Breaking Matchmaking (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 11
When the meal was over, Young Ja and Jae Min disappeared somewhere in the house.
Chae Won stood in front of the coffee machine in the kitchen, intending to have a cup of coffee.
The areas untouched by hands were remarkably clean, while the lower spots—frequently used—were shockingly messy.
“So, you’re saying Sister did all this herself?”
Chae Won gently touched the small name tags stuck on identically shaped spice jars.
She could feel just how meticulously and delicately her sister had managed the household, but since her sister left, the once-tidy home had fallen into complete disarray.
Ignoring the pile of mixed takeout trash that had been accumulating for days, Chae Won brewed a cup of coffee and headed toward the living room sofa.
“Did you come, Sister?”
Woof woof! Jenny, cradling a dog in her arms, stood before Chae Won.
“Oh wow, this is so cute! Sister, I just made plans with Ho Tae for a staycation soon—can I borrow this outfit then?”
Chae Won smiled gently, took a sip of her coffee, and said,
“No, you can’t.”
“What? That’s so stingy.”
Chae Won didn’t understand how that was stingy, but not wanting a long discussion, she simply kept drinking her coffee.
After savoring another sip, she looked up—and her eyes met those of the bulldog staring at her, drooling.
“Wait, did we even have a dog in the house?”
“No, this is Ttotto! He’s Ho Tae’s pet dog. Isn’t he super cute?”
Aside from the drool, he was admittedly cute.
Chae Won gave a soft chuckle, watching Ttotto pant with his tongue out, making little “hack hack” noises.
“Oh, right! Since you’re already here, Sister, why don’t you cook some kimchi stew? You know, the one with pork—you always make it perfectly. Just prepare it so we can eat it right away!”
“You make it yourself.”
Jenny, who had been turning away, suddenly jerked her head back.
“Huh?”
Were all the people in this household hard of hearing? Why did she have to repeat herself so many times?
Chae Won inhaled the coffee aroma and enunciated clearly,
“If you want to eat it, then you, Miss, should make it yourself.”
“…Me? Me?”
“Yes.”
“How would I even—”
“Then how would I?”
When Chae Won turned her head away with a haughty look, Jenny blinked in stunned silence.
“What’s the big deal? Is it really that hard to make some kimchi stew for me?”
Thud. Chae Won set her teacup down and stood before Jenny with a blank expression.
“Hey.”
Startled by how close Chae Won stood, Jenny took an awkward step backward.
“What’s wrong, Sister?”
“Because I keep speaking to you politely, do you think your new sister-in-law is someone you can push around?”
Chae Won stepped even closer, her voice and expression icy. Jenny stepped back again, eyes widening.
“No, Sister, why are you acting like this…?”
“If you truly want to eat it, either sincerely ask or just order delivery. How old are you to dare command your sister-in-law to cook stew for you like that—with no manners at all? Huh?”
“It’s not like I—”
“Raise your speech while you still can, nicely.”
“Why are you suddenly like this, Sister?”
Woof woof! When Chae Won glared fiercely at the dog barking aggressively in front of her, even Ttotto gradually lowered his eyes, licking his lips nervously.
“When elders consistently honor you with polite speech, you should naturally show proper manners—at least if you have any sense at all.”
“Oh, it’s just…”
When that same murderous glare—capable of making even a dog tuck its tail—shifted back to Jenny, she swallowed hard.
Smile. As if nothing had happened, Chae Won gently placed a hand on Jenny’s shoulder.
“Let’s speak politely to each other. Okay?”
“…Yes, yes.”
“See? It sounds so much nicer when we both do it.”
Terrified by Chae Won’s sudden shift to a completely different expression, Jenny carefully lowered her eyes.
*
Having just left Madam Kim’s room, Yoo Gun looked at the hotel voucher in his hand.
This wasn’t a ticket that would let him off with just a simple “We had a good time” greeting followed by a casual “Okay” from his grandmother.
