trip for a long time?”
“Oh, I said I’ll sleep for seven nights and then come back. Now there are three nights left. Why? Do you miss the teacher?”
“No! Not at all! I don’t miss you!”
Minjun vigorously shook his head. It was a strong denial, as if Taekyung’s longing had been exposed.
Seoha smiled and stroked Minjun’s head.
She tried not to let her eyes turn red.
“Mom, are you crying?”
“No, no. Something got into my eyes.”
Seoha quickly wiped away the tears. Minjun, thinking of Taekyung, hugged Seoha for no reason.
The next day, Minjun went to kindergarten and gave a sample of Korean traditional snack, rice syrup, to Rahul and Kobi, saying that he would bring it for a taste.
As the syrup entered the mouths of Rahul and Kobi, their eyes widened, and they became happy at the sweet taste spreading in their mouths.
Thus, a world dessert store was created by Minjun, Rahul, and Kobi.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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