It all started with Chae Ha’s birthday, then after including all the family’s birthdays to no avail, reluctantly, Seol Won’s birthday and their wedding anniversary were added, which is when Heo Young Joo had lucked out.
Having found her way in, she took her sweet time snooping around the house and harped about how lonely a bachelor’s house must be and urged him to remarry.
The other party, of course, was this woman right in front of him, Sa Ra.
He thought he had silenced her for a while with strong warnings, but it seemed he had underestimated his mother.
Staring coldly at the intruders in front of him, Chae Ha spat out in a voice as icy as his gaze.
“I find it disgusting too. Yes, truly disgusting. The two of you behaving like this.”
“Kwon Chae Ha!”
Heo Young Joo, unable to bring herself to throw her handbag, shook it vehemently.
The subsequent turn of events was all too predictable.
The exaggerated fuss they’d make while trying to introduce a new mistress into the house.
But today was different.
My true wife, Min Seol Won, was confidently in this house.
Along with Uju, who was conclusively revealed as my son through a paternity test.
So, even if it meant being somewhat harsh today, I was determined to quickly kick the two of them out.
I had promised her that I would ensure no trouble arose in lieu of her return.
Hence, it was absolutely imperative to prevent Seol Won from coming facetoface with these two.
“Mother. Mistress. Both of you……”
“……?”
Kwon Chae Ha’s words were cut off midsentence.
Their gazes had simultaneously shifted towards the stairs leading to the second floor.
And standing there was Uju, looking over this way with his bright, round eyes.
“Uju! Mother said you shouldn’t come down……”
“……!”
A heavy silence, as if time had frozen, descended upon them.
The first to break the silence was Heo Young Ju, who stood with wideeyed surprise, her mouth agape.
“You, you, you……”
Heo Young Ju, shaking uncontrollably as if she’d seen a ghost, pointed at Seol Won.
Then her gaze shifted to the small child clinging to Seol Won’s shoulder, and her hand trembled even more violently.
On the other hand, the mistress remained silent, glaring daggers at Seol Won.
Following their gaze, Chae Ha calmly looked at Seol Won and Uju, then slowly began walking towards them.
“Why did you come down? I told you to rest comfortably.”
The mistress’s lips twisted strangely at his uncharacteristically gentle tone.
At the same time, Heo Young Ju started to throw a fit.
“What’s going on! Why are you here! Why!”
“……Mother.”
“How dare you! You!”
“Mother!”
The enraged voice of Chae Ha caused the ranting Heo Young Ju to flinch.
The mistress still didn’t break her hostile gaze towards Seol Won.
Her icy stare scanned Seol Won and the boy who was unmistakably a spitting image of Chae Ha.
“……Mother. I think it’s best if you leave for today.”
“What? Leave?”
“It seems we have a guest today.”
She was trying to force a smile, but the anger was evident on her face, something even Seol Won, standing rigid on the stairs, could clearly see.
That’s when Chae Ha threw a sharp retort at the mistress.
“A guest? The guest would be you. An unwelcome one at that.”
“……”
“And this person is not a guest, but my wife, Min Seol Won. You should know that very well.”
“Hey! Kwon Chae Ha!”
Unable to hold back anymore, Heo Young Ju rushed over, berating and scolding Seol Won.
It was a familiar scene, a repeat of dialogues that had been on loop for years.
Feeling that Uju should not be hearing all this, Seol Won tapped his back lightly, signaling him to go upstairs.
Sensing that the obedient Uju was about to quickly retreat to the second floor, Seol Won slowly descended the staircase.
Then, standing calmly in front of the two women, she began to speak the words she had prepared.
From the moment I decided to return here, I had prepared myself on how to deal with them.
“I’m sorry, but who are you?”
“……!”
At Seol Won’s words, Heo Young Joo’s eyes grew as wide as possible.
Soon she looked at Chae Ha, as if trying to understand what the situation was, then looked at Baek Sa Ra.
Not understanding the situation was the same for Baek Sa Ra, so she kept glaring at Seol Won.
However, Seol Won had a face that really didn’t know who the two were.
This awkward and uncomfortable situation was concluded by Chae Ha wrapping his arm around one of Seol Won’s shoulders.
“My wife has been a bit unwell. She has a memory issue.”
“What? A problem? You mean like memory loss?”
“Yes. She can’t even remember me now.”
“What…… What?”
With a blatant expression as if asking why he brought a woman who couldn’t even remember home, Heo Young Joo looked at Seol Won up and down skeptically.
Indeed, she looked a bit out of it, different from her sharp old self.
“Anyway, she needs absolute rest, so please leave. Make sure not to startle her by suddenly showing up like this.”
“Kwon Chae Ha, you…….”
“Baek Sa Ra, you too. My wife is perfectly at home, so you have less reason to be here than even my mother.”
Shaking her shoulders, Baek Sa Ra bit her lip.
Then she stormed out of the house, the medicine she had brought still in her hands.
Heo Young Joo followed hastily, calling after her.
Even after becoming the mistress of the Chaewon Group, why was she so flustered by Baek Sa Ra?
Perhaps the fact that Baek Sa Ra was the youngest daughter of a prestigious conglomerate with a good lineage, satisfied her desire for her own lineage.
And the vain hope she could not fulfill through her brother.
Chae Ha lowered his head and went back up the stairs.
No matter what, the two people above him were the most important to him now.
More so than an unwelcome guest like Baek Sa Ra.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
