“From today. And also, let’s move Minjun to another place together. If it’s known that Minjun is here, reporters will swarm again. I’ll generously provide a good severance pay. I’m sorry for suddenly suggesting dismissal with compensation.”
Seoha made an effort not to lower her head.
“Understood.”
Surprisingly, Seoha, without any resistance, accepted it. Seonju sent her a slightly puzzled look but didn’t say anything.
“Do you have anything else to say?”
“No. You can leave now.”
With Seonju’s permission, Seoha nodded and left the director’s office as it is.
When Seoha returned to the staff room, tears finally welled up.
Uncertainty about the future overwhelmed her.
They had to move the kindergarten with Minjun right away, but where should they go?
There might not be a place to move within Yangpyeong because rumors would spread.
Maybe, it might be a blessing in disguise.
She wanted to hide in a place where Taegyeong couldn’t find her, especially this time.
If she hesitated more, she might not be able to leave Taegyeong.
In that case, Minjun might be taken away by Hyeonyoung.
“Seoha, why does your face look like that?”
“No.”
“Kindergarten will start again from tomorrow. There’s a lot to prepare. Let’s move quickly.”
Seoha couldn’t bring herself to inform her colleagues about her dismissal.
A deep sigh from Seoha followed her heavy footsteps.
As she was packing up at the end of the day, Seonju came to the staff room.
After looking around the staff room, she opened her mouth with a very disappointed expression.
“Everyone, thank you for your hard work today. I think I need to convey some unfortunate news to you all today. Our teacher Kim Seoha will leave our kindergarten to go to a better place.”
“What? Oh, Seoha!”
Colleagues all looked at Seoha at once.
Seoha put a bitter smile on her face. Whatever the truth was, the conclusion was that she had to leave this kindergarten.
Seonju noticed Seoha’s inner thoughts and added another remark.
“I tried hard to keep Teacher Kim, but she’s so stubborn in her ways that I couldn’t help it. She’s going to another region, so we may meet again someday. We should have a farewell party, but as you can see, we can’t have a separate farewell party given the current situation at our kindergarten. We’ll have to replace it with the greetings we’re exchanging now.”
“When are you leaving?”
“You’ll finish your work today, and you won’t come out from tomorrow. Please bear with it a bit, even if it’s a bit burdensome until we find another teacher. I asked her to stay until I find a successor, but she said it’s too hard.”
Seonju uttered a story contrary to the truth. Seoha wanted to tell her not to lie, but she held back.
After all, it was a place she wouldn’t return to. A place where she wanted to leave with only good memories for the past three years.
“Teacher Kim, say a word of farewell.”
“I’m really grateful for the time we’ve had. I wish you all happiness.”
“Seoha, it’s so sudden. Even so, shouldn’t we have a farewell party?”
“There’s no official farewell party at the kindergarten, but if someone wants to do it individually, that’s fine. Well then, let’s all go home.”
Seonju smiled as if she had achieved her goal and urged everyone to leave.
No one could oppose Seonju’s opinion.
Seoha gathered a few belongings at the kindergarten, holding Minjun’s hand tightly, and headed home.
They had to move forward even more strongly. She would do well as she always had.
“Minjun, should we go live in Seoul?”
“Seoul?”
Minjun blinked his eyes at Seoha, who was smiling brightly.
Seoha laughed even harder, feeling like tears might fall.
She recalled the day five years ago when she vowed to do anything to protect this little child.
For hours, Minseob had parked his car in front of Seoha’s house and stayed inside.
At some point, Taegyeong left with Seoha and Minjun, and he had to watch it from a distance.
Chaeeun shook her head to Minseob as if to tell him to give up on Seoha.
“Teacher Minseob. I tried not to interfere unless necessary, but I hope Teacher Minseob doesn’t get more hurt.”
“Teacher Chaeeun. Why would I get hurt? Don’t worry.”
Minseob smiled slyly, but there was concern in Chaeeun’s eyes.
And not long after, he heard the news that Seoha had collapsed.
He wanted to run to her right away, but he couldn’t.
Seeing Seoha strangely keeping her distance, his heart ached.
He regretted his past days of just watching over her hesitantly.
Should he have approached her more actively?
He regretted even more after Taegyeong appeared.
He had been too naive. He never thought Minjun’s biological father would show up again. No, he didn’t care even if he did.
He thought a man who abandoned such a beautiful wife and child was like garbage.
However, it was his mistake.
The son of the HY Group. It was too much for him to compare himself to him.
Could he provide better material support than Taegyeong, who had abandoned them?
He had been proud that, if it was about love, he could give more than anyone else.
Minseob silently suffered as he saw Seoha getting closer to Taegyeong.
But Minseob was angry when he saw Seoha being misunderstood as a flower snake because of Taegyeong and Minjun being entangled in gossip.
He couldn’t stand seeing Seoha being hurt because of Taegyeong any longer.
He felt resentful toward his weak self.
He felt miserable for not having protected the person he loved.
He felt pathetic for being scared and stepping back.
Minseob, fearing that reporters might follow Seoha, took on the role of her bodyguard.
Moreover, hearing the news that Seoha had quit the kindergarten made Minseob even more worried. Minseob stared at the lit windows of Seoha’s house until quite late, and then, as if solidifying his thoughts, he bit his lip and asked.
Trembling, Minseob called Seoha on his phone.
After a few beeps, Seoha’s familiar voice echoed.
Hello?
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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