A young writer with social anxiety but a very active inner monologue × Her cool and aloof doctor neighbor.... more>>

(Pseudo-sibling relationship, eight-year age gap, HE)

A bittersweet, angsty, and slightly comedic story of a second-chance romance.

Ye Nansong wakes up to find someone sitting next to her—her ex-girlfriend, who she broke up with five years ago.

And she's holding her hand tightly!!

This ex is Yan Yun, her neighbor who is eight years older and has an aloof personality. Ye Nansong had once moved heaven and earth just to make Yan Yun her girlfriend.

And then, one day five years ago, she dumped her.

Seeing the expressionless look on the person beside her, Ye Nansong snatches her hand back.

Her heart is pounding with anxiety and fear. Surely Yan Yun isn't going to mu*der her on the plane... right?

But instead, her ex-girlfriend reverses her usual cold attitude and says gently, "Long time no see."

This scares Ye Nansong so much she nearly fumbles for the parachute under her seat to make an escape.

They say a gentle knife is the most terrifying, and today, Ye Nansong finally understands what that means.

She somehow survives until they land in a Nordic country.

Her ex calls and tells her she's been robbed by local muggers...

A stranger in a strange land, the ex-girlfriend moves right into her house.

The ex is like a completely different person, no longer the cold woman from her memories, but gentle and proactive.

........

"Nansong," she whispers, "are you going to abandon me again this time?"

The endless sorrow in her voice threatens to drown Ye Nansong.

Ye Nansong lowers her gaze and strokes her girlfriend's soft hair.

"I won't run anymore... I'll never run again this time..." <<less

【Power Fantasy + Behind-the-Scenes Overlord + Epic!】... more>>

What would it feel like if you awakened the ability to create clones, and those clones were bound to a simulation system—one that could grant them a lifetime’s worth of strength in just a few minutes?

Link glanced at his own pitifully weak attribute panel.

Then, he looked up at the radiant, awe-inspiring figures before him—his clones, who had already ascended to the ranks of Supreme Leader of the Human Empire, Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and Grand General.

Just as he was about to speak…

“Boss, it’s getting chilly. Put on a coat.”

Clone No.1 affectionately draped a yellow jacket over Link’s shoulders. <<less

Urgent! What should I do if I put on a human skin mask and now can’t take it off? And my body keeps turning more and more feminine!... more>>

Even worse, this human skin mask looks exactly like our sect’s peerless fairy! <<less

Due to a friend’s betrayal, Yang Yohan ends up in the worst dungeon of all, the Abyss. In this monster-infested dungeon, Yohan encounters Lee Hyunmook, once considered the strongest Awakened in Korea, who had gone missing in the Abyss years ago.... more>>

“Mr. Lee Hyunmook, please don’t kill me, okay? I’m human…”

“Human…”

“Yes, I’m human… and so are you, Mr. Lee Hyunmook.”

However, Lee Hyunmuk has been half-driven mad by the influence of the Abyss. Yohan struggles to survive alongside him, tending to wounds and foraging for food, during the rare moments when Hyunmook regains his sanity.

“Every few decades, a certain phenomenon occurs here. And I call it a ‘Flood.’”

“A Flood?”

“The closer the Flood gets, the worse the contamination and madness become… just like how I was moments ago.”

But when an unexpected Flood strikes, Hyunmook loses his mind completely…

“You’re a sheep, so why don’t you cry?”

“I-I’m not a sheep, I’m Yang Yohan…”

“My little lamb-lamb.”

A brutal environment, a festering wound on one leg, terrifying monsters howling as they attack,

and now the erratic behavior of a deranged Hyunmook…

Thus begins Yohan’s tear-filled escape from another world! <<less

Three months of torrential rain and floods, five months of snowstorms and extreme cold, seven months of scorching heat and natural disasters—when the apocalypse arrived, over 80% of humanity perished, facing unprecedented catastrophe.... more>>

Before the apocalypse, Su Miao, a reclusive witch, frantically stockpiled supplies.

After the apocalypse, her social anxiety led her to hide in a tourist villa, trembling as she enjoyed gourmet food.

She only wanted to survive quietly—until one day, the door was smashed open, and a group of people stormed in.

Terrified, Su Miao's hand trembled, and the crossbow bolt struck the intruder squarely in the forehead... <<less

Transmigrated into the game as the villainess fake daughter Claire of the Grendel family, but super timid.... more>>

It’s not my fault, who made the original female lead not only the real daughter but also a overpowered protagonist with cheat abilities, I can’t mess with her!

