“Welcome. I’m Bong Hyo Jin.”
The esteemed guest who was to become a family member was Kang Han Na, a terrestrial broadcaster.
Hyo Jin had also frequently seen her on TV.
Whoa, the baby was said to be somewhat pretty. It was really true, wasn’t it?
As Hyo Jin, who had deeply bowed to greet her as she arrived at Sangrim Garden, as she had learned from Housekeeper Pyo, she took the jacket the woman handed over and draped it over her arm so it wouldn’t wrinkle, and lifted the bag hanging on the woman’s finger with her other hand.
“It seems you’re the new maid. I don’t recognize your face. I’m sorry if I can’t remember you.”
“It’s a new face. Of Seung Yul’s.”
As she was talking, Hyo Jin’s eyes met the woman’s, and she quickly pulled her chin in and lowered her eyelashes.
“…I’m the home tutor of the young master.”
“Really? Why is his personal tutor my escort?”
That’s right. I also don’t understand.
“Madam instructed me specially as you are an esteemed guest.”
“Mother really can’t be stopped.”
The woman, shaking her head, also pushed the shopping bags full in both hands to Hyo Jin, and took the lead, clacking her shoes against the marble floor between the fountains.
“Come on in.”
“Mom, I missed you so much!”
The confidence overflowed from her, as she hugged Ja Hyun without hesitation, as if she had never been rejected by anyone before.
“Why are you here now? Yul has been back in the country for a while.”
“I thought my brother might dislike it.”
“Dislike it? He’s just busy.”
Ja Hyun, aware of Hyo Jin, rolled her eyes as if she was saying something risky.
“It’s okay. They say that everyone becomes the same after marriage, even those who love to death. It’s better to stay the same than to change after marriage, isn’t it?”
Han Na laughed, sticking out her tongue.
“Don’t worry about it. Gyo Hwan is naturally blunt, so don’t take it too seriously.”
“Of course. He’s much better than the men who pretend to be good in front of me and secretly cheat on me behind my back, isn’t he? Honestly, I really like that about my brother.”
“No one but you, as expected.”
Ja Hyun grabbed Han Na’s hands, both of which had smoothly manicured nails.
“Seung Yul has grown up now, and I won’t let this year pass, so wait a little longer since you’ve waited.”
“I know. Can you bring that over?”
The woman snapped her fingers, sounding a click, as if to tell Hyo Jin, who was holding the shopping bags, to come closer.
“I thought of mother while I was in France for a news coverage, so I bought these.”
A limited edition scarf and necklace from the brand Ja Hyun liked.
“My goodness. Even when Gyo Hwan went on business trips, he never bought such things.”
“You must have been very lonely. Look forward to it because I, as a daughterinlaw, will play the role of a daughter perfectly after we get married!”
The woman who had been laughing coquettishly with her arms folded, spoke as if something came to mind.
“By the way, where is our Yul? I bought him a gift for his return.”
“He’s still at school.”
“So late? It feels like it was just yesterday when he was born. He’s good at studying because he takes after his brother, isn’t he?”
“He still has a long way to go if he wants to follow my father. Did you know Gyo Hwan was studying middle school content when he was in elementary school?”
“Don’t worry, mother. I’ll support him perfectly when I get married. I told my brother. I said I’m not going to have a baby when I get married, and I’ll only raise Yul.”
“What are you saying? You still have to have a baby.”
“What if my brother feels neglected by Seung Yul then?”
“Don’t say nonsense. Do you know how much Gyo Hwan wanted a daughter when Seung Yul was born? He was so upset that he even called Se In to complain. His expression completely changed when the doctor said it was a boy at the hospital.”
“Oh, it’s so sad to hear about Se In unnie. She couldn’t even hold the baby she carried in her womb. I’m so heartbroken, how much more would my brother be?”
“How fortunate it is that you understand this much.”
Ja Hyun tightly held her hands, her eyes brimming with tears.
“Han Na. Have a beautiful daughter who looks just like you when you get married. Then Gyo Hwan’s heart will turn around right away.”
“Yes, mother.”
“Bong teacher, don’t just stand there. Please clear this up.”
Despite her soft smile towards the woman, her gaze at Hyo Jin was stiff.
“Mother. What was my brother like when he was young? Was he as blunt as he is now?”
Upon hearing about Gyo Hwan’s childhood, Hyo Jin, who was kneeling in front of the table sorting boxes and wrapping paper, naturally slowed her movements.
“He never raised his voice since he was young. My fatherinlaw loved our Gyo Hwan so much.”
He even taught him the Thousand Character Classic and Four Books and Five Classics himself, despite his busy schedule, not entrusting it to a tutor.
“I don’t know how such a generous person could close his eyes.”
“I think you’re more amazing, mother.”
“Oh, what have I done.”
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.”
