“Why! Why do I have to endure this!”
Jo Yu Ri yelled desperately at the firmly closed door. The cup she had been holding rolled across the rug.
Unable to contain her anger, Jo Yu Ri finally fell asleep drunk at dawn. She planned to ask her father to get rid of Yoon Jae In as soon as she got up well past noon.
But Ji Seung Hee knocked on her door first, bringing news that Jo Yu Ri didn’t want to hear – she was told to pretend ignorance about Yoon Jae In and Tae Seo and to keep her mouth shut. Jo Yu Ri argued vehemently, but Ji Seung Hee was uncharacteristically adamant.
“Eventually, you will be the daughter-in-law of the Kang Sun Group chairman. Yoon Jae In is just someone Tae Seo is playing with before he gets married…”
“I don’t even want him playing with someone!”
“Just some infatuation over a pretty face. Once Tae Seo loses interest, I’ll send her back to America, okay?”
“No! What has dad been doing not dealing with her until now? I’m going to tell him to take care of it right now.”
“No, you can’t!”
Ji Seung Hee pushed Jo Yu Ri back onto the bed as she tried to stand up. Jo Yu Ri’s eyes widened in shock – her always graceful mother had never laid a hand on her before.
“Mom…?”
“No. If it can’t be done, then you need to accept that. Keep your mouth shut to dad too.”
“Why? Why can’t I? Even knowing what I’ve been through? You want me to just let it go?”
“Do you think your mother has only seen good things living with your father? Sometimes you have to turn a blind eye, pretend you haven’t heard, and just let things go.”
Her mother had never refused to listen to her before. But today was strangely different. Ji Seung Hee’s insistence on enduring and letting things go felt off, yet Jo Yu Ri could only puff up her reddened face in hurt frustration.
“Just stay put and the position of the mistress of Kang Sun Group will be yours. So, bear it. And don’t bother calling dad, he’s busy these days. Just prattling on the phone. I’ll get your cards all blocked.”
“Why are you being like this?”
“Stay home and calm down today. I’ll tell dad you’re not feeling well. I’ll be on the first floor all day, so don’t even think about going out.”
Ji Seung Hee had rummaged through Jo Yu Ri’s handbag just a moment ago, taking the car’s smart key before leaving. Her words and actions meant Jo Yu Ri was to stay quietly in her room.
This was an unexpected confinement. The first punishment Jo Yu Ri had ever received. But in her mind, it wasn’t she who should be punished – it was Yoon Jae In.
“What did I do wrong? This is all because of Yoon Jae In!”
Jo Yu Ri thrashed her legs and fumed. Biting her lip until it bled, she took labored breaths as her gaze fell on her phone.
“Just wait. Just you wait, Yoon Jae In.”
A vicious glint shone in Jo Yu Ri’s eyes as she thought of ways to torment Yoon Jae In.
“I just won’t call dad, right?”
Her hand paused after frantically scrolling through her phone’s screen. Touching the call icon, she bit her lip.
“Yeah, this is Jo Yu Ri. Could you give me the number for Jung Jae Hoon from Joo An Entertainment?”
The cruel smile that spread across Jo Yu Ri’s lips as she spoke to the person on the other end of the line said it all.
Time seemed to crawl by today. Tae Seo, constantly glancing at the clock, finally forced his gaze down to the approval documents and sighed.
“Is there a problem?”
“No. How’s the house coming along?”
“It’s ready for you to move in this evening.”
“Good work.”
Having finished speaking, Tae Seo signed on the tablet and reviewed the work that needed to be done that day. There was a backlog since he returned from his business trip. Overtime had been routine for him, but today, of all days, he really didn’t want to do it.
He was eager to finish work and take Yoon Jae In home.
“Anyway, it’s true that I approached you with an intention. I’m sorry for trying to use you. But among the reasons I hesitated so long was the fear that I couldn’t handle a relationship.”
Yesterday, Yoon Jae In had confessed that she didn’t feel confident to pursue a relationship. The truth was, Tae Seo felt the same way. Relationships, after all, had always been a story that belonged to others, not to him.
Although he had never uttered the word before, Tae Seo was also aware that a relationship was an interaction based on a feeling called ‘love’ between a man and a woman.
That was the problem. Love.
The love he had seen between men and women was terrible. His biological mother, craving yet fearing love, ended her own life.
His biological father, unable to overcome the guilt of failing to protect the one he loved, turned his bitterness towards others.
And Tae Seo was born between them. To someone, he might be a hope capable of capturing the gaze of a loved one; to others, a cursed existence they wished to erase from the world.
He, of all people, had no right to speak of ‘love.’ Tae Seo had never known what it was and didn’t want to know.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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