Poor Merchen
Late spring—on a street unusually damp and buzzing with life. Seohee, worn out and withering under her parents’ contempt and neglect, finds herself entangled with a libertine infamous for his promiscuous private life. “Ah. I didn’t really plan to go this far….” “……” “I’ll be spending the night.” A man who freely crosses the line between kindness and cruelty. A man who tosses around love carelessly. A man who mocks fairytales, calling them hollow illusions—Joo Taebaek. Wrapped in all things vivid and dazzling, he crashes into Seohee like a violent wave, shaking her to the core. “Alright. I’ll keep your secret.” “…Really?” “In exchange, let me screw you—loud and wild.” A filthy act of rebellion. A fleeting moment of euphoria. “No need to overthink it.” She thought that if she assimilated with him, she might at least share in his counterfeit love. So, she willingly threw herself into a fleeting flame. Was she really insane? Who taught her how to seduce a man like him? “Um… it’s over now, right?” Seohee slightly lowered her head toward a completely dazed Taebaek. “I have to go before midnight.” So then— Who really got swept up in the fire?
