Locked in various thoughts and hesitating for a moment, Eunjae pressed the call button just before it was cut off. Before Eunjae could respond, an unexpected voice came over.
[Mrs. Sa, this is Lawyer Shin. I’m sorry for calling so late. I borrowed someone else’s phone because I didn’t know your number.]“Oh, yes…”
[The professor is quite drunk. It’s the entrance to the detached house.]“Yes? Mr. Sunwoo? Oh, I’ll be right down.”
Arriving on the first floor, Eunjae, supporting Lawyer Shin, looked concernedly at Sunwoo, who stood unsteadily. Lawyer Shin, having observed Sunwoo for a long time, seemed to be making an effort not to touch him as much as possible.
“I’ve been watching for a long time, but this is the first time I’ve seen you so impolite.”
Approaching quickly, Eunjae asked, leaning Sunwoo’s body, which was leaning towards Lawyer Shin’s, on his shoulder, “H-How much did you drink?”
“About a bottle of whiskey?”
Thinking of Sunwoo struggling the day after drinking a whole bottle of whiskey not long ago, Eunjae recalled, “If it’s a bottle of whiskey, it’s similar to drinking four bottles of soju.”
“If it’s just my limit, I don’t remember a thing.”
It was just like this last time. No, today seems even more intoxicated.
“Mr. Sunwoo, wake up. Can you walk?”
Unlike the day he had climbed to the third floor by himself, he didn’t respond and only panted hot breath onto Eunjae’s shoulder.
“Lawyer, I’m really sorry. No one is in the guesthouse right now. Can you please help me?”
“Of course. I’ll take care of it.”
“Um… Is it okay to touch?”
“There’s no other choice.”
We’ve already reached this point. After saying that, Lawyer Shin, who had awkwardly smiled while speaking, barely supported the drunken Sunwoo.
When he lifted Sunwoo, who had collapsed from the alcohol, the sound of Lawyer Shin’s groaning “ugh” was unusually loud.
Every time he breathed, a strong scent of harsh whiskey filled the air. The bedroom felt like it was filled with the overwhelming smell of alcohol. Looking at Sunwoo lying on the bed, Eunjae sighed as if exhaling.
“Drinking like this is bad for your health.”
In the past, just looking at him would make me laugh, but now, even just being by his side makes me sigh.
When he reached out to me, I thought it was an opportunity given by heaven.
I thought I was being rewarded for living so hard, but was it also considered a big punishment for receiving a huge award that didn’t fit the theme? Even sweet times were vomited out as if ordering me to throw away everything without any time to realize it.
It was so hard to endure watching him suffer and struggle.
Why did this person, and not someone else, send him to me to give such a big punishment?
“I’ve been watching for a long time, but this is the first time I’ve seen you so impolite.”
Yes, I’m the second, but I still can’t get used to it.
Eunjae looked down at him, who was deeply asleep from the effects of alcohol, and sighed deeply, not knowing how many times it had been.
“Is it that difficult for you? What should I say? You’ve been living well even without me. You should live well without me too. If you keep showing this kind of behavior…”
My heart weakens. I keep wanting to be closer to him.
“You created it like this, let me live in this dreadful hell, and now you want me to shamelessly beg for our father’s forgiveness.”
It would be better if only I were in pain. Isn’t this too harsh if this is also a punishment? What did I do so wrong? Even if I chew on it repeatedly, I swear I never did something deserving such a severe punishment.
“Then will you forgive our father?”
Eunjae, gritting her lips, covered Sunwoo’s chest with a thin summer blanket.
“I… will live well. So don’t worry too much, and don’t hate me too much for daring to try to be happy. Please let it go a little after being a bit tough on yourself.”
Covering him with the blanket, Eunjae couldn’t take her eyes off his face, which had unexpectedly become closer. Then she thought for a moment.
Is it okay to touch him a little? Since he’s sleeping, he’s drunk, and he won’t remember tomorrow, isn’t it okay for just a moment?
Eunjae gently brushed Sunwoo’s cheek with her raised thumb.
It’s warm. Still soft.
How long has it been since I touched his face like this? How long has it been since I faced him like this?
Eunjae, without saying anything, leaned gently on his shoulder, which was breathing rhythmically.
Tears welled up with a pop. Quickly rising tears quickly flowed down his eyes, brushing his shoulders in an instant.
He didn’t want to close his eyes. It was probably a night that would surely be filled with tears.
“I don’t want to go…”
Looking at, facing each other, and even such trivial things were all happiness. It was love.
“I want to live with you here for thousands of years.”
Yoon Sunwoo, who was the first and last love that was so passionate that he could dare to assert that the emotions I shared with him were indeed love.
“I love you. I love you so much. Really, so much…”
Dawn. Sunwoo, who woke up alone in the dark bedroom, slowly rose from the bed. Quietly leaving the bedroom and crouching on the sofa where Eunjae was sleeping, he slowly approached.
Pulling up the fallen blanket and sitting next to Eunjae, Sunwoo took his place by her side. He knelt like that, silently looking at Eunjae’s face, then tidied her disheveled hair behind her ear.
“Do you believe those words?”
He flicked his finger to touch Eunjae’s nose.
“You deceived me like that.”
Her deeply sleeping figure remained as deeply as ever.
Maybe I should have had one more bottle. Even though I drank so much, I’m still so fine now and then.
“You created it like this, let me live in this dreadful hell, and now you want me to shamelessly beg for our father’s forgiveness.”
Why should I receive punishment for this? When did he cry sorrowfully, saying why he had to suffer, and why is he crying sorrowfully now, asking for forgiveness?
“It’s not your fault.”
Sunwoo gently stroked Eunjae’s swollen eyes more than usual and laughed lightly.
Fortunately, your words to me until now weren’t sincere.
“Your eyes are really swollen.”
The finger that was scratching the eye area lightly touched Eunjae’s lips. Despite being so close, it feels like a distant sensation.
“I don’t want to go… I want to live with you here for thousands of years.”
The moment I heard those words, I wanted to pull your hand and hold you in my arms. I wanted to say, “You don’t have to go. Stay here for thousands of years.”
But still, you’ll stubbornly go. You won’t be caught even if you try your hardest. So just wander a little and come back.
I’ll wait after organizing all the messy things.
“Then what should I do now? Pretend I don’t know, send you away?”
Even breath flowed evenly between the slightly parted pretty lips. Suppressing the desire to swallow those bright red lips in one gulp, Sunwoo smiled.
“Go out and suffer a bit.”
Then he’ll know how precious a husband is. Sunwoo’s lips, which silently lifted at the corners, lightly touched Eunjae’s forehead.
“Just, wait for a week.”
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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