Breaking Matchmaking - Chapter 15

Jae Min, who left the house early in the morning, entered the neighborhood where Ro Na lives.

After parking beneath a small three-story villa, Jae Min hummed as he climbed the stairs, and the black sedan that had been following him also stopped at a position where the villa entrance was clearly visible.

Chae Won lowered the camera she had been eagerly pressing and said:

“I don’t know if this is that woman’s house or if he set up a separate household outside, but it’s mind-boggling that he tried to deceive and get a clean divorce like this.”

Yoo Gun, with his hands on the steering wheel, leaned his head against the headrest.

“How did you find out that Noh Jae Min was having an affair?”

“Ho Tae’s dog did a good job.”

At Chae Won’s words, Yoo Gun recalled the small bulldog.

Ho Tae sometimes brought it to the main house, and around this time last year at a family gathering, the dog had chewed up a briefcase that had been put down on the floor.

Whether Ho Tae stole and wrecked a car or his pet dog tore up a bag, Yoo Gun’s brow furrowed slightly as he had no good memories from being close to Ho Tae.

“I understand the situation, but it also seems dangerous. You pretending to be her elder sister.”

If he ever finds out, that man will definitely not stay quiet.

No matter how similar they look, she’s not Kim Hee Joo.

A man who even has a mistress is unlikely to keep naturally accepting Chae Won, who pretends to be Hee Joo every weekend and drags out time.

“Are you worried about me now?”

“Perhaps.”

Hearing an unexpected answer, Chae Won looked at Yoo Gun’s profile.

Seeing his expression that couldn’t be a joke, Chae Won turned her head back to the front and lowered her gaze halfway.

“I can’t let my elder sister’s life flow so unfairly and miserably. Yoo Gun has his grandmother and Ho Tae, but I only have my elder sister now.”

Yes, but.

Why is Ho Tae included?

“It seems family information was shared in the matchmaking details. I see my parents are left out.”

“Ah, that.”

Chae Won looked at Yoo Gun with a cautious expression.

No matter how one loses their parents, it would be a heavy story, but the particularly difficult reason to bring up was because his parents and younger sister had died in a very famous accident.

The crashed aircraft had many Koreans on board, including his family.

“I’m sorry.”

His expressionless eyelashes lowered further.

Rather than giving awkward comfort, Chae Won opened her lips with the thought of simply sharing how she felt.

“It really happens suddenly. When precious family disappears overnight, feeling deflated, empty, and hurt all rush in at once, to the point where you don’t even know if this is pain.”

Chae Won continued speaking with her gaze fixed on the villa entrance.

“So be good to the family you have left. You have your grandmother and Ho Tae.”

“If you know we’re not close, stop including Ho Tae? Even if you probe like that, I won’t tell Ho Tae anything about you.”

Chae Won, whose inner thoughts were exposed, quickly turned her gaze.

“I was just checking. Today’s events are absolutely secret, so I wanted to ask you to be careful with your words.”

While they were talking, Jae Min appeared with the woman.

Startled, Chae Won hurriedly raised her camera.

Click! Click!

As she took several photos of the two people coming out arm-in-arm and smiling affectionately, Chae Won slowly lowered her camera.

“It’s a bit disappointing.”

Yoo Gun, who had been watching with indifferent eyes, turned to Chae Won as she muttered.

“That woman. She’s so much worse than my elder sister, it feels futile.”

Although she didn’t want to judge people by their appearance, Chae Won had thought there must be some extraordinarily beautiful woman since Noh Jae Min had an affair.

Average height, average face, average clothing style. She wondered what Noh Jae Min liked about this unremarkable woman that made him abandon Hee Joo and have an affair.

She had come expecting someone special, but to her eyes the woman was inferior to Hee Joo, which was even more frustrating.

But why was this man, Choi Yoo Gun, silent? Did he think her words were wrong?

“Why are you so quiet, Choi Yoo Gun? Don’t tell me in men’s eyes that woman is much better than me, I mean, than my elder sister?”

