Jeong-ae opened the paper bag. Inside were a smartphone and a charger.
“Oh… a smartphone! Si-woo, give Grandma your phone. If you’re sick, you need to call the hospital!”
Laughter spread on Jeong-ae’s lips. It was also admirable that the young child was thoughtful.
“Oh, okay. Grandma will use this.”
“Take it with you. I’ll call you later.”
Jeong-hyeok urged. After a moment of hesitation, Jeong-ae nodded, once again waved her hand in the chilly night air.
“My dog might catch a cold. Go inside quickly.”
“Yes.”
As Jeong-hyeok stepped back, the car slowly rolled. Si-woo waved his hand towards the retreating car.
“Goodbye, Grandma!”
“Where on earth is she saying she is?”
Hyuna, whose gaze was fixed on the phone screen, quickly scrolled through it. Similarly, Seonyoung, rummaging through her phone, murmured as if something was strange.
“What happened? Director Byeon clearly said it was scheduled for the morning….”
According to the news bureau chief at SBC, it was supposed to be on the main news today.
Seonyoung reported the incident to boost her work. Given the public sentiment that mercilessly tears apart child abuse cases, it was inevitable that it needed to become an issue.
If a post demanding severe punishment for the abusive parents flooded the national petition board, and public opinion noisily tore into the matter day by day.
It was a picture of the prosecution naturally intervening, unable to withstand the public’s outrage. However, contrary to Director Byeon’s words, the news article was nowhere to be found on any news portal site.
Pondering, Seonyoung called Director Byeon.
“Director Byeon. Didn’t you say the news would come out today? What’s going on?”
『Mrs. Kang. What incident is that? Is it something that happened at kindergarten?』
Director Byeon’s tone almost seemed like he had stepped on dung. Seonyoung received it as if she didn’t understand English.
“What are you talking about?”
『Making an article out of that incident and submitting it to the desk caused a huge fuss.』
“A fuss? Director Byeon, I don’t understand what you mean….”
『I don’t know how you found out, but pressure came from Myunghan Group. If we release that article, they will cut off all advertisements!』
Seonyoung’s mouth widened.
Monitoring the media from the Myunghan side? Who is it? Vice President Cha? Or is it President Park?
“S-so, you’re saying we won’t publish the article?”
『What can we do? I have to protect my own neck.』
“Hey, Director Byeon. We can also cut off ads from Han Song. We can do that too.”
『Are you threatening me now? Well, do as you please. Whether it’s Myunghan or Han Song, if you have to choose, isn’t it obvious to stick with Myunghan?』
After saying what he wanted, the call abruptly ended. Seonyoung’s face, tight for her age, twisted with embarrassment. At that moment, Hyuna, who had been idly watching from across the river, picked up her handbag and stood up.
“Where are you going again?”
“I thought I’d go shopping. Maybe get my nails done.”
Hyuna raised her hand, flicking her artificial nail that had fallen off her finger.
In quiet moments, all kinds of accidents seemed to happen. Well, rather than going all out to do something else, it was a hundred times better to calmly ask for it while shopping.
“Don’t do anything else and quietly go shopping and come back.”
Watching her daughter’s retreating figure with the world turning calmly, Seonyoung clutched her painful headache.
She knew it too. Rather than being able to stop her daughter from going astray, she was becoming an accomplice to her daughter’s misdeeds.
Perhaps that’s why. Seonyoung couldn’t shake off the feeling of sinking deeper into a swamp. It felt like she couldn’t escape it.
Hyuna wasn’t much different. Now, she didn’t even know the purpose of why she was causing such trouble.
At first, there was a clear purpose: to return the heart of the fiance who had fallen for another woman to its original place. It wasn’t easy.
As time passed, the hatred and resentment towards the woman who took him away grew, and the purpose became increasingly blurred.
There was no certainty whether he loved Junghyuk. Until now, the purpose and reason for running so far were unclear.
Things believed to be a flower garden for too long shattered, leaving her knowing nothing.
Like a car with a malfunctioning brake, she now only knew how to speed up. It was like a duty of life.
It was when she removed the nail tips and started basic nail care. The ringtone rang loudly.
“Jeon’s Woman”
Hyuna, confirming the caller with a sharp gaze, reluctantly pressed the phone to her ear.
“Hello.”
With a nasal voice, the daughter-in-law who used to act all cute was no longer there. Despite the awkward and rude tone, Seongja greeted her warmly.
“Saega, it’s been a while. Since there’s no news, I thought I’d give you a call. So, how have you been during that time?”
『Can’t you recognize my voice? You must be doing well. No news is good news, right? Just forget about it.』
Stunned by Hyuna’s changed attitude, Seongja didn’t express her surprise beyond that.
“Oh, you. By the way, what can I do to apologize? I tried to kick that girl out in any way, but well, she was more stubborn than I thought.”
『It’s okay. It didn’t seem helpful anyway. I took care of it myself.』
An insincere jerk. Seongja cursed under her breath.
“You took care of it? How?”
『I reported her as a child abuse perpetrator to the police.』
Hyuna burst into laughter. Seongja was a bit surprised, but deliberately acted more friendly.
“Oh my my! She abused the child?”
『Oh dear, that’s a lie. Anyway, since it ended with feeding her bean rice, don’t contact me anymore. Got it?』
With a mischievous laugh as the last sound, the call abruptly ended. After finishing the call, Seongja sighed with a serious face.
So that’s how it was. Now the curiosity was satisfied.
After being kicked out by her son, Seongja once again visited Dajeong’s apartment. It was strange that her grandson’s face came to her mind after spending a few days together.
It wasn’t a direct visit to the house, but she wandered around, hoping to see her grandson’s face or say something to him, even if it was just a casual encounter.
However, unexpectedly, when her grandson came out of the apartment, it wasn’t his mother holding his hand, but his father. It felt odd.
Since the child’s mother wasn’t particularly hostile, Seongja thought of pretending to run into her and maybe say something to her grandson or even buy something and give it to him.
However, she couldn’t get closer because it wasn’t the child’s mother but the sharp-tempered son who was with him. She had to turn her footsteps away several times.
The next day, and the day after that, it was the same. The child’s mother didn’t appear. If the rumors about her being taken to the police station are true, it means a very serious incident has occurred.
“Oh my, how did this happen…?”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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