Life is Easier If You're Handsome novel Chapter 238

His whole body trembled.

“Uuuugh... Uuuuuugh!!!”

What was this feeling?

A sensation he had never experienced in his entire life.

No matter the situation, he had always solved everything with brute strength.

Even when facing difficulties, a little time was all he needed to break through.

But this—

This was impossible to accept.

“AAAAAAGH!!!”

Mid-June.

The day Evelyn’s talk show aired across the United States.

Edward Maxwell had watched the broadcast live.

The WBC heavyweight champion, stripped of all his dignity, sat there, eyes wide, watching every second of it.

“Grhkkkk...!”

And at that moment, he felt the greatest pain of his life.

He had already known that Kim Donghu had saved Evelyn.

Sure, he could accept that much.

In fact, he had even been relieved.

Because Evelyn had gotten out of it unharmed.

But.

No. No, this can’t be happening!

The moment he saw Evelyn’s face, his heart collapsed.

Even the dullest, most oblivious idiot would recognize that expression.

The look of a girl utterly in love.

Thud.

Edward sank to the floor.

But the worst part—

Was yet to come.

—“No one else can call me Jane but him. It’s like a pet name.”

For Edward, who had genuinely liked Evelyn—not just as a fan, but as a man—

this was the single most devastating thing she could have said.

It was practically a public declaration of their relationship.

Her face had been so openly affectionate that even the talk show host had momentarily frozen in shock.

“...Why is time moving so slowly?”

Edward stared at her happy expression and fell into despair once more.

He had always believed that he would be the one to bring her happiness.

And now, his heart was being torn apart.

But from that moment on, time no longer moved slowly for Edward.

Before, he had trained simply to crush his opponents.

But now, he had a specific goal.

He decided to accept it all.

I’ll use all this rage as fuel.

Click.

He turned on the TV.

Vowing never to turn it off again.

July passed, empty and meaningless.

Then August arrived, bringing the official broadcast of Will It Work on the Mainland? on Netflix.

Before, he wouldn’t have even considered watching it.

But now, he had completely changed his mind.

The subtitles are in English anyway.

If that was the case, he might as well analyze every last detail.

With that thought, he pressed play.

“...That scene hasn’t aired yet.”

He realized he had to wait for all twelve episodes.

Annoyed but determined, he resumed training.

Then, about three weeks later—

The scene played on the giant screen.

Bang!

—“Everyone, lower your hands. I don’t want to hurt you.”

“Everyone, lower your hands. I don’t want to hurt you...”

Edward muttered Kim Donghu’s words under his breath.

Repeating them over and over as he continued his training.

By late September—

The main trailer for Tarzan was released.

This translation is the intellectual property of Novelight.

As expected from a musical film, it showcased dramatic dance and song sequences.

And then, the final scene—

—“...I’ll kill you and wear your hide, Sabo.”

Kim Donghu’s eyes burned with murderous intent.

With that, the two-minute trailer ended.

“Hah.”

Edward let out a breath and simply tweeted—

【 Fake Tarzan, you are unworthy of the name. You should be ashamed of your disgusting luck for standing beside Jane. 】

It was the lightest wording he could manage.

And with that, he shut his phone.

Thud.

Thud.

Thud.

He poured all his fury into his training.

Turning every ounce of this torment into the fuel for his victory.

And, of course—

The internet went absolutely insane.

The public had always been starving for drama.

A direct call-out like this was exactly what they wanted.

To make things even better, Kim Donghu’s response came swiftly.

ㄴ A scared dog barks the loudest.

A provocation met with an even stronger provocation.

At first, Donghu had assumed this was just theatrics—

a bit of staged trash talk to build hype for the fight.

Until—

【 You being by her side is unacceptable. You need to be punished. 】

ㄴ ...Huh?

ㄴ Uh??

ㄴ Wait, what???

ㄴ ????!

ㄴ What??????

Originally, boxing rivalries followed a simple formula.

Two fighters [N O V E L I G H T] would trash-talk, exchange some insults,

then step into the ring, fight, determine the winner, and move on.

It was a predictable, one-dimensional structure.

After all, how could two fighters possibly build up a full-blown dramatic rivalry like something out of a movie?

That’s why most of the story revolved around how evenly matched they were.

The focus was on their rankings, their positions, what was at stake in the fight.

But the sudden mention of her changed everything.

[Breaking Theory... Edward was secretly in love with Evelyn??]

— But it looks like Kim Donghu stole her from him...

— If you break down his tweet, the only “she” he could be talking about is Evelyn.

ㄴ So it was a love triangle? Edward → Evelyn → Kim Donghu?