As Dan Woo’s intentions became clear, Tae Yun’s words flowed more smoothly. He gave an answer that seemed likely to persuade Ji An.
“The previous owner might have been avoiding your calls, but he would somehow want to receive mine. Let’s stay together for a while.”
Ji An was also caught by the weather and felt at a loss. It was true.
She did need help to find the previous owner who had lied to her.
After considering various things, Ji An nodded her head.
“I will live with you. Thank you for your consideration.”
“No, not at all. I was worried because of the weather, and it’s fortunate that you, our guest, have given your consent.”
Looking at his boss who had stepped back, Tae Yun exhaled a long breath.
After all, he couldn’t have driven out a woman trembling in this rain, and that too amidst thunderous noises.
He decided to ask for more details tomorrow and headed for the annex.
After finishing the dishes, Ji An glanced at Dan Woo.
Leaning on the island, she opened her mouth when Dan Woo looked back.
“It seems I have a reason to find the answer. To be precise, a little deeper. … Ah! Never mind.”
Ji An laughed awkwardly as she stopped her lips. It was a moment when her words could have become plentiful again.
She added words as she was heading to her room.
“I am good at living quietly without bothering others. Don’t worry.”
Dan Woo, who lifted his gaze, answered calmly.
“You don’t bother me at all. Feel at ease.”
“I’m sorry if I make you uncomfortable.”
So what are you so sorry for?
For the first time, discomfort flashed in Dan Woo’s eyes.
It was true that he was a victim, but strictly speaking, she was also a victim.
He was about to add words that it wasn’t her fault.
Ji An’s phone rang.
Rrrrr. Rrrrr.
Mom. Ji An’s face stiffened at the two letters.
When Ji An, pulling her lower lip, looked up, Dan Woo slightly nodded his head.
Ji An, who had slightly closed the door, put the phone to her ear and answered.
“Mom.”
Haven’t you heard the news about your sister returning?
“I haven’t heard.”
‘I don’t even expect her to say, “Has our daughter been doing well?” At least call me by my name, saying, “Ji An? It’s mom.”
To not be startled by the two letters ‘mom’ that I see after several months.
When are you coming home? You know that Genesis has a schedule, how can you not contact us at all?
“…….”
Kim Ji An!
Ji An, who had put down her phone, looked at the screen.
Was there any expectation left? If there were no expectations, there would be no disappointment either.
‘Why do I still want to be my mother’s daughter?’
The back of her mother, who was holding her sister tightly and covering both ears on a night when thunder and lightning struck, was clear.
The young her, who had been startled and screamed and waited for her turn, had fallen asleep alone, covered up to her head with a blanket.
I know you’re busy, but come home tonight.
“I can’t go because I’m busy.”
Without waiting for an answer, Ji An pressed the end call button.
This was the first time she had refused her mother’s request to accompany Genesis’s schedule.
Rrrrr. Rrrrr.
The phone rang again.
As the bell rang consecutively, competing with the finger that was pressing end, Ji An finally turned off the phone.
She soon threw the phone, which she was clutching as if to break, under the bed. The phone that hit the wall made a small friction sound and quieted down.
The woman who had gone into her bedroom last night did not come back out to the living room.
On the 2nd floor, from the balcony, looking at the sky cleared of rain, Dan Woo mumbled.
“It must have been a long day.”
Dan Woo assumed that Ji An had fallen into a deep sleep.
As he was going downstairs, he stopped midway. Then, cautious of any possible unfamiliar presence, he listened for a moment.
Fortunately, the first floor was as quiet as any other day.
However, the sunlight that filled the living room was dazzling. It had a bright energy, as if an untimely spring had arrived.
Dan Woo, who had crossed the yard, opened the door to the detached house with a low wall in between.
As soon as he opened the door, the toast popped up from the toaster.
Tae Yoon asked him while looking at him.
“Nothing happened, right?”
“……”
Dan Woo, who had just taken his coffee, nodded his head after sweeping the notsospacious interior at a glance.
It was his first time coming to the annex because Tae Yoon had brought over breakfast as usual.
Tae Yoon changed his words and asked again.
“Did something happen?”
“No such thoughts. This is Korea.”
Tae Yoon, with his eyes wide open, scrutinized Dan Woo.
Why, when he didn’t intend to?
The boss’s choice to take him to the hotel was unexpected.
“Don’t talk nonsense and catch the owner.”
“This gentleman doesn’t answer his phone.”
Tae Yoon, who had put the toast on his palms, urged him to make a choice by nodding his chin twice.
Dan Woo took a full bite of toast with strawberry jam instead of cheese.
“Hurry up. We have to stop by the police station.”
“Are you serious?”
“I’m serious.”
He added while looking back at Tae Yoon.
“Besides Kim Ji An, he’s a bad guy, so we have to catch him.”
It made sense, but Dan Woo wasn’t the type to consider others and be such a guy.
Tae Yoon muttered, looking at his boss’s back.
“Why did he become so righteous?”
It was a late return home due to a drinking party with the governor.
Dan Woo’s footsteps paused momentarily in front of the red car. The car was parked in the same shape as yesterday.
Whether it was her intention to keep her word that it would not be bothersome, she did not show up for three days.
“I find it strangely bothersome.”
“Who? Kim Ji An?”
“Yeah.”
Dan Woo, who had entered the house, cast his gaze at the neatly lined sneakers and the clunky slippers.
Making his presence known, he went into the kitchen and fixed his gaze on the tightly closed bedroom.
He took large strides towards the bedroom and called out for Ji An.
“Um, Kim Ji An?”
He hesitated and then knocked on the door, but the only response was a quiet silence.
“Sigh! Seriously!”
In the end, Dan Woo called in Tae Yoon from the annex. He judged that even if there was a misunderstanding, it would be better to have two people rather than one.
Tae Yoon, holding a chopstick, pushed him aside.
“Move aside.”
“What are you going to do with that?”
“We have to open it to get in. Checking if she’s alive is the priority.”
Dan Woo got angry and snatched the chopstick away. No matter what, this wasn’t right.
“You just say things like that? …She’s alive, of course!”
“Give it here. You said it’s strange, right?”
While Dan Woo and Tae Yoon were fussing over the chopstick, the bedroom door suddenly swung open.
Ji An, who seemed to have just woken up, looked at the two alternately with a groggy face.
Pointing at the chopstick, she asked in a sleepy voice.
“What are you going to do with that? Surely you’re not planning to just barge in?”
Ji An brushed her long hair with her hand, let it fall on one shoulder, and tilted her head.
She sighed briefly and looked up at Dan Woo.
“Hmm. I told you. I said I’d live without being a bother.”
Dan Woo’s gaze fell on her white neck line.
“There’s no need for that. You’re not bothering me.”
“Well, that’s for me to…”
Ji An swallowed her next words and added something else.
“If you’re doing this because of me, I’m sorry. But I’ve done everything I needed to do. I’ve played, eaten, washed, and slept.”
Over the past three days, Ji An had been painstakingly doing something that Ha Joon had disliked.
Becoming one with the bed and rolling about.
The absurdity of her trying to finally outdo Yoon Ha Joon brought laughter to her now.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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