The gatekeeper guarding the entrance of the Sega looked at me with wide eyes. It was a face as if he had seen a ghost.
“Ms. Lin?”
“Is it a ghost? Am I seeing a ghost?”
The dagger uncle seemed very angry at the gatekeepers’ reactions.
[How dare those fellows treat someone like a ghost.]‘It’s understandable. They must have thought I was dead.’
I understood the gatekeepers’ reactions. It was a natural reaction since I had returned after being missing for half a month.
‘They must have thought I was dead.’
They hurriedly opened the gate for me. I immediately stepped inside.
‘Something feels unfamiliar.’
The atmosphere of the family was strange. People looked at me with surprised expressions. It was no different from the gatekeepers.
I finally reached grandfather’s residence. The first person I saw was Yuk Il Gwang, grandfather’s bodyguard.
The moment he saw me, he trembled as if struck by lightning.
I raised my finger towards Yuk Il Gwang.
That’s when I heard Nam Gung Hyun Jong’s shout coming from grandfather’s residence.
[Let’s hear what nonsense he’s spouting.]I stood still and listened to his words. Using the dagger uncle’s power, I deliberately concealed my presence.
“She’s a dead child anyway. I cannot understand why Father is doing this!”
“……”
“It’s been half a month of unjustified confinement. Father, I am not guilty. Lin falling into the Formation and dying was just an accident, it’s not my fault, is it?”
I heard grandfather’s low, subdued voice.
“Hyun Jong.”
“Yes, Father.”
“You don’t look sad.”
“Father, what do you mean by that?”
“It was the same when Hyun died. You didn’t look sad.”
I tightened my lips.
Nam Gung Hyun Jong seemed to be at a loss for words at grandfather’s remark.
Perhaps he didn’t even know why he should be sad.
“It was the same when Hyun went missing.”
However, ‘not being sad’ was not a reason for Nam Gung Hyun Jong to be punished.
‘There’s no evidence that Nam Gung Hyun Jong was involved in my disappearance. It’s the same with Father’s disappearance. He can’t be punished just based on suspicion.’
Grandfather must be suspicious too. But even that suspicion would be painful for grandfather.
The door of the residence opened.
I could hide my presence from Nam Gung Hyun Jong, but it seemed impossible for grandfather. After a while, grandfather’s voice was heard.
“Come in.”
Nam Gung Yu Cheong and I slowly stepped inside. Grandfather’s residence was not occupied by grandfather alone.
Aunt, Nam Gung Hyun Jong, and Mo Yong Hee were also present. Aunt looked at me with a face full of emotion, while Nam Gung Hyun Jong and Mo Yong Hee had shocked expressions.
“H-How did you!”
“My goodness, Lin. Are you hurt anywhere?”
Seeing them, it finally hit me that I had returned. I had returned home.
‘I survived.’
Yes, I had survived once again. Realizing that fact, I felt the strength leave my body.
My body swayed.
Grandfather supported me.
I was flustered.
Because grandfather’s hands were trembling slightly.
‘I hope I’m not too late.’
I had left a message for grandfather through Ji Cheon Wu, but I couldn’t help but worry.
That he might think I was dead.
So I was worried he might fall into a coma like the Heavenly Demon.
But the moment I saw grandfather’s clear eyes, I realized I had worried for nothing.
“You’ve really come back. You’ve come back!”
Grandfather’s voice was choked up. He hugged me tightly.
I closed my eyes for a moment, embraced in grandfather’s arms.
But this was not the time for that. I raised my head and looked at grandfather.
I decided to honestly tell him what had happened to me.
“Dang Hae Jun, that man pushed me off the cliff.”
Nam Gung Hyun Jong’s face turned pale. The same went for aunt.
They seemed to have difficulty breathing due to grandfather’s suddenly surging powerful aura.
Grandfather didn’t seem to have the presence of mind to consider others. His aura was strong enough to make the pillars in the residence tremble.
But even in that situation, grandfather’s aura was not directed at me.
Held in grandfather’s arms, I looked at Nam Gung Hyun Jong. I raised one corner of my mouth as our eyes met.
I whispered to him through voice transmission.
“How do you feel now that I’m back? Did you want to get rid of me like you did my father?”
I saw his eyes widen, filled with anger, fear, and various emotions.
[This is the timeline separator]Ji Cheon Wu watched until the end as Nam Gung Lin entered Nam Gung Jin Cheon’s residence.
He couldn’t freely visit Nam Gung Jin Cheon’s residence. Because he was not a member of the Nam Gung family.
It was not his place to interfere.
He did not yet have the qualifications.
