After one shot, two shots, the soju bottles were emptied before I knew it. Drinking without any side dishes made my stomach uncomfortably scratchy.
“What’s the point now. If you loved her so much, you should’ve held on.”
“I’m the one next to Eun Jae right now. Pack it in.”
It wasn’t a wrong statement, but it felt somewhat unfair. Because I never had the chance to do so in the first place.
Ever since I found out Eun Jae was gone and clearly recognized my feelings for her, for several years, Tae Kyu had been trying to find any trace of Eun Jae by using all means possible.
For years, while searching for Eun Jae, he would meet with women coming and going without any discrimination.
And then, if he suddenly thought of Eun Jae, he would clean up all the women around him and not meet anyone for several months or even years.
In the middle of such repeated cycles, he first met Da Jin at a friend’s birthday party.
He noticed her because she looked bored, in contrast to the cheerful people around her.
Though he exchanged business cards with everyone there and thought he left a decent impression on Da Jin, he didn’t get a call from her, and only her.
That was the reason he ended up meeting Da Jin. Relationships were always as light as feathers.
It wasn’t bad. She didn’t demand emotional labor or any requirements like other women.
“Do you think nobody tried?”
Tae Kyu spat out to himself, his tongue all twisted.
An image of the two walking together under an umbrella popped up in his mind. More than that, Eun Jae’s figure gradually disappearing in the rain.
His head was a complete mess when he met his friends that day. To bump into her there, of all places.
Mixed emotions of happiness and complexity overwhelmed him.
The expression of Eun Jae, heading toward Sun Woo’s umbrella after that day, kept popping up in his mind. It played back continuously like an endless loop video.
“Yoon Tae Kyu, you said you found Ji Eun Jae. Why is there no progress?”
“How about stopping now? Maybe she wasn’t your destiny. I’m tired of seeing you like this.”
“True love knows when to let go.”
Each friend towards Tae Kyu offered a word of concern. Though they meant to comfort, it was infuriating.
“F*ck. If you like her, you should hold onto her.”
I don’t believe in the saying ‘I let her go because I love her,’ ‘I give up because I love.’
“I don’t believe in that.”
The moment he was about to empty another soju shot, he remembered the touch of his hand that he had pushed into Sun Woo’s umbrella. It was a completely voluntary act on his part.
As for being worried that Sun Woo would feel bad about not being able to bring an umbrella, what was that?
A ridiculous smile formed at the corner of his mouth.
“True love knows when to let go.”
His friend’s last words echoed in his ears again. No, it could be for the hundredth time already.
In his mind, the devil Yoon Tae Kyu with blood-red eyes and a wagging black tail screamed.
‘If you like her, you should steal her!’
The angel Yoon Tae Kyu, sitting gracefully, looked very relaxed.
‘He won’t be able to steal Eun Jae from him.’
Tae Kyu, who had been swearing softly, slumped his face on the table.
“Both of you shut up.”
Everything in his line of sight wavered as if submerged underwater.
A bad feeling came over him.
“It wasn’t entirely wrong, after all.”
Maybe it’s really time to let go.
Exchanging various stories, the two heading home had their hands clasped together. Even as the weather grew increasingly humid and hot, bringing sweat to their palms, neither let go of the other’s hand.
“Galbitang is on the menu for dinner.”
“Oh, nice. Galbitang.”
As they were taking off their shoes neatly at the entrance and heading toward the living room, faint voices of the aunts in the well-lit dining room seeped out.
“Ugh, just thinking about that dawn makes my heart sink.”
“Let’s pretend we didn’t know. How uncomfortable it must be for newlyweds to be dragged home like this. Haven’t you heard that newlyweds turn tables just by making eye contact?”
“How could I pretend not to know? I locked eyes with the professor and it was like, bam!”
“Must’ve been urgent, going out and coming back at dawn like that.”
“It’s not like I wanted to go out. They said the ingredients arrived, and I hurried back worrying it would go bad in this heat.”
Eun Jae’s face flushed red upon hearing the conversation. She felt like she knew all too well what they were talking about just by listening to fragments of it.
Turning around, Eun Jae glared at Sun Woo with resentful eyes.
“It wasn’t Tae Kyu, was it?”
Sun Woo avoided Eun Jae’s gaze and offered no other response.
“Why are you like this, seriously?”
“At first, I really thought it was Yoon Tae Kyu. I wanted him to get jealous watching us.”
Eun Jae’s lips parted in disbelief at Sun Woo’s words, words she never expected to spill from his mouth.
“I wanted to firmly tell him not to touch my girl. Even if it seems childish, that was my intent.”
“…”
“That day, I was incredibly childish.”
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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