Ji-hyun got up, and Soo-young also stood, bowing her head slightly. She hurriedly entered the apartment building, and Ji-hyun watched her go, a lazy smile on his face.
– Such a strange girl. Intriguing.
Woo-jin had mentioned to Ji-hyun how Soo-young was occupying his thoughts.
It seemed like a crack was forming somewhere in the shell in which Woo-jin had enclosed himself.
Soo-young waited with a large plate of tteokbokki, hoping Woo-jin would come out, attracted by the smell, just like he did with the ramen.
But even after 10 minutes, there was no sign of him. She cautiously approached his door, walking back and forth.
She didn’t want to knock and call him out for tteokbokki; it would be embarrassing. If only he would come out on his own.
After about five back-and-forths, the door suddenly swung open, and he asked in an irritated tone,
“Why?”
“Uh, no, nothing…”
Her eyes inadvertently lingered on his exposed collarbone and surprisingly firm chest visible through his wide V-neck knit.
His body… looks even better than I thought.
“What is it?”
Snapped back to reality by his cold voice, Soo-young mumbled,
“I was wondering if you had lunch. If not, let’s have tteokbokki together.”
“I’m not eating.”
As he turned to go back inside, Soo-young lightly grabbed his arm, then quickly let go and said,
“It’s really tasty! I brought it all the way from the library just to eat it with you.”
Honestly, it wasn’t that much effort, but she exaggerated, patting her arms as if to show off.
Woo-jin turned back towards her, looking down at her.
The air shimmered around them, faintly carrying her scent. Where have I smelled this before?
“Why did you want to eat with me?”
Soo-young widened her eyes and simply said,
“Because I wanted to.”
“Why?”
“To be honest…”
Realizing she needed a reason, Soo-young quickly thought on her feet.
To be honest, even before the representative spoke, I had already decided to eat lunch with him from now on. I hadn’t really thought about why.
“I can’t eat alone! My mom leaves early in the morning, so I skip breakfast. Since I’m at the library before coming here, I’m starving by the time I arrive. Eating alone means I’d go hungry all day! Can you eat with me for the sake of employee welfare?”
I felt so pathetic saying this. I was using my own money and food, yet here I was, begging him to eat with me.
However, worried he might sense my true feelings, I quickly laughed heartily.
“That’s strange.”
He frowned and said.
“What is?”
“Your laughter.”
Wow… Should I have just laughed normally? If I had, he probably would have said that was weird too.
Woo-jin slowly closed his room door and passed by me, heading to the kitchen. He accurately went up to the dining table, pulled out a chair, and sat down.
I quickly joined him at the opposite side, served some tteokbokki on a small plate for him, and said, “There’s a fork on your right and water on your left. Thank you for eating with me.”
After an overly formal thank-you, I quickly served myself some tteokbokki and took a bite.
As expected, it was cold. Not inedible, but it would have been much tastier if eaten immediately.
Worried he might complain about the taste, I looked at Woo-jin anxiously, but he was just quietly chewing the tteokbokki.
I mean, how can someone eating tteokbokki look so sexy? Especially, the way he licked his red lips with his tongue to prevent the sauce from dripping was somewhat obscene.
As all those webtoon scenes flashed through my mind, I blushed from ear to ear and quickly bowed my head. Why am I like this, Kim Soo-young? Get a grip!
“It’s too cold, isn’t it? I shouldn’t have bought it.”
Trying to hide my bad thoughts with a fake apology, Woo-jin calmly said.
“It’s good.”
“What?”
“Better than the lunchbox. Bring it again.”
His voice was so dry, yet somehow, his words seemed to bloom with flowers. Fluffy white snowbell flowers.
Is this person good-natured or bad-natured?
As soon as it struck 4 PM and I began to pack my bag, I heard the sound of his room door opening.
“Are you leaving?”
I calmly answered Woo-jin’s question.
“Yes, it’s 4 o’clock.”
Wondering if he was going to see me off, I looked at him curiously. He was leaning against the door frame, looking like a child who had lost his mother at an amusement park.
“Should I stay a bit longer?”
I asked quietly, and Woo-jin turned his pumpkin-colored eyes toward where I was standing.
“……Coffee…….”
He muttered softly, and I perked up my ears.
“What?”
“Make me coffee. Ice, please,”
He said this and then seemed startled. What am I saying? Clinging to someone who’s about to leave?
An unplanned tea time ensued. The two of us sat opposite each other at the dining table, quietly sipping our coffee.
“Do you like coffee?”
I asked cautiously after a while.
“No.”
It was an unexpected answer.
“Then why drink it?”
“To wake up.”
“Are you sleepy?”
“Yes.”
“Why not just sleep?”
“Then I can’t sleep at night.”
“Do you have insomnia?”
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
