–Ah, so I have to have dinner with my fiancée on Christmas Eve?
“It seems like you’ve only studied and know nothing about dating, Mr. Tae Seo. You’re not fun. I’m starting to feel upset.”
The man, who had been silent for a while, let out a small laugh. Just hearing that made Yu Ri have to suppress the throbbing near her heart.
–Having dinner with my fiancée on Christmas Eve… Thank you for teaching me something nice.
“Then we’re meeting that day. Where should we meet?”
–Let’s just meet briefly this evening. I was planning to contact Ms. Yu Ri within this month anyway, there’s no need to delay.
As expected. I knew this would happen. Tae Seo also had an interest in me. He was just too busy with work and couldn’t spare the time. There’s no need to assert my pride against such a man.
With this thought, Yu Ri decided to put aside her haughtiness and adapt to his mood. After all, it was Kang Tae Seo, who was to be her man.
“Okay. I’ll come near your office, Mr. Tae Seo. Is around seven o’clock okay?”
–I will have my secretary provide the time and location. See you later then.
She didn’t like that he had hung up first without any courtesy. Thinking it would be best to discuss this later, Yu Ri put down her cell phone with a considerably brighter expression.
“What did you say? You arranged to meet?”
“Yes. We agreed to have dinner later. He will contact me.”
“See, when a man is gruff, you just have to push forward. It seems Tae Seo only studies and works, having no idea about dating. Living with such a man is actually more comfortable than one who tiptoes around.”
“Yes.”
With a much more relaxed mind, Yu Ri lay down and closed her eyes. Aromatherapy oil trickled down her smooth back.
“I want to eat cold noodles with dumplings.”
“We can eat that tomorrow. Even though you’ve been to the hospital, you have to eat tofu.”
“That’s like prison.”
“…You’re right. Even so, let’s have hot tofu stew today. It’s too cold to eat cold noodles. It’s a place a member introduced. They highly praised it.”
It was the evening of the day she was discharged from the hospital. Jae In, arm in arm with Sang Hwa, entered an alley among the forest of buildings. After a long walk, a residential area appeared as if out of nowhere. The restaurant with a very small sign was located inside.
“Owner, one small tofu stew here… Hey, should we order mackerel or pork belly?”
“Mackerel.”
“One grilled mackerel, please. Don’t give her less rice because she’s a woman. Give her a lot.”
“Is this just like a common Korean restaurant?”
“This is said to be a real gem. I heard it’s popular among office workers in Gangnam. During lunchtime, the line here extends to the bus stop up there.”
Jae In nodded, picked up her spoon, and the stew full of chunky tofu, boiling hot, was served. The large mackerel followed soon after, nicely grilled.
“Hey, the soup is a masterpiece.”
“Ah, it really is?”
“Ha, it’s a good thing I wore stretchy pants.”
With Sang Hwa’s fuss, Jae In chuckled, blowing on her soft tofu before taking a bite.
“Isn’t that too much?”
There was a strangely playful tone mixed with the sharp voice. But that voice was familiar. Jae In raised her head and cast her gaze in the direction of the voice.
The woman wearing a highend twopiece suit that didn’t fit the setting, and a creamcolored cashmere coat over it, was someone Jae In knew well.
Although it was a face she hadn’t seen in nearly 10 years, she recognized her instantly. She had lived for 7 years under Yu Ri’s contemptuous and hateful gaze; it was impossible not to recognize her.
For a moment, Jae In retreated slightly behind the restaurant’s partition. She never dreamed she’d encounter Yu Ri in a place like this. She couldn’t let the Hyun Yang Construction family know that she was in Korea yet.
“Why? Do you know her?”
“…Yes.”
“Who is she?”
“Don’t look back. Let’s just eat.”
Her appetite was completely gone. Jae In picked at her unfortunate mackerel, trying to ignore the resurfacing memories. Seeing her face was enough to make her blood run cold.
“What’s too much?”
But she pricked her ears at the voice that came again. Moreover, the man’s elegant voice was definitely something she had heard somewhere before.
“This is our first time eating together! How could you bring me to a place like this? And with your secretary!”
“Bring you? I’m here to have dinner with my secretary after work. Didn’t you insist on coming here because you had something to say?”
Contrary to Yu Ri’s sharply angered voice, the man’s deep bass was only calm.
“What does that…”
“If you have something to say, say it. I’ll listen while I eat.”
“Tae Seo!”
“Let’s not be noisy in the restaurant. Order something if you want to eat, or leave if you don’t want to.”
“What did you say?”
It was surprising that there was a man who could shut Yu Ri up. Jae In was curious about the face of the man who treated Yu Ri coldly with his low, deep voice, but she did not particularly turn her head.
“Is what you have to say a long story? Come to think of it, what I have to say can be done over the phone. If I knew it was going to be like this, I would have just called.”
During the brief silence that followed, Sang Hwa leaned over the stew pot and whispered.
“Hey, I don’t know what it is, but it’s fun. Everyone in the restaurant must be listening to that couple’s argument, right? Do you know the girl or the boy?”
“The girl.”
“Really? Ah, but I think I’ve heard that man’s voice somewhere, I just can’t remember. It reminds me of the radio DJ I used to listen to every night during my senior year.”
Jae In quietly sipped the soup from the stew that Sang Hwa had ladled for her.
“I’ll ask just one thing. Kang Tae Seo, don’t you have any consideration for your fiancée?”
“Consideration for the fiancée…..”
The moment she heard the conversation between the two, Jae In found a clue to the direction of the revenge she had been considering for a long time.
The divorce of Jo Yu Ri, known as the only daughter of Jo Dae Hoon. If the reason for this was due to Jo Yu Ri’s hidden halfsister.
It was a story that would only appear in outrageous dramas. It wasn’t an appealing method for Jae In. However, when she thought of Jo Yu Ri who cursed at me and my mother as filthy, and her biological mother, Ji Seung Hee, she was willing to try.
Moreover, it was a way to show Jo Dae Hoon, who was keen on maintaining a harmonious family image to the outside, a big middle finger.
“Is it a considerate action to come and disturb someone who’s taken time out of their busy schedule to eat?”
“…..”
“Mr. Chairman. I apologize for causing a disturbance. Manager Jang, is tofu stew okay? Please give us two servings of tofu stew here. Please also include grilled mackerel. I think we need two water cups.”
Asking for only two water cups was a clear rejection. Where in the world was there a man who would treat his own fiancée like that?
“No way.”
“What’s no way?”
“Ah, it’s nothing.”
Jae In bowed her head and became lost in thought.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
