“Yeah. Dad, be careful too. Don’t forget this is a secret!”
Isu replied cheerfully and got out of the car.
Yumi turned on Isu’s old phone, which had been fully charged.
Opening the screen with no password, she found Kim Minjae’s number.
A few days ago, exactly on the day Isu came home with Jiho, Yumi, who was crying hard after Isu went back, went up to Isu’s room late at night.
She went straight into the study, opened all the drawers and cabinets, and began searching for Isu’s old phone.
Not finding the phone in the expected places, Yumi let out a sigh mixed with frustration.
‘It should be somewhere obvious. Why hide an unused phone like this.’
Entering the dressing room, Yumi searched through the closet and found a wooden box on the floor inside.
‘Looks like I found it.’
The box had a four-digit password lock, similar to a travel bag. Yumi tried entering numbers associated with Isu, one by one.
Even after trying all of them, the securely locked box wouldn’t open.
After several days of irritation, on the verge of giving up, Yumi decided to try the simplest number, thinking it was the last attempt.
Then, with a click on the second try, the lock turned.
‘What is this? She’s acting all sophisticated, and it’s really simple.’
Yumi opened the box with a disappointed smile.
Inside were an envelope, a small piece of paper, and small trinkets that seemed useless to Yumi.
While rummaging through the box, Yumi found the mobile phone Isu used in high school and smiled with a sense of nostalgia.
‘It was here.’
Beneath it, she saw a bundle of photos.
Flipping through the pictures one by one, Yumi spotted Minjae’s face, whom she had recently met in front of her house.
In a photo taken with friends, Minjae and Isu were smiling side by side.
‘It would have been better if it were a picture taken just the two of them.’
Yumi covered the box, holding a picture and the phone in her hand, wearing a somewhat regretful expression.
After parting ways with Wonjin and entering her house, Isu washed up, came out, and sat down on the sofa.
After sitting for a moment, she took out her phone and sent a message to Jiho.
I’m home now.
As if waiting, Jiho immediately called.
“Yeah, Jiho. You called right away.”
[Yeah, I was waiting. Did you and Dad have a good dinner?]“Yeah, how about you?”
With her head leaning against the sofa, Isu closed her eyes and spoke.
[I’m not the type to casually fill my stomach like someone else. I made a nice meal.]“What did you eat?”
[I made sirloin rice bowl.]“Wow, it must have been delicious.”
[Yeah. Next time you come, I’ll make it for you.]In Isu’s subdued voice, Jiho asked.
[Tired?]“Well, a bit. Why?”
[Because I miss you.]
Isu slowly opened her eyes and looked at the clock on the wall.
The short hand of the clock had passed 10 a little.
If he said he missed her, Jiho seemed like he would come right now, even at this hour.
What should she say in response? As she thought about it, Isu blinked her eyes slowly.
What should she do if she called Jiho over tonight?
Maybe she should ask him to come and have ramyeon.
Thinking about it, Jiho asked again when Isu’s delayed response didn’t come.
[Can I come now?]The sweet voice that melted her heart echoed in Isu’s ears.
Should she say it’s too late now? Knowing that, Jiho spoke again.
“……”
Feeling the voice filled with loneliness, Isu felt sorry, but she couldn’t bring herself to say to come.
[Okay, then. I won’t come.]“……”
Feeling the sadness in the voice, Isu felt apologetic, but she still couldn’t say anything.
[Instead, I’ll come early tomorrow.] “Yeah, if you come now, you have to go immediately… You must be tired too.” [Yeah.]Behind the sign language, a small sigh was heard.
Jiho put down the car keys he had in his hand and swept his hair back with that hand.
With a bitter smile, he sat on the sofa.
“If you’re tired, rest early. See you tomorrow.”
About to end the call, Isu’s voice was heard again.
“Jiho, um, does your mom know that you’re going to London?”
[Yeah. I told her, of course.]Isu thought after saying it that it was too obvious a question.
“Right, that’s obvious.”
[Why?]“Well, it’s… I heard from Dad today, Mom and Yumi are also going to London to meet your mom. But it just happens that the date they’re leaving is the same as our date, so I wondered if they did it on purpose.”
Jiho frowned at Isu’s words.
It was the first time he heard this.
‘So that’s why Mom kept asking when you’ll come.’
Unlike before, when she even asked for the flight number, he thought something was strange.
He recalled YonSu’s words that she wanted to invite Sumin to London from a long time ago.
“You didn’t know either.”
[I had no idea. Mom didn’t seem to intentionally not tell me. I don’t know why she did that, though.]“Well, she must have had her reasons.”
Isu didn’t casually speak about the matter, as it was also related to Jiho’s mom.
‘I hoped there wouldn’t be clashes between Yumi and her.’
“Anyway, even if you see each other at the airport that day, just be aware of it. You didn’t seem to know either.”
Jiho nodded in response.
Taking the same flight on the same day was not a big issue.
In any case, even if Sumin and Yumi traveled together, there would be no inconvenience inside the plane.
The problem was after arriving in London.
‘Considering Mom’s personality, it doesn’t seem likely that she’ll let Sumin and Yumi stay at the hotel.’
It seemed like Yonsoo, who was excited about renovating the guest room where the two would stay, would be visible.
“I told Dad not to tell Yumi that I’m going. So, just act like you don’t know until the end. There’s no point in pretending to know now.”
[Got it.]Jiho replied obediently and hung up.
Thinking about Yumi’s expression at the airport, Isu chuckled.
If Yumi was still doing this because she couldn’t give up Jiho, then maybe it was for the best.
All she had to do was confirm that it wasn’t true.
‘Two times, three times, however many times it takes for Yumi to give up.’
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
