To Kwon Seung Joo.
The screen showed a man without a single flaw.
– We can do it. Let’s take another leap forward.
His appearance, attire, way of speaking, expressions, even the way he looked at others – everything was perfect. He never even stumbled over his words.
It seemed like he had never laughed, cried, or made a mistake in his entire life. He probably didn’t even wet his diaper as a baby.
Simply put, he was like the personification of the word ‘perfection’. He was impressive, but honestly, not the type of person you would want to get involved with.
… The problem was that this man was none other than himself.
“Sigh.”
Seung Joo let out a sigh. It was the same no matter which of the numerous videos he watched.
[As unlikable as possible. Make the listener lose all affection. Understood?]Now he understood why Eun Seo had coached him like that during the initial phone call with the secretarial office. It was a truly accurate description.
‘Why the hell did I become so unlikable?’
Seung Joo held his head in his hands. He himself was a model student recognized by everyone, but he wasn’t lacking in human qualities to this extent. Before his mother disappeared, he occasionally skipped night self-study to go to PC rooms, and climbed the school wall when he was late.
He had no idea what happened over the past 15 years to change him like this.
In any case, he had to act like that man from now on.
After watching a few more videos, an alarm finally rang. Seung Joo sighed and closed the laptop. It would be easier to memorize financial statements or numbers than this. He really lacked confidence.
“It’s difficult…”
With a heavy heart, Seung Joo headed to the kitchen. He wanted to prepare dinner before Eun Seo got home from work.
Ever since he found out that Eun Seo skipped meals not because she didn’t want to eat or was dieting, Seung Joo had been dedicated to feeding her.
[I told you not to cook.]Even while glaring at him, Eun Seo always ate deliciously.
In fact, even if Seung Joo could cook, there weren’t many dishes he knew how to make. What great dishes could an 18-year-old boy make? He often burned things, made them too bland or too salty.
Still, Eun Seo always said it was delicious as she ate. Seeing the small, thin woman eat so well made him so happy. He wanted to see her get plump and chubby.
Wanting her to enjoy the food more, he worked hard and ended up getting interested in cooking itself. The smartphone, a marvel of civilization, shone in this regard. He could cook while looking at recipes.
Today’s menu was braised chicken. He heard that marinating it early in the morning makes it tastier, so he deliberately marinated it in advance this morning.
When he lived alone, he used to cook out of obligation, worried that his mother would be concerned if he didn’t eat properly. So he didn’t really consider the taste. However, cooking for Eun Seo was different. Imagining her expression as she ate deliciously, he found himself agonizing several times over things like adding salt, worrying it might be too bland or too salty.
Right now, Eun Seo was Seung Joo’s everything under the sky. It was like a baby bird imprinting on and blindly following the first being it sees after hatching. Of course, Eun Seo was also the only person he could actually rely on and talk to.
Of course, there was Sun Ah, but it felt different from Eun Seo. He knew she was a good person and on his side, but he could sense her approaching him with some ulterior motive. It wasn’t unpleasant, but uncomfortable. In Seung Joo’s eyes, Sun Ah was a much older sister figure.
In contrast, Eun Seo was straightforward. She treated Seung Joo as an 18-year-old younger brother. Even while living under the same roof, she didn’t show even a shred of ulterior motive. …To the point where it was almost spiteful.
‘Could it be that I really did like her?’
It seemed likely, but Eun Seo had flatly denied it. Well, considering she tried to kick him out before the contract period ended, it didn’t seem to be the case.
What he couldn’t understand was, even if he didn’t like her, why did he treat her so badly? Even if demolishing the place, there was no need to deliberately move up the construction to force her out.
‘Why was I so mean to a kind person like Eun Seo?’
He wanted to grab himself by the collar and demand an answer, but he couldn’t help that his memories were gone.
‘Why was I such a bad guy…?’
Even though it was clearly something he had done, just with lost memories, Eun Seo didn’t blame him.
