Late at night, Subin quietly visited her family home. The tall pine trees in the elevated garden, the scent of tea leaves filling the air as soon as she entered the house – everything remained the same except for the absence of Myeongok. Chairman Cha had sent all the employees out of the house. He seemed to anticipate a conversation that shouldn’t be heard if his dark expression was any indication.
Subin silently gazed at the yellow tea in front of her. Whenever she saw chrysanthemums, it reminded her of her grandfather.
“I came because I have something to say.”
The first words she managed to utter were unexpectedly calm.
“I… I’m leaving again. I won’t be coming back. There won’t be a return this time.”
Should she just go back, leaving only the documents behind? Even when she came right in front of the house, her heart wavered hundreds of times.
But still, she had crossed the doorstep with the intention of expressing her gratitude to her grandfather who had raised her.
“Where are you going?”
“Well, I’m thinking of going back to the U.S. to take some pictures, or maybe start anew in a completely different place… I still don’t know.”
“…”
I don’t wish for you to catch me. I know you’re not that kind of person. Yet, in his quiet expression, an indescribable bitterness could be felt.
“And this…”
Subin placed the envelope she had been holding onto the table. It contained documents – a renunciation of inheritance and a stock transfer certificate.
Economically, the papers were worth several billion won. However, to Subin, these few sheets of paper held a meaning beyond that. They were the last remaining evidence and comfort proving her membership in the Hyosung family.
Without hesitation, Chairman Cha reached for the envelope with a slow hand. His expression as he examined the documents was endlessly calm.
You probably already know.
The stocks that Myeongok had collected on her behalf were not insignificant. Given that the Hyosung legal team had been called in for processing, there was no way he hadn’t heard about it.
Rustle, rustle – the sound of flipping papers filled the air, and suddenly, his pupils stiffened. What Chairman Cha held in his hand was the document renouncing inheritance. It was a matter that had been discreetly handled by external lawyers.
Subin spoke as if making an excuse.
“I’m leaving, leaving everything behind. I don’t have much interest in the company, and I won’t be inheriting the position. And…”
Because I’m not your child. I couldn’t bring myself to say that last necessary word.
“I, I…”
Subin unknowingly bowed her head deeply. She felt guilty, unworthy. She wanted to turn back time and undo the time she had spent deceiving him as her mother’s doll.
A thick tear fell onto the tightly clenched fist.
“Subin.”
The composed voice of Chairman Cha reached her ears.
“Do you know what your father’s favorite fruit is?”
“…What?”
Subin lifted her numb face. There was a puzzled expression in her eyes, which were heavily distorted from tension.
“I’m talking about fruit. Fruit.”
Grandfather’s favorite fruit… Subin, forgetting the situation she was in, absentmindedly searched her memory.
It seemed like he enjoyed the taste of the lonely persimmon, and in the summer, he also enjoyed sweet watermelon. Subin, rolling her light brown eyes in various directions, spoke with an uncertain voice.
“Um, you like all sweet fruits, don’t you?”
“That’s right. But my absolute favorite is white peach. Baekdo.”
“White peach…?”
Chairman Cha had an allergic reaction to white peaches. Symptoms included reddening of the skin and itching. It didn’t make sense that he would like white peaches.
“Grandfather, you can’t eat white peaches.”
“That’s right. I can’t eat them. Neither can you.”
Subin felt her throat tighten and breathing become difficult when she ate white peaches. Although the type was different, it was still a form of allergic reaction.
Given the circumstances, peaches were never brought to the table at the family home. All the employees were well aware of this, and there was no way for them to come in even as gifts.
“You can’t eat them, and I can’t eat them either. Even though you’re not my blood, it was still nice to think of you as family.”
“…!”
Aching fingers, unsightly fingers. Or fingers that felt strange, as if they didn’t belong to her.
To Chairman Cha, Subin had always been such a presence in his life. Every time he looked at her, it hurt, and he disliked it. But even so, he couldn’t completely separate her from his life.
The days of raising Subin, laughing, and crying together were vivid in his heart. That’s why he couldn’t push her away. Even though she wasn’t of his blood, since she had entered his arms, she was his granddaughter, and since he had raised her, she was still his granddaughter in his thoughts.
Chairman Cha looked at Subin with a stern gaze.
“How did you find out?”
“…I’m sorry.”
“What kind of answer is ‘how did you find out’? It’s not an answer; it’s more like a cooing question.”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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