That Night's Circumstance (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 2
“…Hah.”
A heavy sigh escaped through In Ho’s lips.
He’d just barely started to calm down—
Why did she have to show up right at this moment?
The thirty minutes of rest he’d been granted were slipping away helplessly.
Shooting would resume soon, which meant he’d inevitably have to face his co-actor, Yoo Ri.
All he needed was a brief moment.
Yet, she couldn’t even wait out those short thirty minutes and had to come looking for him. What could possibly be so urgent?
Though In Ho wasn’t the least bit curious about Yoo Ri’s sudden visit, he reluctantly stepped out of the van.
After all, she was his co-actor.
There was nothing to gain from making things awkward with someone he’d have to keep seeing until filming wrapped.
“What is it?”
In Ho asked curtly as he faced Yoo Ri.
Yet, Yoo Ri responded with unwavering cheer, her voice laced with concern.
“Oppa, is something wrong?”
“No, nothing like that.”
His sharp reply, spoken without hesitation, made Yoo Ri’s face stiffen for just an instant.
Only then did In Ho realize his mistake.
He’d belatedly noticed how edged his tone had been.
In Ho roughly rubbed his face as if washing it dry.
“Sorry for causing so many retakes.”
His next words carried a weighty breath—
Still, they were noticeably gentler than before.
Only then did Yoo Ri offer a faint smile.
She then reached out her hand toward In Ho.
“Oppa, can I borrow your hand for a sec?”
“What?”
“Just a moment. I’ll borrow your hand briefly.”
Discomfort flickered across In Ho’s face.
But Yoo Ri, as if unconcerned by his reaction, boldly extended her hand without hesitation.
In Ho had no time to react before Yoo Ri grasped his hand.
Instinctively, his fingertips tensed, but before he could pull away, Yoo Ri leaned in close.
She stared intently at In Ho’s hand, which she held firmly.
Then, she pressed her fingertip firmly onto the acupressure point between his thumb and index finger.
In Ho instinctively furrowed his brow.
“What are you doing right now?”
“They say this point helps relieve fatigue. You looked really tired throughout the shoot.”
“Yoo Ri.”
In Ho exhaled a low sigh as he spoke her name.
His already wretched condition now felt even worse.
Overwhelmed by sudden stress, he shut his eyes and pressed firmly against his eyelids.
She couldn’t possibly be oblivious to the discomfort in his words and actions, yet Yoo Ri focused solely on the acupressure, her face unreadable.
In Ho swallowed another sigh that rose in his throat and grasped Yoo Ri’s wrist.
Then, firmly pulled his hand free from her grip.
Their briefly intertwined hands parted, and each returned to their original place.
Yet, In Ho’s expression refused to relax.
It still felt as if Yoo Ri’s touch lingered on that pressure point.
He didn’t like it. No—it wasn’t just dislike; it was outright unpleasant.
With an irritated look, In Ho brushed off his hand.
“I appreciate your concern, but I’m not tired enough to warrant this much attention from you.”
“Oppa…”
“Thirty minutes.”
“…”
“Just thirty minutes. I won’t trouble you any longer than that. See you in thirty minutes.”
In Ho spoke in a voice cold enough to seem deliberate, then climbed back into the van without even glancing back.
He thought he’d glimpsed Yoo Ri’s momentarily distorted expression, but he didn’t care.
He had no reason to consider the discomfort of someone who’d touched his body without permission.
Even after he’d callously shut himself back in the van and time slipped away, Yoo Ri remained rooted in place.
But In Ho paid her no mind.
Exactly thirty minutes later, when he opened his eyes, Yoo Ri was gone.
Unfazed, In Ho headed to the set and, once filming resumed, performed flawlessly—as if nothing had happened.
Director Jang’s expression brightened immediately, but Yoo Ri, on the contrary, couldn’t hide her discomfort for a long while afterward.
Still, In Ho maintained his indifferent attitude.
It simply wasn’t something worth his concern—or attention.
Yet, the next morning, In Ho deeply regretted it.
He regretted not pulling his hand away from Yoo Ri sooner.
And regretted not being even harsher with her.
The moment he opened his eyes, a striking headline and a photo filled his phone screen.
It showed him standing side by side with Yoo Ri yesterday.
Apparently, someone had witnessed the exact moment Yoo Ri had grabbed his hand.
In Ho let out a heavy sigh.
His name and Yoo Ri’s dominated the portal site’s real-time search rankings, as if to prove a point.
Soo Yeon mechanically moved her chopsticks, her dull eyes fixed somewhere in the distance.
She couldn’t even tell what side dish she was putting in her mouth.
Still, she forced it down.
If word got back to her mother-in-law—via the housekeeper—that she’d merely nibbled at her food, the humiliation she’d face was unimaginable.
Especially since she had to visit her mother-in-law in Seongbuk-dong shortly.
