In a job-scarce era, it’s not uncommon to fire a well-performing employee to make room for an unemployed nephew. Yes, they can do that.
The only thing I resented was that I should have quit that damn company first!
“Status window.”
I shouted angrily after emptying four cans of beer. Nothing changed.
“Status window, status window, status window!”
The more nothing changed, the more my frustration grew. People walking in the park gave me curious glances.
“She must be an aspiring Awakened. Acting like that won’t make her awaken…”
I know. I know! But I’m a Returnee! Even if I don’t have fancy skills, shouldn’t I at least be able to see my status window?!
“Sigh…”
No more beer to drink, just sighs escaped me.
I didn’t want to go back to my mold-infested home. Checking my phone, my contact list was pitifully sparse.
“Everyone who returns awakens and lives well, why only me! Why only me!”
Still, calling the one contact I managed to find made me feel wronged again. But the drunken outburst of a half-intoxicated person reached no one…
Light seeped through my eyelids. The alarm, set for a fixed time, rang along with my headache. Annoyed, I reached to turn off the alarm and then jolted awake in shock.
I’m crazy! Drinking like that on a weekday!
But then I remembered I had been unfairly fired from my job.
That’s right, I don’t have to go to work anymore. Turning off the alarm, I drank some water and lay back down.
I slept deeply until noon. Normally I would never sleep that late, but perhaps due to the alcohol, I didn’t dream and slept soundly.
My head throbbed with a headache, accompanied by an upset stomach.
After washing up, I opened the fridge to find a shriveled onion. When did I buy that…
The cupboard was devoid of even a single pack of ramen. Despair washed over me. It really was one thing after another.
With no other choice, I put on my coat and stumbled out the door.
Ordering bean sprout ramen at a nearby restaurant finally made me feel a bit more human. Eating hangover soup on a weekday noon – the epitome of being unemployed.
The owner’s gaze seemed to carry a tinge of pity as she looked at me, but that must have been my imagination. I just smiled nonchalantly and watched the TV. The news was on.
“The infamous S-grade gate known as ‘Black One-Day’. Cheon Shin-woo, known for solo raiding Black One-Day, which even the elite party of Amwol couldn’t conquer, continues his shocking exploits…”
The face on the screen was familiar. Not someone I personally knew, but a face known by everyone in this country.
Cheon Shin-woo, South Korea’s top-ranked. A first-generation Awakened and the indisputable strongest S-grade hunter.
He was a shining existence.
“Next, we have an interview with Cheon Shin-woo of Cheonrang. You insisted on solo raiding this boss. Any particular reason?”
“No need to drag along cumbersome obstacles.”
Even his personality sparkled.
Using such language on a public broadcast news? Despite his rough words, the handsome man exuded an air of tiredness.
While someone gets fired from a small company for a meager salary, someone else solo raids S-grade gates and flaunts their arrogance.
Life feels like a luck-based lousy game, but does it have to be this bad?
Just as I was about to sink into sorrow, a steaming bowl of bean sprout ramen was placed before me.
“Are you a fan of Cheonrang too, miss?”
The owner, who had served the food, sat near me and struck up a conversation.
“Um, yeah, sort of.”
“My daughter is crazy about him. More popular than celebrities, really… The world is changing, I tell you…”
The lady seemed bored with no customers around. I responded vaguely as she kept talking. I just focused on eating the deliciously prepared ramen.
“No matter how bright someone’s face shines, you shouldn’t be fooled. These kids today, they don’t understand, I tell you. What’s the use of a handsome face? Character matters.”
“That’s true.”
The lady lamented in front of me, not exactly a topic to discuss in front of a fan.
“All day, she’s just on weird websites. Awakening and all, she should just study quietly… She’s too young to remember the horrors of that time.”
“It can’t be helped.”
I shrugged it off casually. The horrors of that time… Anyway, everyone’s complacent, whether they experienced that era or not.
The news droned on about some gate called Black One-Day or something. It was so dangerous that not even S-grade parties could conquer it, and there were casualties, they said.
Back then, I had no particular thoughts.
Little did I know how I would become entangled with this ‘Cheon Shin-woo’, just slurping down my ramen in ignorance.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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