Only then did Yoo Gun carefully observe the woman next to Jae Min, as if evaluating.

“There needs to be a basis for comparison to compare.”

Meaning there was no comparison.

As if even such a question was meaningless and bothersome.

Choi Yoo Gun had a skill for making people’s hearts flutter with such an expressionless face.

Chae Won, who had been looking at him, turned to the front with a gradually relaxed expression.

“As expected, Choi Yoo Gun has an excellent eye for people.”

While watching Jae Min and Ro Na get into the car, Yoo Gun’s phone message tone rang.

[Sir, you’re not at the company today? We gathered to finalize the concept.]

It was a text from a team member who remembered that Yoo Gun came to the office even on weekends before important schedules, asking.

It was also a way of showing off that they were working hard on their own even on weekends.

Yoo Gun, who would normally have been cooped up in the office given the important upcoming schedule, pondered as he looked at Chae Won holding binoculars.

Yoo Gun, who had been stroking his chin with his arm resting on the steering wheel, soon typed a message.

[Proceed under Director Ko’s supervision and go home early]

After leaving one more text taking responsibility for their meals and snacks, Yoo Gun put down his phone.

“Let’s go, let’s go!”

Chae Won touched Yoo Gun’s shoulder.

Kim Bok Rye was the only woman who didn’t know how busy a person Yoo Gun was, but now Kim Chae Won was following in her footsteps as if she were the successor.

“Hurry.”

She even hits my shoulder and speaks informally because it’s urgent.

I came out early in the morning just to take a couple photo, what am I doing now?

Various thoughts crossed his mind, but Yoo Gun stepped on the accelerator as instructed by Chae Won.

“We can’t lose them!”

In his life, he had never once lost sight of a target he set his eyes on.

“Absolutely not!”

“Just put on your seatbelt.”

Meaning it won’t happen this time either.

Yoo Gun closely followed the car in front that was picking up speed.

*

After entering the complex leisure shopping mall, the two had a drink each before heading towards the clothing stores.

They thought the couple might do some shopping, but their steps naturally led into a famous children’s clothing store.

“Why are they going in there……”

Chae Won wrapped her scarf around her face and linked arms with Yoo Gun.

“Let’s go closer too!”

Dragged along by the combative Chae Won, Yoo Gun had no choice but to enter the children’s clothing store in a couple concept.

“Welcome.”

Receiving greetings from the clerks as they entered, Chae Won, still arm-in-arm with Yoo Gun, moved as close to Jae Min as possible.

“Eek! This vest is so cute, honey! Right?”

“It is. Our little bean would look so cute wearing it.”

Little bean?

Chae Won pretended to dust off Yoo Gun’s clothes while thinking.

Thinking ‘No way’ as she mercilessly dusted Yoo Gun’s clothes, Ro Na said,

“When our little bean is born, I want to dress them in this, Jae Min. Buy this for me!”

“Okay! If there’s anything else you want to buy, pick it all!”

Ah……!

Chae Won gripped Yoo Gun’s clothes tightly as if grabbing his collar, while pretending to dust them off affectionately.

It was the moment her suspicions that she had hoped weren’t true were confirmed as fact.

Just then, Yoo Gun’s lips came close to Chae Won’s ear.

“I understand why you’re doing this, but you should let go now. It looks strange to anyone watching.”

Flustered, Chae Won hurriedly released her grip.

A clerk who was about to take a sales posture was standing at a suitable distance with a strange expression.

“Ah, just joking. Haha.”

Chae Won smiled at the clerk as if she had been playing around with her boyfriend.

Fortunately, the clerk smiled back.

Chae Won instantly wiped the smile off her face as she turned away.

“So she’s pregnant, is that it……”

Hiding both the fact that he had a mistress and a child.

Trying to divorce so easily while compensating with a bank account with just a few coins and a small golden toad.

Recalling the images of Young Ja and Jae Min so far, Chae Won let out a hollow laugh.

As she bit her lip at the shocking revelation, the clerk who had finally started sales approached with a friendly voice.

