Such a son, now, had become nothing less than a troublemaker, living a life like a thug with foul language.
‘Sigh… I should think about the company.’
Hyunseung was already in deep trouble. The committed sins were not just one or two, and there was no way to help. Trying to save Hyunseung might lead both of them, along with Woo Sung Construction, to a downfall.
Chairman Cha ultimately had to make a decision.
To abandon Hyunseung.
“If I hadn’t given him the invitation, none of this would have happened.”
Yoo Hyun, who visited Kanghyun’s hospital room, couldn’t look his brother in the face properly. He had pushed Kanghyun into this situation because of his weak heart. Yoo Hyun couldn’t forgive himself.
“It’s not because of you.”
Whether he had suffered a lot or not, Yoo Hyun’s face looked haggard.
“It’s because of my weak heart. It’s just that he wanted to attend the wedding so badly, so I just…”
Yoo Hyun shook his head.
“He deliberately committed this act. Even if it wasn’t your wedding, he would have found another excuse to do something like this.”
“Sigh.”
Yoo Hyun sighed.
“But what about the honeymoon? Why does it matter now? … You almost messed up, you know?”
The corners of Yoo Hyun’s eyes were damp. If Kanghyun had gone wrong, he wouldn’t have been able to breathe and live like this.
“But anyway, that guy is really finished now.”
“Of course. He planned to commit murder systematically. His crimes are severe. So he deserves to be properly punished.”
Yoo Hyun’s voice was cold. Yoo Hyun’s expression, thinking of Hyunseung, was extremely icy.
“It seems Father doesn’t consider Hyunseung as his son anymore. I thought he would at least get a lawyer for him, but seeing him not saying anything, it seems like that. If you ended up like this, Father must have completely lost all affection for Hyunseung.”
That would be natural. Chairman Cha would only cut off a child who was a hindrance to the company.
Kanghyun couldn’t understand how Chairman Cha could be so heartless. Even though he was a child, how could he be so cruel?
‘Did someone wish to be born as an illegitimate child?’
He recalled Hyunseung’s outcry. Kanghyun sighed.
‘What a pathetic guy.’
At some point, Kanghyun had cautiously asked Yoon.
“Wasn’t it unfair to be born as an illegitimate child?”
“Well, I don’t know. I’ve never thought about it.”
Why didn’t she find it unfair? But Yoon didn’t make it an obstacle in her life.
‘Stupid child.’
However, Hyunseung’s cry remained in Kanghyun’s heart.
‘In the end, it turned out like this.’
Kanghyun shook his head.
Yoo Hyun’s car entered the vicinity of the residence in Hannam-dong.
“Uh… Manager.”
“Have we arrived?”
At the sound of the secretary’s call, Yoo Hyun opened his eyes.
“Yes, but there…”
Yoo Hyun looked where the secretary was pointing. Cha Minsook was getting out of the car parked near the house.
Minsook, who got out of the car, approached Yoo Hyun’s car with urgent steps and knocked on his window. Yoo Hyun rolled down the window.
“Manager Cha.”
As Minsook’s intense perfume scent entered the car, Yoo Hyun put on a composed expression.
“Excuse me, Manager Cha. Can we talk for a moment?”
“Please don’t.”
Taken aback by Yoo Hyun’s cold response, Minsook felt an unusual tension. Unlike Kanghyun, Yoo Hyun had always been polite to her.
But now, there was no one else to help them except Yoo Hyun. So she had no choice but to cling desperately to him.
“It’s about my brother Hyunseung. If Manager Cha could help a bit…”
“I can’t help. So please leave.”
As Yoo Hyun, cold and stern, tried to close the window, Minsook quickly reached into the car.
“What are you doing?”
Surprised, Yoo Hyun shouted.
“Manager Cha, still, isn’t Hyunseung your brother? Please.”
“Who said he’s my brother?”
Yoo Hyun’s voice was chilling. How dare he threaten Kanghyun with a knife? Yoo Hyun could never forgive Hyunseung.
