Tuk.
Suddenly, it felt like something was moving inside her stomach.
In reality, nothing had moved.
It was just a feeling.
Was she too surprised?
With her hand wrapped around her belly, Lajin smiled and looked at Sunwoo, smoothing out her clothes.
“Oppa, seriously. How can a person be this kind?”
“Kind…?”
“You’re passing it off with such a joke because it might be awkward for me. Thank you.”
Sunwoo, who was kind and affectionate, had a delicate personality that considered the other person’s feelings to avoid awkwardness.
As Sunwoo had never shown any romantic interest in her, Lajin attributed this care to his considerate nature.
“If it’s true?”
Suddenly, Sunwoo’s voice, usually gentle, sounded a bit sharp.
“What if I was sincere? How would you feel?”
Unlike his usual gentle demeanor, his eyes were intense.
Even though she momentarily wondered, she raised her head promptly.
Even if it was a joke, if Sunwoo’s words were sincere…
“I would reject.”
At the immediate response, Sunwoo’s face briefly clouded.
“Why? It might be a bit awkward for me to say this, but everyone else said it’s okay.”
She chuckled. No matter how much he was Sunwoo, these words seemed to hurt his pride.
“Of course, Oppa is beyond okay. Is there anything missing from our legendary Jeong Sunwoo senior?”
“…Stop making fun.”
Sunwoo’s voice lowered.
“Why not me?”
“Because I hope Oppa meets a good person and becomes happy.”
In response to her words, he narrowed his eyes.
“Lajin, you’re a good person.”
“Thank you for saying that.”
“I mean it.”
“There’s something missing in the phrase ‘a good person.’ It’s ‘similar in environment and conditions.'”
Even if Sunwoo’s words were sincere, and even if she had feelings for him, Lajin couldn’t accept him.
Because their environments and conditions were too different.
Although not as extreme as Jaehun, Sunwoo was still a typical well-raised, affluent young man, born and raised in a harmonious family.
Being abandoned at birth without knowing her parents’ faces, currently facing abandonment, she existed in a different dimension.
“People say happiness comes when similar people meet. I never deeply thought about what that meant before, but lately, I understand.”
Even if she liked Jaehun.
Even if Jaehun liked her.
The two of them couldn’t be together.
Because they lived in different worlds.
Moments where day and night overlap are only fleeting.
Just knowing that fact was enough to create precious memories.
“Why? Did something happen recently that made you think deeply about that saying?”
At Sunwoo’s sharp question, Lajin’s enlarged pupils momentarily returned to normal.
“Just… I’m reaching an age where I should start thinking about marriage.”
“Do you have someone in mind? Someone… in your heart?”
Yes, there is.
“No.”
Although their faces met almost every day, and they often closed and opened their eyes in the same space.
“There’s no one.”
Someone she shouldn’t think too much about, someone she shouldn’t feel anything for.
“I know Mr. Lee well. He’s someone who doesn’t give attention to a bird showing off its plumage. I’ve been thinking about it lately because people around me are starting to talk.”
“Yeah…”
“Sorry, Oppa. I’ll talk to my parents. Please eat quickly.”
However, Lajin couldn’t pass the food, and Sunwoo also couldn’t eat properly due to Lajin’s state.
“I’m really sorry.”
“Lajin, have you thought about that deeply during the time I’ve been with you?”
“Ah…”
“I was a bit surprised, but that’s it. Besides, you didn’t know either.”
“But.”
“And it didn’t feel bad.”
Hesitating for a moment, Sunwoo added.
“Both Grandfather and I.”
It seemed that raising the shield called ‘grandfather’ would make Lajin feel more at ease.
It is true that she hoped he would notice her feelings.
However, she couldn’t burden her, who was already in confusion.
‘Maybe it’s not the right time yet. Let’s wait a little longer.’
This time, she wouldn’t have to wait too long.
“Can you wait a bit? I’ll bring the car soon.”
Lajin shook her head.
“No, it’s okay. The distance is short, and I want to sort out my thoughts while walking.”
Even if he insisted more, it seemed Lajin wouldn’t accept.
“I’m really sorry for today.”
“Don’t say that again.”
“Still, I should apologize for my mistake. Apologies are necessary.”
With a straight, Lajin-like answer, Sunwoo chuckled.
“Don’t worry too much. I enjoyed it.”
Lightly, with passing tones but sincere words.
“If things get really difficult, let’s get married for real, huh. We seem to get along quite well? We know each other well.”
“Oppa’s family would be shocked if they heard that.”
“If I take you, won’t they be delighted to the point of fainting?”
He looked serious. His family would undoubtedly like Lajin.
His father would appreciate her intellectual side and thoughtful personality.
His mother would like her upright posture, elegant demeanor, and lovely appearance.
And his grandfather… in every aspect, he would like her.
It seemed like he saw her and I in the same light.
“I’ll wait.”
Sunwoo smiled.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
