“Anyway… it didn’t get better and kept hurting, so I went to the hospital. At first, I thought maybe I slept wrong or wore clothes that were too tight. But guess what the doctor said? Breast cancer, can you believe it? Cancer… Do you know how scared I was?”
Ji Soo shivered as if she had just heard the news.
Here is the translation of the passage:
“I was so scared, but I couldn’t tell anyone. The world seemed like it was collapsing… I was so terrified, I would suddenly throw up. I felt like I was going to die in a few days.”
Kang Hyun looked at her without saying a word.
“If I told my mom, she would despair, thinking it’s her fault, that I inherited it from her. I don’t even know my dad’s contact or where he lives… I couldn’t be a burden to my younger sibling either. It was just so dark ahead.”
Kang Hyun knew that Ji Soo’s mother had also struggled with cancer.
“I wanted to tell you, to be comforted by you. You were all I had left. But if I told you…”
Sadness filled Ji Soo’s eyes as she spoke.
“Like my dad did to my mom, I thought you would run away from me. That you would leave me as I got sicker and uglier. That was… more terrifying than the illness itself.”
Ji Soo’s father had had an affair and eventually divorced when her mother was hospitalized for cancer treatment.
“So that’s why. You ran away from everyone? Suddenly, without a word?”
“What else could I do! I was scared and afraid because of my illness. I couldn’t hold onto you… and I couldn’t bear to see my family in despair. So I left and underwent treatment alone.”
Her voice trembling, Ji Soo eventually burst into tears.
After sobbing for a few minutes, Ji Soo took deep breaths to calm herself down.
“So what do you want to say now? You disappeared without trusting me, and now that you’re better, you want to make things right again? What do you want, showing up all of a sudden?”
“I’m sorry, Kang Hyun. It wasn’t that I didn’t trust you. I was just going to keep getting sicker… I couldn’t hold onto you while showing that.”
“No, you didn’t trust me. I tolerated it for a month or two. You often disappeared or became uncontactable. But… I hated myself for understanding those moments. We weren’t lovers anymore. We had emotionally drifted apart long before that. I was just used to you, and to waiting.”
“No, Kang Hyun, we loved each other. You always waited for me. Whenever I returned, you welcomed me with open arms… Sob.”
Ji Soo, not wiping her falling tears, shook her head.
Kang Hyun sighed deeply and then spoke.
“I loved you with all I had then. I can assure you of that. But not now. I feel nothing for you now. That emotion ended a long time ago. So let’s end this.”
With that, Kang Hyun stood up.
“I respect you as an artist. I’ve been moved by your works, and I have high expectations professionally. But that’s it. I don’t want to see you personally anymore.”
“Kang Hyun!”
Ji Soo hugged him from behind as he tried to leave.
“Kang Hyun… I…”
Here is the translation of the passage:
“Let’s stop this, Kwon Ji Soo.”
“I relapsed. But this time, I feel like I can’t bear it alone, I’m too scared. Can’t you, can’t you hold onto me? Can’t you stay by my side so I’m not scared?”
Se Ah contacted Joo Ran.
After the last incident, it seemed better not to meet Chairman Cha for a while.
So, she had to target Kang Joo Ran during this time.
Initially, he didn’t answer her calls, but as soon as Se Ah sent him the ultrasound picture, he contacted her to meet immediately.
As she thought, Kang Joo Ran couldn’t resist the baby.
About two hours later, Kang Joo Ran visited Min Woo’s house.
“Hey! What’s your scheme? This… don’t tell me this is Min Woo’s baby?”
As soon as Se Ah opened the door, Joo Ran bombarded her with questions.
Se Ah smiled at him.
“Is mother here?”
“What is this?!”
“Why are you so hurried? I was just about to explain, you must have been very curious.”
Casually smiling and dawdling, Se Ah didn’t answer right away, which irritated Joo Ran.
‘Surely not.’
Our careful Min Woo. Our Min Woo, who has big responsibilities!
“What else could it be? It’s a picture of your grandchild. Still as small as a bean, but isn’t it cute? Our baby?”
“Ah… Oh my!”
Joo Ran collapsed onto the spot, screaming.
She had been looking for a new mistress for this house, trying to get rid of that girl as soon as possible, and now she’s pregnant!
‘This can’t be happening… I even have a meeting this weekend with the youngest daughter of PP Confectionery!’
“Ah, my head.”
Suddenly struck by a headache, Joo Ran clutched her head, furrowing her brow.
“Does your head hurt, mother? Should I bring you some medicine for the headache?”
Se Ah, still smiling, spoke to her, and Joo Ran glared at her fiercely.
“Mother~ If you keep frowning like that, your current wrinkles will deepen. Forehead wrinkles are hard to remove even with lasers. You should keep smiling.”
As Se Ah sweetly spoke, almost as if taunting, Joo Ran’s face turned bright red.
“How do I know if that photo is a lie? Let’s go to the hospital right now.”
Joo Ran abruptly stood up and roughly grabbed Se Ah’s arm.
“Sure, if that’s what mother wants. Where shall we go? Shall we leave right now?”
Se Ah stood up without any fear, still smiling.
Joo Ran scrutinized her from head to toe and then quickly made a phone call.
“Dr. Kim, it’s Kang Joo Ran. I’m coming over right now, so please check. What? A pregnancy test. What? You think it’s me? Are you crazy? It’s not me, it’s someone else! Anyway, I’ll be there in thirty minutes, so be ready!”
The call was to a gynecologist in Gangnam who had joined the Emerald Club thanks to Joo Ran’s favor.
“Let’s go right now. If you’re lying, you’re out of this house today!”
Despite her stern warning, Se Ah didn’t even blink.
Two hours later, Joo Ran was engulfed in despair.
As soon as they arrived at the hospital, Dr. Kim immediately conducted a blood test and ultrasound.
“Mrs. Jung Se Ah, you are in your 5th week of pregnancy. The embryo is very small right now and not clearly visible. It would be good to come again next week when the embryo will be more visible.”
At Dr. Kim’s words, Se Ah looked triumphantly at Joo Ran.
“Mother, our grandchild is still this tiny. I’ll make sure to check and show you a clear picture when we can see the face. I bet it will be handsome like Mr. Min Woo.”
Without knowing the gender and it being too early to tell, Se Ah confidently assumed the baby in her womb to be a boy.
Joo Ran frowned again at her behavior.
“Mother~ Please don’t frown like that. You look older than your age. Come on, smile~!”
Se Ah’s sugary, cajoling voice further irritated Joo Ran, grating on her ears.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
