“Seungjoo oppa!”
When Naeun suddenly leaped in, blocking his way, Kwon Seungjoo stopped in surprise.
Seeing him up close, she could understand why Eunseo ajumma said that Seungjoo is no longer the same.
First of all, his posture was different. The Seungjoo oppa from before had a slightly hunched posture, as if his own body was burdensome, but now his back was straight, and his already tall height seemed even taller.
And that’s not all. Although his face remained the same, his expression was completely different. Back then, he always had a smile on his face, making him look affectionate. Now, his expression exuded coldness. It felt like the arrogance that comes from clearly knowing that you are the best in the world.
“…….,”
With that arrogant expression, Kwon Seungjoo looked down at Naeun.
“I’m sorry, President! I know I was kicked out earlier, but…!”
Security guards rushed over to quickly pull Naeun away, but Kwon Seungjoo gestured to stop them. Taking advantage of the moment, Naeun glared at him aggressively.
“Oppa, no, sir. Eunseo ajumma said you forgot everything?”
“……?”
“If you forgot, can you act like this?”
Staring at her with a cold gaze, he suddenly bent down and met Naeun’s gaze.
“Kid.”
As Naeun, stunned by his gaze, unknowingly took a step back, he lowered his voice and said, “I forgot you stealing beer secretly, hoping I’d forget about it.”
Naeun was shocked.
“What? You didn’t forget everything? Then why to Eunseo ajumma…”
Suddenly, a sharp pain in her forehead made Naeun scream.
“Ouch!”
Kwon Seungjoo, who struck her forehead, calmly corrected his expression.
“Sister.”
It-hit! Looking at him with tearful eyes, Naeun was startled. It was only later that she noticed the tie pin that Kwon Seungjoo was wearing.
“That tie pin, the one I gifted?”
Looking surprised at Naeun, he spoke lazily and turned away.
“The kid shouldn’t get involved in adults’ affairs.”
Kwon Seungjoo called his secretary, who was standing a little away, and said something. He then left the lobby, got into the waiting car, and instead, the secretary approached Naeun and spoke.
“It’s late, and he asked us to give you a ride.”
He didn’t forget me. He remembered. Even though it seemed like he became a different person, inside, he was the same Seungjoo oppa that I knew.
Tears poured out, but I couldn’t say that I was touched and cried at the age of eighteen. In the end, I had to pretend to cry because my forehead hurt.
“Okay, let it go. Oh, man, it hurts.”
As she rubbed her forehead and sobbed, the secretary grinned.
“And he told me to tell you this.”
“……?”
“He’ll buy you an iPad and iPhone. In return, quit your part-time job and study hard.”
The next morning, Eunseo woke up with a throbbing headache, realizing that she was lying on the main porch in the same outfit she had worn yesterday.
The surroundings were filled with empty soju bottles. Among the many bottles, only one was open, and even that was only half empty.
Although the film hadn’t been cut off, it would have been better if she had completely lost her memory.
‘I went as far as getting a high schooler drunk….’
Of course, she didn’t give Naeun a single drop of alcohol, but just the fact that she held onto a high schooler in tears and complained was enough to make her feel guilty.
Eunseo looked at the apple tree in the yard. On the night of the typhoon, she remembered the image of the boy holding the apple tree tightly in the pouring rain.
‘Do you know about that?’
Eunseo whispered a confession that she had never been able to say to him.
‘You were my first love too.’
With tears streaming down her cheeks, Eunseo thought about sending him off now and returning to her normal life. Since Seungjoo, Eunho had been put on hold for a while, so if she concentrated on finding Eunho for a while, everything would be fine.
She had to start getting ready for work slowly. When she tried to get up to wash, her phone suddenly rang, displaying a name she had never seen before.
Naeun♡
Unbeknownst to her, Naeun’s phone number was registered on her phone. It seemed that Naeun had entered it as she pleased, judging by the name.
When she answered the phone, Naeun said abruptly, ” Old-fashioned lady!”
As if being an old-fashioned lady wasn’t enough, now she was even called old-fashioned. Eunseo sighed and retorted, “Why start an argument so early in the morning.”
When I went to give the note to oppa yesterday. Do you know exactly what oppa said to the old lady?
So why is Kwon Seungjoo oppa, and I’m an old lady? You told him my age yesterday….
“He told you not to come looking for him again.”
No, not like that. Exactly, say exactly what you heard from oppa.
“What good is it to say exactly what I don’t want to remember.”
Ah, just do it!
Due to Naeun’s outburst, her already painful head throbbed even more. It seemed better to quickly say it and end it.
Recalling what she heard yesterday, Eunseo imitated the cold voice and even mimicked the tone of ice dropping.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
