Unable to even blink, she stared at him as if frozen. Then, a large tear formed in her eyes, which quickly fell down.
A crack even appeared on the face of the mountain, which had been devoid of any changes in expression all along.
“What’s wrong?”
He asked, looking confused as he suddenly stood up.
“Are you crying right now?”
From Kang’s eyes, who had stubbornly bitten her lips, tears gushed out like a spring.
Eventually, the sound of her sobbing leaked out.
“Huk….”
“Why are you crying?”
“Heuk….”
In the end, she couldn’t hold back and burst into tears.
Then, she spoke to the mountain, who could neither do this nor that in front of her.
“What am I supposed to do if you die?”
“What?”
“If you die, who’s going to eat my nightmares, and who’s going to protect me? Huk… I was just starting to live like a human, but if you disappear, my life will go back to the way it was.”
Kang, who had been venting out her sadness, cried out loud.
He felt as if he had been hit hard in the back of his head at that sight.
Then, it seemed like he finally understood what she was saying.
“……So you’re not saying this because you’re worried about me, but because you’re worried about yourself?”
“Euhuk. So do you think I’ve developed feelings for you during this time?”
“……”
“Dream big! Heuuhung!”
Despite what he was seeing, he didn’t believe it, and he tried to deny the situation.
“Are you doing this because you’re embarrassed about worrying about me?”
“I look like I’m going to die, what’s there to be embarrassed about!”
Kang, who screamed out loud, flailed about as if she wanted to disappear.
He, who was hit in the shoulder by her wildly swinging fist, looked at Kang blankly.
He was hit in the shoulder, but why does the back of his head feel numb?
He thought so.
Then, he burst out laughing.
He couldn’t help but think that the unexpectedly harsh response from Kang was, as always, unpredictable.
He could have been touched, or something.
He quietly compared the way Kang dealt with Samyoung or Ban and the way she dealt with him.
She didn’t necessarily treat him badly or coldly, but it was definitely different from the way she dealt with close acquaintances.
When he thought about it all being just business out of necessity, it felt like his head was getting colder.
When I think about it, I’m in the same position, but seeing her cry, did I unknowingly expect something else?
Kang glanced at him, laughing like a madman who couldn’t believe it.
“You think this situation is funny? It’s all over if you die, regardless of how the remaining people live, is that it?”
“So, should I worry about you when I look like I’m going to die?”
“Yes!”
At her reply, which came without a moment’s hesitation, he had to feel absurd multiple times that day.
“……Isn’t that too selfish?”
“You have to do that or you’ll die!”
“……”
“Anyway, never die. Absolutely, absolutely, you can’t die.”
The woman, wiping away her tears with the back of her hand, implored him.
“Don’t die without warning, don’t suddenly disappear in front of me, always come when I call.”
“I’m a bit confused.”
“What’s there to be confused about? I just can’t do without you! I need you! Don’t die!”
The mountain watched Kang in silence, and soon gave up thinking.
He wondered if he might have a tiny bit of affection for me, but thought there was no need to dwell on it since it might just be nothing.
“Alright. I’ll survive for a long, long time.”
“Really?”
“Yes. So you too, don’t die, survive.”
As soon as he finished speaking, she hooked her finger.
“It’s a promise. Don’t die before me.”
“You’re the ultimate king of being reckless. What will I eat and live on if you die?”
“If I die, you can eat and live on other dreams.”
“I don’t think I can live on eating dirt after only eating meat.”
He responded firmly.
Kang, who had been considering his words, seemed to have a good idea and opened her mouth.
“Let’s do this then.”
“How?”
“We die at the same time, us.”
“……”
At the same time.
Together.
The mountain quietly chewed on the words that flowed from her mouth.
And somehow it made him smile a little.
How can he possibly compare the short life of a human to the possible immortality of a monster.
Now did not seem to be the time to ponder such things.
The important thing is.
“Alright. Let’s do that.”
Because now we wish for each other not to die.
The two of them made that promise.
To die together at the same time.
They hooked fingers, binding each other like a noose.
.
.
.
“Ha…. Haak!”
The man who had barely saved his life wandered in the endless darkness, his heart pierced by a swordlike smoke.
The sticky red blood flowed drop by drop from his mouth, nose, shoulders, and chest, turning him into a mess.
His foot stepped on a rib bone as he walked and walked through the darkness that seemed like a tunnel without an exit.
A skull he had kicked rolled somewhere.
His red eyes slowly began to rise, and there was a huge mountain of endless human bones.
And at the peak, a man in a black suit uniform stood.
The smell of blood vibrated in the blowing wind, and the man, with all the buttons of his jacket unbuttoned and his black tie fluttering in one direction, silently watched below.
“……”
The man far below, barely hanging on with bended knees, gritted his teeth under that enormous pressure.
“Ke… Keuk!”
Something that surged up was dumped out of his mouth.
Red blood puddled on the black back of his hand.
Even without making eye contact, it felt as though all the air had disappeared, leaving him breathless.
An enormous terror that started from the tips of his toes wrapped around his body like a thorny bush, tightening all over him. It felt as though thorns covered in poison had pierced down to his bones.
“It wasn’t supposed to come back.”
He regretted it, but it was already too late to die as he wished.
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When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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