System: “Go, slap the real female lead twice!”

Claire: “Sister’s skin is so nice let me touch!”

System: “Go, splash milk on her face!”

Claire: “Sister you don’t know this is called a face mask it’s good for the skin!”

System: “Go, tie her up and humiliate her properly!”

Claire was holding the rope hesitating still not sure what excuse to use this time, when she saw real female lead Raphtia herself bringing her wrists forward, cold eyes overflowing with amused teasing:

“Looks like Claire wants to play bondage today, come then… why are you backing away again? If you keep being this timid, I might reverse our positions.”

“Uwah? Sister, I was wrong, don’t tie me up——!”

System: At this point, maybe I should just upgrade to a yuri sweet romance system… <<less

To survive a car accident, I accepted a contract to travel to another world, becoming the legendary villainous lady.... more>>

Bullying the innocent flower protagonist? I understand, leave it to me.

That's how it should have been, but upon opening my eyes, I found myself tied to a chair, unable to move.

The protagonist stands before me, humming an eerie tune, with a mysterious smile on her face and a red-hot iron rod in her hand.

"Let's make a choice," she says, "Do you want this, or..."

What's going on?!

[Ding dong, there's been a small issue. This world should be called "The Restarted Life of a Villainous Noble Lady"]

[Ding dong, please complete the novice task within today: Humiliate the protagonist once (0/1)]

...If that's the case, to complete the task and stay alive, there's only one option left.

"Haven't you eaten? Weakling."

This is the story of a cowardly, pain-averse, and death-fearing villainous lady, forced to counterattack against overwhelming odds, making the ultimate sacrifice and enduring the harshest treatment. <<less

Failed the college entrance exam. Crushed. Dream, gone.... more>>

“If only I could become a girl…”

A random thought Su Yun muttered before bed actually… came true.

White hair, red eyes, standing at 160 cm tall. A face so cute it practically sparkled with moisture, and skin so pale it looked like it didn’t belong in this world.

“Isn’t this basically a vampire? A beautiful vampire girl, at that.”

…

“Siatet Xiaoyun, my house is pretty big. Come home with me… and drink my blood~”

On the empty school field, a tall, stunning beauty—recognized by everyone as the school’s number one campus belle—was clinging tightly to Su Yun’s arm, refusing to let go.

But she’s the real vampire here.

So why isn’t she afraid of me?

Ah—don’t touch me there! <<less

Su Zesui suffers from severe social anxiety disorder—commonly known as extreme social phobia.... more>>

His heart races and he stutters whenever he tries to speak; he trembles and breaks out in a cold sweat whenever he’s around too many people.

Orphaned at a young age, he lost his only family—an older brother who had raised him— to cancer. At school, he was met with cold stares and constant bullying, chased around and mocked as the “little mute.”

Then, by accident, he transmigrated into the body of a wealthy young master.

In this new life, he had loving parents who spoiled him like a baby, and a healthy older brother.

The only downside? He also had a terrifying fiance arranged by their families.

This fiance had enrolled at A University at just 15 years old, was the only heir of the Gu family, and served as president of the String Theory Society. He should have had a brilliant future—but instead was infamous for his twisted possessiveness.

Rumor had it he liked to keep his fiancee locked away in a confined space, controlling them like a canary in a gilded cage until they were completely cut off from society…

Wait—cut off from society?!

Su Zesui’s eyes lit up: @Fiance, you there? Let’s get married.

. . . . .

Gu Yilan believed that cold blood ran through his veins, and a twisted demon lived in his heart. His obsession with possession screamed from the depths of his bones, relentless and uncontrollable.

No one could tolerate him—and no one had ever changed him.

Until one day, a delicate boy was sent to live with him.

At first, the boy avoided eye contact, fidgeted with his fingers, and trembled all over—no different from everyone else before him. Gu Yilan scoffed coldly in his heart.

But once inside the room…

The boy’s eyes suddenly lit up. He gently caressed the cabinet filled with chilling chains, surveillance equipment, and signal jammers, his face full of anticipation:

“E-Excuse me… Am I really allowed to stay inside forever?”

Gu Yilan, who had set up everything to scare him off: …

After that, things started slipping out of Gu Yilan’s control.

Su Zesui (angrily): “You were too rough last night. It hurt.”

Still haunted by the boy’s soft sobs from the night before, Gu Yilan frowned and scooped him up: “We’re going to the doctor.”

Su Zesui: ??!

