My Husband's Scandal (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 2
“Oh my, whose granddaughter is this? She could easily pass for Miss Korea herself.”
Looking at Yoon dressed in a lime-green spring coat, her maternal grandmother Ok Soon beamed with a wide smile.
“But isn’t this way too expensive?”
“He’s from the same neighborhood, so he gave it to us cheap. When I saw the mannequin wearing it, I just knew it was meant for our Yoon. You’re not lacking in looks or anything—wear this proudly wherever you go.”
Ok Soon kept bursting into bright, satisfied laughter, clearly delighted by Yoon’s reflection in the mirror.
“Yes. By the way, have you looked into moving companies yet?”
In a few weeks, their lease would expire, and they were set to move to a new villa. Her maternal grandfather, Ho Sik, had gone around in person and secured a decent villa at a price below market rate.
“We don’t even have that much stuff—why bother taking it all? Mr. Lee from the hardware store said he’d lend us a small moving truck.”
“Still…”
“Once we move there, I’ll feel less embarrassed even if Young Hoon visits. Living in a place like this has been truly mortifying.”
Yoon had broken up with her boyfriend Young Hoon recently but hadn’t yet told Ok Soon about it.
Ever since Young Hoon’s expression had seemed off during his last visit, Ho Sik and Ok Soon had been planning to move, starting last year.
Now that the savings they’d carefully accumulated had matured, they could finally leave their more-than-30-year-old semi-basement villa and move into a proper two-story one.
“But why hasn’t that kid come around at all lately?”
“He has to go to his cycling club every weekend…”
Yoon mumbled evasively.
“All he ever talks about is that damn bicycle. Could he be having second thoughts about you?”
“…”
Yoon averted her eyes from Ok Soon’s gaze.
“Nonsense. That boy chased after our Yoon so desperately—how could he possibly have second thoughts? I was just rambling. Hurry up and go—you’ll be late.”
“Yes. I’ll be off now.”
Yoon bowed to Ok Soon and stepped out of the house.
—Ziiing!
It was a text message from Kim Seo Jung, Seo Ji Man’s wife.
‘What exactly am I supposed to reconsider?’
A few months ago, Seo Jung had suddenly contacted her out of the blue—nearly ten years after Yoon had left the Seongbuk-dong house.
Yoon had no desire to see Seo Jung; just the thought of her made her shiver with dread.
When Yoon refused, Seo Jung even showed up at her school. On her way home from work, Yoon nearly collapsed in shock upon spotting Seo Jung’s secretary.
Inside the car sat Seo Jung herself, exactly as she appeared in Yoon’s nightmares—stiff, chilling, and unchanged from all those years ago.
Her sharp gaze still pinned Yoon in place, leaving her utterly paralyzed. Even at twenty-four, facing Seo Jung remained an overwhelming ordeal.
“Are you really still working as a temporary teacher? Tsk, tsk, tsk—quit that nonsense and just get married.”
Seo Jung thrust a photo toward her as she spoke.
“He’s Cha Yu Hyun, managing director of Woo Sung Construction.”
After vanishing for ten years, she suddenly reappeared, tossed a photo at her, and demanded she get married—Yoon was speechless.
No matter how intimidating Seo Jung still was, Yoon was no longer the trembling child who obeyed her every word. She flatly refused and immediately got out of the car. Yet ever since that day, Seo Jung kept sending messages like this.
‘Why are you doing this to me?’
Knowing Seo Jung’s temperament, Yoon felt a creeping unease she couldn’t shake. She worried Seo Jung might be plotting something malicious.
‘Surely she wouldn’t go that far.’
Yoon shook her head as if to physically shake off the unsettling thought.
⭐⭐⭐
Kim Seo Jung had decided to have it out with Seo Ji Man today.
Ever since Ji Man abruptly suggested, a few months ago, that their daughter Yoo Jin marry Cha Yu Hyun of Woo Sung Construction, the two had been locked in a cold war.
“Do you really think someone like our Yoo Jin is suited for that position?”
Seo Jung glared at Ji Man as she spoke.
“Yoo Jin wouldn’t speak up unless it was really serious, would she?”
Though they’d tried to keep it quiet, Yoo Jin’s notoriously fiery temper had already spread far and wide, and no marriage proposals had come their way.
“She’s improved a lot these days!”
Ji Man’s words finally pushed Seo Jung over the edge.
Yoo Jin might be a bit wild, but Seo Jung couldn’t understand how Ji Man could even consider marrying her off to Cha Yu Hyun. She felt nothing but resentment toward him.
Yu Hyun was Chairman Cha Yoon Chang’s eldest son and a managing director at Woo Sung Construction, but he was far too timid and weak-willed to ever lead the company.
