“Suffering from malnutrition in that house…”
Ok Soon spoke with tears welling up.
“How long was Yoon in that house?”
The term malnutrition became a dagger piercing Kang Hyun’s heart.
“My mom died not long ago, and she went there; she was 12. After that, she lived in that house for two years. How difficult it must have been for the young one; someone lent her 50,000 won, saying she escaped from that house on that early morning.”
Ok Soon spoke with a trembling voice, and Hosik thumped his chest beside her.
“We didn’t know anything; we just believed they were taking good care of her… Whenever we asked about what happened in that house, they kept silent, as if knowing would only make us suffer… Wouldn’t it be better not to know? How badly she must have been treated to run away.”
Ok Soon poured out tears.
“It’s all my fault.”
Hosik sighed and opened his mouth.
“The person who took her to that house, leading her around, is me. Since her biological father is a congressman, I thought it would be better for her to grow up in that house…”
Hosik thumped his chest. Unaware that it was hell, he pushed Yoon into that place with his own hands.
Due to using the entire security deposit for Yoon’s mom’s hospital bills, they couldn’t afford to raise Yoon.
Yoon’s mom got married to a widower with two sons when Yoon was around five. However, after getting cancer, she was abandoned.
So, the entire burden of their daughter’s hospital bills fell on Hosik and Ok Soon.
The money the couple earned from their wall-covering business during their younger days all went into their daughter’s hospital bills, and after covering the funeral expenses when she passed away, there was hardly any money left.
Whether the daughter sensed her impending death or not, a few days before, she confided about Yoon’s birth to them. Hosik, thinking that growing up under the care of a congressman would be better for Yoon, sent her to that house.
“It’s all because of me that our Yoon had to go through that suffering…”
Hosik blamed himself again.
Listening to Yoon’s words when she woke up, Kang Hyun recalled that forgotten day. The day he went to the house of his high school classmates because they kept bothering him to meet.
That day, he ended up going to their house because he was annoyed. While going upstairs to use the bathroom, he saw a pitiful child eating leftover snacks.
“How hungry must she have been…”
Kang Hyun gritted his teeth.
“Um… I’m really sorry, but oppa, could you lend me some money?”
As Ok Soon, shedding tears, tried to get off the bed, Kang Hyun stopped her.
“Yoon still needs stability. I will come to see her when she calms down.”
“But… I still want to see her.”
Ok Soon wiped away her tears.
“To see Yoon, Grandma needs to gather strength too. So please eat well.”
“…Got it.”
“If Yoon wakes up, I’ll go see her.”
“Sure, go see her soon.”
Ok Soon nodded.
Kang Hyun walked steadily toward Yoon’s hospital room.
‘Ah, malnutrition…’
Kang Hyun was amazed at the term malnutrition in today’s world.
Hearing Yoon’s words when she regained consciousness, Kang Hyun remembered the forgotten day. The day he reluctantly went to the house of his high school classmates who kept bothering him to meet.
That day, he ended up going to their house because he was annoyed. While going upstairs to use the bathroom, he saw a pitiful child eating leftover snacks.
‘How hungry must she have been…’
Kang Hyun gritted his teeth.
“Um… I’m really sorry, but oppa, could you lend me some money?”
“Sure, I’ll lend you some. But you must pay it back.”
The child spoke with desperate eyes.
‘Why are you so thin? Don’t they feed you at home?’
“They do.”
A skinny and pitiful child.
“But why do you need the money?”
“I want to go home.”
“What?”
“Oh… no, never mind. Anyway, thank you very much.”
A child with a meager frame bowed with 50,000 won in hand.
That child was Yoon.
Kang Hyun’s face contorted.
She borrowed money from him and went out into the night. That small and fragile child alone.
‘It was Yoon.’
Kang Hyun staggered against the wall and sat down on a bench. Cheol Young, who followed him, stood beside him not knowing what to do.
Although he helped without much thought, that money was like a lifeline for Yoon at that time.
‘Yoon…’
Kang Hyun’s heart was torn to pieces.
‘Ha.’
Kang Hyun recalled the day when Jiman appeared with reporters.
Even though his daughter was going through life and death, the so-called father, Ji Man, shamelessly appeared late, bringing reporters for a show.
To think that Yoon lived with such people for two years was terrifying. It wasn’t difficult to imagine what that young child went through in that house.
Kang Hyun’s heart crumbled.
‘Don’t you remember?’
Suddenly, Yoon’s words on the day they debuted together came to mind.
‘Ha.’
Kang Hyun took a long breath.
‘I didn’t recognize you.’
Moreover, she was treated like a flower snake. Kang Hyun covered his face with his hands.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
