Until early dawn, Sun Woo sat in the living room waiting for Green, coldly reflecting on his situation.
Monday morning, Jin Sun Woo’s secret of birth suddenly revealed to the world.
In fact, Sun Woo had no memory of his birth mother. He came to Jin Young Cheol and Park In Young’s home when he was three years old.
Unlike his friends’ mothers, she wasn’t affectionate and was always busy with work, but Sun Woo had never thought In Young wasn’t his real mother.
Ironically, the person who revealed the truth to Sun Woo was his father, Jin Young Cheol.
When Sun Woo was 9 years old, he broke his leg while participating in a ski camp and was hospitalized.
In Young, who was by his side, received an urgent call at night and had to return to the company, unavoidably leaving Sun Woo alone.
“If you press this bell, the nurse will come. Father will be here soon too. Sun Woo, can you be alone for a while?”
“Yes, I can be alone.”
In Young looked anxiously at Sun Woo, who answered maturely, but hurriedly turned and left the hospital room.
After about 30 minutes, Jin Young Cheol came to Sun Woo’s hospital room. Completely drunk.
“If it were her own child, she wouldn’t have gone to the company at this hour, leaving the kid alone.”
Muttering as if to himself, Jin Young Cheol looked pitifully at Sun Woo’s broken leg, then shed tears like chicken droppings.
“Don’t worry, Sun Woo. You have a dad. I’ll protect you. You just need to trust this dad.”
Feeling greatly confused by Jin Young Cheol’s words, Sun Woo carefully said,
“I trust both dad and mom.”
“Listen carefully, Sun Woo. You can trust dad, but don’t trust mom. Dad and Sun Woo are connected by blood, but mom isn’t.”
Jin Young Cheol, unaware of the shock he had given his young son, passed out drunk on the hospital room’s auxiliary bed.
Similar incidents repeated afterwards. In fact, In Young had never once said Sun Woo wasn’t her son. It was Jin Young Cheol who kept making Sun Woo aware of this fact.
“You can never inherit K1 Construction. Do you think your mother would stand by and watch that happen?”
The reason Sun Woo could remain unshaken by Jin Young Cheol’s words was because he had loved his work all along.
The sense of achievement when winning construction bids through fierce competition was thrilling, and he felt elation seeing the completion of buildings he had given the final sign-off on.
The satisfaction he got from work left Sun Woo no room to dabble in politics.
But yesterday was different. For the first time, he wavered at Jin Young Cheol’s proposal to enter politics.
“Sun Woo, does this affect your decision?”
The fact that he couldn’t immediately answer In Young’s question was because he wavered. And at the center of that wavering was Green.
‘Even if I become someone with no connection to K1 Construction, will she stay by my side?’
Seeing Han Moon Taek rushing to take his daughter away as soon as the fact that he was an illegitimate child was revealed, Sun Woo felt inwardly anxious.
That’s why he couldn’t immediately answer In Young’s question.
After organizing his thoughts all night, Sun Woo abruptly stood up.
Approaching the window and flinging the curtains wide open, the world was already bustling under the morning sun.
As he was about to put on his outerwear and go outside, his phone rang. It was Director Ahn Yong Gi.
“Director, have you seen this morning’s Goryeo Daily article?”
Yong Gi’s voice seeking him was extremely urgent. Sun Woo asked curiously,
“I haven’t seen it yet. What’s the matter?”
“Please read the article first and then call me back.”
At Ahn’s urgent voice, Sun Woo hurriedly hung up and searched for the Goryeo Daily article.
“Jin Young Cheol, Embroiled in Illegitimate Child Controversy, Accompanied by Woman to Problematic Villa!”
“The Identity of the Woman Accompanying Jin Young Cheol a Year Ago?”
“Netizens React, Old Habits Die Hard!”
Along with the sensational titles, one photo was attached to the article.
In the passenger seat of the car Jin Young Cheol was driving sat a young woman with heavy makeup.
The date stamped in one corner of the photo was a year ago, the very day of the problematic ‘villa sex entertainment’ incident.
Even the time was stamped on the photo. 5:05 PM. It was a photo that would prove Jin Young Cheol’s innocence that he had so strongly emphasized.
But why did this photo appear only now?
While the article oddly insinuated an affair between Jin Young Cheol and this woman, even mentioning the illegitimate son Sun Woo, Sun Woo found the face of the woman in the photo somewhat familiar.
Sun Woo hurriedly called In Young.
“Vice Chairwoman. Have you seen the article?”
“That woman next to father, it’s Hae Dang Hwa, isn’t it?”
In Young asked Sun Woo back, sounding a bit surprised. After all, Sun Woo had only briefly encountered her when he was very young.
Hae Dang Hwa was the granddaughter of a shaman deeply connected to both Park In Young and Jin Young Cheol’s families. Her grandmother, Do Hwa Gung, was a shaman famous for her accuracy in political and business circles.
Even the great Park Chan Wook relied considerably on her divinations in the early days of his business, and Jin Young Cheol’s father, who had served as the Speaker of the National Assembly, was also her regular client.
