When Dajeong retorted, once again, a glare of unspoken words flew at her.
Thanks to that, Junghyuk gained time to answer the question. Slowly moving his jaw, he thought about how Hong Junho would answer in such a situation and opened his mouth.
“If it’s something Mother makes, I’m confident I’ll eat anything deliciously. Son-in-law’s love is for the mother-in-law.”
“Did you just say ‘Mother’? Now?”
A bright smile blossomed on Jungae’s lips. Dajeong was somewhat shocked. It was because she had just learned that her mom could smile like that.
“Did I… make a mistake?”
“No. You called me right. Oh my. I thought you were just good at work, but your personality is also delightful.”
“I’m generally good at everything. I’m good at everything.”
“So arrogant.”
Smiling with disdain, Jungae glanced at Dajeong, who wore a facial expression as if she had eaten a bug.
“I’m generally good at everything. I’m good at everything.”
“Nucksal.”
Describing it as ugly, Jungae let her eyes drift while her mouth corners, irresistibly approaching her ear.
The phrase ‘good personality’ is probably something Cha Junghyuk heard for the first time in his life. Disgusted by the man’s extraordinary acting skills, Dajeong finally bit her tongue.
Mothers easily fall for such men, right?
With a spoon in her mouth and only her eyes rolling, Dajeong swallowed the groans of agony.
It seems like the two of them have already conspired.
Junghyuk, without a hint, announced that he would go to sleep, and Jungae, who excessively used the title ‘Husband Cha,’ volunteered to give him the living room, easily allowing her daughter.
Having seen enough, there was nothing more for Dajeong and Junghyuk to do. Summing up the situation, Dajeong pushed Junghyuk’s back and saw him off.
While waiting for the elevator, sudden acute pain occurred, and Dajeong grabbed her wrist. Seeing her like that, Junghyuk asked.
“Is it hurting again?”
“It’s okay. I told you it’s a chronic illness. I started working on the drawings these days, so that’s why.”
She raised her head as if to say it was trivial, wrinkling her nose. Nevertheless, Junghyuk carefully observed Dajeong’s every move.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Is there anywhere else that hurts?”
“Nowhere hurts.”
Smirking as if to say she was stubborn, Dajeong laughed weakly.
Junghyuk took a waiting car and headed to his in-laws’ home. Looking at the road illuminated by the streetlight, a saying from a sage he had heard somewhere came to his mind.
‘After giving birth, should I eat a prescription made by my mother, who can’t take care of her body and is suffering from various pains? Oh my.’
Lost in thought, the car had already arrived at the residence. Standing side by side with Director Min, waiting for the elevator, Junghyuk suddenly turned his gaze.
“Is it ruined?”
Junghyuk considered whether there was any other uncomfortable place for Dajeong except her wrist. To say it was ruined, she seemed perfectly healthy.
“Not to that extent…”
“I don’t know right now. You need to fully recover your body that has been ruined in time so that you won’t suffer as you get older.”
“What about Director Min’s wife?”
“Our wife is quite robust. Because…”
Suddenly lowering his voice, Director Min cleared his throat. Then, narrowing the distance and lowering his voice even more.
“There’s a secret passed down through generations in our family.”
“What is it?”
As if curious, Junghyuk raised his eyebrows. Director Min, rolling his eyes left and right, secretly approached his ear. Then, he quietly passed on the secret to him.
The king-size bed still occupied most of Dajeong’s bedroom. This was because the promise Junghyuk made to bring it and withdraw had not been kept.
Even lying next to Jungae, Dajeong’s uncomfortable tossing and turning continued.
“So, when are you getting married?”
Jungae’s voice cut through the silence. Pretending to be asleep, Dajeong found it hard to breathe.
Not knowing when that question would come up, she couldn’t sleep like this, tossing and turning. Dajeong let out a slow breath.
“It’s not something Mom thinks about, so don’t drink kimchi soup. I won’t get married.”
Upon hearing this, a displeased voice immediately followed.
“Why not? Did my father die, or do you have a son-in-law waiting?”
Dajeong bit her lip, lying on her stomach. She closed her eyes tightly.
“Mom, really. What marriage? After living a hard life, they tell me to get married?”
“Even if Mom lived that way. What marriage is that? After suffering all my life, they tell me to get married?”
“Yoo Siwoo.”
“Huh?”
At the sound of his name, Siwoo, who had been running toward the classroom for a race or toward a classroom, quickly turned his eyes. Soon, his innocent eyes spotted a man standing solidly on the rabbit side and he quickly smiled brightly. Pausing, he turned his direction.
“Uncle!”
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
