“Siu, if you say ‘ouch’ when Uncle says ‘ouch,’ you have to take good care of Uncle while Mom’s away. Mom will buy something delicious and be back soon.”
“Yes! Um… Siwoo will say ‘ouch’ to Uncle ninety-nine times!”
“Good boy, our son.”
Smiling, Dajeong turned away, heading to the municipal library.
She needed to look into various roof structures and arc-shaped balconies related to housing design to incorporate an attic structure. Reading the rented books quickly and jotting down the necessary parts, when she checked the clock, it was well past lunchtime and already past 3 p.m.
Dajeong’s stomach growled. Come to think of it, she had been buried in books for almost four hours without realizing it.
She had said it would take a couple of hours, but did the two men have lunch?
Dajeong quickly organized her space and checked her phone as she left the library. For some reason, there was no text message from Junghyuk.
There was no particular reason to hurry, so she casually drove towards home.
When she arrived home and turned the corner after getting off the elevator, she noticed her apartment door opening wide. A delivery rider wearing a helmet was coming out, holding an iron box.
On the iron box, the name “Punghyang (Wind Resonance)” was engraved in red, and the savory aroma of jajangmyeon wafted from the passing rider.
She thought he had skillfully ordered jajangmyeon.
By the way, it was already past 4 p.m., and now they were eating? “Our Siwoo, jajangmyeon…”
As she opened the door and entered, heading to the living room, she suddenly froze in place, unable to speak.
“Manager Min? What brings you here on a weekend…”
“Haha, well…”
With a spread-out meal placed invitingly, Manager Min awkwardly laughed while splitting a wooden chopstick in half.
On a Sunday, Manager Min didn’t want to be here either. He was called in response to an urgent summons from Vice President Cha, who casually said, “What’s there to do on the weekend? Let’s meet next week.”
“On the day we moved, we had jajangmyeon, so I ordered jajangmyeon. Would Yoo Dajeong like some? Siwoo couldn’t finish it.”
As Junghyuk spoke, Manager Min took the well-prepared jajangmyeon dish and placed it in front of Siwoo.
The three of them, including Siwoo, gathered in the middle of the living room, ready to eat jajangmyeon. However, what surprised Dajeong wasn’t that.
“What on earth is all this?”
Dajeong, who had swept her perfectly arranged apartment, looked around the living room in bewilderment.
Feeling that something was wrong with her mother’s reaction, Siwoo, holding tangsuyuk, glanced at Junghyuk’s side face. His face looked extremely worried, as if Uncle didn’t realize the seriousness of the situation.
“I told you. On the day we moved, it was jajangmyeon. Right, Manager Min?”
“Oh, yes… That’s right. But, Vice President, it might not have been discussed with the landlord. Haha.”
Manager Min forced a laugh. He was also fooled and ended up proceeding with the plan.
“Why do we need a discussion? Yoo Dajeong is mine, and I am Yoo Dajeong’s.”
“What kind of ridiculous nonsense is that!”
Dajeong, who had burst out, looked around the living room that was packed with a large sofa and a treadmill and an indoor cycle that had taken up the space in front of the expanded veranda.
Not stopping there, she turned around and opened the bedroom door, revealing her king-size bed that took up the room like it was pushed in.
“Mr. Cha Junghyuk. Take a look at this.”
Despite being well-prepared, Junghyuk, who hadn’t even seen the well-prepared jajangmyeon, went straight into the bedroom after being summoned.
“I told you. What’s all this?”
“Do you see it or not? It’s the bed I favor. I thought my back would break yesterday.”
“…”
“You have to exercise. Physical strength is national power. Don’t you know that?”
“…”
“If you look, you should know. It’s the bed I prefer. Yesterday, my back hurt so much I thought I was going to die.”
“…”
“You should also exercise. Physical strength is national power. Don’t you know?”
“…”
“I have to drink espresso extracted at 60 atmospheres every morning to wake up.”
“…”
“The air purifier must have phytoncide emission function. Otherwise, it’s no good. I have rhinitis.”
Turning towards the bathroom, Dajeong closed her eyes tightly. It was filled with high-quality showerheads and unheard-of bathroom products.
As she blinked away the stinging sensation in her eyes,
“I’m sensitive, so I can’t use just anything. I have atopy.”
“…”
“I have a bit of dust allergy, so it was so hard for me to put all these in.”
“It would be spacious if not for Cha Junghyuk.”
As if the conversation was impossible, Junghyuk vehemently scolded.
“It won’t work. Tomorrow, let’s check the largest unit in this apartment complex.”
“Cha Junghyuk, if it’s going to be like this, just go to your house.”
When Dajeong spoke, Junghyuk raised his eyes as if amused.
“Good idea. I have nothing to pack. Just throw everything away and come with Yudajeong. By the way, my son must be taken care of.”
“I didn’t mean that. Listen carefully, Cha Junghyuk. Because of your health, we agreed to take care of you during the weekend, not to live together. If you keep doing this, just go to Cha Junghyuk’s house.”
Staring intently, Junghyuk tilted his head.
“I can’t help it. If this place is so good.”
In the end, it was agreed to return all the tightly packed items tomorrow.
Min Director, not knowing if the jajangmyeon was going into his nose or mouth, finished his meal and left.
Dajeong couldn’t calm her excited heart. It was because today was the day of decision.
Sitting side by side in the crowded and stuffy living room filled with dense items, the two looked at Siwoo playing with toy cars from a distance.
“Are you ready? I’m so nervous. What if Siwoo gets shocked and cries?”
Dajeong whispered, lowering her voice. At that, Junghyuk also tilted his head, lowering his voice.
“Don’t worry. I told you to book ‘The Adventure of Dragon 2’ in S class. There’s no chance of getting shocked.”
As if to show how well-prepared of a dad he was, the corners of his mouth slid up smugly. Then, Dajeong’s gaze became disappointingly narrow.
“Siwoo recently likes dinosaurs. It’s been a while since he turned into a tiger. Don’t you know that, even though you’re his dad?”
“The kid is so fickle.”
Seemingly hurt in his pride, he raised his forehead with a frown and took out his phone.
“It was, Director Min. What was the candidate on the tiger side, rather than the dinosaur, back then?”
『Are you talking about the children’s live-action animation ‘Tiger Hyung’?』
“Yeah, that. Get me three S-class tickets for tomorrow morning.”
『Understood.』
After pressing the end button, he glanced at Dajeong with a slight smirk.
Once they finished their meal and left, Dajeong couldn’t calm her pounding heart. It was because today was the day of decision.
“Siwoo, there’s something Mom couldn’t tell Siwoo all this time…….”
“Huh?”
Siwoo’s eyes, tinted with his meal, sparkled unnaturally as he tilted his head.
Rather than speaking, Dajeong glanced at Junghyuk with a subtle gaze. At that moment, Junghyuk was encouraging Dajeong with a gentle look.
Dajeong clenched the two hands that had been fidgeting under the table.
“Actually…… Mom lied to Siwoo.”
“Lying is for bad kids!”
“Yeah, Mom is bad. Because she lied…… But Siwoo, do you remember what Mom said about Flower Bun being a good liar before?”
“Uh…… Yes!”
“I hope Mom’s lie was also a good lie, but I hope Siwoo can judge later……. ”
“Hmm?”
Siwoo tilted his head as if he didn’t quite understand.
“You know, Siwoo…… Dad is not in heaven.”
“Huh……?”
“In fact, this uncle here…… is Siwoo’s dad.”
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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