Soeun sat down on the chair Jae-pil offered. Jae-pil also took a seat across from Soeun.
With Jae-pil in front of her, it felt like watching TV, and it felt even more surreal because they were sitting face to face with a table in between.
“Firstly, I only borrowed this house for today, so don’t misunderstand anything.”
Although it was already strange enough without that.
At the end of each sentence, I wanted to swear, but Soeun gathered her courage and quietly composed herself for what lay ahead.
“Firstly, let’s talk about what you were curious about. Tae-jun knows everything.”
Jae-pil went straight to the point without beating around the bush.
Soeun also mustered her courage.
“…It could be a misunderstanding on your part, Chairman. How can you, knowing the truth, and I—”
“Tae-jun is that kind of person.”
“…”
“Tae-jun is that kind of kid.”
Jae-pil answered, blocking Soeun’s voice.
“That kid accepted the position of the head of the Service Center to meet you.”
It doesn’t connect.
This person won’t listen to anything.
The table in front of her was a thick glass wall. Kim Jae-pil didn’t come to communicate with Soeun. He had already made a decision and came to give her instructions. Obtaining information that security guards were protecting Soeun, he borrowed the upstairs room from her to call her, ensuring that Tae-jun would not find out. A person whose entire body was like armor, impenetrable.
“I don’t care about our grandson’s luck. Ridiculous marriages and just meeting an ordinary woman in an ordinary house is enough for them. No, there’s no need to be ordinary. It’s okay even if they live without anything. We can provide everything. I just hope they are happy and healthy.”
“…”
“But there is one person in the world, one person you must not meet, and that’s Han Soeun.”
You can’t. Just not you.
These simple words circled around, gently coming out of the chairman’s mouth. With a compassionate smile at the end of the words.
“I understand that you didn’t know. Tae-jun grew up so well. How well he did. But now it’s different, isn’t it?”
Now that you know everything, there’s nothing left but to step back. Let our Tae-jun go. Each word revealed the intention, and the instructions of this person who had already completed all the planning continued.
“I have deposited money in the name of Han Soeun in the United States. Go to the U.S. first, withdraw that money, and then live as much as you want, Han Soeun. Don’t get hurt here for no reason.”
“No, no, no.”
For the first time, Soeun put strength into her voice.
“I won’t take the money, and I won’t leave.”
Cornered, her words sped up.
“I don’t think I’ll have a long-lasting relationship with Director Kim Tae-jun. As time passes and our feelings cool, we’ll naturally break up. Then, Chairman, you won’t hear any resentment that you forced your grandson to break up with a woman he met…”
In the midst of the poorly prepared sincere plea, two photos were placed on the table. One was a picture of a golf cart accident, and the other was a photo of Yang Hee-wook’s father, Yang Kyu-chil, moving on a golf course.
“Do you know this person, Yang Kyu-chil?”
The voice of Jae-pil sounded eerie, as if asking about the well-being of someone who had already left this world.
“Because of Tae-jun’s scheme, Kyu-chil lost his life.”
It was different from what Soeun knew.
Tae-jun had clearly stated that there was no connection between Kyu-chil’s death and himself.
In front of Soeun, who became a disbelieving gaze, another document was placed.
“After meeting Han Soeun, Tae-jun invested in the golf club Kyu-chil frequented. So, he checked the condition of the club’s facilities and Kyu-chil’s reservation schedule, intentionally arranged carts with poor performance.”
Records of Tae-jun’s investment in the golf club, thorough checks on the condition of the club’s facilities, and deliberately placing carts with poor performance to match Kyu-chil’s rounding time… The papers rising to the table, along with the detailed explanations, left them speechless.
“Whether it was just to instill fear due to injuries or if it was a plan to kill from the beginning is not certain. But that is certain.”
Records indicating that Kim Tae-jun crossed a river he could not return from.
“Tae-jun, who developed resentment due to Han Soeun’s affairs, is falling apart.”
As if spitting out bitter water, Jae-pil’s face twisted without realizing it.
“We are just a tragic fate.”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
