Under Do Soon’s persistent questioning, So Yeon was flustered. Therefore, she pretended to be fine and laughed, and her speech was disjointed and confused. It was clear that she had bitten her tongue. If this conversation continued, it was obvious that only I would be the one suffering.
“I bit my tongue while eating grapes, so what!”
With an annoyed tone, So Yeon abruptly stood up from the sofa and scurried off to the kitchen, plate in hand.
And then, after a short while, So Yeon came back to the living room, snuggled up to Do Soon who was half lying on the sofa, and asked him,
“Do Soon, do you think there’s anyone in your fan club who knows Tae Seo Jun’s home address or phone number?”
“I don’t know. Why do you ask?”
“It seems like our junior from the department drew a portrait of Tae Seo Jun as a hobby.”
“Ah, a gift? They told us to send it to the agency. That’s what we do too. Why, do you want to give it to him personally?”
“……”
Even though she had fabricated a plausible story, her heart was pounding so fast. So Yeon, who nodded her head, was strangely staring at the ceiling.
“Just wait a moment. I’ll check the group chat. I don’t know, but another member might know……!”
Do Soon, who had been fiddling with his phone, abruptly stopped midsentence and stood up as if bouncing up. He then started tearing up, his face showing shock, while just staring at the screen of his phone that was updating rapidly.
“What’s wrong, why are you crying all of a sudden?”
“Well……”
So Yeon, who had a bad feeling about this, snatched the phone from Do Soon and stared at the screen. Fan club group chat was flooded with heated messages. It was as if the end of the world had come.
“……!”
So Yeon’s eyes shook violently as she read the messages quickly. The moment the information that Tae Seo Jun, who had enlisted today without any rumors, would live as a military officer for the next 3 years stuck to her eyes, she was startled.
“Why did my oppa enlist? He should’ve gone quietly! Sniff, sniff……”
Do Soon, with a trembling lip, burst into tears.
“……”
So Yeon’s face hardened, the color drained away. Her heart sank and her mind went blank, all she could do was force her stationary legs to move towards the bathroom.
Click.
Leaning against the locked bathroom door, her rigid body slid down. On the cold tile floor, So Yeon, who had curled up small, had thick tears rolling down her face.
Unlike Do Soon, So Yeon, who couldn’t even cry out loud, stifled her sobs and wiped her tears with her sleeve. But the sadness that had burst open soaked both arms and wouldn’t stop.
Now he’s gone. I have to bear everything alone. But I…… I still don’t know. Where to start and how to……
I wanted to meet Tae Seo Jun at least once. No, I had to. But the result of delaying day by day due to lack of courage was this.
In the end, I have to forget him quietly.
That was all there was to it.
With even the slightest hope severed, So Yeon couldn’t do anything. She couldn’t breathe properly. Her stiff body, like a stone, couldn’t even stand up again.
Like her chest and both legs were cut by the news as sharp as a knife blade.
She couldn’t do anything.
Three years later.
On the first day of the new year, a man stood tall on top of a rocky hill, with the moonlight on his back, gazing down at the dark and desolate foreign land.
There were moments when he was alone, even when rubbing shoulders with someone.
He was more accustomed to wearing a mask than showing his real face.
Because he didn’t have anything he earnestly wished for, everything felt dry and pointless.
As if he had no lingering affection for that boring time and the world that had nothing good in it, he had left Korea.
In front of the choice to become a regular soldier, a military officer, there was no hesitation. He had left the hospital because he didn’t like the environment where outsiders were buzzing around, but he still liked to practice medicine. And seeing that he was somewhat sad as the day of his discharge approached, it seemed like military life suited him.
He had been a military officer at the central headquarters in Riyadh for two years, and it had been a year since he was dispatched to a peripheral unit within a twohour range from there and took command of the duty force. Already surpassing three years, he was on his way home the next day.
The wind blew.
Despite the sand wind sticking to his skin and making it feel gritty, the man’s face was as impressively detailed as before. His slow pace down the hill was unchanged, but because of his long legs, his speed was incredibly fast.
It was when he passed the chainlink fence and entered the building made of red bricks.
“Lieutenant Tae!”
A soldier who came running from behind urgently called the superior.
“……”
He, who had stopped, turned around.
As Seo Jun silently raised his thick eyebrows, the soldier began to report without missing a beat.
“The special forces team that went out to Cellar returned 30 minutes ago, at 23 o’clock.”
Cellar was a desert city adjacent to the Persian Gulf in northeastern Saudi Arabia, a hidden hideout of the Islamic militant group Tamaoui.
The twoparty negotiations between the Saudi government and the Tamaoui militant group will take place over three days starting tomorrow. Their unilateral decision to allow no interference from third countries excluded the safety of foreigners, including civilians.
Therefore, even if their negotiation was peacefully concluded, the hostages of no utility value would be dismissed as a separate problem. In the worst case, they could be eliminated without anyone knowing.
Faced with this extreme situation, the American and Korean military, which had no choice and were pressed for operation time, did not allow any obstacles.
Therefore, the USKorean combined special forces who secretly infiltrated there at 18 o’clock today and carried out a secret operation to rescue the hostage held by Tamaoui had just completed their given task and just returned to their respective national forces.
Along with that welcome report, what Seo Jun encountered was a young civilian’s refusal to receive treatment after being rescued.
“We risked our lives to save him, but he wants to die?”
“He seems very determined, not saying anything other than refusing treatment, and due to a gunshot wound penetrating next to his heart being left untreated for a long time, his condition is serious. Lieutenant, I think you should go see him.”
“What is he doing?”
“His name is Han Seung Yul. He’s a son of a wealthy family who was on the elite course in New York, but was kidnapped as soon as he set foot in the Middle East for business.”
“Is that so?”
Tae Seo Jun, who was used to commands and obedience as if they were part of his flesh, was perfect even in his military uniform with a beret.
“I’ll go now.”
His sharp gaze that seemed to urge the soldier to follow him was also full of the spirit of a soldier.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