It was obvious she’d verify whether they’d actually stayed overnight, so this was clearly a mandatory task: he absolutely had to spend one night at the hotel with Chae Won.
“I’m going crazy.”
Apparently, he’d underestimated the condition of dating his blind-date partner for a month.
“Hyung, you’ve been coming to the main house a lot lately?”
Ho Tae entered, dressed in a suit, sunlight from the living room window falling on him.
Yoo Gun glanced at Ho Tae’s tight beige suit pants—fitting like skinny jeans—with a look of discomfort, then met his eyes again.
“Yeah, seems like we keep running into each other.”
Ho Tae immediately grinned slyly.
“Guess even you can’t resist with Grandmother’s inheritance coming up. One house in Seongsu-dong clearly isn’t enough for you, huh?”
Why did he always have to block the way like this, even when it was annoying?
Whatever Yoo Gun said, Ho Tae would just interpret it however he pleased anyway.
Though their rivalry over the company leadership had been intense, Yoo Gun still remembered how Ho Tae’s family had quietly smiled upon hearing news of their father’s death. With a cool expression, he simply walked past.
“See you later.”
“Wait, Hyung!”
Ho Tae urgently called out and hurried after Yoo Gun again.
“Hyung! Did you happen to go on that blind date?”
At the mention of the blind date, Yoo Gun stopped and turned back, his face expressionless.
It didn’t feel like Ho Tae suspected anything or knew something specific about Chae Won.
“Why do you keep asking about that?”
“Oh, well…”
Ho Tae gave a bashful laugh and scratched the back of his head.
“Actually, I wanted to talk to you about something today.”
“About what?”
Ho Tae moistened his lips with his tongue and stepped closer to Yoo Gun.
“A while back, Jenny and I were on a date and happened to pass by that house in Seongsu-dong. Jenny said she really liked the location and wanted to live there. How about this—let’s rebuild the Seongsu house as our new home! Why don’t we swap it for the Mok-dong building I’m supposed to get from you? The market values are basically the same anyway!”
Rebuild it completely.
Not only did that point bother him, but even more irritating was Ho Tae’s clueless expression—as if he had no idea whatsoever about the pain it might cause someone else.
“You really love tearing things down, don’t you?”
“Huh?”
Ho Tae’s eyes widened innocently—then shrank slightly as he remembered the car accident he’d caused years ago in Yoo Gun’s car.
“Ahahaha. Come on, Hyung, don’t be so uptight. I was drunk back then… Anyway, that’s all in the past—just forget about it. Haha.”
Yoo Gun watched Ho Tae roll his eyes, utterly exasperated—just as Madam Kim emerged, leaning on Butler Gong’s arm.
“Ho Tae?”
Ho Tae turned, his eyes wide with surprise, and rushed over to support Madam Kim’s left arm.
“Hello, Grandmother! I’m going on a business trip, so I won’t see you for a few days—I just stopped by to say goodbye on my way out.”
“You’ve been coming to greet me unusually often lately.”
“Oh, of course! It’s my duty as a grandson to visit often. Hehe.”
Madam Kim’s eyes drifted toward Yoo Gun—as if asking, “Haven’t you left yet?”
“Grandmother, actually, about that house in Seongsu-dong…”
At Ho Tae’s words, Madam Kim turned her attention fully back to him.
“Oh, perfect! Since your brother’s here too, let’s all sit down and discuss it together!”
“I’m busy.”
Yoo Gun gave Madam Kim a slight bow.
“I’ll go now.”
Behind him, Ho Tae’s voice called out “Hyung!” several times, but Yoo Gun walked straight to his car.
Sitting in the driver’s seat, Yoo Gun looked at the blue-roofed main house ahead and imagined Ho Tae, at this very moment, pleading with Grandmother to hand over the Seongsu-dong house to him.
Knowing that, unlike others, all Yoo Gun wanted was that one Seongsu house, Madam Kim would never give it to Ho Tae—
as long as their fake relationship remained undiscovered.
