It was then. Hoseok’s hand gently rose over Narim’s shoulder. Narim flinched, shrinking her shoulders.
Strangely, Hoseok’s touch didn’t make her feel that good. That person’s touch used to be fragrant even if it just brushed against the fingertips.
Hoseok laughed as he handed Narim a paper box full of untouched lemon éclairs and various muffins.
“Shall we go?”
After finishing the house contract and trying to catch a taxi, Eunjae laughed at the sound of a pick and looked at the remaining cash.
“Now, you need to save, Ji Eunjae.”
Since when have you been taking taxis? Laughing softly, Eunjae moved her steps to the bus stop.
Her mind was complicated as she walked. Sighs continued to escape. It might have become a habit by now. But still, after exhaling a sigh, my stifling heart felt a bit relieved.
“It’s a house that has been empty for a long time, and the landlord said he redecorated it last month. When should we set the move-in date?”
“Sooner the better.”
“They say it could be as early as tomorrow.”
“Will you do that for me then? I think I can move in within this week.”
After signing the house contract, I thought I would feel relieved, but there’s a lingering feeling on one side of my chest.
Perhaps it’s because of what he said yesterday.
Eunjae, heading to the bus stop, murmured while looking at the sky where the rain had temporarily stopped.
“Now it’s starting to get sunny.”
Now there’s one more reason to dislike the rain.
Because when it rains, I’ll think of you. Because then I’ll miss you. Because then I’ll want to see you. Because then I’ll want to embrace you.
Suddenly, my eyes became warm, and my nose started to feel stuffy.
Sniffling, I held back the tears while inhaling sharply. It was daytime, and I didn’t want to become one of those women crying by the roadside.
Having barely held back the tears, Eunjae wiped her reddened eyes with the back of her hand and walked briskly again. Although something unknown continued to rise in her chest, she tried hard not to pay attention.
A raindrop fell on top of her head.
It seems like it’s going to rain again. Eunjae stopped for a moment and rummaged through her bag.
“Oh, I can’t live like this. Ji Eunjae, pull yourself together.”
It seems like she left the umbrella at the real estate office again. When will this carelessness be fixed? Borrowing his words, she thought he must be someone who causes a lot of trouble. With such thoughts, she advanced through the increasingly heavy raindrops.
It seemed more efficient than going back to the real estate office. Perhaps because she had walked quite a bit, she saw a bus stop not far away.
When she arrived at the bus stop, her clothes were quite wet.
If she catches a cold, she’ll definitely be sick for several days. If that happens, there will be another delay in the plan, so she must take medicine as soon as she gets home. Shivering, she shook her body.
“Unni.”
Wringing out the water from her clothes, she heard someone’s voice from nearby. Wondering if they were calling her, she suddenly turned her head and saw a small girl standing there.
The girl had a bobbed haircut, round cheeks, and was cute. Wondering who it was, she looked at the child with a puzzled expression. The child suddenly extended something toward her.
“Mom told me to give this to unni.”
The gaze that had been directed at the child turned to the object.
It was an umbrella.
I looked at the umbrella once and then at the middle-aged lady standing behind the child. The lady who met my eyes smiled kindly and nodded.
“Take it. We can share it.”
“T-Thank you.”
“Mom, the bus is here.”
As the mother and daughter boarded the bus, Eunjae looked at the umbrella in her hand.
It was a pink umbrella with rabbits drawn on it. It was very similar to the umbrella he had given me for the first time.
“Sniff…”
The tears I had endured finally burst out, if only for a moment.
That umbrella lightly touched a dam buried deep inside. The dam that had been tightly held back and restrained every time I wanted to cry, so it was on the verge of overflowing.
“What should I do… Huh, what should I really do…”
Eunjae buried her face in her cold hands and cried out loud. Now that I’m in so much pain, and no one knows or cares that I endure it, and no one sees it. When such thoughts crossed her mind, the tears didn’t stop.
Please, just give me trials that I can handle.
“It’s too hard…”
You know, I’ve really struggled all this time. I’ve tried not to be a burden to others, lived cautiously, you know that, right?
I wasn’t just happy by that person’s side.
My endlessly miserable self, compared to what I received, I never properly expressed the anxiety proportionate to the deepening feelings for that person.
Honestly, I pretended. I pretended to be fine without seeing that person. I pretended as if my whole self hadn’t already become his.
Because the moment I admit it, the end of this happiness seems too painful, the end of this love seems too sad.
But now I shouldn’t think about that person anymore. I shouldn’t miss him. Even if I want to see him, I shouldn’t. Even if I want to embrace him, I can’t now.
Now it’s really the end.
Sunwoo’s face was truly surprised.
“What? So… Are you saying that the eyewitness is Mr. Kim, the driver? Mr. Kim was at the scene? I’ve never heard of this before.”
“Yes. If you look at the eyewitness statement here—”
Sunwoo quickly grabbed the statement from the new lawyer’s hand.
Q. Where did you witness the criminal?
A. I parked my car in front of the house with the key in the ignition to take care of something. On my way out after taking care of it, I witnessed the criminal getting into the car.
Q. Why didn’t you report it?
A. I was too surprised at the time, so I didn’t have time to react. At that time, I was in a difficult situation as I was taking care of my sick mother alone. I was afraid of losing my job and thought my fault was not insignificant, so at that time, I wanted to handle it on my own.
Q. Why did you go to C Capital?
A. As I mentioned earlier, I wanted to handle it on my own. After witnessing the criminal getting into the car, I followed the taxi that was following and happened to follow the car in front of it, which turned out to be the destination of the criminal, C Capital.
It was a completely different story from what he had heard. Sunwoo, slowly examining Kim Jaehong’s eyewitness statement, asked.
“The person who reported to the police wasn’t Mr. Kim Jaehong, is that correct? Then who was the initial reporter?”
“Someone reported it to C Capital’s office phone. It was said that someone urgently reported and the call was cut off, making it difficult to confirm their identity. Could it be one of the employees there?”
C Capital… C Capital?
“Attorney Shin, it’s about the capital that my father mentioned at that time, no, the capital operated by Kwon Seung-chul. Can I see that notarized document?”
“Yes, just a moment.”
As Attorney Shin checked the documents, his face turned pale.
“This can’t be…”
“C Capital. The company that Kwon Seung-chul was running, right?”
It was when Sunwoo looked at Attorney Shin with a faint smile. Sunwoo’s phone rang.
“See, I told you I’m in trouble. Just a moment.”
While Attorney Shin, with a surprised expression, searched through the documents, Sunwoo pressed the answer button.
“Yes, this is Yoon Sunwoo.”
[Um, Professor. Something big happened. Mrs. Saram has disappeared.]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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