“Is Jina angry?”
“I am too.”
“It’s not because my brother has different thoughts, it’s just because he likes people.”
Summer’s steps stopped.
She looked up at San-ha next to her.
“Why are you so scary?”
“What did I do?”
“It seems like crows are going to catch you with their eyes.”
Smiling slightly at him shrinking, Summer chuckled.
There happened to be a bench nearby, so she went over and sat down.
San-ha, naturally, took the adjacent seat.
“You like people. Why are men like that?”
“Why are you dragging me into this? What did I do?”
“Mr. San-ha, you’re a man too. Let me ask you just one thing.”
“What?”
Summer approached San-ha and said, “Do men burst into laughter when they see pretty women? Do they flutter around like a gentle breeze, opening car doors and showing unexpected kindness?”
“Probably.”
Summer slapped his arm with a ‘smack.’
“Ouch.”
With a grimace, San-ha rubbed his arm.
“Only the face is pretty, and there’s no sense of politeness. I really hate it. Do you forgive that?”
“But if she’s pretty, she’s forgiven. And if she has a good figure, she’s forgiven even more.”
“Ouch.”
San-ha urgently massaged both arms and glanced at Summer.
“But who is it? Who is so pretty?”
Annoyed, Summer said, “Who is it? It’s the woman who came to see San-ha earlier.”
“Haerin?”
“Answer. When men see only pretty women, do they all lose their minds and act all fluttery? Is that what Mr. San-ha does too?”
“I guess it’s instinct because I’m a man, right? It’s due to the structure of the male brain… Ouch! It hurts!”
In a hurry, San-ha stuck to the end of the bench.
He quickly brushed both arms and glared at Summer.
While observing Summer’s uneven face, he subtly said, “But is Haerin pretty? I don’t really know.”
In response, Summer turned to look at him.
“No, why are you saying that she’s pretty? I really don’t know.”
San-ha sucked the straw of the grapefruit ade in a puzzled expression.
“But why is your expression like that of a magpie?”
“What did I do?”
“A little while ago, you were like a proud magpie, but now it looks like frozen persimmons are melting and becoming watery. Sloppy.”
That’s right. I melted.
Why won’t it melt when I say such pretty words?
Come to think of it, Mr. San-ha pretended not to know that rude person from earlier.
Indeed, my tiger is firm and pretty!
When will be the next time I get to glare like this? Now, with Summer sticking closely to San-ha and staring at his face, she grinned.
“Why are you like this?”
He tried to push her away, but instead, Summer clung more.
“Because I like it.”
“What?”
He was staring only at that face, filled with a feeling of triumph.
Seeming troubled, he extended the grapefruit ade towards her.
Without hesitation, Summer took a sip through his straw, exclaiming, “Wow, it’s delicious. The grapefruit is very sweet.”
“San-ha, you should have one too,” Summer said, pushing an iced Americano toward him.
“After all, relationships between people should be fair, right? Since you received, you should give too,” she added, recalling Jina’s words from earlier.
“That may be true, but I’m fine,” he replied, pushing away the coffee in front of him and tilting his head.
Summer’s forehead wrinkled slightly, and she said, “Are you ignoring my sincerity right now?”
“No, it’s just that I don’t care much about coffee…!”
Seeing Summer becoming more ferocious, San-ha quickly sucked on the coffee straw, drawing in a big gulp.
Summer’s lips stretched wide as if savoring bitterness.
“Bad magpie,” she exclaimed, sipping the grapefruit ade again.
“I understand Ms. Jina’s feelings. Even if it’s one-sided, there’s nothing you can do,” San-ha said.
“Depending on how you see it, your brother’s actions might be right.”
“What do you mean?”
“Just because you like someone doesn’t mean you can date or get married. And emotions that you can’t take responsibility for can make many people unhappy. Sometimes being firm or indifferent might be better.”
“What’s going on between them?”
“Well.”
Instead of saying more, San-ha sucked on the grapefruit ade that Jina had ordered.
Suddenly, something occurred to Summer, and she shouted, “That cheesecake!”
“Why are you like this?”
San-ha pushed away Summer’s face, which had approached again, with the tip of his index finger.
But she resisted his hand and leaned even closer, asking, “The cake you received on San-ha’s birthday, that woman gave it to you, right?”
He answered, “Uh.”
“What’s going on? You both know each other’s birthdays and take care of each other?”
“Know the birthday, yes. But ‘taking care’ is something I should exclude.”
“What?”
“Because Haerin sends it unilaterally.”
Summer’s forehead wrinkled.
She realized that she was asking absurdly jealous and prying questions, but somehow, she felt angry.
She didn’t like that the woman and San-ha were connected as a brother and sister.
“Are you angry by any chance?”
Looking at Summer, who pressed her lips, he asked, peering down at her.
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I don’t like it.”
Because that woman being next to San-ha was unpleasant.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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