Ji Cheon Wu stared at the wooden box in his arms. It was what Nam Gung Lin had brought to him.
She said it was the inner elixir of the Solar Flower.
Ji Cheon Wu had also heard of it.
One of the few precious medicines that could cure the Nine Yin Severed Meridian.
Nam Gung Lin handed over this precious inner elixir to him with a nonchalant face.
Back in his own residence, Ji Cheon Wu opened the wooden box. The inner elixir was inside.
Ji Cheon Wu recalled what Nam Gung Lin had said to him.
Did Nam Gung Lin know how radiant she looked when she said those words?
No, she probably didn’t know. Nam Gung Lin was kind to everyone.
Her kindness towards him was probably nothing special either.
Ji Cheon Wu felt anxious every time. He was afraid he would become greedy.
He didn’t like seeing Nam Gung Lin smiling at other people. He felt jealousy rising up even when he saw her being kind to Nam Gung Yu Cheong.
He felt like Nam Gung Lin would notice his ugly heart.
‘It’s dangerous.’
It seemed like the light of desire would start burning in his heart…
The boy always lived crouched in darkness. He hid his body in the darkness and pushed away those who approached him. Even then, people didn’t care. There was no one who would care about a terminally ill person with the Nine Yin Severed Meridian.
But Nam Gung Lin was different.
She, who shone brightly, always stimulated him.
Ji Cheon Wu tried not to create any precious existence in this life. But he realized he was already too late.
From the moment Nam Gung Lin handed him the wooden box. No, even before that, when she extended her hand to him when he collapsed.
Ji Cheon Wu stared at the inner elixir in his hand.
If he took this, there would be no turning back for him.
The hesitation was brief.
Ji Cheon Wu swallowed the inner elixir.
Then, with his eyes closed, he focused on digesting the precious medicine. A powerful energy began to surge.
A hot energy pushed up from his stomach. The hot energy began to flow through his blood vessels that had been blocked by cold energy.
Sweat flowed down his forehead.
Was it because it touched his blood vessels?
It hurt, it was excruciatingly painful.
But it was not worse than the life he had been living before.
He had to end his cursed fate.
Nam Gung Lin was right.
He could become strong.
‘I have to repay it. I want to give back what I received from Lin.’
By becoming strong, he had to prevent the same thing from happening to Nam Gung Lin.
He no longer wanted to see Nam Gung Lin get hurt.
It was close to a kind of conviction.
If the Nine Yin Severed Meridian that had tormented him all his life disappeared, he would be able to soar.
[This is the timeline separator]Nam Gung Jin Cheon walked quickly. Nam Gung So So and Nam Gung Hyun Jong were with him.
They were going to meet Dang Hae Jun, who was imprisoned in the Nam Gung family.
Nam Gung So So glanced at Nam Gung Hyun Jong. Nam Gung Hyun Jong’s condition had been strange since meeting Nam Gung Lin.
Cold sweat was running down Nam Gung Hyun Jong’s forehead. He looked very shocked.
Nam Gung So So smirked at the sight of Nam Gung Hyun Jong like that.
“Brother, why are you sweating so much? Something good has happened. Weren’t you the one who was waiting for news of Lin more than anyone?”
Nam Gung So So said those words and spoke in a chilling voice.
“That Dang Hae Jun dared to push Lin off a cliff? I’m going to kill him. No, torturing him while he’s alive would be better than killing him.”
Even Nam Gung Jin Cheon, who would have calmed Nam Gung So So’s extreme words and actions, didn’t say anything.
It was because he also agreed with Nam Gung So So’s words.
It was when they arrived at the prison where Dang Hae Jun was locked up. Nam Gung So So’s face contorted.
She saw Dang Hae Jun lying on the ground. With a very painful expression, he had his eyes closed.
Nam Gung So So approached him and checked his pulse.
“This guy… is dead.”
[This is the timeline separator]I was sitting still, feeling Yak Ran arranging my hair.
Yak Ran’s eyes brimmed with tears every time she looked at me.
“Thank goodness you’re back, young lady.”
A week had passed since I heard the news of Dang Hae Jun’s death. I couldn’t hide my ambivalent feelings.
Yak Ran muttered as if angry.
“That Dang Hae Jun guy died too easily. Who the hell killed him? It would have been impossible for him to commit suicide alone.”
Dang Hae Jun’s hands and feet were tied up, they said. They also gagged his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue to die.
So that meant Dang Hae Jun didn’t commit suicide.
The family’s warriors were guarding the place where Dang Hae Jun was confined, so it was also impossible for someone to enter or leave.
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Male Lead, The Black-Hearted Lotus (Female-dominant)
Short intro by Yuushi L:
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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