In the morning, as I got up, I managed to squeeze my aching body into the shower booth. When I let the water flow, my mind seemed to clear a bit.
The text received late at night still made no sense when I listened to it again in the morning. Did it say they saw crows on the way to Seoul? What does “What the heck” mean? A crow’s funeral dirge?
After taking a shower and thinking about making a phone call, while shampooing my hair, I heard footsteps that seemed to shake the ground.
Unexpectedly loud, unlike Seol Ji-hyun, when I was letting foam flow through the water stream, the bathroom door suddenly opened with a loud creak. A familiar low, no, low-mixed scream echoed.
“Seol Woo-jin!”
Startled, I turned my head towards the direction of the voice.
Half of the booth was made of translucent glass, so vital parts weren’t visible, but I instinctively gathered my hands neatly below.
Soon, with the sound of the shower booth banging, a joyful voice of a woman who seemed unaffected by embarrassment struck my eardrums.
“Seol Woo-jin, Seol Woo-jin! Our mom agreed! Well, should I say she didn’t object? Anyway, she won’t oppose! So, that means permission, right? I wanted to ask in more detail, but my mom’s face was so bad that I couldn’t ask properly. Seol Woo-jin, come out quickly! Our mom…”
I turned off the shower and approached the front of the booth. Still gathering my hands neatly.
As I was shampooing my hair, I became increasingly enveloped in an inexplicable sense of excitement as I looked at Seoyoung’s wet hair and face, dazzling collarbones, and chest line.
When her hand was about to pull the booth door, Seol Woo-jin said heavily, “Kim Seoyoung. I know you’re excited, but I’m taking a shower.”
“Ah…”
Of course, I knew he was taking a shower. Nevertheless, thinking that important news had to be delivered quickly, my feet didn’t stop. Neither did my hand.
Seoyoung’s hand, which had grabbed the shower booth handle, slowly fell.
She raised her heels, peeked into the booth for a moment, then soon stepped back and said, “Sorry. I’ll wait then.”
While waiting, there was no sound of her leaving. Trying to be calm, Woojin asked.
“You’ll wait there?”
“I can’t see it from here. Below is…”
There was a hint of regret in her words. After intently looking down at her inside the booth like a trapped mermaid in a glass bottle for a while, Woojin slowly opened his mouth.
“Do you want to come in?”
My breath stopped. Even though I couldn’t hear the sound of breathing inside the booth, I could tell that her breath had stopped.
“Uh, where are you going!”
Belatedly coming to her senses, Seoyoung screamed again, and Woojin, who had neatly gathered his hands, removed his hand from the booth’s glass door, raising it, and said, “No… I thought you might be disappointed…”
“Ugh! Pervert!”
Even though she shouted pervert, the woman still didn’t leave the booth.
When Woojin applied pressure to his hand, the booth door slowly opened.
Naturally, knowing that Woojin and Sooyoung would be there, Ji-hyun, who had now almost turned Woojin’s private office into a small meeting room, was slightly surprised to find no one inside. Despite coming up from the resort the day before and having no scheduled recordings today, she thought the two who were always together would somehow come out and tease each other.
Curious about what was going on, she called Woojin, who answered the phone with hurried breaths.
“Seol Woojin? Aren’t you coming to the office today?”
“…Today… I’ll be at home.”
Ji-hyun felt Woojin catching his breath.
“Why?”
“Sooyoung came to my house.”
“Oh? Really? How did that happen?”
At that moment, faint moans from Sooyoung were heard over the phone.
“Huh? What’s going on? What’s happening with you two?”
“…Let’s hang up for now.”
When the call abruptly ended, Ji-hyun stared blankly at the phone. For now? What on earth is happening?
Nevertheless, the fact that Sooyoung had come to Woojin’s house couldn’t be anything but good news.
Was it approved by Sooyoung’s mother? Was it through Grandfather’s methods?
On the day at the resort, Chairman Seol surely stayed in an ordinary room just like the guests. Only President Cho and his close aides knew about his visit.
Despite being a holiday, Seol Jung stayed at the office during the two days Chairman Seol stayed at their house, unable to go home. However, Chairman Seol didn’t give any instructions except for suddenly ordering a secretary to control one section of the elevator on the first day of his visit.
Although it looked like he only controlled the elevator, rumors were rampant that he secretly met with employees disguised as mother and daughter and publishing staff throughout his stay in the room.
Moreover, President Cho couldn’t help but laugh at the remark that one of the publishing staff members was actually visually impaired.
Contrary to these speculations, Chairman Seol finished his resort visit with his grandson in a room, drinking modestly.
“Did you meet Sooyoung’s mother? How was it?”
“I coincidentally met her in front of the elevator.”
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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