“Is it a boy or a girl?”

Chae Won turned around with a bright smile.

“A boy.”

“A girl.”

At the simultaneous voices from Yoo Gun and the completely different genders, Chae Won straightened her back.

After briefly communicating with her eyes with Yoo Gun, Chae Won turned back to the clerk and said,

“A boy.”

“A girl.”

Once again, simultaneous voices with Yoo Gun.

Chae Won bit her lip and glared at Yoo Gun with sharp eyes.

She thought they had communicated well with their eyes just before, but it seems they hadn’t understood each other at all.

Moreover, Choi Yoo Gun said the same thing without backing down.

“No, do you prefer a girl? Why do you keep saying girl!”

Choi Yoo Gun saying what does it matter if it’s a boy or girl,

Chae Won insisting he should have gone along with her and said boy,

Choi Yoo Gun saying he still thought a daughter would be better for the first child.

The clerk, watching the two suddenly make family plans, spoke in a careful voice.

“Um, I just.”

Only then noticing the clerk’s expression, Chae Won took a breath and closed her mouth.

“It’s a gift for an acquaintance, so we don’t know the gender.”

As Yoo Gun spoke, the clerk finally understood with an “Ah” and smiled.

Chae Won glanced back, conscious of Jae Min and Ro Na.

They were standing in front of the baby socks corner, grinning and looking delighted.

“If you don’t know the gender, I think yellow or white would be safe choices. Let me recommend a few things.”

At the clerk’s suggestion, two baby outfits were laid out in front of the couple.

Baby clothes in adorable sizes with cute bear characters.

Unlike Chae Won who kept glancing back, Yoo Gun examined the baby clothes with a serious gaze.

“Honey, it’s almost movie time! Hurry and pay.”

As the two were about to leave after paying, Chae Won also poked Yoo Gun’s side with her arm.

Yoo Gun, who had been sincerely looking at baby clothes, slowly turned his head.

“We’ll come back next time!”

Chae Won smiled brightly at the clerk who had kindly explained, then dragged the slow Yoo Gun outside.

“Why did you look at baby clothes so closely for no reason?”

“I was just looking, they were cute.”

Jae Min, heading towards the movie theater, suddenly stopped walking and smiled as he removed something from Ro Na’s eye.

Chae Won, following behind, naturally passed by and once again dusted off Yoo Gun’s clothes with her hand.

Just as Yoo Gun was thinking his clothes might get holes at this rate, Chae Won took out her compact and checked the two people behind.

The two whispering to each other and giggling in delight.

As Chae Won glared at her compact with sharp eyes, her gaze met Jae Min’s in the mirror.

Flustered, Chae Won closed the compact and stood directly in front of Yoo Gun.

“I think he saw me.”

“They’re coming this way.”

At Yoo Gun’s words, Chae Won pulled up her muffler in panic.

As she was wondering what to do, Yoo Gun pulled Chae Won close as if embracing her.

Yoo Gun, cupping the back of her head with one hand and holding her to his chest, was aware of Jae Min slowly passing by.

Jae Min glanced at Yoo Gun, who stood out prominently among the many people due to his height, then quickly turned his head back to Ro Na with disinterested eyes.

“Honey! There’s an elevator that goes straight to the movie theater over there. Let’s take that!”

“Okay!”

Jae Min passed by, taking care of Ro Na, and the expressionless Yoo Gun continued to look down at Chae Won.

She was pressed against him, not even breathing.

He could have said it was okay now, but he stared for a moment, fascinated by how her small head fit entirely in his hand.

“Are they gone?”

She stirred in his arms, about to lift her head and meet his eyes.

Thinking that wouldn’t be so bad, Yoo Gun slowly parted his lips.

“Not yet.”

Tight.

She pressed closer into his embrace.

As expected.

Male lead is a Divorced Husband

She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”

Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.

After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.

She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.

But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…

Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!

――

This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!

The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.

That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”

Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”

The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”

That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”

Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”

The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.

Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.

“She was originally a ‘she’!”

At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.

The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”

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