Back when they got married, he clearly promised to lock him away forever and never let him make any contact with the outside world!

Why is he breaking his promise now?!

After spiraling through a whirlwind of self-pity and wild assumptions, Su Zesui finally pouted and concluded:

“You don’t love me anymore.”

Gu Yilan: …

Stop fooling around. <<less

“When you fall from a high place, there is no one to catch, let alone pick you up.”... more>>

Rei understood this best when her family fell from glory straight into the gutter. She understood her value better, when she was chased out of her own house- she was nothing. At the moment she was about to crumble, she looked at her older brother standing by her.

She was not alone. Not all was lost…

In the hopes of rekindling an old connection and start afresh, the path the siblings took led them to a quiet countryside.

A resplendent castle covered in beautiful red roses… so majestic… so sinister…

It also looked like… a lonely abode shrouded in desolation?

And there, she met someone; it seems he was…

… a beast. <<less

In a terrifying horror game, players stared at the missions before them with bloodshot eyes, barely clinging to life as they fled from hordes of mu*derous NPCs. But when Chen Li entered the game, he stood silently, staring at the prompt in front of him for a long time.... more>>

[Welcome to the Horror Game. Do you accept the task of playing an NPC?]

[Options: Accept / Absolutely Accept]

Chen Li: ...Fine.

. . . . .

While Chen Li was diligently carrying out his tasks, thinking he was playing a fierce NPC...

Player A: ...Why is this NPC howling like that?

Player B (excited): Today’s the day players finally fight back and kill an NPC for revenge!

Player C (panicked): W-Wait… Don’t you know that NPC is under the protection of that top player? H-He’s coming this way!!

Player B (scoffing): No way a top-tier player would ever team up with an NPC—especially such a weak one—

Before the words were even finished, footsteps echoed from the end of the dark corridor. The overwhelming pressure made all the players tremble.

Meanwhile, completely unaware, Chen Li continued roleplaying his NPC duties: “I declare—you are all surrounded!”

The three players didn’t even dare to breathe.

The top player slowly approached and stopped right in front of them.

Chen Li, puzzled, swung the fake bloody limb in his hand: "Awwooo? You’re not scared?"

He turned to the boss and snarled, baring his teeth in what he thought was a menacing way: "You’re scared, right?!"

The boss smiled gently: "Terrified. You’re too fierce."

Then he looked at the trembling players with a blank expression.

The poor bystanders immediately wet themselves from sheer terror.

. . . . .

In the Horror Game's forums, a terrifying rumor circulates: There’s an NPC so fearsome, even the Soul-Terror Puppets pale in comparison. Its twisted appearance puts the mu*der Swan to shame. No player dares to challenge any dungeon that NPC has ever appeared in.

Somewhere, in a dark room bathed in moonlight—

Chen Li: "Awooo...?"

The boss patted his head: "Yes, just like that. Very scary."

. . . . .

Top-tier player (secretly a Ghost King) × timid human pretending to be a ghost NPC

Notes:

The protagonist Shou is easily scared.

He tends to be a group favorite—many powerful NPCs like him (non-romantic).

Gong and Shou are exclusive to each other, body and soul. <<less

NOW HIRING... more>>

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※ Note : The company is not liable for any injuries or fatalities that may occur during the course of the employee’s duties.

——

A pop-up event for some ‘modern fantasy’ media I loved so much that I even took a precious day off work to attend.

On that day, I ended up transmigrating as a character in that very fantasy world.

As none other than a newly hired employee at a famous large corporation!

A dream job with great benefits, an excellent salary, and even kind and competent bosses.

I’m using the information I know about the world to rise through the ranks at lightning speed!

Am I happy, you ask?

Please, just let me go home. I’m begging you.

※ Note : The genre is horror. <<less

Su Qi initially thought that being able to make the games he liked was very happy. Being bound by the system was also very happy.... more>>

Two portions of happiness added together should have been even more happiness. But why, did this system want to turn him into the female protagonist of his own game!

Damn it, I’m a boy, I don’t want to be the female protagonist of that kind of indescribable game! <<less

“Senior Brother Lin, Senior Sister Liu has asked you to go over for dual cultivation again.”... more>>

Lin Fengmian wanted to cry, but he had no tears. “Can’t I just take a day off?”

Ever since he’d joined the Joyful Union Sect, he’d been up on the mountain tending to the soil day in and day out. It wasn’t as if his cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, but his body was getting worse every day.

