Unable to bear forcibly driving Eun-seo away, Mom called Sun-ah on the phone as if to confirm, asking, ” Is it true that Eun-seo will become a rich family’s madam like this?”
“Well, it seems so. Please don’t worry.”
Sun-ah replied on the phone, pulling out a tempting Hallabong from the fruit basket. Expensive fruits do taste better. Is it a department store?
“Don’t apologize, Mom. By now, the prince must have come running to pick her up.”
After soothing her mom and hanging up the phone, Sun-ah discreetly opened the envelope given by Kwon Seung-joo during the day.
Sun-ah’s mouth dropped open as she confirmed the amount.
“……!”
It was an enormous sum equivalent to one month’s salary.
Once again, moved to tears, Sun-ah thought, “As expected, our Seung-joo, no, the CEO is a good person!”
With a relaxed heart, a full pocket, and the company legally pocketing money too. Everything was good, except for one little problem. More than anything, being confined in the stuffy and cramped hospital room all day was unbearable, and she missed the refreshing outdoor air terribly.
Sun-ah got up. Despite the discomfort of the broken rib and the inconvenient arm in a cast, her lower body was fine enough to move adequately. Nevertheless, if the nurse found out, she would surely give a scolding. So, she sneaked a glance down the hallway, stealthily looked out, and quietly left the hospital room.
“Ah, it was almost suffocating!”
Coming outside the building and inhaling the cold air, she finally felt alive.
Sun-ah sat on a quiet bench, turned on her phone, and started watching a video. It was a fan-cam of Chris’s second-round performance uploaded on YouTube.
Since it was a fan-cam shot by Chris fans, focused on Chris, and an unedited version without devilish editing, she could comfortably enjoy it. However, Sun-ah had only watched it a few times so far. Maybe around 120 times?
“He’s so good at this…….!”
Watching Chris flying around on stage, a sigh involuntarily escaped.
On that day, when Chris came to the filming site and stood in the yard crying endlessly, Sun-ah secretly watched from the kitchen. Her heart was torn into pieces.
And that wasn’t all. Chris came into the kitchen where Sun-ah was hiding and cried there too.
The reason for crying was obvious. How envious and heartbreaking must it have been to see other trainees dancing and singing?
What was it like when he signed that damn agreement, promising not to talk to the performers? How frustrating it must have been not to say a word of comfort. Thinking about it, Sun-ah cried again.
“Poor Yun-ho!”
Someone gently placed a hand on her shoulder, trying to console her.
“Hey…… Please don’t cry.”
This voice…
The phone slipped from Sun-ah’s hand.
“Hey…… Please don’t cry.”
From the phone that the girl dropped, the video continued to play with the song. Although the bewildered girl quickly picked up the phone and turned off the video, Chris had already recognized what it was.
“So, that’s what happened.”
Finally, Chris understood why the girl had surrounded him.
“Can I sit here?”
“Uh, sure.”
Chris cautiously sat a little distance away from the girl.
“I’m Yunho. I can’t remember my last name… well.”
In reality, he was American, and legally, his real name was Chris. However, for some reason, he wanted to tell this girl his Korean name. It felt more like a real name to him.
The girl wasn’t surprised by the mention of him not remembering his last name. She probably already knew his story.
“I’m Kim Sun-ah.”
There was a moment of silence. It was so quiet that not even the sound of winter beetles crying could be heard. Sensing that Sun-ah was too tense, Chris deliberately displayed an idol trainee-like cheerfulness.
“Can I call you Sun-ah noona? By the way, you’re really Noona, right? Not a younger sister?”
“Yes, even though I’m six years older.”
Sun-ah, who had just smiled for the first time, suddenly furrowed her face as if in pain. Surprised, Chris asked, “Are you badly hurt?”
“Oh, no. Just two broken ribs, a bit of gold on the arm… that’s all.”
That’s a lot of injuries. Chris sighed.
“Why did you do that?”
He knew she was his fan, but he still didn’t quite understand. Even if someone is a fan, how could they risk their life jumping in like that in such a situation? After all, he was a complete stranger.
“If Yunho gets hurt, the fans will be sad.”
The girl with the cast said, as if it were obvious. As if her getting hurt was nothing.
“……”
They had been living in the group dormitory since before the start of the broadcast, but he knew that he had gained fans. During the mission recording, there were quite a few people who came to support him with slogans bearing his name. Even when leaving the dormitory after packing up post-elimination, some people were waiting in front of the dorm, beating drums, waiting to deliver letters and gifts somehow.
“Cheer up, Chris!”
“You did great!”
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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