Her drawing skills were at best doodles, and her piano skills just managed to get through Bayer.
“By chance, there is a parent club at the school, would you be willing to contribute your talents?”
Pfft. Hyo Jin choked on her tea, surprised.
“Are you okay?”
The homeroom teacher sitting next to her handed out a tissue. Fortunately, the director seemed to think it was because the tea was hot.
“I’m sorry. I’m a bit busy.”
“Ah, you’re busy preparing for the wedding.”
“Yes, well.”
Just say it. If only I could get out of this awkward atmosphere.
“How did you meet Seung Yul’s father?”
“Oh, a professor introduced us.”
Thinking about the moment when she first went for an interview, she still felt nervous and her armpits exploded with sweat.
“Oh, I have a scheduled time to meet Seung Yul, may I leave?”
Hyo Jin checked her wristwatch and stood up as if to escape the spot.
“Seung Yul, did you have a good time at school?”
“Welcome back, Mom. Where have you been until now? Do you know how much I looked for you?”
After awkwardly completing the greeting with the homeroom teacher and the director who watched as if they were reading a Korean book, Seung Yul grabbed Hyo Jin’s wrist.
“What are you doing?”
As soon as they reached a place out of the public eye, Seung Yul violently shook off her hand and glared at her fiercely.
“Why? What did I do wrong?”
The boy who had been acting like a dutiful son until just now was acting out like a spoiled brat.
“I told you to wait quietly until I come, didn’t I? But why are you meeting the moms and calling me your mom? What if it gets to dad’s ears? There’s a mess in the mom’s group chat now!”
The information power of the mothers in this area surpassed that of the national intelligence agency.
It had been necessary for Gyo Hwan, Seung Yul’s father, to submit the psychological test results he received from the university hospital and prove there was no problem, when it became known that Seung Yul had been expelled in Singapore even before he transferred here.
But now, with the fire ignited in the moms’ group chat, it was only a matter of time before the smoke reached his father.
“Baby, I was quietly waiting for you too. I was going to just meet the teacher and go.”
“And then?”
“You were swearing!”
Hyo Jin raised her voice as if she was unfairly treated.
“Could I stay quiet after hearing that?”
If someone swears at my child, isn’t it more implausible to just listen without feeling anything?
“As a mom, I can’t possibly stay quiet when I hear that! I’m just being faithful to the role of a mother, with integrity.”
The baby, whom she thought would agree, rather snorted.
“Tsk, you’re not even a real mom.”
A crack was heard in the trust that hadn’t even lasted a day.
“Baby, what did you just say? When did you ask me to become a mom, and now you’re scratching my heart? Is this how you repay kindness?”
“I asked you to pretend to be my mom!”
Who asked to become a real mom? If you’re so angry, swear inside like dad said.
“Fine, let’s break up, break up. I’ll go to the moms right now and tell them. I’m your teacher…”
As Seung Yul tugged on the hem of her clothes, Hyo Jin, who was stepping forward, stretched out like a rubber band and then came back.
“Hey, what will you do if it stretches out. I only wanted to wear it once and sell it on Secondhand World.”
Watching Hyo Jin, who was worrying about the clothes and smoothing out the creases with her palm in the midst of all this, Seung Yul was too embarrassed to lift his face.
It was too late to deny that she wasn’t his mother now.
“So what do you want me to do?”
“Well. Since the water has already been spilled, shouldn’t we encourage each other to do better and work together to find a solution?”
Hyo Jin, feeling awkward, smiled cutely.
“Do not say a single word from now on until we leave here.”
She was lecturing him again.
“From now on, you’re a cold city girl.”
“But I don’t want to. I want to be a bright and warm city girl?”
“Sigh, let’s just go home.”
Seung Yul, as if being dragged, grabbed her hand to leave, and there stood a girl with deep brown hair like a chestnut doll, her facial features clear, and her eyes sparkling.
Who is this exotic girl?
On the chest of the girl, who exuded a mysterious atmosphere, the name ‘Kim Roy’ was embroidered with a crimson thread.
“Seung Yul, your mom is really pretty.”
The child who looks lovely also speaks quite adorably, huh?
“Really? When I see you, you’re much prettier?”
Why is she like this? Didn’t I tell her to not say anything!
“Are your mom or dad foreign?”
“Yes, my mother is Swedish.”
Ah, so that’s why she looks exotic. I see.
As Hyo Jin was about to start a conversation again, Seung Yul glared at her sharply and zipped his mouth with his hand.
“Keep your mouth shut. I clearly told you not to say anything, but you’re talking again.”
“Auntie, can I go to Seung Yul’s house to play?”
“Huh? You want to come over to play?”
That’s a bit of a problem.
“Kim Roy, I’m busy studying so I don’t have time to play, you know? If I don’t start preparing now, it will be even harder to compete when I go to third grade!”
“No, my mom said that now is the time to play to my heart’s content.”
“Oh, your mother said that?”
I thought all the moms who sent their kids here were like the moms on the management committee.
“Where is your mom, Roy?”
Unlike Seung Yul, who was in a hurry, Hyo Jin was now sticking her nose even into Roy’s mom’s business globally.
“My mom is at work.”
“At work? What does she do?”
“She’s a lawyer.”
“Really? Seung Yul’s father is too.”
“I know. He’s the best, right?”
“It’s not the best, it’s Gyo Hwan, you know?”
Seung Yul’s ears turned red as he suddenly got angry.
“Do you like it if people call you Oi instead of Roy?”
“Why? I don’t care.”
Roy, who had no idea what ‘Gyo Hwan’ meant, couldn’t understand why Seung Yul was so angry.
“Roy, I’ll teach you my phone number, so can you contact me in advance if you want to play with Seung Yul later? I can’t promise for sure, but I’ll let you know if we can play.”
Seeing Hyo Jin exchange numbers, Seung Yul was dumbfounded, his mouth agape, unable to speak.
“Roy, it was nice meeting you. Bye!”
It was when she was being dragged out by Hyo Jin, who, far from being a cold city woman, was waving her hand like a warm and friendly aunt.
“Seung Yul’s father didn’t come along?”
After avoiding the rabbit, a tiger now blocked the way.
“I couldn’t greet you earlier because I was busy. I’m Sung Jun’s mom. I’m in charge of the Parents’ Association.”
“Oh, you’re leading the Parents’ Association.”
After all, you turned our baby around and reduced him like that when the younger sibling was born.
It means they talked behind my back in the group chat.
Hyo Jin, who had been grinding her teeth, firmly held Seung Yul’s hand that was hesitantly retreating as if on guard.
‘Baby, it’s okay. Just trust me.’
Feeling the coldness from his held hand, Hyo Jin clenched her hand tightly as if to say not to worry and shared her warmth.
“Why didn’t Seung Yul’s father come along?”
“Sung Jun’s mom. Today, aren’t our kids the main characters?”
“……?”
“But why aren’t we talking about the kids, and why are you curious about Seung Yul’s dad……”
“……”
“Am I weird to think so? I came here not because of Seung Yul’s dad, but because of our Seung Yul.”
Why is everyone just looking into others’ matters?
“You will have to pay a lot of attention to Seung Yul from now on, right? There are moms who neglect the child because he’s not their own and always look through tinted glasses. Of course, I’m not one of them.”
The woman known as Sung Jun’s mom finally scratched Hyo Jin’s insides under the pretext of advice.
“Of course. There are so many moms who interfere with the child under the pretense of caring for them, aren’t there?”
Sizzle. With the intense steam, the aftermath concerning Gyo Hwan had already completely evaporated from Hyo Jin’s head.
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!!!
