There was no change in expression. Although there was a faint smile, the voice was cold. When that voice became more intense, even the smile seemed different.
The feeling of coldness creeping up from the tips of the toes. Bonggi and the director were equally surprised, and people around them were focused on Jiho, walking or standing still. Negative expressions coming out of Jiho’s mouth were unfamiliar, making it more remarkable.
“Oh… I’m sorry. I made a mistake.”
The director tried hard to hide his frozen heart. With a casual apology, he tossed the words of regret. An unknown fear arose, but because dozens of people were focused here, pride had to be maintained.
So he tried to leave roughly.
“Although you’re old, you seem young in your thoughts.”
“What?”
Jiho stopped him with a soft voice. It wasn’t polite to accept it all.
“Even if you got a buff from one hit work, selling the name of that work for over ten years happens only once or twice.”
“…What?”
“Sorry. Because I’m not the one who made a mistake.”
“Ha… I knew it.”
Now, everyone around seemed to be intentionally watching the two. Bonggi, as if on purpose, made eye contact with each person, gesturing, ‘You can leave’ with a universal body language.
If Bonggi stopped Jiho, he might not attract any more attention, but he didn’t want to waste energy in meaningless places. When someone who usually doesn’t start things starts, he knew he would decide when it ends.
The expected voice matched the prediction and flowed out softly. No longer did Jiho’s smile appear warm to anyone’s eyes.
“If you have something to say, please continue. The guy was talking about his girlfriend, acting all arrogant, but when he got scared, he tried to escape… I hope I didn’t say anything like that.”
“…”
A lightly grinning gaze was directed at the director. It was the same pressure as before. Something like ‘Go ahead.’
Then, about 10 seconds of silent time passed. During that time, the director was completely overwhelmed by the slight horror he had lightly dealt with. The chill that had been lurking under his feet had now risen to his temples. Jiho just stared at him intently.
After about 5 more seconds, the director’s eyes dropped to the ground. It was about the time Jiho slowly opened his mouth.
“If not… you can leave first.”
By that time, there was no smile on Jiho’s face. His voice was so cold that it couldn’t be imitated. The last moment had to be remembered, that’s how it could really be the last. He revealed his true feelings.
As his figure disappeared into the distance, despite pretending to be frustrated, his steps were quite fast, as if he wanted to get out of this space quickly. Only after he completely disappeared did the people around turn their attention away.
Bonggi and Jiho also moved their feet again. When their eyes met, Bonggi was the first to open his mouth. Surprisingly, there was an unexpected inner thought.
“Well done. It’s just nonsense arrogance…”
“Hehe. What a manager.”
Jiho’s stiff expression relaxed instantly.
The two entered the hall with laughter. Jiho was heading to his seat alone. The space was filled with a red carpet that swallowed up the sound of footsteps. In a silent place, there were dazzling lights, and more dazzling faces than that.
Among them, the overwhelming entrance of light caused everyone’s gaze to move along with Jiho’s steps.
“Hello, Senior Jiho. Nice to meet you for the first time, it seems.”
The simultaneous halt of all those gazes and Jiho’s steps was due to the appearance of an actress. A dress that revealed a sensual figure. On top of that, a seemingly innocent and young appearance.
Jiho also slightly bowed his head. It was the same action and the same thought as a few minutes ago. Who was it? The same. But this time, until he lifted his head, he couldn’t figure it out. Probably a rookie actress, considering the youthful appearance.
And after showing courtesy, he tried to resume his steps.
“By any chance… can I get your contact information? Rather than talking in circles.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Ah… we might meet through a project later on, you know. Not necessarily just privately.”
Jiho nodded once again. After that, he found his seat. He had anticipated a high probability of rejection, but it was more awkward than he had thought. The actress quickly moved to another seat.
“Hey, have you seen many people acting like that toward Jiho today?”
“Are there others besides that person?”
Then, a little further away, two actresses whispered as if it was interesting. Due to the deep-cut dress that revealed everything from top to bottom, all the actions of slightly bowing the head and subtly crossing the legs seemed sensual.
“Yeah. One in the corridor a while ago, and one at the entrance to the hall. Don’t you know Jiho’s nickname?”
“Do you know what’s popular these days? Since the ‘I’m sorry’ is a given. They say they judge how quickly it comes out. If it takes more than 3 seconds, they admit it among themselves. They envy it.”
The two actresses giggled softly. As they entered the hall again, they scanned through the actors, continuing with evaluations like ‘I picked this dress.’ or ‘Your chest is gathered too much.’
Then, Jiho’s back caught their attention. While male actors were mostly in black suits, Jiho was an exception.
‘How much exercise does it take to have shoulders that wide?’ such admiration burst out involuntarily. Realizing this, when he looked to the side, the person next to him was looking at the same place.
Instinctively, eyes were drawn to the most beautiful side, whether it was a man or a woman.
“But Jang Hye-yoon… there isn’t anything known about her, right?”
“I’ve heard something. It seems she’s blocking everything, even praise articles, at Jiho’s company. The defense is no joke.”
“Why block good articles? What’s she thinking? Does she not plan to act?”
“It’s not certain… Ah, no.”
“What is it! I’m curious.”
The eyes that were focused on Jiho quickly turned to the adjacent seat. Only after their slender bodies were pressed together did the words become audible. The voice was so small that it could barely be heard by the person next to them.
“It seems like they’re going to break up and announce it when the time is right. They weren’t really dating from the beginning.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. So Jang Hye-yoon completely blocked the press, and Jiho refrains from mentioning Jang Hye-yoon at all. Something like that.”
Whispering secretly about the secret. Although the two actresses had resolved firmly, that promise disappeared after just two hours.
“What is this? They’re really dating.”
“…Yeah. Reporter Choi told me it’s high-quality information. He likes high-quality things.”
Two hours later, at the moment when their promise faded away, the words flooding SNS were about these things. Film festival, Jiho, Jiho’s suit fit, Jiho’s Best Actor award, Jiho’s acceptance speech.
Since Jiho’s award had just ended, on the internet, his acceptance speech video was endlessly being repeated.
“I want to express my gratitude to our family, who always supports us, and to Bonggi hyung, who is like family. And I want to thank and say I love you to Ms. Jang Hye-yoon as well.”
And the three words that received the highest attention were Jang Hye-yoon, Ahn Jiho, and finally, Jang Hye-yoon.
“In the future… I hope we can always take 101 steps together.”
It was ‘Ahn Jiho Jang Hye-yoon 101 Steps.’
The entire nation tried hard to figure out the meaning of 101 steps, but only the two of them knew.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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