Wiping away the remaining tears in her eyes irritably, Jiyeonhwa muttered to herself,
“What’s with this kid? Did he suspect something?”
If it was the Yeonsa-dong house, it was the one that Seungju’s grandmother had directly bequeathed to him. It was also the house where he lived with his birth mother until she went missing.
Why did he suddenly cancel the demolition of that valuable property after leaving it untouched for so long?
‘Is he still unable to let go of his mother?’
Come to think of it, his attitude at the hospital was strange too.
[Why is this lady calling herself our mom!]Seungju’s eyes, when he yelled at her, were filled with pure hatred. It was really the first time in a long while that he openly showed such hostility, though he had always been politely distant.
She was reminded of Seungju in his second year of high school, which gave Jiyeonhwa the chills.
‘Something is definitely suspicious…’
Jiyeonhwa bit her lip anxiously.
There were too many suspicious points. Why did the guy who was supposed to be in the hospital suddenly disappear and then out of the blue decide to recuperate in the countryside, without even informing his whereabouts?
He wasn’t unaware of his father’s intentions towards his younger brother, Seunghyun. So why, after working so hard, did he suddenly take a leave of absence and go into hiding?
If he had really noticed something and sensed danger…
As she was growing anxious, a man in his mid-thirties, her personal secretary, entered the room.
“Did you find out?”
“Yes. It seems he slowed down just before the collision because he was startled by someone appearing suddenly.”
She had thought it strange that he had deliberately crashed into him with a car, yet only suffered bruises without a single broken bone.
Jiyeonhwa was infuriated. She deliberately chose a time when the secretary wouldn’t be around, but who interfered?
“Who was he with?”
“A staff member from the planning team. They had come in on the weekend and were greeting him on the street when they saw him.”
Jiyeonhwa grew even more enraged. A mere employee dared to interfere with her plans?
“The stupid idiot. If I said I’d take care of everything, they should’ve just closed their eyes and pushed along!”
Despite her elegant lips spewing curses, the secretary didn’t bat an eyelid. It was a common occurrence for him.
Anyway, what’s done is done and cannot be helped. Jiyeonhwa tried to calm herself down.
“Anyway, find out where Seungju is and what he’s doing, right now.”
“Yes. And about the money we promised, should we cut it in half?”
Ideally, she didn’t want to give a penny. But harboring resentment could lead to disclosure. If only he had died as planned, then the person would have been an accomplice in murder, reducing the risk of disclosure.
Jiyeonhwa cursed her stepson internally once more. Why won’t he just die already, with such a long life!
“Pay double. Make sure they keep their mouth shut.”
“Nuna!”
As Eunseo was leaving the house to go to work in the morning, she heard a voice calling her from behind. Turning around, she saw Seungju coming out, hesitantly handing her an umbrella.
“The weather forecast said there might be a downpour this evening.”
She instinctively took it, but then quickly withdrew her hand.
“I’ll take care of it.”
The rejected Seungju looked disheartened. As she turned away without even saying goodbye, she heard his voice from behind.
“Take care, nuna.”
Walking out the gate, Eunseo sighed.
‘Now I feel like the bad guy.’
It had been a few days since she started living with Seungju, but his presence was not something she could easily come to terms with overnight.
She knew he was just an eighteen-year-old who had lost his mother, and she should be kind to him, but it wasn’t as easy as she thought. In her eyes, he was still the adult Seungju, making it endlessly uncomfortable. The same person she would turn around and avoid at a distance was now under the same roof. How could she feel at ease?
In front of him, she couldn’t dare wear worn-out sweatpants or sprawl comfortably on the maru floor. She even felt hesitant to use the bathroom, worrying if he might think she’s constipated if she took too long.
“Why do I have to endure this discomfort in my own home?” she wondered in anger, but it was already too late to change anything.
So, Eunseo tried her best to avoid him and keep the conversation to a minimum. She just had to provide him with a place to hide and meals, and just endure it for the next three months, or rather, two and a half months at most. She hoped that his memory would return before that.
“Is Nuna home?”
Every time Eunseo returned from work, Seungju greeted her with a happy face, but she always preemptively cut off any conversation, bringing home kimbap or packed meals for dinner, and tossed them to him.
“I’m tired, so I’m going to rest. There are two, so have them for breakfast too.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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