Tae Ha looked a bit surprised when he saw Si Hyun at the park near the office during lunchtime.
“Why are you so dressed up today?”
Ignoring his question, Si Hyun shifted her gaze away.
Si Hyun wasn’t particularly picky about food, and she didn’t have any particular obsessions about eating. Thus, Woo Jin often chose the menu, usually dishes he liked such as Gukbap or Deopbap. But today was different.
“How about we go eat your favorite seafood pasta for a change?”
Having Seolleongtang or Haejangguk for a proposal meal would be rather odd. Si Hyun tried to maintain a nonchalant expression.
They found a seat in a beautiful cafécumrestaurant and made themselves comfortable.
“Oh, Si Hyun. You’re preparing to meet my parents, right?”
“I have a salon appointment in the morning. For gifts, I’m thinking of a red ginseng set. What do you think?”
“That sounds good. My dad’s been paying extra attention to his health lately. How about we also buy a cake? It’s my mother’s birthday, and she needs a cake to blow out candles.”
She felt a little sad because he seemed to forget that it was her birthday too, but Si Hyun just smiled. After all, today was the day she was getting proposed to.
“Alright. I’ll make a reservation at the hotel and buy a good one.”
Shortly after, their ordered seafood pasta arrived. Even though it was her favorite food, Si Hyun could barely taste anything. All she could think about was when this man would propose.
However, Woo Jin showed no signs of getting to the point.
“The stock market has been dropping these days, and everyone’s in chaos. Thanks to you, I’m so glad I never got involved. How about your colleagues?”
“Same with us.”
As he continued to beat around the bush even after they had almost finished eating, Si Hyun out of desperation even checked a mussel with her fork.
Could the necklace be inside this?
Of course, the necklace wasn’t inside the mussel, and it was only after they finished their meal that Woo Jin finally took out a small shopping bag from his bag.
“Here, take it.”
“What’s this?”
Trying to hide her throbbing heart, Si Hyun pretended not to know.
“It’s White Day today.”
“What’s the occasion? You never bother with such things.”
With a trembling heart, Si Hyun opened the box in the shopping bag. What came out of the neatly square box was not a necklace, but a hand cream.
“What’s this?”
“Recently, the weather has been dry, your hands seem rougher than usual, so I bought this. It’s very expensive so use it diligently.”
Woo Jin grumbled a bit about what kind of hand cream could possibly cost fifty thousand won.
‘Was he trying to disappoint me first, and then surprise me with the real gift at the end?’
With this thought, Si Hyun closed the box.
“I’ll use it well.”
I wonder when he will propose, if ever.
However, Woo Jin didn’t utter a single word about a proposal. After settling the bill and glancing at his watch, he muttered with a look of surprise.
“Ah, I have to go now, Si Hyun. Let’s talk again at dinner.”
In the end, Si Hyun stopped Woo Jin.
“Um, bro.”
Woo Jin, who was hurrying to his office, paused and looked back.
“Why?”
“Did you forget something?”
“Huh? Forget what?”
He looked completely clueless. Eventually, swallowing her pride, Si Hyun spoke up.
“You know Mi Ju, my close friend in the team. She said she saw you buying something at a department store over the weekend. I thought it might be for me.”
“Huh?”
For a moment, Woo Jin looked flustered. Then, as if he had just remembered, he snapped his fingers.
“Oh, that? I was running an errand for our department head. It was their 20th wedding anniversary, and he was getting a gift for his wife.”
Suddenly, Si Hyun felt her face burning. Ah, I was getting my hopes up.
Not knowing what expression to make, Si Hyun tried to play it cool and feigned an exaggerated voice.
“Oh my, the department head is making you do personal errands?”
“You know him. He’s the kind of person who even makes me do his son’s university homework. That day, I stood in line for so long to buy that necklace or whatever.”
Woo Jin grumbled as he ranted.
“A necklace the size of a thumbtack costs two to three million won and women are lining up to buy it. These days, women are all out of their minds. I’m thankful that you’re not like that, Si Hyun. I don’t know how many times I thought about that while I was standing in line.”
Unable to confess that she also wanted to have such a necklace, Si Hyun kept her mouth shut. She was embarrassed thinking about how she had carefully dressed up from head to toe, expecting a proposal.
“Truly, the weather is nice without any dust in the air.”
As she trudged back to the office, Si Hyun lost herself in thought.
Pressure to marry from her uncle’s family had begun several years ago. While the pressure was there, Si Hyun also wanted to marry Woo Jin soon.
Si Hyun, who had practically lived at her uncle’s house since childhood, had never had anything to call her own, her own ‘house’ or ‘family’. Thus, she wished to quickly establish a home with the person she loved and be happy.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
