“I’ll just take a nap and go. I can hear all the noises outside, and it feels like someone might come. It won’t make me uneasy in a place like this.”

Hye-yoon nodded her head in the warm gaze that seemed to make sweat on the bridge of her nose. After a quick shower, she changed into the oversized T-shirt that Ji-ho had lent her. It didn’t take long for her to immerse herself in the embrace he offered.

Amidst the pleasant scent of body wash, there was a faint smell of alcohol. It was then that she remembered the glasses of alcohol that Ji-ho had exchanged during the company dinner. Even if each staff member had only received one or two glasses, it seemed like it would exceed five bottles of soju.

“Mr. Ji-ho, did you drink a lot of alcohol? Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m a bit sleepy.”

Finding her visible concern cute, Ji-ho applied a bit more pressure with his embracing fingertips. Once you learn something, you never forget it, especially if it’s something good. At the mention of being sleepy, he promptly withdrew his hand and gently patted her back.

For a body and mind that had been at ease with alcohol, it didn’t take long for the woman in his arms to become intoxicated. His heavy eyes slowly closed. It was a relief to fall asleep, as it felt like he would have a really good dream.

The next morning. Unlike the time that had just passed 8 AM, a bright smile appeared on Ji-ho’s face. It seemed like the actress play they thought had ended yesterday was lingering for one more round.

Hye-yoon, who had finished preparing to leave the room, turned her head at the door. Small gestures and a voice that matched. Now, even her freshly washed face shining white seemed quite charming.

“I’ll go up to the room and contact you.”

“Yeah. But why are you whispering?”

“Oh, I don’t know either.”

When Ji-ho whispered in the same way, Hye-yoon giggled. For a moment, the fluffy face that hadn’t fully awakened emitted a deflated laughter. As soon as she opened the door, she raised her voice.

Squeak[Dash]

“Oh! Then I’ll! I just came a while ago!”

“Hehe. I can’t live like this.”

“I saw your face for about 5 minutes! I’ll go now!”

Ji-ho’s laughter mixed with Hye-yoon’s loud voice. Towards this and that, the sound of bustling movements. Confirming if everything could be heard because she came a little while ago. Was everything about her cute, from her cute appearance to her actions?

In the meantime, Hye-yoon escaped to the end of the hallway and turned back to shake hands. Ji-ho closed the door only after her back completely disappeared.

“She really can’t act.”

Despite the low evaluation, the voice sounded genuinely joyful. And the moment the closed door hit his back, the expression disappeared as if someone had thrust forward. More precisely, from the moment he picked up his phone. After all, he first checked Bong-gi’s message that had arrived over an hour ago.

[I took down the most annoying articles, but we may need to keep clearing out the smaller ones. (7:06 AM)] [Thanks, hyung. Take care until Monday. After the weekend, things might change again. (8:13 AM)]

While the heavy head was nodding, the fingers moved quickly. And as fast as that, a response scrolled down below the screen. It seemed like Bong-gi hadn’t taken a break all night.
[But it might get noisier than I thought. It seems like it’s trying to linger with the work’s setup. (8:14 AM)]

Ji-ho’s lips curved against his even teeth.

It was one of the expected reactions. Despite not a single drop of blood relation, Jong-su and Hee-su were in a cousin relationship. There wouldn’t be any problem since there were no romantic feelings or incidents between them, but for the side that wanted to find fault, it would undoubtedly be a welcoming topic.

Especially since there was a dream scene of Jong-su kissing Hee-su.

Once the work is fully watched, it will pass as just one of the many dreams a teenage boy has, but the one trying to find fault wasn’t interested in the work in the first place.

[Yeah. If things get busy, send me out in a prepared position. Keep in touch. (8:15 AM)]

His thumb pressed firmly to send. He had prepared a variety of official statements to deal with various controversies, so there wasn’t much worry on the media side.

There was no way to prevent the pure heart from getting hurt endlessly. It was just a concern.

“Ha……”

Ji-ho sighed deeply. His lips stiffened as the bitter imagination spread in a corner of his heart.

Thud[Dash] Thud[Dash]

A loud sound of footsteps echoed in the corridor. As the sound of footsteps gradually became clearer, it seemed that the destination might not be here. As expected.

Knock[Dash]

Actually, it was not ‘knock,’ but closer to ‘thump thump.’ Even the sound of knocking on the door felt like a child with a lot of bones.

Dalkak[Dash]

When the door opened slowly, a sullen face was peering up cautiously. A face that wanted to be cute rather than be pitiful. The girl he wanted to protect the most.

Male lead is a Divorced Husband

She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”

Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.

After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.

She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.

But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…

Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!

――

This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!

The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.

That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”

Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”

The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”

That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”

Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”

The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.

Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.

“She was originally a ‘she’!”

At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.

The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”

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