“There’s no way an innocent child who knows nothing would be told by her mother that she’s not her real daughter.”
Probably, the fact that he reluctantly married Soo-cheol could be known from the contract. Chang-jung bit his tongue. What he had to do now was to convey to Da-hyun what her real parents had left for her.
“Your mother, Yeon-sil, loved you immensely. That’s why she willingly accepted you as my daughter-in-law. Thanks to Da-hyun, Min-hyuk has also become an opportunity for further growth.”
“…”
“The documents in that envelope are the test results proving that you are not Han Soo-cheol’s biological daughter.”
The guy he had attached under Soo-cheol in the past was very loyal and still under Soo-cheol’s command. Thanks to him, it wasn’t difficult to obtain Soo-cheol’s hair or a cup he had used.
Da-hyun chewed on the delicate flesh inside her mouth. She couldn’t possibly listen calmly to this.
Da-hyun, who had calmly dealt with yesterday’s explosive news, couldn’t confront Chang-jung’s words. Instead, she stared blankly at what Chang-jung had brought, looking down at the hairband in her hand.
“So then… Did our mother commit adultery?”
If she wasn’t Soo-cheol’s child despite marrying him, it was impossible unless Yeon-sil had committed adultery.
“No, it’s not adultery. Yeon-sil was already pregnant. That’s a contract your mother made when she married Han Soo-cheol.”
Chang-jung explained to Da-hyun to prevent misunderstandings. He continued cautiously, concerned that she might collapse upon hearing this shocking truth.
“Soo-cheol knew that Yeon-sil was pregnant, yet he forcefully pursued the marriage. It’s hard to believe, but Han Soo-cheol liked Yeon-sil at that time and chased her down to the point of coercing the marriage with the power he held. However, Yeon-sil loved Jae-hee, who had nothing, not even from a chaebol or a wealthy family.”
“…”
Soo-cheol took a moment to catch his breath and continued speaking.
“Yeon-sil’s family was facing a financial crisis. They needed money, and there was no place to borrow it from. It was quite a large sum, not a small amount. Soo-cheol volunteered to come and lend them money. However, in return, he set the condition that Yeon-sil should belong to him. It was an inevitable marriage for Yeon-sil, who couldn’t turn away from her family. Sae-ah, your mother was such a kind-hearted person.”
Jae-hee. Da-hyun quietly murmured a name that seemed like her father.
So that’s why she looked at me with such contempt. Was the reason for the discrimination against me and Ji-yeon because I wasn’t his biological daughter?
If Soo-cheol wasn’t my real father, everything he had done to me so far made sense. He spared no material or emotional support for his biological daughter Ji-yeon.
Da-hyun clenched the hand holding the hairband into a fist and closed her eyelids to block out the hazy sight.
As she closed her eyes, tears awaited on her eyelashes, as if to say they had been waiting for her.
At that moment, Min-hyuk, who had come out of the kitchen with a tray, looked at Chang-jung and asked, “What’s going on?”
Even though Min-hyuk knew everything, Chang-jung didn’t look at Min-hyuk and revealed the truth to Da-hyun.
“Why are you asking when you’ve already heard everything?”
Min-hyuk’s face turned cold at Chang-jung’s nonchalant tone. When Da-hyun’s shoulders shook with sobs, Min-hyuk put down the tray and sat next to Da-hyun, extending his arm to gently pull her toward him.
“If that’s the case, are you saying Da-hyun’s biological father is not Chairman Han?”
“Haven’t you noticed that Da-hyun doesn’t resemble Chairman Han? Bloodline can’t be deceived.”
Despite knowing everything, Min-hyuk found it suspicious that Chang-jung, who had silently observed so far, was now revealing the truth directly.
“When did the Chairman learn about this fact? Don’t tell me he knew from the beginning.”
He was thoroughly deceived. While Chang-jung had thought that Yeon-sil, Soo-cheol’s wife, might have a connection, he never expected them to be so intimate.
Resentment towards Chang-jung grew for not revealing what he already knew.
Surprisingly, Min-hyuk was not greatly shocked by the fact that Da-hyun was not Soo-cheol’s daughter. Rather, it lightened his heart not to have that connection.
He had tried his best not to overstep boundaries, thinking that Soo-cheol was the one who allowed her to come into the world.
Unlike Da-hyun, who fell into sadness, Min-hyuk felt a mix of dislike and gratitude for Chang-jung, who had now revealed the truth.
Soo-cheol was a wall for Min-hyuk, a wall that shouldn’t be easily penetrated. If he broke through this wall, the path would open up, but Min-hyuk refrained from breaking it, fearing that it might make the person he loved sad.
However, now there was no reason not to break the wall. Rather, he could now break it coolly, even where it wasn’t necessary.
He would repay Da-hyun for everything Soo-cheol had done to her.
“Why are you telling me now? Why didn’t you tell me earlier, pretending not to know anything, not even visiting the hospital like before?”
Min-hyuk speculated that Chang-jung might have spread the news when he saw him come to their house without any prior notice after the article broke out, thinking that Chang-jung could have publicized it.
He didn’t consider Chang-jung as his father. In response to his indifferent words, Chang-jung’s lips twisted, and the wrinkles on his face deepened.
“Yeon-sil and Jae-hee were two people I truly cherished. When I looked at those two, it felt like I was watching cute puppies. At that time, I only cared about the company growing and didn’t know love. I couldn’t understand why they valued their future more than their own family back then, given the importance of the company over the family at that time.”
Chang-jung lamented a past that could no longer be undone.
“I wanted to see those two prove the existence of love that I doubted. I wanted them to prove me wrong. I couldn’t believe it. About being happy with love alone. I couldn’t believe it even more because I couldn’t have love.”
Min-hyuk looked at Chang-jung and thought, “He really is an old man who only knows himself until the end.” Even now, it was still the same.
“But Yeon-sil and Jae-hee achieved the love that they couldn’t, making me see what I wanted to see so badly.”
Da-hyun shook her head, sniffing her nose. Then she wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and raised her head.
“So, this is a gift from me to Sae-ah.”
She stared at Chang-jung, who muttered quietly with a desolate expression, her eyes wet with misery.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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