“Yes. The work also depends on the environment. We can’t waste a day like today.”
“Uh-huh. You’re right.”
Director Seong, who shook his head like a lifeless doll, briefly rested and then resumed shooting after discussing it with the assistant director.
Meanwhile, Kang couldn’t take her eyes off Shin-hwi in the van.
Although accidents occasionally occurred on the set, it kept bothering her because he was injured due to her.
The scene where his bloodied face was painfully twisted like a soulless doll kept coming to her mind.
Eventually, she headed towards the van where Shin-hwi was resting.
Tap, tap.
When she knocked on the window, it didn’t take long for the door to open.
He was half-lying with gauze on his eyebrows.
“Did you wake up because of me, by any chance?”
“No. I was just lying down.”
Shin-hwi said so and got up.
Then, he extended his arm outside the car and reached out in the direction of the blowing wind, shielding Kang’s head.
“The umbrella is useless because of the wind. Come in without getting wet.”
“Ah, okay.”
She bowed her head and entered the car, and soon the car door closed.
The car interior, lit only by indirect lights, was dark.
Kang sat in the seat Shin-hwi had vacated, and next to her, he asked.
“How’s the injury?”
“I’m completely healed. The bleeding has stopped.”
Shin-hwi tapped the gauze he had covered with his fingertips and said.
But when her expression remained tense, he laughed and spoke.
“It’s true. I have a recovery ability like a beast.”
“Yeah. That’s fortunate.”
Only then did Kang nod and turn her gaze.
Although only a short time had passed, the air quickly became awkward as no more words came to mind.
“Then, let’s rest a bit…”
“Did you come because you were worried about me?”
Just as she was about to greet him, Shin-hwi spoke up.
In response, she frowned and replied.
“Did I come to tease you? Of course, I came because I was worried.”
“Uh-huh.”
He strangely extended the end of his words and spoke like a mumble.
“Since it’s not the timing to worry about Moon Sung-jun yet, did you really worry about me this time?”
“Do you subtly have a hidden agenda?”
“Put yourself in my shoes. If someone saved your life and then didn’t bother you, wouldn’t you be curious?”
“Uh, yeah. That’s true.”
Shin-hwi glanced at her with a slightly raised eyebrow and continued.
“Do you have a grudge against me for saving your life? After all, I’m not obsessing over you.”
“Don’t say absurd things. I was about to retort, but suddenly, San came to mind.
Saving her from the nightmare and imagining that he turned away from her, she found herself unable to speak.
Looking at Kang, who unknowingly accepted the silence, Shin-hwi frowned.
“Who did you imagine nodding your head?”
Then, he suddenly straightened up the upper body he had been half-leaning, asking seriously.
“What? Does anyone really obsess over someone?”
“No, it’s not really obsession… Since you made such an analogy, I thought you might know what kind of feeling it is.”
“Ah. That’s uncomfortable.”
“Even if you understand, why do you feel uncomfortable?”
“Because it’s not me.”
Saying that, Shin-hwi thought of the man who had been with her every night in her room.
He was none other than Han San, the security chief of Sapo (485).
Due to the sudden appearance of the new character in the dream, Mongma, and the fact that he died without revealing her identity, it was impossible to know who was monopolizing her dreams.
But at least Han San seemed to be closely involved with Kang.
After observing for a few days, he found that he would visit her late at night every night.
Maybe Han San could be the one monopolizing Kang’s dreams, or he might be her secret lover.
One thing was certain—whatever it was, it felt unpleasant.
“I have something curious to ask.”
Looking through the window, Shin-hwi thought it was time to start the prepared action.
But before that, there was something he wanted to confirm first.
“Can I ask you something?”
“What is it?”
“There’s a bodyguard who hangs out with Senpai.”
Seokang’s thoughts on that.
“What’s their identity?”
“…Wh-what are you talking about.”
“Why are you so surprised? Can’t we really be dating?”
The question about their identity and whether they could be dating was an unexpected turn of events, and for a moment, her face stiffened.
Then, Shin-hwi spoke with a crooked smile.
“Why no answer? Seems like we really are dating.”
“This has nothing to do with you. Why are you curious about that?”
“Because it does concern me, I’m curious.”
“…”
“I’m very interested in Senpai. A lot of affection too.”
“How much have you seen to talk about affection?”
“Why? Senpai saved someone’s life without any affection, and can’t I have a little affection for the person I saved?”
“That’s…!”
“How’s Dusan doing?”
That unexpected question was when he pricked at her vulnerability.
“What?”
“You said you’re raising a cat. Didn’t you say its name is something like Sansan?”
Turning his gaze away, he spoke carelessly, as if playing with her as he placed her on the palm of his hand.
“Ah, it wasn’t Hanrasan, was it Hansan?”
“…”
“Oh, right. That’s the name of the Chief of Security. I remembered. Baekdusan.”
Shin-hwi, who had been smiling in circles, asked again as if to confirm.
“Right? Dusan.”
In his eyes, which seemed to penetrate something, Kang couldn’t say anything.
A ominous premonition made the back of her neck chilly.
She felt she should leave the place for now.
“Now I should go.”
But her wrist was suddenly grabbed.
“Why are you leaving already?”
Kang naturally pulled her wrist out and replied.
“I confirmed that you’re okay, and I need to prepare for shooting too.”
“If it’s not okay, will you not go?”
The slow, dropping voice was heavy.
When she turned her head to look at him, Shin-hwi uncovered the gauze covering his eyes.
Then, as if deliberately, he touched the wounded area.
“What are you doing…!”
As she exclaimed in surprise, he used his fingertips to press down on the area below his eyebrow.
Then, he playfully touched the injured part again.
“Hey!”
Surprised, Kang quickly covered the exposed gauze again.
“Are you really going to do this?”
As if he was going to crush it in one go, Shin-hwi smiled smugly.
“Instead of that, can’t you at least call me by my name like earlier?”
Holding her hand, which was covering one of his eyes, he gently stroked the back of her hand with his fingertips, as if playing with it, and spoke in a playful manner.
“When I got hurt earlier, you called me Shin-hwi, right?”
“…”
“It sounded nice.”
At his words, Kang removed her hand from him without hesitation.
Turning away calmly, he opened the door that Kang had been holding.
Soon, a cool and malicious laugh appeared on his lips.
“I’m a Mongma.”
“…”
“It doesn’t matter, right?”
The joke ends here.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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