It surprised Joo Seok-young as it was the first time Seol Jio had spoken in a few days.
“Uh, Jio. Why?”
“Will Yeorun… forgive me?”
Joo Seok-young’s lips slightly parted.
Forgiveness…
Joo Seok-young had been feeling heavy-hearted about that.
Why was he taking all the blame for Yeorun’s injury…
“Seol Jio, Yeorun’s injury was because of the stalker, not because of you. And hurting yourself won’t make Yeorun heal.”
“…….”
“…Do you think Yeorun would like to see you like this? I don’t think so.”
“…….”
Seol Jio clenched his lips again.
Knowing that he couldn’t force him to stand up, Joo Seok-young stood up from his seat. A heavy sigh escaped him.
“I’ll go first… Please, go home today.”
Joo Seok-young left Yeorun’s hospital room with Choi Hyun.
“…….”
Left alone, Seol Jio continued to sit there for a long time.
Even though he hadn’t eaten anything for days, he didn’t feel hungry. His nerves were sensitive from not getting a proper sleep, but even that wasn’t comparable to the pain in his heart.
Since hearing about Yeorun being stabbed, his world had crumbled.
When he heard that if they had been a little late, Yeorun could have died, it felt like a knife was plunged into his heart.
I should have been the one stabbed…
Why am I perfectly fine, and you are lying there unable to open your eyes?
Seol Jio was too afraid to face Yeorun. So, even though he spent a long time guarding in front of the hospital room, he couldn’t bring himself to go see her face.
With what qualification…
The despair of not being able to protect Yeorun overwhelmed him like a tidal wave.
The arrogant past self who confidently said he would protect Yeorun now seemed ridiculous. In the end, he couldn’t stop anything.
There was nothing he had protected. It was always Yeorun who suffered and endured the pain.
Seol Jio turned his head to look at Yeorun’s hospital room door. He couldn’t imagine how Yeorun would look lying there.
The image of Yeorun, who used to lovingly smile in his arms, still lingered in his eyes.
As he imagined her lying in the hospital bed, his heart was squeezed.
Seol Jio once again felt the wetness around his eyes and struggled to swallow his tears.
‘Just one last time……’
He stood up. His head was spinning as he hadn’t eaten anything, but that didn’t matter.
Slowly walking towards Yeorun’s room, Seol Jio opened the door.
On the white bed, Yeorun was lying with her eyes closed. As soon as he saw her face, tears welled up uncontrollably.
“Yeorun…….”
Approaching the bed, he sank down as if his legs gave out.
“I’m sorry…….”
There was nothing else he could say.
Looking back, it was all his fault.
The baseless rumors and malicious rumors that spread about Yeorun, the unreasonable attack she suffered from the stalker.
If he hadn’t met her, these things wouldn’t have happened to Yeorun.
Because of me, in the end, you got hurt…….
Min Jiwook’s voice, shouting that it was her fault, echoed in his ears.
Seol Jio gently brushed Yeorun’s face with trembling fingertips. Tears fell heavily onto the blanket.
“……I didn’t come looking for you for this.”
It wasn’t to hurt you…….
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
