Sun Woo emerged from the bathroom threading his arms into his shirt. The shirt hastily thrown over his body that had failed to completely rid itself of moisture left patches of dampness here and there.
It couldn’t be.
Seeing the empty room as he came out of the bathroom brought a smile to his face. The sight of himself, scrambling to put on his shirt in the bathroom out of fear that Eun Jae might walk in, was comical.
Recalling her looking up at him with a terrified face, Sun Woo considered he should stop teasing her. Yet, he found himself swaying countless times a day between amusement and affection because her reactions were also endearing, leaving him in a state of confusion.
“What a pointless worry.”
Chuckling to himself, Sun Woo buttoned his shirt one by one as he headed to the living room.
As Sun Woo entered the living room, Eun Jae, who had been sitting on the couch, rose up abruptly as if she had been waiting for him.
Out of habit, she started to call him ‘mister,’ but seeing Sun Woo’s suddenly cold expression, she stumbled over the rest of her words.
“I wanted to ask… about the parttime job. When can I get paid?”
Eun Jae’s voice, too embarrassed to even call it a parttime job, was laden with unease. The motion of Sun Woo buttoning his shirt stopped and he turned an inquiring gaze towards her.
“I thought I gave you a card with no limit, are you short?”
“Ah….”
Recalling the black card that she had initially refused, returned to her as payment for her household chores, Eun Jae heaved a small sigh.
She knew that his instructions to clean an already pristine house, the domestic duties he had shared with her, were all gestures to create an excuse for her to accept the card without feeling burdened.
“Still, to use that.”
It still felt a bit uncomfortable….
Sun Woo, who had been watching Eun Jae hesitantly delay her response, laughed quietly as if he found her adorable.
Finishing the last button of his shirt, Sun Woo returned to his room. Eun Jae, who still had something to discuss, followed him.
Sun Woo approached the island chest of drawers where his ties and watches were displayed and surveyed them with his eyes.
After pondering, Sun Woo picked a silver metal chain and fastened it around his left wrist.
“Why, didn’t you scratch it all over when you were drunk not long ago? Wasn’t that Eun Jae?”
“Ah, I wasn’t myself then….”
“Don’t be selfconscious and use it. It’s part of the agreement too.”
“But…. If I use that card, will all my actions be texted?”
His eyes, looking back at Eun Jae, were sharply curved.
It was a continuation of what had happened in the dining room. It was just a simple altercation, but was it because they were of the same age? Or because they had known each other from the start?
For some reason, Eun Jae’s expression seemed much more relaxed when she was joking with Yoon Tae Gyu. Was it just her mood?
More importantly, Yoon Tae Gyu’s gaze on Eun Jae was not ordinary. He was sure it was not the look of a simple friend.
Having pretended not to know Eun Jae at first, but revealing their friendship now, was it to prepare for a situation where Eun Jae might feel uncomfortable?
Could this be attributed to something that could simply occur between friends?
He also disliked the fact that Yoon Tae Gyu had picked up the story of Eun Jae and himself staying at the main house and followed them in a rush.
Along with a bad premonition, unwarranted and expanding unpleasant thoughts rapidly gnawed at Sun Woo’s mind.
“Eun Jae has someone she likes.”
“She’s liked him since high school, and she’s been looking for him for a long time.”
It wouldn’t be Yoon Tae Gyu, would it?
Although he wasn’t sure why his thoughts had flowed in this direction, strangely unsettled feelings and unorganized thoughts ensnared Sun Woo.
“What are you up to?”
Are you trying to go on a date with that kid?
He became annoyed at the question he posed himself, unintentionally getting hot under the collar.
Then you would try to gauge my mood without understanding anything.
“No, it’s not that….”
“And—”
Sun Woo stared down at Eun Jae as if he had something to say. Eun Jae, too, halted what she was about to say, blinking her eyes full of curiosity, and stared at Sun Woo.
There were no words following that. Sun Woo couldn’t withdraw his gaze from Eun Jae, who was looking at him with innocent eyes, for quite some time.
Eun Jae, looking at Sun Woo like that, thought his gaze was strange. It was because she read hesitation from the eyes of a man who always talked and answered questions without obstruction.
What was it that made him hesitate so much?
She was curious. Eun Jae asked, as if urging him for an answer.
“And?”
Sun Woo silently repeated to himself, looking into Eun Jae’s eyes that hung onto his words.
Is there something between you and Yoon Tae Gyu that I don’t know about? If there’s something you haven’t told me, you need to say it now.
You said there was nothing you were hiding from me back then.
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.
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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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