After Professor Choi Tae Hyuk entered the bathroom, Na Young bent down to pick up the phone he had dropped.
The call was still connected.
Na Young held the phone to her ear and spoke to Cha Hyun.
“Professor went to shower, Director.”
[Ah! It’s Mun Na Young, right?]“Yes.”
[Being together at this hour on a day off.]“We decided to leave for Seoul tomorrow morning. I couldn’t let Professor drive such a long distance at this late hour. Please don’t misunderstand.”
[Ah! It’s not even Seoul.]Director Cha Hyun chuckled to himself.
Na Young, knowing he wouldn’t spread rumors, decided not to explain further and just ended the call.
“Please go in.”
[Don’t you have anything you want to ask me?]“Huh?”
She had already asked everything she wanted to know at the hospital that day.
[You saw just now. Tae Hyuk asks me for advice when something’s on his mind. Try asking me too, Na Young.]Na Young had never consulted anyone about her feelings since becoming an adult.
Na Young had never even done this with her family.
Director Cha Hyun was a stranger to her in many ways, but considering his relationship with Professor Choi Tae Hyuk, she found herself opening up.
“How do I muster that last bit of courage?”
Upon hearing her question, Director Cha Hyun cheerfully replied.
[If it’s hard to do it alone, share it with someone else. There’s a saying, right? Joy is doubled when shared, and sorrow is halved. Courage, when shared…]“What happens then?”
[You’ll know once you try it, Mun Na Young. I’m curious about the outcome too.]After hanging up, Na Young felt much lighter.
She seemed to understand why Professor Choi Tae Hyuk kept calling Cha Hyun.
Click.
When he came out of the bathroom, Na Young was waiting for him with the prepared ramen on the table.
“Come and eat the ramen.”
Tae Hyuk quietly sat down across from her.
As he was about to eat, Na Young spoke up.
“Can you give me a chance too?”
Tae Hyuk lifted his head to look at her, puzzled by her words.
“What kind of chance?”
Na Young realized she couldn’t put off the words she hadn’t said at the beach or in the car.
“Professor, you asked me for three chances to accept you. I think I need a chance to muster up my last bit of courage.”
Muster courage was more difficult than liking someone.
Courage meant willingly approaching despite knowing there could be hurt.
Realizing she had always lived with a retracted heart due to the lack of this courage, Na Young felt a warmth spreading within her.
“Without your help, I can’t do it on my own.”
She was saying she couldn’t muster courage alone, but Tae Hyuk thought her being able to say this was already a display of courage.
The old Na Young would never have been able to say this.
His heart warmed to see her willing to change to accept him.
“You are more capable than me, so one chance should be enough, right?”
Na Young shook her head and held up three fingers.
Tae Hyuk laughed and forcibly bent one of her fingers.
Then, he asked her secretly.
“Did you also talk to Cha Hyun?”
Na Young firmly denied it.
“I didn’t.”
While Cha Hyun was helpful in conversation, he was too private to openly discuss, like a shadow friend.
Having only eaten ramen to buy some sleep time, they immediately went to bed.
Na Young used the bedroom, while Tae Hyuk settled on the living room sofa.
Despite the long drive to Gangwon Province and five hours in surgery, Tae Hyuk couldn’t fall asleep immediately.
He opened his eyes and looked towards Na Young’s room.
This was the first time since that night they were sleeping in the same space.
The situation was very different, but his heart felt more sincere than before.
Suppressing the urge to check on Na Young, Tae Hyuk refrained from opening her bedroom door.
It was like a child resisting the temptation to eat chocolate.
“Let’s just try to sleep.”
He turned over and closed his eyes.
But within five minutes, he rolled back, facing the door, staring at it resentfully.
Now he was beginning to develop a love-hate relationship with the chocolate.
“…….”
Na Young was also struggling to fall asleep.
Despite feeling exhausted, she lay awake for 30 minutes, her eyes wide open.
‘Is the Professor sleeping?’
Her gaze drifted towards the door.
She felt odd.
The night they spent together under the influence of alcohol felt unreal, but now, this night together was overwhelmingly real.
Na Young pondered what might happen between them in the future.
Maybe they should go to a movie theater next time.
The more ordinary, the better.
Beep beep.
Her phone suddenly rang, and Na Young reached for it.
A new message appeared on the screen.
It was sent from just outside her door.
Tae Hyuk had moved from the sofa to sitting cross-legged in front of the bedroom door, clutching his phone.
“If you don’t come out by the count of five, I’ll just go to sleep.”
This was their second night together, and he figured he should at least try, to avoid any regrets later.
Holding his phone like he was praying, Tae Hyuk started counting.
“One.”
Counting had worked at the hospital when he was waiting for the elevator.
“Two.”
He hoped she would appear suddenly, just like that time.
“Three.”
Five was too short. He should have counted to ten.
“Four.”
Closing his eyes, he almost prayed as he counted.
“Five.”
Click.
Instead of a message, the door opened.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
