What was that keychain, what was that promise.
“Why don’t you promise to buy the child some chicken instead, what’s with Samgyetang.”
I was only four years old.
Why was I still holding onto it? Why do I still remember?
Trust in my father, and the regret for things that never came to fruition.
The keychain was an item that contained such abstract concepts for me.
Every time I looked and touched that lone bear keychain, my father’s affectionate face came to mind, it pricked at my nose, brought up the things he had done well, and so……
“It’s better this way.”
With a surge of tears about to burst, Eun Jae firmly pressed her stinging nose as if to hold them back and buried her face deep into the quilt.
The memories, regrets, and faith towards my father, who drove me to the edge.
Maybe this was the opportunity to cut them all off.
I desperately hoped it could be.
The quiet living room as darkness descended.
Sun Woo’s slippers were weakly dragged across the cold marble floor. Sun Woo, who was wandering aimlessly around the living room, suddenly threw himself onto the sofa.
Slowly closing his eyes, the woman’s words echoed in the void.
“I know it might sound funny considering my position. Marriage might be business to you, but it isn’t to me. I’ve never thought about it that way.”
“I haven’t lived a normal life, but if I turn marriage into that too… I would feel like I’m genuinely being sold off? That’s why I’m going to reject this proposal.”
The excuse about grace or whatever, someone was absolutely necessary.
From the moment she touched him, from the moment he felt her touch was different from others, Sun Woo considered it the last opportunity given to him.
Even if he didn’t know anything else, it was clear that he and that woman were clinging to the brink, desperately hanging on day by day, hoping for someone to come and save them.
“I’m sorry, this doesn’t seem right.”
As the last expression of the completely deflated woman came to mind, a heavy feeling invaded his chest.
“Yeah, no matter what, this isn’t right, I know.”
I didn’t know you, but how can I give up knowing that someone like you exists.
There was no denying that he had rushed more urgently, looking at the matchmaking process and considering the time wasted until then.
Perhaps I should have taken the time to meet a bit more, slowly cultivating an affinity.
Although it seemed pointless to regret it now.
Sun Woo revisited the woman’s words.
Was it because I said I’d pay off her debt? Or was it because I said it was a business?
The person who didn’t want such a contractual marriage more than anyone else was me. Would it have been different if I had honestly said that’s why I was looking for someone like you?
No.
The woman clearly wanted a marriage with ‘love’.
Something I couldn’t provide.
Something I couldn’t do, even if I tried.
“What love, considering my position.”
The thought of continuing that damnable matchmaking process gave me a headache.
I was thirsty.
Brushing up his bangs roughly and exhaling a long sigh, Sun Woo lifted his lying body and headed to the kitchen.
Something bumped against Sun Woo’s foot as he was heading to the kitchen. He bowed his head to look down at it.
It was a keychain with a palmsized brown bear attached.
Sun Woo, bending over to pick up the item, stared quietly at the keychain. It was undoubtedly an item that was not unfamiliar as if he had seen it somewhere.
“Where have I seen this before?”
The people who visited Sun Woo’s house were extremely limited. Sun Woo’s mother, or the woman from the main house who brought side dishes every day.
And that woman.
Sun Woo, who had been touching the keychain for a while, put it on the dining table and draped a jacket over his shoulder.
It was the start of a tough day.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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