A Marriage with an Expiry (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 97
A hospital somewhere in Gyeonggi Province.
Sung Jae stepped out of his car and walked toward the hospital lobby with a heavy heart.
The late-night hospital was as silent as a grave.
When he spotted the reception desk in the distance, Sung Jae suddenly stopped and let out a long, quiet sigh without even realizing it.
Finding the child born to someone he’d buried in his memories for so long had proven slower and harder than he’d expected.
He only knew that she’d given birth—but hadn’t heard any specific details from In Hye. He didn’t even know the child’s name or exact gender. Since she’d gone into hiding while pregnant, even those who’d known Soo Hyang or In Hye likely didn’t know either.
Ultimately, Sung Jae had to trace things back to the day of their first encounter.
At that time, there had been exactly three men—but he had no concrete information about them. Above all, he’d met so many people back then that relying solely on memory had its limits.
Even his diary, his only surviving record, offered little help. Though he’d managed to find traces of them, those meetings had clearly been ones he’d rather forget—he’d only written down their initials instead of full names.
In this state, actually finding the child might be impossible.
Still, he refused to give up.
If there was anything at all he could do, he wanted to do it. If there was anything he could say, he wanted to say it. First, though, he had to meet the child.
He tracked down the second-generation heirs of corporations that had any contact with him back then, then narrowed it further to those rumored to have illegitimate children. Matching that information with what he already had, he whittled the list down to a few candidates.
Under the pretext of seeking film investment, he forced his way through nearly impenetrable barriers to meet them in person.
The child of In Hye he’d finally found was a daughter—and chillingly, she wasn’t far away at all.
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After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
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