With one hand fitted with a ring to prevent her from running away and the other firmly holding her waist, Yeoreum was finally defenseless. Taeseok deliberately enclosed her entirely. It was an utterly perfect body. The wide-open shoulders and well-defined abs between the shoulders and arms were tightly packed in the upper body.
Thinking that no one could resist if she blocked the view and kissed him, he wanted to consume Choi Yeoreum whole. A few minutes of a breathless kiss had passed. Yeoreum, looking at him with red cheeks and lips, said firmly,
“We need to get permission from our parents…”
“They know we’re dating.”
Yeoreum had told her mom and friends about Taeseok’s relationship, so she had already informed them. Her mom and Taeseok’s parents were aware of their relationship, and even the two had briefly separated due to a misunderstanding two years ago but reunited recently.
“No, Oppa’s parents.”
For a moment, Taeseok made an unreadable expression.
“I like you as much as you do.”
“Lies! You probably don’t even know me.”
“I do.”
This loach that keeps trying to slip away continues to muddy the water. At this moment, parents are not essential to the situation. Taeseok cut the topic of parents with a single stroke.
“If you leave Yeongi’s house, you have to live alone now.”
Upon saying that, my words got stuck. Suddenly, living alone felt a bit empty.
Yeoreum suddenly remembered what happened yesterday.
“Unni! I have something to say.”
When she saw that expression, an unknown premonition crossed her mind. A vague feeling that something she had thought would happen someday was finally beginning.
“I finally have to leave Unni’s house.”
“So it happened.”
Yeongi left. It was something she had decided from the beginning. Like the ugly duckling in the group, the rejected one who had been wandering alone and finally bounced out, Yu Yeong. They had decided to be together for almost three years since they first agreed to be together briefly.
Yeoreum had actively supported reconciliation with Luda through this drama, hoping that she would find her original place. She didn’t forget that this place was just a temporary stop.
Fly back to the original path. Yeoreum was genuinely happy that Yeongi had found the direction of her life.
“You said you’d stay for a week, but you’re finally leaving after three years. Feel refreshed.”
She made a silly joke, feeling a bit emotional. Since Yeong knew that feeling, she hugged Yeoreum.
“Where are you going?”
She said she would start living with the members again. She wanted to try again from the beginning.
“It’s not the narrow dorm we used to stay in. It’s really nice.”
Everyone liked it because there were two luxurious apartments to share. Each had its room, ensuring enough privacy. It seemed that the issue with the management company had been compromised reasonably.
“So, Unni, come to visit first.”
“I will.”
Yeong showed a sly smile. She remembered the face of Yeoreum she saw for the first time that day three years ago when they fought with Luda. From the moment she casually asked her to sleep over, she recognized her humanity.
She was the first person Yeong sincerely loved. Unlike her flashy appearance, she was also someone who showed trust, love, and effort to herself, who had always been gloomy.
Three years passed, accumulating time.
My Yeoreum.
“If I were a man, I would never have let Choi Yeoreum be taken by Seo Taeseok.”
Yeong laughed and said.
“Even lived together for almost three years! Does Taeseok know whether you eat raw or roasted carrots?”
“How would he know that?”
“See!”
Yeong made a triumphant expression.
“So I won.”
“Sure.”
Whatever. Let’s say Yeong won. Yeoreum smiled lightly.
Seeing her smile, Yeong decided. She had to tell her one-sided love story at a suitable time before leaving this house. A beer would be nice.
Everything was falling into place. Now was the time.
Taeseok tapped Yeoreum’s cheek, lost in thought. Her moist expression was lovely, but now he hoped they would focus on their conversation.
“How scary it must be to suddenly live alone. That’s why you should get married.”
He preemptively blocked any attempts to evade the conversation.
“Aren’t you curious about where Yeongi is going?”
“I guess you’ll figure it out. We’re all grown adults.”
Taeseok’s mind was filled with thoughts. The hastily prepared wedding didn’t leave enough time to prepare a new home for the newlyweds.
It seemed like they would have to continue living in the house they had been living in, and Taeseok worried about what would happen if Yeoreum didn’t like it. For newlyweds, starting in a new environment might be preferable.
If that wasn’t possible, he even considered changing the interior and furniture completely to make an entirely different home. Of course, that also had to be done within three months, so it was tight.
He couldn’t just casually greet his mother-in-law and father-in-law. He planned to prepare a gift that was not too much but appropriate, and he planned to get a new suit for that day. He hoped it would look perfect.
Just thinking about that day made his excitement surge from head to toe. What if they refused to give their approval to someone like me, a guy who raised a forbidden stepdaughter? How could I express my feelings truthfully?
“…Oppa?”
Yeoreum, realizing Taeseok lost in his thoughts and sinking into contemplation that could even reach the sea, called him. Anyway, Yeoreum did not agree to any of this.
“What are you thinking?”
How to convince a small rabbit.
“It’s nothing much. So, when is Yeongi leaving?”
“At the end of this month. Not many days left. From next month, I’ll be paying the rent alone.”
At Yeoreum’s words, which sounded like a complaint, Taeseok stiffened. A few seconds later, Taeseok, who finally relaxed, looked at Yeoreum with wide-open pupils.
“…Rent. Did you say rent?”
“Yeah. Our house is a half-month deposit.”
Yeoreum answered as if asking what’s the big deal.
“Do you know how expensive the housing prices are in Seoul? It can’t be a whole deposit. The amount my parents provided as collateral is already a staggering amount, and naturally, I should be the one earning and paying the rent.”
“So, right now…”
Taeseok laughed absurdly, bewildered and awkward.
“Leaving me here, slowly withering away every day you’re away, and you continuing to live in a rented house…?”
Yeoreum’s spine shivered.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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