The company had measures in place to keep it running even without him, but… With Jenny’s situation and everything else, Eddie felt weighed down.
Deep in thought, Eddie, who was either eating or not eating in his dilemma, decided to finish his work in Seoul quickly and go to Jae-ha.
Just as he was about to focus on eating again, the screen of his mobile phone on the dining table flashed.
[Nana]Eddie, who had been looking at the phone for a moment, put down the spoon again.
[Oppa! It’s me, Nana.]“Why are you whispering?”
[I don’t know where I am, right? Anyway, sorry for calling suddenly, but I have some urgent matters…]
It must be urgent; it must be. Nana’s voice had a radiance I had never heard before.
“Do it later. I was having lunch.”
“No, you can’t! Please don’t hang up! I’m so frustrated, that’s why! I can’t do it because I’m really scared of Jae-ha Oppa…”
“Am I not approachable?”
“No! Why are you saying things so bitterly? Oppa, you know… Maybe…”
“Oppa? Oppa, who are you?”
The voice of someone else coming through the receiver. Eddie realized it was Hye-jung who had switched the phone. He pressed the end button without saying a word.
He had no intention of giving them even 0.1 seconds in their war.
Nana looked at Hye-jung standing by the bedroom door, her fists clenched.
“Don’t you know how to knock or something?”
Tap, tap. Hye-jung, with a firm face, seemed to be saying, “What can I do now?” as she knocked on the door again.
“I asked who it was, didn’t I?”
“It’s a friend, a friend.”
Nana, who had already looked down at the disconnected phone, hid her hand behind her back.
“I distinctly heard you call him Oppa, and now he’s a friend? You’re really a liar; it seems like lying is a part of your daily life.”
“…What?”
“It’s more intense than what I heard and more severe than I expected. In various ways.”
Nana, also glaring at Hye-jung with an intense gaze, opened her eyes.
“What did I lie about, and how is it affecting your daily life? Geez, that’s enough! I call him Oppa, Cha. Sang. Yoon. Oppa! Is it okay now? Do you like it now??”
“Look at this.”
“…”
Nana’s trembling hand, holding back her boiling anger, shook. Her lips, rolling curses silently, twitched.
“Give it to me.”
“…?”
“The phone, now! Why do you need my phone?”
“I can’t stand seeing someone acting so disgraceful, even up to the level of a daughter-in-law. Give it to me right now!”
“Daughter-in-law?? Acting disgracefully?? Oh no!!”
Screaming, Nana shook her body like a child having a tantrum. Being more in this house, facing Hye-jung more, felt like she was going crazy.
“This insane… give it to me right now!”
Nana pushed Hye-jung away with her eyes rolling.
“That’s what I’m saying!! Am I learning from anyone and doing something else? Ha!! Are you writing that kind of novel now? Aah!! It hurts! Let go!! What, you only see what you want to see!!”
“Hey!!! Who do you think you’re talking to like that!!”
…!
It was Cha Sang-yoon.
He suddenly appeared from somewhere and scolded Nana for her appearance, which seemed to favor his mother. Now that he looked closely, his eyes were just like Hye-jung’s.
“How did a girl like you not change at all? Do you still not know whether you’re in shit or soybean paste in the current situation?”
“W-When did you…!!”
Hye-jung, who had instantly taken away the phone from Nana’s hand, spoke.
“Secretly making a call, saying Oppa, Oppa. Who are you talking to!”
Hye-jung, in high spirits, pointed a finger as if scolding her in the air.
She, who never knew what to do with her wandering husband for a lifetime, is now venting her frustration on the innocent daughter-in-law.
Nana was speechless in this absurd drama-like situation.
“Leave me alone, whether I’m talking to someone or not. Where did those kids who call him Oppa come from? I’m hungry, Mom. You said you’d make me food, so why are you here… Huh? What’s this? Why is my room like this?”
“What? The guys calling him Oppa aren’t just one or two?”
“Oh, Mom! Why is my room like this?”
Cha Sang-yoon yelled as he looked at his room, decorated as a honeymoon suite. His face, especially when he saw the subtly patterned bedding, twisted as if he had chewed on a bug.
Indeed, who would come in? Normally, I would have already left, but Nana, who barely swallowed the words, only stared at her phone in Hye-jung’s hands.
“…”
“Doesn’t it suit your taste, son? Mom tried to decorate it a bit antique—what was it? Oh! Retro vibes! She tried to decorate it like that, but if you don’t like it, she can change it again.”
“Mom! Whether it’s retro or honeymoon suite, why do I need a room?”
“…?”
“I can’t share a room with him! I won’t use it!”
“Huh? So you want to use separate rooms? No, Sang-yoon, son…”
Hye-jung, who briefly glanced at Nana, pushed Sang-yoon’s back.
“Let’s go downstairs and talk while eating. Your face is just too harsh… Oh, by the way, even if you don’t like it, you should have one child, right?”
As Hye-jung’s voice drifted away, Nana’s vision turned pitch black.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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