Danny answered the phone on the speaker.
“Hello, Professor.”
“I’m leaving the hotel now and heading to your place.”
Mi-joo answered the call with a hopeful expectation.
After a moment of silence, Si-yoon’s voice was heard again.
“I can talk briefly.”
“It’s as expected, but we’re double-checking the final details. I’ll send it to you by email shortly.”
“Do you have anything else you want me to do?”
Mi-joo’s throat felt dry as if swallowing dry spit.
“Yes.”
What words did she expect? Did she hope the person who called for work would ask about her well-being? Although Mi-joo tried to hide her disappointed feelings, it seemed to be clearly written on her face.
“You’re someone who focuses only on work when working, right? You know that?”
She was already familiar with his work efficiency and drive, having experienced it when drafting the contract and holding a wedding ceremony.
“You’re probably very busy right now. Moreover, with Director Kim here, you must be even busier.”
As if trying to comfort her a bit, Danny spoke. Mi-joo’s hidden feelings were exposed in response to that statement.
“No matter how busy, if you had just said, ‘I’m leaving to wake her up,’ then…”
If he had just said that, she wouldn’t be this angry.
“Oh, didn’t the professor tell you?”
“……. ”
Mi-joo regretted saying unnecessary words.
“Probably apologized for waking you up.”
With no response from Mi-joo, Danny continued.
“He asked me to pick him up at this hour. Since he’s meeting Director Kim for the first time and he might be tired, I think he deliberately did that.”
Who else meticulously explains and defends everything, even something like this, just in case they might be mistaken for a lawyer?
Feeling sorry for Danny, who was making an effort because of her useless emotional expressions, Mi-joo apologized.
“It’s okay.”
There was a moment of silence in the car. Danny, as if trying to change the atmosphere, spoke.
“If it weren’t for the professor, I wouldn’t have settled here.”
Mi-joo looked at Danny through the rearview mirror. Taking Mi-joo’s gaze as a positive sign, Danny began to share her story.
“How could a poor exchange student afford to go to law school and become a lawyer?”
Although not as good as Si-yoon, with a tall stature and a well-proportioned physique, he exuded the atmosphere of a precious son of a wealthy family. But to call oneself a poor exchange student in this foreign land, when Mi-joo had to worry about eating a piece of bread immediately, the foreign student who had to endure racial discrimination and murderous prices couldn’t be seen.
Mi-joo had seen many privileged children who wanted to create a study abroad story, enduring racial discrimination and murderous prices.
“They all said that. It’s tough, studying abroad and facing difficulties.”
Danny quickly understood the meaning behind Mi-joo’s response.
“After my father passed away, I lived with my stepmother and younger sibling. However, as soon as I graduated from high school, my stepmother told me to move out and live independently.”
“Ah…”
Mi-joo felt the emotional difficulties Danny had experienced.
“I managed to get a scholarship and graduated from college by working part-time jobs. After various twists and turns, I ended up here. It’s challenging to study while living like this.”
Mi-joo thought that there was someone here in a situation similar to hers.
“That’s when I met Professor. Back then, he was my senior. It was when Si-yoon, my brother, was still a student.”
Mi-joo envied Danny, who affectionately referred to Si-yoon as his brother.
“Anyway, just focus on studying without any distractions. If you have debts to repay, do it after you succeed… That’s what he told me while holding onto my shoulder.”
“…”
“At first, I doubted. What is he trusting me for and treating me so well? But it turned out to be sincere. And now, I’ve grown enough to repay his kindness. That’s why I suggested.”
At the word “suggested,” Mi-joo leaned forward a bit in the driver’s seat.
“What suggestion?”
“He said he wouldn’t accept the borrowed tuition even if I returned it, so until I return home, I offered to work as his secretary and assist him with anything.”
That’s why he takes care of Si-yoon’s tasks, such as shopping or driving, as if they were his own.
“But my brother doesn’t cooperate well. So, I even wrote a contract.”
Mi-joo’s ears perked up at the mention of a contract.
“What contract?”
“He agreed not to take back the borrowed tuition, so until I return home, he said he would help me with any task, even if it’s just calling me to do a small job. I wrote a contract and stamped it. That way, I can repay my debt and live comfortably.”
“Oh, you two are also in a contractual relationship.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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