Taekyung checked his clothes’ neatness. It was unclear how long it had been since he last visited his family home. Seoha had disappeared, and for five years, Taekyung hadn’t set foot in his ancestral home. Looking at the building that steadfastly stared down at him, appearing unchanged from five years ago, Taekyung couldn’t hide his bitter feelings. Despite being a luxurious building, the loneliness emanating from it remained the same, whether it was five years ago or now.
Hurryingly coming out to the front gate, Youngcheon greeted him enthusiastically, and in the meantime, her wrinkles seemed to have increased.
“Oh, young master! How long has it been since you came? You haven’t visited at all. Oh my, look at you. Is anything wrong with your health?”
“No, I’m healthy. How have you been, ma’am?”
“I’ve been well. Without the young master around, the house has been so quiet. Don’t even mention it.”
“Is Mother inside?”
“Yes, yes. Come in quickly.”
“I apologize for not coming all this time.”
“That’s right. You are quite mean.”
Youngcheon smiled with tear-filled eyes. Taekyung opened his arms, embraced Youngcheon, and patted her back.
“In the future, even if I don’t see Mother, I’ll come to see you, ma’am.”
“Oh, my, you should come to see Chairman too. He missed you so much.”
Taekyung laughed and replied. Youngcheon wiped away tears and guided Taekyung to the study where Hyeonyoung was with Hyunyeong.
Knock, knock.
“Chairman, young master has arrived.”
“Let him in.”
Upon hearing Hyunyeong’s voice from inside, Youngcheon nodded her head. As Taekyung entered the study, Hyunyeong put down the book he was reading.
“Would you like some tea?”
“Yes, please.”
“Ma’am, please bring green tea. Also, bring rice cakes and pastries.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
As Youngcheon left, Hyunyeong and Taekyung faced each other.
Taekyung initiated the greeting, “How have you been?”
“As long as you don’t bother me, I guess there’s no problem.”
“Oh, Mother.”
“Why are you like this unexpectedly? What do you want?”
“I want to get married.”
At Taekyung’s words, Hyunyeong raised one eyebrow.
The person Taekyung wants to marry is probably Seoha. Even without speaking, Hyunyeong seems to know.
“When did you ever ask for my permission and act accordingly? Who are you, having left and severed ties with your mother?”
“Oh, who is the lover you’re curious about?”
“Lover?”
“Yes. It’s Seoha’s child.”
“……”
“That child is my child. If you can’t believe it, here.”
Taekyung handed an envelope with documents to Hyunyeong.
Although Hyunyeong had never doubted that Minjun was Taekyung’s child, she was curious about the contents of the envelope.
She casually took the envelope and pulled out the documents inside.
It was the paternity test result between Taekyung and Minjun.
Hyunyeong closed her eyes slowly and then opened them. Even though it was a known fact, her heart felt heavy.
A child who looked so much like Taekyung. The little one kept flashing in front of her eyes.
However, Hyunyeong didn’t want to grant Taekyung’s request right away.
During all this time, I despised my son, who only wanted to take care of my child without even considering the rotten state of his mother.
“So what? What does this have to do with anything?”
“Don’t you want to see your child? It’s a very outstanding and lovely child.”
“If the child takes after you, where will that personality go? I wouldn’t mind if the child resembled my mother.”
Hyunyeong turned her head to the side.
At that moment, Youngcheon left with the tea and rice cakes.
A moment of silence followed.
“Mother, please give permission. I don’t want my child to grow up without a father like me. And, in fact, I can marry Seoha without your permission. However, I came here because Seoha’s father asked me to get your approval.”
“A guy who doesn’t even hear my mother’s words with both ears, does he listen so well to Seoha’s father’s words? What about Seoha’s mother? Can you handle it? It seems like you’ve quite forgotten about Seoha’s backbone.”
“If you’re so afraid, how will you protect my people and run the company? Just by talking? Do you think I’ll easily permit that?”
“I’ll wait, well, you know. Are you curious, ma’am?”
Taekyung had already anticipated that Hyunyeong wouldn’t easily give her permission.
He took out a few photos from his pocket and handed them to Hyunyeong.
It was a family photo of Taekyung, Seoha, and Minjun, and a solo photo of Minjun.
Hyunyeong pulled the photo toward her and examined it.
Even though she tried to hold back the laughter that kept wanting to burst out when looking at Minjun, she managed to do so.
Damn, he’s handsome. He’s handsome no matter how much I look at him.
“Mother, I’ll wait for your quick approval.”
“Are you leaving?”
“Yes. I decided to go cycling with Minjun.”
“Hmm.”
Although Hyunyeong envied Taekyung for going with Minjun, she couldn’t show it.
As Taekyung left the study, Hyunyeong looked at the photos again.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
