It was Bomin’s mother. She was carrying Bomin’s younger sibling in a baby carrier.
A few days ago, she had read a book to Bomin who was left alone while her younger sibling was being fussed over.
“I’m sorry. Bomin might be bothering you.”
“Not at all. I just have to read to her since she likes books. The books Bomin picks are fun.”
Bomin had already been pulling at Ji An’s hand.
She liked her elder sister who read to her on behalf of her busy mother because of her younger sibling.
Looking at Bomin, Ji An grinned. She felt as if she were seeing herself, who had become a friend of books in place of her busy family.
A single SUV smoothly came to a stop in the parking lot of the Jeju library. As Tae Yun put the gear into neutral, Dan Woo got out of the car first.
He took in the name of the children’s library in Jeju.
[Forest of Falling Stars]With a briefcase in hand, Tae Yun headed towards the lobby of the Jeju library and called out to Dan Woo.
“Preparations are complete. Let’s go in.”
With a few steps distance from Tae Yun, Dan Woo spoke up.
“Director Woo, construction on the Play Round library is already underway according to the plan. Do we really need to go through formal procedures to visit quietly?”
“The mayor wants an official appearance from the representative of Play Round.”
Tae Yun pointed out a building they had come to inspect together.
“It’s still before the completion inspection. The revised completion documents have just been submitted…”
Dan Woo and Tae Yun were led by the library’s data support department manager, Lim Sung Jin, towards the children’s library.
At the entrance of the library, Manager Lim explained about the triangular windows on the exterior wall. He clenched his fist and held it up to his eye.
“You know prisms, right? They collect and disperse light. We designed it to symbolize that.”
Dan Woo nodded his head, adding an appropriate comment.
“It matches well with the library’s name. Perhaps because of the season, I feel like I’m passing by a Christmas tree.”
“That’s one way to interpret it.”
Descending one floor at a time through the staircase from the rooftop garden, Manager Lim added to his explanation.
The reason Dan Woo wanted to visit the library was for the differentiation of Play Round.
The central lobby of Play Round, an urban complex shopping center, was designed as a library.
A mall and a library.
At first thought, it may not seem like a match, but it was something Dan Woo proposed and Chairman Michael decided. The same design was planned to be applied to other branches that were going to open.
He wanted to make the library of Play Round a special space.
Even upon entering the second floor, Manager Lim’s explanation continued.
“The second floor is a space decorated with a cafeteria. It’s a rest area for mothers.”
Dan Woo stood at the railing, looking down at the firstfloor view.
Going down the wide stairs designed for sitting and reading, there were structures designed according to different concepts placed here and there.
Dan Woo’s index finger pointed at a round blue circle. There was a semicircular bookshelf and a soft bench together.
Manager Lim followed where Dan Woo’s finger was pointing and continued speaking.
“That represents the sea of Jeju. It’s a deep blue color. The floor is heated. Isn’t lying on your stomach and reading comic books the best? If you peel and eat tangerines there, it’s the icing on the cake.”
Tae Yun vehemently agreed on behalf of Dan Woo, nodding his head.
However, Dan Woo’s gaze was still fixed there.
It was because Ji An was there, reading a book with a little girl sitting on her lap.
She made eye contact with the child and smiled, gently shaking the child’s fernlike hand which she held.
She is here, he thought.
When Dan Woo unexpectedly saw Ji An in a place, he remembered her, someone who was hard to meet when time was misaligned.
He wished he hadn’t kept his promise to stay quietly without causing discomfort.
Manager Lim’s explanation continued unabated.
“This is the event shelf.”
There was an event shelf somewhere in the middle of the wide stairs. Still in Dan Woo’s field of view as he listened to the explanation was Ji An.
When she pointed to the ceiling, his gaze went up, and when she looked at the window, he looked at the window too.
When Ji An tilted her head obliquely to make eye contact and smile with the child, his head also tilted obliquely.
Ji An unintentionally talked more, held her breath, looked up at herself and smiled faintly.
Seeing her face fluttering her large eyes overlapped with her current appearance, and Dan Woo’s lips also curled.
Tae Yun nudged him.
“Chairman.”
“Huh. I’m listening.”
When Tae Yun followed Dan Woo’s gaze, at the end of it was Ji An.
The news that he had found a place where she could stay was instantly silenced.
After paying the deposit, Dan Woo was more than happy to accept her wish to stay in the stone wall house.
Tae Yun was worried about Dan Woo treating Ji An so specially.
For a brief moment, Dan Woo’s arm was caught by Tae Yun.
“What should we do, Chairman?”
“……Oh no.”
Dan Woo, who had unknowingly been on high alert around Ji An, was taken aback.
Tae Yun, who blocked Dan Woo, closed his lips and asked. He looked like a master of trickery.
“Why are you like that? Like a guy bewitched by a fox.”
“It’s a duck. ……Not a fox.”
Why is he like that?
Pretending not to notice Tae Yun’s look, Dan Woo moved on, following Manager Lim.
Fortunately, Ji An was not interested in men dressed in suits.
“Whose call is this now……”
Throwing his cell phone onto the desk, Ha Joon interlocked his fingers, creating a knuckle sandwich.
Ji An’s phone was turned off.
Adding the dates when he didn’t even think to call, it had been off for quite a while.
If it was a problem, he should dig into it and solve it.
The man who moved into apartment 902 insisted he absolutely couldn’t leave his house. All he wanted was to put everything back in its place.
“I’m really going crazy.”
Ha Joon slammed the desk and grabbed his suit jacket.
He couldn’t figure out what was bothering Ji An. Even so, it didn’t seem like there was enough time for her to find a new place and move in.
Parking his car in the academy district, he murmured, looking up at a building.
“‘Lee So Min English’, huh.”
When Ha Joon walked into the principal’s office, So Min’s head tilted in disbelief.
She pointed to the sofa and spoke.
“Yu Jin took the call, but if it’s about Ji An, I really don’t know. We had a drink briefly. It must have been before she disappeared.”
“If Ji An contacts you, tell her to call me.”
As Ha Joon briskly stated his purpose, So Min moved to sit on the sofa.
Ji An wasn’t her personal ornament to do as she said or stop as she commanded.
It was ridiculous.
Did that person know about the harsh words Ji An must have heard because of him?
So Min recalled her own words and asked Ha Joon.
“Since you’re being blunt and to the point, I’ll say one thing. How many times do you think Ji An has heard that she’s unlucky?”
“What do you mean?”
“When you finish your errand, just say it’s been solved well, okay?”
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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