Rumors even suggested Chairman Cha had already shifted his focus to another son. He had two other sons besides Yu Hyun.
The second was Cha Kang Hyun. Once hailed as a prodigy, he’d garnered his father’s full attention—until he suddenly announced he wanted to become an entertainer, thus falling completely out of favor.
The third was Cha Hyun Seung, Chairman Cha’s rumored favorite, said to be his illegitimate son.
Having returned from the U.S. last year after finishing his studies, he’d joined the company and was gradually making a name for himself. Illegitimate or not, he clearly had a real shot at succeeding.
In this light, Cha Yu Hyun’s position seemed precarious—like a kite whose string might snap at any moment. On top of that, he was thirty-eight, fourteen years older than Yoo Jin, and a divorced father.
Right in the middle of this headache, Seo Jung suddenly remembered Yoon—and for the first time, felt genuinely grateful for her existence.
“Why are you so determined to form a marital alliance with Woo Sung Construction?”
“My dear, how many companies out there have capital strength like theirs? That’s why they can casually drop massive political donations without blinking.”
Woo Sung Construction was a solid enterprise that had recently won a 600-billion-won seawater desalination plant contract in Saudi Arabia.
Though Yu Hyun seemed like an unstable heir, Ji Man figured things might change if he became his father-in-law.
“That’s why I’m saying we should send Yoon instead.”
In truth, Ji Man had another illegitimate daughter besides Yoon.
Just recently, a girl claiming to be his illegitimate child had shown up demanding the Cheongdam-dong building. When that failed, she threatened to go to the press unless he married her off into a chaebol family.
But the girl was plain-looking—it didn’t even matter if she was truly his daughter or not. With no looks and having dropped out of high school, she was utterly useless. So he quietly made her disappear.
Ji Man already had marital ties with a major law firm and a food company, but Woo Sung Construction had recently taken on several major national projects, gaining significant clout in the business world. Aligning with them would undoubtedly bolster his political ambitions.
Sending Yoo Jin—the notorious troublemaker with a violent temper—would’ve been ideal, but Seo Jung opposed it, and Yoo Jin herself adamantly refused, saying she liked Kang Hyun but absolutely not Yu Hyun.
Since he’d already accepted something from Chairman Cha, he couldn’t back out of the marriage arrangement. Sending Yoon was his only option.
Though Yoon was also illegitimate, Yu Hyun wasn’t exactly a prime match either—Chairman Cha likely wouldn’t refuse.
“You handle it yourself. But this marriage must happen—no excuses.”
“Understood.”
Satisfied with Ji Man’s reply, Seo Jung left his study with a pleased smile. Then she recalled meeting Yoon a few months ago.
‘Get married.’
‘I refuse.’
The girl who once couldn’t even meet her eyes was now talking back quite confidently. Then again, being ambushed out of the blue with a marriage demand—it was only natural she’d react that way.
‘You little…’
If she wouldn’t do it willingly, Seo Jung would simply force her to. A faint smirk tugged at Seo Jung’s lips.
⭐⭐⭐
Kang Hyun sat idly in his office chair at JM Planning, his own agency, gazing indifferently out the window. Perhaps because it was a lazy afternoon, cars flowed smoothly down the road below.
Thanks to the back-to-back successes of the dramas he’d produced, Kang Hyun had purchased the JM Building—housing both his agency and production company—just last year.
He’d debuted as a top star at nineteen, founded his own one-man agency a few years later, and three years ago established his own production company.
With the rise of OTT platforms, production companies had gained unprecedented influence—and Kang Hyun, with his sharp business instincts, had instantly recognized this new paradigm.
JM Productions had scored another massive drama hit this year’s first quarter, following last year’s success, and had even debuted on KOSDAQ. Clearly, he had more talent for business than acting.
“Marriage, huh…”
His father, Chairman Cha Yoon Chang, was apparently trying to remarry his older brother Yu Hyun.
It must be that troublesome illegitimate daughter—the one Ji Man’s son Kyung Ho had mentioned at their recent alumni gathering, who’d first demanded a building and then, when refused, insisted on being married into a wealthy family.
‘To give my brother someone like that…’
Kang Hyun couldn’t help but wonder if the rumors were true—if his father really intended to cast Yu Hyun aside. After all, even as a divorcee, wasn’t Yu Hyun still the heir to Woo Sung Construction?
At twenty-four, Yu Hyun had been forced by Chairman Cha into marrying the daughter of Yoorim Finance. Infamous for her craziness, she’d tormented the gentle Yu Hyun incessantly after their marriage.
