It felt like something made sense but also felt strange. Yeonho couldn’t continue the conversation any longer. Maybe I should give up like this? Should I look for another girl?
However, in Yeonho’s eyes, right now, there was only Suyeong.
Due to drinking beer after a long time, I thought sleep would come quickly. However, strangely enough, as time passed, my mind became more and more confused.
So, I like you.
Would you date with marriage as the premise?
David and a male friend confessing love at the same time. Well, David might not be a love confession, so should I exclude it?
Anyway, as a woman, they were confessions that would be enough to feel ecstatic about.
I wanted to share this happy news with my friends quickly, but we had different work schedules, so I had to set a date to meet.
With the intention of leaving a commemorative memo, Suyeong took out her phone but, without making any notes, suddenly started searching for this month’s fortune on the internet.
“Love fortune…, love fortune…”
Huh? With a somewhat unclear look, Suyeong stared at the philosophical explanation. Where my heart goes… Suddenly, the sculpted face of Seolwoojin came to mind.
What is this? Why does it come to mind out of nowhere? Does it just come to mind because he’s handsome?
Waving her hand, the face not only didn’t disappear but also grinned at her.
“Hey! Where are you going!”
Waving her hands wildly, the phrase urging to think twice with her head came to mind.
Yeah. Think rationally. Rationally. Not with the landlord. Rather, a male friend matches my level. Whatever.
However, despite Suyeong’s efforts to think twice with her head, the pumpkin-colored pupils in front of her showed no signs of disappearing.
Watching the statue quickly devouring the spicy braised chicken, Suyeong’s touch became faster.
After eating absentmindedly for a while, Wujin, who had filled his stomach to some extent, finally regained his senses and spoke to her.
“Aren’t you eating?”
“I am eating too.”
“It seems like you’re just getting tired of it.”
Because you eat it when you get tired of it… But she couldn’t say that directly.
“Don’t just eat meat; eat salad in front of Seolwoojin. It’s a set.”
“Where do you usually buy these?”
“Oh, you know the shopping complex in front of the subway station? There’s a side dish store on the first floor. It’s a bit expensive, but I have a good salary.”
“Did your aunt transfer the money to your account? Seol Jihyun told me to deposit directly into your account from now on.”
“Please deposit it into my aunt’s account for a while. My aunt is not working right now, so she needs money.”
“The person who works should receive it.”
“There’s no such thing between my aunt and me. To me, my aunt is almost like a mom.”
“Why?”
“Because my mom is too busy, so my aunt raised me.”
“Your mom is working?”
“Yes. She works at a construction company, and she’s extremely busy. She works overtime every day. After divorcing my dad and moving companies, she said she liked having a high salary, but as expected, she works as much as she gets paid. Society is harsh.”
Upon hearing that her parents were divorced, there was a sense of camaraderie somewhere. Still, at least her mom didn’t abandon her child.
That point subtly made him envious.
“Seol Woojin.”
While Suyeong focused on the chicken, she whispered softly. Woojin shifted his gaze to the side where the sound came from.
“Last time, I… I said I liked you, right?”
At the unexpected remark, Woojin remained silent, fixing his gaze somewhere on her face and hands.
“What… What do you like about me?”
“…What do you mean, what do I like about you?”
“Do you like me as a housemaid, as a manager, or… as a woman?”
At the last words, Woojin’s face blushed slightly. Why is this woman asking so bluntly…
Without words, he began picking up meat with chopsticks. The meat, which was easy to pick up a moment ago, suddenly became difficult to grasp.
He gently turned the plate so that the meat was closer to Suyeong’s chopsticks.
“As a woman… No, honestly?”
Finally, meat was caught by Woojin’s chopsticks. He started chewing it slowly.
The slightly salty and savory taste that was felt a moment ago somehow turned into a bland flavor.
“…Why wouldn’t I?”
After forcing down the meat, he asked quietly.
“Huh? So, it’s true? You like me as a woman?”
At Suyeong’s excited voice, Woojin’s face, which had been slightly blushed before, now turned completely red as if burning.
“W-who said that? Why are you asking if I wouldn’t like you? Can’t you understand what I’m saying?”
“Oh, why are you getting upset… No, usually, men are kind to women they like. But Seol Woojin…”
“Me?”
When Woojin asked aggressively, she hesitated and said.
“No, instead of being kind and gentle, you’re always pressuring me…”
“Pressuring? Have I pressured you? You?”
He said with a bewildered expression.
No, when did I ever pressure her? I even rolled gimbap, made rice balls, and even let her sleep in bed when she caught a cold.
Bed is an area that should never be allowed even to a child. But what? Did I pressure her?
“No, the word ‘pressure’ sounds a bit awkward. Instead of pressuring… Anyway, you’re not kind!”
When Suyeong stubbornly shouted, Woojin, who had been lost in thought for a moment, made a resentful expression.
“I was born like this. What can I do?”
“Then you should fix it!”
“Why should I!”
“No, if you like a girl, are you going to be unkind to her like this forever?”
“When was I unkind?”
“Even now! You’re being unkind right now!”
Upon hearing that he was still unkind, Woojin closed his mouth. If she said it was good, he would have thought it was good; why keep questioning it.
Then, to do something good for a girl, do you have to die and be reborn? It couldn’t help but be forced. Above all, why did he say that at that time…
If only he could go back to that time, he felt like he wanted to smack himself in the face.
“Because of Seol Woojin’s words, I’m so confused. So Senbae suddenly suggested dating with marriage as the premise.”
“What?”
Suddenly, as if scratching from somewhere, Woojin asked.
“What did that jerk say?”
“Why are you cursing at someone you don’t know? That senior told me to date him. But I’ve heard similar stories so many times, it doesn’t bother me. Back in college, at drinking parties, he would say things like, ‘I only have eyes for Kim Sooyoung, let’s date,’ but then the next day, he would go to the movies with another girl.”
The more he heard, the more awkward he felt. Even if he was a close male friend, why would she keep meeting such a guy?
“Do you, do you like that kind of guy?”
“It’s just fun to talk to him. He’s kind and considerate. When we take the bus, he always lets me board first, you know? And he stands in front of me to protect me from others. When we eat, he puts utensils and chopsticks for me. Like how I spread meat for Seol Woojin, he spreads it for me. And last time, he helped me find a seat for the teacher.”
Then Woojin suddenly reached out and lightly tapped her arm. Wondering why he did that, Suyeong looked at him, and Woojin muttered as if growling.
“Don’t spread it. I’ll tear it apart.”
“Okay. That’s not what I meant. I’m just saying he’s a person with kindness in his body. So when we’re together, it feels like I’m a princess… But when he confesses to me like this as a joke, it doesn’t feel good. It feels like he’s making fun of me.”
“I… I’m not joking.”
Woojin suddenly raised his eyes that sparkled like golden jewels and looked straight at her.
“What?”
To her puzzled question, he said firmly again.
“I’m not joking.”
Watching the glittering golden eyes, Suyeong absentmindedly took a big bite of the chicken leg she was holding.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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