A Kind Intruder

When I-Han Jeong was just nine years old, a devastating car accident claimed the lives of her mother and brother. In the wake of that tragedy, she found solace in the care of her next-door neighbors, Chi-O Han and his parents, who stepped in to raise her as their own. Now on the threshold of university life, I-Han suddenly finds herself sharing a home with Chi-O. As they navigate this new living arrangement, she is confronted by an unexpected realization: her feelings for the boy who has always been like an older brother have quietly evolved into something far deeper than familial affection. Balancing the lingering weight of her childhood trauma with the unfamiliar challenges of being a college freshman proves difficult enough, but I-Han’s world is thrown further off balance when she crosses paths with Yu-Jin Seo. A champion judoka at their university, Yu-Jin bears a striking resemblance to her late brother, stirring up emotions she thought she had laid to rest. Just as she begins to process this uncanny encounter, she discovers that he is moving in right next door, setting the stage for a complicated chapter where past grief and present desires inevitably collide.