Chairman Cha had ignored it all—until Yoorim Finance entered court receivership, at which point he ruthlessly cast her out. Their son, Seok Jun, was now being raised by Yu Hyun.
Yu Hyun was currently seeing someone—Deputy Manager Im Mi Young from his executive office.
Since meeting Mi Young, Yu Hyun’s severe depression had improved enough that he’d recently stopped his medication. The two genuinely seemed to love each other.
That realization jolted Kang Hyun into action—he couldn’t just sit by and do nothing.
⭐⭐⭐
Chairman Cha remained utterly indifferent even upon Kang Hyun’s sudden arrival.
“What is it?”
“Are you seriously planning to marry that illegitimate daughter to my brother?”
Kang Hyun strode straight up to the chairman’s desk.
“What am I supposed to do? Congressman Seo abruptly changed his proposed candidate.”
Leaning back in his chair, Chairman Cha spoke calmly.
“Then you should’ve refused!”
Kang Hyun’s voice rose sharply.
“She’s still Congressman Seo’s blood.”
“And my brother is your blood. You haven’t forgotten that, have you?”
Seeing the flicker in Chairman Cha’s eyes, Kang Hyun thought of Chae Min Suk, his father’s longtime mistress. A mocking smile crept onto his lips.
“Is this that woman’s doing?”
Chae Min Suk had also been the one pushing for Yu Hyun’s marriage to the Yoorim Finance daughter.
“What are you talking about?”
“Isn’t ruining my brother’s life once enough? Must you do it again?”
Chae Min Suk was desperate to push Yu Hyun out. First his mother, now his brother—she aimed to destroy them all.
“Congressman Seo is a heavyweight in the ruling party. An alliance with his family would be invaluable.”
Seo Ji Man, as the ruling party’s floor leader and chair of the National Assembly’s steering committee, was widely regarded as a true powerbroker within the legislature.
“That’s exactly why it’s suspicious! Why would someone like Congressman Seo be so eager to tie his family to ours?”
Kang Hyun’s gaze at his father was icy.
“What’s so suspicious? Don’t be unreasonable. The future of our company depends on this. This marriage must happen—no exceptions.”
Chairman Cha avoided Kang Hyun’s stare as he spoke.
“So once again, you’re using my brother for your ‘marriage business.’ Then how about your precious youngest son stepping up this time? Since they’re both illegitimate, they’d be a perfect match, wouldn’t they?”
“What nonsense! Hyun Seung is still young.”
Chairman Cha snapped at Kang Hyun’s words.
“Twenty-eight—is that young? You married my brother off at twenty-four! Of course, if it were a proper position, Chae Min Suk would’ve pounced on it first, wouldn’t she?”
“You little—!”
Just who was this Chae Min Suk? She was the very woman who’d driven his mother to illness and death.
She’d repeatedly tormented his ailing mother—already sinking daily into depression and anxiety—by sending constant photos of Chairman Cha’s other women.
This eventually worsened his mother’s hysteria to the point she began physically lashing out at her own sons.
Especially young Kang Hyun, who bore a strong resemblance to Chairman Cha, became her primary target. And the one who shielded him from her merciless violence was none other than his older brother Yu Hyun.
That timid boy would hold his younger brother close every day, silently absorbing their mother’s brutal beatings in full.
Although only a middle schooler at the time—just eight years older than Kang Hyun—Yu Hyun endured it all.
Witnessing his brother’s silent suffering, Kang Hyun had vowed then and there to give anything—everything—for him.
Chairman Cha was clearly desperate to form a marital alliance with Congressman Seo and wouldn’t back down.
But Kang Hyun couldn’t let Yu Hyun—who was finally finding some peace—be pushed back into disaster.
Even if this were another trap set by Chae Min Suk, if it couldn’t be avoided, he’d step in his brother’s place this time.
He wouldn’t let anyone—ever again—torment his brother.
“Then I’ll marry her myself.”
Kang Hyun’s glare at Chairman Cha was so cold it seemed to freeze the very air around them.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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Maldito jefe de curso y maldito exnovio, son basuras, tratando mal a los abuelitos de Yoon, ojalá queden en vergüenza los dos. Por otro lado, pensé que Kang Hyun iba a tardar más en llegar, que bueno que no alargaron tanto el drama. Finalmente, sospecho que la madrastra de Kang Hyun estuvo detrás de esto.
Maldito jefe de curso y maldito exnovio, son basuras, tratando mal a los abuelitos de Yoon, ojalá queden en vergüenza los dos. Por otro lado, pensé que Kang Hyun iba a tardar más en llegar, que bueno que no alargaron tanto el drama. Finalmente, sospecho que la madrastra de Kang Hyun estuvo detrás de esto.