“No matter how healthy, a child can’t not get sick. He might have been pretending to be okay all the time, and now that he’s relaxed, he might be sick like this.”
“Oh…”
Seolwon felt a hot sting in her eyes at those words.
At the same time, Chae Ha, who was standing behind her, also felt a lump in his throat.
He thought Wooju was always a cheerful child, but he was indeed Min Seolwon’s son.
The child was only young, yet knew how to hide her pain behind a smile.
Kwon Chae Ha, while kneeling beside the universe, observed Min Seol Won’s small back.
Perhaps during the 5 years I was away, she must have always protected the child alone like this.
Even though I resolved not to leave her alone anymore, the time that had passed would not return.
This cold fact carved into Chae Ha’s heart as if it had been dug out with a knife.
“Uhmmm…..”
With a mutter, Min Seol Won suddenly opened her eyes, surprised to find herself lying in bed.
“What happened here?”
I definitely remembered falling asleep next to the universe’s bed last night, but when I looked out the window, the sun was already high in the sky.
Even more surprised by this fact, Seol Won hurriedly moved to the universe’s room.
“……!”
Opening the door with a frantic touch, Seol Won was lost for words at the sight inside the room.
In the spot where I had been sitting, Kwon Chae Ha was sitting as if it was expected.
He, who was tightly holding the universe’s tiny hand, had clear eyes as if he hadn’t slept a wink.
“……Mr. Kwon Chae Ha?”
“Ah. You’re awake.”
“You can’t mean you’re the one who carried me to my room?”
“Then who would it be?”
Looking at Chae Ha’s natural expression, Seol Won was flabbergasted.
Not going to the company, staying up all night beside the universe.
“There’s no need for this. You heard yesterday, too. Resting and taking medicine will make it better…..”
“Why did you stay up all night beside the kid when you heard the same, Ms. Min Seol Won?”
“……”
“I feel the same way as you. Don’t forget.”
Looking at Chae Ha’s expression, it seemed unnecessary to say more.
No matter what anyone said, he was the universe’s father.
In front of a sick child, the hearts couldn’t be different, it was a matter of course.
Fortunately, the universe seemed to be breathing easier than yesterday and was fast asleep.
What was worrying was rather on Chae Ha’s side.
“You don’t look good either. I’ll make some juice.”
“Thank you.”
His voice sounded tender in this situation, which felt strange. Seol Won quickly headed to the first floor.
I had only thought that I would be the universe’s parent forever.
Even though I had pledged to raise her well by myself, I sometimes felt melancholic.
Whenever I saw Chae Ha doing the role of a father easily after coming back here, I wondered if it was okay to make the universe’s father a nonexistent being.
Maybe the one who had been sick all along was actually me.
It was when I stepped onto the first floor staircase. The doorbell rang from the entrance.
Looking at the clock, it was time for Dr. Shim to visit.
Seol Won quickly opened the front door and waited for him.
I had something I wanted to ask him when I was alone.
Something I absolutely had to ask.
As soon as Dr. Shim entered the house and saw Seol Won, he smiled brightly.
“Ah, Miss. You were at your home.”
“Yes, teacher. I couldn’t greet you properly yesterday because I was away.”
“I felt the same, you know. I was relieved to hear that you were back safe and sound. I was very worried.”
“Teacher… I have a question. It’s about my mother.”
“Ah, you mean Mrs. Kim Seon Hwa. It’s truly regrettable.”
Just hearing her mother’s name felt like a surge of pain from yesterday’s events, but Seol Won managed to maintain her calm.
Principal Shim expressed his regrets.
“I thought she was relatively stable, but her condition suddenly worsened. There was nothing we could do. I’m sorry.”
“No… it’s okay. If it wasn’t for you, we wouldn’t have made it this far.”
As he had said, Seol Won’s mother’s illness had suddenly worsened.
Despite choosing to fight for her mother’s life, she still passed away.
And because of her choice, Seol Won wasn’t even able to stay with her mother until her death.
At that time, she was completely out of her mind, with no energy left to think deeply.
However, after realizing that she had been deceived by Baek Sa Ra, a lingering question remained.
Why had her mother, who had been in a stable condition, suddenly worsened when her contractual marriage with Chae Ha was about to end?
Was it really a coincidence?
Seol Won hesitated for a moment.
Principal Shim, who was originally a part of Chae Un, might unintentionally leak what she was about to say to Chae Ha.
She didn’t want to leave unnecessary traces for Chae Ha, who knew nothing about the past.
Just then.
Principal Shim, seeming troubled, hesitantly spoke.
“Miss… I’m a bit hesitant to say this now.”
“Yes?”
“I’ve wanted to tell you this for a long time. Now that you’re back by the vice president’s side, I thought you should know.”
“What… do you mean?”
Checking that the second floor balcony was empty, Principal Shim lowered his voice.
And then, he revealed a longheld secret.
“For the three years your mother was in our hospital, the vice president really took great care of her. Whenever he had time, he would come and check on her personally.”
“What?”
Taken aback by the unexpected story, Seol Won was surprised.
Even she hadn’t been able to visit the hospital often, due to watching out for Heo Yeong Ju. But Chae Ha had looked after her mother?
She had never heard such a thing from her mother.
The reason was soon revealed by Principal Shim.
“He often took walks with her… it was a nice sight. But he seemed awkward and told me to keep it a secret from you. Your mother said the same.”
“…”
“He told me never to speak of it… but actually, the one who was with your mother until her death was the vice president.”
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Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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