This Joyful Union Sect was truly unbearable. If he stayed any longer, he’d surely die at the hands of those bone-sucking, blood-draining demonesses. <<less

Back in high school, the second bravest thing Zhou Anran ever did was, on a day when Chen Luobai looked upset, she secretly placed two lemonsoda candies on his desk.... more>>

At that time, he was the proud son of heaven sought by everyone.

She was just an ordinary classmate whose name he couldn’t even remember.

Later, they met again in university. Zhou Anran who had to fight for her life to get into the top university, remained as inconspicuous as ever in a sea of academic prodigies, while Chen Luobai instantly became the centre of attention the moment he entered the school.

Zhou Anran thought they would never cross paths again. But, one time in an elective course, Chen Luobai placed two pieces of the familiar lemonsoda candies on her desk.

“Have you tried this candy?”He seemed to ask casually.

Zhou Anran’s heart jumped, she lowered her head, not answering the question.

Chen Luobai continued, “I came to know this candy because someone in high school secretly left two pieces on my desk before. While everyone else was stuffing love letters into my desk, that person just left two candies, but—”

He paused.

Zhou Anran couldn’t help but to tilt her head to look at him, at once, her gaze was met with the boy’s smiling and focused eyes that were staring back at her, as if he was trying to convey something.

“It’s pretty sweet.”

The same words he would later say on the night he kissed her for the first time.

——All that you wish for will one day come true. <<less

Why is the villain lady who pursues the female protagonist in the novel coming to bother me?... more>>

Urgent, waiting for answers online.

Yu Chuyao, who had transmigrated into the novel, was completely confused. By all rights, she was just a nobody barely mentioned in a few brushstrokes in this book, how had she caught the eye of the Villainess?

Little did she know that our Villainess Tang Xiaorou had long considered her as her white moonlight~

As a character who had been reborn in the book, knowing that in her previous life she had given everything only to be cruelly played by the scummy girl Su Yingying, her true heart was exchanged for manipulation and revenge.

Now returning to her youth and seeing everything clearly, she naturally wouldn’t go down the wrong path again.

After all, ignoring an ugly duckling transforming into a beautiful swan, any way you look at it would be her loss!

Yu Chuyao didn’t understand why Tang Xiaorou wasn’t following the plot, helplessly dealing with situations as they came.

Tang Xiaorou also didn’t understand why the usually weak and fragile nobody from her previous life had become so difficult to pursue this time.

“Classmate Chuyao, you also don’t want last night’s matter…”

“You, you, you, please don’t talk nonsense, last night was just tutoring homework!” <<less

To get her internship certificate stamped, Ding Lei used connections to get into her cousin-in-law's company.... more>>

To her embarrassment, her cousin-in-law's daughter, Xi Zhen, seemed to have a problem with her.

Several times, while Ding Lei was still hesitating whether to greet her, she saw Xi Zhen walk away quickly with a cold expression.

Fortunately, the internship period required by the school was only six months. Once the time was up, she could get her stamp and leave.

*

To ensure Ding Lei had a ride to and from work, their elders arranged for her and Xi Zhen to live together.

Their initially awkward cohabitation gradually took on a different flavor.

The woman who initially avoided her began to have an increasingly strong presence in Ding Lei's work and personal life.

"Duoduo, I have a document here. Come and get it."

"Stay for dinner? I can't finish all this by myself." The dishes laid out were all Ding Lei's favorites, and chopsticks were already thoughtfully handed to her.

*

On the last day of her internship.

"Director Xi, these are the documents that need your approval and stamp."

"So happy? Did something good happen?"

"My internship certificate is stamped! Once these are done, I won't have to come anymore!"

After the documents were processed, she was pressed against the desk, and the woman whispered in her ear, "Where should the other stamp go?"

Ding Lei, blushing and annoyed, covered her mouth and threatened weakly, "You, if you do this again, I'll tell Sister Yongmei!"

Xi Zhen smiled, "Tell her what? That I'm being insubordinate?"

*

The perennially unchanged archives department added a new position, and on the same day, an intern joined, accompanied by the HR Director.

The intern, Ding Lei, was sweet, cute, well-behaved, and soft-spoken. In contrast, Young Director Xi Zhen was aloof and formidable; no one dared to make mistakes under her supervision.

Gossip is human nature. Everyone felt this newcomer with connections had a significant background. Some even speculated she was the CEO's illegitimate daughter, Young Director Xi's half-sister (from a different mother).

However, the two looked nothing alike and their styles were polar opposites, so discerning people scoffed at the latter speculation.

