Soocheol looked at Dahyun with an expression that seemed to ask if she knew what she was saying.
Only Minhyuk’s face remained unchanged.
“Do you know what you are saying in front of Gang Min… Lord Gang?”
Soocheol’s face, which had been calm, turned sinister at once.
In order for Dahyun to completely break away from Soocheol, she had to bring Yeonsil.
Struck by Dahyun’s audacity, Jiyeon glared at her sharply.
“Sister, you’ve grown strong. Before marrying your brotherinlaw, you couldn’t even lift your head properly because you were so mindful of father’s gaze.”
“Ji Yeon.”
Even before marrying Min Hyuk, Da Hyun was someone who ate while constantly minding her manners at the table.
“Having a strong supporter is a really good thing, right?”
Ji Yeon was still unable to forget the embarrassment from last time. Whenever she thought of it, a surge of humiliation would rise within her, spoiling her good mood.
“I can’t eat because the food tastes off.”
Ji Yeon had been losing her appetite ever since she heard Da Hyun was coming. She eventually got up from her chair.
After bowing her head to Young Sook and Su Cheol, Ji Yeon looked at Min Hyuk.
“Brotherinlaw.”
“Yes, sisterinlaw.”
“Enjoy a quiet meal together.”
Ignoring Da Hyun, Ji Yeon fixed her gaze on Min Hyuk with a smile on her lips.
Min Hyuk only responded with a light smile and did not say anything.
Ji Yeon’s pride was hurt even by that, but she did not want to show her angry face in front of Su Cheol and Young Sook.
Da Hyun noticed the twitching of Ji Yeon’s eyebrows and understood that her pride was hurt.
Min Hyuk had a knack for getting on Ji Yeon’s nerves. It seemed like he was not dealing with her anymore for Da Hyun’s sake.
When Ji Yeon left the dining room, ignoring Da Hyun’s question about where she was going, Su Cheol changed the subject.
“It seems Ji Yeon is still upset. She used to like you.”
“What can we do about it?”
Min Hyuk responded to Young Sook with a polite smile.
Young Sook had to admit that Min Hyuk was more charming than Si Hoon in terms of appearance.
“Because Da Hyun was the only one for me.”
Young Sook frowned at Min Hyuk’s firm tone. After all, what’s the use of a handsome face? He was a failure by birth.
Young Sook relaxed her furrowed brows and rolled her eyes.
“Honey, please eat. I don’t feel well, perhaps because I ate something wrong this morning. I’ll go to the room and rest for a while.”
Like Ji Yeon, Young Sook also did not want to stay at the dinner table. The harmonious dinner was over when Da Hyun asked about Ji Yeon.
Even though the meal ended sooner than expected, Young Sook kept her bright smile and said.
“Continue eating. I may not be able to see you out because I don’t feel well, so I hope you understand.”
Da Hyun knew that Young Sook was making an excuse to leave. If Min Hyuk had not been there, she would already have scolded her.
Even now, she was being treated like an invisible person.
Min Hyuk turned his head to look at Da Hyun. She was sitting expressionless, her hands resting on her thighs.
She sat there as if she didn’t exist, calmly as if the situation was expected.
You’ve grown up in such a beggarlike environment since you were young.
Min Hyuk turned his head from looking at Da Hyun to Young Sook.
She resembled Ji Yeon in looks. Min Hyuk pulled up the corners of his mouth without faltering.
“I understand if you want to get out of this uncomfortable situation.”
“Huh? What?”
Young Sook’s pupils trembled in surprise. Da Hyun, sitting next to her, looked at Min Hyuk with surprised eyes.
“I think it would be good for Da Hyun.”
Despite his infinitely gentle tone, there was no one who would take his words at face value.
But Min Hyuk didn’t care how Soo Chul and Young Sook thought.
“Go in and rest well.”
As Young Sook’s bright red lips slowly opened, Soo Chul shot her a side glance with a fake cough.
Young Sook clenched her fist after twitching her lips.
She remembered Soo Chul’s earnest caution that she had to be careful with every word in front of Min Hyuk.
“Honey, I’ll go in now.”
“Alright. Go in and rest.”
Da Hyun suppressed a rising laugh.
She wondered if they had ever been flustered in front of her.
Young Sook, who was behaving elegantly until a moment ago, was nowhere to be seen.
Da Hyun felt Young Sook’s glaring gaze as she left the dining room, but she ignored it.
Seeing Young Sook flustered, Da Hyun felt something that had been building up in her heart for a long time slide down.
Despite the fearsome entity standing right before her, Min Hyuk’s presence made her feel secure.
It was strange. She hadn’t known Min Hyuk for long, but she had already made up her mind to date him.
It was unusual for her, who didn’t easily open up to others, to so readily open up to him.
Having someone on her side brought satisfaction even when she had nothing, and it was no different from a drug that filled up her gaping heart.
“Father.”
“Fatherinlaw.”
Min Hyuk and Da Hyun called Soo Chul at the same time.
When did these two start getting along?
Soo Chul began to doubt if Da Hyun had really lost her memory. She certainly couldn’t remember Min Hyuk.
Even if they were married, they shouldn’t have been in sync already.
“Speak up. Da Hyun, let’s talk separately later.”
Soo Chul barely suppressed his desire to raise his voice.
“Yes, father.”
After answering, Da Hyun bit her lower lip. Soo Chul’s suggestion to talk separately meant that he wouldn’t leave the affair to her.
It meant that she couldn’t even start a conversation.
In Min Hyuk’s presence, Da Hyun didn’t want to show a heated argument with Soo Chul over the affair.
Min Hyuk wanted to comfort Da Hyun as he saw her downcast face devoid of any vitality.
To think that in this situation, he wanted to touch her.
I’m confirming once again that I’m crazy about you.
If Soo Cheol hadn’t glared at him, his hand would have already been stroking her hair.
After all, the initial cause of her sullenness was Soo Cheol.
He thought he would give her anything she wanted, as long as it was within his ability.
Even if she needed his life, he would willingly give it up.
A shallow breath escaped Min Hyuk’s mouth.
“I wish you would let Da Hyun do as she wishes.”
“…Min Hyuk?”
Da Hyun lifted her drooping head.
Did Min Hyuk know that the ‘mom’ he was referring to was not Young Sook?
He seemed to understand her intentions, even though he must have been curious about the reasons, but he didn’t ask.
Soo Cheol laughed hollowly.
“What did you say, lad?”
“I want to grant what Da Hyun wishes. As her husband.”
“Do you know who Da Hyun is referring to as her mother and yet ask to let her have her way?”
“No matter who that person is, it doesn’t matter. But I can see that Da Hyun misses her mother desperately.”
Da Hyun’s eyes widened. Soo Cheol’s forehead creased deeply.
“Can I see this as a declaration of challenge from you?”
Even knowing that Soo Cheol reluctantly approved of his marriage to Da Hyun, Min Hyuk unabashedly emphasized his role as a husband.
“Would that be possible? How could a soninlaw dare to challenge his fatherinlaw.”
Soo Cheol wanted to expose what had happened two years ago in front of Da Hyun. But he couldn’t let his emotions run wild, as it could jeopardize the artificial intelligence project.
“That’s absurd.”
With the opportunity to get the technology he had so desired for virtually free, he didn’t want to ruin it all in a moment due to being swept up in emotion.
The unseen tugofwar between Soo Cheol and Min Hyuk began again.
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An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
