Mijoo also let out a sigh, unsure whether to welcome Chairman Kim, comfort Siyun, or consider running away. She felt a chill, realizing that she now had to pretend to be a newlywed in love.
“Siyun, this is happening faster than I thought.”
Siyun had anticipated introducing Mijoo to his grandfather someday, but he didn’t expect it to be so soon.
“He’ll be here in an hour, coming from the airport.”
Siyun checked his watch.
“There’s nothing of Mijoo’s at my place yet.”
“Huh?”
Mijoo didn’t understand what he was implying.
“If my grandfather sees the newlywed home without any of the bride’s belongings, won’t he find it strange?”
“We can’t place them now without running into Chairman Kim.”
“Just a moment, I need to make a call.”
Siyun stepped out of the car for a call.
Mijoo admired Siyun’s composure in this situation, realizing he was the only one she could rely on.
Siyun returned to the car and fastened his seatbelt.
“Let’s go.”
He started the car.
“Where to?”
“Honeymoon.”
“What?”
“Didn’t you hear my grandfather? He wants photos.”
Mijoo knew she couldn’t back out now, especially after signing the contract and hearing the entire phone conversation.
“We don’t have to go on a honeymoon to take photos.”
“How else?”
“We can just use a nice restaurant, a swimming pool, and the evening sunset as backdrops for the photos.”
“Alright, let’s do that.”
Siyun agreed too easily, making Mijoo feel she overreacted to the word ‘honeymoon.’
“A restaurant with a view of the evening sunset and a pool villa. Let’s go there.”
Siyun agreed as if it was no big deal and drove off.
“This is a time separator.”
Siyun and Mijoo arrived at an urban resort. Despite being located amidst the hustle of the city, the resort was decked with expansive greenery and private villas.
Entering the villa, Mijoo was greeted with a view of endless lawns and green trees through the glass wall.
‘I didn’t even know places like this existed, and here he is, so casually familiar with and visiting such spots.’
Mijoo sometimes felt that Siyun was a stranger in moments like these.
Nevertheless, she felt a sense of peace and coziness in this secluded and tranquil environment, disconnected from the city’s chaos.
However, that peace was disrupted the moment she looked at Siyun.
Being alone in a private villa with a breathtakingly handsome man, who also happens to have distinct tastes, was enough to take her breath away.
Indeed, nowadays, Siyun, the effortful man who tries to show interest in women, was right beside her, and it was only natural for her to be concerned.
Although Mijoo had followed Siyun here, the thought of quickly taking a few pictures and returning started to bubble up in her mind. She took out her phone.
“The background is perfect now. Let’s take a picture.”
Mijoo approached Siyun, positioning him with the outdoor scenery as their backdrop. She then lightly hooked her arm into his.
As Mijoo’s hand rested on his arm, Siyun placed his hand over hers and patted it softly.
“Take your time.”
Though she had naturally initiated the arm hooking, Mijoo felt his touch and subtly withdrew her arm. She quickly turned on the camera app on her phone.
“We need to hurry before it gets dark. The sunset will soon fade.”
“I’m not planning to leave.”
Siyun took the phone from Mijoo’s hand and sat down leisurely on the sofa. Mijoo’s mind raced.
“What about me?”
She had come in his car, and now Siyun wasn’t planning to leave. It was awkward to ask for a ride, and calling a taxi seemed impractical due to the distance to her home.
“I need to leave soon.”
“Why? Mijoo, you should also take a few days off.”
Siyun gestured towards the bedroom with his chin. Mijoo could see the slightly ajar door leading to the bedroom, revealing glimpses of the bed.
‘This is escalating too fast!’
Nervous, Mijoo blurted out anything that came to mind.
“I’ve never taken several days off in a row.”
“Weren’t you contracted with me to escape work and find comfort?”
Right. Mijoo wanted to escape the relentless part-time jobs. She dreamed of a day when she could sleep in, spend leisurely hours in a library, and not have to eat cheap doughnuts to save lunch money.
That’s why, after much turmoil, she had agreed to the contract with Siyun. But being pinpointed so accurately made her flinch.
Still, she felt she needed to find an excuse to go home. Then, she remembered the dress she was wearing.
“How can I spend three days in this outfit?”
Mijoo spread her arms in front of Siyun, posing as if to show him her outfit.
Siyun’s gaze paused along the deep neckline of her dress, and his eyes sparkled intriguingly.
‘Is it time to find out?’
Siyun stood up from the sofa.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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