A luxury hotel overlooking the cityscape surrounding the Han River through a floor-to-ceiling window.
“Professor, please try this too.”
Hyo Jin brought a plate of freshly baked wild mushrooms in butter to Yong Hoon, who was sitting by the window.
The lunch buffet here costs 200,000 won per person, but compared to what she had received from the professor, it was meager, if not insignificant.
“What’s the occasion for all this? I prefer your grandmother’s home-cooked meals.”
“I know that too. But I wanted to treat you in a fancy place as a token of gratitude for introducing me to Sangrimwon.”
And there were things she couldn’t say in front of her grandmother.
“Professor.”
After finishing the meal and facing coffee and a sweet cake, Hyo Jin mustered the courage to speak.
“I… I’ve decided to date Yul’s father.”
“Hmm?”
“I really like Yul’s father.”
Hyo Jin, who had finally spoken, felt thirsty and quickly emptied the glass of water in a transparent glass instead of coffee.
“I see. Congratulations.”
Unlike the heavily nervous Hyo Jin, Yong Hoon, who had already expected this, was delighted as if it were good news.
“Why aren’t you surprised at all? Did my father already tell you by any chance?”
“I figured it out a while ago.”
That’s why he had deliberately gone to see Mr. Choi.
“Oh, really?”
Not knowing that, Hyo Jin was even more flustered about how to tell him.
“How did you know? No one else knows yet. Neither Yul nor his mother, nor our grandmother. But for some reason, I wanted to tell Professor first, strangely enough.”
As if she had taken the place of her deceased nephew.
“Please take good care of Yul and Mr. Choi. On behalf of my daughter, Sein.”
Of course, there were still significant challenges ahead, but Yong Hoon believed that, just as they had come this far through love, they would overcome anything together.
“I truly cherish Mr. Choi. So, I’m genuinely grateful and happy that you will be Yul’s mother. I mean it.”
Hyo Jin, her heart warmed by the sincerity, blinked back tears and bit her lip.
“I don’t understand why everyone apologizes to me. You, Mr. Choi, everyone. I’m actually thankful.”
“I’m truly thankful. If it weren’t for you, Professor, I couldn’t have imagined living so happily.”
To Hyo Jin, the professor who had rescued her from a pile of debt was like Jesus, God, and Buddha all rolled into one.
“I’ll do my best in the future.”
For Yul and for the professor.
“I’m currently preparing for the law school entrance exam. I want to become a great lawyer like you, Professor.”
“Your grandmother might resent me for a while when she finds out I introduced you.”
Hyo Jin blushed in embarrassment at Yong Hoon’s teasing.
“To be honest, I’m more worried about Yul than my grandmother.”
“……?”
“They say there’s no one stricter than a child’s parents.”
While her grandmother might not initially approve, Hyo Jin believed that she would eventually understand as long as it was someone she loved.
“In the future, I want to spend more time getting closer to Yul and Mr. Choi.”
“You’re already putting in a lot of effort now, what else?”
“But it’s different when she calls me ‘Mom.'”
“…….”
“Yul really misses her mom. Can you imagine? She even asked someone like me to become her mom.”
Yong Hoon, touched by Hyo Jin’s understanding, felt warmth in his eyes.
“No matter what comes in the future, you must never give up. That would hurt Yul twice. Do you understand?”
“Yes.”
If you were going to give up, you shouldn’t have started in the first place, not knowing what lies ahead.
“Stop!”
Aig, Hyo Jin, who had once again used her grandmother’s credit card, looked distressed.
“Grandma, can’t you cut me some slack? I’ve lost everything, and I only have 500 won left.”
“Acting all innocent, huh? You’ve spent a fortune, and now you want to settle with 500 won?”
She shook her head as if it were impossible.
“Teacher, don’t you have any money?”
Baby, who had been watching nearby, hopped up like a frog.
“How much do you need? How much?”
He immediately put his hand in his pocket, ready to empty it completely.
“Then give me 500 won!”
Due to that annoying woman, Madame Bang Mi Hee, whose face she detested, reaching into her wallet felt like a fate worse than death. She quickly snatched the 500 won from Hyo Jin’s hand.
“Wow, Grandma, you’re giving it to me now?”
Hyo Jin, in her playful manner, made a fist and smiled prettily, her eyes sparkling.
“Like I’m giving it to you because you’re pretty? Don’t think too highly of yourself.”
Madame Bang Mi Hee, who had been trembling with rage, shook off Hyo Jin’s attempt to act friendly, deftly shuffling a deck of playing cards.
“Grandma, I’m here.”
“Why are you here again, that brat?”
Gyo Hwan, who had come in after work, spread his long legs and wedged himself between Hyo Jin and Seung Yul.
“Dad, why are you sitting here? There’s an empty seat next to Grandma.”
Seung Yul, pushed aside, furrowed his brows and made a disgruntled expression.
“I’d get scolded if I sat next to Grandma, that’s why.”
Wouldn’t you know it?
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
