“Oh right. The company called, and I briefly told them.”
At her mother’s words, Ji Na, who had lain back down, opened her eyes wide.
“It was a man’s voice, what was the name…”
Her mother tilted her head and mumbled.
Who was it? Who could have called?
Even as she was sinking into drowsiness again, curiosity sparked in Ji Na’s mind.
Despite being sick all weekend, Ji Na still didn’t feel well on Monday. She got up in a daze after a sluggish sleep. She didn’t know how much she had sweated, but her damp pajamas were uncomfortable.
Brrrrr
Then, her cell phone rang.
It was Do Jin.
A person whose face and voice she didn’t want to see or hear again since that day.
Especially now, more than ever.
After a brief moment of considering whether to answer or not, she decided to reject the call.
[It’s about work. Answer.]
A text message came immediately, as if reading Ji Na’s mind.
Looking at her innocent cell phone that was ringing again, she reluctantly picked it up.
“Yes.”
You…….
Do Jin, who exhaled deeply as he started speaking, seemed quite angry, even at a casual listen.
“What’s the matter?”
I had no idea you were such a bad person.
What a thing to say…..
Ji Na bit her lip and replied dryly.
“If it’s not related to work, I’ll hang up.”
Hey, Ji Na.
Perhaps thinking she would hang up immediately, Do Jin urgently shouted.
We got through our mother’s crisis, but the doctor said she seems to have been severely shocked. She needs to recover quickly, but it seems the psychological aspect is greater.
Why is he telling me this?
Ji Na couldn’t understand.
If you hadn’t spoken like that that day, my mother wouldn’t have collapsed.
Do Jin’s blame made her blood boil.
“You can’t say it’s because of me, Manager.”
She cut off Do Jin’s words, who cowardly and meanly tried to put the blame on her.
If anything happens to our mother, I won’t let you off.
At Do Jin’s voice threatening her to the end, a hollow laugh escaped her.
“I’ll hang up now.”
She hastily ended the call without having the energy to argue anymore. It was absurd how Do Jin was trying to pass the blame on her till the end. She had no intention of listening to his threats.
Whatever happens, happens.
Nevertheless, her heart thumped at his intimidation.
Should she quit her job as well? Her head started throbbing again with various thoughts.
The sky outside the dusky window was just beginning to brighten.
It was a little past 5 am. Ji Na was flabbergasted again at Do Jin’s behavior, calling at such an early hour and making a fuss.
Ji Na staggered up. Her body, after suffering from a bout of illness, was devoid of strength.
When she went out to the living room, it was filled with a delicious smell. Her mother, who had been in the kitchen, turned around when she heard her.
“Ji Na, I made corn porridge. Try some.”
She thought she had lost her appetite, but the sweet smell was tempting.
“Why the porridge so early in the morning?”
As Ji Na sat at the table, her mother placed steaming hot porridge on the table.
“It’s made from pesticidefree corn from Gangwon Province. It’s definitely more delicious. You can’t go to work on an empty stomach.”
Ji Na took a small spoonful of porridge and blew on it, “Whew.”
“Catching a cold in the middle of summer.”
She felt her mother’s worried gaze looking at her.
“It seems like I’ve been working too hard lately.”
As Ji Na jokingly said, her mother furrowed her brows.
“Your mother has always said this. It’s all in vain to work like a slave at a company. Look at your father. As he aged and grew old, he was treated poorly.”
At the mention of dad, Ji Na quietly closed her mouth and busily blew on her porridge.
“Have you made peace with dad?”
When Ji Na asked, her mother silently wiped the table with a dishcloth. A few days ago, she had heard her parents arguing over some issue, so she casually asked about it.
“Do we have anything to make peace about? We just let it go.”
Her mother, who was sighing, stopped her wiping.
“Mom, I’m considering moving to the countryside.”
“All of a sudden?”
Her mother sat in front of Ji Na, looking at her with serious eyes.
“I think my heart is getting colder because I’ve been living in the city for so long. I also talked to dad and plan to tidy up here and go down to the countryside soon.”
At her mother’s words, Ji Na’s eyes widened.
“What about me…?”
“You’re 29, that should be enough.”
Her mother winked, half jokingly, half teasing.
“Get a small studio apartment. Your father and I are going to sell this house and go down.”
Her mother seemed completely determined.
Ji Na sat with a trembling face, holding an empty spoon in her mouth.
“When…?”
“We put the house up for sale yesterday.”
So soon?
So abruptly?
“Ah, then I have to look for a studio apartment near the company.”
“Yes. Look for one and let me know. If I can, I’ll help.”
She felt as if she had suddenly become an adult.
No, she was always an adult, but the feeling of independence was strange.
The thought that she had to completely separate from her parents made Ji Na even more nervous.
“What should I do if I suddenly fall ill?”
Like yesterday. The mere absence of her parents, who had always lived together, suddenly made her worry.
“So it would be great if you got married at this point. You have a boyfriend at your company. That Assistant Manager Kim Do Jin, no, he’s a manager now, isn’t he?”
Ji Na was surprised at the name that popped out of her mother’s mouth.
“I broke up with him.”
“After dating for five years? Why?”
Her mother seemed surprisingly startled by Ji Na’s breakup, as if she hadn’t expected it.
“Do you need a reason to break up… Just… You stop loving them.”
Not sure if it was love from the start.
Ji Na stirred her corn porridge with a bitter expression.
“I was thinking of arranging your marriage with him at this chance…”
That man, marry another woman. He cheated on me while we were dating.
Unable to say that much, Ji Na bit her lip. Her mother looked somewhat regretful.
“He had a good job, he was a good person, he looked alright…”
Feeling like she would have to mull over the reasons for the breakup with her mother, Ji Na abruptly stood up.
“I’m going to shower.”
Running away to the bathroom, Ji Na turned the faucet. As the warm stream of water poured down, her disturbed mind calmed down a bit.
Ji Na looked at the steamy mirror with a complex gaze in the face of a new problem, independence. It was blurred, just like her current state of mind.
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Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
