In response to Ji-hyun’s words, spoken while sitting cross-legged and carelessly, Sooyoung let go of the crutches in her hands. As the crutches fell to the floor with a thud, the surprised Woojin stood up abruptly from his seat. Concerned about what might have happened to her, he reached out his hand, and Sooyoung took one step closer.
Due to getting too close, the gip on her casted foot tightly pressed against Woojin’s toes.
“Ah!”
Unintentionally, Woojin screamed and tightly grabbed her shoulders. Due to the lack of sensation in the sole of his foot, Sooyoung, wondering why he was reacting this way, exerted more force on her foot.
“Aah!”
Thinking that Sooyoung was doing it on purpose, Woojin quickly put his hand under her armpit and lifted her up. Instinctively, as her body floated, Sooyoung instinctively clung to Woojin’s neck.
Inadvertently, their bodies came together without any gap, despite already having one part fallen. Neither did Woojin, who was holding her, have any intention of letting her down, nor did Sooyoung, who was being embraced, have any intention of releasing his neck.
They stayed like that for a while, as if making up for the time they didn’t share last night.
“Where did you get this leg?”
He scolded Sooyoung, lying on the sofa, as he looked at her.
Sooyoung was gazing at her casted leg, which was resting on Woojin’s thigh, with an air of dissatisfaction.
Woojin’s large hand continuously caressed Sooyoung’s leg, as if saying, ‘grandmother’s hands are gentle.’
“I wasn’t going to come, but Seol Woojin left after doing that yesterday. I was so annoyed that I didn’t call, and Seol Woojin didn’t either, right? Even though he didn’t read the book, did you sleep well?”
“…I couldn’t sleep.”
He honestly admitted.
He had a headache as if his head would split because he couldn’t sleep, but seeing her, he felt strangely fine, as if he hadn’t had a headache at all.
“Why are you firing me? Oh, quit being a manager and just be a girlfriend? Then won’t you stop paying me? That was a pretty decent salary…”
Although she spoke like this, her heart had been pounding since he mentioned firing her.
When he said he was firing her, from that moment, her heart had been pounding. Yesterday, thinking about his expression at the hospital, she seemed to know why he said such things.
He, who considered himself as living with the punishment for killing his father, spoke so confidently about being injured because of her.
This was telling Seol Woojin to die just by looking at him. This was the conclusion she reached after thinking and thinking all night long.
As soon as she came to her senses, it was no longer so heartbreaking that he left the hospital with Naeun after saying he would give Youngsoon a vacation.
So, she told Youngsoon to take only a half-day off in the morning, and as soon as she went to work, she diligently left the house.
Her calf hurt because she wasn’t used to the crutches, but strangely, it didn’t hurt at all after he had caressed it.
The touch was infinitely gentle, but the words coming from his mouth were undeniably cold.
“Now, don’t be a manager or a girlfriend. You’re fired from everything. When Seol Ji-hyun comes, go home. Seol Ji-hyun will take you.”
Looking at David, who seemed melancholic with his long eyelashes hanging down, Sooyoung also spoke in a melancholic voice.
“…Am I getting fired because I might get hurt again? Is that why?”
“…”
“Is it like being scared to take a plane because it might crash?”
At her words, Woojin’s mouth dropped slightly.
This woman had a talent for giving unreasonable examples to make the other person feel uneasy. No, were those two things even similar?
“Cases like yesterday happen once in a lifetime, for real.”
“…There will be worse incidents. Right now, would your mom be happy if I said I was your boyfriend?”
“If she sees your face, she might.”
Although Woojin made a bewildered expression at her natural response, Sooyoung answered with a relaxed voice.
“My dad was quite handsome. I’m pretty because I take after my dad.”
“Are you trying to deceive me even now?”
“I said it’s not deception.”
“Average Korean women?”
“How beautiful Korean women rank globally.”
Knowing that they couldn’t have a sensible conversation, Woojin felt annoyed as the conversation gradually deviated from the topic.
“Anyway, it won’t work out between us. So, stop coming here.”
“If I don’t come, Seol Woojin will be alone at home again, right? He won’t eat, won’t sleep.”
“Are you my mom? Don’t worry; I’ll manage without you. It’s heavy; move your leg.”
“Huh! You were the one lifting it! Oh, ow, ow…”
When Woojin tried to put her leg down and get up from the sofa, Sooyoung screamed.
Knowing it was an exaggeration, Woojin had no choice but to pull her leg and sit down again.
“Does it hurt?”
“Of course! Hurry up and pat it, quickly!”
“Patting your cast won’t make much difference…”
“Ow, ow, ow… It feels like my cast broke.”
“Okay, okay.”
When Woojin’s large hand caressed her leg again, Sooyoung sighed long and looked up at the ceiling.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
