Thinking of Arin’s foolish tone and recalling Taein’s behavior when he lost his memory, Seji added depth to her performance. She spoke, ate, and behaved like a child. It felt stupid, but to deceive everyone, it couldn’t be helped.
“Hey, wake up!”
One claiming to be the youngest daughter of a conglomerate family kicked Seji, who was still lying down. Hana, despite appearing mild, was quite assertive. She arrogantly acted superior, claiming to have experienced prison life a year earlier than Seji.
“Hey, is this your living room? How long are you going to laze around? Get up and clean.”
In this world, there was no one else who could command Seji like this.
Should I just kill her in her sleep?
An urge to kill surged. Seeing Seji with eyes flashing with madness, Hana took a step back. At that moment, a prison guard conveniently called for Seji.
A few days ago, Woo Jeha had requested a visit. When Seji made an expression of reluctance, the guard teased her, asking if something had jogged her memory. Refusing to meet someone she didn’t know, the guard urged Seji, saying she might remember if she meets them.
So, even though I didn’t want to, I decided to meet Woo Jeha.
If I played it just as practiced for the past few days, Woo Jeha would surely be fooled. He’s like a fox, so I need to be extra careful.
Woo Jeha greeted Seji with a face even better than before. Seji wanted to bite Jeha’s throat right away.
“Looks like rice and beans suit your taste.”
It was a provocation from the first word. However, Seji didn’t easily take the bait. It was thanks to her efforts.
“Do I know you?”
Seji asked naturally. Upon that, Jeha burst into laughter. Seeing him pretending to be sophisticated, Seji found it annoying. Why did he bother coming to see that face?
“Well then, let’s pretend we don’t know each other.”
“Who are you?”
“Really don’t know? Pretending not to know.”
“I don’t understand what you’re saying, really…”
When Seji teared up, Jeha frowned and took out his phone. He made a video call, and soon the other person’s face filled the screen.
When Seji saw Taein’s face, her lips trembled.
If it weren’t for that X, I wouldn’t have fallen this low!
Facing her nemesis, Seji gritted her teeth reluctantly.
Hello, sister. It’s been a while. How have you been?
As if you’d be doing well?
Seji’s insides bubbled at the casual greeting.
No matter how much I think about it, Seo Taein should have died in the Hwaseong Factory. If that happened, Seji would still be the executive of Taegang.
Seji composed her expression and spoke.
“I have only one sister, and that’s Seyoung.”
Unlike Jeha, Taein didn’t smile at all.
Sister, pretending to have lost your memory?
“…Yes. I don’t know why I grew up like this. It’s so scary.”
Seji frowned in pain.
The frustration of losing your memory. I know it well. Probably no one knows better than me.
What, are you trustworthy? Is the job easier than you thought?
“Thank you for understanding. Nobody believes me here. I’m just a seven-year-old…”
Oh, how terrible. You know you’re just pretending to be seven.
“It’s so scary.”
Arin was also seven.
“…”
For a moment, Taein’s face stiffened like a rock.
That kid, you pushed her down the stairs, beat her, and tormented her. A seven-year-old.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about. I don’t remember anything.”
Seji squeezed out tears. She hadn’t been crying easily lately.
The reason I contacted my sister is that I got a call from Singapore, saying the deposit matured.
Taein shook Seji’s phone with his hand.
‘Why is my phone there? What’s more? A deposit?’
At that moment, a glimmer of light flashed in Seji’s eyes.
She remembered. It was her father, no, Seo Honggyu’s slush fund. He put the cash he earned from selling paintings into Seji’s Singapore account.
I remembered. It was my father’s, no, Seo Honggyu’s slush fund. He put the cash he earned from selling paintings into Seji’s Singapore account.
I completely forgot about it.
With 30 billion won, I could start anything again. Anyway, since it’s a Singapore account, only the account owner could withdraw the money.
I talked to the bank manager, and he said that in special cases like mine, an adult like me can collect it on behalf. If you write a power of attorney.
Seji froze. Collect on behalf? That’s not possible.
“Po, power of attorney?”
Oh, you don’t understand, sister. Just stamp it. It’s only 1 million won anyway. I’ll receive it and put it in your account.
“No, it’s a lie! 300 billion, and you say it’s 1 million won? Are you trying to deceive me like that x, acting like a gangster!”
Seji shouted in anger, unable to control her anger, and finally revealed the truth. After acting like a child for a few days, Seji, who acted like a child, looked incredibly dumbfounded even after I spoke.
Well, you saw it, Director.
Taein revealed the prison medical director who was next to me on the phone screen. He was the doctor who had counseled Seji a few days ago.
His eyes were full of disappointment.
I’ve been caught. Seo Taein, by that devil-like X!
Seji screamed.
Your stepfather died, the one who killed him is your uncle, and that uncle is on death row. Your mom and sister are sitting on the street, right? I thought you were going to use memory loss as an excuse, but that’s not going to happen.
With a smile on his lips, Taein calmly spoke.
It’s better for you to stay quiet there. Just in case, if you ever get out, I’ll kill you.
Taein spit out threatening words slowly.
“Seo Taein… You… until the end…!”
I told you. Complain just enough.
Taein returned Seji’s words exactly.
“Ughhh! So annoying! Everyone, just die!”
Seji lost her sanity and roared.
“Woo Jeha, you won’t stay still either! Once I get out, I’ll kill you all!”
As Seji screamed, hitting the acrylic board with her fist, the guard sitting behind her stopped her.
“You’ll die if you come out.”
After ending the video call, Jeha stood up.
Watching Seji being dragged away, Jeha shook his head in amazement.
The unrivaled Se Seji being dragged out like that.
And the one who made Se Seji like that was none other than Seo Taein.
Being pushed out of the Taegang’s succession structure, Seo Taein, who was in a precarious situation, effortlessly cleared the people who blocked his way. Without any guilt.
Well, the villains digging their own graves also played a part.
This time, he used Seji’s greed and desire to solve the problem.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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