“Father! Father!”
Hyojin, who came out of the principal’s office, had to run out of breath to catch up with Exchange, who was heading to the parking lot with wide strides.
Despite hearing the sound of her calling, Exchange did not turn around or slow down.
Hastening to the parking lot, Hyojin, when she finally narrowed the distance, saw Exchange arriving at the parking lot in a hurry and slipping her long legs into the back seat opened by the driver.
“Father!”
When Hyojin barely closed the distance, the car that had just taken him was starting towards the school gate.
“Wait a moment!”
The driver, tapping on the departing car’s window, noticed Hyojin following and stepped on the brake.
“Representative, what should we do?”
The driver observed Exchange’s expression in the rear seat through the rearview mirror.
Hmm. Exchange, unable to avoid it, had to sigh briefly into the air before lowering the car window.
“What’s the matter?”
As she already knew what she was going to say, his tone became even colder.
“Let’s talk for a moment.”
Hyojin, swallowing her breath that had risen to her throat, calmly arranged her wind-tousled hair and expression as she looked at Exchange.
“No.”
Already determined, Exchange wanted to avoid even making eye contact with her.
“If you’re busy, we can talk while riding in the car.”
Without giving him a chance to refuse, Hyojin opened the car door and sat next to him.
He told her not to contact him, so why does he suddenly change so recklessly when it comes to Seungyul?
Exchange couldn’t understand.
Hyojin, pressing her chest with her palm to calm her ragged breath before starting the matter, suddenly discovered her necklace reflected in the window and her heart sank.
What should I do? I should have taken it off before coming to school.
Forgetting to take off the necklace while running, she had also forgotten that it was visible.
Seeing his gaze reflected in the car window also directed toward her neck, Hyojin, realizing that the necklace was showing, subtly covered it with the front part of her blouse while Exchange was starting the conversation by pressing her chest with her palm to organize her breath.
“What do you want to say?”
Watching her behavior, Exchange, who had been observing, lowered his gaze to the tablet with conference materials and threw a dry voice.
“Why are you suddenly trying to drop out of school?”
As Exchange, who had made the most vigorous donations since Seungyul transferred, declared his withdrawal, not only the homeroom teacher and the principal but even Sungjun’s mom, who was the chairman of the operating committee, were greatly bewildered.
The principal suggested that since it was already winter vacation and there would be no clashes between students during the vacation, parents should consult well with their children and make decisions. However, Exchange had already made up her mind.
“Yul is going to study abroad in the UK.”
“Uh, the UK?”
Already tense, Hyojin’s face was so stiff that it seemed as if buffering had occurred, and her words were blocked.
“Huh, what are you talking about right now…?”
Sending Seungyul to the UK?
“Didn’t the teacher already know that the plan was to go to the UK from the beginning?”
Since it was Hyojin’s mission to take care of Seungyul until he went to the Royal Boarding School under the contract.
“But you tried to get close to Seungyul, didn’t you?”
Despite her shock, her appearance was so calm that Hyojin felt even more detached from reality.
“You regretted neglecting your grandmother and not taking care of her properly. Are you going to repeat the same mistake with Seungyul?”
“……”
“Does Seungyul know too? That dad is trying to send him to the UK?”
Seeing him remain silent with his jaw tight, it seemed that he still didn’t know.
“No, Father. Please think again.”
Hyojin, who had been avoiding and turning away from someone she had been in contact with all along, dared to turn her back to Exchange and look him in the eye.
“You promised me. You said you would be a good father to Seungyul…!”
Spending an hour a day with Seungyul, saying “I love you,” “Thank you,” and “You’re precious” three times a day. And expressing love.
“Father, were you always this irresponsible? Just because we broke up, does that mean you no longer need to keep the promises we made?”
I thought you would embrace me even more warmly in your absence, but to send me to England.
How would a child feel being pushed away to a distant country alone? Hyojin couldn’t even dare to imagine.
“Seungyul will understand. It was already planned for him to go to England, and since the teacher and I getting married was something he absolutely hated.”
So, instead of marrying the teacher, Dad wants him to go to England?
“No! I absolutely cannot allow that. It means we’re passing the responsibility of our breakup onto Seungyul. He might misunderstand and think that we broke up because of his mistake.”
Hyojin resented him sincerely for making such a decision without consulting her even once.
“I’m trying to protect Yul.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
