Dan Woo recalled the sight of Ji An that had caught his gaze.
Her lips, tightened to hold back tears, and the sound of her laughter when she received the handkerchief back.
Her face when she opened the door in her sleepwear and asked if he was really planning to come in.
Her footsteps, walking in front of the grey wall, stepping on the winter grass.
The voice reciting the ramen recipe, facing the falling snow, with a spoon stuck in her hair.
Even the conversations that were exchanged casually and her lengthy stories about herself were not disliked.
It would be fine to become friends.
Like the one who called out Ji An’s name without hesitation, or perhaps more intimately than that.
“A friend closer than Ha Joon.”
“That seems like crossing a line.”
“Our relationship could be more special because of the coincidence. Why not?”
“And while saying that, you subtly disparage.”
Dan Woo’s words, which had been continuing softly, became languid.
“Because we’re friends.”
Ji An’s heart throbbed.
She was about to say thank you for agreeing to be friends.
Was the phrase ‘because we’re friends’ enough to make her heart beat like this?
It must be because of his languid voice. Because this is Jeju. Or perhaps, it’s the strange weather.
As if agreeing, Ji An nodded her head. Then, feigning nonchalance, she crawled into the blanket and opened a book.
[The Ugly Duckling]Dan Woo’s gaze fell on the cover of the book.
“Going to sleep?”
“Yeah. Going to sleep after reading.”
“You’re using informal speech now.”
Because we’re friends. If we’re friends, the way of speaking should be like friends. It would be ridiculous to continue using honorifics after all this.
Ji An, who was looking at Dan Woo, shrugged her shoulders while considering her thoughts.
“If you can do it, why can’t I?”
Dan Woo’s gaze, which was looking at Ji An, did not return to its place.
This is definitely insane.
Why can’t my eyes be taken off the sight of her merely reading a fairy tale?
For Dan Woo, this night was truly unpredictable.
Dan Woo, who had been watching Ji An’s actions, smiled faintly.
“Going to sleep after reading a fairy tale?”
“When I read the moment the duck realizes it’s a swan, it makes me feel good. I read it often.”
Dan Woo extended his hand to Ji An.
“Give me the book.”
“Why?”
“I want to read it.”
As she handed over the book, Dan Woo opened to the passage Ji An had mentioned.
His head tilted slightly. It was a book written in English.
Throwing off the blanket and sitting up, Ji An spoke.
“I have translations of my favorite book in various languages. I feel vicariously satisfied when I read it, feeling like a duck who can’t become a swan.”
Dan Woo’s upper body leaned forward. Close enough to feel his breath, he looked into Ji An’s eyes.
“What’s wrong with being a duck that can’t become a swan?”
“It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just ordinary.”
“Listen to me carefully. A mother and child were walking in a park with a lake. The mother duck and ducklings were also playing in the pond.”
Pushing his back and moving closer to the retreating Ji An, Dan Woo added with a broad smile.
“The moment the child saw the duck, she said, ‘Mom, I like the duck.'”
“Children naturally like ducks.”
“See? So live as a duck that is loved. The strongest duck leader among them.”
“That’s oddly persuasive.”
“Seeing you being persuaded by being offered the leader role shows you’re powercentric.”
Ji An pulled her shoulders down and puckered her lips in the middle, like a duck’s beak.
Her lips, which tasted of banjos, were unusually red.
Quick to the hastened beat of his heart, Dan Woo swiftly straightened his upper body and urged Ji An.
“The Duck Leader should stop pretending now.”
“Quack quack.”
“Heh.”
“Squeak.”
Dan Woo’s eyes were deeply curved and his laughter extended long.
Ji An opened her eyes thin and seriously called his name.
“Mr. Woo Dan Woo.”
“Huh? Why?”
Dan Woo just laughed.
Because Ji An’s actions made him laugh in a defenseless state.
Ji An couldn’t bear her heart beating weirdly and blurted out her true feelings.
“Don’t laugh like that. I have a disease called voluntary affection deficiency and there’s no cure for this disease.”
“Out of the blue?”
Ji An adjusted her posture and spoke seriously.
“I’m the only patient. The symptoms are craving affection whenever the other person shows a gap. But you just now, you laughed like that. It makes me want to rush in.”
Dan Woo’s face, laughing with a sly grin, got closer to Ji An. His voice was deep and clear.
“I wish it was severe. Your disease.”
For a brief moment, emotions rolled in a strange way.
Could I get a bit closer if it’s you? This thought whisked through Dan Woo’s mind.
He suppressed his deepening senses, but Dan Woo was losing confidence in this night.
His confidence to fight and win over the desire to make her his.
As the atmosphere became strange, Ji An pushed Dan Woo away fiercely.
“What’s with that look? Do you really know it’s cheesy?”
“Was it cheesy?”
“Yes.”
Being drunk with emotion, the sweetly felt heart was a luxury to Dan Woo. So it was right to stop here.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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