“Professor Park is coming too.”
She abruptly cut off Doha’s words. Professor Park Soo-cheol was almost like a benefactor to Doha, comforting and guiding him when he was young and considering starting a business. He was also Surin’s mentor.
[Professor Park Soo-cheol?]“Who else would it be?”
Professor Park had retired and been in Canada for a while. Thinking of him, who was on a brief holiday, was a masterstroke. As expected, Doha responded more positively.
[…Alright, I’ll come.]After hanging up, Surin wiped off her smile and asked her secretary, who was in the driver’s seat.
“Where is he now?”
“He just arrived at a pub in Cheongdam-dong.”
Surin rolled down the window. The stifling city air brushed her cheek, but it wasn’t too suffocating. The play was about to start, and of course, the main characters were already decided. Surin’s lips curved into a deep interest as she gazed at the fast-moving streets.
Haeyeon and Joo-ah continued their pleasant conversation, moving to a different location. They were drinking draft beer in a casual bar. Haeyeon easily emptied her glass, enjoying the rare drink with Joo-ah. As she was about to refill her empty glass, Joo-ah gave her a look.
“Oh, this unnie.”
Pretending to be a life senior, Joo-ah playfully took the bottle of beer. She filled the clear glass with beer to the brim.
“Let’s think more about what job you should take. I’ll look into it.”
It was about work again, following their conversation at the restaurant. That made sense. It was the first time Haeyeon had talked about having a job since she got married.
“It’s okay for now.”
Haeyeon shook her head, and Joo-ah looked at her, puzzled.
“It’s okay?”
“Yeah. I’ll talk to Doha first.”
“Really? Then there’s nothing I can do.”
“It’s not urgent, so I want to take my time to figure out what I want to do. And thanks, Joo-ah.”
Haeyeon took Joo-ah’s hand. Joo-ah blinked her eyes.
“Shouldn’t you be focusing on your work first?”
“Ahahaha… Should I?”
Joo-ah laughed sheepishly, knowing her own situation. They laughed loudly together. Haeyeon, still laughing, suddenly remembered the words she had heard from Surin and slowly changed the topic.
“Joo-ah.”
“Why are you setting the mood like this? It’s making the drink taste better.”
Joo-ah playfully frowned her eyebrows.
“What is it?”
“Oh, it’s nothing much. Your birthday is coming up, and I can’t remember what gift I gave you last year.”
“My… gift?”
“Yeah. I can’t remember. I can’t give the same gift this year.”
Haeyeon grinned. Joo-ah looked noticeably awkward, but Haeyeon continued to smile naturally.
“Why can’t I remember something from just a year ago? It’s strange.”
As she tilted her head as if she truly couldn’t remember, Joo-ah became more anxious. Haeyeon was quite taken aback by Joo-ah’s next words.
“Ah! I remember now. You gave me a watch last year!”
“A watch?”
“Yeah… I haven’t been wearing it much lately. Sorry.”
Joo-ah apologized with an awkward expression, but Haeyeon responded with a laugh.
“What’s there to be sorry about? I’m more sorry for forgetting.”
“Is that… so?”
Haeyeon awkwardly met Joo-ah’s eyes and sipped her beer. Internally, she sighed. Not remembering anything about Joo-ah’s birthday or the gift she gave was not a lie. She couldn’t recall what she did or what gift she gave last year on Joo-ah’s birthday, despite celebrating it every year.
‘Watch.’
If she had chosen a watch for Joo-ah’s birthday present, there was a place she might have gone. That store was a favorite, where she always bought family watches. Then Joo-ah’s present would have been the same.
If she visited there, she might find out whether Joo-ah was telling the truth or a lie. If it was true, she would be back to square one, but if it was a lie, it would be confirmed. She couldn’t remember the last year. And both Joo-ah and Doha might be trying to hide it.
‘What would Doha do if I had forgotten a specific period or event?’
Haeyeon pondered. If that event had harmed Doha, his nature would never allow him to bring up such a topic with his wife again.
‘Doha would do that.’
That meant Doha definitely hid something from her. He would not want to unearth a painful or hurtful story to cause his wife pain. If it were nothing significant, such a topic would have come up in their conversation at some point. But they had never discussed anything like that in the past year.
Actually, meeting Joo-ah today was a planned action. It was to say she would start working, but also to probe Joo-ah like this.
Considering the premise of lost memory, not many people would know about her past loss, excluding Doha. Among the few, Dohui was also excluded. She was Doha’s sister, whom he had to take care of.
‘Joo-ah is the only one left.’
Joo-ah was the most likely person to know her secret from a year ago. To Haeyeon, who had no parents or siblings, Joo-ah was almost like family. If Haeyeon had lost her memory, she would have informed Joo-ah.
She could have checked with a psychiatrist, but this was a kind of obstinacy. She wanted to gather evidence with her own eyes and confirm it herself. There was also a desire to avoid facing the truth.
“Haeyeon, I’ll be more careful next time.”
Joo-ah smiled unusually. Her nervousness was evident. When anxious or tense, Joo-ah had a habit of rubbing her eyelids, and now, with her eye makeup beautifully done, she was unconsciously scratching her eyelids.
Haeyeon decided that was enough. She knew Joo-ah had the same nature as Doha. If she pushed further and made herself suspicious, Joo-ah might never open up.
Haeyeon hid her troubled heart and turned her gaze toward the entrance. As she tiredly closed and opened her eyelids, an unexpected figure entered through the door.
Surin.
Next to her, smiling and walking into the pub, was Doha. He stood a head taller than others, with a sleek, angular face.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
*
At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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