“Su-jin, anyone would think you two are already married by the looks of it. Dong-hoon looks so burdened, don’t be too much.”
He directly pointed at Su-jin, apparently considerate of Dong-hoon.
Then she responded with a somewhat defiant expression.
In-ho couldn’t help but feel a tickle at the corner of his mouth.
He wanted to laugh heartily once, but it was a pity that he couldn’t.
At least, it was refreshing in some way.
It seemed they could continue the meal happily.
When he was about to pick up the chopsticks he had just put down, he subtly sensed a movement under the table and lowered his head.
At the end of his gaze, he saw Hye-kyung’s hand moving toward him.
The tips of her nails were so sharply manicured that they seemed incredibly threatening.
In-ho quickly moved his legs to the opposite side.
Hye-kyung, who had unexpectedly taken such action, swayed in her seat while futilely trying to fix her posture.
Soon, a bewildered expression and entangled gazes exchanged between her and Hye-kyung.
“Why did you suddenly move your hand under the table? I thought you were going to pinch me, and it startled me.”
In-ho didn’t bat an eye and pierced Hye-kyung with a sharp gaze.
Dong-hoon showed a surprised expression at the sudden remark, causing Hye-kyung to act awkwardly.
“Oh, um. Soo-yeon, this kid. Oh, did Mom pinch you? What nonsense. Dong-hoon might misunderstand.”
“You weren’t trying to pinch me?”
“Soo-yeon!”
“Or forget it.”
Hye-kyung, who had been trying to appear gentle, couldn’t hide the anger in her eyes.
After capturing that with both eyes, In-ho looked at Dong-hoon, his mouth curled up.
“Surprised? I was surprised, thinking you were going to pinch me too. I must have misunderstood. Let’s finish the meal.”
Pretending innocence, he widened his eyes and said so.
It was quite ridiculous, even to himself, doing this after what he had done.
Why did this make him feel so proud?
‘Tonight, I can stretch out and sleep well.’
It wasn’t as willingly ruined as he thought it would be.
In-ho smiled broadly and continued with the meal.
“Thank you for inviting me tonight.”
After having a cup of coffee after dinner, Dong-hoon could finally get up from his seat.
He first gave a nod to Hye-kyung and then turned his gaze to Soo-yeon as if it were natural.
From right after the dinner until now, he had been making an expression that seemed to be deadly bored, and now he even yawned openly.
Not only his expression and actions but also his tone and subtle gestures.
Although she was different from the Su-yeon he knew, she was way too different.
It was perplexing to see her like this.
Yet, on the other hand, she was cute and impressive.
He couldn’t say a word properly to Hye-kyung and Su-jin, and today, he seemed relieved to be honest and confident.
“Soo-yeon, are you going to get up too?”
“Yeah.”
With a voice full of courtesy, she responded briefly, as if she had been called over because of their dinner.
Dong-hoon nodded, quickly put on his shoes, showing courtesy to Hye-kyung first and then turning his gaze to Soo-yeon.
After enduring the dinner invitation on her behalf, she had been sitting there, looking extremely bored and tired.
Dong-hoon nodded, quickly put on his shoes, showing courtesy to Hye-kyung first and then turning his gaze to Soo-yeon.
After enduring the dinner invitation on her behalf, she had been sitting there, looking extremely bored and tired.
“Let’s go together. I’ll take you.”
“Me? Why there?”
“Uh… There?”
“Oh, no. I misspoke. Anyway, I’ll find my way, so don’t worry.”
In-ho openly sighed deeply.
It was his limit.
After spending hours with people he didn’t want to deal with, he was exhausted.
While he was looking at the sighing In-ho, Hye-kyung got up.
“Right, Dong-hoon. Soo-yeon, don’t worry about Soo-yeon and go first. It’s been a while since Soo-yeon came home; you should at least greet Dad when he comes.”
In-ho’s eyes, which had been gazing at her with pity, suddenly shone.
“No, let’s go together. Take me there.”
In-ho urgently grabbed Dong-hoon.
‘You’re telling me to stay until my father-in-law arrives?’
It was an absolutely impossible situation.
Hye-kyung’s intentions were obvious.
She would send Nam Dong-hoon away and then try to grab him as if she was a prey. But he didn’t have the strength to endure that, let alone withstand it until the end.
“Choi Soo-yeon.”
As exhausted as she was, Hye-kyung felt the same.
Hye-kyung stared at Soo-yeon with cold, penetrating eyes.
Hye-kyung had to draw upon extraordinary patience internally in the face of Soo-yeon’s attitude, ruining the atmosphere for hours.
Her expression could no longer be concealed, and there was no patience left to feign a calm voice.
The only way to release the accumulated frustration was to return it as it was.
However, Soo-yeon’s unexpected response did not disappoint the three people this time either.
“I’m also a person with a family. Isn’t it enough to keep me tied up like this? Our husband is probably alone at home by now. I miss him, and I’m too tired.”
In-ho, who was usually straightforward, poured out his sincere feelings as they were.
Hye-kyung bit down hard on her lower lip.
Seeing Soo-yeon act like this in front of Dong-hoon, he couldn’t forcibly hold her.
His frustration was so intense that his whole body felt like it would tremble uncontrollably.
It seemed best to send both of them away at this point.
“Alright, your husband is probably waiting. You should go too.”
In-ho, as if he had been waiting, left without even greeting.
Dong-hoon, who had been lost in thought, hastily paid his respects and followed Soo-yeon.
“Soo-yeon!”
With his shoulders slumped, Dong-hoon hurriedly caught up with In-ho, who was walking quickly.
In-ho walked away as if he hadn’t heard anything, showing that he had no energy to respond.
He was forced to be caught by Dong-hoon, and it didn’t take long after leaving the front gate.
“Soo-yeon, wait…!”
Feeling his wrist being grabbed, In-ho instinctively shook it off forcefully.
“What are you doing?”
“Uh, um? No, I, that’s…”
Under the sharp criticism, Dong-hoon couldn’t even find a place to look.
Whether to say something or not, the fact that In-ho had laid hands on Soo-yeon’s body was undeniably discomforting.
The uncomfortable silence persisted without a clear resolution.
Then, a voice akin to a savior echoed.
“Soo, Soo, Soo-yeon…!”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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