Seo-yoon, sitting with her back against the bedhead and staring out the window, turned her head at the sound of the automatic door opening.
“What are you doing? You should eat.”
Kang-hyun, who had casually put down the paper bag, approached the bed.
On the small table that unfolded over Seo-yoon’s knees, a tray left by the nutritionist for mealtime was placed.
Kang-hyun, who had casually put down the paper bag, approached the bed. He opened the lid of the bowl containing rice and side dishes.
“I’m not in the mood.”
“At least eat a little. Seok-won brought milk. I’ll give it to you after you eat.”
“Milk?”
“There are strawberries too.”
Although he thought she would refuse to eat when he went out, after a few days of positive responses, Kang-hyun, who had become noticeably brighter, took out the milk and strawberries from the bag, rustling it.
“Eat before the meal.”
Kang-hyun, using the things Seo-yoon liked as leverage, placed them on her and scooped some food onto the small spoon, transferring it to her small hand.
Seo-yoon, who had been contemplating for a moment, put about half a spoonful of rice into her mouth and chewed thoughtfully.
“How about going to my house in Seongbuk-dong when you’re discharged? Or I’ll find a new, not so big place.”
Unexpectedly, Kang-hyun, who was feeding Seo-yoon without any resistance, brought up the issue of where she would live after being discharged.
“I’ll go to Seongbuk-dong. I won’t be there for long anyway.”
As Kang-hyun, who was feeding Seo-yoon unexpectedly without any resistance, brought up the issue of where she would live after being discharged, Seo-yoon nodded with a brighter expression.
As Seo-yoon, who quietly finished her meal, emptied a glass of milk, she looked at Kang-hyun with a steady gaze.
“Why aren’t you saying anything?”
“What do you mean?”
“I saw what Ha-jun is holding. In the past, you would have pinned it anywhere until your brother was released.”
Seo-yoon’s lips curved gracefully.
Her voice, tinged with laughter as if recalling fond memories, flowed calmly.
“Even if I mixed words with others, he would treat me as if I had committed some grave sin.”
Looking at Kang-hyun, all the days of depression came rushing back as if it were just yesterday.
As he recalled one by one, his heart, already weakened, shattered like a crumbling paste.
After the memories returned, it seemed that something had broken down firmly, and it couldn’t fulfill its role.
“When we went to Pyeongchang, there was a man at the hotel who kept staring. Do you remember that man? Daemyung Food’s Kim Min-sung.”
“I remember.”
“He said if you get married, let’s meet. He said we could maintain a similar level of living as when we were together.”
The day a particularly deep wound was inflicted vividly revived like a video played before his eyes.
“That man could see it too. That you treated me as such a trivial existence. When you said you would marry someone else without hesitation after holding me, it was so miserable.”
“Yoon-ah, that’s, I…”
Kang-hyun was about to say that the marriage really meant nothing, but he closed his mouth. It was just a repetition of the past.
“You know, oppa, there were times when we were undoubtedly happy even before living with Seo-ji-an. At least when we were young, I thought you found me very pretty. Going to Seowon was uncomfortable, but living with you was really nice.”
Kang-hyun briefly placed his hand on his clavicle, which felt so tight that it was hard to breathe.
Somewhere, Seo-yoon’s attitude, which seemed strangely familiar, made him uneasy.
He should have cursed and shouted instead.
It might have been better to pour out blame as soon as the memories returned, just like he did when he lost his memory.
“But now, I keep remembering only the bad moments. It’s so burdensome that I don’t have the confidence to love you completely like when I lost my memory. I wasn’t the one who remembered everything.”
Seo-yoon spoke calmly.
She needed time for now.
Whether her confusing attitude was due to the reversed memories, or if she no longer wanted to love him.
Because she couldn’t give up her parents, or if she wanted to leave him because of the desire to live with Seo Ji-an.
In a situation where nothing could be determined, the only sure thing was that Kang-hyun needed to sort out the time he loved with Kang-hyun under the name of Seo Ji-an.
“So, we…”
Thud—.
The chair pushed back against Kang-hyun’s legs suddenly fell back lifelessly.
Startled by the abrupt noise, Seo-yoon looked up at Kang-hyun with her lips trembling.
Kang-hyun, whose legs rose abruptly, grabbed the bag hanging at the end of his gaze.
“I need to change clothes.”
So he left the hospital room and didn’t return for a while.
After being discharged, Seo-yoon, who didn’t explicitly refuse Kang-hyun’s offer to drive her home, sat in the passenger seat without resistance.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
