Transmigration: The Narcissistic Cinderella

Staring at the bean sprout soup before her, Moon Jiwoo picked up the spoon and took a sip out of the soup. A solemn expression sat on her face as she did so.

It had been two days since she had last seen Oh Sookyung, and right now, she was terribly missing him. Moon Jiwoo was aware of how he was just busy with work, and that made it impossible for him to spare time with her.

But that didn't mean that her heart would be able to understand it. Moon Jiwoo's ċhėst felt quite heavy, and staring at the soup in front of her, she did not have much of an appetite for it.

Jiwoo wanted to pay the man a visit, but then again, that would make her seem too desperate for him. As much Jiwoo wanted to abandon her pride, it did matter to her more or less. It wasn't possible for her to completely ignore that.

Although bean sprout soup was something she was fond of, today, it felt quite bland to her, and after taking a sip out of it, she did not feel like tasting it further. Staring at the soup, she stirred it rhythmically while letting out a sigh.

Many thoughts began to ran through her mind in that moment.

She wondered about how she will be continuing further with rest of her life if she was this desperate over him right now, and this just seemed to be intensifying as seconds passed by.

His image flashed in her mind in that moment, and that's when, she was ready to abandon all of her pride. Maybe she shouldn't think too much of her on pride and pay him a small visit. 

Oh Sookyung might be looking forward to meeting with her more than she does.

'Yeah, Moon Jiwoo, let's do that. Just pretend that you have something important to talk to him about and pay him a visit. 

Then, he won't be getting any reasons to tease you about it. Ah! I can't believe that, I, Moon Jiwoo, am doing something like this. But I am sure this can't be helped.

Surely, Sookyung is missing me more than I am, and I guess, I have to be kind and grace him with my presence. After all, I have to be the bigger person in this situation. 

I really feel bad for the poor him. He wants to be with me this badly that he is driving himself to work this much. Maybe I should just take pity on him and visit him.

Yes, that's what this is about. I am not visiting him because I am missing him or worried about him. It's just that pity. Yeah! There is no such thing as me being desperate for him. After all, I am Moon Jiwoo.'

Regardless of how absurd those words sounded to Moon Jiwoo, she managed to convince herself with those words and decided to pay the man a visit. With that, maybe she would even give him a piece of her mind for not at least meeting him for her a second daily.

He would have been able to manage that if he was as crazy over her as he claimed to be.

That's when, a sharp pain went through Moon Jiwoo's ċhėst, and her eyes widened due to it. All of a sudden, she found it difficult to breath, and she started to cough vehemently. It felt to her as if something was stuck in her throat, making it hard for her to breath.

While tears started to form at the corner of her eyes, she clutched on to her neck tightly, and creases formed between both of her eyebrows due to the ache that went through her forehead.

Finding it difficult to bear this, she wanted to call out for help, but it was not possible for her to do so. With her losing her voice, she was only able to cough in that instant. 

She wondered why none of the maids in the kitchen was responding to her coughs. Although she wasn't able to say anything, she was sure that the sound from her coughs was enough to alert them in this instant.

This either meant that they were ignoring her or they were not present in the kitchen. The chances of both of that happening was odd since Oh Sookyung ordered them to pay special attention to her, but right then, Moon Jiwoo wasn't at the state to think about all of that.

She knew that she had to get help quickly.

Although she was able to be bȧrėly stable in that second, she managed to grip on to the table with her shaky fingers, and even though her legs trembled, she tried to stand up. As the chair behind her slid back, she put in all of her attempt into standing up.

However, it seemed that she wasn't all that successful in accomplishing that. The plate filled with her food on the table slid down as she lost her balance, and along with her, it fell down on the ground.

Moon Jiwoo continued with her coughs as she fell back on the ground, and all the food served to her fell above of her. A sharp pain went through her body while collapsed on the ground, and in that moment, it was difficult for her to maintain her balance while sitting up.

More shock went within Moon Jiwoo when she noticed how blood started to flow out the moment she coughed, and red stained the floor along with her clothing.

But she could've find herself thinking too much about it as a sharp ache went through her head, and dizziness passed through her. She found herself getting light-headed, and she wasn't sure of how long she would be able to stay awake at this state.

As much as strong her survival instinct was, Moon Jiwoo craved to give up in this moment due to the intense pain. Maybe surrending to it would be making the things better for her.

The pain was too strong for her to persist further, and it didn't take long for her to give up soon. Closing her eyes, she gave in to the sleep while hoping for someone to save her from this. There had been a lot of things she hadn't been able to accomplish.

The second she was able to lose her consciousness, Oh Sookyung's face flashed in her mind, and there were lots of things she wanted to do with him. Without having to complete those things with him, there was no way she would be able to let herself die.

She did not want to be filled with regrets and then come back as a vengeful ghost due to that.

"Oh Sookyung, where are you?"

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A sharp ache went through her head as Moon Jiwoo opened her eyes slowly. What greeted her was the white ceilings, and that left her wondering on where she possibly could be at. 

That's when, she smelt the disinfectants, and she noticed that her hand was connected to a IV drop through a needle.

That's when, everything started to come back to Moon Jiwoo. She recalled about how she was poisoned back at the dining room and how close to dying she was back then. She could remember about how desperately she was clinging on to life.

Seeing how she managed wake up like this, did this mean that she did not die? Relief spread through her ċhėst at that, and although the aches that spread through her entire body, she managed a smile upon her face.

"Shin Daerin, you are finally awake! I got a big scare back then when you were discovered like this. How are you feeling right now? I will just call the doctor right now. This is a great miracle."

Hearing Oh Sookyung's voice beside her, she turned her head to face the man and said, "I am fine."

Although her voice was hoarse and low, he managed to hear her words. It was clear to Moon Jiwoo on how relieved the man seemed, and it appeared that Oh Sookyung was completely worn off during this period of time.

"I am relieved. I really relieved. Thank you for waking up, Shin Daerin. I was about to get a heart attack. I didn't know what I would do if you didn't open your eyes. Maybe I would have gone completely crazy. You don't know how happy I am to see you open your eyes. I am really thankful. Thank you," he voiced out.

"You're overexaggerating," she stated, "There is no way something could happen to me from from something as small as that."

"You idiot, don't say something like that. It was my fault this time around for being inattentive. I will make sure that nothing like this happens again. I ȧssure you about that. I am sorry, Shin Daerin, about this."