She didn’t even know that it was a prejudice acquired due to the crimson letter-like stigma. Although she missed him so much every night, why couldn’t her feelings be conveyed even a bit?
It wasn’t that strange. Expressing true feelings is the most challenging thing in the world for anyone.
“Of course, the way she thought and acted was not rational, but regardless, your mother wanted you to be well. If she judged that something harmful was happening to you, she would never have done this, even if she were offered a fortune.”
“Yoo Dajeong, you don’t know what kind of woman she is…….”
“Why wouldn’t I know? She’s my mother too! Even if the whole world points fingers, I can do anything for our Siwoo. Mr. Cha Junghyuk, aren’t you like that…?”
Junghyuk’s breathing somehow became faster. He didn’t want to admit anything, but listening to Dajeong’s voice made his heart pound.
Was it so? He had never thought even once that Seongja could be someone who would do something for her child.
Was it because of her short-sightedness that she went against the standards and common sense of the world, or, as Dajeong said, was it just her heart that was for her child?
“It was only for a day, but I could feel how proud your mother is of you.”
No, no. Can’t admit it. Junghyuk shook his head.
“I don’t care if that woman is proud of me or not. But who are you to take that generously? Is it sympathy for me?”
As if becoming polite, she seemed to soften, but while he let his guard down, she twisted again. Dajeong swallowed a sigh and lowered her voice a bit more calmly.
“I just hoped you wouldn’t hate your mother more because of me. I was worried that if you knew about this, you might hate your mother even more. Just like now.”
“Why do you even care about that?”
“I shouldn’t be an obstacle. Maybe one day you will have the courage…….?”
Junghyuk raised his eyes in bewilderment.
“Courage?”
“You… the courage to forgive your mother.”
Ha, Junghyuk was dumbfounded, so he buried his face in his dry palm.
“Your mother might have the courage to apologize someday. I didn’t want things to get deeper between you two because of the gap in emotions caused by me. That’s why I didn’t say anything. And she seemed to have such a straightforward personality that if I adjusted my mood for a few days, it seemed like it would just go back to normal…….”
Actually, that was the case. Experiencing it for a short time, she felt that Seongja was a person who didn’t know how to sincerely hate someone.
She would throw unpleasant words and forget them when she turned around.
When acting like a wicked mother about to starve to death, if she said, “Let’s eat together” in front of the set table, she seemed to lack consideration but was not without consideration.
Words spoken without filtering were sincere, and if Seongja was really a bad person, she probably wouldn’t have said, “Let’s eat together.”
Negatively speaking, she was mostly indifferent, but positively speaking, she had an easy-going personality.
“Until I could solve it, it would have been better not to know, but anyway, now that I know…… I’m sorry.”
Dajeong seemed to reflect earnestly while holding her hairpin, her fingers moving nervously.
“Come here.”
Turning prickly at one moment and gentle in the meantime, his calling voice was quite mild. When she opened her eyes, the anger that had settled on the handsome face was gone.
Dajeong approached the table, squirming. As she came closer, he reached out and pulled Dajeong’s waist.
Collapsing and sitting back, Junghyuk leaned against her shoulder, and Dajeong embraced him in her arms.
Feeling somewhat pitiful, Dajeong tenderly patted his shoulders and back. Sensing the gentle touch caressing the back of his head, Junghyuk closed his eyes tightly.
“I’m sorry.”
The voice that finally came after a long while apologized. Dajeong gently patted him.
“Why are you sorry? If anything, I’m sorry for not saying anything.”
“For my sake.”
Mumbling, Junghyuk’s gaze swept through the messy kitchen again.
“What on earth is all this? Did you do all this to feed that woman? Even with a bad wrist?”
Junghyuk scornfully grabbed Dajeong’s right wrist.
“She said she’d leave after eating everything…….?”
At the innocent or perhaps foolish response, Junghyuk sighed.
“I know. That was probably just an excuse. But I wanted to do it. You seemed to need attention. It seemed like you wanted to show off or be obedient to someone……. You seemed lonely.”
He gripped Dajeong’s wrist a little tighter.
“I’m really fine. It was only for a day, not a month or a year.”
Anyway, Yoo Dajeong didn’t know how to act spoiled or throw a tantrum. Not fun. Junghyuk leaned his head back on her lap.
Dajeong had a smell. The mother’s smell that Yoo Siwoo had said he liked.
“Mr. Cha Junghyuk.”
“Yes?”
“I miss Siwoo.”
Petting his hair gently, Dajeong said. She hadn’t seen Siwoo all day because she couldn’t put him to bed or send him to school on her own.
Hearing the sulking voice, Junghyuk chuckled.
“I’ll bring him.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
Link to read
