“Ask him to bring his portfolio. I’ll ask a stock investment specialist lawyer if there’s potential.”
“Oh, no, that’s not necessary.”
“I want to do it for you. Teacher Bong, you’ve taught me a lot so far.”
Knowing all the hardships she had gone through because of Seung Yool, she felt even more so.
“Hey, that’s why I’m telling you to sell your clothes again.”
There was nothing Gyo Hwan could do now.
“Then I’ll give you a 20 percent discount, so take it. But no returns or refunds.”
“Yes. As I’ve told you, these clothes hold precious memories for me.”
“……”
“I even got closer with Seung Yool thanks to them.”
“……”
“At first, I thought, ‘how could there be such a baby without a single strand of hair’. But now, all I see is cuteness. The more I look, the more lovely he seems.”
The sight of her father gradually changing for Seung Yool,
She had to swallow that comment along with her wine.
“How was the man you met?”
The man introduced by Announcer Kang Hanna.
“He wanted a lot from me. He said I should get him a 32pyeong apartment in Samsungdong, a foreign car, and an office when he opens his law firm.”
Huh, Gyo Hwan scoffed.
“He kicked the rolling fortune with his own foot?”
“Huh?”
“Next time, ask me how many rounds it is before you show it. Because men can see more accurately.”
“Ah, forget it.”
“Why?”
“He said that’s the minimum if you want to get married in that field. His colleagues with lower scores than him at the training center received even more.”
Hah, Gyo Hwan drained the glass in front of him, shaking his head in disbelief, and leaned back.
“You know Professor Kim Yong Hoon.”
“Yes?”
Why suddenly a professor?
“He’s my fatherinlaw.”
“What……?”
“Seung Yool’s grandfather. Professor Kim Yong Hoon.”
“Huh, really? I had no idea. He didn’t mention anything like that.”
“He doesn’t consider me his soninlaw now. He didn’t need to. After losing his spouse, he kept his distance.”
“Oh my…… I see.”
It was the first time Hyo Jin, who had known the professor for over 8 years, heard such a story.
Even though he liked listening to others and helping them out, he rarely spoke about himself.
“The professor was very opposed when I got married.”
“Really?”
With my father’s credentials, I imagine he would’ve had a line of admirers from the judicial training center.
“I’ve even been hit by a club by the professor.”
“What? The professor hit my father?”
“Hard to believe, isn’t it? He told us to break up, but I sneaked into his house when he wasn’t there and was caught. I thought he’d break up with me out of pride after being hit, but even then, he came back to me and told me to go to the military. I guess he thought I’d give up if I went to the military.”
Even when he didn’t give up, Yong Hoon gave up everything.
“Thank you for taking care of our father. I want to do well for him, but he keeps his distance.”
“No need to thank me. I should be the one thanking you. If it wasn’t for the professor back then, I would still be paying off debts and wouldn’t have been able to go to college or meet Seung Yool.”
Of course, my father as well.
It was laughable to keep having these feelings for a man who had a woman to marry.
Hyo Jin had the illusion that Gyo Hwan, who had become much more talkative than when they first met, considered her a close friend.
She was just a tutor for Seung Yool, doing her best.
And yet, knowing better than anyone that she could be kicked out overnight like last time if something went wrong.
“When will you marry announcer Kang Han Na?”
Suppressing her deepening feelings, Hyo Jin changed the subject.
“Hmm, someday, I guess?”
Gyo Hwan evaded the question while pouring a first round into Hyo Jin’s glass.
“You two look good together. You and announcer Kang Han Na.”
The vibrant image of her coming out to the garden after changing clothes with Seung Yool.
A lie. Why couldn’t I ask honestly?
That he didn’t suit that woman. That Seung Yool didn’t even like her. Why he was getting into a marriage he didn’t even want. He wasn’t even in a love like Seung Yool’s mother.
Crazy. Why was I worrying like this? What the hell am I?
Hyo Jin had to curl her toes and grip hard with her fingers to balance the weight of her evergrowing desire.
“What should I do to become a lawyer?”
Gyo Hwan, who was looking at the Han River lit up outside the window, raised his head to look at Hyo Jin.
“Why, do you want to become a lawyer?”
“Just. I’m interested.”
Hyo Jin trailed off, feeling like she was overstepping in front of a topclass lawyer.
“Hey, you can’t just do it with a simple ambition.”
Gyo Hwan put on a grim face as if to caution her against making light of the question.
“You could waste time and end up being neither here nor there, dreaming of a rosy future in vain.”
“I know it’s not an easy path.”
“Knowing alone is not enough.”
Oh really?
“Father. I’m a top scorer in the civil service exam. Do you think I’d want to become a lawyer just for fun? I am prepared for that much.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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