I have translated the Korean paragraph into English while keeping the exact same number of lines as the original. Here is the translation:
“The third assignment date came to an end.
Arriving in front of her house, Sa Rang bid a reluctant farewell to Do Han.
“I’ll go in.”
Even though they saw each other every day, it was always difficult to let go when parting.
As her hand felt empty, Sa Rang already missed his warmth.
“See you tomorrow.”
“Okay.”
Despite parting, Sa Rang’s face brightened again at the thought that she could see him again after sleeping and waking up.
Do Han watched Sa Rang enter the building and climb the stairs until the end.
A little later, the light turned on in the left house on the second floor, and only then did he turn away.
As Do Han walked slowly toward his own home, he stopped abruptly when he saw the familiar In Young as soon as he opened the glass door of the common entrance.
Hye Ri was sitting weakly on one side of the stairs.
“What are you doing here?”
In response to Do Han’s soft voice, she raised her head.
“Have you been drinking?”
“No.”
Hye Ri shook her head and stood up.
Her face appeared paler than usual, and Do Han didn’t like the feeling.
Her lack of words also bothered him.
“Your phone was off, so I waited here.”
He didn’t want to be disturbed during the time he spent with Sa Rang, so he had turned off his phone early. When he took out his phone from his pocket and turned it on, the missed call list was filled with urgent calls from his father.
Seeing his father’s name twice, and seventeen missed calls from his father, Do Han had a bad feeling.
At that moment, his phone vibrated.
The three letters “Dad” seemed unusually urgent today.
Do Han narrowed his brows as he answered the call.
“Yes.”
[Dash] Where are you right now?Kyeong Cheol’s voice burst out of the phone, and Do Han furrowed his brow.
[Dash] Come home right now!It didn’t seem like he was just angry because he couldn’t reach him.
Unable to shake off the ominous feeling, Do Han asked Hye Ri.
“What’s going on at home?”
“Let’s talk on the way. Dad’s waiting.”
Hye Ri opened the front door and left first, and Do Han followed her.
Even while driving, Hye Ri didn’t say a word.
As the long silence continued, Do Han, who was driving, recalled a day in the past.
It was when he was in sixth grade.
At the age of twelve, Do Han had finished preparing for school as usual and was having breakfast.
But right there, Hye Ri, who had just turned first grade, threw a tantrum about the side dishes.
‘You had this yesterday. I don’t want to eat.’
As a daughter he cherished more than his own friends because she was the daughter of the woman he loved, Kyeong Cheol coaxed her.
‘But Daddy will buy whatever you want to eat for dinner. Okay?’
‘Really? What are you going to buy for me?’
‘Our Hye Ri can have whatever she wants, okay?’
Happily smiling at the promise, Hye Ri lifted her spoon.
However, the new mother, with a stern face, said quietly to Kyeong Cheol.
‘Not today. Let’s eat at home for dinner.’
‘Why not? Why can’t we? Daddy said he’d buy me whatever I want.’
When Hye Ri started to throw a fit, Kyeong Cheol quickly stepped in.
‘No, Hye Ri. Daddy will definitely buy you whatever you want, so don’t worry.’
‘Really? You promise?’
‘Okay.’
‘Our daddy is the best.’
After getting the promise, Hye Ri finally ate her meal. Watching her eat silently, the new mother said to Kyeong Cheol.
“Today is Do Han’s mother’s memorial day. We can eat out next time.”
I have translated the Korean paragraph into English while keeping the exact same number of lines as the original. Here is the translation:
“‘Is that really important? Our daughter can’t even eat what she wants on such an important day.’
‘Honey…’
The new mother couldn’t help but watch Do Han’s reaction, but Kyeong Cheol was busy putting side dishes on Hye Ri’s plate.
‘Eat a lot, our daughter.’
‘Okay, Dad. I’ll eat all of this.’
Watching the harmonious atmosphere between the two women, Do Han casually ate his meal.
Then, as usual, he held Hye Ri’s hand and left the house to go to school.
However, their destination was not the school.
‘Oppa, where are we going?’
When they got off the bus at a place they had never been before, Hye Ri blinked her clear eyes and asked.
Do Han didn’t offer any response.
‘Oppa, your hand is sweaty.’
Even though it was March and the weather was still chilly, his hands were trembling to the point of sweating.
The daughter of the woman his father loved so much.
The Park Hye Ri that Kyeong Cheol cherished so much that he could even ignore his mother’s memorial day.
The path he was taking led to abandoning her.
Do Han knew that was the only way to hurt Kyeong Cheol.
But with someone’s help, Hye Ri safely returned home, and Do Han was beaten mercilessly by Kyeong Cheol that day.
It was to the extent that he might think she didn’t die thanks to the desperate efforts of the new mother.
Do Han shed tears until he lost consciousness.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
