Then, she took a deep breath and kept exhaling.

The thought process that seemed to have stopped began to move, albeit slowly.

Taking advantage of that gap, Su Yeon was deep in thought.

‘I think I need to talk to Mr. In Ho about why he’s so angry, let’s think of another way. A way to safely get through today…….’
But before she could come up with something, Youngseon’s cold voice once again choked Su Yeon’s neck.

“When you have a loose mouth, you can chatter away, now why are you acting pitiful, you?”
Youngseon stared at Su Yeon with fiercely raised eyes.

Su Yeon’s image filled in her pupils was as pitiful as a soaked puppy.

But she did not feel sorry at all.

When she recalled the emotional turmoil she had been put through in the past few days, she was not relieved in the slightest.

Youngseon still couldn’t forget the voice of In Ho she heard yesterday morning.

－What’s the matter this early?

Even after seeing the news of In Ho collapsing, she had made a nonchalant call to check, despite him sleeping in.

So of course, she thought Su Yeon’s voice would come out, but unexpectedly, her son In Ho’s voice came out.

It was already very confusing, but the tone and words that immediately pierced her ears were unusually cold and calm.

－I’m okay. I was about to be discharged anyway. And this person is doing well. His complexion isn’t great, maybe because the hospital stay was tough, but he should be okay after a few days of rest.
－If you don’t have anything else to say, I think I’ll have to hang up. I have to prepare to be discharged.
－No. Just away for a moment. And since I’m talking about it, I would appreciate it if you could contact me if you have something to say in the future. This person has been through a lot of hardship because I’ve been nursing him, so I think he needs a good rest for the time being.

She was confused and surprised by her son’s unfamiliar behavior.

Even then, she tried to keep her cool as much as possible and requested to talk to Su Yeon.

But the son did not switch to his daughterinlaw.

Youngseon couldn’t forget the discomfort she felt at that moment.

It was a feeling she had never experienced before.

She thought with a halflost face.

Is this what it feels like to have my son taken away?

She had four sons, but she had never felt this until this day.

But she was feeling this filthy feeling.

And through the youngest son she loved and cherished the most.

Youngseon gritted her teeth.

No matter how positive she tried to be about yesterday’s events, they were not pleasant.

Would that be a relief?

The rage was so overwhelming it was hard to bear.

The daughterinlaw, who had been quiet all along, spoke out in a gloomy face, pretending to be modest.

“Mother, I’m sorry if I caused any inconvenience. If you tell me why you’re upset, I’ll try harder to be careful in the future.”
Youngseon almost laughed out loud.

Where had the arrogant behavior of the past few days gone? Today, she was back to the daughterinlaw she knew.

But she no longer looked pretty.

There was no telling how she would fawn over her son after behaving like this in front of her.

“Ha, I really didn’t see it like this, but you really fit the phrase ‘sly’, don’t you?”
“Mother…….”
“Shut up! Who are you crying in front of, stop crying!”

Su Yeon’s shoulders trembled at the shouted rebuke.

Her halfopen lips involuntarily closed, and her eyes, which had barely contained her motherinlaw’s contempt, flickered and quickly turned to the ground.

The tips of her intertwined hands trembled.

The heart that had sunk heavily continued to pound rough, showing no signs of calming down.

It was clear that her motherinlaw’s heart had hardened, possibly beyond rectification.

Even though she sensed this, she was completely at a loss as to how to deal with the situation.

Su Yeon tightly bit her lips.

If there was the slightest crack, the tears she had barely managed to hold back seemed ready to push through and spill out.

She had to bear it somehow.

Even though she was merely sitting there breathing, her motherinlaw was sending her a contemptuous glance.

‘If I make a sound of crying in such a situation…’

The mere imagination made her head spin.

Su Yeon clenched her hands tightly, holding back fiercely.

Then, the Young Chun lady, who must have been in the kitchen, came into the living room, glancing around.

“Madam, I’m sorry to interrupt, but… What shall we do about lunch?”
Su Yeon bowed her head even lower.

A wave of unspeakable shame swept over her.

Even without looking, she thought she knew.

How Young Chun’s lady was looking at her now.

It would be a perfect look of sympathy.

Su Yeon did not want to confirm that gaze with her own eyes.

It was already sad and miserable enough.

“I’m okay, please take care of your meal, madam. I’m afraid to eat together as I feel like I’m imposing, and I’m afraid because I don’t know how to explain to my son why I’m eating alone.”
Young Sun scoffed as if she had decided to do so.

Su Yeon bowed her head even lower.

Her eyes slowly teared up as heat rapidly rose.

Her chest tightened as the tears blurred her vision.

What should she do?

How can she rectify this ruined situation?

She really felt like going crazy.

If she could, she wanted to let it all go.

She wanted to give up everything, really.

“Mother, I will prepare lunch for you. I think it would be better if I didn’t eat because my stomach isn’t feeling good. So at least you…”
Despite her mind screaming to give up, her body did its best to win back Young Sun’s favor, trembling in fear.

However.

“Can’t you hear what I’m saying? If you do that, I’m afraid I won’t know what to say to In Ho. So I won’t eat. Don’t my words sound like words?”
Su Yeon’s efforts to soften her motherinlaw’s heart didn’t even reach the tips of Young Sun’s fur and were brutally slapped down.

Su Yeon clenched her eyes shut.

Her headache intensified.

She wished she could just lose consciousness.

Otherwise, she wished someone, anyone, would help her.

But she knew better than anyone that such a thing would not happen.

There was no way such a thing would happen.

If there was such a thing as heaven, and if there was a god, her life couldn’t have been so painful until now.

So there would be no one to take care of her this time either, she came to such a conclusion on her own…

“Have you not had lunch yet?”
Suddenly, a voice she had never imagined came from behind Su Yeon.

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