He pouted, not understanding what she meant.
“I got a call that she was hospitalized for a comprehensive examination. What if she keeps doing cute things like this?”
“What can you do? Just appreciate it if it’s pretty.”
This time, Jounghyuk offered his buttocks. Dajeong took the lead and smacked his buttocks two more times.
“How did you come up with such a lovely idea?”
“Because it’s my daughter-in-law’s love. How else can I receive love for a long, long time?”
“Flower, it seems like she was hospitalized in the same room. Did you do that on purpose to be considerate?”
“That was Hong Junho’s idea. It seems like he wants to be praised like me. He keeps imitating me.”
How children are so much alike. Dajeong smiled with a frown.
After seeing Siwoo fall asleep, Jounghyuk got up with his jacket. A slightly bewildered Dajeong quickly followed him.
“A-Are you leaving?”
“I have to. I left work and came.”
“Do you have to finish everything today?”
“It’s not necessary, but there’s a principle not to postpone today’s work to tomorrow.”
Jounghyuk lowered his head and kissed Dajeong’s cheek multiple times. Then, calmly turning away, he left with Dajeong trailing behind.
Jounghyuk’s gaze fell beneath his shoelaces. He saw a hand holding a loose end of the hem, and the slippers tapped the floor with the toes raised.
“Why?”
He asked, and when Dajeong reluctantly opened her mouth, her voice was as small as a whisper.
“Well… Do you want to eat before you go?”
Jounghyuk perked up his hearing.
“What did you say? I can’t hear well.”
“I said… Go and eat.”
“Huh?”
Dajeong bit her lower lip. She had clearly understood but chose to tease him like this.
“Ramen! Eat ramen before you go!”
Jounghyuk chuckled.
“I’m full.”
Dajeong glared at him, her anger bubbling inside.
“Just go sleep! You don’t need it anymore, so just leave!”
She turned around, and the lone man grabbed her wrist, stopping her.
“You should have said that earlier. Hmm? Are you upset?”
“No, why would I be?”
While denying, a cold wind blew. There was nothing more to be done if it came out like this. He grabbed Dajeong’s arm and wrapped it around his neck.
“Hang on.”
Jumping up like a grasshopper, Dajeong hung on his neck. Her two legs wrapped around his waist like a cicada clasping its prey.
He threw the jacket he had been holding carelessly onto the sofa. Then, tilting his head, he brushed his nose against Dajeong’s.
As if about to sneeze, Dajeong wrinkled her nose. Although their lips brushed slightly, there was no hurry.
“Do I really have to leave?”
“Jeez, fool.”
As if to show contempt, Dajeong’s face, which tilted with an annoyed look, was red. Whether it was due to the spotlight or some other reason was unclear.
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After finishing the work call, Dajeong went out with Siwoo. The place they arrived with their son was a large warehouse-type store on the outskirts of Gyeonggi Province, dealing with stationery, toys, various construction materials, and supplies.
Even during her student days and working at Hanbit, she sometimes visited this place to purchase materials needed for making architectural models or dioramas.
“Siwoo, you can choose just one thing you want.”
“Uh…”
In front of the toy section, Siwoo was almost entranced.
“Siwoo, you’re just looking here. Mom will be around here, so you mustn’t go outside at all. Got it?”
“Yes!”
While Siwoo was exploring toys, Dajeong steadily filled the shopping basket with necessary items. After purchasing the needed items, she separately asked the store staff for items that required custom orders.
After spending about 40 minutes shopping, she left the store carrying items in both hands. However, there was a lingering feeling of emptiness.
“Oh my! Our Siwoo.”
Crazy. She should have forgotten about it. Dajeong quickly turned and took a few steps back to the toy section. However, Siwoo was nowhere to be seen.
“Where did he go?”
Just as she looked around, she heard Siwoo’s voice calling, “Mom!” Turning around, she saw a familiar man holding her son’s hand.
Moving to a nearby outdoor cafe, Dajeong looked worriedly at Dojun’s tired face.
“I didn’t expect to meet you here.”
“Me neither. Siwoo recognized me first.”
When my name was mentioned, Siwoo, who had been sipping his hot chocolate, rolled his eyes.
“Um… Senior. I happened to run into Sookyung not long ago.”
Dajeong hesitated, but somehow feeling chased, she found herself opening her mouth. She was anxious that Dojun might forever miss Sookyung.
“Oh, really…”
Dojun tried to react as if it didn’t matter.
“Senior, Sookyung is a nice person.”
“I know. She’s a good person.”
“Of course, Senior, you’re also a good person.”
Dojun’s eyes, slightly shaking, were fixed on Dajeong. A faint smile crept onto Dajeong’s lips.
“I have something to ask you, Senior. Can you be sure that your feelings toward me were special?”
Dojun’s gaze flickered once again.
“I recently had this thought. Love is also a habit, you know.”
“…”
Dojun swallowed a tasteless tea in one gulp.
A habit? Could the sublime emotion called love be like an unconscious habit?
“Because I’m so capricious, it’s said that love easily changes. But for someone, following the familiar path may feel comfortable.”
“…”
“But, Senior, the familiar and love are different. If the comfortable path was love, I would have definitely accepted your proposal. So, Senior, go on the path that attracts you. Follow the gaze and steps that lead you. That’s the right way.”
“How about you? Are you happy going your way?”
Dajeong smiled broadly.
“Yes, very much.”
“You seem comfortable.”
A faint smile tinged with sadness appeared on Dojun’s face. Bittersweet yet entirely happy to see Dajeong happy.
“Are you going to marry that person?”
Dajeong didn’t hesitate at all and nodded.
“No.”
“If you’re so happy, why? Oh, right…”
Suddenly, memories of the night event where Dajeong declared herself a non-believer in marriage flashed through Dojun’s mind.
“That was true. You’re a non-believer in marriage.”
“Yes. But now, I’m not sure. I can definitely say that if it were in the past, I would have never considered something like marriage. However, now I don’t have the confidence to say it so firmly.”
A gentle smile spread across Dojun’s lips. The man who had finally broken down his stubbornness, once as unyielding as a fortress, was indeed him.
Yeah. It’s more natural for things to change than to stay the same.
A moment of silence settled. Gazing silently at the coffee cups in front of each other, Dajeong spoke first.
“Senior. I’m not sure if it’s right to say this at this point. Sookyung is going to the U.S. soon. It’s for the work she’s doing with Siwoo’s dad, and she might settle there permanently and never come back.”
Dojun remained silent once again.
“Now that she’s someone unrelated to me, why are you telling me this?”
“I just thought you might regret it if I didn’t say anything.”
“…”
“I hope Senior never has anything to regret.”
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
