Hye Yoon had been like this since they met today. If her gaze was somewhere else, she was looking at him. She would turn her eyes away whenever they might meet, but he could definitely tell.
That she had returned to her original self.
Yesterday, she was anxious, today, she was embarrassed. What on earth happened in a day? What kind of world was she creating and breaking down every day with that small head of hers? It was cute.
“Mr. Writer.”
“…Yes?”
With curious, sparkling eyes, she just kept looking at his side profile, and since she had returned to her usual self, he wanted to reward her as well. So that she would feel the reward from winning yesterday’s battle. Although he didn’t know what kind of battle it was.
“Do you want to play a game with me?”
“A game? What kind of sudden…”
Hye Yoon looked at him with relief as he started talking while reading the script. His upright side profile was really cool, and the unexpected conversation was intriguing.
“A game where we ask each other one question we’re curious about?”
And he, who knew her better than anyone else, made very good use of Hye Yoon’s curiosity and concentration. He suddenly turned his head and made eye contact with her. Hye Yoon’s flushed upper body subtly pulled back, but still, she didn’t avoid his gaze this time. Interestingly.
“There’s, there’s such a game?”
“Yep. I thought I might need to do something like that to stop you from staring at me.”
“Ah…”
Hye Yoon’s mouth opened slightly as she looked at Ji Ho lifting one corner of his mouth. It seemed she couldn’t deceive him, even though she tried to look at him secretly. She bit her lip for a moment then hesitantly opened her mouth.
“…Was it that obvious?”
Ji Ho lifted the other corner of his mouth as well. He wouldn’t lie, after all. He would have pretended not to see it at least once.
“When you’ve been staring for two days, including yesterday, how could I not know?”
“Ah… So it was obvious…”
Her brown eyes shyly rippled towards him. Following that, a tiny tip of her tongue wetted the gap of her lips and disappeared, and the feelings she had been tightly holding all night leaked out.
“I’m… sorry for yesterday. It won’t happen again, truly.”
“…”
“I wanted to say it once more while looking at your face.”
At her cautious apology, Ji Ho’s lips momentarily twitched. He wanted to tell her there was no need to apologize, but he swallowed it back instead. If he rejected it, instead of throwing it away, he felt like he would keep it in a corner of his heart.
Instead, he decided to take care of his own resentment as well.
“…I will also make sure that there’s no repeat of yesterday.”
With a low voice, his gaze gently touched Hye Yoon’s flushed cheeks. Hye Yoon loved everything he gave her, but she didn’t understand what he was saying now.
“Huh? What do you mean, Ji Ho? I was the one at fault…”
“You must have been upset.”
“…”
“Because I acted indifferently.”
At his soft smile, moisture welled up in Hye Yoon’s eyes. Just how far does this man see into me? When the edge of her eyes seemed to be soaked, Ji Ho suddenly bent his upper body.
In his deep eyes that came close, there was a familiar warmth. Along with a cute playfulness.
“So…shall we do it, or not?”
“What, what do you mean?”
“The game where we ask each other one question we’re curious about.”
Hye Yoon felt her heart warming. As she returned to her usual self, he showed his usual tenderness.
“Do we…have to ask just one question?”
“Hmm, seems like you have a lot of questions.”
“…Yes.”
Ji Ho looked at her pouting lower lip and her small nod. He wanted to see her face a bit more, and he wanted to give her what she wanted. But in the end, he decided to satisfy his own greed.
“For now, just one each.”
At his answer, a crease appeared on Hye Yoon’s nose. There were many toys she wanted, but she could only have one. Her childish expression seemed to be filled with worries.
“But, Ji Ho, do you have anything you’re curious about regarding me?”
Even amid this, she was worried about the person next to her. Kindly.
“Yes. Because I need to be sure.”
“…”
“I can’t just… observe anymore.”
Seriousness was laced in his low voice. The playfulness in his voice had vanished without a trace. Hye Yoon was slightly surprised and held back her words.
“What could it be… then Ji Ho, you go first.”
She looked up at Ji Ho obediently. His gaze was quite different from the one he had been giving her moments ago. The warmth in Ji Ho’s eyes had disappeared, replaced by a mixture of coldness and determination.
“Do you like a friend named Woo Jun?”
“…What?!”
“Onesided or mutual… is there something going on between you two?”
“No way! Absolutely not!”
Despite being focused on whatever scary question he was going to ask, an unexpected name came out of his mouth. She screeched as if she couldn’t believe it. At her sharp noise, all the staff members turned to look at Ji Ho and Hye Yoon.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
As dozens of sharp gazes poured onto her at once, Hye Yoon froze, and Ji Ho naturally bowed his head towards the outside of the set. Even though he looked happy while apologizing, his expression while asking the question was nowhere to be found.
“Why go to such lengths?”
“Because it’s absolutely not true. Absolutely, absolutely not!”
“I get it, stop.”
Upon reflecting, Hye Yoon’s voice gradually became louder because it still made no sense to her. In her excitement, Ji Ho placated her. There were many people peeping at the two of them, wondering if another loud noise would occur, but their emotions were clearly visible in their eyes.
Angry Hye Yoon and joyful Ji Ho.
“Now it’s the writer’s turn.”
Ji Ho looked at Hye Yoon again, warmth radiating from him. He was very satisfied with her answer and hoped he could also give her similar happiness.
“So… what about Ji Ho?”
“Me? What about me?”
The question was loose, lacking both an object and a verb. He tilted his head at it. However, contrary to his light movement, Hye Yoon’s eyes were sincerely boiling.
“Do you… also like Woo Jun, Ji Ho?”
“…Huh?”
Despite it being a grammatically perfect sentence, Ji Ho couldn’t understand a single word as if he was hearing alien language for the first time. Not only did he fail to understand the words themselves, but more importantly,
“I know it’s rude to ask such a question… I just asked because I was really curious.”
“What?”
“…I’m sorry if I hurt you.”
Hye Yoon’s face, which looked like she could cry at any moment, was even more confusing.
“What are you talking about?”
He really just wanted to see inside her little head.
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The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
