Dajeong glared at him with reddened eyes.
“Why are you asking me for money? And why are you giving me money in the first place?”
“That.”
“Is it a transaction? Is it like that?”
Suddenly, Jaeho’s face contorted to an extreme degree.
“What?”
“Is it an exchange?”
“Is there anything in the world for free?”
Dajeong, who had become as miserable as possible, spouted whatever words came to her mind, giving herself wounds. But it was Jaeho who was hurt by those expressions. The man’s pupils widened sharply.
“Okay… Whatever.”
The man slowly opened his mouth.
“If you have to think of it that way, do it. Regardless of what it is, I can’t let you go, so let’s say I can’t tolerate you leaving because of such a reason.”
“I…”
“Since we’ve come this far, let’s do it.”
In an instant, the man, who regained his composure, spoke in a cold tone.
“I got you a comfortable office near the hospital for your convenience. 34 square meters. It should be just right. And I’ve prepared a car, so get rid of that old car and drive the one I’m giving you.”
Unable to find words to respond, Dajeong’s lips trembled.
“Take it. Accept it.”
“…….”
“Now then. Shall we, just once, Yoon Dajeong?”
“What are you saying?”
The man with shattered eyes continued indifferently.
“Let’s go to a hotel, meaning, let’s do it. Why. You understood, didn’t you?”
“Wha-what…!”
“As much as you receive, you should give back. I didn’t know you were so good at calculations.”
Unable to endure any longer, Dajeong abruptly stood up.
Without thinking, she headed towards the entrance, clutching her bag as if holding onto it for dear life. The conversation with the man was the worst. The more she spoke, the worse it seemed to become.
The spring-like moment shattered like a fleeting dream.
“Stop.”
But before she could take a few steps, the man grabbed her wrist.
“Let go of this!”
“If possible, let’s go to a room with a mirror.”
“Mr. Jaeho!”
The man held onto Dajeong’s wrist, which she kept trying to pull away, even tighter. Flames flickered in his eyes.
“Because I feel like you don’t know what expression you make when you’re with me. Because it seems like you’ve forgotten the things you said. I want to show you.”
Uncertain whose wounds they were, the eyes of each were filled with each other’s gaze.
“I need to know how much you enjoy it so that you won’t ever say you’re leaving again. See for yourself. What expression you make when you’re hanging onto me.”
“That…!”
Eventually, tears poured from Dajeong’s eyes. A mixture of misery and shame overwhelmed her.
“Let go… Let go of this… You’re really, really awful…”
With the hand holding the bag, Dajeong struck his chest. The man, as solid as a rock, extended his chest as if inviting her to hit more.
“Be clear. The price is the words you brought up.”
“…….”
Jaeho, pulling her wrist, strode out of the cafe.
“Let’s go to the hotel. To settle the bill.”
The Truth Investigation Committee squeaked from the beginning. Although they gathered to share the same pain, discord arose due to conflicting interests, and eventually factions were formed. The bereaved families, who met to share the same pain, couldn’t unite their voices.
Yoon Jongsoo, Dajeong’s father, who was one of the operating committee members, diligently visited the police station and newspapers, prioritizing the investigation into the fire. However, all the attempts were in vain. Despite quitting his job and devoting himself entirely, he was back to square one.
Her parents often fought, and Dajeong hid in the room with no lights on, seemingly there yet not there.
The living room, always filled with laughter, became as desolate as a barren desert, and no one laughed anymore. Laughing inside the house felt like a sin, so gradually, everyone stopped opening their mouths.
As the 49-day mourning period ended, the family moved far away as if escaping. And Dajeong became a high school student.
Dajeong’s high school days, which could have been the most beautiful time, were gloomy and gray. In middle school, she had many friends with her distinctive bright personality, but after the move, she purposely closed the door of her heart and refused to make any friends.
She spent her high school years, which should have been busy with college entrance exam preparations, just letting time flow like water. Death is a parasite, sucking the life out of everyone left behind.
Her father, who became the committee chairman, visibly withered each time he attended a meeting, and her mother, at any moment of respite, clung to a photo of her brother and wept. Though they were still alive, upon closer inspection, they were dying.
She didn’t want to be consumed.
“Which university do you want to attend, Dajeong? What’s your dream? Just writing ‘teacher’ seems perfunctory.”
The 12th-grade homeroom teacher, who had been showing interest in Dajeong, asked about her future. Unconsciously, Dajeong responded.
“I want to save people.”
“Medical school? But, as you know, medical schools require good grades…”
Checking Dajeong’s grades, the homeroom teacher hesitated. Dajeong was reasonably good at studying, but she wasn’t exceptional enough to get into medical school. Dajeong realized the meaning of those words and nodded.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I know my grades. I’ll just go anywhere that accepts me.”
The homeroom teacher offered an alternative with a kind voice.
“What about nursing school? It seems possible.”
The following year, when Dajeong entered nursing school, she gradually regained brightness and adapted to university life. When Yoon Jongsoo, who had just finished attending a rally, entered the living room and looked at Dajeong as if possessed by something, he spoke.
“Our daughter. She was definitely a middle school student…”
For the first time in a while, he looked fine without a hangover.
Time passed, and the middle school girl became a college student. Why was this natural fact so shocking?
Looking around the old apartment that was barely half the size of their original home, Yoon Jongsoo, with a despondent look, said again.
“We… no, I lost everything. I wanted to relieve Wooyoung’s unfairness, but all I got was more debt, and I didn’t even get to see my daughter grow up.”
Dajeong reassured him.
Words she said out of habit. Everything will get better. Don’t worry.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Dajeong, Wooyoung. I’m sorry I couldn’t be better.”
Dajeong remembered her father’s tears that day for a long time. What did they mean? But she couldn’t ask. A few days later, Yoon Jongsoo was found hanging from a clothes hanger, lifeless.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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