As if something pitch-black and elongated dropped onto her palm like her own.
“Mom…!”
Hweeek, Hayan, who had been crouching her shoulders, realized that it wasn’t a bug but her artificial eyelash and stiffened her body.
“Ahaha, why is this…….”
It’s right there. Hayan mumbled with a murmuring voice. An awkward silence hung between them. The air became so stifling that Hayan absentmindedly fiddled with the eyelash in her hand. Then suddenly, thinking about the balance of her face, she plucked off the eyelash dangling on the other eye.
Seeing this, Minje let out a sigh and said, “Let’s talk for a moment.”
“Yes, well…”
Hesitating to gauge her mistake, Hayan and Minje, looking at the faces of Hayan and the sleeping Jihu with complex expressions, had frozen expressions for different reasons.
They left Jihu’s room and sat facing each other on the small sofa in the second-floor living room.
Phew, Minje sighed, running his hand through his hair. Hayan twitched, blinked her eyebrows, and then forced her expression to settle.
Why is this such a serious matter? No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t understand. It shouldn’t be such a serious problem to go to her room, not sleep, and curl up next to Jihu. She reconsidered her actions, but Minje had never sighed like that for such a reason.
“Speak comfortably.”
Hayan said, recalling the smile she had developed over the years of working in customer service.
“I didn’t want to make you uncomfortable. I just… wanted to check if there were any difficulties while taking care of Jihu.”
What am I saying? Hayan heard Minje’s words and, feeling relieved, released the tension in her body.
“That’s not it. There were a few things I was curious about. Please understand even if it’s a bit off-topic.”
After adding an explanation to ensure that Minje wouldn’t feel bad, Hayan observed his expression. She believed that she needed to know certain things for Jihu to grow up healthy in the future. Even if it touched on Minje’s most painful parts.
“It’s okay, so if you have anything you want to say, go ahead.”
Even after Minje gave permission, Hayan hesitated a bit more before opening her mouth with difficulty.
“Um, what happened to Jihu’s mom…?”
“She’s in heaven. Unfortunately…”
Minje’s face, saying those words, looked so sad that Hayan was momentarily speechless.
“I know that Jihu is more mature than his peers. He says he’ll do everything alone and that it’s okay.”
Hayan recalled Jihu’s appearance she had seen so far. She had never seen Jihu express emotions like a peer. That was already a worry.
“It’s reassuring to know that the director is concerned about that. Thank you for your concern.”
After hearing Hayan’s words, Minje slowly stroked his chin. It was undeniable that she hadn’t scored well as a caregiver. Well, that was an undeniable fact with no need for justification.
“I’m being reprimanded.”
Minje slowly stroked his chin as he listened to Hayan’s words. Probably, she was undoubtedly aware that her image as a caregiver hadn’t scored well. Well, it was an undeniable fact, so there was no need for excuses.
“You seem to be reproaching yourself.”
Minje uttered a bitter smile as if self-deprecating.
“Honestly, I was. At Jihu’s age, parents have an absolute influence. Moreover… Jihu should receive double the love, including what his mom would have given.”
Hayan boasted that she understood better than anyone the impact parental love had on a person’s life. When life was harsh and difficult to endure, the memories of being loved by her parents were what supported her.
Minje tasted the acerbity in Hayan’s sarcastic words. The words she spat out straightforwardly pierced the heart like an arrow.
“I know that too. I know, but…”
Minje couldn’t believe that he was uttering such words in front of a woman younger than him. No matter how uncomfortable and painful the issue regarding Jihu was, there was no need to say such things.
“…I don’t know what to do.”
The words suddenly popped out, and he couldn’t control them. It was the first time in Kang Minje’s life that he had so honestly laid bare his innermost thoughts.
It was a problem related to Jihu, like a tangled thread that he couldn’t unravel. Maybe the tiresome life of sighing at the sight of the sleeping child, unable to express love even though he wanted to. It was a sudden outburst of feelings that he had never revealed to anyone.
“Do you not know the way?”
Hayan asked with a blank face. Minje wiped his face, thinking that he might have said something unnecessary. But the words already spoken couldn’t be taken back.
“Yeah. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to express love to a child… I just don’t know.”
At his words, frowning deeply, Hayan recalled an article she had seen before. Director Kang Minje had a keen interest in charity and philanthropy due to his difficult childhood.
Even though she knew she was just a fan, she had completely forgotten about his inner struggles.
‘Am I just another woman captivated by his looks?’
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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