“Still, Oppa, it’s fortunate that it stopped. I’m really thankful just to be able to talk like this with Oppa, without any major issues.”
At Gang’s casual comfort, Samyoung looked at her blankly.
Feeling his gaze, Gang chuckled awkwardly.
“…Did I sound too old-fashioned?”
Then he laughed and shook his head.
“No.”
“…Our Gang has really grown up.”
Samyoung, who had complained that he was better than me, made a playful remark.
“Everything you said is right. That’s why there’s an old saying that mothers never say anything wrong, right? My mother has been telling me not to eat food given by people I don’t know since I was young.”
“Ah, who would have expected such a thing to happen at the food truck?”
“…Right?”
“Then. If we’re going to be that strict, I should grow my own crops and eat everything.”
Worried that Samyoung might feel unnecessary guilt, Gang tried her best to console him.
“Anyway, the Secret Garden seems to be really a hit. Why does this series of incidents never stop?”
He jokingly said about the delayed filming once again.
Gang also regretted that part, but she thought it was fortunate since it gave her more time to be with San.
“Well then, go ahead, Gang. San is still not in good condition.”
“Already? It’s okay for me to stay a bit longer.”
“No, go see him quickly.”
“I haven’t finished my tea yet.”
“I’ll buy you some. Take it to San and share it.”
He got up from his seat, took a glass bottle of lemon ginger tea from the refrigerator, and handed it to her in a black plastic bag.
Taking it in a hurry, she asked hesitantly, “Is it really okay even if there’s no one around?”
“Yeah. I’m still perfectly fine. It’s okay, go.”
“Alright then. Rest, Oppa. If anything happens, be sure to let me know.”
“What about your car? Did you take a taxi here?”
“No. The company sent a car for me, so I came by it.”
He couldn’t mention the talk about the new manager joining temporarily, so he just said that much.
Then, he shook her hand and urged her to go.
“I’m leaving, Oppa.”
“Sure. Be careful, Gang. Thanks for coming.”
“Why do you keep saying things like others? Really, you’re grateful for every little thing.”
“Okay, okay.”
With that, Samyoung saw her off with a smiling face.
However, before Gang could step outside, he disappeared into the house.
Seeing that, she became even more worried.
He had never hesitated to wait until I completely disappeared from his sight, which was why.
She thought about going back to check his condition, but perhaps he needed some time alone to rest unintentionally. So, she decided to let it go.
Back in the rooftop, Samyoung’s smile, which had disappeared as soon as Gang was out of sight, reappeared as if to say, “When did it become like this again?”
Feeling dizzy, his vision swayed.
“Damn it. I thought I was going to die.”
Muttering curses quietly, he staggered into the room.
Gang’s stay at Samyoung’s house was less than 20 minutes.
As Seolseong opened the car door for her, he asked, “Why did you leave so early?”
She awkwardly smiled instead of answering, and after a pause, she said, “I guess I’m still tired since it hasn’t been long since I was discharged.”
“It shouldn’t be that fatal for a human.”
“Oh, that… I just ate what was given to me from the truck.”
It felt strangely like receiving sarcasm from someone who wasn’t even present, so Gang had to swallow a bitter smile.
The car started heading back home.
Gazing out the window absentmindedly, Gang noticed that the traffic began to slow down at a certain point on the road.
“Hmm? What’s going on?”
Seolseong adjusted his glasses and leaned forward to look ahead.
In the distance, there was a scene of an accident being cleared up.
“Oh no. Looks like there’s been a traffic accident.”
“An accident?”
At her words, Gang raised her head and looked ahead.
Broken debris scattered on the road, and police and paramedics were dealing with the scene.
The policeman at the scene was waving a signal pole, and beyond him, injured people were being rescued.
Cars began to move like turtles, avoiding the accident scene.
At that moment, Gang’s eyes caught a sight of a person’s arm falling off, detached from the rest of the body.
“Huh…?”
A clear number was visible on the protruding arm.
29500857
At first, she thought it might be a wound, but even after rubbing her eyes and looking again, it was unmistakably a number.
What was peculiar was that it seemed to be glowing like an ember.
She vaguely recalled seeing a number on Shin-hwi’s scapula when she was attacked by him on the set.
475
She also remembered the story San had told about the true names of the Mongma, engraved as numbers on their bodies.
That their true names, carved as numbers, were like embers on their bodies.
In addition,
“…….”
Humans couldn’t see it, as they had said.
At that moment,
San visited an old man.
His house was deep in the mountains, where even during the day, the sun almost didn’t shine because of the densely packed trees.
Looking at the scenery that was distinctly different from the place just 100 meters away, it felt like the old man’s house was placed in a different world.
Crackle.
The old man revealed himself at the sound of San rustling the fallen leaves.
“Hey, I’ve been waiting for you. When were you planning to come?”
Because Romi disappeared without saying goodbye, San thought she would come looking for him.
And the expectation didn’t go wrong.
Strolling over with his back slouched, San looked up at the old man.
“Just when I thought you were a good-for-nothing guy, what’s with this complexion? You somehow made it here without dying.”
“It’s not that bad.”
Although he seemed quite out of breath, San didn’t look as if he had just come out of a nightmare like a Mongma who had taken Sumeoncho.
With thin eyes, the old man looked through San’s condition and guessed that it was probably because of the nightmares absorbed.
He couldn’t be sure, but with this level of power, it might be worth expecting natural healing, even if it took some time.
However, San asked about the gate leading to Mugan without beating around the bush.
“Where did you put the gate leading to Mugan?”
“Why, you want to go catch something?”
“I have to bring it with me.”
“Hah, if you were dead, you would have been dead by now.”
At the old man’s reply, San’s face quickly stiffened.
“What do you mean by that?”
“What do I mean.”
“Do you know anything about Romi’s well-being?”
“…….”
Seeing the old man suddenly shut his mouth, San’s mind began to turn white.
No.
It can’t be.
Romi… couldn’t have died.
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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