Jo Dae Hoon wouldn’t have sent his daughter off to just any household. He must have made a marriage proposal to a chaebol family that is known for their wealth and prestige.
This meant that the man was not ordinary either. He was undoubtedly from a chaebol family larger than Hyeon Yang Construction.
Engagements and marriages that were only for show were common in chaebol families. So, there were many cases where the parties were aloof even with marriage imminent. Sometimes, they would disregard each other, belittle and fight, taking into account their mutual interests.
But the atmosphere now was entirely different. The man ignored Yu Ri. Yet, Yu Ri, who couldn’t vent her anger, held it in.
The fact that Yu Ri, who always showed her strong side to those weaker than her, was keeping her mouth tightly shut, meant that she had no choice but to lose to that man.
“That makes sense.”
“What does? What makes sense?”
Jae In laughed, looking at Sang Hwa, who had widened her eyes out of curiosity.
“Just. I was creating a drama in my head.”
“That drama, it’s outrageous, right?”
“Yes. Absolutely outrageous.”
Behind Sang Hwa, who was expressing sympathy, the man’s voice was heard again.
“It’s a nuisance to others to yell in the middle of a restaurant when you’re not even going to eat. You, who was so concerned about manners, do not know manners after all. Haven’t you learned public morality?”
Jae In carefully observed Yu Ri, who was standing in her direction.
Fortunately, it seemed Yu Ri had no chance to spot Jae In. Despite sitting, she was shaking her tightly clenched fist as she glared at the tall man who exuded an overwhelming presence.
It was killing her pride to eat with the man and his manager, but the man had brazenly ordered food only for two.
However, he didn’t seem to want to leave just yet. After all, if he left now, the stares of the people in the restaurant would feel like hot daggers in his back.
“Manager Jang, what are you doing? Let’s eat. Who is the one who insisted that we have lots to do, so we should eat quickly and go?”
The man chastising his secretary was quite shameless. Jae In remembered the second and third generations of chaebol families who used to come onto her.
Among all the distasteful men who used to flirt with Jae In at fundraising nights and charity events, there wasn’t a character like him. Moreover, a man who treated Yu Ri, known as the only daughter of Hyeon Yang Construction, with such a rigid attitude.
“…You’ll regret this.”
“I won’t. My motto is not to do anything that I would regret. Then, let’s eat since the food has arrived.”
Yu Ri, who had been glaring at the man for a while, turned around with a bitten lip. As soon as she left the restaurant, the previously quiet restaurant turned noisy in an instant. This was because everyone was exchanging similar stories in hushed voices.
“The woman is pitiful.”
“Not pitiful at all.”
“You know her?”
“Yes, I do. I know her too well.”
“…You dislike her?”
“Is it just disliking?”
Jae In stared at the man’s back while chewing on a mackerel. It seemed that her appetite returned after seeing what Yu Ri had to endure. The salty flesh was deliciously crumbling without any fishy smell.
“Right? The man with the bouquet yesterday.”
“I think so.”
“What do you mean ‘you think so’? In my eyes, it’s certain. Such visuals are not common. I was amazed when I saw him at the hospital yesterday, and it seemed he was even more handsome when I saw him again. Hey, after seeing his face, even his rude speaking seemed attractive. He had such a wonderful smile yesterday.”
Before leaving the restaurant, Jae In deliberately ate her food slowly. She was curious about who the man was, the one who had inflicted such a great sense of humiliation on Jo Yu Ri.
When she searched the name Kang Tae Seo on the internet, all that came up was that he was a member of the family that ran Kang Seon Group. Strangely, she couldn’t find a single photo of him.
If he wasn’t lying about having a lot of work to do, the man finished his meal quickly. The moment the man got up with the person who seemed to be his secretary, Jae In’s eyes widened.
It was that man. The man who had mistakenly entered the hospital room yesterday and took the bouquet of flowers Seok Dong had left was Jo Yu Ri’s fiancé.
“Seems like you’ve come to the wrong place.”
“I came to see my fiancée.”
“But this is room 507…”
“That’s right. Anyway, thank you for the flower gift.”
Jae In recalled the moment she ran into the man in front of the hospital room yesterday. He clearly said he came to see his fiancée. Then, was Yu Ri also in the same hospital?
But for a man who even looked after his fiancée in the hospital, his attitude just a while ago was too cold.
Would it be easy to approach a man who was so cold, even towards his fiancée, who undoubtedly had entwined interests?
“It’ll be difficult.”
“You keep muttering things I can’t understand. Are you saying it would be hard for me to win that guy over?”
“Why, Seo Sang Hwa. Are you trying to seduce him?”
“No. I don’t look at trees I can’t climb.”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
