After Seunghyo was born, Junhwi and Yeonwoo sold their villa in Hannam-dong and moved to an apartment where the kindergarten, nursery, and elementary school were all close by.
The most significant advantage was being able to walk to the kindergarten in just 5 minutes.
However, on this particular day, the kindergarten within that 5-minute distance boasted a ruggedness comparable to the Himalayan trekking course.
“Wow! Look at the ladybug!”
It was all due to Kwon Seunghyo, who meddled with every trivial thing on the road.
“Dad, look at this! There’s a ladybug.”
“Yeah, there’s a ladybug.”
It was precarious. If he knew it would be like this, he should have driven instead. Junhwi continually checked the time, showing a soulless reaction.
But the child, who didn’t need to understand adult circumstances, busily poked the ladybug with his fingertips.
“Look, it’s rolled into a ball. Dad, you try it too.”
Going a step further, Seunghyo grabbed Junhwi’s suit hem and shook it, urging him to touch the ladybug with sparkling eyes.
“No, I’ll pass.”
“Why?”
“It’s a bug.”
“So what?”
“You shouldn’t touch bugs.”
“But Seunghyo touched it.”
It was a meaningless struggle.
It’s more efficient to quickly comply with the request and finish it. Junhwi unbuttoned his jacket, pulled his pants up, and awkwardly crouched down.
Phew. Taking a deep breath, he bravely touched the ladybug, which, in turn, promptly scampered away from its round body.
“Waaah!”
Eventually, Seunghyo burst into tears.
“My ladybug!”
“…I’m sorry.”
“Dad chased away the ladybug!”
“I’m sorry. That wasn’t my intention.”
Why do I have to touch a bug and apologize since morning? While continuously apologizing, Junhwi began to doubt if this was the right thing to do.
Anyway, to quickly appease Seunghyo and reach the destination, Junhwi sincerely apologized.
“It’s okay. Just be careful next time.”
Thanks to Junhwi’s apology, Seunghyo’s mood improved again, and he ran ahead with a cheerful laugh.
“Dad! Dad!”
Standing not far away, he gestured to Junhwi.
What now? Junhwi approached Seunghyo, keeping a smooth smile on his face.
“Sunflowers are cool!”
Pointing at the dandelions, Seunghyo laughed happily.
“Yeah, dandelions are cool.”
“No, it’s a sunflower!”
“Seunghyo, this is a dandelion.”
Junhwi was captivated by the sense of duty to teach his son the right thing.
“Why?”
“Sunflowers need to grow bigger. They can reach an average length of 2 meters.”
“What’s 2 meters?”
Fluttering his eyelashes, Seunghyo interrupted Junhwi’s words.
“Um. It needs to be taller than Dad.”
“Lies!”
“It’s true.”
“What’s bigger than Dad? Our Dad is the biggest in the world!”
The brave little shoulders swayed.
Ah, even in the midst of this, he was moved by the child’s words, which praised Dad as the biggest.
Junhwi felt a strange mix of pride and frustration, pounding his chest.
“Thank you, Seunghyo. Anyway, that flower is a dandelion.”
“Sunflower! It’s yellow!”
“Dandelions are yellow too.”
“Then those are sunflowers too!”
“…Alright. Let’s call them sunflowers.”
There you go, I lost, I admit it. Junhwi nodded vigorously, lifting his hand in surrender.
Whether it’s a sunflower or a dandelion, the colorful and vibrant entrance of the kindergarten was right in front of their noses. Once they reached there, all the troubles would come to an end.
Somehow, he should have known from the time he endured Dad’s suffering from his stomach to his mouth. Seunghyo’s stubbornness to overcome Dad was already foreseen.
“Yeah. Sunflowers are pretty.”
Having resigned himself, Junhwi felt relieved. Responding enthusiastically, he praised the dandelions as if they were sunflowers.
“Sunflowers are truly watching the sun well.”
He gave up on being late or anything else. Junhwi just wanted to finish this challenging adventure towards the kindergarten.
As Junhwi was holding a dandelion and expressing his thoughts in any way that came to his mind, it happened.
“Mom, that uncle sitting down there looks strange.”
A passing elementary school student pointed to me, poking his mom next to him, looking at Junhwi.
“He keeps calling dandelions sunflowers while looking at them.”
“Shh, be quiet.”
“Why? Isn’t it strange? Adults can’t even tell the difference between dandelions and sunflowers.”
“Just pretend you don’t know and hurry up!”
The child’s mom next to me deliberately turned away from Junhwi and quickly walked by.
“Sigh.”
The wrinkles caught in the suit were disheartening. Still, as Seunghyo, who was cheerfully chattering away, looked happy, Junhwi felt happiness in his son’s sincere smile without any ulterior motives.
“Oh, sir!”
Seunghyo’s homeroom teacher, the Rabbit Class teacher, greeted Junhwi and Seunghyo enthusiastically as soon as she saw them.
“Long time no see!”
“Hello.”
“Yes, Seunghyo was boasting yesterday that ‘Dad will come tomorrow’… But, are you okay somewhere?”
It was easy to be misunderstood. His neat hair was already starting to fall apart, and despite it being spring, Junhwi was already showing signs of sweating heavily.
“Parenting must be tough.”
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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