It was almost as disorienting as when she first opened her eyes after losing her memory.
“No, it’s enough. Let’s go.”
Pushing away the hot lump in her throat, Ji An managed to speak and opened the passenger door first.
Staying any longer felt like she might burst into tears at any moment.
[Star Icon] [Star Icon] [Star Icon]Trapped inside the sealed car without a moment to settle her turbulent emotions, Ji An swallowed a sigh and stared out the window.
Resting her cheek against the cold car window seemed to wash away the confusion she had just felt.
What was all that?
She also feared that the depressive emotions that haunted her after the accident were returning.
Suddenly, Ji An was struck by a wave of tension, recalling how Kang Hyun had treated her with such care and importance.
No matter how deeply she inhaled, her heart, pounding away, paid no heed to its owner’s plea for calm.
Her hand, clutching the seat belt, fidgeted aimlessly.
Despite having left the rest area some time ago, the silence inside the car, void of any conversation, felt oppressively quiet.
Kang Hyun, who left numerous possibilities open yet never gave a definite assurance, was somewhat infuriating, and Ji An found it hard to look him straight in the eye, fearing a confession might just slip out.
“It’s snowing heavily.”
“Uh, yes? Is it snowing a lot? How much?”
Startled, Ji An turned her head sharply, her body tense from toe to tip.
“Weren’t you watching it?”
“Oh…”
Good heavens.
Realizing the road was now blanketed in snow, Ji An touched her forehead in dismay.
It was an impossible statement for someone who had been staring out the car window since leaving the rest area.
Now she noticed the car was moving significantly slower.
“I’ll contact the site manager.”
Ji An, who had momentarily forgotten her duty, quickly took out her phone.
“Hello, this is Seo Ji An.”
[Dash]Yes, yes, Secretary Seo. I was just about to contact you!After a long ring, the manager, amid the noisy construction site, raised his voice.
“Go ahead, please.”
[Dash]It’s snowing heavily here! We’re about to start snow removal, but the path leading here is treacherous unless you have a four-wheel drive. If you’re close, we can send a car for you. Where are you now?“I was actually calling about the snow. It seems impossible to arrive at the scheduled time.”
[Dash]Oh dear, that’s troublesome. There wasn’t any forecast, so the highways will be late with snow removal. Drive safely and keep us updated!“Thank you.”
Ending the call, Ji An frowned at the rapidly accumulating snow.
“Now I understand why they call snow ‘pretty garbage.'”
The heavy snowfall was so dense it raised concerns about the car getting buried.
Eventually, they came to a complete halt, about 40 minutes from their destination.
Kang Hyun checked the rapidly changing snow levels and let out a hollow laugh.
This was beyond any reasonable forecast.
In neutral gear, Kang Hyun let go of the steering wheel, glanced at the dashboard, and grimaced.
The fuel gauge’s red needle had fallen significantly.
“This is crazy.”
Frustrated at himself for not even checking such a basic thing, he cursed inwardly.
“What, what is it?”
“We’re low on fuel.”
“What?”
“If we could move now, we might get off the highway, but the roads are a mess.”
Cars were jammed all around them, moving slower than a tortoise even if the road cleared.
And if it cleared, there was still a problem.
Driving on uncleared snowy roads in this car could lead to skidding, and potentially a crash.
There might already be accidents in the unseen tunnel ahead.
“So, what do we do?”
“Just a moment.”
Kang Hyun, after informing Seok Won of their situation, soon unbuckled his seatbelt.
As the site manager had predicted, the snowplows were delayed, and cars that had been blaring their horns grew quiet as time passed.
A car in the adjacent lane, notorious for poor fuel efficiency, had already turned off its engine. It seemed they were in a similar predicament.
“Should we turn off the engine too?”
Unable to respond immediately to Ji An’s question, Kang Hyun rubbed his eyes roughly.
He had chosen this day, blinded by jealousy, despite Ji An’s warnings about the below-freezing temperatures.
All because he couldn’t bear to have her spend even a moment with another man.
Out of spite for Ha Joon, who had mentioned the Busan trip right in front of him.
Regretting his actions, he felt a persistent ache in his unsettled stomach.
“This won’t do.”
After a considerable amount of time with no improvement in the road conditions and observing the fuel gauge, Kang Hyun eventually steered the car onto the shoulder.
He turned on the hazard lights and opened the trunk in frustration, then pulled out a coat from the back seat.
“We need to get out of the car and move off the road.”
Kang Hyun, with a clenched jaw, frowned as if saying something he shouldn’t.
The idea of leaving Ji An, who was sensitive to cold, outside in this harsh winter weather with snow pouring down was almost unthinkable.
Indeed, it was a dreadful thing to have to do.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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