Ok-soon only had one child, a daughter. But that daughter passed away from illness at a young age.
It felt like the sky was falling, but she could endure it because she had Yoon, her granddaughter, whom she had to take care of.
It seemed much better for her to grow up under a wealthy dad than them. With tears in her eyes, she sent her off, thinking that, but after two years, she returned in a state of extreme emaciation after suffering from hunger.
She didn’t know how much she cried holding Yoon. The ones who put the child in that hellhole were none other than them. Ok-soon and Ho-sik couldn’t even look at Yoon properly for a while due to guilt.
However, Yoon never once resented them. Moreover, seeing her trying to help with laundry, cleaning, and household chores, even if they tried to stop her, her heart would ache.
“Why live here when you lived in a good house before?”
When Ok-soon asked, Yoon smiled and answered.
“This is a good house.”
She was a kind child who always treated her impoverished grandparents affectionately, without feeling ashamed.
“…Heaven is indifferent.”
Ok-soon resented the heavens.
“What did I… what did I do so wrong! Why are they taking everything away from me?”
Ok-soon had only wished for Yoon’s happiness. But if Yoon wasn’t there…
Ok-soon would have no reason to live anymore. Hot tears flowed from Ok-soon’s eyes.
“Yes, let’s go together, Grandma. If I go with my child, it’ll be okay with Grandma.”
At that moment, Ho-sik and Ok-soon locked eyes. With red eyes, Ho-sik nodded.
“Yes, let’s go with our Yoon. So our Yoon won’t be lonely, let’s go together.”
She had no lingering attachments to a world without Yoon.
“Poor my child.”
Ok-soon’s eyes continuously shed hot tears.
How much did she cry holding Yoon, who grew up far more deficient than other children? She never attended an academy that others went to, never complained, and received used workbooks without complaining.
“All you did was suffer, my child.”
Ok-soon’s heart was torn apart.
“I did her perm and dyed her hair a few days ago.”
A few days ago, Yoon came to her house, dyed her hair beautifully, and coquettishly begged for love.
“Was that our final farewell?”
Ok-soon’s heart was torn into pieces.
After Yoon got married, she always sent her away, not holding her hand even once. She regretted it painfully.
“Poor my child.”
Hot tears flowed incessantly from Ok-soon’s eyes.
Could she stroke that beautiful face once more and hug her in her arms?
“My child, Yoon-ah.”
Ok-soon’s sobbing lament echoed in front of the operating room.
Holding Ok-soon’s hand, Ho-jeong also couldn’t control her flowing tears.
At that moment, the operating room door opened, and a doctor came out, and Ok-soon and Ho-sik stood up straight.
“The colon burst, so we performed sutures. During the surgery, there was also a shock…”
The doctor’s briefing continued. However, Ok-soon and Ho-sik couldn’t properly understand what the doctor was saying.
“So, sir. Is our Yoon alive? Is it possible for him to survive?”
Ok-soon, who was anxious, cut off the doctor’s words and asked.
“Please wait quietly. The doctor is speaking. Why are you so impatient that you have to ask after the teacher finishes talking?”
To Ok-soon, the head teacher retorted as if shooting words at her.
Seeing Ok-soon, who usually had a bad reputation, speaking in such a way, Ho-jeong grabbed Ok-soon’s hand. Although he wasn’t the most likable person, they didn’t know he could be this despicable.
Now, in a situation where their granddaughter was going back and forth between life and death, it was unimaginable that someone could act so shamelessly. Ho-jeong glared at the head teacher with a side glance.
“The surgery hasn’t finished yet.”
The doctor opened his mouth with a regretful look in his eyes. The words that the surgery hadn’t finished yet made Ok-soon and Ho-sik stagger.
It had already been several hours since they entered the operating room, and the fact that it hadn’t finished yet indicated that it wasn’t a usual serious situation.
“Although we’ve passed the critical point…”
At the doctor’s words, Ok-soon’s legs gave out, and she collapsed into a chair. Ho-sik also staggered and leaned against the wall.
“Yoon-ah, my child.”
Ho-jeong embraced Ok-soon, who was crying out.
“It will be okay. Teacher Seo will definitely be okay.”
Ho-jeong also shed tears continuously.
“Poor my child. Why is this happening to our kind Yoon… I’d rather you take me. Take me away.”
Ok-soon cried out. Ok-soon was now almost out of her mind.
At that moment.
Clean dress shoes entered Ok-soon’s sight. Ok-soon slowly lifted her head.
A man stood in front of her, one knee bent, reaching out his hand.
“Hold my hand.”
He was a well-dressed, handsome man.
“…Mr. Cha?”
“Yes, Mr. Cha. I’m sorry for being late. Grandma.”
Ok-soon took the hand that Kang-hyun extended.
Kang-hyun held her hand, carefully lifted Ok-soon, and seated her in a chair.
“Our… Yoon.”
Ok-soon opened her mouth, shedding tears.
“It will be okay. Don’t worry.”
Kang-hyun supported Ho-sik and sat beside Ok-soon.
“Mr. Cha.”
Ho-sik also shed tears as he looked at Kang-hyun. Kang-hyun took out a handkerchief and wiped away the tears of Ho-sik and Ok-soon.
To Ho-sik and Ok-soon, Kang-hyun’s appearance seemed to have brought some calmness.
Until Kang-hyun came, they didn’t know what to do or how to handle the situation. They blamed themselves for not being able to help Yoon, who was going back and forth between life and death.
But with Kang-hyun coming, they suddenly felt reassured.
Suddenly, the area in front of the operating room became chaotic with Kang-hyun’s arrival.
“Isn’t that Cha Kang-hyun?”
“Why is Cha Kang-hyun here?”
“Didn’t he say he was in Japan?”
People began taking out their phones and started taking pictures. Kang-hyun only focused his gaze on Ok-soon and Ho-sik, despite the murmurs around him.
Looking at Ok-soon, who was trembling, and Ho-sik, it hurt his heart. Seeing a man shouting at Ok-soon from a distance and crying while sitting on the floor, he almost punched the man.
“Find out about their hospital room.”
“Yes.”
At Kang-hyun’s words, Moo-jin disappeared somewhere, and Cheol-yeong, Gyeong-hwa, and Kang-hyun’s bodyguards surrounded Ok-soon and Ho-sik.
Kang-hyun’s sudden appearance made the head teacher, Yeong-hoon, Ho-jeong, and other teachers just stand there with open mouths.
“Is he not Mr. Cha Kang-hyun?”
The head teacher approached Kang-hyun and cautiously asked, but Kang-hyun didn’t respond. He was the man who had shouted at Ok-soon a while ago.
“How are they related?”
The head teacher, who had been alternating between Ok-soon and Kang-hyun, asked again. Kang-hyun ignored him and approached the doctor.
“What is the current condition?”
“Ah… By the way, what is your relationship with the patient?”
The doctor asked, looking puzzled.
“I am the guardian.”
“What? A guardian? What does that mean?”
People around, including the doctor, were puzzled by the term ‘guardian.’ Those who were busy taking pictures with their phones stopped and everyone stared at Kang-hyun.
“I am Seo Yoon’s…”
As everyone watching closed their mouths, the atmosphere instantly became silent.
“Husband.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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