The temperature in the room dropped suddenly. Her body trembled. Dahyun raised one hand to her wrist.
Suchul didn’t raise his voice or draw a knife.
Why?
A chill ran through her entire body. She could simply turn around and leave the room, but her body wouldn’t move.
No different from Mom.
“Father, what are you talking about?”
Suchul tapped the hand on the sofa armrest while mumbling.
“Well, I don’t know how to bring up this topic.”
Suchul’s thick lips, although seemingly embarrassed, moved upward in a line.
“I thought I wouldn’t have anything to tell you until I die.”
“…….”
“Still, you need to know what kind of person your mother was.”
Dahyun had no idea what Suchul was going to say next.”
Here is the English translation of the provided Korean paragraph:
“Dahyun, have you ever thought even once? Why I didn’t show you the appearance of your mother.”
“…… I know that Father doesn’t want to show me my mother.”
If she knew the reason, she wouldn’t have expressed a desire to see Yunsil and declared a challenge in front of Minhyuk.
“To prevent you from blaming yourself for not keeping your mother by your side, this father will help you.”
More than ever, Suchul was enjoying himself.
“Your mother―”
“Chairman.”
Knock
Just as Suchul was about to confess the denial, a desperate voice of an employee accompanied the knock.
Since the employee rarely interfered unless it was urgent, the urgency seemed quite substantial.
Watching Dahyun collapse when she found out her beloved mother had denied her existence, Suchul was prepared to sympathize with her, thinking that this was the reward for raising a child from another man.
Even the thought of it sent a shiver down his spine.
“Chairman!”
As Suchul remained silent without responding, the employee urgently called him again.
Suchul reluctantly diverted his gaze from Dahyun, who seemed to be in shock, to the closed study door.
“Come in.”
Why would someone interrupt at such a crucial moment?
It didn’t matter. He could say what he hadn’t finished saying after the employee left.
Click, Suchul signaled the employee to come in, waiting as if he had been waiting for the employee to open the door. The employee opened the door and entered urgently. Suchul’s eyebrows twisted at the unusual urgency of the usually calm employee.
“I told you not to disturb.”
As the employee fidgeted, he bowed deeply.
“I’m sorry, Chairman. It’s just that…….”
“Speak.”
While bowing, the employee glanced at Dahyun.
She didn’t know why he was staring at her, but Dahyun found the employee’s attitude very unpleasant. Unchanged arrogance, whether in the past or now, made Dahyun stare straight into his eyes without avoiding eye contact.
Then Dahyun speculated on what Suchul was going to say before the employee came in. However, she could no longer think about what Suchul wanted to say, following the words of the employee who came in later.
“It’s not that. Kang Minhyuk is here now.”
“What?!”
Suchul, who hadn’t expected Minhyuk to come, unknowingly raised his voice.
No one had anticipated Minhyuk’s arrival. Suchul abruptly stood up and checked the mobile phone on the desk.
If there was a call, he would have heard it. He heard no sound.
“Why didn’t I receive any call?!”
Even if Minhyuk hadn’t come, by now, Dahyun would have known that her mother had denied her existence due to Suchul’s words.
Kang Minhyuk, this damned child!
Suchul, who had been anticipating Dahyun’s collapse, couldn’t hide his surprise at the news of Minhyuk’s arrival.
Here is the English translation of the provided Korean paragraph:
At the mention of Minhyuk’s arrival, Dahyun’s pupils fluctuated noticeably, different from a moment ago. Unconsciously, she raised her hand and placed it on her stomach.
However, Suchul, upon hearing about Minhyuk’s arrival, didn’t pay attention to Dahyun’s actions.
“Minhyuk seems to have caught on. Looks like he hasn’t received any contact either.”
After several failed attempts to make a call, Suchul slammed his mobile phone on the desk.
Watching Suchul, Dahyun nervously bit her lower lip.
“Father, did you assign someone to Mr. Minhyuk?”
Assigning someone just for that. Dahyun couldn’t hide her shock. She never expected someone to be assigned even to Minhyuk. She shook her hand weakly, removing it from her stomach. The employee, staring strangely at Dahyun raising her hand, suddenly realized and reported to Suchul.
“Chairman, what should we do? He’s here with a woman.”
“A woman?”
Ignoring Dahyun’s question about assigning someone, Suchul pondered on what to do about Minhyuk, who had come all the way to the front door.
Dahyun noticed the woman who came with Minhyuk was Kim Yoonhee.
He has come.
Even if he knew he had assigned someone, she didn’t expect him to come straight to her like this.
Could it be because of me?
Despite wanting to turn away from the fact that Minhyuk came because of her, Dahyun couldn’t ignore it.
If Minhyuk assigned someone to her, he would have seen and heard where she was going.
However, the strange thing was that Kim Yoonhee was with him.
Only now did Dahyun realize why Kim Yoonhee pleaded for a meeting, asking for forgiveness. Everything made sense now – why she claimed it wasn’t Minhyuk’s child and why Minhyuk was with her.
It was certain that Minhyuk was with her when Kim Yoonhee talked to me over the phone.
As Dahyun recalled the fact that Suchul and Kim Yoonhee had met in the past, she began to organize the thoughts in her mind.
There was no need to organize it for a long time.
Dahyun’s nose became numb, and her eyes were teary.
Whether in the past or now, every action he took was for her.
She realized it too late.
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.”
