Kang Hyun’s house was quite far from Seo Yoon’s ranch. Feeling awkward simply sitting in the car while her boss drove, Ji An subtly suggested they eat.
“I’ll treat you to dinner.”
Kang Hyun’s body, which had been a little stiff from driving all day, loosened up.
Since the weekend was just two days away, he was trying to prolong their time together by not speeding.
“Is there anything you’d like to eat?”
“No.”
“Then should I treat you next time?”
“No, it’s not that. I’ll think about it.”
Flustered, Kang Hyun quickly added more words, even bowing his head.
“I eat anything well.”
“I pick what’s not good for my body and eat it. I try to avoid spicy and salty food.”
“I don’t really like spicy and salty food. But then again, I like sharp green chili. My taste is peculiar, isn’t it?”
“Then let’s go for Chinese. I know a place that does a good job with soup without using MSG.”
“Oh, great. You must have gone looking for good restaurants before.”
Jian, who thought of a jjamppong restaurant run by three generations with a 50year tradition, scratched her neck as she entered a glamorous Chinese restaurant on the top floor of a hotel.
The luxurious atmosphere was clearly pricey.
…I haven’t gotten my paycheck yet.
“My goodness, Director! It’s been a long time since you’ve been here.”
The proprietor of Ryeowon came running out and greeted Kang Hyun. It was a place that was crowded to the point that reservations had to be made a week in advance, but there were always exceptions.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, Miss Seo Yoon.”
“Ah, I am…”
“I’ll add one bowl of jjamppong to the dinner course. Do you need anything else?”
Kang Hyun cut in and asked Jian.
“No, it’s fine.”
“I’ll prepare it.”
She wanted to check the price, but the proprietor, who was very pleasant, kindly took the menu she had in her arm and left.
“A place that does a good job with soup without using MSG.”
“Correct.”
Why would you describe a hotel Chinese restaurant like a local seolleongtang restaurant?
“Do you think you won’t like it? Then let’s go somewhere else.”
Kang Hyun, who had been looking at Jian, who looked uncomfortable as if she had only catered to Seo Yoon’s taste that she knew, quickly got up.
“No, it’s not that. It’s just awkward because it’s my first time.”
“Don’t hold back if there’s something you don’t like.”
“…Yes.”
His expressionless face was the same, but somehow he looked gloomy.
I wish he would always smile like before. I wish he wasn’t sad. And I hope he’s not lonely.
The more I got to know Kang Hyun, the more these thoughts kept bothering me.
Even though I tried to pull myself together, my eyes kept drifting towards Kang Hyun.
It felt like I had become a magnet going to the other pole.
The silence lasted a long time. Tasting foods she had never even seen before, all she could do was exclaim.
Kang Hyun, who wanted to feed her the lobster that Seo Yoon liked, even his portion, saw the sauce smeared on his lips and smiled slightly.
“You always have to eat like this, smearing it…”
Without a chance to stop it, his finger stretched out and stroked Jian’s lips.
Jian, who naturally accepted his touch by extending her chin, dropped the fork with the sweet and sour pork she had dipped.
What did I just do? Did I extend my chin for him to wipe? Or was it my lips?
I’m crazy, Seo Jian. I’m out of my mind.
Seeing Kang Hyun’s approaching finger, her chin moved on its own to meet it.
At a restaurant where Seo Yoon often visited, Kang Hyun, who instinctively reached out to a face resembling hers, tried to give a shy smile to Kang Hyun, but Kang Hyun, who turned pale, abruptly got up first.
“Sorry, I’m sorry. Just a moment.”
Kang Hyun, who had managed to escape, leaned against the bathroom sink and bowed his head.
It was indeed not easy. Should he be satisfied with the fact that he is alive and keep her at a distance?
“I can’t do that.”
He couldn’t go that far.
He raised his wet hand from the cold water to cover his warming eyes. He wanted to return to his room and hide as soon as possible.
“Hahaha, you were surprised, right? I’m sorry. My jaw moves very freely because I eat delicious food.”
As Kang Hyun returned with a hardened expression, gathering his feelings that popped out unconsciously, Ji An awkwardly smiled and rather apologized.
“Why Ji An. I’m the one who touched without permission.”
“Well, it can happen because you look so alike. You often come here with her, right? Even the staff recognized you earlier.”
“You can say her name. It’s okay.”
Perhaps it was fortunate that it was simple.
Ji An naturally associated Kang Hyun’s potentially unpleasant behavior with Seo Yoon.
Thanks to Ji An’s indifferent attitude, Kang Hyun, who felt somewhat relieved, finally moved the crab to Ji An’s plate. He regretted not being able to cut it into easytoeat pieces.
“……Do you have a shellfish allergy?”
“No.”
“But why don’t you eat? This delicious thing.”
“I’m sick of eating too much.”
“Oh, I see. Then I’ll gratefully eat what you can’t eat because it’s gone.”
Each time a sentence ended, laughter seeped out through the gaps of his lips that he consciously closed, wondering if he might call Seo Yoon’s name.
If he looked at Ji An, who was shining with the light he took from Seo Yoon, he felt infinitely sad, but the time spent together was just enjoyable.
After finishing the meal and arriving at the apartment complex, Ji An, who had gone to the bathroom to wipe her hands, received another promise from Kang Hyun, who had paid while she was away.
“I’ll pay next time. You definitely can’t pay secretly.”
“Alright, go inside.”
“Then, I’ll see you at the office on Monday.”
He intended to watch her enter the house, but eventually, Kang Hyun stepped on the accelerator first because Ji An, who had got off and said goodbye, was waving her hand in front of the main entrance.
His eyes, staring straight ahead because he wanted to see her as soon as he turned around, shook unstably.
He gave Ji An a day off because he had someone to meet tomorrow. And the weekend, how would he endure the weekend?
Upon returning home, Kang Hyun stared at Seo Yoon’s photo until dawn.
It was a terrible obsession.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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