A pungent smell. Dried egg whites and yolks stuck to her roughly. Despite Haman-daek’s concern about what happened, Eun-chae dismissed it as nothing, showered, and came down to eat the late lunch prepared by Haman-daek.
Haman-daek, who had busied herself with chores, enjoying it quite a bit while looking at the decreasing rice in the bowl despite serving a considerable amount, felt happy but worried at the same time.
Eun-chae, who had suddenly given up her country life and returned, began to talk a few days ago and started eating well, showing a bit of expression. At a glance, it seemed like the same old Eun-chae, but she knew it was not the case.
The man’s long absence. And the sudden change in her attitude toward life, whether good or bad. For Eun-chae, who had always lived in a steady pattern, it was not normal.
Could they have had a big fight?
It wasn’t unheard of. But it wasn’t like this then.
Haman-daek embraced the bowl with nothing to do, and turned around.
“Aren’t you going down to the countryside anymore?”
When Haman-daek asked cautiously, Eun-chae smiled.
There was no answer.
“Well, I was born and raised in Seoul, so isn’t it more comfortable here?”
“Maybe.”
Smiling while sipping soup, Eun-chae approached by Haman-daek.
“Team Leader Kwon, or rather, your husband, why haven’t we seen him lately? You two were so close, especially since you just got married.”
The spoon that was moving stopped abruptly in mid-air.
Eun-chae, whose expression disappeared in an instant, suddenly put down the spoon as if it were burdensome, blinked her eyes while looking up at Haman-daek, then stared at the food on the table, biting her lips.
“He’s dead.”
The tray she was holding fell to the ground with a thud. Haman-daek exclaimed in shock.
“…What? He’s gone? What is this…”
“There was an accident… I was also very surprised at first. I should have told you, but I couldn’t. I’m sorry.”
Contrary to the words she uttered, she seemed indifferent. The words spoken didn’t sound like they contained information about someone’s death; they appeared nonchalant in the midst of an ordinary situation.
Eun-chae, the one speaking, seemed to sense that, and she looked at Haman-daek with a somewhat rigid expression. Since she couldn’t reveal what she knew anyway, she couldn’t neatly conclude the conversation.
Fortunately, Haman-daek didn’t ask anything further and exchanged glances with Eun-chae.
“Cry.”
“…….”
“You can cry, miss.”
Looking at Haman-daek, who subtly addressed her with a previously used form of address, Eun-chae frowned and lowered her head.
Tears, completely unconscious until now, flowed down her cheeks. The tears, which seemed to have accumulated for some time, formed a puddle as she spread her palm underneath.
With reddened eyes, Eun-chae cried silently without any expression. When Haman-daek sat beside her and patted her back, only then did her mouth open.
“Ah, ah….”
A moaning voice flowed out hesitantly.
There was no body, and they couldn’t hold a funeral. They couldn’t go outside because it wouldn’t be safe. That’s why the reality, which couldn’t be expressed to Haman-daek in any other way, was miserable and fearful.
Even now, the memories of Kwon Ki-joo are vivid. He disappeared as if he had never existed, just like a person who had never been there from the beginning.
How could this happen?
How could one leave so lonely?
Today, she crumbled again like this.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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