“Yeah. After the examination, stay in the hospital room. I’ll leave work early today.”
“Why? Is everything okay?”
“Someone worried me since the morning. I’ll go right after work.”
About to put on his shoes again to leave the entrance, Sunwoo was stopped by Eunjae.
“Did you forget anything?”
“Yes.”
Sunwoo’s soft lips, back from where they started, fell onto Eunjae’s bright red lips.
After receiving treatment and returning, Eunjae was chatting with Miran in her hospital room.
“That’s what happened. Well, I guess.”
“…….”
It was a somewhat interesting story, but Eunjae was staring blankly into space.
“Eunjae?”
“Huh? Oh….”
“What’s wrong? You’ve been lost in thought since earlier.”
“Oh, it’s nothing… Right, Sunwoo told me everything. Was it a lie when you said your mother’s stomach hurt?”
Out of nowhere, Eunjae glanced at Miran.
“Even if that’s the case, saying such a lie, what if something happens? Do you know how surprised I was?”
“Still, I’m so happy because it seems like I contributed to your happiness, my dear.”
Miran embraced Eunjae tightly, shaking him here and there. With a wrinkled face, Eunjae’s expression gradually brightened as he nestled in Miran’s arms.
After a brief contemplation, Eunjae picked up the bag he had placed next to him.
“You know, Mom, I…”
As he rummaged through the bag to take something out, the hospital room door creaked open, and Sunwoo entered the room. Seeing Sunwoo, Eunjae’s lips instinctively curved upward.
“You came early?”
He wasn’t alone. Behind Sunwoo, a familiar man appeared, and Eunjae’s eyes widened.
It was Mr. Kim. Come to think of it, he hadn’t heard why Mr. Kim had quit back then.
“Hello, Mr. Kim. What brings you here?”
“Mr. Jaehong?”
How does Mom know Mr. Kim? With widened eyes, Eunjae looked alternately at Miran, Sunwoo, and Jaehong.
“I brought him.”
“Mr. Sunwoo?”
“The friend I mentioned back then… It’s Mr. Kim.”
Before Sunwoo’s words could fully sink in, Eunjae, startled, abruptly shut his mouth. With a puzzled expression, Miran looked between Eunjae and Sunwoo and then at Jaehong.
“Yoon, can you please explain what’s going on?” Sunwoo asked Miran.
When Sunwoo opened his mouth to speak to Miran, Jaehong, who had walked briskly to Miran’s side, kneeled in front of Eunjae and Miran.
“Mr. Jaehong?”
“It will sound like an excuse. I’m sorry for being late. Miran, Taekwang is not a kidnapper. He’s the one who tried to protect that child. Seeing me being dragged away by loan sharks, he followed and ended up having to overturn the truth… He was threatened to comply with their demands, or they would harm his mother. So, he committed perjury, but as time went by, he felt guilty and couldn’t sleep. He was being blackmailed. He followed me because he saw that I was being threatened. He tried to protect me. When my mother was in danger, he came to the police despite the risks.”
Thinking of Taekwang, who had protected him like a son when his mother was in danger, Eunjae had even gone to the police despite the dangers.
“But because of the loan sharks who were monitoring us 24/7, I eventually had no choice but to return home.”
He had tried several times after that, but all attempts had failed. Later, when his mother was truly threatened, he had no choice but to stop.
“I’m really sorry… I have no face to show. I’ll sincerely cooperate with the investigation now. If there’s anything I can do, I’ll do it.”
“How did this happen? How…”
“Mom…”
Eunjae embraced the collapsing Miran as if she were falling apart. Miran, as if venting all the troubles she had been holding back, screamed.
“I said it wasn’t me. I said it couldn’t be! What about my poor Eunjae’s father? What am I going to do? What am I going to do, my poor Eunjae…”
“Mom… It’s my fault.”
Miran, who had collapsed to the floor, pounded the ground, crying.
“Sob… How much your father wanted to see you. If only he could see your face, if only he could hold your hand. I didn’t even know…”
As if responding to the howls of a beast, tears burst from Eunjae, who couldn’t hold back his sobs, and Jaehong, who bowed in repentance, couldn’t stop his tears either. Sunwoo, too, had to turn away for a moment to compose himself as his teary eyes swelled.
For quite some time, the sound of sobbing did not cease within the hospital room.
After explaining everything that had happened to his mother and only leaving after calming her down, Eunjae’s steps still hesitated. It wasn’t until the exhausted mother fell asleep that they could leave the hospital.
When the car arrived at the parking lot of their home, Eunjae unbuckled his seatbelt.
“You went through a lot.”
“What’s the hardship? You must have been shocked too.”
“When I first heard about Dad’s friend, I thought he was a really bad person, you know? But now that I’ve heard the story, I realize it must have been emotionally tough in many ways.”
“You don’t need to understand others’ feelings. Just think about yourself.”
“How can I not feel bitter? Still, you tried your best…”
With Eunjae’s long sigh, a momentary silence settled in.
“I don’t think Mom will forgive Mr. Kim.”
“I’ll keep checking on her until she stabilizes. I’ll visit often, but your comfort will be more needed than mine.”
“I think that’s necessary.”
“I’ll buy you lots of delicious things.”
As Sunwoo continued speaking, he handed Eunjae a card he pulled out of his wallet. It was the black card he returned along with the ring.
“I have one too.”
“I have more than you, so let me use mine.”
“I have an apartment, you know. I’m really rich.”
At that, Sunwoo, with a faint grimace, extended his palm toward Eunjae.
When Eunjae smiled lightly and folded his hands over Sunwoo’s palm, Sunwoo withdrew his hand, rubbing Eunjae’s forehead gently.
“Give it to me.”
“What?”
“The apartment.”
“What? Giving and taking back, where’s the sense in that?”
“I’m afraid you might run away again. Why do you need that? I said I’d do everything you want in the future.”
“You’re really shameless!”
“As soon as we get up.”
Right, I almost forgot to ask earlier. What did you say at the hospital? Why did you say that? Unloading the question that Sunwoo had forgotten, Eunjae unbuckled his seatbelt with a clink.
“I’ll give you something better.”
“What’s better? Just say it’s not an apartment again.”
“If you agree, I promise not to bring up the apartment again.”
“Why are you saying that?”
Eunjae chuckled and rummaged in his bag, pulling out a photo and handing it to Sunwoo. It was a black background with a small jelly bear. Sunwoo couldn’t be unaware of what it meant. He had never taken his eyes off the ultrasound picture.
“The heartbeat sounds loud.”
For a very long time, they gazed into each other’s eyes, illuminated by the shimmering light. Tears streamed down Eunjae’s round cheeks, following the path of his laughter lines.
“I want to share it with you too.”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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