She spat out a greeting out of habit, but there was no one to welcome her.
“…Must have gone for a walk.”
It happened often enough, so she didn’t think much of it and slowly climbed to her room on the second floor.
But SuJin, who she thought had gone for a walk, was sitting right in the middle of her room.
Her sevenyearold sister was fiddling with something, unaware of her presence. It didn’t look cute or welcome at all.
To SuYeon, who was just entering puberty, the meaning of a room was a space that solely protected her and the only place where she could rest comfortably.
But she couldn’t show such feelings at all.
SuJin had just turned seven that year, but her physique was smaller and her development was slower than her peers.
Because of that issue, Chairman Choi and his wife visited countless hospitals.
“There don’t seem to be any special findings.”
But every hospital they went to always gave the same answer.
At first, it seemed to be a consolation, but as years passed and SuJin didn’t change, it boiled the hearts of Chairman Choi and his wife.
SuJin’s every little action always captivated their attention and called for their touch.
Excessive praise followed good behavior, and tender consolation followed mistakes.
How could SuYeon have dealt with a child that her parents unconditionally coddled?
She always had to turn a blind eye to SuJin’s pranks, which were nothing but harassment to her.
Because that was all SuYeon could do.
But that day, she couldn’t stand it.
“SuJin, what are you…Su, SuJin!!”
As she put her bag down and approached SuJin, she saw the object in the child’s hand.
It was a doll. A teddy bear doll that SuJin cherished.
The problem was the faded clothes awkwardly draped over the doll.
“You, how did you find…!”
Belatedly, SuYeon’s gaze reached the chest of drawers in one corner of the room.
The bottom drawer was halfopen, vomiting out the clothes that had been inside.
Seeing that scene, SuYeon could not hold back the anger welling up inside her.
“Ah, you really! Who told you to touch other people’s things!!”
She harshly snatched the clothes from the child’s hand.
And then held it dearly in her arms.
It was a baby’s robe. It was given by the director of the orphanage when the adoption to Taeshin Group was decided.
It was an item she instinctively hid at the words to keep it precious, and now, more than anything, it was a precious trace of her biological parents.
“It’s mine! It’s mineee!”
“Choi SuJin!!”
“Mine, huu, huuuuh!!”
She coldly slapped away SuJin’s hand reaching out to snatch the baby’s robe.
A shrill cry of the child followed as if waiting for it.
That day, for the first time in her life, SuYeon had to be punished almost to death.
“Haa….”
A faint moan escaped involuntarily as memories of the dreadful times surfaced.
SuYeon closed her eyes tightly and then opened them.
And once again, the face of SuJin, now twentytwo years old, filled her field of vision.
The child who grew up without any stern discipline had nothing to fear in the world and had a personality that could only be satisfied by getting whatever she wanted.
It wouldn’t have started from a grandiose reason that she spread the rumor that she was an adopted child.
She must have thought that she was probably doing well, unseen by her eyes, and just wanted to bother her anew.
Even if she had gone that far, she wouldn’t have known.
She would have known well enough that Choi SuYeon, who had her adoption exposed, could never become a welcome daughterinlaw.
SuYeon, who had been silent for a while, moved her lips slowly.
“I told you. They treat me like their own daughter. I’m doing well.”
Su Yeon abruptly lifted her bowed head.
Her eyes met Su Jin’s in the mirror, who was twisting her mouth upwards.
A face evidently mocking her.
As if confident that Su Yeon’s claim of doing well was a lie.
Isn’t that good enough?
What more misery do you want for me?
The hand gripping the sink started to tighten.
“Show yourself. Compared to when you were at our house, your face has brightened up. My brotherinlaw and my inlaws must be very kind people.”
Su Jin, who had been leaning against the bathroom wall, stepped towards Su Yeon.
Though the distance between them had only slightly shortened, Su Yeon felt a sudden increase in her dizziness.
Unable to bear her unstable vision, she shut her eyes tightly.
“Yes, they are good people. The elders are waiting, let’s get out of here.”
Su Yeon sighed deeply and turned off the water.
She wanted to wash her face, but all it would do was show Su Jin that she was not okay.
If she were the old Choi Su Yeon, she would’ve willingly pretended to be unhappy to stop Su Jin’s taunts, but she couldn’t now.
She couldn’t make her inlaws and In Ho out to be bad people to satisfy Su Jin.
It was better to ignore her.
She never wanted to insult Young Seon and In Ho with her own mouth.
Swallowing the sigh that had reached her throat, Su Yeon walked past Su Jin.
“Wait, I have something to say.”
An intense force grabbed her wrist.
Su Yeon’s body swayed uncontrollably.
“Haah……”
A shallow moan escaped from between Su Yeon’s teeth.
At the same time, a headache unlike anything she had ever experienced before hit her.
With her eyes tightly shut, Su Yeon forced herself to take deep breaths. But it was no use.
Suddenly, she felt as if all her organs were twisting, and she was on the verge of vomiting.
The torment was so intense that she could not even open her eyes.
‘Why is this happening, why on earth……’
Barely managing to keep standing on her shaky legs, she was hit with a wave of pain that felt like a blunt weapon striking her chest.
“Gasp!”
It was only natural for a moan to escape.
In excruciating pain that was driving her mad, Su Yeon instinctively held her breath.
How much time had passed?
The stiffness in Su Yeon’s body relaxed, and her head dropped down.
Her tightly shut eyelids trembled once before slowly opening.
Soon, her confused eyes began to shake.
Her blurry pupils focused, and her bowed head slowly lifted.
Su Yeon stared at her reflection in the mirror.
And when she realized Su Jin’s presence beside her, a faint whisper escaped from her lips.
“Wow, another crazy thing happened.”
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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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