It seemed like he would instruct Kim Yoonhee, but he had no intention of easily letting go of the situation.
“The more I think about it, the more despicable he seems.”
It seemed like Soocheol intended to use Kim Yoonhee as a tool, taking advantage of her sick child.
“Among those who know that everything can be done with money, there isn’t a decent person. They don’t seem to understand the concept of satisfaction. Tsk.”
Minhyuk worried about Dahyun, who couldn’t move well due to her poor health caused by him. He had shown her an unbearable sight by not effectively blocking Kim Yoonhee.
Tap, tap.
He touched the tablet screen with his index finger, lost in thought.
“I retreated.”
Minhyuk blamed himself for not completely excluding Kim Yoonhee from Dahyun, using vulgar language.
Ding-Dash.
When Minhyuk was immersed in self-loathing, a short vibration came from his mobile phone.
It was a contact from his employer. Since they didn’t contact unless something happened, Minhyuk immediately checked the mobile phone, worrying if Dahyun had collapsed again.
Dash – “Madam is inviting a person named Kim Yoonhee to the house and having a conversation in the dining room.”
Minhyuk read the employer’s message without any expression.
Tak, Minhyuk checked the message and placed his mobile phone on the desk.
“Dahyun probably wouldn’t know Kim Yoonhee’s number.”
It made more sense that Kim Yoonhee found out her number and contacted her.
Soocheol must have given Dahyun’s number to Kim Yoonhee.
“But when did the two of them talk?”
He seemed to know the reason she didn’t mention meeting Kim Yoonhee but felt uneasy.
If she didn’t instruct her to contact immediately if someone came to the house or if something unfavorable happened to Dahyun, she wouldn’t have known that she was meeting Kim Yoonhee today.
If they had met outside, the security personnel he had assigned to her would have contacted him.
“Kim Yoonhee seems to be in a hurry. How long has it been since the accident that she’s trying to cause another one right away?”
Well, she must have been in a hurry. She needed to receive medical expenses quickly to treat her child.
Minhyuk was confused about whether to pity Kim Yoonhee or not. It was precise, but that was her situation.
“If you go there, you’ll be treated like a crazy person.”
It was impossible to go to her house by chance.
It seemed he couldn’t bear her cold gaze, asking how she knew and found her way here.
Minhyuk felt stifled, took off his bespoke black jacket, and casually placed it on the desk. After unbuttoning two buttons on the white shirt and loosening the cuff button, he rolled up his sleeves.
If something happened, the employer would contact him again. Considering the brief message, there seemed to be no significant problem so far.
What could they be talking about?
Dahyun, with her lost memories from two years ago, would undoubtedly be curious about the exact meaning of what she said to Kim Yoonhee back then.
If that happened, it would be a disaster. He couldn’t let Kim Yoonhee hear the truth instead of him.
“Should I just go and be treated like a crazy person?”
But even if he went straight home now, it would take quite some time. By the time he arrived, she might have known all the truth.
It would be ridiculous to focus on work at a time like this. For several days, Minhyuk hadn’t been able to proceed with his work.
Thanks to her, being in HG Group now made sense, but without her, it would have been meaningless to be in HG Group, even if it was regrettable for Sihun.
Minhyuk was worried that Dahyun’s health, already not good, might worsen due to Kim Yoonhee.
“It seems more comfortable to just become a crazy person.”
Minhyuk was concerned about receiving more resentment from Dahyun, but the worry didn’t last long.
“I won’t make it even if I start now.”
Minhyuk checked the time and calculated the time it would take to get home.
Even if he was hated more by Dahyun, he couldn’t pretend not to know that she was meeting Kim Yoonhee.
When Yoonhee asked if she had met Soocheol, she became irritated. If she asked me, she would have been somewhat convinced, but she didn’t want to ask me directly, probably not wanting to see the sight of me answering her questions.
“Why are you asking me? It seems like Hana Dahyun is already convinced. No matter how much I say I’m not, she won’t believe it.”
Dahyun, irritated by Yoonhee’s teasing question, tightly sealed her lips.
Dahyun didn’t bother to criticize Yoonhee’s tone, which went up and down, wavering.
“How did my father find out about you? What did my father say to Kim Yoonhee?”
“Why should I tell Hana Dahyun? It’s clearly a deal between me and the chairman. Should I tell everything if Hana Dahyun asks?”
“Father already knew about me and Minhyuk’s past from the beginning.”
She had guessed, but now that she knew the truth, it was more heartbreaking. She thought she had nothing to expect or hope for from Soocheol now, but maybe it wasn’t the case.
Back then, Soocheol had tried to separate them, but now he had allowed the marriage. Dahyun understood Minhyuk’s words when she went to confront the matchmaker instead of Jieun.
She didn’t know too much. Whether in the past or now, she was filled with things she didn’t know.
While everyone else secretly planned something behind her back, she knew nothing and laughed happily, deeply immersed in love.
“Is Kim Yoonhee’s child Minhyuk’s child?”
Dahyun asked again. She didn’t know how many times she had asked this question even in her own thoughts. Was it because she wanted to deny it? Did she hope that Kim Yoonhee was lying?
Kim Yoonhee sighed at Dahyun’s incessant questions.
“Yes. I’ve said it several times. So I came back. For my child. I can’t hide it anymore. As I said, the child is sick. I’ll be going now. I had something to say, but now that my memory has returned, it’s useless. I don’t need to murmur now that I remember everything.”
As Kim Yoonhee answered, Dahyun looked chilly, as if a blade had scratched her face.
Kim Yoonhee, holding a trench coat, stood up, walked a few steps, and stopped.
“Hana Dahyun, let me give you one piece of advice. Please take care of yourself and protect the baby in your belly. Did Hana Dahyun not know that she was pregnant when she met the chairman?”
“What did you say?”
Met father?
Dahyun’s gaze, which had been wavering since she knew Yoonhee had recently met Soocheol, collapsed.
“I’ll go before Minhyuk oppa comes. He’s probably on his way here by now. Think carefully. Even if he’s your father, he seems ruthless. I’m going to watch what choice Hana Dahyun makes.”
Kim Yoonhee was satisfied with her final retaliation and smiled again, regaining the smile she had lost.
“I’ll see what choice Dahyun makes.”
Knowing that Kim Yoonhee was leaving the dining room, Dahyun couldn’t get up, and she stared blankly at the cold tea.
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.
*
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.”
