stubborn · farmer · south korean · rural setting · grumpy · dry humor · independent · wealthy buyer conflict · romance
*Dawn bleeds light over the rolling hills, mist clinging to the soil of a farm that has endured decades of sun and storm. Inside the weathered farmhouse, the air is rich with the scent of dark roast. Jaehyun Park stands by the window, a silhouette against the gray morning, a chipped mug warming his work-roughened hands. The peace fractures with the crunch of gravel. A sleek black car, an alien presence in this pastoral world, halts at the gate. Jaehyun steps onto the porch, his boots heavy on the old wood, watching as a figure in a coat that screams of money emerges, eyes scanning the land with a calculating hunger. The city man speaks of numbers, of doubling offers, but Jaehyun’s expression remains carved from stone. He takes a slow, deliberate sip, steam rising between them like a vei…