A dark shadow hung over Sun Woo’s face. The suggestion to live in his family home was something he really hadn’t expected. He had pondered it all night, but he decided he had to resist it as much as he could.
There was no countermeasure. It was vague, but he thought if he could delay it and buy some time, a solution might present itself.
For the first time in his 33 years of life, it was a rebellion against his grandfather.
Upon entering the family home, the first person to greet Sun Woo was the housekeeper.
“What brings you here at this time?”
Sun Woo asked, lowering his gaze to his wristwatch pointing at half past seven.
“Did my grandfather cough?”
“Yes, Chairman, he’s in the courtyard.”
“Thank you.”
After a brief exchange of greetings, Sun Woo headed straight to the courtyard. His grandfather was sitting there as always, reading a newspaper. Sun Woo knocked gently on the glass door of the courtyard.
“Grandfather, it’s me, Sun Woo.”
There was no way his voice would carry in such a wellinsulated place. Without a word, Seok Hee, who had pulled up his glasses that had slipped down to his nose with his index finger, gave a nod over the glass door as if to suggest he understood and to come in.
Once Seok Hee gave permission, Sun Woo entered the courtyard. Once Seok Hee saw Sun Woo push open the door and enter with a clear bell sound, he dropped his gaze back to the newspaper.
“What brings you here, three hours each way?”
“What do you mean?”
“Just state your business. If it’s about the incident back then, I have nothing more to say.”
With a large, seemingly disinterested cough, Seok Hee glanced at Sun Woo with a disgruntled expression, then nervously spread out his newspaper and lowered his head.
“You didn’t say that at the time. It’s disconcerting.”
“You, who suddenly got a lady just last month, isn’t that disconcerting?”
“I didn’t tell you because I wasn’t sure.”
He had made a proposal to the woman before but hadn’t received an answer. Thus, justifying that it wasn’t a lie, Sun Woo convinced himself.
“Weren’t you the one who said there were no other conditions? That you’d give it to the first one of us to get married?”
Although he was holding a newspaper, Seok Hee’s eyes were always directed at Sun Woo. After examining Sun Woo closely, Seok Hee finally lowered his gaze back to the newspaper and spoke softly.
“Confucius said, ‘When birds are hungry, they eat anything, when beasts are hungry, they harm humans, and when humans are hungry, they lie.'”
“….”
“At first, it may have only been a fingernail, but eventually, it will snowball.”
At these words that seemed to see right through him as if he knew everything, Sun Woo couldn’t respond, as if he had been struck dumb.
Then it happened. The bell rang as the courtyard door opened.
“Um, would you like a cup of tea, Professor?”
Thanks to the timely appearance of Mrs. Seong San, Sun Woo who had dodged a bullet, caught his breath for a moment.
“I’m fine.”
“I’m about to leave, what’s with the tea. If you’re going to keep saying the same thing, go now. My will remains unchanged.”
From the beginning, deceiving his grandfather was a risk. He might not have shown it outwardly, but he might have known everything already.
So he had to follow that will.
Yes, isn’t there a saying that to catch a tiger, you must enter the tiger’s den?
The thought of showing definitive trust in plain sight rather grew strong. He could see the end, he couldn’t give up now. Sun Woo, as if determined, stood up from his seat.
“I’ll come in a week.”
Grandfather, how did I come this far?
“It’s a month. You must keep your promise.”
Now, I can’t stop either.
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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!!!
