“Director!”
“Why?”
“What if someone sees?”
“Well, who told you to be so pretty?”
Flustered, Ra Jin felt her face burning up.
Jae Heon seemed utterly unphased by her reaction.
Finding his behavior cheeky, she glared at him, but he leaned in again.
However, she stopped him with her palm.
“What are you doing?”
As his lips touched her palm, Ra Jin slightly squinted one eye. Ah, ticklish.
He grabbed her wrist and gently pulled her hand away.
“Why do you keep doing such cute things?”
“If you keep doing this, what am I supposed to do?”
“That’s on you, Ra Jin. You keep being so pretty…”
“Enough! From now on, no more of that.”
“Forbidden? Even now, just the way your eyes blink is pretty…”
“Director!”
As Ra Jin became flustered, Jae Heon, laughing out loud, pulled her into a tight embrace.
“Okay, I’ll try to restrain myself. Not sure if I can, though.”
Just as he finished speaking, William could be seen walking from a distance towards them.
Quickly disengaging from his embrace, Ra Jin straightened up and stood upright.
“We’re still on work hours. Please remember that.”
“I’ll try.”
As the two whispered amongst themselves, William raised a hand in an apologetic gesture.
“I apologize. My call took longer than expected.”
Jae Heon smiled and nodded.
“It’s alright. We were waiting pleasantly.”
“Ah, that’s fortunate.”
For some reason, the way William looked at them felt loaded with meaning.
Was it guilt? Probably, right?
Hoping it was just her imagination, Ra Jin asked him,
“Chef, may I ask where we’re heading?”
“Ah, it’s not far from here… Are the two of you okay? I’m worried I’ve taken up too much of your time.”
“Not at all. My assistant and I have dedicated our entire day to you, Chef. So, there’s no need to worry.”
Reassured by her words, William gave a faint smile.
“Shall we go then? It won’t take long. Let’s use my car.”
Instead of making a deal, William had a request for the two.
“There’s a place I’d like to visit with both of you. I’d like you to accommodate a favor there.”
“Of course. We’ll assist in any way we can.”
The place William took them to was utterly unexpected.
As he had said, not far from the hotel… it was a greenhouse. At the back, there was a single container box.
It appeared large in size and lengthy, but seemed otherwise unremarkable.
However, upon entering,
A world completely different from the outside unfurled.
“Wow…”
Ra Jin couldn’t help but exclaim.
The inside of the greenhouse was filled with camellia trees.
With her limited knowledge, she thought they only grew in warm southern coastal areas like Jeju Island or Namhae.
She never expected to see camellias in Gangwon Province.
“How do you find it?”
“It’s so beautiful. I never thought I’d see camellias in Gangwon Province in February.”
“It was Nenny’s favorite flower. She always wanted to show camellias to my mother, who never left Chuncheon. She was regretful she couldn’t.”
Nenny? Is he referring to a nanny?
Jae Heon tactfully nodded as if understanding.
It seems the land of Chuncheon has some connection to this nanny.
“I’ve been developing this place for a few years, reminded of her. Though I’ve been too busy to visit annually, I come here occasionally to reminisce about memories with Nenny.”
Just then, the door burst open, and a middle-aged man and a young girl entered, hand in hand.
“Sir, it’s been a while.”
“How have you been? Suji, long time no see.”
As William bent down to greet her, Suji, the girl, clung tightly to the teddy bear she was holding.
William, laughing as if she was adorable, introduced the man.
“This is Mr. Kim Kyungsoo, who manages this place, and the little lady here is Kim Suji, the granddaughter of the manager.”
“Hello. I’m Seo Jae Heon.”
“Hello, I’m Ra Jin.”
“Ah, it’s a pleasure. It’s the first time the Sir has brought someone here.”
“Yes, I’m seeking inspiration.”
Inspiration? Ra Jin and Jae Heon briefly exchanged glances.
“I mentioned I had a favor to ask of you both here.”
“Yes, you did.”
“I want to take a photo of the two of you.”
A photo? Both Jae Heon and Ra Jin looked puzzled at the sudden request.
“Whenever I develop a new dish, I always look for an image that I believe matches the flavor of that dish and take a photo of it. I look at that photo throughout the research process.”
William pulled out his cellphone from his jacket pocket, tapped the screen a few times, and showed them.
“These are taken with a film camera. Phones are convenient, but they lack the authenticity.”
Inside the folder, there were various images. Some were illustrations, while others appeared to be photographs taken by William himself. Each of these images was followed by a photo of a dish on the next page.
“This is a pasta I created after seeing a child releasing balloons in Central Park. And this sherbet was inspired by snow piling up on pine trees during winter.”
Motioning them over, William led the two towards a large camellia tree situated at the innermost part.
“I want to photograph the two of you as the image for the dish I’m creating next.”
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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