Suddenly, why would you give me a dog? Not just one, but three.”
“Do they look like dogs to you?”
“Then if they’re not dogs, are they tigers?”
“Stupid fool.”
I-Jun shook his head in dismay.
Seemingly tired of talking, I-Jun turned to leave, but Do-Jun stopped him.
“Are you leaving like this?”
“What if I don’t?”
“If you’ve come, at least have a meal before you go.”
“I’ll come during the memorial service soon.”
It was then Do-Jun realized, even in a dream, that I-Jun was no longer among the living.
A sense of emptiness filled one side of his chest, followed by a lonely wind.
He felt a lingering regret at sending I-Jun away like this.
“Wait.”
“Why again?”
“Aren’t you angry with me?”
“Why would I be angry?”
“You liked Hae Joo too.”
“It’s scarier that you only now realized that.”
I-Jun looked straight at Do-Jun and chuckled.
“Congratulations, Do-Jun. Everything will turn out well.”
Suddenly, his vision blurred, and I-Jun’s figure faded.
As Do-Jun tried to reach out, the air rippled like waves, slowly distancing I-Jun.
As he attempted to follow I-Jun, something bit and pulled at the hem of his pants.
Looking down, he saw three puppies tangled together.
“What are these?”
As he tried to pick up the three puppies, they suddenly merged into one.
Now, Do-Jun was left with only one troublesome yet adorable little guy.
As soon as he put the puppy inside his clothes, he awoke.
“Phew!”
It was a dream.
It was the first time he had seen I-Jun in a dream since his passing.
The guy who appeared after several years, handed over a puppy and left leisurely.
The vividness left him feeling empty-handed, the fluffy touch of the puppy still vividly lingering.
“It was just a dream.”
Outside the window, dawn had already broken.
Checking the time, which had just turned 8 AM, he first checked on Hae Joo’s condition.
Still looking frail, Hae Joo was deep in sleep, oblivious to the world.
Do-Jun, taking his phone, went to the bathroom.
He searched and called Manager Song, who answered immediately.
[Dash] “Did you rest well, sir?”“You did a lot of work yesterday.”
[Dash] “Don’t mention it. Thanks to the document you wrote, we managed to put out the fire for now.”“That’s good.”
[Dash] “The police will issue a summons to Choi In Ho today, but it’s uncertain if he will comply easily.”“He’ll try to resist as much as possible.”
[Dash] “That’s why, sir, how about meeting Yi Yu Ra once?”It was as if the situation had been twisted to make it seem like Hae Joo had turned her back on her family after becoming a successful actress. Even after clarifying, doubts remained.
“I’ll have to think about it.”
[Dash] “The media will focus on it soon, especially with the trial approaching.”The thought of meeting someone he didn’t want to see again was stressful.
There was no chance Yi Yu Ra would repent for her past mistakes.
“Wouldn’t meeting just increase the anger?”
[Dash] “The public opinion against Yi Yu Ra and Park Kyung Ae is not mild.”“Is that so?”
[Dash] “If things continue like this, Yi Yu Ra might be at a disadvantage in court. She’s probably fretting in jail.”Manager Song had analyzed the overnight situation and reported it to Do-Jun.
After deep thought, Do-Jun made up his mind.
“Let’s do that. Is there anything else?”
[Dash] “Last night, the director from Yoo Jin Han’s side released an article and announced they would hold a press conference.”
“Using Hae Joo as the front?”
[Dash] “That seems to be the intention.”“Who decided that?”
[Dash] “Their situation doesn’t seem to be favorable either.”“Do we need to manage this?”
[Dash] “It appears so.”“Let’s think about it.”
After ending the call, Do-Jun emerged from the bathroom to find Hae Joo sitting up.
Her pale complexion radiated a pure light.
“How do you feel?”
“I want to sleep more.”
“Then sleep more.”
“I have to go see the director today for a while.”
Hae Joo, barely able to open her eyes, slumped her shoulders.
Do-Jun laid her back on the bed and got under the covers.
“I had a dream.”
“A dream?”
“Yes, in the dream, my brother gave me three puppies. Then the three merged into one.”
“Could that be a pregnancy dream?”
“A pregnancy dream?”
Do-Jun’s eyes narrowed mischievously.
Curiosity piqued, he grabbed his phone and searched online.
“The puppies were white, so…”
No matter how the world turned, they both became serious because of the dream.
Searching for interpretations of the dream, various opinions surfaced.
“It could be a pregnancy dream.”
“But why would he give me three?”
“Maybe we’ll have three kids?”
Do-Jun’s sharp gaze turned towards Hae Joo’s stomach.
In a moment of surprise, Hae Joo felt her ear pinched.
“That’s nonsense!”
“I can raise them.”
“Are you trying to kill someone?”
“They won’t die. Hae Joo can’t die.”
“……What?”
“I had to let my brother go, but I don’t want the same for you.”
“No, I just…”
“Even though it was a dream, seeing my brother after so long felt good.”
Do-Jun had struggled immensely to overcome the emptiness after I-Jun’s departure.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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