Ji An forcibly pulled her caught hand free and bowed her head.
“I violated the rules, but this won’t happen again. Just once … please pretend you don’t know.”
She couldn’t take more than a few steps before wiping her tears with the end of her sleeve.
Feeling Dan Woo’s gaze, she quickened her pace, widening her strides. The sound of footsteps following her made her walk faster, causing her to stumble.
“Ji An.”
The nearly falling body found its balance as Dan Woo caught her arm. He put strength in his hand, pulling Ji An towards him and held her close in one swift motion.
“Where are you going? I came to see you.”
Ji An couldn’t lift her head. It seemed too sad to see Dan Woo’s eyes. Desperate to escape before spilling words she couldn’t bear, she twisted her body, pushing away from his chest.
However, it seemed Dan Woo had no intention of letting Ji An go.
As his emotions escalated, to Ji An, he was not the CEO, but still Woo Dan Woo.
“Let go. Just this. Please, leave me alone.”
“No. I can’t do that.”
Ji An resisted firmly, pushing Dan Woo away. Her vision was blurry from tears, and Dan Woo’s face appeared faint.
When Dan Woo grabbed her hand again, she hit his chest with all her strength.
“Liar. You deceived me. Completely deceived me. How is this just business? What are you, really?”
“If I had been honest from the beginning, I wouldn’t have made you cry. It’s all my fault.”
“You’re a bad guy. You really are a bad guy.”
“Yes. I’m a bad guy.”
Dan Woo, embracing the struggling Ji An, tightened his arms around her. The more Ji An pushed him away, the stronger his grip became.
By the time Ji An’s sobs subsided, Dan Woo’s jacket was soaked. But her heart was finding its pace again.
Listening to Ji An’s subsiding sobs and the breath scattering from her chest, Dan Woo thought.
It was fortunate that Ji An was somewhere he could find.
If he hadn’t found Ji An, he would have regretted this day forever.
“You didn’t go anywhere else and hid well here. I’m grateful to the library for the first time in my life.”
Ji An closed her eyes quietly.
From the arms wrapped around her and the large hand confining her head, she felt worry, and a sense of relief conveyed through his breath.
The resentment towards Dan Woo faded and her heart started to beat again.
Thump, thump.
It was different from the heart that had been beating irregularly due to sorrow exploding. Her emotions surged at the thought of being with Dan Woo.
At that moment, Dan Woo’s hand, which had wrapped around her long hair, slipped out.
Instead of pulling away, he lifted Ji An’s chin to meet her gaze. He crushed the stillwet corner of her eye with his thumb and twisted his lips into a grin.
“Done crying?”
When Ji An lowered her gaze to avoid his eyes, she saw the jacket wet with tears.
She didn’t understand why crying was so easy in front of Dan Woo. In recent years, she hadn’t even cried in front of Ha Joon.
She must have been sad. No, she was actually afraid they might never meet again.
Ji An, acknowledging her feelings, tightened her lips and asked. Tears welled up again.
“Crying again? You’ve become a crybaby since I left you alone.”
Dan Woo gently pressed Ji An’s tightened lips and flicked them away. His gaze lingered on her lips for a long time.
It was a pitiful thought as if wondering what was in her mind, but he couldn’t take his eyes off.
The lips that used to spill out beautiful words happily were now sobbing and scratching his heart.
A lonely thought crept into his heart.
‘What if I take you and live as an ordinary person? Regardless of whether everyone curses me as a madman, I want to live making you smile.’
Ji An’s voice broke his contemplation. She swallowed her tears and forced a short laugh.
“Seeing you quack like a duck, I guess you’re the Dan Woo I know.”
Ji An firmly grasped Dan Woo’s arm wrapped around her waist. It was a plea to let go of his hand.
Although he loosened his grip slightly, Dan Woo’s hand remained around her waist. Because Dan Woo was shaking his head from side to side and making eye contact, Ji An ended up laughing.
As she stepped back, Dan Woo closed the distance. If she took two steps back, he seemed ready to take three steps forward.
Seeing the distance that wasn’t getting any wider, she pointed to the exit.
“We need to go out. This is a security area.”
“It’s okay to stay. I disabled it. I wanted to give you a book.”
“A book?”
Dan Woo looked at Ji An with a soft and low gaze.
In Jeju, she had looked for libraries and bookstores, and even the place they reunited in Seoul was a bookstore.
Therefore, Dan Woo wanted to be what she needed the most that day.
“There’s no need to be visible, wherever you go, you’re looking for books, right? So, from now on, I’m a book. So, stay with me. I’ll stay quietly by your side.”
Ji An laughed lightly, her eyes deeply curved.
It was nice that she seemed to approve of Dan Woo’s foolish appearance, and it was nice that he told her she didn’t need to be a visible book.
The touch of his hand brushing her hair with a clear and bright gaze was nice.
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
