“…Jiho oppa.”
Her lips, carrying his name, trembled subtly. Jiho silently observed her face.
“That day… I’m sorry. I came because I wanted to say this.”
“…….”
“I’m afraid you might misunderstand and think I came here with other thoughts.”
The relaxed atmosphere when she was with Hye-yoon was nowhere to be seen. Her speech was awkward, and her voice had shrunk. It was a sight unseen by anyone, not just Hye-yoon. It was her first time apologizing since birth, so it was natural.
“…I see.”
Jiho nodded silently. Then, as before, he gestured towards her script. The eye language that even a child could easily understand. He understood, so read the script.
Jina blankly chewed on that gaze. Because it was her first apology, maybe she didn’t know well. Shouldn’t there be some response?
So, a 21-year-old-appropriate awkward tone popped out.
“Will you not forgive me? Even if it’s just empty words… Not that I’m someone who speaks empty words.”
“What forgiveness? What big sin did you commit?”
Jiho raised one corner of his mouth slightly. Then, this time, he accurately pointed at her script with his finger. Let’s stop working.
“…Yes.”
Eventually, Jina unfolded the script. An arrogant expectation that she would get the desired answer if she apologized. Jiho was destroying her ambitions, giving her another lesson.
The next day. The afternoon shoot of that day was all about the day of Heesoo’s graduation. A day of joy with spending money. It was the only day the two spent together all day, the closest day.
And the last scene of graduation day continued from the beach scene shot earlier. The flow was about Jongsu realizing that Heesoo would not come back here again.
There were almost no lines in the afternoon shoot. It was planned to be enjoyable enough, and as long as it was fun, it would end.
“This is harder than I thought.”
Jiho was playing the doll grabbing game with a serious expression. The ten 1,000 won bills he had laid out at the beginning were now only three.
“Wow, you’re really bad. Let me try.”
Watching from behind, Hye-yoon finally spat out her frustration. She pushed him aside as soon as she stood next to him. The two seemed more focused than ever, ignoring the staff preparing for the shoot.
“Wait a moment.”
The moment Hye-yoon handed over the prop bouquet she held, Jiho read the brief look in her eyes. ‘Fool.’ How clearly those two letters could be seen. Joy mixed with his voice as he received the bouquet.
“Hehe. Want to try making one?”
“It’s frustrating when you can’t grab one even after making them all.”
And Hye-yoon, who immediately proved that self-confidence comes from skill, was there. After carefully examining the position and inserting the money, there was no hesitation behind. The doll that he couldn’t touch even after seven attempts was now in Hye-yoon’s arms.
With a joyful face, she hugged the pink teddy bear.
“Wow… why are you so good at this?”
“Mr. Jiho, you shouldn’t try to grab the doll all at once.”
Her excited voice was even more adorable. So, Jiho showed a slightly exaggerated reaction.
“Oh, really?”
The slightly tilted face and the tightly squinted eyes all turned towards one person. Thanks to the enthusiastic face that lifted the chin, their eye levels could be similar.
“Yes. You have to build a tower carefully so that you can grab it! The tower is important. Find an already built tower, or if there isn’t one, you have to make one by putting in a lot of effort.”
Hye-yoon added a small ‘ahem’ like remark. So, Jiho’s lips could only rise even more. He nodded slowly, both because it was cute and because he really empathized.
“Oh, did I put in so much effort because I wanted to get Jang Hye-yoon?”
“…Huh? That’s not it?”
“Why not? How much effort do you think I put into making a tower just to grab that doll?”
He closely observed Hye-yoon’s face. Whenever he shook his head slightly with one eye squinted, an air of mischief filled the atmosphere.
“She just walked out on her own. Saying, ‘What if I grab another doll!'”
While saying, ‘What about the words,’ her expression was so confident. Eventually, when Jiho’s lips burst into laughter again, Hye-yoon also laughed along.
“Um…”
“Yes?”
At that moment, the two turned around at an awkward gesture. Minwoo stood there with the camera that had finished all the settings. Between the slowly opening and closing eyelids, a bit of embarrassment was revealed.
“Are we going to continue shooting like this? It’s fine roughly, but… Right now, you two feel so affectionate that I feel like dying. Just like people who just started dating.”
Hye-yoon exerted strength in the hand holding the doll. As if the doll might hurt, she quickly released the pressure. This time, her cheeks puffed up. Fortunately, Jiho was right next to her, so she could hide all the awkward actions that might reveal her feelings.
Jiho was mumbling towards Minwoo.
“I’m sorry, but pretend to like it less. This is the first time for me with such a request.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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