What Min Jiwuk handed her was a photo. Four photos to be exact. They were pictures he took with a film camera on a day they had a meal together not long ago.
“Wow, you had them developed!”
Yeorun looked at the pictures one by one with an amazed expression.
A shot of herself walking, a surprised expression as she looked at Min Jiwuk, a bright smile while looking at flowers on the street, and finally, a photo capturing the scenery.
Actually, except for the picture he took while looking at her, she didn’t know when the rest were taken.
But each photo was warm. They beautifully captured the warmth of the sunlight and the beautiful scenery of that day.
“Do you like them?”
At Min Jiwuk’s words, Yeorun nodded.
“Yes. You take really good pictures. They turned out great.”
At her words, Min Jiwuk let out a wry smile.
“I told you. It’s not that I take good pictures…”
Min Jiwuk stopped talking there. However, Yeorun naturally recalled the rest since she had already heard it before.
“It’s not because I take good pictures, Yeorun-ssi is just pretty.”
That was what Min Jiwuk said to her under the dazzling sunlight that day.
Yeorun pressed her lips. She felt a bit awkward about how to react. Of course, Min Jiwuk, too, seemed to be holding back as much expression as possible for her sake.
While Yeorun was awkwardly flipping through the photos, she suddenly noticed small letters behind the bright smiling photo.
“What’s this? For… my… Muse?”
For a moment, Yeorun’s eyes widened.
Muse?
Surprised, she looked at Min Jiwuk, who continued to gaze at her with a faint smile.
“I said I’d cast you in my movie.”
“Ah…”
“When I see you, I… want to make my movie. So, you’re my muse.”
Min Jiwuk looked at the silent Yeorun for a moment and then smirked.
“If it makes you uncomfortable, I’m sorry. I’ll keep it to myself.”
He stood up from his seat. Afterward, as if intending to smoke, he rummaged through his pocket and walked away somewhere.
To prevent the smoke from reaching Yeorun, he walked quite a distance.
“How far are you going?”
Watching his retreating figure, Yeorun also stood up.
“Now that my face has cooled down, I should go inside.”
She opened the store door and entered. However, as she was about to enter, someone rushing out collided with her.
“Ugh!”
As Yeorun swayed for a moment, the person in front reached out and grabbed her. With a familiar scent and warmth, when she raised her head, it was Seol Jio.
“Jio?”
However, his face looked a bit urgent. He stared at her with an expression she had never seen before.
A noticeably bewildered face.
Why? What happened?
When Yeorun looked at him, he held her hand and went outside again.
“Jio, what’s wrong? What happened?”
“Yeoruna.”
Holding her shoulders, Seol Jio looked at her with an anxious expression.
Yeorun felt a sudden fear.
Why are his calm eyes shaking?
He bit his lower lip and, after a while, spoke in a low voice.
“A scandal has erupted.”
“What?”
Her heart sank at the single word ‘scandal.’ A scandal?
Is our relationship… known to the world?
Covering her mouth with one hand, Yeorun was shocked. She had heard about it vaguely from him recently, but when it came so suddenly, the shock was considerable.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t expect things to turn out like this…”
At that moment, someone ran from behind and, pushing Seol Jio aside, grabbed him by the collar.
“You, you little…!”
It was Min Jiwuk.
Yeorun looked at Min Jiwuk with an expression of not understanding.
Why is the director suddenly angry?
Yeorun didn’t understand the situation right now, but she didn’t have time to think deeply. She hurriedly approached Min Jiwuk and pulled him apart.
“Director! Why are you doing this?! Let him go!”
Seol Jio reached out and forcefully pulled away Min Jiwuk’s hand gripping his collar.
“What are you doing?”
To this, Min Jiwuk responded with a loud voice without answering.
“You! What were you doing with the Sehwa Group’s daughter in a hotel?!”
…What?
Yeorun’s grip weakened for a moment at Min Jiwuk’s words ringing in her ears.
What is he talking about?
What did I do with the Sehwa Group’s daughter in a hotel…?
Yeorun’s bewildered eyes turned to Seol Jio.
Only now did Yeorun realize that the scandal Min Jiwuk mentioned a while ago was not about her.
So, Jio had a scandal with another woman?
Why…?
Yeorun looked at him without knowing what to say.
Numerous thoughts crossed her mind, but she deliberately ignored them and continued to gaze at his face.
Jio, please say something.
Why did you go to a hotel with another woman?
No, right? What’s wrong?
Then he sighed, touched his forehead with one hand, and muttered something under his breath.
Then he turned around to look at Yeorun.
“No, Yeoruna. There’s something I need to take care of, so we met briefly for that.”
“…….”
“It’s not like that between us. I wouldn’t… leave you for that kind of reason.”
As if pleading for her trust, he looked at Yeorun. Yeorun’s heart raced anxiously in response to that gaze.
I trust you…
I definitely trust you, so why is this so frightening?
At this moment, Min Jiwuk grabbed Yeorun’s wrist from the side. As if protecting her from Seol Jio.
“He went to the hotel. It’s true. They came out of the same room.”
To this, Seol Jio shouted at Min Jiwuk.
“Don’t interfere. This is a matter between Yeorun and me! It’s not your place to intervene!”
To this, Min Jiwuk coldly sneered.
“No. I can’t just watch Yeorun-ssi being manipulated by a man like you.”
“What do you know!”
Seol Jio bit his lower lip tightly. The two men had a fierce expression as if fists would fly at any moment.
Yeorun, confused and disoriented, felt frustrated watching the two men confront each other.
Who is even angry here?
“Stop it, both of you.”
Then, she pulled her wrist out of Min Jiwuk’s grasp. Min Jiwuk looked blankly at Yeorun’s hand slipping away from him.
At that moment, Seol Jio’s phone rang loudly. Seol Jio glared at Min Jiwuk before taking out his mobile phone.
“Yes, Director. I… I’ll go now.”
After a brief conversation, Seol Jio looked at Yeorun and stood up.
“I’ll resolve the scandal and come back. And Yeoruna, I didn’t do anything to make you ashamed.”
“…….”
“So, please trust me. I’ll come back and explain everything.”
Looking into his sincere eyes, Yeorun nodded slightly.
Although she didn’t fully understand the situation, she wanted to trust him for now.
As Seol Jio disappeared, Yeorun felt her legs give way, and she sat down on the spot. Min Jiwuk hurriedly grabbed Yeorun from the side.
“Director.”
Rejecting Min Jiwuk’s hand holding her, Yeorun asked.
“By any chance, do you have a cellphone? Could you show me the scandal articles?”
To this, Min Jiwuk quietly showed his phone to Yeorun. As she turned on the screen, the scandal articles immediately appeared.
Scrolling down, dozens of articles were densely displayed. Yeorun silently read through the screen.
“[Exclusive] Seol Jio, caught in a secret relationship with Seo Hyejeong. Top star and chaebol’s secretive encounter!”
“Seol Jio [Dash] Seo Hyejeong, imminent marriage rumors? Illicit affair in a top-tier hotel suite.”
“Seo Hyejeong, daughter of Sehwa Group, and top star Seol Jio in a relationship! Is coffee the cupid’s connection?”
“Seo Hyejeong…”
Yeorun’s gaze stopped at that name.
“Sehwa Group’s Seo Hyejeong, Vice President.”
She remembered seeing that name on the coffee car that had come to the filming location a while ago.
Could it be that since then…
Yeorun bit her lip. Tears welled up unexpectedly, clouding her vision.
The seed of anxiety that had been suppressed began to sprout in her heart.
You too… Are you inevitably drawn to women from a world similar to yours?
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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