After saying that much, Seol Jio paused for a moment. His heart was beating faster than ever.
He turned his gaze to the audience, searching for a small and pale face. Among the many people, he could easily spot Yeowoon.
The woman I love. My only person.
Yeowoon was already looking at herself with tears filling her face. When their eyes met, she couldn’t help but look away for a moment, feeling the tears welling up.
I shouldn’t cry.
I’m about to say something important.
Seol Jio, suppressing his tears at the back of his throat, looked back at Yeowoon. Keeping his gaze on her, he continued his acceptance speech.
“There’s someone I want to dedicate this trophy to.”
At his words, the audience stirred a bit. Yeowoon also showed a slightly surprised expression. Despite the distance, they felt their gazes connecting.
Seol Jio smiled at the corner of his mouth and continued speaking.
“I’ve liked one woman for a very long time. She’s my first love. She’s been the reason for everything in my life, and she’s the only one who never let go of my hand. If my life were a movie, I would want to be with her in every moment.”
Yeowoon, covering her mouth with one hand, seemed to be crying. Seol Jio also had tears in his eyes.
Finally, he was revealing these words to the world.
Suppressing his choked-up emotions, Seol Jio continued speaking.
“I dedicate this trophy and eternal love to her. Finally, there’s something I want to say to the woman who’s crying while looking at me right now.”
Seol Jio stopped speaking and locked eyes with Yeowoon. Time seemed to stand still, with no noise reaching their ears, only her gaze deeply engraved in his chest.
Thump, thump. His heart resonated throughout his body. After taking a deep breath and concealing his trembling heart, Seol Jio opened his mouth.
“Would you… marry me, Ms. Yeowoon?”
Once his acceptance speech ended, the venue became momentarily chaotic.
To propose during an acceptance speech. Moreover, it was Seol Jio, not an ordinary person.
Since it was being interpreted into various languages for the live broadcast, everyone present started looking for the protagonist of the proposal with their eyes.
And from Seol Jio’s unwavering gaze, they could finally find the round name he uttered.
A woman wearing a beautiful dress, shedding tears. Everyone stared at Yeowoon with bated breath.
Yeowoon couldn’t easily stop her tears. It wasn’t just because she was surprised, but more so because every word of his touched her deep in her heart.
That I could be a reason in his lonely life. Yeowoon was happy with just that.
Now that he doesn’t have to make an effort to meet me again and love me. His confession felt more deeply touching.
Grateful, and again, thankful.
The times spent with him flashed before her eyes. Meeting again, loving each other, sometimes resenting and parting ways.
Yet, in the end, unable to help but love again.
If this were a movie, Yeowoon hoped that this movie would undoubtedly have a happy ending. She wanted a happy ending with him.
Yeowoon looked at Seol Jio with suppressed tears. Despite being in a space filled with numerous people, the surroundings faded away as if it were just the two of them.
He waited without urging, simply looking at her for an answer.
I never thought of a proposal like this…
Yeowoon looked at him and slowly nodded. It was a sign of acceptance.
Upon Yeowoon’s gesture, the numerous people who were looking at her applauded and cheered. Yeowoon was surprised by the sudden cheers and looked around.
Everyone was genuinely congratulating her. Yeowoon smiled brightly with tears in her eyes.
Seol Jio soon came down from the stage and, as soon as he returned to his seat, tightly embraced Yeowoon.
“I love you.”
“Me too.”
His voice whispering in her ear and his warm body temperature made her heart thump again.
It was truly an unbelievable moment. More like a movie than a movie itself.
Countless words she wanted to say to him came to mind, but Yeowoon held back. She wanted to whisper her love to him without missing a single thing once they were alone.
Laughter began to replace tears. Yeowoon held his hand tightly and sat down.
Yeowoon could be confident.
At this moment, she was the happiest woman in the world.
Seol Jio’s confession heated up the entire world.
International news dubbed Seol Jio as the ‘most romantic man in the world,’ and special articles were even written about Yeowoon, the protagonist of his first love that he had protected for over ten years.
Korea added more fuel to the fire. Articles with changed words such as Seol Jio’s first love, a world star’s love story, and a world-class proposal poured like a waterfall.
Seol Jio’s award ceremony video surpassed ten million views in just one day, and various parodies spread through the broadcast.
But at this moment. Amidst the heated discussions, Yeowoon and Seol Jio were looking at the sunset on Santa Monica Beach in LA.
After playing in the water and sitting on the sand without any particular order, the two were laughing at trivial stories.
“I used to get so annoyed every time you brought me dolls.”
“So, that’s why you tortured the dolls? Because of you, my dolls were never intact! What crime did the dolls commit!”
“Would you have watched if another guy gave them? That’s unacceptable!”
“Was jealousy that thick even when you were young?”
“Love was overflowing.”
“Pfft.”
Sharing small memories from their youth and laughing together, they met each other’s eyes, and without anyone saying anything, their lips met.
A pleasant and comfortable kiss.
That’s how they spent their time.
Laughing for a long time, kissing.
Then playing and fooling around for a while, sharing each other’s warmth by leaning on each other.
Whenever they thought of saying ‘I love you,’ it came out without context. For example, it went like this:
“The sunset is so beautiful, Jio.”
“I love you, Woona.”
“Me too. But aren’t you a little hungry?”
“My love is not enough?”
“Well, your love overflows, but my stomach is hungry.”
“Cute. Let’s go eat.”
“Yeah, let’s go.”
Yeowoon, who stood up after brushing off the sand, held Seol Jio’s hand and said,
“But did I say it? I love you too, Jio.”
“Me too.”
“I do more.”
“Was I not first?”
“What does the order matter!”
Their lovers’ quarrel was trivial but incredibly happy.
Now they didn’t have to care about anyone’s gaze, and there was no need to hide their hearts.
Holding hands tightly, the two walked away from the sunset. The sun, dyed red, beautifully illuminated the two.
Coming directly from Cannes to LA was to meet Seol Jio’s mother.
The decision to meet his mother was made by Seol Jio himself.
Knowing that he had made the decision after much consideration, Yeowoon hugged him without saying a word. And without a word, she followed him to LA.
When Seol Jio called, Heewon held the phone for a long time without saying anything.
After a while, the words heard faintly through the phone were congratulations on the marriage.
And if it’s not too much trouble, she added that she would like to invite them to her house and cook for them.
Seol Jio accepted with a smile.
And now. The two were heading to Heewon’s house.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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