“Brother.”
Si Hyun asked quietly.
“When did you start seeing her?”
“That, that woman?”
Surprised, Woo Jin stammered.
“The woman you gave a necklace to on White Day.”
“What nonsense are you talking about? I told you, it was an errand for our department head…”
“That department head, I happened to meet him on the street yesterday. He said there was no such thing.”
Woo Jin’s face, which had been flushed a moment ago, turned pale in an instant. It was surprising to see a person’s face changing colors like a traffic light. His darting eyes clearly showed he was trying to come up with an excuse.
“Or was it another department head you were talking about?”
“That, that is…”
“If that’s the case, tell me. I will go and ask him directly.”
Perhaps he felt he had no where else to retreat, Woo Jin suddenly reached out and grabbed Si Hyun’s arm.
“I made a mistake, Si Hyun!”
The man who had been angry a moment ago about her going through his phone, suddenly pleaded. Although the others in the cafe were surprised and stared at them, Woo Jin didn’t care.
“I must have lost my mind for a moment.”
Woo Jin pleaded, sitting down next to Si Hyun.
“We’ve been together for 6 years. I’m a man too, and I was attracted to the thrill of a new emotion after so long. I guess I lost my mind for a moment.”
“Who is she, that woman?”
After a brief hesitation, the answer came back.
“She’s a female employee from a client’s company. We just had a few meals together. Really, nothing more than that happened.”
The socalled explanation made things even more bitter. He had given a luxury necklace to a woman he had just had a few meals with, but had only given me a hand cream, claiming it was expensive. So, to him, I was worth only that much.
Thinking about how excited I had been, thinking I was getting proposed to with that necklace, I strangely wanted to laugh instead of cry.
Looking at Si Hyun, who was laughing quietly while staring at nothing, Woo Jin seemed to be scared.
“I already ended it because I also found it hard to deceive you. I can swear on my mother’s life. You won’t break up with me over this, will you? Right? Si Hyun.”
Woo Jin tightly grasped Si Hyun’s hand, pleading. Feeling the curious glances from all around, Si Hyun couldn’t bear it any longer.
Letting go of her hand, Si Hyun turned away from Woo Jin and spoke.
“Let’s stop for today. We’ll talk again later.”
“Si Hyun!”
“Really, I can’t think of anything right now. I’ll contact you when I sort out my thoughts.”
Leaving behind Woo Jin who was calling out to her regretfully, Si Hyun fled from the cafe.
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After Si Hyun left the cafe, Woo Jin sat in his place and let out a long sigh.
It was a sigh of relief.
“I thought I was caught again.”
It seemed she had seen the credit card statements, but it was amusing that she only talked about the necklace after seeing them.
Anyway, she was a poor girl in terms of her dullness. If you look closely, there were plenty of things she could have caught, like hotel or restaurant charges, but she only saw that one.
Fortunately, she didn’t discover the hotel, so he could lie that he only had a few meals with her.
[Who is she, that woman?] Crucially, Si Hyun didn’t even know who the other person was. Although she didn’t care about the credit card statements, he had been lucky enough to thoroughly delete the messages and call history just in case.Woo Jin swept his chest once more. If she had known that the woman was I Bora, even Si Hyun would have never forgiven him. It couldn’t have been anything but a huge relief.
After declaring that they should stop seeing each other, he had not answered Bora’s calls, no matter how much she called. If he was dumped by Si Hyun in such a situation, it would be like losing both rabbits.
Kang Si Hyun was a rather regrettable marriage partner to lose. It was true that he was in a hurry to get married since he was already in his midthirties.
Everyone at his workplace knew he was going to get married this year, and his mother was already excited about choosing a designer bag to receive as a dowry gift. He couldn’t disappoint her.
Plus, there was that guy next to Kang Si Hyun. What was it, Yoon Tae Ha or something, a green young man.
If he knew that Si Hyun was alone, he would certainly seize the opportunity to snatch her away immediately.
Even if they broke up, he didn’t want to see Si Hyun meeting a guy who was much younger than him, taller, and more capable. It was a matter of a man’s pride.
No matter how he thought about it, he needed to hold on to Kang Si Hyun for now.
After such meticulous calculation, Woo Jin had humbly apologized earlier.
Fortunately, the only thing she found out about was the necklace, so there was hope. He thought he should go and beg her again tomorrow. Depending on the situation, he could even kneel down.
Then, Si Hyun would have no choice but to forgive him.
She was ridiculously kind, had a weak heart, and trusted others well.
“I guess that’s just how she is, Kang Si Hyun.”
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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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