Yoon had no choice but to take Kang Hyun’s extended hand and get out of the car. Kyung Ho greeted Yoon with a happy smile. Behind him, she could see the familiar face of the driver.
‘Mr. Cheon Soo.’
He was the one who had brought her to school with Yoo Jin and picked her up.
He was someone Yoon was grateful to, as he would get out and intervene whenever Yoo Jin was strangling her from the back seat. When Yoon bowed her head in greeting to him, Cheon Soo also responded with a smile and a nod of his head.
The garden of the house in Seongbukdong had not changed much in 10 years. As she walked through the unchanged garden, her memories became clearer. On the other hand, her head seemed to be emptying out.
Seeing the blur in front of her eyes, it seemed like she was about to cry. Yoon lifted her head and looked up at the sky.
‘I mustn’t cry.’
Yoon clenched her fist. Seeing Yoon looking particularly unwell that day, Kang Hyun enveloped her hand with his.
Yoon’s hand, grasped in his, was still icy cold despite it being midsummer.
‘She seems to be very unwell.’
Kang Hyun looked at her with concern.
They had reached the front door before they knew it. Yoon slowly lifted her head and stared at the front door, which seemed like the gates of hell to her. And finally, that door opened wide in front of her eyes.
Yoon closed her eyes for a moment. Cold sweat was beading on her forehead.
“Did you get heatstroke?”
Kang Hyun wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
“Why are you shivering so much in the summer?”
Seeing her trembling, Kang Hyun looked at her complexion again. Her face was pale as if she was about to faint.
“We need to say hello and leave quickly.”
It was then that Kang Hyun was about to support her by holding her waist.
“Have you arrived?”
Ji Man and Seo Jeong came over with gentle smiles. Their two daughters, Hyun Jin and Kyung Jin, and their husbands were with them.
Seeing Yoo Jin appear behind Seo Jeong, Yoon stiffened as if frozen. Yoo Jin’s expression as he scanned her up and down was fiercely savage.
“I’ll start with the bow. We didn’t wear Hanbok because it’s hot.”
Kang Hyun, hugging Yoon’s shoulder, stood squarely in the middle of the living room, looking down at them as he spoke.
“Sure. Do as you feel comfortable.”
Ji Man gave a goodhearted smile. Seo Jeong also looked pleased at the sight of Kang Hyun and Yoon’s affectionate appearance.
‘So they say he’s handsome, even he seems to be bewitched. Anyway, it must be just a fleeting interest, but Kang Hyun really is nothing special. Looks like he even bought her clothes. She’s defiantly not wearing the clothes I bought her last time.’
Seo Jeong’s smile gradually soured.
A moment later, Yoon entered the dining room, which held only horrific memories, along with Kang Hyun. A dining table was placed in the center.
It had been replaced with a table that was much larger and grander than before. Memories she didn’t even want to think about surfaced, and Yoon’s face hardened.
On the days when Ji Man was home, she could at least eat properly. But he was rarely at home.
Occasionally, they had meals together, but on those days, Yoon’s place was at the very end of the table. The only thing she could eat was rice with soup, but she had to eat it because she was hungry.
Every time, Yoo Jin would chuckle and throw side dishes in front of her.
‘Pick it up and eat!’
However, no matter how frightening Yoo Jin was, she couldn’t eat what was thrown at her. Not picking it up and eating it was the last shred of young Yoon’s dignity.
‘She must not be hungry enough. Then starve!’
If she didn’t eat, Yoo Jin would snatch Yoon’s bowl away and dump it in the sink. Day by day, Yoon’s body and spirit withered away a little more.
Yoon, who was shaking her head at the dreadful memories, caught the glint in Yoo Jin’s eye. Yoo Jin picked up a side dish with his chopsticks and made a gesture as if to throw it.
The corners of Yoo Jin’s mouth shot up. Yoon tried hard to avoid Yoo Jin’s gaze. Unlike others, Yoo Jin, who did not communicate in words, was sheer terror to her.
‘Stupid, you’re an adult. But are you still scared of Yoo Jin?’
Someone was laughing at her again.
“Eat plenty, Mr. Cha.”
Seo Jeong spoke with refined manners, then glanced at her youngest daughter, Yoo Jin, seated next to her.
‘Getting worse as time goes by, huh.’
The symptoms worsened after Yoon left the house. It seemed like the absence of a target for his anger exacerbated it.
He had grown bigger now, and it was too much to handle. Therefore, at Yoon’s wedding, they had no choice but to confine him at home almost forcefully.
If he caused a scene at the wedding, it would be a real disaster. But today, they couldn’t overcome Yoo Jin’s stubbornness and ended up attending together.
“I heard you were busy, how did you find the time?”
“No matter how busy, one must make time for greetings.”
“Indeed. Haha.”
Ji Man smiled contentedly at Kang Hyun. But the feelings inside Ji Man, who was looking at Kang Hyun, were not entirely pleasant.
He found out belatedly that Woo Seong Construction was a much more solid company than he knew. Ji Man thought it was a waste to have Kang Hyun marry while he had Yoo Hyun, the heir.
‘Such a waste. But that guy could take over Woo Seong…’
There was a possibility. The fact that Chairman Cha, with his fiery temperament, was merely watching Kang Hyun meant that he hadn’t given up yet.
However, Kang Hyun was not someone he could manipulate at will. He thought of using Kang Hyun in the election, but it was doubtful whether Kang Hyun would obediently follow his words.
“Executive Director Cha also needs to get married soon. Your inlaws must be very concerned.”
At Ji Man’s words, Kang Hyun lifted his head.
‘You must have wanted my brother to become your soninlaw, to manipulate as you wish.’
Kang Hyun, whose inner thoughts were too visible and who was inwardly tonguetied, composed his expression and opened his mouth.
“What worries could there be when I’m the heir to Woo Seong? Consistent marriage proposals have been coming from prestigious families.”
“Indeed, they must be.”
Ji Man showed a benevolent smile.
“You’re incredibly popular. You’ll play a significant role in next year’s fatherinlaw’s election.”
Park Jong Moo, Hyun Jin’s husband, opened his mouth.
“It seems you haven’t heard about my millions of antis. They may even have a negative impact on the election.”
Kang Hyun kept his eyes on Yoon even while talking with them.
Then, seeing her hand shaking on his knee, he quickly held her hand. Her hand was now sweaty.
‘She’s shaking from fear.’
Kang Hyun lifted his head and began to scan the Seo family members sitting at the table one by one.
‘She was shaking because of these people?’
Kang Hyun’s fierce eyes began to scrutinize each one.
Seo Ji Man and Kim Seo Jeong, who wore kind masks, and their ugly children.
‘Who could it be?’
Kang Hyun’s eyes flickered for a moment.
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Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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