Entering the changing room wearily, Ji An looked at her injured finger and mumbled.
“I thought there couldn’t be a person as pitiful as me, but I forgot about that because it hurts… You’re just like that.”
Leaning against the cabinet and looking at the ceiling, she thought of Dan Woo again.
No matter how hard I try to avoid, I ended up here.
Of all places, it had to be where that man is the representative.
It wasn’t as if she was doing anything wrong, but it would have been better if she had calmly focused on her work. Belated regret engulfed her.
Still, she had made a small excuse for herself.
“The world seemed to be deceiving me.”
Ji An opened the cabinet and unbuttoned her blouse. She used her middle finger instead of her index to slowly unfasten the buttons, a hollow laughter leaking out.
If she was going to be exposed anyway, it would have been better to be seen working hard.
She hung her organized uniform on the hanger and closed the cabinet door.
[Kim Ji An]
Her once proud name tag looked shabby today.
Ji An, who came up to the first floor through the emergency stairs, stood in the lobby and turned her gaze to one side.
[Attic Library]That was her workplace.
A place with many books, colleagues who cared, but more than anything, it was a place that filled her day with precious routine.
Could she not go in just for a moment? If she gets caught on security, she can just say she left something behind.
Without hesitation, she crossed over the “no entry” ribbon.
The library, only lit with mood lighting, was dark and silent.
Click clack click clack.
Her footsteps echoed in the highceilinged library.
There was no one moving around the sturdy bookshelves, no one sitting at the long table tapping on their laptops.
The sound of flipping book pages, the heat emitted by various machines, even the warmth between people was gone, and the space had cooled down.
The sunlight that had filtered in through the windows on all sides had receded, letting in the night, but Ji An was not unfamiliar with this tranquility.
“I’ll rest a bit. It will only be a moment.”
Ji An set down her coat and bag inside the desk. Then, she headed towards the event bookshelf, pressing down on the speed dial on her phone.
As the call connection sound came on, she stood still in the cold air.
Click.
Is that you, Ji An?
“Dad.”
Why? What’s up? What’s going on at this time?
The issue was not with her, but with him. She asked, swallowing back tears that felt ready to burst.
“Dad, where are you?”
I’m in the middle of a Zenith schedule. There’s a celebration performance lined up for today.
“So, even dad lies. I met my sister today and heard about everything that happened.”
Ji An.
“I shouldn’t have caused this. ……I’m still happy now. Why did you fight with mom?”
She spoke cheerfully, swallowing her tears.
Was her nasty behavior today due to her dad’s absence? Or rather, the heaviness in her heart came from the fact that her dad knew everything she thought she had hidden.
“Dad, where are you right now? I will come to you now. Neither sister nor mom know where you are……I should know.”
It’s far, it’d be hard to come. I’m at your grandmother’s house in Goyang city. I’ve come down to look after the house since it’s been vacant for a while. I’m going to stay here for a while, so my daughter, don’t worry too much about me.
Ji An sank down to the floor. If it was something like that, she should have gone with him.
“Should I go down since it’s the weekend?”
No, later. I haven’t been here in a long time, there’s no proper place to sleep and the house is a mess. Come when the house repairs are finished. By spring.
“Does it take that long?”
Once the new year passes, spring is soon. I’m living off at your Uncle Jong Goo’s place. Do you remember Uncle Jong Goo?
“I remember.”
Come for sure in the spring. ……Dad, I need to go and see uncle. I’ll call again later.
Ji An ended the long call and blankly stared into empty space.
Even though she said “so it was,” her heart felt heavy for some reason.
As she turned to leave, she saw the bookshelf under the stairs decorated like a hideaway. She sat inside it, quietly staring at the bookshelf across from her.
Today as well, the books silently stood by my side, not worrying about me being alone.
The security room of the Play Round, the entrance connected to the 1st floor emergency staircase, was opened.
Team Leader Yang, who was on the night shift, bowed his waist as Dan Woo followed Tae Yoon in. The security room was cleared at a few words from Tae Yoon.
It was something his superior wanted, fearing that Ji An’s situation might become difficult.
Dan Woo approached the main computer and pulled the mouse.
Tae Yoon warned Dan Woo about breaking the company rules, thinking he was doing something unnecessary.
“Only the applicant can stay for the night shift. That’s the regulation.”
“I know. I just have a hunch about something.”
While rewinding the CCTV, Dan Woo found Ji An heading towards the attic library. He pointed his finger at the main computer.
“Can you momentarily deactivate the library security? Can you do that?”
“……Yes.”
Dan Woo firmly gripped Tae Yoon’s shoulder. It was a thank you for believing in him.
He strode across the library entrance bar and looked around the library from which people had cleared out.
She must have been surprised. Of course, she must have resented him.
He felt sorry that he couldn’t tell her that he was the representative of Play Round, and was worried about how she didn’t seem okay.
He walked past the event bookshelf along the bookshelves, stifling his footsteps in case Ji An, possibly startled, had hidden.
When he found Ji An, he planned to explain the incident that had gotten complicated and tell her that there was no such connection as this one that coincided again by chance.
Dan Woo slowly stopped his steps and let out a short sigh.
In the faint mood lighting of the bookshelf, only her figure was barely visible, but the only person who could be here now was her.
Her curledup body was so small that Dan Woo muttered without realizing it.
“I finally found you.”
Ji An quickly raised her head at the sound. She gasped when she discovered a person in the darkness.
Even just by looking at his tall stature, wide shoulders, and his head falling obliquely, she knew who he was.
He must be smiling gently.
Because Dan Woo’s expression was always like that when he looked at her.
Ji An came out of her hiding place and saw the person who had shaken all her things.
Not knowing what to say, her fluttering lips let out the most ordinary words.
“I’m sorry. I was about to leave.”
Ji An strode past Dan Woo. The moment her round shoulder brushed his arm, a large hand wrapped around her wrist.
“Where are you going?”
There were large tears welling up in Ji An’s eyes. Dan Woo felt as if his heart was being ripped out.
A choked breath spilled out from between his lips.
As he was about to call Ji An’s name, he felt a thump in his chest. It was the pain that had come since he made a choice that wasn’t her.
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Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
