“All right. Let’s do that. Let’s schedule a time for next week.”
“So soon? Today is Saturday. Next week will be in two days.”
“Is that too fast? I’d like to go up and pay my respects to Taeeun’s house right away and formalize our marriage.”
At Woojin’s words, Taeeun’s mouth slightly opened. Well, those encountering his bulldozer-like personality for the first time often showed this reaction.
In any case, he never avoided what was bound to happen. And there was no hesitation in what had to be done. This marriage was such a thing. He had already made up his mind about this marriage, and once he decided, there was no need to delay.
“I’ll think about it.”
As Taeeun hesitated to speak, Woojin’s eyelids narrowed slightly. Indeed, it seemed that this woman was not desperate for this marriage. Though she didn’t want to act like someone worn out, Woojin was unintentionally becoming such a person.
“Miss Mintae-eun seems not to be worried at all.”
“What is it?”
“Why bother dragging out the time? Even if I change my mind, what will you do?”
“Change your mind… Can you?”
When her serious tone echoed like a complaint after his wounded pride, laughter erupted from his lips. He truly couldn’t get angry with this woman.
“It’s a joke. A joke.”
“…”
“There will never be such a thing, so don’t worry and just follow me.”
As his resolute voice caught her trembling eyes, Taeeun nodded quietly. She almost took it seriously. In that brief moment, many thoughts crossed her mind.
What if this man changes his mind?
Upon careful consideration, it was she who needed this marriage urgently, not him. Woojin was like a guarantee for her freedom and her grandmother’s safety.
“You’ve already arrived. Is that apartment over there?”
As the car tried to enter the apartment complex, Taeeun stopped him. They could be seen by her family if they entered the apartment complex.
“Please stop here.”
“Why? We can go inside.”
“No. I’ll walk in.”
“…”
“And thank you for today.”
She, who had refused him, got out of the car. She then walked into the apartment entrance, buttoning up her coat.
Woojin silently watched Taeeun’s retreating figure. His gaze didn’t leave the woman. It felt refreshing to see the delicate steps of the woman, though they seemed precarious.
She was truly a very cautious woman. Even when it seemed like she would yield, she drew a firm line. He felt like he was going crazy with such a person. Though he didn’t want to act like someone worn out, he was unintentionally becoming such a person.
He chuckled. He felt like he was firmly captivated by something.
However, such laughter abruptly stopped as a situation occurred.
Woojin approached Taeeun and fixed his gaze on the shaky shadow.
“What’s that again?”
Taeeun cautiously took steps, feeling the man’s gaze staring at her from inside the car. Each step felt incredibly uncomfortable. Today, she had worn a dress she wouldn’t usually wear, all because she was meeting a man.
The dress, tightly hugging her body inside the coat, vividly displayed her voluminous figure, making her feel uncomfortable. Of course, it wasn’t very high, but the high heels played a role as well.
Then, at that moment, a familiar shadow descended from the taxi, which had just entered the apartment complex.
As Taeeun raised her gaze to meet the eyes, a mocking voice flowed out.
“Whoa, Mintae-eun! What time is it now, and you’re just coming in? Huh?”
It was Jihun. That brat who still didn’t call her ‘nuna,’ and he was acting all drunk.
As she tightened her face and frowned, Jihun raised his eyebrows. There was a clear discomfort in his expression, as if daring her to frown at him.
“What! Yeah, I had a drink! But did you buy me one? What right do you have to cling to me, living off as a freeloader?”
“I’m drunk. Stop this here and go inside. There might be someone watching.”
When Jihun was drunk, he always turned into a troublemaker. Moreover, when Jihun became like that, he often couldn’t even control Ji-eun, so Tae-eun wanted to avoid such a situation as much as possible. However, Jihun, who was passing by her side, did not leave her alone.
“Oh? What’s this? Who are you dressed up like this to meet?”
“Let go.”
When Jihun grabbed her and pulled up her coat, Tae-eun fiercely brushed his hand away. Unfortunately, when Jihun told him not to do something, he was spurred by the frog-like determination to do it even more.
“Huh. You dressed like this to make someone look, right? Huh? Mintae-eun!”
“Don’t do this…”
“Ah!”
Trying to avoid him as much as possible, Tae-eun turned away, loosening her coat. However, when he reached out to torment her, Jihun screamed as his wrist was caught, unable to achieve his goal.
“If you’re drunk, just go in gracefully and sleep, rather than bothering me. What’s wrong with that impudent attitude?”
In the stern voice that flowed even though it was daytime, Tae-eun turned her frozen gaze to look at Woojin behind Jihun. The red streetlight and the darkness blended together, making his face look unusually eerie. It was evident at a glance how hot he must have been.
“What the hell! Who is it? Who’s this guy? Won’t you let go of this? Let go! Let go!”
“Did you put a mop in your mouth? How can a kid like you talk like that?”
Jihun struggled, but between being drunk and the significant difference in class with Woojin, he couldn’t escape. If it wasn’t stopped around this point, it seemed like a really big problem could occur. In the end, Tae-eun had to step forward.
“Let go, please. He’s my brother…”
“Heard that? I’m her younger brother! Younger brother! So let go of this! Before I call the police!”
“If you call me a younger brother and call her a girl, I can’t trust you anymore.”
With a toneless voice, Woojin exerted more force on Jihun’s arm. At this, a small groan came from Jihun in pain. When Tae-eun shook her head, gesturing not to do it, he released the hand holding Jihun and let it fall to the ground.
Then, unable to control his body, Jihun rolled on the cold ground and screamed.
“Oh, I’m going to die! This crazy guy! Do you know who my father is? He’s a lawyer! A famous one! Oh, damn! You… let me go!”
“…”
“I’ll sue you, you bastard!”
Instinctively, Tae-eun reached out to help Jihun stand up, but Woojin caught her hand and pulled her towards him. Tae-eun explained the situation while her wrist was still held.
“Please, let go of my hand. It’s a misunderstanding.”
“Misunderstanding? I clearly saw that jerk mocking you with my own two eyes and heard it clearly too.”
As he turned away, he spat out a dry voice in anger. At that moment, Jihun, who had been rolling around, worsened the already bad situation.
“Uh! Oh, look at this! Two bastards are in cahoots, huh? Right? Don’t just stand there. Mintae-eun, you also have to tell Dad this time and kick him out. Did you think I would stay quiet? Huh?”
Woojin’s cold gaze slowly moved towards Jihun, and then shifted back to her. In his uttered voice, deep-seated anger was thickly layered from top to bottom.
“I know. I know very well what treatment you’ll receive if you go inside with that jerk and that house. But should I let go of this hand? And should I let in that guy who gets drunk and indulges in sexual harassment with you?”
“…”
“Is Min Tae-eun just a woman that I would allow to be treated like that by a guy like him?”
It was the moment when her determination to break free from his grip was abruptly crushed.
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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