“So, is this why you brought me here?”
“Yeah. I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you earlier.”
“No, no, thank you so much. Mr. Minhyuk is right. If I had known where my mom was in advance, I would have come to meet her without listening to Mr. Minhyuk. Thank you for keeping your promise.”
The sound of a machine indicating Yeonsil’s breathing resonated in Dahyun’s heart.
Yeonsil is really by my side.
It was unbelievable. During the more than ten years I hadn’t seen her, Yeonsil had aged.
Seeing the aged Yeonsil, unable to open her eyes, Dahyun felt very pitiful and her heart ached.
Guilt pressed heavily on her shoulders.
Dahyun looked tenderly at Yeonsil, who had closed her eyes while breathing with the oxygen respirator.
I don’t know how to express my gratitude to Minhyuk. Just him thinking of me and bringing Yeonsil made me feel sorry and grateful.
“Thank you so much.”
“Dahyun, your mother will be delighted to be back by your side.”
“Yes, I hope my mom will be happy. It would be so nice if she could wake up like this.”
“…Indeed. In that case, there is nothing more to say.”
The more grateful Dahyun was, the more embarrassed Minhyuk became. Maybe it’s better to leave it like this for now. Or should I tell her the reality quickly?
A few days after the funeral of Changjeong, Dahyun was already mentally weakened.
Minhyuk couldn’t bring himself to say it. It was too cruel to meet the mother she longed to see and part with her right away.
“Dahyun, but there’s something you must know.”
The middle-aged man standing next to them silently observed.
“What is it?”
“…Don’t push yourself too hard.”
In the end, Minhyuk hoped that she would be happy to meet Yeonsil rather than making her realize the cruel reality.
Confirming that Minhyuk did not mention to Dahyun about sending Yeonsil, Hansu deliberately cleared his throat. Then Dahyun’s gaze shifted from Minhyuk to Hansu.
“Well, you must be Dahyun, Yeonsil’s daughter.”
“…Who are you?”
Thinking of Hansu as a doctor, Dahyun was cautious when he approached her with a friendly greeting.
Dahyun had unconsciously become cautious of strangers.
Seeing Dahyun, Hansu burst into laughter, recalling young Yeonsil. “Yeonsil’s little sister. So, I should say a relative. My name is Baek Hansu.”
“A relative? But to my mom… Oh!”
The word “relative” reminded Dahyun of what she overheard when Soocheol was talking on the phone with someone.
He said he had a relative abroad. Could that person be him?
Dahyun stared intently at the bespectacled man in his forties. He seemed both similar and dissimilar.
If he hadn’t said he was Yeonsil’s relative, Dahyun wouldn’t have thought they looked alike at all.
But seeing him take action to help Yeonsil, it seemed that he was indeed a relative.
“Did you have a good relationship with my mom?”
“It’s good that you’re not Chairman Hansu Cheol’s biological daughter. I knew that even when you were in your mother’s womb. At that time, thinking of Yeonsil, I opposed giving birth to you. I understand that I could only say such things as family because you got pregnant so suddenly when you haven’t even married yet. Truly, you are Yeonsil’s relative.”
It’s really true that she’s a relative of Mom.
“Just call me Uncle casually.”
“Yes, understood.”
Dahyun nodded and looked at Yeonsil again.
“Mom, I missed you.”
She had so much to say, but now that she saw Yeonsil, nothing came to her mind. Her head went blank, and all she could say was that she missed her.
Sniffling, Dahyun carefully brushed away the hair on Yeonsil’s forehead, more concerned about the aged Yeonsil than memories from her childhood.
Hansu worried a lot about sacrificing his life for family by marrying Soocheol.
But Dahyun grew up very upright and decent, much like Yeonsil, making such worries seem trivial.
If Yeonsil could see this, she would be very pleased.
Hansu didn’t know how Soocheol told Yeonsil about her family, but now he had to let Dahyun know about Yeonsil’s family relationship.
“Aunt and Uncle passed away in an accident a long time ago. There are distant relatives and cousins, but Yeonsil and I were very special. Yeonsil was like a real younger sister to me.”
“They didn’t pass away?”
“Impossible. Han Su-cheol cut off ties completely, as if he were a stranger. But since we are no different from others, it’s better that way.”
So even if they come later, don’t be deceived. Hansu firmly emphasized that.
“Sorry for coming late. If it weren’t for Chairman Kang Chang-jung’s call, I wouldn’t have known how you and Yeonsil were right now.”
Hansu immigrated to the United States not long after Yeonsil gave birth to Dahyun. He lived in the United States, forgetting Yeonsil completely.
He believed that Yeonsil would live happily. He never imagined that she would live with her consciousness lost after an accident.
If Changjeong hadn’t contacted him, he wouldn’t have set foot in Korea.
“My father contacted you?”
“Yeah. He told me to meet his son. He said the guy who married you is his son.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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