As per the list provided in advance for participants and spectators, there were five seats arranged around the round table.
Sitting on a chair with a wide skirt, Sol said with a slightly teasing tone, sticking her buttocks to the chair, “Oh, why is the kindergarten sports day so half-hearted?”
“That’s right. I’m also from a private kindergarten, but it wasn’t like this,” Junho agreed, and Sookhee just shook her head with her mouth rounded.
Dajeong also clicked her tongue. In the old days, it would have been customary to spread a mat on the grass and sit, but it seemed extravagant, perhaps because it was a high-class private kindergarten.
They had to wait another 30 minutes for the event to start. One by one, children and their families gathered, and Siu ran around between tables, shouting with his friends.
During this time, women dressed neatly in uniforms served drinks and snacks, going back and forth to each table. They seemed to be temporary workers dispatched from a catering service.
“While you wait, would you like us to prepare coffee?”
A petite temporary worker approached and asked. Sookhee gladly accepted, saying that she hadn’t even had a cup of coffee while making kimbap.
“Well, since you’ve prepared coffee, miss, do you have any iced Americano?”
“We have instant coffee prepared.”
Sookhee and Junho asked for instant coffee, while Sol and Dajeong requested iced Americano.
“But what’s with that car, pushing in like that?”
While having a leisurely tea time, Sol frowned as she noticed something. Several black sedans were entering the central area of the field, bypassing other vehicles. Sol found it annoying because the guards, who had blocked other cars earlier, were now setting up barricades to prevent children from rushing out.
Naturally, everyone’s attention turned to the center of the field. Dajeong also narrowed her eyes.
From the car that stopped in the middle, an elderly man with white hair and a small build got out. Upon a closer look, it was Chairman Park. He seemed to have been invited as a special guest for the event.
“Wow, even the chairman came.”
Junho, muttering quietly, shrugged his shoulders as if trying not to stand out. Sol’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.
“Do you also know Grandma, Mr. Junho?”
“Of course. She was my father’s first love.”
“Oh, really?”
For some reason, surprise and excitement flashed across Sol’s face simultaneously.
“Yes, I heard she was a sister who lived in the neighborhood. After returning from the military, my father found out she had become another man’s wife. Until now, she remains in my father’s memory as a lingering first love, and my mother often said that she and my father had frequent fights over it.”
“Oh, how sad for your mother.”
Sympathetic Sookhee couldn’t hide her regret.
“Then, Mr. Junho, you should also say hello, shouldn’t you?”
At Sol’s words, Junho raised his hand in a small wave.
“If you don’t want to be exposed, it’s okay. Even if we meet, you’ll just hear unnecessary things. Even if you’re happy to see me, you won’t express it.”
Around that time, Chairman Park, who had been looking around widely after getting out of the car, spotted Dajeong in the distance and fixed his gaze on her. When their eyes met, Dajeong quietly bowed.
Just then, foundation officials who occupied the space near the podium noticed Chairman Park’s arrival and gathered around her.
“Welcome, Chairman. I’m not sure how to thank you for taking such a long walk.”
Sunyoung, who pretended to smile, greeted politely, and Hyeona also offered a greeting.
“Thank you for coming. Grandma.”
“You annoying people. If you think you’ll bother me by calling me from time to time like this, I won’t donate from next year.”
Chairman Park grumbled words that didn’t sound sincere.
Whenever there was a memorable event, invitations were usually sent to donors who had supported the foundation.
Chairman Park was also a major donor, so she had naturally received an invitation, but so far, she had never responded to any of the invitations.
But somehow, this time, Chairman Park voluntarily expressed her intention to attend. It wasn’t difficult for Sunyoung, including Hyeona, to guess the reason.
She probably wants to see her granddaughter. Since there are not many days left to live, she will be more noticeable. She says she bothers the old lady for nothing.
When the clock pointed to half past nine, the sound of Teacher Tokki Ban’s gong rang loudly. When attention was called, the eyes of the children and their families turned to the teacher.
“Hello, everyone. I’m Kim Jina, the teacher in charge of the Rabbit Class. I’m very happy to meet our friends and families like this. The games will start soon, but before that, we will distribute the vests for the participants. Families who have applied for participation, please come forward to receive them.”
After finishing the announcement, the teacher took out packaged vests from a large box and spread them out on the table.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