To soften even slightly the sharp gaze awaiting her, she had to eat as best as she could.
Just as Soo Yeon’s chopsticks began moving a bit more busily,
In Ho’s voice suddenly caught her hand mid-motion.
“Don’t worry about the article.”
Slowly, Soo Yeon lifted her eyes.
In Ho continued eating without even glancing her way.
They hadn’t shared a meal together in a very long time.
Ever since he’d joined his new project and filming began, even brief glimpses of each other had become rare.
Perhaps his current remark stemmed from annoyance at how forcedly she was swallowing food.
His sudden comment puzzled her—there was no context to understand what “article” he meant.
But In Ho apparently interpreted her silence as resentment or disappointment.
He immediately added more, almost like an excuse.
“I couldn’t concentrate properly during yesterday’s shoot, so I kept causing retakes. She must’ve been worried and came to see me during the break…”
Soo Yeon remained silent but kept her eyes on In Ho.
He kept stealing glances at her, clearly gauging her reaction.
Soo Yeon tilted her head slightly.
Seo In Ho, checking Soo Yeon’s reaction?
That was unusual.
“…She brought me an energy drink, thinking I looked tired. And of all moments, someone snapped a photo right as she handed it to me.”
That was where In Ho’s explanation ended.
Though she still didn’t grasp the full details, Soo Yeon now had a rough idea of the situation.
Apparently, an article had been published.
And the accompanying photo must’ve shown something easily misinterpreted.
“…”
“…”
Silence settled over their tidy breakfast table.
Soo Yeon blinked slowly.
The scandal itself didn’t matter.
No matter whose photo was taken with whom or what misunderstandings arose, none of it affected her.
Though they lived like a show-window couple, she trusted In Ho this much:
as long as their marriage remained intact, he wouldn’t bring her shame by cheating with another woman.
But somehow, this time felt different.
A certainty surged within her—he was hiding something from her.
“…”
“…”
Soo Yeon’s dry gaze stopped at In Ho’s fingertips.
He’d never been good at lying.
Whenever he lied, he avoided eye contact and compulsively picked at his fingertips until they bled.
Just like he was doing now.
“You’ll draw blood again if you keep that up.”
“…What?”
“Your fingertips.”
Soo Yeon stared at his fingers with eyes utterly devoid of emotion.
Realizing only then that he couldn’t keep his hands still, In Ho quickly hid them under the table.
A bitter, faint tremor flickered at the corners of Soo Yeon’s lips.
She quietly lifted her eyes to meet his.
As always, he refused to look at her.
And for some reason, that hurt deep in her chest.
Even just for a moment, she wanted to receive his gaze.
She knew full well it would carry not an ounce of affection.
Yet even so.
Even if his gaze held no love at all, Soo Yeon still yearned for it.
She wished he’d look into her eyes, wear a slightly apologetic expression, and say, “This happened, but don’t worry about it.”
If he’d done that, Soo Yeon was certain—she would’ve greeted him with the brightest smile she’d never shown before.
She would’ve thanked him for telling her.
She might’ve even worried about him, saying, “You must be exhausted from filming, and now this article on top of it all.”
But all that was far too greedy.
Knowing this truth in her bones, she still didn’t understand why she kept clinging to faint hope, expecting the impossible, only to be disappointed again and again.
She felt suffocated by herself.
After all, In Ho didn’t just fail to understand her feelings—he simply had no interest in her whatsoever.
Soo Yeon erased even the faintest trace of her bitter smile and slowly parted her lips.
“I understand what you’re trying to say, so stop hurting your hand. I haven’t checked yet, but I guess an article came out. I’m fine—I won’t misunderstand anything pointless. So don’t worry.”
Her unusually long reply was so calm it felt utterly dry, devoid even of a thread of emotion.
Perhaps that, too, irritated him.
For the first time since the meal began, In Ho’s face appeared in Soo Yeon’s field of vision.
But it wasn’t the expression she’d hoped for.
His brows were sharply angled downward, his forehead creased with anger.
Soo Yeon silently swallowed a sigh at the sight of his furious expression filling her eyes.
Soo Yeon hurried out of the car parked in front of the Seongbuk-dong mansion.
From the impatient press of the doorbell to the rush up the stone steps the moment the gate opened—
Every move radiated urgency.
Her outing had been delayed because In Ho’s schedule was packed in the afternoon.
She quickly slipped off her shoes and hurried through the inner gate.
Precisely at that moment—
Thud.
“Just what kind of girl are you? How could you let a report like this get published?”
Her mother-in-law’s razor-sharp voice rang out, accompanied by a tablet PC flying toward her feet.
She’d barely even stepped one foot inside.
She’d just barely stepped one foot into this daily hell where she had to clock in like an employee.
Yet this beginning was harsher than any other day.
Soo Yeon tightly shut and reopened her eyes.
Then looked down at the tablet lying at her feet.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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