“If you have such an illness, you have it. Huh, tell me.”
The bear-like Director Park, who seemed disheveled, sniffled like a child.
Suhyang unintentionally smiled while holding back her laughter.
“Teacher, how much can you believe? No, I mean…”
While Suhyang suppressed her laughter, Director Park sniveled like a child.
“Is this an incurable disease? Not a chronic renal failure or something?”
“Even if it’s an incurable disease, I won’t die. I’ll live longer than Director Park.”
“You’re not joking.”
Suhyang laughed, unable to hold back.
“Professor, why in the world are you crying?”
“Since the teacher fainted, we should naturally inform the family. There’s no need to search; the number saved as ‘son-in-law’ is at the top, isn’t it?”
“I told you not to make a fuss, did you forget everything I said? In case something like this happens, quietly send her to the hospital.”
This was a joke that had recently been planted in consideration of such a situation.
It seemed to have had no effect at all.
“Professor Seo, I’m sorry. I was trying to avoid having Professor Seo contacted from now on.”
“Why suddenly? Isn’t it something only I know?”
“The manager needs to know, and when it’s time, the company needs to be informed.”
“Has it not improved much?”
“It’s not like that. I just thought it was time to talk while reducing my workload a bit.”
Because Hyunwoo looked too worried, Suhyang seemed to smile even more.
“I’ve had trouble sleeping recently, and it seems like fatigue has accumulated. I’m energetic only when I come to the hospital.”
Since meeting Hansungjae, she couldn’t sleep properly. She often had nightmares as if trapped in thoughts of the past. But she couldn’t explain such circumstances to those around her.
Suhyang got up and held Hyunwoo’s hand.
“Don’t rush here now when you receive a call like this. Got it?”
“More importantly, it’s more important not to suddenly worsen your condition.”
“I know. Don’t worry. I’m going to reduce my workload now. I’m taking my medication and going to the hospital regularly. Really.”
In fact, Hyunwoo was scheduled to stay overnight at Seohan Hospital today and undergo a gynecological examination.
When she was with Sori and briefly with Uiguk earlier, she coincidentally received a call from Suhyang, her manager.
The most certain solution is a kidney transplant. Hyunwoo hoped that it would match, even if it was hers.
“Mother, let me see your wrist for a moment.”
As a doctor, Hyunwoo began a simple examination of Suhyang. Suhyang smiled happily as she looked at Hyunwoo like that.
“Having a doctor son-in-law is not bad; it could hurt.”
“Probably Sori wouldn’t like to hear that.”
“That’s why I’m telling Professor Seo.”
Although she was speaking brightly, Suhyang’s chest, reminiscent of Sori, stung like it had been scratched with sandpaper.
“How is our Sori doing these days?”
After meeting Hansungjae, was there no change in Sori’s mood? Hyunwoo had intended to ask her when he met her.
“Is there nothing different from usual? Like your mood or something.”
“Well…”
Unlike usual, Hyunwoo couldn’t easily get a straightforward answer.
The image of Sori in the operating room, looking confused, and the sight of her being disheartened in Uiguk came to mind.
“How about asking Sori?”
“No! I asked her out of concern. You don’t have to worry because Professor Seo is here, right?”
“Yes, of course. Just take care of your health, Mother.”
With an anxious heart concealed, Suhyang nodded and smiled, bobbing her head.
Meanwhile, Sori was in a taxi, heading to Sehan Hospital.
Despite continuously calling Hyunwoo, the connection never went through. After much contemplation, Sori decided to call Seonhwa.
‘Don’t ruin Seohyunwoo’s life.’
The sharp advice before ending the call turned into a thorn. However, thanks to it, Sori could swiftly find out the room where Hyunwoo was admitted.
In the taxi, on the unusually empty road, the voice of Baek Sunhwa, filled with resentment, echoed in Sori’s ears like tinnitus.
Belatedly, Sori felt a bit uneasy about her now enlightened foolishness regarding Hyunwoo and her mother.
She wondered if she could speak well when she saw his face with such feelings.
Unfortunately, thanks to the clear road, Sori arrived at Sehan Hospital quickly.
While walking towards the ward with unusually heavy steps, she received a call from Hyunwoo, who was belatedly calling her.
Room 1305, 1306.
Next was his room, 1307.
It was just a little more before she reached his ward, but Sori received his call that came belatedly.
You called?
“Yes, Professor, where are you?”
Me? I said I might not be able to come today.
“Yes, I know. Where are you right now?”
In front of the empty two-person ward.
The room where Seogukhwan’s son had been admitted didn’t even have his name written.
Checking the room number several times, Sori opened the door and went inside with a clattering sound.
Here? It’s Cheonan Funeral Hall.
His voice, talking to her on the phone, sounded distant.
“…Are you coming soon?”
You?
As we walked a bit inside, the gazes of Hyunwoo and Sori, holding a phone in hospital attire, met directly.
Hyunwoo, whose facial expressions usually didn’t change much, opened his eyes wide. The bewildered pupils seemed to convey something.
“How did you come here?”
“Is this Cheonan?”
“…”
“Is this a funeral hall?”
Sori walked briskly, reaching in front of Hyunwoo in a single breath.
Sori’s face, firmly frozen, was filled with anger.
“How could you do this to me? How long were you planning to deceive me? How long were you trying to make a fool out of me!”
“Sori.”
Startled, he approached and touched Sori’s shoulder, but Sori forcefully shook off his hand.
“Who is the professor? Why did the professor undergo a gynecological examination? What did our mom say to the professor! Why did you do this! Why…”
“Yusori, calm down.”
“I can’t calm down.”
She didn’t intend to get this angry, but seeing him like this, Sori became agitated unconsciously.
Facing the harsh reality, she felt even angrier because everything Baek Sunhwa had said was true.
Tears poured down like a sudden rain shower.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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