It was past 4 o’clock. She must have left. Earlier, I heard her loitering outside my room, as if insisting that I eat, but I ignored it.
Listening to the news, it was indeed a rare meteorological event – the earliest snowfall in decades. Maybe I should have told her to experience this weather anomaly on her own.
As I was about to open my door, a faint sound came from somewhere. Is she still here? Talking to someone else again?
“I’m not tired at all. Uh… How’s your back, auntie? …Really? That’s a relief. …You can’t be discharged! How will you move around at home alone? …Hospital bills? Don’t you have insurance coverage? You’ll get insurance money! If you leave the hospital now, you’ll definitely get worse. …Yes! Stay there with the caretaker. …Me? I’m really fine. It’s a sweet part-time job, really. …Yeah. The landlord is nice, too. …I’m serious. It’s not long now anyway. …Okay, got it. I’ll come by tonight. Bye.”
So-young ended her call with Yeong-mi and looked at the dining table. The well-prepared meal was getting cold and dry. I should have just eaten alone. Should I eat it now?
Then, I saw a large figure standing at the kitchen entrance. So-young exclaimed brightly without realizing it.
“Are you out? Hungry, right?”
“Why haven’t you left yet?” Woo-jin asked in a slightly hoarse voice. The talk of a kind landlord and not much time left lingered in his mind.
“I was waiting to have a meal with you, Woo-jin. Is it lunch or dinner now? We can have it as a late lunch. I’ll reheat the rice. The side dishes looked so delicious, it was tough to resist.”
“You didn’t eat either?”
“No. Employees eat only after their boss, right?”
As she put the rice in the microwave and spoke casually, Woo-jin rubbed his forehead and mumbled.
“What boss?”
“Does ‘boss’ sound off? Should I say ‘owner’? ‘Employer’?”
“Eat alone next time, even if I don’t. You always say you’re hungry here.”
“I can’t eat alone. I need someone in front of me. What kind of employee welfare is this, fluctuating all the time? Come and sit quickly. The side dishes are getting shriveled.”
So-young served the hot rice in front of him. Woo-jin approached the dining table accurately and sat down. The side dishes smelled delicious, perhaps due to his hunger.
“Right in front of Woo-jin, the dishes are arranged in a diamond shape. At the top is stir-fried squid, below that is meat pancake, to the right… What’s this? Shrimp and… garlic scapes, I guess? Some sort of stir-fry. Below that is…”
“What about the weather anomaly?”
Caught off guard by his sudden question, So-young stopped describing the side dishes.
“Stopped?”
She looked out the kitchen window and replied.
“It’s stopped. Can’t keep going on like that, right?”
“…What good is it if I can’t see?”
“It was great to see it from your living room. The view from Woo-jin’s house shows it really well.”
“Why didn’t you go out and experience it alone?”
“What fun is there in going alone?”
She chuckled lightly and began to eat. Fortunately, both the rice and side dishes still tasted good. As food filled her empty stomach, she started to chatter happily.
“Do you know what my wish was when I was in university? To experience the first snow with a boyfriend. Watching girls with boyfriends excitedly calling them during the first snow, I was so jealous. The ultimate was… That guy, he’s married now, but he came to the school with a bouquet of white baby’s breath that looked like snow. In the middle was a red rose, I think… Or something similar. Everyone was squealing… Honestly, he wasn’t that handsome, but he looked so good that day. That’s what they call the power of props… Hehe.”
“So, you wanted to see the snow with me today?”
Woo-jin asked calmly. So-young suddenly reflected on her actions. It was indeed unexpected. She had suddenly asked him to go out and experience the snow together. When had they become so close?
But, her pride prevented her from admitting she thought of him as a potential boyfriend, so she quickly made up an excuse.
“No, I just meant for you to touch the snow. It’s the first snow of the year, after all.”
“I can’t do that.”
“What?”
“Experience the first snow with you.”
“…”
“I’ll never be able to.”
“Okay, fine. It’s not like I asked you to see every first snow with me for the rest of my life.”
Embarrassed, So-young pouted her lips. But Woo-jin, unable to see her pout, fixed his beautiful eyes on her and said,
“Instead, I’ll… try… to be there to experience it with you.”
What?
So-young’s eyes widened. Him agreeing to experience the first snow together sounded even more romantic than seeing it together. She stared at him, motionless.
“Stop staring and eat your food.”
Woo-jin quietly spoke as he picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and ate it.
“Uh? Yes.”
Suddenly, she felt a tingling sensation in her heart, and around her, imaginary white snowdrops began to bloom.
Entering the hallway, Seol Ji-hyeon was surprised to see a small pair of shoes at the entrance and ventured down the corridor.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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