Everything was satisfying for Haerin today.
Then, without taking a sip of the wine, she suddenly smiled.
“Oh, sorry, oppa.”
Haerin kept laughing.
Jeong Rok asked, “Why?”
“No, when I see this wine, I suddenly think of ‘Resort Wine Lady.’ You know, Kang Haeun’s video. Have you seen it?”
“I’ve heard about it.”
“Take a look. It’s really a spectacle.”
“Is it that entertaining?”
“Don’t be fooled.”
While laughing as if it’s amusing, Jeong Rok absentmindedly cut into his steak.
“Honestly, it feels very refreshing to me.”
“What does?”
“Kang Haeun doesn’t even know the subject and keeps drooling over oppa.”
“Am I an ice cream?”
“To me, you’re ice cream. Do you know how smooth and sweet it is?”
“It’s not that great, but thanks for the compliment.”
“Anyway, considering how much of an issue this has become, your brother’s mother can’t possibly be unaware, right?”
“Probably.”
Feeling pleased with that response, Haerin began to cut her steak.
“So, I’m grateful. Now, Haeun won’t even be in your brother’s mother’s consideration. Jung Rok oppa is mine. In this world, I’m the only one who matches him.”
At that moment, taking a sip of water, Jung Rok spoke.
“Have you heard any rumors about it?”
“What rumors?”
“The heiress of the PR Group has returned.”
“Oh, I’ve heard.”
“But still, why so indifferent?”
“Why should I care?”
“What if you get compared with another heiress? After all, it’s the PR Group. The original heiress of one of the top three groups in Korea has appeared.”
The word ‘original’ made Haerin uncomfortable.
However, Jung Rok wore a courteous smile on his lips.
Perhaps thinking it’s because he’s sensitive, Haerin said, “That girl, Kang Juhwa treats her like a granddaughter, too.”
“Is that so?”
“Maybe they call her the Cinderella heiress or something.”
“Her nickname is Cinderella heiress?”
“Exactly, but in Blue House, she’s treated like a slave.”
“Treated like a slave?”
With an unbelieving look from Jung Rok, Haerin shrugged.
“It’s accurate information. I heard her talking in front of her friends when I went to the hair salon.”
“Is that so?”
“Do you know that Chairman Kang Juhwa’s son had a traffic accident?”
“I know.”
“His son got even more seriously injured trying to protect his daughter-in-law. She’s the daughter-in-law who separated him from his son for 20 years. How much more will she be hated? So, Chairman Kang Juhwa is actively seeking revenge on his granddaughter.”
“Chairman Kang is going too far. What’s the granddaughter’s fault?”
Smirking, Haerin said, “Still, what can you do? A child’s fault is also the parent’s fault. Moreover, Haeun said that the girl is an incredibly ignorant country bumpkin.”
“What?”
“She has a dull head, no sense, and is an overall disaster. In a way, Chairman Kang might get more irritated because the child looks like that. So, he probably decided not to expose her to the public at all.”
“Really?”
“It’s true. Would Haeun make up lies? Anyway, that girl will never come out of Blue House. According to Haeun, it’s a life pawned to Chairman Kang for 20 years.”
“That granddaughter is really pitiful.”
“What can you do? It’s her own karma.”
And it’s my karma.
Out of the blue, because of the appearance of the heiress of the PR Group, my position almost wavered.
Still, how fortunate it is.
Who would like a pig in a corner of lingering regret?
Grinning, Haerin cut her steak.
“But is Blue House strict with its employees? Do they deliberately harass newcomers to establish discipline?”
“Look at Haeun’s personality. And even then, she’s surviving.”
“Oh, then it must be really tough for her……”
When Jung Rok’s expression suddenly became serious, Haeun asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
Jung Rok swallowed the rest of his words, saying it was nothing.
“Could that employee possibly have been fired?”
Probably, that might be the case…
When the employer’s shoes reach that point, even if you’re fired, you’re left behind.
How much must they have tormented people to vent their frustration like that?
Thanks to her cunning, she could clean up the absurdities of the Luxury Team in one fell swoop.
Thinking of the relentlessly tenacious employees at the shameless Blue House, Jung Rok mechanically sliced his steak.
“Even if they offer compensation, I keep receiving emails saying it’s unnecessary. They don’t even reveal their name.”
Jung Rok was gradually getting absorbed in his thoughts.
“I wonder if they eat properly and go about their lives on time. It would be bad if they go hungry.”
He recalled the scene where she casually ordered black bean noodles and even burped loudly at the store.
Jung Rok chuckled.
The more he thought about it, the more amusing the girl seemed.
“Do you find it funny when you think about it, Oppa?”
At the sudden voice, Jung Rok snapped back to reality and looked ahead.
Haerin was smiling brightly.
“Haeun says that heiress is exactly a hundred pigs. Ah, it’s so funny.”
Haerin found it amusing and laughed even more. Jung Rok, doodling on his shoes, smiled broadly again, recalling Summer, who laughed heartily.
“Summer, could you deliver this on your way home?”
She held out a plastic bag with hot dogs and drinks.
“It’s not far. It’s on the 4th floor, the comic book store.”
As Kyunghee cleaned the cups, she asked, “Did our landlord place an order?”
“Yes. If you go to the comic book store and tell them, they’ll know. Can you do it?”
“Sure.”
Summer bowed to the two of them and then headed for the elevator.
Arriving on the 4th floor, the comic book store was surprisingly spacious.
However, perhaps because it was 3 p.m. on a weekday, there were no customers.
Summer remembered the 20-something man who danced with a book in hand, his body bouncing energetically.
Approaching the young man, who looked momentarily surprised, she took off her wireless earphones.
“I came from the cafe today. It’s a delivery from the landlord.”
“Oh, is it, Hyung? He’ll be in that corner over there.”
He put the earphones back on, kicked and organized the books, seemingly startled, and then noticed her.
“… Miss Sanha?”
Turning his head, he had a bewildered expression upon seeing Summer.
Without hesitation, Summer approached him and sat down face to face.
“How are you here?”
“But isn’t this a surprise? If I’m not mistaken, the landlord here is Mr. Sanha? Wow, and we’re destined! Destiny!”
Excited Summer only grabbed the plastic bag.
Seeing her enthusiastic expression, Sanha just took the bag and said to Summer who was sticking to him subtly, “If you delivered it, you can go now.”
“I’ve finished work! I’m incredibly free from now on!”
“I’m busy. So, go.”
“Why are you suddenly being so cold?”
“To protect my innocence.”
Summer’s lips twisted oddly.
“Pretending to be cute won’t work.”
Against her strong resistance, he reluctantly got up.
At that moment, the part-time worker, who was energetically organizing books alone, accidentally kicked the bookshelf hard.
Due to that, the books that were loosely arranged began to fall all at once.
Startled, Summer instinctively screamed and covered her head with both hands.
She huddled down, tightly shut her eyes.
However, nothing unusual happened.
She cautiously opened her eyes.
A sudden, dense shadow.
When she raised her head, Sanha had one arm against the bookshelf, shielding her from the falling books with his body.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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