The unfairly treated daughter-in-law, holding her slapped cheek in frustration, raised her tearful gaze. Despite witnessing his wife being slapped, her husband only bowed his head, as if dead, without a word. Sorrowfully, she tried to say something, but a sharp sound of Chairman Park’s tongue clicked.
“You disgrace! How long has it been since you’ve been lying in bed, making a fuss in the house without any adults!”
Fiercely, Chairman Park’s gaze shifted to the daughter of Pureum Construction.
“Whose daughter are you?”
“Pu, Pureum Construction…”
“You’re Jung’s daughter. You got divorced and were chased out to your parents’ house, right? Disgusting. Without even seeing the child’s face, you dared to smear mud on your husband’s father!”
Under the scathing rebuke, the face of Pureum Construction’s daughter reddened. Annoyed, Chairman Park turned his attention to the face of Hanatech’s wife.
“What kind of woman are you?”
“I, I…”
Before she could answer, Chairman Park, who had turned his head disdainfully, walked away. It was an unnecessary, dismissive attitude.
Moving a few steps away, she gracefully took a seat on the sofa and resumed her scolding.
“You immature ones. How dare you meddle with my young one in my house? Unable to learn how to raise children properly after eating and raising them with a sickle. I’ll make sure you’re all driven out of your homes!”
Unable to calm his anger, Chairman Park grumbled for a while. After catching his breath, he called out.
“Ahn Director! Jung Representative!”
“Yes, Chairman.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
At his call, two men standing side by side immediately appeared.
One was young, and the other had gray hair, but their attitudes toward Chairman Park were as identical as twins.
“Sangman! You! How do you conduct the inspection of outsiders?! Isn’t it because your mother died a few years ago, and your father even passed away that you’re fearless?”
“I apologize, Chairman. Due to busy external affairs, I neglected the household management. It’s all my fault.”
The eldest son, brought in to apologize on behalf of Chairman Ahn, bowed with a bent waist.
Seeing that, the face of the eldest daughter-in-law of Youngsinmojik twisted with shame.
“Hey! What are you doing right now?”
“This woman! Can’t you shut your mouth!”
Ahn Director frowned at his complaining wife.
“Jung Representative, it’s the same for you! How did you educate your child, ending up like this?”
“I’m sorry, Chairman. I taught my child wrong. Please forgive me for this one time.”
With a bowed head, the father’s appearance caused the daughter of Pureum Construction to be unable to lift her face.
Chairman Park, who had calmed his anger, spoke in a calm voice.
“There’s nothing to be disappointed about. I, in place of your late mother and instead of your absent husband, tried to act as the head of the household!”
“It’s nothing, Chairman. I’m here thanks to you.”
Representative Jung patted his head once again. Director Ahn also bent his waist to show solidarity.
“Yes, that’s correct. If it weren’t for Chairman, Youngsinmojik wouldn’t be here now.”
“If you’re lucky enough to think so. I won’t say it twice. Make sure to control your mouths!”
Meanwhile, the neglected Hanatech couple discreetly exchanged glances.
Being treated like a leftover in this newly established company, whose name was barely recognizable, there was an undeniable sense of exclusion among those of their kind.
As Chairman Park’s scolding was nearing its end, Hyuna’s pale complexion gradually regained some color.
Hyuna tightly clenched her fist, recalling a document she carefully kept in the desk drawer.
A genetic test sheet that had been torn to shreds by a shredder, taped back together like a pasta noodle.
When Seunghoon first presented it to her, Hyuna was so astonished that she couldn’t even breathe.
How could he dare to send an illegitimate child to her kindergarten and deceive her right in front of her eyes?
Unforgivable.
“I don’t want to see your disgraceful presence, so disappear!”
With Chairman Park’s outrage, the situation came to an end. At the same time, cries and sighs were heard here and there.
Sounds of whimpering and sobbing, protests and sighs mingled in the corridor and gradually moved away.
“Bring the records related to that child.”
Chairman Park, left alone with Hyuna, subtly demanded records related to the child.
Hyuna was filled with anger. This shameless old man didn’t even attempt to hide the fact that her grandson had a child.
Indeed, he didn’t. Chairman Park wasn’t someone who wavered or feared others’ eyes in such matters.
What was having one extramarital child when you had already lost your mother a few years ago and even your father passed away? It wasn’t worth mentioning. If you’re going to raise a child with the shame of eating from a sickle, you might as well be driven out of your homes.
Regardless, the Chairman asked for the records about the child left by Seunghoon.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]
