Even though it was one-dimensional and ridiculously funny to him, once the hospital room door opened, any hesitation disappeared from her delighted expression.
“Come on in quickly.”
“No, this is for you to eat, not for your mother.”
“…What?”
“I said it’s for your mother. Your mother. Kwon Chaeha is my daughter-in-law’s husband, right? So, I should call you my mother-in-law, right?”
“Ah…”
When she hesitated at the awkward title, she brightened her smile.
Although she looked a bit older, when Seolwon laughed broadly, Chaeha unconsciously lifted the corners of his mouth, feeling this way might be charming.
Then, a gentle smile followed suit at the corner of Seolwon’s mother’s lips.
She soon speared a neatly cut apple in the shape of a rabbit with a fork.
“Here. It will undoubtedly taste better if you eat it with your son-in-law.”
Indeed, the apple shaped like rabbit ears emitted a sweet honey flavor.
Afterward, Chaeha continued to visit Seolwon’s mother frequently.
Originally, the condition for the deal with Seolwon was her mother’s treatment, so he rationalized the decreasing visits, stating the need to monitor her health.
Contrary to concerns, she didn’t object to Chaeha’s frequent visits.
Unaware of the fact that the two had a contractual marriage, she treated Chaeha like a real son-in-law.
While Seolwon never smiled genuinely, her mother generously shared smiles with him.
She willingly entrusted one arm to her son-in-law, as it was a time when she could walk without a cane.
To avoid her wife finding out about the secret nursing visits, Chaeha asked Seolwon to keep it secret, as he might seem awkwardly attached.
Expressing joy at having a son-in-law and a secret, she confided another secret to Chaeha.
She marked him with a sense of familiarity since Chaeha’s first visit to Seolwon.
When Seolwon’s mother subtly hinted that she wanted a son-in-law, Chaeha felt a subtle joy.
Although it was never mentioned, on the day he returned home, Chaeha glanced at Seolwon, who looked at him sideways with a hint of curiosity.
Like Min Seolwon, Kim Sunhwa, her mother, was completely different from those Chaeha was familiar with.
Perhaps that’s why Seolwon’s mother always made him feel comfortable.
Trust. Stability. Affiliation. Those warm emotions.
“What are you doing?”
After finishing work and finally leaving the company with his father, Kwon Kangho, Chaeha’s eyes caught a peculiar sight.
In the gradually dimming light of the setting sun, Seolwon was outside.
To be precise, it was the backyard, the small flower garden she had asked for as a marriage gift.
Chaeha briefly fixed his gaze on her.
He couldn’t understand why she was tending to the flower garden at this darkening hour instead of doing it during the bright daylight.
With her hair tied back tightly and in simple attire, Seolwon didn’t look like a small lady of a conglomerate, but her expression while touching the flowers seemed exceptionally pure and happy.
Her expression, unintentionally captivating, made Chaeha consciously shift his gaze to her fingertips.
Her delicate fingers, cleaning the soil from the green flower stems, then smoothing the ground where the flowers had taken root.
It was a touch that seemed to caress something very lovely.
Moreover, her usually dry eyes disappeared, and the pupils sparkled like dazzling spring sunlight.
Watching the scene, an unfamiliar emotion surged into Chaeha’s chest.
An unfamiliar feeling he had never experienced before.
An inexplicable emotion toward the flowers Seolwon was touching.
In a trance, he stood there, unable to define this strange emotion.
“Why are you standing there instead of coming in?”
“Oh, Father.”
“Seolwon, huh.”
“…….”
Kwon Kangho, who returned a bit late due to talking with his secretary outside, looked beyond Chaeha’s gaze and showed a gentle expression while observing his daughter-in-law.
Kwon Kangho quite liked the daughter-in-law who suddenly appeared.
He had heard rumors that she had been accompanying him to various social gatherings recently, boasting about him.
Since Seolwon’s mother treated her well, Chaeha didn’t object to her father’s attitude.
Seolwon, seemingly not noticing that the two were watching from a distance, concentrated on alternating between glancing at her and Chaeha.
After a while, Kwon Kangho spoke again.
“I can see your mom’s influence, doing this at this hour.”
“…….”
“Lately, it seemed like you were only doing household chores next to Ansan.”
“……Right.”
Although it was not unknown to him, Chaeha mumbled as if he was hearing it for the first time.
Then Kwon Kangho, with a deep voice, touched the center of his heart.
“You should treat her well. Seolwon will have a hard time.”
Chaeha couldn’t sincerely know how to respond.
Even meaningless words of assurance or acknowledging that it would be tough wouldn’t change the fact that it was part of the deal.
So, Chaeha just remained silent.
Kwon Kangho, who wouldn’t usually add anything more, surprisingly gave him a strong warning that day.
“Remember, when you have a wife, you should treat her well. Keep that in mind. I don’t want to see my son regretting it later.”
“Regret?”
Chaeha raised the corner of his mouth in a sardonic smile at the unexpected words.
What is there for me to regret?
Even if Seolwon leaves this house without a word after the three-year contract period, he wouldn’t bat an eye.
Business is business, and his father was the one who taught him that principle.
The relationship with Min Seolwon was strictly business.
However, unable to share this story even with his father, Chaeha quickly suggested ending the conversation with words to go inside.
He purposely didn’t look back.
He didn’t want his eyes and heart to be drawn to the scene he had just looked away from.
But he should have ignored his father’s words at that time.
Despite sensing a change, he didn’t bother to examine his emotions.
Chaeha, at that time, didn’t know that he was a man who could feel jealousy even for a single flower or blade of grass.
The unfamiliar and strange emotion called ‘jealousy’ and what it originated from.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
