She thought she heard the man’s laughter mingled with his breath from behind her turned back.
“Just come in, it’s a hassle.”
What is this fuss about?
At the man’s voice that slipped out as if he was speaking to himself, Eun Jae’s saliva seemed to stick in her throat.
Then, as if hurrying her, the man’s voice came again.
“Are you not coming in? How long am I supposed to stand here like this?”
“Ah, yes yes yes. I’m, I’m coming in. I will come in.”
At his words, which felt like they were urging her, Eun Jae spun around and found herself again facing the front door.
She moved her hand up to block her field of vision and took steps into the man’s house. It was a desperate move to avoid as much eye contact as possible.
Sun Woo followed the woman, lightly dusting off his hair that was completely wet with a towel. Watching the woman walking briskly in front of him, he couldn’t help but laugh.
It was strange, whenever he saw this woman, he found himself smiling.
Yesterday she kept him waiting, but today she arrived 10 minutes early and caused him to feel flustered.
Was it because this woman was so unpredictable?
Sun Woo, who had been rolling his tongue in his mouth, deliberately turned his gaze away.
Eun Jae, who had arrived in the living room first, scratched the back of her neck nervously as she struggled to find somewhere to rest her eyes.
Even though it was her second visit, the house was still not familiar to her.
Then, suddenly, a large shadow loomed behind her. A pair of pink slippers were nonchalantly placed in front of her. They were the same design as the slippers the man had been wearing.
Was it the smell of shower gel? As the man approached, a cool yet sweet scent wafted through the air.
“Put these on. You said your feet were cold.”
She couldn’t look directly at the almost naked man. Eun Jae didn’t respond and quickly slipped her feet into the slippers.
Upon seeing her reaction, one corner of Sun Woo’s mouth slightly lifted before quickly settling back down.
“I’ll finish up and come out, so please sit down.”
As he disappeared, Eun Jae let out the breath she had been holding in tension.
The first day she had encountered him, the man had made her so tense that it had sent chills down her spine.
His expression seemed as dry and devoid of emotion as if it had been desolate for a long time. Yet the occasional smile he let slip could make one gaze in fascination.
The man’s indifferent yet languid expression came to mind.
Was it due to his unique ambiance?
“Unique ambiance, it’s because he’s undressing, that’s all.”
While she muttered under her breath and briefly surveyed the area, the man came out into the living room.
The man, dressed in navy blue pants and a designer denim shirt with a logo, walked out while putting on a tie of a similar blue shade, appearing much tidier than before.
He leisurely combed back his still damp hair and took a seat at the table first, not forgetting to pull out the chair opposite him in a gentlemanly manner.
Receiving the signal to sit, Eun Jae let out a small cough and took a seat in the chair.
As if he had been waiting, he pushed the documents on the table right in front of him and crossed his arms over them.
“What do you need now, Miss Ji Eun Jae?”
“Me? Nothing.”
“Really.”
It seems like you’re the only one who doesn’t know.
Seeing Eun Jae’s truly clueless expression in response, Sun Woo chuckled.
“How will Miss Ji Eun Jae repay her debt….”
Eun Jae, seemingly trying to listen carefully, also raised her folded arms and leaned her body towards him.
It felt as though they had finally reached the point after going round and round. All she had to do now was comply with whatever came out of the man’s mouth. Then there would be no reason to see him in the future.
“I will do what is most needed by Miss Ji Eun Jae. Then, all Miss Ji Eun Jae has to do is what I need. How about it? Simple, right?”
Eh? It is simple, but why would you do what I need?
Are you asking me to repay, a favor?
Unable to comprehend his puzzling words, Eun Jae asked with a baffled expression.
“What do I need?”
Just as Eun Jae, who thought she didn’t need anything, was about to ask him what she needed, he cut her off.
“How long do you plan to be chased by loan sharks?”
“Ah, that…”
I do need that. But why would you want to help with that?
The one who had agreed to repay the favor was her, but it was him who kept offering to do something.
As Eun Jae rubbed her forehead, trying to parse his words, the man continued.
“Do you know that Jeong Mi Ran is being forcibly discharged from the hospital next week?”
“What? How can they kick out a sick person like that?”
How did he know my mother’s name? Did he investigate behind my back?
“That’s how it is. If you don’t have money, you’re kicked out.”
He spoke of being kicked out with such indifference that Eun Jae was left speechless.
That’s right, it’s true that if you don’t have money, you’re kicked out.
Since she started being chased by loan sharks, she had to stop all productive activities. The money she had was dwindling away.
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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