“How is Mr. Jinwook doing?
Not knowing how she disappeared,
Wondering if he is desperately searching for her,
Curious about Jinwook’s current state, she felt concerned.
Internally, Yeonju let out a bitter laugh. To worry about her husband after running away like this—it couldn’t be more ridiculous than this.
Yeonju couldn’t bring herself to ask about Jinwook’s news.
At that moment, as if sensing Yeonju’s feelings, Haeyeong spoke first.
“…….”
[People in our house are tougher than you think. They don’t even blink an eye at this level of situation. Maybe they’re thankful that you disappeared. That’s how people are. So, Yeonju-ssi, you don’t need to concern yourself with the people here.]Haeyeong’s affectionate voice continued.
[Forget about everything that happened and start a new life there.]“…….”
A deep resonance filled Yeonju’s heart. Haeyeong’s words became a great comfort and hope. Yeonju, with moist eyes, responded.
“Yes. I’ll do that.”
After finishing the call, Yeonju went to the window. Outside the window, a unfamiliar scenery unfolded. New people were coming and going in this new city. The sky seemed even wider than the one she saw in Seoul.
Jinwook probably wouldn’t have thought she would come this far. There was no reason for Jinwook to come here, and even if he did, there was no chance she would run into him.
Now, the only moment she could meet Jinwook would be when she saw his picture in the news. Yeonju looked at the blue sky, smiling with a touch of bitterness.
Despite deciding not to care anymore, she couldn’t help but think of Jinwook while looking at the indifferent sky.
Her marriage life with him was nothing but loneliness, yet she couldn’t easily forget. Two years spent together seemed to have unintentionally built some affection.
It will get better with time.
She believed that firmly. No, it had to be that way.
She would forget. She would forget soon.
Suppressing her fluctuating emotions, Yeonju repeated those words like a spell.
Jinwook arrived home after work. When he got out of the car, a chilly wind seeped into his lungs. It was the middle of winter.
Wearing a black long coat, Jinwook opened the front door and approached the entrance.
Jinwook’s face in front of the door was gloomy. The excitement and comfort he felt when opening the door before were now completely gone. He knew there wouldn’t be anyone to welcome him when he opened this door.
It had been a week since Yeonju left.
[Apologies. We couldn’t find her whereabouts as we couldn’t trace her phone and card usage records.] [We will try to find them as soon as possible.]The report he received this afternoon only made Jinwook’s chest feel more suffocated.
“I thought I would find her within a week, but Yeonju turned off her phone and disappeared. Besides the record of boarding a train to Germany from Austria, there was still no trace of her.
Jinwook, whose face was stained with fatigue, opened the front door and entered.
The dimly lit house came into view. The only thing welcoming him in the darkness was the automatically lit entrance light.
Taking off his shoes and stepping out of the entrance, Jinwook caught a faint light and the smell of food coming from the kitchen. Jinwook’s pupils dilated.
‘Could it be…’
Jinwook walked straight to the kitchen. Then, upon discovering someone’s back in the kitchen, he stopped.
“…….”
The person in the kitchen was the housemaid. Any hope that Yeonju might have returned disappeared instantly, and Jinwook’s eyebrows sank.
The housemaid, who was busy cooking, belatedly felt his presence and turned around.
“Oh! Sir. You’re here?”
Throughout her work, she had almost never seen Jinwook in this house until her usual working hours ended. It seemed quite unexpected that he would come at this time.
The housemaid asked him.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t realize you were coming while cooking. Did you have dinner?”
“……No.”
“I’ll prepare it quickly. I was just making side dishes. It worked out well.”
The housemaid’s hands became busy. She started taking out meat and vegetables from the refrigerator.
With a vacant gaze, Jinwook turned towards the dressing room.
After finishing the shower, Jinwook came out to the living room.
He was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and comfortable pants.
Looking towards the dining room, a fully set dining table came into view.
And the housemaid, holding a bubbling hot pot, appeared.
Putting down the pot on the table with gloved hands, she said.
“Sir, have your meal.”
Jinwook approached the dining table. He didn’t have an appetite, but he intended to take a few spoonfuls.
“If I had known you were coming early, I would have prepared more properly.”
“It’s enough now.”
Answering like that, Jinwook sat down.
Sitting there, facing forward, he noticed that the chair opposite was empty. Originally, Yeonju should have been sitting there.
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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