She lived every moment without forgetting. That I was abandoned.
Like a lost puppy left alone in a storm, there were embarrassing days when I expected it sometimes.
That she would come back someday.
That she would apologize and warmly embrace me.
There were days when I felt embarrassed by such thoughts.
Yeon parted her lips heavily with the old thoughts flooding in.
“It’s not like you wanted to see my face and meet me, right?”
“No. I really wanted to see your face! Really, Yeon-ah!”
“Okay, let’s say that.”
Whether her throat was dry or she wanted to bring up a difficult story, Jung-sook gulped down her coffee.
“Can you help us a bit? For some reason, In-young’s and my accounts have been frozen. Credit cards don’t work either.”
Ah. So it was like this.
After putting the teacup down abruptly, there was a clattering sound.
Nevertheless, Jung-sook, without realizing it, continued to cut her off and kept finding excuses.
“The chairman is also about to be arrested now, and In-young has nothing to say. The prosecution came to me the day before yesterday and said I have to be investigated soon too. Yeon-ah, I’m so scared. What should I do? Don’t you know a good lawyer? Introduce me to a lawyer. After In-young’s incident, the chairman suddenly became so different, as if he was possessed by something. It seems like they’re going to let In-young rot in prison just like that. Yes, she’s not really his own daughter, so let’s assume that’s the case. But now, he’s got his own prison, and instead of appointing a lawyer, he’s doing nothing! It’s like he’s a dead person! Saying he might do something terrible!”
“……. ”
“I don’t want to rot in prison. We can’t leave In-young like that either. She says she has no memory. I met In-young, and no matter how much I think about it, she says she has no memory of driving. There’s definitely something wrong with this. But the prosecution doesn’t believe our words. Don’t you know anyone at the prosecution? You got out fine! You were a famous anchor! Can’t you say something?”
Yeon turned her gaze towards the window. Even though it was night, her eyes felt sharp.
She wanted to hear every word of what she said, but somehow each word pierced her heart.
So, Mom’s words mean that she will only use me until the end.
She abandoned me. She treated me like a transparent person all this time.
And now, she’s asking me for help?
Are you worried that your sister will rot in prison? You’re not worried about my life?
How can you not say a word about my worries? Are you okay? You must have had a hard time. It’s not even courteous to start with such formalities?
Yeon looked up at Jung-sook with eyes that seemed to crumble at any moment.
“It’s an old story. Do you remember the day we happened to meet at the department store? Just before Dad passed away, do you remember the day when I begged you to come just once, to hold hands with me so that I could close my eyes comfortably, just once?”
“……. ”
“Please, even if it’s just Dad’s last moments. It could have been just a minute, but please be by his side just once. Mom, didn’t you come? Did you even show your face at the funeral? You didn’t even show up once, right? Dad’s funeral day, just Grandma and me. We were alone like this. You couldn’t even send a single chrysanthemum to that shabby funeral. Was I asking for too much? Just a chrysanthemum… just one, to leave it by Dad’s side!”
When Yeon’s emotions intensified, Jung-sook suddenly stood up and knelt down.
She begged with her hands together, asking for forgiveness now. Please forgive her just once. She pleaded for us.
Now. Only now.
Yeon was stunned. An unpleasant feeling overwhelmed her entire body, as if she had smelled a foul odor.
As she stood up, tear-soaked Jung-sook seemed a bit smaller.
She answered with cold, undisturbed eyes.
“Don’t expect anything from me. We’re not on those terms. Don’t act friendly with me now.”
Just like in the past. Get lost from my life forever.
She quickened her pace.
Squeak. A man exercising nearby gulped down water.
Yeon was still on the treadmill.
The day after parting with Jung-sook, she had been at the swimming pool all along.
Repeatedly pushing herself from the bottom to the surface, going back and forth between the ends until she was exhausted.
Even that wasn’t enough, so Yeon found a gym. The number on the machine exceeded 96 minutes.
From her forehead to her entire body, sweat soaked her completely.
The man drinking water looked at her with half concern, half amazement, but Yeon didn’t care.
It had been quite a while since she last saw Tae-kyung.
In-young was arrested, Chairman Jo was soon to receive a summons from the prosecution, and Chae Jae-hee had also moved to be with Chae Yoon-hwa in the United States.
On the day of the funeral, Yeon deliberately arrived late. She had asked a director in advance.
Tell me the time when Tae-kyung isn’t here. She wanted to quietly mourn Chae Jae-hee during the time he wasn’t there, but on the way out of the funeral home, she unexpectedly encountered Tae-kyung, as if it were a lie.
At that time, Tae-kyung passed by Yeon indifferently.
He, who had become a completely different person from the eyes he had when they accidentally met on the day he returned after burying the dead fish, seemed as if he had never known her from the beginning.
Considering that their families were entwined in Chae Jae-hee’s death, she knew he wouldn’t treat her the same way as before.
Yet, her heart was consistently inconsistent, and she felt uneasy. Feeling selfish and displeased with herself.
“Ugh, ugh… Huff, huff.”
Breath climbed up to her throat, and her breathing was a mess. The man who was putting down the water suddenly approached and turned off Yeon’s treadmill machine as she signaled that she couldn’t go on.
“Are you Anchor Yoon Yeon? You’ll collapse if you keep going. Take a break.”
She couldn’t say thank you, or ask why he was meddling in someone else’s business, or explain that she was no longer an anchor. She couldn’t say anything.
When she stood up, resting her hands on her knees, she realized that all the eyes in the gym were focused on her.
‘Isn’t it uncomfortable? Living as a celebrity.’
‘Living like that must be tiring.’
‘Don’t you want to quit that job?’
At the moment when she felt the uncomfortable gaze of others, ironically, I remembered what Tae-kyung had said to me before.
Isn’t it uncomfortable to live like this?
Don’t you want to quit that job?
It became like his wish, but ironically, he wasn’t by my side anymore.
He asked me to stay by his side, told me to stand by him until the end of the world. It feels like becoming a naive child who chased after unrealistic dreams.
Yeon returned home.
When she finished the long shower and came out to the living room, a heavy rain was falling.
It was a downpour. To enjoy the sound of the rain, she placed a cup to catch the raindrops.
Ding-dong, the sound of the front doorbell rang.
Surprisingly, the face on the monitor was Tae-kyung. It seemed like he had come through the pouring rain, and he was standing resolutely in front of the entrance.
She hesitated but had no choice but to open the door. Through the open gap, his black eyes stared at her.
Yeon moistened her parched lips. His shoulders were soaking wet.
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!
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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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