“……Eunseo noona.”
In a white sweatshirt, black padded coat, jeans, and white sneakers.
Hair naturally spread over the forehead without anything applied.
Eighteen-year-old Seungjoo was standing in front of her.
At first, she thought it was a hallucination. So she closed her eyes and opened them again, but Seungjoo was still there.
‘What could it be then? Could it be that he lost his memory again?’
Looking at Eunseo with a puzzled expression, she belatedly realized that a white coat was hanging on Seungjoo’s hand.
Seungjoo approached and put the coat on her. It was the same coat he had given her before, but there was a faint scent of new clothes.
“You should dress warmly, noona. You might catch a cold.”
Speaking kindly to Eunseo, who had forgotten her outerwear in a hurry, Seungjoo said.
At that moment, Eunseo realized. Ah, he’s imitating.
When he lost his memory, his vocalization was different. A slightly higher tone that felt refreshing. But now, he only called her noona, used honorifics, and his voice was originally the same low tone.
Upon realizing what had happened, her heart crumbled.
The person who had said, “I love you, but I can’t imitate an eighteen-year-old,” and had firmly stated that he didn’t like being called noona.
How did he feel dressing up and grooming himself like this?
Why did he come to me in this state?
Suppressing the overflowing tears, Eunseo forced herself to speak.
“I’m sorry, Seungjoo. I’ve found someone I like.”
As he buttoned up her coat, he flinched and stopped his hand.
“I used to like you, but not anymore. I like that person much more than you now.”
The always upright black eyes shook uncontrollably.
“When did this happen…?”
“I don’t know when it happened. That person is my ideal type.”
A man with a boy’s face clenched his teeth with a tearful expression.
“Why… Why can’t I do anything no matter what I do?”
“No, there’s a possibility for you too.”
She reached out and gently touched his soft hair.
“Not now, but when you turn thirty. Then, you’ll become my ideal type.”
“…But I’m not.”
Only then did the clear dew rise in the eyes of the man who finally understood her words.
“You said so yourself. No matter how hard I try, I can’t become someone you like…!”
Unable to bear it, Eunseo moved towards his lips.
But it was only her heart, and her lips barely grazed the empty air.
She had never felt so unfair about her height growing up. Even if she held onto his shoulders and tiptoed, her lips wouldn’t reach, but the man remained frozen without even a slight movement.
“Hey, Kwon Seungjoo.”
Finally, Eunseo grabbed the collar of his jumper with both hands and looked up at his face.
“Can you cooperate a bit?”
Only then did he quickly lower his head, as if waking up from a dream.
Eunseo pressed her lips against his.
The lips of the thirty-year-old man were trembling, just like an eighteen-year-old boy.
In front of the Christmas tree made of an apple tree, the two were embracing each other as if time had stopped.
After a while, Seungjoo let go of her and looked at her as if he couldn’t believe it.
“Really, would it be okay for me too?”
Even though she deliberately distinguished between eighteen and thirty years old and even went as far as to say, ‘I like you at thirty,’ he still seemed unbelieving.
It made him even more adorable and more heartbreaking.
“I liked you from the beginning.”
As she said this, he looked at her with a surprised expression.
“Then why did you reject me, saying you disliked me so much?”
“Seungjoo-ssi’s stepmom…”
She explained everything from the beginning about the sudden arrival of Yeonhwa, which revealed their living together. She also shared about the fact that the woman revealed Taesung Group Woo Yejin’s cohabitation and thanked her a few days ago for saving her brother.
Although she tried not to cry like a fool, in the end, she couldn’t help but sob.
“She said she’d make me her daughter-in-law even if she died. It was obvious she was going to use me as Seungjoo-ssi’s weakness. How can I stay by Seungjoo-ssi’s side like that?”
“I see.”
Seungjoo hugged Eunseo again and comforted her as if patting her back. It was a joyful voice.
“It wasn’t because I disliked you.”
Eunseo said as she sobbed.
“But now, I don’t know anymore. No matter how Seungjoo-ssi’s stepmother comes out, I’ll stay by your side.”
Now she was sure. What she had thought of falling for him was ultimately not for his sake.
As expected, Seungjoo’s voice became even happier.
“It’s okay. I don’t need a successor or anything. As long as you’re here.”
It was the same words he said when he lost his memory. So, because it was the same person.
“What are you talking about?”
Eunseo protested immediately. She pulled away from his embrace, looked into his eyes, and tapped him.
“Someday, if you become the chairman of Daewon Group and buy me a department store. Wasn’t it just wishful thinking?”
“No!”
Seungjoo immediately shook his head and grabbed her hand, intertwining his fingers with hers.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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