The more I know, the more frightening it became, San laughed at Kang’s words, stating that the closer they seemed to humans, the scarier they became.
What did the meaning of that laughter imply? She pondered deeply.
Was it something absurd?
Or was it a sign of agreement?
“So? Do you feel more familiar with me now?”
“No.”
Kang, lowering his head, replied, “So I find it even scarier.”
“…”
“Because you seem like a being no different from me.”
Her anxiety transmitted clearly through the air.
It was a distinct fear, different from vague terror.
San’s gaze narrowed.
Kang recalled the time when he had once said that to him, humans and monsters were only different in terms of what they ate.
He didn’t fully understand the meaning of those words back then, but now it seemed like he might grasp it.
Perhaps what happened this afternoon bothered him particularly because of that.
It was a time for compromise.
About the perspective on people and events that was so different.
“I don’t not understand you.”
He knew from the beginning that his situation was a threat to everything around him.
“But dealing with all this as an ordinary human is too heavy and difficult for me.”
The sudden need to suspect people who had already merged into the surroundings.
The need to separate and be cautious about the many connections that lay ahead.
Everything was overwhelming for her.
Constantly meeting people and having a profession that required standing in front of the public made it even more challenging.
So, she suggested seriously, “I will do my best not to create dangerous situations. So from now on, I hope you treat those around me as ordinary humans.”
It was a somewhat unreasonable demand, asking him to change his assumption from considering everyone as a monster. But at least, since this place was the world of humans, some parts were unavoidable.
However, while silently listening to the conversation, San spoke.
“Kang.”
“Yeah?”
“You seem to be misunderstanding something.”
“…”
“I don’t care about Yang Shin-hwi’s identity.”
Kang, who did not immediately understand the meaning of his words, blinked slowly.
“Whether he’s human or a monster, I don’t like complicated situations.”
He simply disliked beings that could interfere, regardless of their identity.
So, even a human man who had the potential to develop into a romantic partner was just a subject of caution.
It didn’t mean this was exclusive to Yang Shin-hwi.
“Ah…”
Kang’s mouth slightly opened.
Although the thought of compromise wasn’t in the first place, the sudden coolness in San’s face prompted him to ask again.
“And what if Yang Shin-hwi is human?”
“What’s that…”
“Do you want to date him?”
“What?”
In fact, Kang had never even thought that far.
Of course, Shin-hwi was constantly on his mind, and although his feelings were drawn towards him, it was more of a sympathy than a curiosity between sexes.
But there was no reason to explain that to San, and there was no reason for him to feel such confinement.
Besides, wasn’t Hansan the one who didn’t prevent the approaching woman?
He didn’t want to face such inquiries, especially from someone like Hansan, who wandered around with lipstick on his neck.
“Why? Can you date, and I can’t?”
The tone became rough because of that incident.
But San’s reaction was somewhat perplexed.
“Date…?”
“Yes.”
“Me?”
“I told you. So I’m going to do it too.”
His attitude of demanding an answer made his tone slightly higher.
It was a feeling of losing composure in an unexpected part, but it was already spilled milk.
However, San still seemed puzzled.
Kang thought he must know everything and was intentionally teasing him.
Her expression became colder.
“How long ago that you can’t remember?”
“…”
“Or is it that for you, after a night, it’s nothing? Is it something that happens too often?”
He wanted her to talk so he could understand a bit.
But Kang didn’t give him any chance to intervene.
“That’s right. What is it to carry lipstick marks on your neck as if showing off? And why? Is it a power play? Are you good at it? Who wants to know about that kind of thing?”
She retorted against those open perverts who seemed to have no shame.
Not wanting to get angry, the mind that was trying to grasp everything was already gone beyond the universe.
Facing the bold Kang, San calmly contemplated her words.
What crossed his mind was the memory of the day when Jane barged into his house not long ago.
More precisely, the memory of Kang’s reaction on that day.
Late realizing the meaning of her words, San felt a moment of awkwardness but soon burst into laughter.
“Are you laughing?”
In Kang’s face, who asked like that, the laughter completely disappeared.
He pressed the corners of his mouth to prevent laughter from coming out loud.
Then, after narrowing the distance, he approached and asked with a serious attitude.
“I have something curious.”
“What is it?”
She, who was confused by the suddenly narrowed distance, turned her back, but he approached her as much as the opened distance and closed the gap.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
