As Cheon Shinwoo’s calm voice continued, my mind also settled down. These were facts I already knew, but hearing them again helped put things in perspective.
Cheon Shinwoo looked down at me.
“Ms. Hayoung, you’ve been unconscious for about three days. You even coughed up blood… We moved you to a private room to check for any other issues.”
“But why are you, the guild leader, my guardian…?”
“It’s an unprecedented situation. Everyone else had a guardian, but you didn’t.”
That didn’t seem like the real issue.
I had something stuck in my throat, but the awkward feeling prevented me from speaking out.
I understood that the guild provided compensation for the unusual event, but what did that have to do with him becoming my guardian?
Let’s not probe further. It’s better not to stir up trouble.
I briefly responded with “I see,” and then lay back down.
“…”
“…”
Cheon Shinwoo stayed, watching me. His gaze felt intense.
He should be busy. Why is he still here? I wish he would leave.
I had a lot to think about, and with someone here, I couldn’t focus…
“…What happened to the gate?”
Finally, I couldn’t hold back and had to ask. Cheon Shinwoo sat in the visitor’s chair and smiled.
“I closed it. It was an S-grade gate with not much to gain for its difficulty… It’s common sense to close dangerous gates, right?”
“Closed it… Wait, what?”
“The association complained about me unilaterally closing an irregular gate… But there’s no point in keeping a gate open with death and illusion attributes for long. Besides, once it’s become irregular, there’s no guarantee it won’t cause problems again, right?”
“…Did you close it yourself?”
“Yes. Directly.”
I remembered the last image of Cheon Shinwoo in the gate. Come to think of it, he resembled someone I knew…
His shocked expression almost triggered a memory, but my mind was too foggy.
More importantly, if an anomaly occurred, that’s a big problem. Not just for the association but also for Cheonrang. It must have caused a crisis in the accounting team too.
…I’m an injured person, so I don’t have to go to work right away, right?
As I was mulling over these thoughts, his persistent gaze followed my face.
“Anything else you’re curious about?”
“…Do you know what happened to my belongings?”
He kept talking to me, relentlessly. Isn’t he supposed to be busier than the president? I blurted out anything.
His expression slightly frowned at my words.
“Oops, forget I said that. I’m sorry.”
“Ha.”
He laughed quickly at my correction. He turned his head and even covered his mouth to laugh, looking quite elegant.
“Ahaha! Sorry, you remind me of my sibling.”
“Excuse me?”
After laughing for a while, he reached out and patted my head. His laughing face was shocking enough, but the sensation of him patting my head felt even more surreal.
Cheon Shinwoo, he was the one. Infamous for spreading his name far and wide as a madman in the so-called Dog Leash Incident.
Always grim-faced on the news, making bombshell announcements whenever he opened his mouth. Politicians who always want to control and keep hunters under their thumb tread lightly around him, and here he was, laughing elegantly and patting my head?
A little force in that hand, and my head could burst pitifully.
Is this some kind of sophisticated threat? Though there’s nothing to gain by threatening someone who has nothing.
I rolled my eyes in panic, and Cheon Shinwoo took his hand off my head. Then, he just stared at his hand.
What… does he want? Surely, he’s not planning to explode my head… As I swallowed my unease, a faint sound reached my ears.
“Hmm…”
“Uh…”
Better to ask about something else. I cautiously called out, and his blue eyes immediately focused on me.
I had started the conversation, but I wasn’t sure what to ask. He didn’t rush me, but that made me even more nervous.
Should I ask him why he’s doing this? But what if I get an answer that I can’t handle?
“Did you have a sibling?”
Such a pitiful question I ended up asking.
And right after I asked, it struck me. Family and siblings were Cheon Shinwoo’s landmines. Extreme landmines.
His gaze fell on me. His blue eyes were clear and transparent, but it was impossible to discern his thoughts. Soon, he spoke.
“If he had lived, he would have grown up just like Ms. Hayoung.”
“Ah…”
He spoke in a soft voice and fiddled with his hands.
“Noisy, boisterous… He was a sibling with no cute traits at all.”
Cheon Shinwoo, looking at his hands, then shifted his gaze to me. He spoke naturally, as if sharing an everyday story.
“It’s already been 16 years. Still, if I had known this would happen, I would have treated him better.”
What thoughts might he have had back then as a middle school student, living in a different world from mine? For a brief moment, I felt a kinship with this man who lived in a different reality. His blue eyes, gazing at me, remained kind and gentle.
Suddenly, I thought of my lost brother. He too, if alive, might be looking for me like Cheon Shinwoo. Yet, his absence till now meant…
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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