After it was noticed that intern Ding Lei and Xi Zhen were never seen in the same place, the illegitimate daughter rumors intensified.

Until someone witnessed the intern sitting in Young Director Xi's passenger seat in the garage, car door ajar, the two kissing passionately.

Huh? Can blood sisters do that?

So, not sisters, but lovers? Were they avoiding each other all along to keep it secret???

The rumors took a 180-degree turn, but the individuals involved were completely unaware.

Later, someone reporting work happened upon the CEO and the intern both in Young Director Xi's office.

Oh ho, now there's a show to watch!

Indeed, the CEO was very angry; her voice carried through the slightly ajar door.

"Xi Zhen! Duoduo is your younger aunt! How can you address her by her full name?!"

What? Aunt and niece?!!

*

After work, inside Xi Zhen's car.

After a lingering, deep kiss, Xi Zhen asked, "Shall I take you home tonight?"

"N-no, I'm not going back," Ding Lei said softly, her face flushed red, head lowered.

"Then, Little Aunt, one more time, okay?" <<less

“Have s** with my brother. And let me secretly watch the two of you doing it.”... more>>

Excelsior, a mansion consumed by desire.

There, two brothers are complexly entangled in power, love, and hate.

Caught between them, Lee Eunjae finds himself ensnared in a trap he cannot escape.

eunjae’s husband, shi yoonoh, manipulates eunjae by forcing perverse desires upon him,

while his husband’s brother, shi hyunoh, devours eunjae’s body and mind with overwhelming domination and control.

On the stairs, in the bedroom, and in the darkness.

The forbidden, almost touching relationship pushes eunjae dangerously close to the edge with every moment…

“What if, if yoonoh hyung sees us… uh, hmph, what do we do?”

“Shall we show yoonoh?”

“No, ugh, no…”

“Why? I think it’d make me even more excited.”

Love always exists in the closest places, in the most twisted forms.

What ending awaits the three at the cliff’s edge of taboos and desires, domination and destruction? <<less

“Dragons experience fated love. There’s a destined partner determined by the world line, and they inevitably fall in love with that person.”... more>>

Siol, who devoted himself to alchemy at the royal research institute. He dies at the hands of a blue dragon, branded as the ‘Alchemist of Death’ due to the betrayal of his disciple and the king. Siol escapes from the dead homunculus body and returns to his original body, but somehow his original body has transformed into that of a child. Just then, he encounters the blue dragon Eoreugen who came to rescue him. Without a chance to explain his identity, Siol is moved to Eoreugen’s castle, where he is protected as part of the beast-human family and faces secrets he never knew before…

Siol’s world turns upside down in an instant. Will he be able to shed the stigma of being the ‘Alchemist of Death’ and take revenge on the king and his disciple? <<less

The embodiment of incompetence in the original novel and the cause of its anticlimactic ending. ... more>>

A troublesome character who disappeared through adaptation in the webtoon, he was reincarnated as 'Kafka Sonder.'

He has memories of his past life, so he could try to change fate if he wanted to... But he has no energy, no motivation, and couldn't care less whether the world ends or not.

So he tried to live quietly like a dead mouse, doing absolutely nothing.

'Why is he manifesting an aura now?'

Even when the plot flows differently than expected,

"Let's go somewhere quiet and have a little chat."

Even when he keep running into 'Soren,' the protagonist he wanted to avoid most.

He had to remember his resolution to never get involved...

"You're saying you'll give up on defeating the Demon King because of me alone?"

"Yeah. It'd be perfect if we all die and meet in hell, don't you think?"

The disaster that came the moment he got greedy for a happy ending.

At the end of this chaos he brought upon himself, what kind of ending will this world face? <<less

“What do you think would happen if we were to have a child, My Queen?”... more>>

The king asked, looking at his queen after an unexpected question.

“You claimed I was infertile. Is that truly possible?”

“…I’m just saying if it were to happen.”

“Such a thing will probably never happen.”

He chuckled, thinking of the tea he drank every day.

“Do you think I would allow the blood of a mere barbarian to inherit my throne?”

Gazing into the king’s icy eyes, she realized he was no longer the king who once cherished her. The child growing within her would never be embraced. Naturally, her value to him would diminish once she became pregnant.

“…Indeed, it is inconceivable.”

