As soon as her body touched the bed, his large frame came over her, occupying her space.
Nayeong’s heart pounded wildly.
Just like a rabbit about to be caught, Nayeong opened her eyes wide and looked up when Taehyuk raised the corner of his mouth provocatively, asking, “Scared?”
Nayeong tried hard to nod.
As he lowered his head and planted hot lips on her neck, Nayeong held her breath.
It felt like her body was being sucked into his mouth with a powerful inhale.
After a while, he raised his head, looking at her face with furrowed brows, he asked seriously, “Did you really clean the fish tank today?”
Her pupils shook violently in response to his question.
She returned home at 8 PM.
When she got home, Seunghee was not there.
Nayeong went into her room and stood in front of the fish tank.
“Why are you doing this?”
“Because I think you didn’t clean it properly.”
“What?”
“Go home and check again. There must be a place you missed during cleaning.”
She felt overwhelmed, thinking about the conversation she had with Taehyuk in the hotel room.
She couldn’t tell if he didn’t believe her lie or if he genuinely thought she did a sloppy cleaning job.
To find out, she had no choice but to try cleaning the fish tank properly.
Looking at the black fish in the tank, Nayeong mumbled, “First, I should move you somewhere else.”
As it was her first time cleaning the fish tank, it was somewhat awkward and quite cumbersome.
Nevertheless, determined to do it herself, Nayeong went on step by step.
First, she moved the black fish into a glass bowl filled with water.
Then, she drained the water from the fish tank, took out the water purification pump, and thoroughly cleaned it.
While trying to clear the waste accumulated among the gravel, Nayeong found a small velvet box wedged between the rocks in the fish tank and stopped abruptly.
“What’s this?”
This was definitely not there when she first bought the fish tank.
“Did you clean the fish tank for real?”
“Yes.”
Her eyes shook significantly at his question.
The time she returned home was 8 PM.
The day had finally arrived for Madam Hwang to be discharged from the hospital.
However, until then, Nayeong couldn’t bring herself to take out the ring in front of Professor Choi Taehyuk.
She felt too guilty to do it.
She wished he would get angry at her lie, rather than keeping silent.
But he never did.
It was unclear whether he was doing this for her sake or punishing her in this way.
Nayeong had enough self-blame, wondering if it was really the latter.
“Thank you all.”
Smiling awkwardly in front of Mrs. Hwang, who greeted with a brighter expression than when she was hospitalized, Nayeong felt uncomfortable.
Seunghee, who had visited the hospital more frequently than her, held Mrs. Hwang’s hand and made a request.
“Mrs. Please, your cooking is really delicious. Please cook for me in the future too.”
“Are you going to exploit the labor of a patient who will be discharged after surgery?”
When Professor Choi Taehyuk sharply questioned, Seunghee flinched and hid behind her.
Mrs. Hwang intervened to stop Professor Choi Taehyuk and concluded with a smile.
“I will make lunch boxes for you, Professor.”
“No need. How much can I exploit her, anyway?”
When Taehyuk got angry right away, Hongshik quickly moved to the driver’s seat to avoid his wrath.
Mrs. Hwang also entered the car through the door opened by Taehyuk.
Thud.
After closing the car door, Taehyuk said to Mrs. Hwang.
“Absolutely don’t overwork yourself. If Grandpa says anything, be sure to call me.”
Mrs. Hwang assured him not to worry and said her final farewell to Nayeong.
“Next time, come to our house. There are many dishes you can’t taste with just lunch boxes.”
Nayeong silently smiled and nodded.
As the car started and left, only three people were left.
“Well, then, I’ll go in first.”
When Seunghee tried to enter first, Nayeong turned her body to follow her.
“Moon Nayeong.”
At Professor Choi Taehyuk’s call, she hesitated and turned around when he was staring at her.
“Do you have something to ask of me, Professor?”
When she asked in a businesslike manner, his gaze narrowed.
“Don’t you have anything to give me?”
At Taehyuk’s question, Nayeong’s mind went blank.
She didn’t know where to start and how to bring out the words when giving him the ring.
It was still too much for her to handle.
Rrrrrrrrrr Rrrrrrrrr.
Just then, as if saving her, her phone rang.
She hurriedly took out her phone and showed it to Professor Choi Taehyuk, saying, “I have to go check it out now, so let’s talk later.”
Before he could respond, she turned around and ran away.
Watching her back as she rushed away, Taehyuk furrowed his brow.
“Why is she so scared when I haven’t said anything?”
Taehyuk mumbled as he entered the hospital building.
He wasn’t trying to interrogate her lie. He just wanted to get along well with her.
During outpatient consultations, I met many patients and their guardians.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
