“You can’t drink hot things; you resemble your mother.”
Jaehoon, who had been gazing at the teacup on the table, lifted his eyes. Dae-hoon, holding the teacup in his hand after taking a sip of his favorite herbal tea, smiled leisurely, as if recalling pleasant memories.
“Your mother used to wait for the tea for quite a while. She used to put it to her lips only after it cooled down to lukewarm.”
Jaehoon found it amusing that the man talking about his mother as if he knew her well. His mother didn’t dislike herbal tea; it wasn’t that she couldn’t drink hot beverages.
It wasn’t that Jaehoon hadn’t drunk the tea in front of him because it was hot. It was just that he didn’t feel like putting anything in his mouth in front of a person who made him nauseous just by looking at them.
“It’s fortunate that you resemble your mother.”
Whether Jaehoon immediately understood Dae-hoon’s words, who said he was fortunate not to resemble his father, or not, Dae-hoon’s touch placing the teacup he was holding back on the table was rough.
“If you called, you should have said so.”
“Talking casually to your father whom you haven’t seen in a long time. Did your mother teach you that?”
“Yes.”
“…What?”
“She taught me that there’s no need to respect someone who doesn’t respect me.”
Dae-hoon frowned at Jaehoon’s impudent yet composed attitude.
Suddenly, he thought of Yoon Se-na’s past appearance. Then the mischievous daughter seemed a bit cute, making him laugh. However, Jaehoon’s following words were enough to take away his laughter.
“By the way, sir. I don’t have a father.”
“…No child is born without a father in this world.”
“There are cases of being born and raised without one. I haven’t felt the need for it.”
“No matter how much you deny it, fate can’t be severed.”
Jaehoon smiled bitterly. It was endlessly amusing to see him talking about fate now, after turning a girl he kept by his side into an orphan in the past. However, after learning about the situation from Taesuh, Jaehoon said he would meet Dae-hoon first. However, if he came out like this, there was no way to communicate. Jaehoon, who had picked up the coat he had laid down, straightened it.
“I think I took unnecessary steps.”
“There’s no need to rush.”
“I’m in a hurry. I don’t want to stay in a place without good memories for long.”
Jaehoon was sitting in Dae-hoon’s study. Beyond the door, Ji Seung-hee was undoubtedly curious, flickering her eyes. But she wouldn’t be able to eavesdrop. Kang Taesuh was standing guard right in front of the door. Jaehoon had almost turned back to look at her.
“I thought you were smart… Tsk.”
“…”
“Be careful in your actions. Don’t recklessly…”
“On what grounds do you say such things to me?”
Before he could hear more offensive words, Jaehoon stepped forward and cut off Dae-hoon’s words. He thought it was too precious to get angry at a person he considered too dirty to even bother being angry with.
“Do you think you have the qualifications?”
“Come inside.”
“…”
“Quietly prepare for the marriage.”
“I don’t know what you received from Jung Jaehoon, but—.”
“It’s not worth my daughter to someone like him.”
As Jaehoon’s eyes flared in anger at the mention of “my daughter,” Dae-hoon smiled indulgently and tapped the armrest of the sofa.
“You picked a decent guy.”
Jaehoon’s eyes, realizing that the words were about Taesuh, were engulfed in anger.
“A father should prioritize his daughter’s happiness. Don’t give your permission.”
“…Are you in your right mind?”
“Your mother would be pleased too. I should send someone to Chicago. Your mother should come to Korea too.”
“Ha…”
Even a dead mother was being mentioned, and laughter involuntarily escaped Jaehoon, scratching at the absurdity within.
“Stop it.”
“He should stop fooling around before I do. Did you encourage him?”
“If a company falls due to fooling around, it means the company’s CEO ran it like a joke.”
“Don’t beat around the bush. If you don’t want to end up like this, you should think about it as well.”
Dae-hoon’s intentions, understanding the relationship between me and Kang Taesuh, were obvious. He wanted to accept Jaehoon, born from the scandal with Yoon Se-na, as his biological son.
“I know you want to live quietly. Your mother probably doesn’t want to be talked about by people either.”
“Don’t casually mention my mother. Are you even human?”
“It depends on what you do. Will you continue to live as someone irrelevant, or will you be known to the world as my daughter who will marry Kang Taesuh?”
“You’re truly dreadful.”
“Kang Taesuh will also be talked about by people. Those who know about the long-standing engagement talk between you and Yoo-ri. A chaebol heiress who holds both step-sisters in her hands, that will be a good story for people to chatter about.”
Dae-hoon seemed like he was going to hold a press conference and shed fake tears.
He would explain the situation that forced him to do so, and belatedly, he would try to play the role of a father. While doing that, he would try to use Taesuh just as he pleased.
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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