“Okay, then undress quickly,” Je Ho said, holding a large towel in front of her for privacy. Yul Li, with trembling hands, slowly began to undo her buttons. Unfortunately, she couldn’t manage to undo even one. Her fingers seemed paralyzed by the cold.
“Damn it.”
Seeing no progress, Je Ho brushed Yul Li’s hands aside and started undressing her himself. This time, Yul Li couldn’t do anything but let him. He was right; the wet clothes were rapidly sapping her body heat.
As Yul Li’s lips turned blue, Je Ho’s expression became stern and resolute. Once the buttons were all undone, he hurriedly opened the blouse on both sides. The wet blouse, clinging to her body, didn’t come off easily and had to be pulled off forcefully, tearing the fabric in the process.
“Ah.”
Now in her underwear, Yul Li had no time to feel embarrassed as Je Ho quickly wrapped her in a towel and had her step out of her pants. Holding her close, Je Ho rubbed her body with his palms, trying to generate heat. But the shivering didn’t stop.
“This isn’t working.”
Muttering to himself, Je Ho quickly scooped Yul Li up in his arms and strode into the master bedroom. The previously locked door opened automatically as he pushed it with his shoulder. Once in the bathroom, he put Yul Li down in the shower and turned on the water.
“Yikes!”
As the water cascaded down like a waterfall, Yul Li yelped. The sudden warmth on her cold body felt like an electric shock. Je Ho held her steady, soothingly stroking her back.
“There, it’s okay now.”
He spoke softly, reassuring her, and tucked her wet hair behind her ears.
After some time under the shower, the numbness in Yul Li’s body began to fade, and her mind started to clear. She realized she was being held against Je Ho’s chest and her face flushed. Whether it was from the hot water or something else, she couldn’t tell.
As the shivering subsided, Je Ho turned off the water and led Yul Li to the bathtub, sitting her down. Both of them were soaked, water dripping from their heads.
Yul Li wrapped herself in a towel, but Je Ho didn’t. His wet shirt and pants clung to his muscular frame, revealing his contours. The sight was so stunning that Yul Li found herself involuntarily averting her gaze.
Sitting Yul Li at the tub’s edge, Je Ho began to dry her hair with a towel. Once he had somewhat dried his own hair, he started to take off his wet shirt.
Though Yul Li had seen him shirtless before, the intimacy of the bathroom setting was overwhelming. Her mind seemed to explode with confusion, yet she found herself unable to look away.
Je Ho continued to dry himself, meeting Yul Li’s gaze as he did so.
The touch on Yul Li’s head slowly moved down to her neck and then to her chest, with Je Ho’s gaze piercingly fixed on her face the entire time. It felt like she was the one caressing his body, though it was him drying off her skin.
A sigh, laden with moisture, escaped her involuntarily, and Yul Li had to quickly draw a breath.
After drying her body, Je Ho turned his back to the connected dressing room. Soon after, he returned in a knitted sweater and dry pants, holding a large dress shirt in his hand.
“Put this on for now.”
“Uh…”
Yul Li hesitated to take the shirt, prompting Je Ho to smile leisurely.
“If you’re comfortable being undressed, stay as you are. I don’t mind.”
“No, it’s not that.”
Misinterpreting her reluctance, Yul Li blushed and looked away poutingly.
“Is it okay to just wear something without the owner’s permission?”
“The owner’s permission?”
“The client. The person who commissioned you to build this house.”
“Ah.”
Realization dawned on Je Ho, and he nodded briefly.
“This is my clothing. Everything here is mine. I’ve been staying here since moving out from a friend’s place recently.”
“What?”
“How close am I with the homeowner, you wonder…”
Yul Li pondered how someone could offer such uninhibited hospitality.
“I’ll dry your clothes in the dryer, so wear this in the meantime.”
After saying this, Je Ho left the bathroom, and Yul Li wrapped the shirt around her, feeling strange wearing his clothes but having no choice.
But why just a shirt? What about pants?
The shirt was long enough to cover down to her knees, seemingly making pants unnecessary. The real issue arose when she stepped out of the bathroom and saw her reflection in the full-length mirror.
Oops!
The silhouette of her unclothed body was faintly visible under the white shirt, especially around the chest area. Panicked, Yul Li quickly donned a bathrobe lying nearby, tightening its belt just in case.
“Your clothes are in the dryer. They’ll be ready in about an hour.”
Emerging from the bathroom, Yul Li was led by Je Ho to the powder room.
“Come, sit here.”
Holding a hairdryer, Je Ho motioned for her to sit. Yul Li, drained of energy, complied silently, too tired to hold the hairdryer herself.
The gentle wind and soothing fingers entwining her hair made her close her eyes involuntarily. Despite the physical exhaustion, finding the necklace lightened her heart, and she smiled contentedly, letting out a long sigh of relief.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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