Thanks to watching all the related videos until dawn, it was almost noon when she woke up.
Even that was barely possible because of Ye-eun’s phone ringing.
“Hello…”
Ye-eun teased her with a sleepy voice.
Oh, being unemployed is great, huh? You’ve been sleeping until now. I’ve been going to work since 6:30 in the morning and have been dealing with the kids.
“Hey… I’m not unemployed…”
Oh right, you work with your boyfriend, don’t you? Sorry. Can’t you come out for dinner today?
Come to think of it, today is Christmas Eve. Like she told Wujin, on Christmas Eve dinner, she always gathered with friends.
“When should we meet? 6 o’clock?”
Yeah, sounds good. Mijin has to finish work and come to Seoul.
“Hmm… it’s dinner, so I guess I can go out…”
Oh, right, are you still using crutches? Oh Seo-ra, Oh Seo. Just play at home with your boyfriend. Don’t wander around for no reason. It’s annoying for no reason.
“Well, it might be troublesome for you guys to take care of me. So what are you going to do with Mijin?”
Watch a movie or something. Anyway, if Mijin can’t come out with you, she says let’s watch a movie.
“What are we going to watch?”
Spider-Man. I can’t go home.
“Oh! I wanted to see that too!”
Watch it with your boyfriend.
“Oh? Uh…”
Even though she confidently guaranteed that she would try everything with Wujin, after the Burger Queen incident, partly because of her own leg but also because he seemed reluctant to go out, the visit to the cinema was likely to be postponed.
She thought Burger Queen would be the starting point, but it turned out to be a stumbling block.
If we do well, maybe we can meet at the movies? Are we going to reveal the face of the handsome boyfriend?
Listening to her friend’s voice, half in anticipation and half teasing, Sooyoung thought about just sending a photo to the group chat.
The day when she could actually show her boyfriend’s face seemed so far away.
“Can you just stay with me without meeting friends today?”
Perhaps because she heard the words asking until when Sooyoung would be with her, Wujin was concerned about her staying with him and giving up on meeting friends.
“Of course. During the Christmas season, naturally, you should be with your boyfriend. I’m curious. Seolwoojin, have you never watched a movie after losing your sight?”
“I have.”
“Oh? How?”
“OTT supports voice.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“Oh! Then shall we watch a movie today?”
“Do you want to see anything?”
“Well, anything. By the way, I like action. I also like animation.”
“Then choose what you want to watch.”
When Wujin readily agreed, Sooyoung let out a sincere ‘Oh!’
At home, she found out for the first time that OTT supports voice, not just reading subtitles.
Watching it describe backgrounds like ‘rain falls and trees shake,’ Sooyoung couldn’t help but be amazed.
Movies that were confusing at first, with everything explained, became even more understandable later on.
No, honestly, with a man sitting next to her with pumpkin-colored eyes and a slightly upturned nose, it seemed unnecessary to concentrate on the content of the movie.
David and watching a movie on Christmas Eve… Well, did they really need to go to the cinema?
“Should I pull it?”
Suddenly, Wujin turned his head towards her and said.
“Huh? Why, why?”
“You’re not watching the movie.”
“I am watching it.”
“You’re just looking at my face.”
Seolwoojin forgot he was a ghost. Sooyoung stammered and quickly turned her gaze to the computer monitor.
“Are you watching?”
“Because the explanation keeps coming, you can’t concentrate, right?”
Because I can’t concentrate due to your face?
“No? In fact, I like it because I can understand it well.”
“Or does my face disturb your concentration?”
The word “허거걱” seems to be an onomatopoeia that indicates a shaky or unstable motion. It’s not directly translatable into English, but I’ll keep the original Korean expression.
Shaky. I forgot that he has X-ray vision.
“Well, what… Crack…”
Too flustered, saliva went down the wrong way, causing a coughing fit. However, Wujin calmly laughed and spoke.
“Well, what can I say… Crack, crack… My face is better than most actors, isn’t it? If the movie gets boring, just look at my face.”
Whether he was joking or genuinely thought that way, curious about it, Sooyoung now openly stared at his face.
“Have you decided to look at my face?”
“Seolwoojin. Did you exude confidence in your face like that in the old days?”
“Of course. I could see myself in the mirror back then, so I must have been even more confident, right? Now, I still restrain myself from looking at my face because I can’t see it.”
It felt fortunate not to have met him when she could see. If they had met back then, it might have been worse, and he might have actively avoided her.
“Can I ask you something?”
“What?”
“Why did your eyes get hurt?”
She had wanted to ask for a long time, but she refrained, fearing it might touch a sensitive subject. Besides, well, their relationship wasn’t that close.
The question now was quite impulsive.
And now that they were a couple, she had the confident belief that she could ask.
“…Didn’t my father say he died because of me?”
“Yes.”
“After hearing that my father died… I felt a lot of pain. I had a high fever, and after that, I became unable to see.”
“Why did your father pass away?”
“There was a fire. In the building where I was.”
“So your father came to meet Seolwoojin… That’s how it happened?”
“Yes.”
“So, do you think your father passed away because of meeting Seolwoojin?”
“If I had not been in that building at that time…”
“Why?”
“I ran away on the day of the college entrance exam. To the PC room. My father came to find me… and that’s how it happened.”
“Why didn’t you take the college entrance exam…”
Then Wujin’s eye corners narrowed. It seemed like a smile, and yet, it seemed like he was about to cry.
“So… I ran away…”
His gaze returned to the unseen screen.
The scene of a storm raging on the screen, with a ship being swept away by waves, seemed to express his inner emotions.
“But still… I survived.”
It was a selfish statement, but Sooyoung sincerely felt relieved that he was alive.
Even if it became a wound for this person, Sooyoung decided to be thankful selfishly.
“That’s true…”
Although her feelings might be different from his, anyway, she calmly agreed.
Sooyoung carefully examined his side profile and asked, “Seolwoojin, are you only sad because you survived?”
He seemed to be momentarily lost for words at her question. No one had openly asked him such a thing before.
Rather than just being sad, he thought he had survived as a form of punishment… but… “I thought I survived as a punishment…” he continued.
But… “But after meeting you…”
His lips could be seen gently rising at the corner.
“Living like this… I might consider it a blessing.”
Then, his lifted lips gradually approached Sooyoung’s face.
“For the first time.”
Whether the aim was off, or if he aimed directly at her nose from the beginning, his thin lips touched the tip of Sooyoung’s nose and fell away.
After that, the aim was accurate.
It was easy to aim just below the nose.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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