There were even rumors that Do Hwa Gung had been the matchmaker for In Young and Jin Young Cheol’s marriage.
However, after In Young began to assert herself at K1 Construction, Park Chan Wook no longer sought out Do Hwa Gung.
Jin Young Cheol also didn’t seek out other shamans after Do Hwa Gung passed away, but feeling anxious as his political standing narrowed before the general election, he clearly sought out Hae Dang Hwa.
The reason Jin Young Cheol couldn’t explain why he went to that villa when the incident broke out a year ago was because he wanted to hide the fact that he met Hae Dang Hwa.
Sun Woo found it ridiculous that the place chosen to meet a shaman away from people’s eyes happened to be Choi Geon Sik’s villa.
On the other hand, it showed how safe Jin Young Cheol’s associates perceived that villa to be.
“This article, Han Moon Taek leaked it, right?”
Sun Woo recalled the contract drawn up by both families before the marriage.
The situation where Han Moon Taek would have to pay a 30 billion won penalty was if Jin Young Cheol released two photos of him entering the villa to the world again.
Cunningly, Han Moon Taek belatedly released a photo of him leaving the villa instead of entering it. A photo that would stir up new controversy at a point when the existing controversy had been almost forgotten.
Sure enough, follow-up articles related to this were rapidly appearing in Goryeo Daily.
“Woman Accompanying Jin Young Cheol a Year Ago Revealed as Shaman Hae Dang Hwa”
“Reason for Changing Constituency, Was It a Shaman’s Advice?”
“Level of Korean Politics Relying on Divination, Citizens Can Only Sigh”
Jin Young Cheol was being severely criticized by public opinion because of this. Sneers came from all directions that it would have been a disaster if such a person had been elected as a member of the National Assembly.
At that moment, Sun Woo’s phone rang again. It was Director Ahn Yong Gi.
“And?”
After a moment of thought, Sun Woo soon gave instructions to Ahn Yong Gi.
“Director Ahn, go to Wide Current Affairs office immediately and first check if Han Moon Taek is there.”
“If Han Moon Taek is there, stall for time and keep him there as much as possible.”
Ahn Yong Gi was flustered. Right now, the person who was like a time bomb was Sun Woo’s father Jin Young Cheol, but Sun Woo’s interest was solely focused on Han Moon Taek.
Sun Woo continued speaking in a slightly urgent voice.
“Yong Gi, please. Keep Han Moon Taek in the office until I get there.”
“Just keep an eye on father to make sure he doesn’t cause any major incidents.”
Ahn Yong Gi was perplexed at Sun Woo’s request.
It was too difficult a mission to watch over Jin Young Cheol swinging a golf club to prevent major incidents while at the same time keeping Han Moon Taek, who would obviously try to flee feeling threatened, confined in the office.
But before he could even complain, Sun Woo hung up. And he called somewhere else.
“Please send three people to the address I just sent.”
After hanging up, Sun Woo hurriedly drove off.
*****
While Green was sitting in a daze, exhausted from crying, late at night Han Moon Taek suddenly pushed a box into the room and disappeared.
By the time Green stumbled towards the door, it was firmly locked again.
The box contained water, cup noodles, instant rice, kimchi, seaweed, canned side dishes, and even an electric kettle to boil water. Seeing this, Green let out a hollow laugh.
“How long do you intend to keep me locked up?”
Green cried out as if wailing, but there was no answer.
Unable to sleep until dawn, Green finally dozed off on the bed after daybreak.
Woken by the sound of the front door closing as Han Moon Taek left, Green finally got up. She poured bottled water into the electric kettle and boiled it.
‘I can’t stay helplessly locked up here anymore. I shouldn’t just sit idly by doing nothing until Sun Woo comes to rescue me.’
Green ate cup noodles and mixed rice into it. Although it didn’t go down her throat easily, she forced it down.
She had to eat something and regain her strength. Because what she was about to do now required physical effort.
After finishing her meal, she opened the wardrobe door. It was empty inside, but a few of her old thick scarves, shawls, and socks remained.
Green took out a scarf and wrapped it around both arms. She also covered her face with several layers of shawls, leaving only her eyes exposed. She even put on two pairs of thick hiking socks.
After making thorough preparations, she picked up the chair, the heaviest piece of furniture in the room. And she swung it hard towards the window.
Crack!
The double-paned window didn’t break easily despite the strong impact. But there was hope. The inner window had definitely cracked.
If she could just open the window, she could call for help from outside!
Green mustered her strength and swung the chair hard once again.
Once, twice, as the number of swings increased, the glass of the window gradually began to crack precariously.
Crash!
Finally, the sturdy inner window shattered. Glass shards flew into the room, but Green didn’t care at all. She was filled with a sense of accomplishment for finally succeeding.
That’s when it happened.
“Miss Green, are you in there?”
Sun Woo’s urgent voice was heard from outside the door.
“Yes, I’m here.”
Shortly after Green answered in a trembling voice, the firmly closed door fell with a tremendous noise.
Behind the half-fallen door stood Jin Sun Woo, panting heavily.
______
In This Life, I Won’t Be Foolish To Lose You Again (Female-dominant)
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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