As the night deepened, it was confirmed that Seungju Kwon was indeed a heavy drinker.
Seon-ah, who attempted to get Seungju drunk, ended up passing out first. Eunseo observed that Seungju had consumed much more alcohol than Seon-ah, yet he appeared completely unaffected, while Seon-ah was the one who got intoxicated.
“What’s with this guy…”
Uttering those words like a last testament, Seon-ah’s forehead thudded onto the table.
“Aren’t you affected at all?”
Eunseo, who had been watching with interest, asked.
“Yes. It’s my first time drinking, but it seems manageable.”
The man who had easily downed two bottles of soju responded with a nonchalant face.
Eunseo suddenly remembered the first time she met Seungju two years ago. He had the smell of alcohol on him then too, but he showed no signs of being drunk. He was in a black suit and tie, clearly coming from a funeral. Given his lonely appearance, perhaps it was a close relative…
Curious as it was, Eunseo knew asking the present Seungju would be fruitless. She dropped the thought.
“We should get her inside and lie her down. Can you carry her?”
“Of course.”
A man of his sturdy physique easily picked up Seon-ah as if she were a feather.
Eunseo felt sorry for the unconscious Seon-ah. She would have been thrilled to know she had been carried on ‘Seungju’s’ back.
After sitting and watching the moon for a while, Seungju returned from laying Seon-ah down.
“She seems like a kind sister.”
“Yeah, you can trust Seon-ah. She’s your fan.”
Eunseo confidently stated.
“When you were on sick leave, she was genuinely worried about you.”
“Didn’t she say I was really off-putting?”
“Seon-ah doesn’t think so.”
“Why?”
“You’ll have to ask her directly.”
Eunseo chuckled, recalling the legendary shareholders’ meeting incident. She looked at the last piece of meat cooling on the grill.
“Seon-ah is a really good person. She comes over with meat occasionally because I don’t eat properly otherwise. She bought all this grill and burner too.”
After saying that, Eunseo regretfully popped the last piece of meat into her mouth.
“Should we start cleaning up?”
About to put down her chopsticks, Seungju placed more meat on the grill.
“I want to eat more.”
Eunseo thought, ‘Good, I wanted more too.’
The delicious smell of grilling meat filled the yard again. Seungju, having said he wanted more, ended up placing the cooked meat only on Eunseo’s plate.
He noticed. Embarrassed, Eunseo hesitated to reach for her chopsticks. Seungju quietly spoke while flipping the meat.
“It’s good to see you eat well. I was worried because you usually don’t.”
He cautiously asked.
“Are you dieting?”
“No, it became a habit living with mom.”
After losing Eunho, her mother felt guilty about enjoying tasty food. She barely ate enough to survive.
The problem was that Eunseo was different. She missed and worried about her brother, but it didn’t affect her appetite. When it was time to eat, she was hungry; when she smelled something delicious, she wanted it.
But with her mother like that, young Eunseo had no choice. She ate when given food and starved when not. Hence, she grew up not eating properly, never even ordering a chicken by herself.
“I’m barely 160 centimeters tall, right? Thinking about it now, I didn’t grow because I didn’t eat enough when I was young. With this beauty, if only I were taller, I could have been Miss Korea.”
Jokingly, Eunseo was met with the gaze of the much taller man, who looked at her with a sort of pity.
“In middle school, maybe 9th grade, I once bought a whole chicken with money I earned from delivering newspapers. I got scolded by mom the whole day for that.”
[How can you swallow this? We don’t even know what your brother is eating, or if he’s starving!] Since that day, Eunseo never again brought food home.The habit, solidified over time, didn’t change even after her mother passed away. Even now, Eunseo didn’t know how to properly take care of her meals. She ate whatever was available, often skipped meals, resisted cravings, and quickened her steps at the scent of delicious food.
Even with rice, she never ate it warm right after cooking. Instead, she let it sit for a while, turning it into cold rice, just as her mother used to do.
“You would think I’d be used to it by now, right? But it just doesn’t work that way.”
“…….”
“In fact, I still really enjoy eating. My mouth waters at the sight of tasty food, and I find myself mesmerized by food shows on TV… It’s all about resisting.”
Eunseo chuckled.
“Pathetic, isn’t it? I don’t even know where my brother is or what he’s doing, and here I am, indulging in gluttony.”
“What would Eunho think?”
Seungju suddenly spoke up, his face cast in moonlight looking somehow pitiful.
“If he knew his sister wasn’t eating properly because of him.”
Eunseo had never considered that before and pondered it for the first time.
What would Eunho think?
[“Sis, let’s eat this together!”]He was the kind of kid who saved his favorite chocolate to share with Eunseo when she returned from school.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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