And he naturally stepped back in response to the slightly subdued voices of the staff compared to the morning. He hadn’t realized when approaching, but now it felt like his feet were heavy like lead when trying to back away.
“I really don’t know how the day went by. You worked hard, Hye Yoon.”
“You had a harder time waiting.”
The view outside the window was similar to the dawn of today. The sky, transitioning from evening to night, was getting even darker.
“Hard time, huh. I feel like I’m helping just by driving. It feels like I’ve been just chatting too much.”
“Was it okay while you were waiting?”
“Totally! It wasn’t just okay, it was fun.”
Despite the late hour, Hye Yoon was relieved to hear the excited voice of Min Joo. She felt like laughing herself, seeing Min Joo driving with a smile hidden in her mouth, as if someone was tickling the corners of her lips.
‘See you tomorrow.’
But she really couldn’t laugh. Because Ji Ho’s last voice echoed in her ears like an echo. She wondered if the words ‘see you tomorrow’ could be so exciting, and yet, if it was Ji Ho, it seemed right to be excited.
The relationship with Ji Ho where she could see him tomorrow, and had to see him tomorrow. Even if she tried to console herself that it was work, in her heart, a child who had received a huge lollipop as a gift was happily hopping around.
“……Are you listening to me?”
“Huh? What did you say?”
Hye Yoon barely managed to hold down the hopping child in her heart and looked at Min Joo.
“What are you thinking about, smiling like that? Who is it? An Ji Ho?”
“Hey…… Why is Ji Ho suddenly brought up?”
When she tried to hide the truth, the words each hit a strange note. Her confused eyes awkwardly went to the window. Like the face reflected in the window, she had a ridiculous imagination that perhaps her head was also transparent and her thoughts were showing.
“Trying to lie so blatantly.”
“No, it’s just…… he’s my costar. So, I just thought of him for a moment.”
Even if she strongly denied it, she felt like she had been caught anyway. Her fingers awkwardly twisted her hair.
“Well. It would be strange if you didn’t feel anything after being with such a masterpiece all day, right?”
It sounded like a question, but Min Joo nodded her head as if agreement wasn’t important.
“But really…… An Ji Ho is not just handsome, he’s insane. Both his face and his body.”
“……Indeed.”
“It’s like I’m going to go home now and brag that I saw An Ji Ho, you know? But this can’t be explained. The feeling I had! I’m full of liberal arts sentiment down to my bones. You know? But I have no way of expressing it. Ahhh……”
“Hehe. You’re really going crazy.”
“There really is beauty that can’t be captured in words.”
Hye Yoon laughed at the sight of Min Joo slapping the steering wheel with her palms as she spoke. Her head slightly nodded because she could relate, even though it was a funny expression.
“Enjoy it, Hye Yoon.”
“What?”
“This strategic romance. All the women in the world would be envious. It would be nice to have such an experience at least once. Well…… even if it ends in the end.”
“……Yeah.”
Just as the energy seemed to drain out of Min Joo’s excited voice, Hye Yoon’s voice also became very small. The emotion that the word ‘end’ gave, no matter what it was, made her comfort herself while fiddling with her phone.
[Ji Ho, it’s Jang Hye Yoon. Thanks for giving me a ride. See you on the first day of shooting. (8:12 PM)] [Yes. See you then. (11:48 PM)]Hye Yoon looked at the only message she exchanged with Ji Ho with somewhat longing eyes. It was a message they exchanged ten days ago, when they met in the dressing room and had dinner together.
“We should at least know each other’s contact information, right?”
“Ah……”
“If it’s uncomfortable, you don’t have to.”
“No. It’s not uncomfortable.”
In his car parked in front of her house, Hye Yoon hesitated for a moment. It was because she remembered Bong Ki’s message. But she felt more for Ji Ho than her guilt towards Bong Ki to refuse.
In the end, she exchanged numbers as her heart instructed, but she didn’t think about how Ji Ho might have interpreted her moment of hesitation.
“What are you doing? Messaging?”
“……Yeah. I received a lot of help today.”
“A phone with An Ji Ho’s contact saved… it feels like a talisman. It’s reassuring just to have it.”
Hye Yoon had deleted and rewritten a few sentences several times. She couldn’t even offer a small laugh at Min Joo’s joke due to her intense concentration.
[You must still be filming. Thank you for helping me so much today. See you tomorrow. (7:25 PM)]As if conveying her feelings, she firmly pressed the send button. Then, a yellow speech bubble increased below the two messages they had exchanged. Her figure, hoping for a response, was like a forsythia flower waiting for spring.
“Ji Ho, you must be tired, just close your eyes. We’ll be there soon as there’s no traffic.”
“Yes.”
His filming had ended after midnight. Ji Ho finally relaxed in the car. With staff working late because of him, even feeling tired seemed presumptuous.
Whether physical or mental, his endurance was strong; there was nothing too difficult for him.
He was about to close his eyes when the phone on the passenger seat caught his eye. He would not have cared about it under normal circumstances.
‘Yes. Under normal circumstances, my endurance was strong……’
He had a hunch that the things he couldn’t bear were increasing. All because of one person.
His tired eyes didn’t close easily and he stared at the message for a while.
‘If it’s uncomfortable, you don’t have to.’
‘No. It’s not uncomfortable.’
And for a brief moment when she gave her number, Hye Yoon’s eyes, trembling with anxiety, scraped between the lines of the text like a cold wind.
While Hye Yoon was sending messages as if waiting for spring, Ji Ho couldn’t possibly know her feelings. Therefore, he could only remember her anxiety he had read. He had to answer to alleviate that feeling.
Giving a short reply as if to say he wouldn’t bother her unnecessarily was his way of doing so.
[Yes. Sleep well. (00:31 AM)]Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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