I Became a Mother (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 6
“I’m letting this slide just this once because of you, Teacher. If something like this happens again, I won’t be forgiving—not like the teacher, but me. Got it?”
“Yes.”
“Go on, then.”
“Then I’ll go too.”
As Hyo Jin stood up, brushing off her backside, a dry voice called out behind her.
“Teacher Bong, please stay and talk with me for a bit.”
“Huh?”
Seriously, again? I want to leave too. Seung Yul… where are you going?
Heh. Seung Yul curled the corners of his lips upward, clearly enjoying the situation.
Hah. Hyo Jin clenched her fists in frustration.
“You must have been quite startled today, right?”
“Oh, yes.”
Hyo Jin, who had braced herself for a scolding about teaching properly, awkwardly scratched the back of her neck.
“I’m sorry. Yul was raised by his grandmother without a mother, so he’s still lacking in many ways.”
“Not at all.”
I was also raised by my grandmother, but I never turned out as cheeky as this.
“Is there anything that bothered you… or anything you’re curious about?”
“No, nothing like that.”
Truthfully, she was curious about how the child’s mother had passed away, but it didn’t feel like the right time yet, so she decided to keep it to herself.
“From now on, if there’s anything you need to report about Yul, just tell Team Leader Nam Jun Suk—whether it’s something that happened at school or anything he might need.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Hyo Jin stood up, recalling Butler Pyo’s warning not to go anywhere near the main house.
“Please take good care of our Yul.”
A gentle skin scent wafted from him as he politely held the door open.
“Our”? Don’t interpret it. Don’t let your imagination run wild. Butler Pyo already said it—it’s not because he’s interested in you.
Even though she knew he said it for Seung Yul’s sake, Hyo Jin felt her heart flutter at the sight of him humbly lowering himself and entrusting his son to her, and she walked out through the door he’d opened.
She’d always felt distant from him, but now she realized his love for his son was just as ordinary and heartfelt as any other father’s.
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At a cozy outdoor Korean restaurant bathed in the warm autumn noon sun,
the manager, dressed in a measured hanbok, cheerfully welcomed Kyo Hwan as he crossed the spacious courtyard.
“Welcome. The professor has been waiting for you.”
Kyo Hwan handed his jacket to a staff member by the entrance and stepped into the reserved room.
“You didn’t pull me away from something urgent, did you?”
“Not at all. But you still need to eat.”
Though Kyo Hwan smiled gently, Yong Hoon—his father-in-law—knew well that his schedule was so packed he barely had time even for the office elevator between his 7 a.m. breakfast and work duties.
“What brings you here, Father?”
“I have something to ask you.”
Kyo Hwan paused with the teacup halfway to his lips as the server poured.
“What is it?”
“It’s about Seung Yul.”
Seung Yul? Yong Hoon lowered his voice seriously and leaned closer, prompting Kyo Hwan to hold his breath and listen intently.
“Can I get him a pet lizard?”
Oh no!
“Well… I guess not.”
From the firm look in his eyes—no words needed.
“I know what you’re going to say. That’s exactly why I brought this up.”
Yong Hoon pulled out some prepared materials from his well-worn leather bag.
“No, let me speak first.”
You really…
“Do you remember when Yul was six, and you secretly got him a guppy without telling me?”
“Why bring up something from so long ago…?”
“Do you even know how much Yul cried when the guppy died?”
“…”
“The next day his double eyelids got so swollen they disappeared completely by the third day.”
“I’m sorry.”
Ugh. Who knew it’d die so quickly?
“Well, double eyelids come and go—it’s no big deal.”
Kids’ faces change a dozen times even in their sleep.
“The real problem was that after that, he refused to eat any fish at all.”
Balanced nutrition is crucial for growing children.
“Especially for hyperactive kids like Yul who can’t sit still for a second—WHO strongly recommends fish over meat.”
Omega-3 and DHA—essential for brain development!
“Do you have any idea how hard it was for the family when he wouldn’t even look at fish, let alone eat it?”
Whenever dried anchovies appeared on the table, he’d hold a little memorial: “Dear Anchovy, may you reach enlightenment. In your next life, please be reborn as a human so you won’t have to die again.” For a while, no fish dared appear on their dining table.
“I know. Your mother called me and gave me an earful.”
Mackerel, flounder, yellowtail, croaker, salmon, snakehead, flying fish, anchovies, saury, tuna, Pacific saury, yellow croaker, dried pollack, sand lance, and round herring—
“Thanks to your mother, that’s the first time I realized just how many kinds of fish there are.”
After getting scolded so thoroughly by Lady Min Ja Hyun about fish, Yong Hoon got Seung Yul a puppy to comfort him.
“I thought a puppy would live longer than a guppy.”
Yong Hoon had his reasons too.
“I also thought the same and gave my permission.”
After all, even if it died, the boy wouldn’t end up eating dog meat.
“But who could’ve known the darn thing would choke to death on a chicken bone?”
“Right? If it had to eat chicken, why not pig’s feet? Why go for the chicken Seung Yul loves?”
After that, he refused not only ginseng chicken soup but even chicken—the number one snack for kids everywhere.
“Why didn’t you just order boneless chicken? Then the puppy wouldn’t have choked on a bone.”
“Father, you’re deflecting responsibility by shifting focus to the boneless chicken—that’s not the real issue.”
Kyo Hwan rebutted Yong Hoon’s point as if objecting in court.
“Well, chicken can be replaced by beef or pork for protein, so that’s fine.”
But the real problem was…!
“Who knew he’d insist so stubbornly on finding out exactly what killed it?”
