“Call us often.”

His father dropped Seol Jihu and Yoo Seonhwa in front of Seol Jihu’s apartment before driving off. Now left alone, an awkward air flowed between the two.

“Uh… should we go in?”

Seol Jihu broke the silence first. Yoo Seonhwa nodded. She put on an apron as soon as she walked in.

“Let’s eat first. I’ll make you your favorite dish.”

“But I just ate.”

“You can eat more. You lost a lot of weight while you were at the hospital, you know.”

That was true. Because he relied on medication without eating any food, he had lost close to five kilograms. When he revived in Paradise and opened his status window, his weight had been one of the things that shocked him.

Tong, tong, tong…. Yoo Seonhwa calmly sliced green onions. She seemed to be in thought, or perhaps she was just concentrating.

Seol Jihu stared at Yoo Seonhwa’s back as she prepared the ingredients. It almost felt like they returned to the past.

‘Baek Haeju….’

A gentle smile surfaced on Seol Jihu’s face as he thought about his first meeting with her in Paradise. Then he said in a soft voice.

“Haeju.”

Tang! The kitchen knife struck the cutting board. Ten seconds later, Seol Jihu realized he made a mistake. He had accidentally said Baek Haeju’s name because he was thinking about her.

Yoo Seonhwa was frozen, not moving a single finger, with the kitchen knife in one hand.

“Well, um…”

When Seol Jihu shook his hands in a fluster, Yoo Seonhwa’s head turned to the side like a stringless puppet.

“As I thought…”

She looked at Seol Jihu with her eyebrow raised and smiled beamingly.

“You knew…?”

Seol Jihu was scared out of his mind. Yoo Seonhwa usually put up with his jokes, but she hated it when he joked around during...