And so, she saw no reason to remain by his side any longer. <<less

Every night, Ji Ling dreamed of intimate moments with a beautiful, unfamiliar woman. To find a solution, she traveled to the countryside to meet her "destined person." However, a thick fog rolled in, and the sound of suona horns reached her ears. When she opened her eyes again, it was midnight, and ghosts surrounded her. Stumbling, she ran to a house lit by candlelight, only to see red silk and veils. A woman in a red wedding dress sat by the bed. On the table in front of her was a red ledger, with the two prominent characters: "Love Debt."... more>>

It turns out that in her previous life, Ji Ling was a yao (a type of demon or supernatural being in Chinese mythology). While fleeing, she met Lin Qingjiu, who saved her life. In the days that followed, Ji Ling aggressively pursued her savior. After finally winning Lin Qingjiu over, Ji Ling, for reasons unknown, decided to leave without a word.

As a result, Ji Ling was forcibly bound to the "Love Debt" system. She must repay this debt to completely sever this karmic connection. The method of repaying this love debt is as follows:

"Ah... that's enough..." Ji Ling weakly pushed away Lin Qingjiu's hand. The other person leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Good girl, just one last time."

Night after night, Ji Ling was utterly consumed, her body covered in hickeys that never truly faded, old ones fading as new ones appeared. Her once beautiful face became haggard and pale. Ji Ling despaired, thinking, "When will this ever end?" <<less

In this world, when you turn 16, you can receive blessings from various animal gods. The timid girl Sofia Reeler ends up receiving the blessing from the "Gorilla God," who is said to be the strongest in combat.... more>>

While struggling with her dislike for fighting, her extraordinary power draws attention, and before she knows it, she becomes a squire in the Royal Knights. This is a story where she solves all kinds of problems and incidents using sheer strength. <<less

In the summer of my twentieth year, wishing to be loved by my family, a being from another dimension transmigrated into my body.... more>>

Only after undoing the traces he left behind did I realize.

It wasn’t because I was Liriel Wecker that I wasn’t loved.

It was because I was me.

So, I no longer wanted to be loved.

But then.

After abandoning the Wecker family, which was my whole life, I met him in the North.

A strange man with iolite-colored eyes, wearing just a thin shirt even on the white snowfield.

⋆⭒˚☾⋆.˚ ⋆⭒˚☾⋆.˚ ⋆⭒˚☾⋆.˚

“I-I was wrong.”

Liriel squeezed his eyes shut and added hastily.

“I ate Your Grace’s strawberries!”

His lowered shoulders trembled. Almost on the verge of tears, Liriel peeked up when no response came for a while.

A white sword blade glinted before his eyes.

Uh… it’s a sword?

With eyes more puzzled than fearful, Cassius replied with a slightly troubled expression.

“Don’t apologize without a reason from now on.”

“But I have a reason…”

I ate the strawberries.

“Don’t.” <<less

To overcome the grief of losing his mother and to forget a first love that could never be, Sewon impulsively sets off on a trip to Istanbul.... more>>

There, Sewon meets a man who seems to live in a world entirely different from his own.

Brought together by chance, the two begin traveling as companions, and the more they talk, the more they find themselves drawn to each other…

Under the pretext of alcohol, Sewon confesses to him that the friend he once liked was a “man.”

“Want to come to my room? Tell me if I’m misunderstanding this.”

“…It’s not a misunderstanding.”

The next morning, after an impulsive night with the man, Sewon wakes up and happens to glimpse a message that arrives on the man’s phone.

「Having fun on your trip, honey? Don’t forget to bring back the gift you promised~!」

It was, without a doubt, a sweet message from a lover waiting for their partner to return from the journey.

“Memories from a trip should be left behind at the trip.”

Sewon realizes there is a hidden meaning in the man’s words and, overwhelmed with shame, flees back to Korea.

One year later,

Sewon encounters the man he’d left behind at the travel destination once again.

“Gong Sewon-ssi.”

“Yes.”

“How many Gongs do you think live in Seoul?”

And this time, as his workplace superior.

------

Sewon clenched and unclenched his fists, feeling his mouth go dry.

"I don't need someone with grit, effort, and diligence. I need someone who can work in sync with me without needing me to explain everything from scratch. That's why I requested someone with experience."

Dojun looked at Sewon with an expressionless gaze. There was no warmth in the man’s eyes as he treated Sewon like a colleague or a stranger. Only now, a year later, did Sewon realize how warmly Dojun had looked at him back in Istanbul.

“It’s not that I opposed you because of personal feelings.”

“…”

“It’s just… my team doesn’t need someone like Gong Sewon-ssi.” <<less