In front of the operating room, Yoo Hyun constantly blamed himself. His foolishness almost caused Kanghyun’s death. So now, he would never let himself be swayed by them again.
“My only brother is Kanghyun.”
“Manager Cha…”
Seeing Yoo Hyun’s cold attitude for the first time, Minsook was perplexed.
“Go back.”
Yoo Hyun stared straight ahead, ignoring Minsook, and spoke coldly.
“Don’t just stand there; help Hyunseung a bit. The chairman treats him like a discarded child. What will happen to Hyunseung now? Manager Cha, please.”
Even in the face of Yoo Hyun’s cold reaction, Minsook couldn’t let go of her last hope, Yoo Hyun.
“If you want me to kneel, I’ll kneel, or I’ll do whatever you say. So please, help our Hyunseung.”
“It’s too late.”
“What?”
“Hasn’t my mother already passed away? So who should I kneel to? What kind of person kneels when their mother is already gone?”
Yoo Hyun’s sharp eyes today looked strangely like Kanghyun’s, surprising Minsook.
‘What’s wrong with him?’
She wondered if this timid and weak Cha Yoo Hyun was the right person.
“If you’ve committed a crime, you should naturally receive punishment. Don’t come again. Secretary Jung.”
“Yes.”
At Yoo Hyun’s call, Secretary Jung got out of the car, pulled Minsook away from the car, and firmly closed the door.
Minsook, passing her, stared blankly at Yoo Hyun’s car entering the parking lot and eventually collapsed on the road.
‘Ha!’
Only then did she see her pitiful self. She, who had always been a dazzling flower, now felt like a trashy existence lying on the road.
Minsook stared at the majestic gate of Chairman Cha’s mansion in front of her.
‘What is that?’
She had devoted all her youth to overcoming that.
‘You’ll never set foot in this house.’
She remembered Song Giseon’s curse.
“Why can’t I! What did I do wrong!”
She had committed no crime other than doing her best for her child.
“It’s unfair! Unfair!”
Tears of anger and frustration flowed endlessly from Minsook’s eyes.
“Mr. Cha Hyunseung doesn’t seem to attend that gathering frequently,” Cheolyeong said, and Kanghyun stared out of the window with a expressionless face.
‘What a fool.’
After all, what ability did Hyunseung have to attend the parties of the relatives who looked down on him? Going a couple of times turned him into a drug supply source, overturning everything.
“It’s said that almost all reputable law firms refused Mr. Cha Hyunseung’s defense.”
Of course, they would. There was likely no place willing to defend an unwelcome illegitimate child with a bad record.
Hyunseung had never imagined he would do such a thing.
‘I underestimated him too much. How dare he try to harm Yun.’
It was an unforgivable act. Fortunately, Yun was not seriously injured, but the desire to kill him right now surged, just thinking about holding a knife to her throat and threatening her.
‘Who wants to be born as an illegitimate child!’
However, what was once laughed off and dismissed now couldn’t be easily ignored. Yun’s face kept overlaying Hyunseung’s screaming face.
“Sigh.”
Kanghyun sighed.
“Contact the lawyer and schedule an appointment.”
While harming Yun was absolutely unforgivable, there was no reason to cover up things that weren’t done. Only receiving the appropriate punishment was necessary.
“Yes.”
As Cheolyeong was leaving the hospital room, he glanced back. Kanghyun was silently staring out the window.
‘Is he really trying to get a lawyer for Cha Hyunseung? Even after getting stabbed with a knife?’
Normally, Kanghyun would be trembling at the mere mention of Cha Hyunseung. After Hyunseung joined Woo Sung Construction, Kanghyun, planting people even in his department, had eventually uncovered evidence of embezzlement.
‘But why help that guy now?’
Cheolyeong couldn’t figure it out. He had no clue why he would help Hyunseung when there was nothing to gain from him anymore.
‘Maybe Grandmother was right.’
He remembered Oksoon’s words, habitually spoken as she referred to our gentle Mr. Cha.
But even this sympathy seemed possible only because Yun wasn’t seriously injured.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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