[Just you wait. The moment your memories return, I’m going to ask you why you did that.]Seung Joo understood that in her own way, she was telling him it wasn’t his fault.
Now that he had seen with his own eyes what kind of person he originally was, he understood even more. How difficult it must have been for her to separate him from the ‘Kwon Seung Joo’ she knew.
So Seung Joo was endlessly grateful and endlessly sorry to Eun Seo.
He didn’t want to forget this feeling. He wanted to cherish and remember it, so that later when his memories returned, he could repay her kindness. He hoped his memories would return, but he didn’t want to lose the memories he had now.
However, just as he didn’t lose his memories because he wanted to, he also couldn’t remember just because he wanted to.
If he remained passive, his original self might bully kind Eun Seo again. He could easily go back on the promise of demolition.
What should he do? A thought came to him after some pondering.
After marinating the chicken, Seung Joo went to his room. He opened one of the blank notebooks Eun Seo had given him to use, and after some thought, wrote the first line.
– To Mr. Kwon Seung Joo.
*
The braised chicken, well-marinated, was surprisingly delicious.
“Wow, it’s delicious.”
“It’s just a store-bought sauce though.”
“That’s why it’s good. You know dozens of researchers at large corporations put their heads together to develop that?”
It was actually tasty, but even if it wasn’t, she had no choice but to find it delicious. How grateful is it for someone to cook for you?
“Eat more. There’s a lot.”
Even while saying there was a lot, Seung Joo just picked at his food and only paid attention to Eun Seo.
“By the way, did you watch the videos?”
“Yes.”
“What do you think, do you think you can imitate him?”
Seung Joo shook his head with a gloomy expression.
“I’m not confident. He really speaks in an unlikable way that makes you lose all affection.”
Eun Seo laughed loudly with the spoon in her mouth.
“See, I was right, wasn’t I?”
She felt so vindicated hearing him admit it himself. If the original Kwon Seung Joo was in front of her, she wanted to stick her tongue out at him with all her might.
As Seung Joo moved a chunk of braised chicken onto Eun Seo’s plate, he suddenly asked.
“By the way, why one year?”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“You said you came to me with a request. To postpone the demolition by just one year. Is there a reason you think your brother will come within a year?”
“Ah, that.”
Eun Seo picked up her chopsticks, pointed to the apple tree standing in the middle of the yard, and explained the story behind it. When her mother was alive, a skilled shaman said that if she planted an apple tree and it bore fruit, Eun Ho would come. And next year, the tree would finally be able to bear fruit.
“Do you really think what she said is true?”
“She was said to be an extremely skilled shaman, but honestly, I don’t believe it. Still, it was my mother’s last wish… so I feel like I have to keep it.”
In fact, there was another reason, but Eun Seo swallowed those words.
“I hope what she said is true.”
Seung Joo muttered in a thoughtful voice.
*
After a forecast that an autumn typhoon was coming, rain poured down as if a hole had been punched in the sky. The thunder and lightning were so intense that with each clap of thunder, it felt like the whole house was shaking.
Having lived alone for a long time, she was quite used to it and wasn’t very scared, but she couldn’t help waking up every time there was a loud noise. To make matters worse, the wind grew stronger and stronger, and she repeatedly dozed off and woke up until dawn to the screaming sound of the wind.
Half-asleep, her heart suddenly sank.
‘The apple tree!’
Eun Seo scrambled out of her room in a hurry.
The earsplitting sound of the wind could be heard even through the glass wall of the main hall. As expected, the branches of the apple tree were shaking like crazy in the wind, and the tree trunk suddenly looked strangely thick.
What on earth happened? Eun Seo stared intently into the darkness.
As her eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, she could finally see the reason. In the driving wind and rain, someone was tightly hugging the tree.
The next moment, a scream burst from Eun Seo’s mouth.
“Seung Joo!”
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Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up! (Female-dominant)
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
*
At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
***
Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead