“The cinema is dark, and I can’t see you.”
She felt defeated.
Na Young, not wanting to argue further, turned to leave, but Tae Hyuk called out.
“So when are we watching the movie?” Na Young asked, a bit exasperated that he still wanted to see a movie after such a lackluster response.
Despite wanting to refuse, Na Young, who always tried to keep her word, reluctantly agreed. “Let’s watch it on a night when you’re not scheduled for surgery, and I’m not on duty.”
“Then it’s tomorrow,” Tae Hyuk noted.
Na Young turned to look at Professor Choi Tae Hyuk again. “How do you know?”
“I checked your schedule in advance. Don’t you know mine?”
At a loss for words, Na Young cautiously replied, “Then I’ll book the movie for tomorrow night.”
“Good. I’m looking forward to it.”
His hopeful, sophisticated response contrasted with his earlier admission that he might just fall asleep in the theater.
“Are you really looking forward to it?” she asked skeptically.
Smiling and nodding, he replied, “Of course. It’s our date.”
The word ‘date’ made her heart flutter as if ants were marching over it.
Tae Hyuk, curious about her feelings, asked, “And you?”
As she opened the door to leave, Na Young bluntly responded, “I’ll decide based on what you do.”
Thud.
After she left and closed the door, Tae Hyuk murmured, “I’d do anything for you.”
He remembered his father had died protecting a stranger and wondered how far he, as his father’s son, could go.
President Lee Chul Kwon, being in the second stage of liver cancer, wouldn’t need chemotherapy if the surgery went well. However, the high recurrence rate of liver cancer meant it was too early to relax.
“Do you know someone who’s been asking around about me at the university? Is it someone you know, Professor Choi?” Lee Ju Ah asked. She seemed to have little interest in her father’s illness, focusing more on her power struggle with him.
“If you’ve lived honorably, you have nothing to fear,” Tae Hyuk replied.
“Aren’t you curious why I’m still keeping quiet?” Lee Ju Ah smiled at him. “Looking into Moon Na Young, I found something interesting. Her father was an executive at Tae Young Construction.”
Tae Hyuk looked at her expressionlessly.
Lee Ju Ah, scrutinizing his face, continued, “You say you hate money, but end up with a rich girl. I knew it was a lie.”
Assuming his silence stemmed from being cornered, Lee Ju Ah smirked condescendingly.
Tap.
Approaching him, she offered what seemed like a generous proposal. “I’ll give you one last chance. Think carefully. One’s an executive’s daughter, and the other, a president’s daughter. Isn’t the choice obvious?”
Tae Hyuk bowed his head towards her. Lee Ju Ah’s eyes sparkled, taking it as a positive response.
In a low, firm voice, Tae Hyuk declared, “If Moon Na Young ever wants L Department Store, I’ll buy it and give it to her.”
Lee Ju Ah’s face twitched slightly. The idea of buying L Department Store, as if it were a trivial purchase, was ludicrous to her.
She was sure he was mocking her.
Lee Ju Ah glared at Tae Hyuk with a hysterical gaze and lashed out, “You’ve crossed the line.”
“The line was first crossed by you,” Tae Hyuk retorted, issuing a warning. “Do this one more time, and I’ll advise your father to have his surgery at another hospital.”
“There are plenty of doctors to operate on my dad besides you!”
“Why don’t you ask your father what he thinks about that?”
Lee Ju Ah turned around and stormed off towards the hospital room, while Tae Hyuk left the VIP ward, clicking his tongue. The fact that Lee Ju Ah had found out about Na Young’s father worried him.
Could something happen?
He could deal with any rumors spreading in the hospital, but Na Young’s father…
‘Because of that incident… my father is obsessively protective of me.’
‘Isn’t Moon Na Young’s father incredible? Hiring the Seoul Central District Chief Prosecutor as a bodyguard for his daughter.’
Frankly, Tae Hyuk was intimidated too.
The movie was Na Young’s idea, but an issue with a patient just before she finished work made her half an hour late. They couldn’t leave the hospital together, so they agreed to meet at the cinema.
Na Young ran as fast as she could, checking the time on her phone. Thinking two hours was enough for a weekday movie was her arrogance.
She dashed into the cinema right after getting out of the taxi. Despite the movie having already started, the cinema lobby was crowded, likely with people waiting to see other movies.
Professor Choi Tae Hyuk was sitting on a sofa near the entrance, casually eating popcorn. He even tossed a piece into the air, catching it perfectly in his mouth, to the amazement of children around him.
Na Young ran up to him, bent over and gasping, apologizing, “I’m so sorry for being late.”
Tae Hyuk stood up, brushing off his clothes, and said nonchalantly, “It’s okay. The movie just started.”
“Let’s go in, quickly,” she said, hurrying towards the ticket checker. Noticing Tae Hyuk still standing there, she turned back, “Aren’t you coming?”
With a serious expression, Tae Hyuk explained, “Today’s goal isn’t just to watch the movie. It’s about you mustering real courage. Just walking in won’t do, right?”
Puzzled, Tae Hyuk extended his empty right hand forward. “Show courage by holding hands in front of everyone. Come on, grab it.”
Flustered, Na Young’s fingers curled up.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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