Yoo Gun’s gaze fell onto the hotel voucher in his hand.
If he didn’t do something, fine—but if he did, he always did it properly.
There would be no awkward exposure turning this into wasted time.
After texting Chae Won their meeting location for the day, Yoo Gun started the car.
*
Of the two who’d vanished after the meal, Young Ja reappeared first.
“Hey.”
She approached with her chin raised, arms crossed.
“I need to catch up on laundry and make some side dishes. Take down the curtains, toss them into the bathtub, and stomp them clean with your feet. Pull out all the dishes from the cabinets and wash each one. And mop the floor—not once, but three times. It’s filthy enough to die.”
Her expression and tone were completely different from just moments ago—cold and sharp.
“Oh, so today’s the day the whole family does a deep clean, is it?”
“What does family have to do with it? It’s your duty as a daughter-in-law. And how is this even ‘deep cleaning’? These days, we have washing machines and dryers—machines do everything for you! If you’re not planning to divorce, then do your job properly!”
“This is a daughter-in-law’s duty?”
“Obviously.”
“Oh, so it’s obvious, is it?”
When Chae Won laughed mockingly, Young Ja’s brows furrowed deeply.
“What’s with you? Are you ignoring me?”
“Of course not.”
Still eyeing Chae Won suspiciously, Young Ja lifted her chin again.
“I’m craving freshly made kimchi—go buy a few napa cabbages and salt them while I take a quick nap. Work hard until I wake up, okay? And stop wasting time drinking coffee like that!”
With a fierce glare, Young Ja stormed back into her room.
As Chae Won stared in the direction she’d gone, her phone chimed with a message.
[Venice, 7 p.m. – Choi Yu Gun –]After confirming today’s date location, Chae Won checked the remaining time.
Just as she calculated roughly when she should leave, a faint jingling sound came from nearby.
She turned to see the dog Jenny had been holding moments ago darting out recklessly through the slightly open front door, its leash undone.
With no sign of the dog’s owner—likely napping alongside her mother—Chae Won sighed and slipped her feet into sandals.
“What’s the point of leashing it if it’s just going to run around alone?”
To keep the dog from escaping the yard as it bounded energetically around the small garden, Chae Won gently closed the front gate, leaving it slightly ajar.
Just as she turned to go back inside, she heard Jae Min’s voice from somewhere.
“Honey, please don’t get worked up.”
It was coming from outside the gate.
Chae Won tilted her head and reopened the door.
“No, where exactly are you planning to come? You know nothing gets resolved just because you show up yourself. Right? Mm?”
Recognizing Jae Min as the speaker, Chae Won quietly turned her body and listened intently.
“Just calm down first. You know how much I love you. Please, calm down, okay? Mm?”
His words spilled out without pause—
terms of endearment like “honey” and declarations of “love.”
Remembering how he’d hastily hidden his phone moments earlier, Chae Won let out a breathless, disbelieving laugh.
“No, that’s not it—I’m working so hard to get a divorce right now, and you know that better than anyone. Yes, yes, I obviously understand your position too. That’s exactly why I’m trying so hard now.”
So, of course—he had another woman.
Maybe… on the day of the accident, had her sister known about this too?
It wasn’t because she loved him that she couldn’t divorce him—it was because it felt unjust, and she couldn’t just let him off easily.
Chae Won lowered her eyes halfway in thought, then neatly tucked her loose side bangs behind her ear.
“Hah… So that’s how it is.”
She gathered her hair into a firm, high ponytail with the hair tie on her wrist and stared straight ahead with sharp, focused eyes.
“So that’s what it was…”
Hearing Jae Min’s flustered voice still on the phone, Chae Won marched straight back into the house.
Bang! The front door slammed shut loudly.
Soon after, the sound of shattering dishes startled Young Ja, who bolted upright from her bed.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
*
At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
***
Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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