Kyo Hwan, who had lied saying the dog died of illness to ease the child’s guilt, now had no choice but to confess the truth.
“Sigh. Considering he developed trauma and had to go to the university hospital for counseling for a while—”
Kyo Hwan let out a deep sigh into the air, then locked sharp eyes with Yong Hoon.
“Even after all that, do you still want to get him a lizard?”
“I looked into it too—lizards live an average of seven to eight years.”
“Father…!”
After I’ve gone this far—
“Besides, Seung Yul is moving to England next year, right?”
“…”
“Even if the lizard eventually dies of old age, since reptiles aren’t something he’d eat, it shouldn’t cause any major emotional damage.”
“Still, no.”
Why on earth…?
“Seung Yul’s grown up now. He even promised he wouldn’t cry this time, even if he has to part with the lizard.”
“Still, I refuse.”
Kyo Hwan was firm.
“I just don’t want Yul to go through any more painful goodbyes.”
“…?”
“He was already separated from his mother from the moment he was born.”
“…!”
That was precisely why he’d repeatedly emphasized not to quit the contract with Teacher Bong midway.
“Oh dear, I’m sorry. I had no idea that’s what you meant.”
Yong Hoon laughed sheepishly, as if admitting his own foolishness.
“An old man like me shouldn’t be holding you up with pointless talk. I overstepped. Sorry, Choi Seobang. You’re Yul’s father—you’ll naturally handle this well.”
“Not at all. Even without seeing it, I know exactly how much Yul must have worn you down to make you say this to me.”
Kyo Hwan’s habitual slight smile revealed a face that looked unusually gaunt.
“Let’s eat quickly. You probably have another appointment—better finish and get going.”
Yong Hoon felt heavy-hearted, as if he’d unnecessarily stirred things up.
“By the way, how do you know Teacher Bong Hyo Jin, whom you recommended?”
As Yong Hoon pushed a dish he thought Kyo Hwan would like toward him, his heart suddenly sank.
“What? Doesn’t Seung Yul like her?”
“No—he actually likes her quite a bit. I’m just curious why you recommended her.”
She topped the teacher certification exam, but besides that, her resume didn’t stand out—was there something special about her he didn’t know?
“Hmm, think about it. Why do you think I recommended her?”
Yong Hoon took a sip of the plum tea the server brought for dessert and gave his usual easygoing smile.
Huh. Really strange. Why did he recommend her?
Kyo Hwan was even more baffled.
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That afternoon, at the indoor swimming pool.
“Good job.”
Just as Hyo Jin arrived with fresh clothes and a towel, the diving instructor was stepping out after the lesson.
“Baby, stay in the water too long and you’ll catch a cold. Come out quickly and get dressed.”
Wearing a diving suit and snorkel, Seung Yul was like a fish in water.
“But I don’t want to. It’s warmer underwater. It’s cold out there.”
Honestly, he never just agrees the first time.
“If you catch a cold, Grandma’s only going to scold me!”
She already had it in for her—if the rightful heir of Sangrimwon so much as coughed, lightning would strike for sure.
“Teacher, can you hold my hand? I can’t get out by myself.”
Hyo Jin set down the towel and clothes and stepped closer to the pool, reaching out her hand.
“Here.”
Expecting Baby to grab her hand and climb out, instead he yanked her hard toward him.
Uh-oh! Hyo Jin lost her balance and plopped into the water before she could even scream.
Splash! Water from the pool soaked the towel and clothes left on the floor.
“Haha! You thought I’d hold on and climb out, didn’t you?”
The triumphant giggle of the boy rang loudly in Hyo Jin’s water-filled ears.
“Baby, just you wait till you get out. You’re dead.”
She clenched her fists and tried to push her way out, but her feet couldn’t find the bottom.
What? Where’s the floor?
Hyo Jin had fallen into the 5-meter-deep diving area—
a pool specially designed for children’s diving lessons.
To Seung Yul, who’d been swimming since he was little, it was like his own bathtub. But to Hyo Jin, who couldn’t swim, it felt like being tossed into the middle of the ocean without a life jacket—straight fish food.
“Teacher, come out quickly! You’ll catch a cold!”
Pleased with his masterstroke, Seung Yul took off his snorkel and flippers, picked up the drenched towel from the floor, and draped it over his shoulders.
“Teacher?”
Plop, plop, plop. Instead of a reply, only bubbles rose from where Hyo Jin had sunk.
“Teacher… you can’t swim, can you?”
Oh my god.
“David! Help!!”
Only then did Seung Yul grasp the situation—he threw off the towel and leaped into the water.
“Seung Yul, it’s dangerous!”
The instructor, hearing the scream, rushed over yelling—but Seung Yul had already vanished underwater without even basic safety gear.
“Choi Seung Yul!!”
The instructor cried out and plunged in after them, diving into the water that had swallowed both Hyo Jin and Seung Yul.
★★★
“Teacher, are you okay?”
Where am I?
Hyo Jin, coughing up water, suddenly opened her eyes wide at the sight of the swimming instructor sitting before her.
“That was really close.”
Finally realizing she wasn’t in the afterlife but still in this world, Hyo Jin’s eyes fixed on only one person.
“Baby, you…!”
Seung Yul, wide-eyed behind the instructor, quickly tiptoed backward as Hyo Jin sat up, pointing at him.
“Where do you think you’re running? Stand right there! Ah—*achoo!*”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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Took back his own words real fast, funny man. Wonder what her message is
He really is a bad father. Kinda sad how he just left his son alone.