“Why should I do it?”
“Then who will do it? Me?”
“Of course, it should be you, brother.”
Hyun Seo grinned at Hye Mi’s response, taken aback.
“Of course, me? That’s funny, really. I knew you were shameless.”
He had just been holding back to avoid a fight.
“Do Seo isn’t a daughterinlaw? Can’t a daughterinlaw prepare a meal for her inlaws?”
“Ah, brother, I can’t cook well. If I do it, it will take more time and I might ruin the ingredients.”
Hye Mi, who had been flustered, showed an even more fierce expression as if she was getting more defiant because she was cornered.
“I will invite you next time and cook for you, so can’t you do it today, brother?”
“Why can’t you cook well? When I cooked, you always commented on what was missing, what could be added to make it better, and when something was overcooked. You acted as if you were an expert.”
It was even more irritating because she acted like a judge in a cooking competition, giving specific evaluations.
“Were you an expert just by talking?”
Hyun Seo threw another word at Hye Mi, who was looking at him as if he was a madman.
“Trust your excellent taste buds and try to cook it yourself. Don’t just sit and eat what others make. Got it?”
When Hye Mi lost her words with a dumbfounded expression, Hyun Seo turned around and left her as she was. But it was when Hyun Seo was about to go upstairs.
Until then, Ju Hyuk, who had been blank, suddenly shouted towards Hyun Seo’s back as if he just remembered something.
“Oh, brotherinlaw! What should I do if you don’t repay the tea money? My dignity has been tarnished for just 200 million, it’s so embarrassing, I have to be able to show my face.”
Ju Hyuk distorted his face as if he was utterly humiliated.
“Why should I pay for your husband’s car? When did you entrust me with money?”
Ju Hyuk was taken aback and dumbfounded by the naturally thrown question from Hyun Seo.
“Oh, no. Because you’ve been doing it so far. If it’s not you, who else will do it?”
“Husband, isn’t it natural for you to give money? You work so hard to earn that money. You never said a word of thanks for what I’ve done for you so far. It’s your car, so you can buy it with your salary.”
“Can my salary compare to yours? If Chairman Chae hadn’t cut my salary and sent me to that backward place, I could have bought it with my money too. I wouldn’t have had to ask so pitifully.”
“Then go talk to the Chairman. He is a man who places ability first, regardless of whether you are his son or not, he won’t discriminate if you show your ability. Why are you complaining here?”
When Ju Hyuk was pushed by Hyun Seo’s words, he closed his mouth and looked at Hye Mi as if asking for help. Then Hye Mi interjected.
“Brother, I’m really upset. 200 million is nothing for father’s ability. It’s something that we can help each other with as a family.”
Family, she said. Since when did she treat and behave towards me like family?
Eating everything from one to ten while sulking next to the motherinlaw who was always ill, that’s family?
When did she ever consider me as her brother? She only called me ‘brother’ in words, but treated me like a servant.
“Do Seo, if we are family, do we have to give money unconditionally? Is it upsetting if we don’t? Then you can ask for it from your own family.”
“Why should I ask for our tea money from my family?”
Hye Mi was startled and blushed when Hyun Seo mentioned her family.
“Do Seo always boasts about her successful family. So, isn’t that amount just loose change? Isn’t it natural to ask for it from your own family? They’re closer relatives than me. Real relatives who share blood. It’s 200 million, which you easily call as loose change, isn’t it? You said 200 million isn’t even money, right?”
“Since I usually receive a lot of this and that from my family, that’s why.”
Upon hearing that, Hyun Seo cast a meaningful smile at Hye Mi.
“Really? But what could have been so tempting that you coveted our household items?”
“Huh? When did I covet your things?”
Despite the startled reaction, Hyun Seo kept a relaxed smile on his face.
“It’s strange, only the items that Do Seo admired and said were pretty seemed to vanish without a trace as if a thief had been. Isn’t it strange even for Do Seo?”
“What, are you saying that I took your things? Are you making me a thief now?”
There was a slight sting, but Hye Mi, knowing that she couldn’t back down here, pushed back at Hyun Seo.
“But what’s even stranger is that there are identical ones in Do Seo’s house.”
“Brother! Is there a rule that only you can buy those items? There are so many people who have the same things, such……”
Hye Mi couldn’t have guessed that Hyun Seo would speak so bluntly.
“Oh, don’t say Do Seo bought them. Later, I even deliberately marked the items that Do Seo said were pretty and took pictures. I even remember the location of the scratches, and I checked every time I went to Do Seo’s house.”
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!!!
