In response to Yeowoon’s choked-up answer, he sighed and got up. Quickly disappearing from above Yeowoon, he went into the bathroom.
Left alone on the bed, Yeowoon swallowed back the tears that were once again bursting out.
“Why are you looking at me like that…”
Every time she cried, the pain in her abdomen worsened, but there was no way to stop the tears.
She hadn’t expected him to welcome her, but she never thought he would react like this.
How should she accept this situation?
Seol Ji-oh, give me an answer.
The sound of water continued from the bathroom. Wiping away her tears, Yeowoon got up from the bed.
She couldn’t just keep crying. She had so much to say to Seol Ji-oh.
Yeowoon turned on the bedroom light and sat on the sofa in front of the window, waiting for him.
While contemplating what to say first, the sound of water stopped, and he came out of the bathroom.
Yeowoon absentmindedly looked in that direction and was surprised to see him wearing only a towel around his waist.
Seol Ji-oh seemed to notice her looking, but without saying anything, he walked out of the bedroom.
After he left the room, Yeowoon muttered to herself.
“Ah, it’s a surprise…”
The words she intended to say were instantly swallowed up. With a heart pounding uncontrollably, Yeowoon tilted her head.
‘I need to pull myself together. Now is not the time for this.’
A little later, Seol Ji-oh, dressed in a comfortable T-shirt and jeans, entered the bedroom.
He sat across from Yeowoon, placing the table between them.
His hair wasn’t properly dried, and the tips were still wet. Yeowoon suppressed unnecessary worries and met his gaze.
How long had it been since she last saw this face…
Perhaps due to losing weight, his distinctive features were more pronounced with prominent shadows. He looked at her with an expressionless face.
The gaze was different from his usual look at her, and Yeowoon felt a bit puzzled.
Why is he looking at me so coldly…
Yeowoon forced herself to swallow the dry saliva and opened her mouth.
“Why… didn’t you answer my calls?”
“…I turned off my phone.”
It was a concise response. He just stared at Yeowoon with an expressionless face.
Yeowoon was slightly taken aback by his unexpected answer, and her eyes blinked.
It was confusing. Even if Seol Ji-oh didn’t answer her calls and disappeared without a word, she thought it was because he felt sorry for her.
How should she accept this cold expression and indifferent gaze now?
With slightly trembling eyes, Yeowoon looked at Seol Ji-oh.
“Why did you disappear?”
“…Just. I wanted to stop everything.”
“What?”
Yeowoon’s eyes widened, finding his words hard to believe. Yeowoon was momentarily at a loss for words.
To stop everything here… does that mean to break up?
Really?
Yeowoon forced a dry laugh through her lips. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
“Ji-oh, what… are you saying?”
Her voice trembled unattractively. Seol Ji-oh, looking at her, closed his eyes and sighed deeply.
After a moment of silence, he opened his eyes and said, “Literally. I want to stop with you.”
“What? You mean break up?”
“…Yes.”
His low answer left Yeowoon’s face momentarily blank. She couldn’t believe that he wanted to break up, and her large eyes filled with tears.
Seol Ji-oh, after looking at Yeowoon’s crying face, turned his head as if to avoid it. It seemed like he found it unpleasant.
Even that reaction was too shocking, and a wry smile escaped from between Yeowoon’s lips. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
“Ji-oh, what is… this nonsense?”
Yeowoon’s voice shook visibly. His response was so unexpected that Yeowoon couldn’t believe it.
Why should we break up?
Tears filled Yeowoon’s large eyes and began to trickle down her face.
Seeing the crying Yeowoon, Seol Ji-oh looked at her face and then turned his head aside. It seemed like he didn’t want to see.
His reaction was too shocking, and tears flowed uncontrollably from Yeowoon’s eyes. It was useless to cover her mouth with one hand.
“Sob, sniffle…”
As her crying intensified, Seol Ji-oh seemed frustrated and swept his hand through his hair.
Wiping her tears with her hand, Yeowoon finally asked him after a while.
“…Why?”
“I’m not that great of a guy. I easily get tired of women.”
…What?
Does that mean he got tired of me?
He didn’t care about his expression as he continued speaking.
“Because you got hurt like that, I felt like I had to take responsibility and it scared me. That’s why I want to end it.”
Yeowoon couldn’t bring herself to ask him further. She heard the words, but nothing registered in her mind.
He’s scared because he feels responsible for me getting hurt? So, he wants to end things because of that?
Is the man in front of me now really the one I knew?
Yeowoon didn’t know how to react and bit her lip in confusion.
He seemed so unfamiliar, speaking such words and making such expressions. How can a person change so drastically overnight?
So, it felt even more like a lie. Is what he said about wanting to end things with me really his true feelings?
If so, does he no longer… love me?
Yeowoon forced a smile at the unbelievable reality.
Just say it’s a joke, a lie, Ji-oh.
“Don’t joke around… This isn’t fun at all. Why do we have to break up?”
“It’s hard for you too. Being by my side.”
“No, it’s not hard. Have I ever said it’s hard?”
At his words, Seol Ji-oh sighed deeply and leaned his arms on his knees, burying his head in his hands.
He looked tortured.
“…You got hurt. Because of me.”
At his low muttering, Yeowoon snapped back to reality.
Right, is he saying this because he feels sorry for me?
Is he really sincere about wanting to break up?
Yeowoon tried to hold onto hope and said to him, wiping her tears, “I got hurt. Is that why you’re saying this out of guilt?”
“…….”
“If that’s the case, you’re mistaken. That incident with your stalker, that was really terrifying, you know? It was so scary… I still tremble when I think about that day. But more than that…! Not having you is even more painful. Not being able to see you hurts even more.”
Yeowoon’s voice was soaked with moisture. Seol Ji-oh found it unbearable to listen and stood up.
At that moment, Yeowoon saw it. Tears flowing down his face as he turned away.
Yeowoon burst into tears.
There you go.
You’re lying right now, aren’t you?
Yeowoon shouted behind him as he tried to escape.
“Don’t run away!”
“…….”
“Don’t leave me, Ji-oh.”
Seol Ji-oh, who was about to leave the bedroom, stood still. Although his face was turned away, his back looked fragile, as if it could collapse at any moment.
If you’re finding it so hard too…
“I saw everything. The bottles lined up from the entrance. If you’re really tired of me. If you don’t want to take responsibility for the day I got hurt! Why did you drink so much?”
“…I just drank. It has nothing to do with you.”
After a long time, his voice sounded heavily soaked. Seol Ji-oh spat out those words and moved towards the bedroom.
Yeowoon stood up and followed him. She couldn’t bear to see him disappear in front of her eyes again.
But her injured stomach pulled and ached, preventing her from catching up quickly. Yeowoon grabbed her stomach and shouted at him.
It shouldn’t be this way.
“When I was stabbed with a knife. Do you know what I thought?”
At the sound of those words, Seol Ji-oh’s footsteps stopped, as if telling a lie.
“Because of the scandal, I doubted you, and the last image I couldn’t trust… I regret that so much.”
“…….”
“I wish I had said I love you more… I wish I had hugged you more and expressed myself when there was time. I had those thoughts. Until the end.”
Seol Ji-oh lifted his head and stared at the ceiling. It seemed like he was holding back tears. Yeowoon looked at his back and continued speaking.
“If this is our last moment… are you confident you won’t regret it?”
To Yeowoon’s final question, he let out a heavy sigh.
Followed by a long silence.
Wiping away tears with one hand, he turned around to face Yeowoon.
“I… won’t regret it.”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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