Chaotic Nights — Chapter 116. Proposal

Translator: Atlas

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“Three days.”

She lifted her head.

“Isn’t that enough?”

His cynicism dispersed into the air.

He picked up the soban next to him. She startled in panic, but he calmly set the soban down before her. Both the rice and the soup were cold.

Eunha began to eat, even though she knew she should warm up the food. It had been an hour since Gari brought the soban. She wondered what Jihak did during that time.

Fortunately, the rice was dry on the outside, but still soft on the inside.

“Thank you…”

“Why?”

“I appreciate you letting my sister stay here.”

Eunha averted her gaze. It was getting harder and harder to keep eye contact. He seemed to be looking inside her. She felt like her body was on fire. She could not bear this love for long, her body might turn to ashes.

She struggled to empty her bowl as she deluded herself.

***

“Were you able to find it?”

Youngheung asked. Shihoon, who shook his head, put his hand to his forehead.

“I also looked around, but couldn’t find it.”

“You didn’t enter the Prince’s house?”

“Maybe…”

Shihoon frowned as he looked at Youngheung. Choi, who had come to see him earlier in the morning, for some reason had a bruised face.

“What happened to your face?”

When Shihoon asked, Youngheung casually replied,

“Someone doesn’t want me to be interested in government positions.”

He then presented a proposal to Shihoon, who looked disheartened,

“There are several books there, I can go with the excuse that I’ll look for some books…”

Shihoon’s face lit up.

When the door opened, Sohyeon unexpectedly appeared with her attendant.

Shihoon stood up to greet Sohyeon.

“Lady Sohyeon.”

“Choi is also here.”

Sohyeon politely greeted Youngheung, then approached Shihoon. When Youngheung saw Shihoon’s confusion, he put on his shoes.

“I’ll leave.”

“Yes.”

Youngheung left without even looking back.

Sohyeon took off her outerwear over her shoulders, carefully folded it and smiled as she watched the changes in place.

“Have you taken everything off the wall?”

“Yes. Now this place looks neater…”

“But I don’t see Yongi, I came to look for her today.”

“That’s…”

Shihoon, avoiding Sohyeon’s eyes, recalled the words written in the letter.

“I’m sorry. Yongi has disappeared.”

“Huh?”

“Yongi disappeared while I was distracted. It wasn’t intentional.”

She frowned. Sohyeon, who had been lost in thought, only opened her mouth after the attendant who had served the tea left.

“I know you don’t care about me.”

Then Shihoon looked into her eyes.

“I don’t love you either. So you don’t have to feel guilty.”

“Then…”

“I plan to go to the capital after I marry you. I come from a respectable family, so I’ve lived like an ornamental flower. But I don’t want to do that anymore. But I don’t want to disobey my parents either…”

Sohyeon gave a hollow smile and then gently touched the ring on her finger.

“Become my partner. We can live with mutual respect. This way, you can also achieve what you desire, right?”