“What is this? Doesn’t seem like gum.”
Wondering if it could belong to Shin Hwi’s manager, Kang scanned the vicinity, but no one was in sight.
So, she intended to place it on the chair where he had been sitting.
However, even that wasn’t easy.
“Excuse me. Due to the pathway, I’ll reposition the chair.”
“Oh, okay.”
A staff member suddenly appeared, causing her to step back.
Kang, left standing where the chair had been removed, slipped the container she was holding into her pocket.
She thought she should give it back when he returned.
Soon enough, Shin Hwi returned.
Upon their eyes meeting, he instinctively smiled, corners of his lips turning upward, eyes twinkling.
He seemed to have an innate reflex to smile whenever someone looked his way.
“Senior.”
Happily approaching her, Shin Hwi found Kang pulling out the item she had stored in her pocket and offering it to him.
“This. This is yours, right Shin Hwi?”
“Huh? Why do you have it?”
“It fell on the floor, and you left without noticing, so I kept it.”
“Oh… I see. Thank you.”
He took it with a slightly awkward smile, then shook it as if to check its contents.
There was a rattling sound.
“It’s chocolate. Want one?”
“Yes.”
“Uh…”
Upon seeing her eagerly extend her hand, Shin Hwi froze, resembling a malfunctioning robot.
His startled expression clearly conveyed, ‘Wait, that’s not right.’
He probably hadn’t expected her to accept.
Scratching his nose in embarrassment, he soon confessed and apologized.
“I’m sorry. It’s not chocolate; it’s a sleeping pill.”
“Do you have insomnia?”
“I didn’t used to…”
Trailing off, Shin Hwi hesitated before saying,
“Lately, whenever I sleep, I have intense dreams.”
Having endured this for several days, his sleep pattern was disrupted, leading him to take pills.
Hearing this, Kang’s heart sank.
She was reminded of past acquaintances who had faced misfortunes for similar reasons and gradually drifted away from her.
While partings were always painful, the guilt associated with their sufferings was even more burdensome.
Thus, she found herself momentarily at a loss for words.
Lifting her head to look at Shin Hwi, she noticed a faint bruise on his chin that hadn’t been there before.
“How did you get that?”
“Where? Oh, this.”
He touched the spot on his chin with surprise.
It seemed to have been covered with makeup, but the visible part indicated it was quite a significant bruise.
“Jin Ah.”
Upon Shin Hwi’s call, a nearby makeup artist approached.
“Can you cover this spot a bit more?”
“Oh, yes. I thought I had covered it, but it seems to have faded.”
The makeup artist hurriedly dabbed at his face.
While she touched up his makeup, Shin Hwi, focusing solely on the floor, occasionally glanced at Kang, who was still standing by.
Their gazes met again.
“I had some drinks and fell over…”
Reluctantly revealing the truth, he laughed sheepishly.
Kang simply responded with a quiet smile.
Many who had been by her side had faced similar predicaments.
Suddenly plagued with vivid dreams or experiencing health issues.
San believed that all of these events were the doings of Mongma, a malevolent entity plotting her misfortune, pushing people away from her to psychologically pressure Kang.
Because of her, she made people around her leave, and for the purpose of further mentally pressuring Kang.
Are such incidents still continuing?
She worried that the issues Shin Hwi faced might be because of her.
“Senior?”
“Oh, yes.”
“Do you feel unwell? You look pale.”
At Shin Hwi’s words, she hurriedly lowered her head.
“It’s nothing.”
Then, unknowingly, she relaxed her furrowed brow.
Suddenly, the assistant director shouted.
“We will start filming in 5 minutes!”
Though it was best to quickly dismiss distractions during work, her troubled mind didn’t easily settle.
It was an issue she couldn’t ignore if someone else’s misfortune was due to her.
After the outdoor shoot, Lomi, who joined Team A belatedly, astutely noticed Shin Hwi’s injury and asked.
“Why is your chin like that? Where did you get hit?”
“Yes. Ugly people like you should mind their own business.”
“Who are you calling ugly?!”
Charging at him, he lightly pushed away her tiny head.
“Don’t you have a schedule? If you’re done filming, shouldn’t you go home and rest? Why are you lingering here?”
“I came to see Senior Kang, not you.”
“Then be quiet. Don’t disturb the filming.”
The two continued to bicker.
From a distance, as she watched their interaction, Ban commented.
“Those two always fight whenever they meet.”
Yet, the sight seemed endearing, as if watching young nieces or nephews.
“She’s like a puppy that always follows its owner.”
Kang chuckled at his “puppy” remark.
If he knew that Lomi’s true identity was not a puppy but a large wolf, she wondered how he would react.
However, Ban subtly added.
“Still, the other side seems much better.”
“What do you mean?”
“When I was reading, I thought I’d like to work with that friend if I had the chance. So, I looked up his SNS.”
“…”
“But the vibe I got was… he seemed a bit… fragile?”
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
