“How… is that possible… It’s not that easy…”
The ending was something Sound had never imagined.
As much as Gukhwan prioritized the hospital over his family, there was a strong attachment.
“What did Professor say that…?”
“He committed a crime. I just told him to pay for that crime. Especially someone in that position.”
Worries arose about a strained relationship between the rich.
“Regardless of the intention, if the method was wrong and the process was flawed, you should take responsibility. Especially if you are in such a position.”
There was no realism in Hyunwoo’s dry words. Sound just stared at Hyunwoo with large eyes.
“Don’t look at me with such worried eyes. Someone had to let go of what Father held, and it happened to be me.”
Leaning against the wall, Hyunwoo closed his somewhat stiff eyes.
Then, with a gaze directed toward where the presence of Seori could be felt, he reached out his long arm.
His arm looped around Sound’s shoulders, which seemed more relaxed due to his lone struggle. He let Sound’s head fall onto his shoulder.
Not resisting the touch and feeling the weight on her shoulders due to the dependence on her terms, there was a sense of heaviness.
Somehow, that weight felt good.
He closed his eyes firmly, as if exhausted, and let out a deeper and more languid breath into the air without any filtration.
“Weren’t I that charming?”
Due to that, Sound’s eyes blinked slowly with a crooked head.
Is it resignation? Resentment? Anger?
Sound had a mouth, but she couldn’t answer. She swallowed dry saliva.
It was simply confusion to the point of not knowing what to do.
No, actually, she trusted the professor too much.
She believed he wouldn’t let her go.
If she boasted such arrogance, what would he say?
“Betraying alone, leaving a lover, running away, and what’s with that face?”
“What betrayal have I…”
Sound muttered softly, feeling her way around my face. The touch of her fingertips revealed rough skin.
“With a face that can’t even eat porridge, how are you going to take care of Mother?”
Huh. As the familiar nagging began, Sound couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“Laughing?”
Hearing the mocking sound, he turned away from the wall and glared at Sound as if disgusted.
Sound, whose head he had lifted from his shoulders, bit her lips with a hand detached from her shoulder.
Now was not the time to laugh, even if a clown were performing a funny dance in front of him. In fact, it was not a time to laugh.
His mother was lying in the hospital room, and he had just dragged his father out with his own hands.
“I’m sorry.”
A warm gaze seemed to stick to the left cheek like hot glue.
Snap! His palm reached the cheek. Several times, his palm swept up and down.
“Okay. Smile. You need to lift your spirits. If you want to get a kidney transplant for your mother.”
He tightly held Sound’s hand and pulled it towards his palm, pressing his lips to her hand.
“Sorry for resolving it too late.”
Sound lowered her head as if to say it wasn’t her.
“Sorry for coming late.”
Continuing to bow his head, Sound slowly turned her gaze towards him, lifting her eyes that had been avoiding him. Their eyes met.
“I’m sorry.”
For saying let’s break up.
“And thank you.”
For not letting me go.
He suddenly bent his waist, bringing his cheek in front of Sound’s face.
“Words alone won’t do.”
It seemed like he would give her a kiss on the cheek and receive one in return.
Just as they were about to lightly exchange smiles, he turned his head abruptly, causing their lips to collide.
A face unfamiliar with mischief was heavily imprinted on Hyunwoo’s face, smiling with a sense of remorse.
The man who was supposed to leave when he said let’s break up was not moving away; he was getting closer.
The face she missed.
Her man she longed for.
Seeing his smiling face again felt like a dream.
Afraid that tears would suddenly flow, Sound covered her eyes with the hand that wasn’t held.
Pulling her closer, Hyunwoo embraced her.
“You cry just because our lips touched? I can’t believe this.”
Now Hyunwoo was even trying to be funny.
Seems like he’s gone mad.
Sound, making strange sounds that couldn’t be distinguished as crying or laughing, shrugged her shoulders.
“We’ll leave you two to enjoy your time. Excuse us.”
The familiar voice that suddenly interrupted them belonged to Han Kangwoo.
He was with his father, Sungjae.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
