It happened to rain, and the place was arranged by Sunwoo, remembering Eunjae’s words at that time.
Sunwoo thought of Eunjae and Miran enjoying their date after a long time, sitting face to face. He took a bite of the triangle kimbap, saying, “It’s delicious.”
Today, I hope it was a slightly happier day for you.
While walking a little after parking the car, Sunwoo stopped when he unexpectedly faced a familiar street. Seeing the chicken place that used to be a tteokbokki place, he was certain. This place, now a chicken shop, used to be a tteokbokki place. Looking at the neighboring gimbap restaurant that still operates, Sunwoo was sure it was the place.
It was around the summer when I was fifteen.
Before going to the United States, it was the day of my last class at the academy, and it rained that day, too. I stood under a vinyl umbrella waiting for the slightly late Kim driver. It was just a moment to escape the rain, but when I looked around, it was a tteokbokki place. A small kid, holding tteokbokki, greeted Sunwoo.
“Welcome. What would you like to have?”
The girl looked like an elementary school student, but she greeted the customer as if she were familiar. In response to the girl’s question, Sunwoo scratched his head for a moment and put his hand in his empty pocket.
Should I honestly say that I just came to avoid the rain, or not? I should probably ask him to calculate when Mr. Kim arrives. I can think of it as the cost of avoiding the rain.
While thinking about it, suddenly, a small and warm hand grabbed my hand and handed me a cup full of tteokbokki.
Since that incident, no one has touched my hand.
“…What are you?”
“It’s okay. If you’re hungry, come again tomorrow.”
Strangely, the little kid’s hand was so warm. I wanted to hold it again. How did you touch me so casually when no one else could?
It was when Sunwoo reached out to that child again. From behind, Mr. Kim’s voice was heard.
“Young master! Ah, there was an accident on the way, and the traffic is terribly jammed. What are you doing here?”
“Oh, just a moment.”
When he turned his head again, the child’s figure had disappeared from sight.
Leaving a ten-thousand-won bill on the counter, Sunwoo felt a sense of mystery throughout the drive back home.
What was that child? Was it an angel?
Thinking of the girl’s face again, Sunwoo suddenly felt his chest pounding, and a warm feeling rushed to his cheeks.
Recalling that day, his heart raced, and it felt like a fever was coming. It had been decades, so why now?
“What are you doing here?”
Sunwoo’s consciousness, momentarily lost in old memories, burst like soap bubbles and scattered in all directions at Eunjae’s voice. Sunwoo turned around with a smile at Eunjae’s question.
“You came? Where’s Mom?”
“Oh, she said she had something to do and stopped by for a moment.”
What was I thinking? I called twice. Smiling, Eunjae bumped fists with Sunwoo. Sunwoo grabbed Eunjae’s hand and pulled her into his umbrella.
“There used to be a tteokbokki place here. I kept craving the taste after entering Korea, but it’s gone now. I’ve tried all the supposedly delicious tteokbokki places, but none taste the same.”
In reality, the tteokbokki was an excuse, and the desire to see that girl again was a bit stronger.
During his time in the U.S., he kept thinking of the girl’s smiling face and warm hand. As soon as the semester ended, he wanted to return to Korea and see that girl again. It was a secret he couldn’t tell Eunjae until he died.
“Was there really a tteokbokki place here?”
“Yeah.”
Eunjae’s eyes narrowed at Sunwoo’s answer.
“Sunwoo, have you been to our shop? When? I don’t remember seeing you.”
“What are you talking about?”
“There, you’re talking to the gimbap shop lady. Eunjae pointed to the gimbap shop next to the chicken place.
“Didn’t you say it was near your school?”
“We later moved the shop near the school after it became successful.”
Sunwoo recalled the first time Eunjae made tteokbokki for him. He remembered tilting his head in amusement when the taste resembled the tteokbokki he had eaten before. He had tried various tteokbokki places, but none were as close as this one.
“Oh, so back then, your tteokbokki taste…”
A forced laugh followed.
I see. You and I were destined to meet anyway. No matter what, we were destined to meet again.
“If we hadn’t met that day, what would have happened to us by now?”
“In any case, you and I would have met.”
Sunwoo smiled as he recalled the story he had once shared with Eunjae. The face of the girl, whose memory had gradually faded to the point of being forgettable, became vivid, overlapping with Eunjae’s face.
I couldn’t help but fall for you again like this.
“On a rainy day, there’s one more memory.”
“Why? What, what?”
Sunwoo whispered as he embraced Eunjae, who looked at him with a face that seemed to say she didn’t know what was going on.
“I told you, you can’t beat me.”
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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