President Jin, who had returned straight home, began to bellow for his wife, Hye Sook, from the entrance.
“Mrs. Gwak, come out here!”
President Jin’s face was flushed, as if he had been drinking heavily.
Hye Sook emerged from the master bedroom and took note of President Jin’s demeanor.
Judging from his mood, it seemed his conversation with Do Jun hadn’t gone well. On a day like this, she needed to tread carefully.
“Honey, I’ll fill the bathtub. Go take a bath quickly.”
Approaching Hye Sook, President Jin angrily shouted.
“That’s right, I told you to stop meddling with Tae Yeon!”
Even though President Jin himself persistently made calls and held onto Tae Yeon like she was prey, he unjustly vented his anger on Hye Sook.
While accepting President Jin’s suit jacket, Hye Sook asked,
“What are you talking about out of the blue?”
“Ha, Cha Master says he’s watching us and Tae Jin.”
“Speak clearly.”
Why was the person who had gone to receive investment from Cha Shin Corporation blaming her out of the blue upon his return? Hye Sook had a clueless expression on her face.
President Jin, pointing his finger, tapped Hye Sook’s shoulder.
“Because you and I call Tae Yeon so often, it seems like even a grandchild would hesitate to be born. Cha Master!”
“What?”
“The nerve of him, just because of a few phone calls! KK Group is a powerful organization, a powerful one.”
“No, wait. You’re saying Cha Master told you this?”
“I heard more than that.”
President Jin flopped onto the couch in the living room, looking like he was suffocating as he roughly untied his tie.
“Cha Master said the reason for this marriage wasn’t to benefit from Cha Shin Corporation.”
“Then why on earth did he get married? It wasn’t a love marriage; it was a strategic marriage.”
Hye Sook crossed her arms as if she couldn’t get a grasp of the situation. President Jin also spat out his words in disbelief.
“He said it was because of Tae Yeon.”
“…What did you just say?”
“The marriage was necessary for Jin Tae Yeon, according to Cha Master.”
Silence fell upon the house.
Tae Jin, who had descended from the second floor and was quietly eavesdropping on President Jin and Hye Sook from the stairs, clenched his fist so hard it hurt.
The silence was broken by Hye Sook. She questioned President Jin with a sharp voice.
“You seem to have had a lot of drinks today. You’re spouting nonsense.”
“Cha Master proposed a condition. The condition for considering investment in Cha Shin Corporation is that we and Tae Jin do not meddle with Tae Yeon.”
Hye Sook let out a voice that seemed to suggest she had been wronged.
“No, you told me to closely monitor Tae Yeon and call her. When were you so insistent that we ask Cha Master if we’re doing well with our Cha Shin Corporation story?”
Hye Sook protruded her lips as if she hadn’t done anything wrong. Sitting next to her, President Jin heaved a deep sigh.
“Anyway, we’ve passed our overseas business proposal, so we can’t upset Cha Master’s mood if we want to receive the investment.”
“Ugh, there’s really nothing likable about that girl, Jin Tae Yeon.”
As Hye Sook showed her irritation, President Jin glanced at her and seemed to agree with her words.
“Still, we’ll take care of our part. As long as we receive the investment this time, it doesn’t matter what that child does or how she lives in the future.”
Hye Sook glanced at the empty living room and lowered her voice.
“Of course, she has to do her part. What would be the reason for raising her like my own daughter, when she’s not even my child?”
“Lower your voice. What if Tae Jin hears?”
Hye Sook cleared her voice and put on an innocent face.
“Anyway, there’s nothing likable about her. It seems like she’s bewitched her husband, even though it was a strategic marriage. Well, if she resembles her mother, there’s nothing she can’t do.”
“Can’t you keep it down?”
President Jin abruptly got up from his seat and headed for the bathroom.
Hye Sook was left alone, lost in thought.
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Tae Jin, who had been hiding in the staircase and listening to President Jin and Hye Sook’s conversation, blinked in confusion.
“What on earth did I just hear?”
Tae Jin immediately rose from the stairs, returned to his room on the second floor.
He was bewildered.
“Jin Tae Yeon… isn’t their real daughter?”
The story didn’t make sense.
Tae Jin hurriedly fetched the photo album from his childhood. There were plenty of pictures of the two of them lying together from when they were newborns.
To anyone, it was clear it was her and Tae Yeon.
“What is this, where did she come from then? What the heck is happening?”
As Tae Jin flipped through the photo album, one page, then another, his face was filled with intrigue.
“This is getting interesting.”
His eyes shone like a predator that had spotted its prey.
He had always resented Tae Yeon, who had always garnered more attention than him wherever they went, since they were young.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
