But if this was the only way, she was willing to do it no matter how many times.
“I’ve held on until today because I believed that someday I’d be happy. But if there’s nothing I can do of my own will for all time, there’s no reason to keep living.”
“Come down. Don’t joke around.”
“Do you think it’s a joke?”
“Do you think I’d just stand by and watch?”
“I know you wouldn’t consider manipulating me a big deal. You’re not human.”
“……”
“But this is about expressing my will. It’s about asserting sovereignty over my dream.”
Many days of living like she was dying flash before her eyes like a carousel.
“If I survive by luck this time, I’ll kill myself every moment.”
Even if she had to stab a knife in her heart.
Even if she had to throw her body multiple times.
Even if she had to starve to death if nothing works.
“So you shouldn’t make a choice you’ll regret.”
Kang smiled with certainty.
Then, with a numb face, she looked at him staring at her and threw herself.
Whooosh
The inverted world receded rapidly with the threatening sound of the wind.
The mountain she had climbed onto the railing was seen looking down at her with an inscrutable expression.
What are you thinking now?
Would you think it doesn’t matter if it wasn’t me?
The body with added acceleration felt like it was already shattering into pieces.
Her body was rapidly getting closer to the ground.
At the moment when the shadow of death approached and came up to her nose,
A faint piece of smile flickered on the mountain’s face.
It was then that his feet, which had been watching all along, moved away from the railing without hesitation.
Her falling hand reached Kang before the ground.
Thud!
Strong arms caught her frail body with stability, and she felt the moment against gravity stretching out very slowly.
‘…The smell of the wind.’
At the same time, the faint smell of the wind she had felt whenever she hugged him in her dream spread all over her body.
Kang slowly opened her eyes and lifted her gaze, and the dark and quiet pupils as the night met Kang.
Staring blankly at those eyes, a brief word settled in her ear.
“Fearless.”
“……”
“Do you have quite a few lives?”
She crumpled to the ground, feeling the returned heartbeat, and exhaled a slender breath.
“Are you a little willing to listen to me now?”
Feeling the trembling flowing fully through the fingertips holding her shoulder, the mountain also smiled briefly.
“Alright. If that’s your resolve, I understand fully.”
Perhaps I had wanted this all along.
Now, your time that you’ve endured without me, should be erased completely. It’s something that I must not be without now.
Even if I were not a human.
“My existence, whatever it may be, you won’t really care.”
That’s what I had been waiting for.
“Now that you know everything, today will be the last day you reveal your will in this way or threaten me.”
A soft smile exerted a gentle pressure.
“If you die.”
“……”
“The thing I’ve longed and hoped for would vanish.”
The disappearance of the goal was the same as the physical death of a human to me.
“So, live.”
San requested simply.
Because the greatest threat to Seo Kang’s life was none other than she herself.
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After returning to the bedroom.
San assisted the staggering Kang so that she could comfortably lie on the bed.
It was hard to believe this was the same person who had once jumped off without a second glance, as Kang was shaking her frail body.
The fear that had lingered on her pale, cold fingertips flowed into his body.
Looking at her thin fingers, which seemed to be all bone, she asked him.
“Why haven’t you shown up recently?”
While looking impassively at Kang’s face, which was still wet around her eyes, San answered.
“I was busy. There are too many things lurking around you, and it took time to find each one.”
It was just as regretful for him not to consume the dreams.
Because they were too precious to lose, the nightmares Kang dreamt and the breaths she struggled to exhale.
Even now, he was worn out by hunger and thirst.
He wanted to rush in and swallow the woman in front of him whole right now, and he also wanted to cherish and slowly melt her.
San slowly narrowed the distance between them.
Surprised, Kang closed her eyes tightly, and the moisture that had accumulated around her eyes soaked through her dense eyelashes.
He lowered his head while suppressing his explosive desire.
His heated lips touched her trembling eyelids.
In that way, San quenched his regret by taking a tear that remained around her eyes into his mouth.
Like the first dew of dawn, pure and noble moisture, there was a sweet sense of fear that made him lose his mind.
It’s just a tear, but as expected, it’s you.
“I’m going crazy.”
It’s too delicious.
The strength of her hand, tightly grasping his, made Seo Kang’s face turn pale.
Like a gourmet, San, who was enjoying her fear, patiently distanced himself as if enduring.
If he were to fulfill Kang’s demand, he probably had to do this every night.
“From now on, the task as simple as eating a candy after a meal will be completely different.”
It was probably akin to giving a candy to a child, who has not a single drop of patience, and asking them to wait for half a day to eat just one.
“Hah.”
I’m going mad, really.
A bitter laugh escaped at the horrible thought.
Yet, she, knowing nothing, approached with a spark in her eyes.
“Han San.”
“Why.”
“Do you want to try it now?”
“Try what.”
“You said you want to eat my dreams. Try it now.”
Kang laughed with a face I had never seen before.
Just like an excited child.
Not knowing that inside of her,
“……”
Was completely burning into ashes.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
