Brain MRI scans were performed once or twice a day.
“Your husband’s reason?”
Suddenly, a middle-aged woman from the next seat spoke.
“Yes, he’s our child’s father.”
She spat out those words with parched lips, and Dajeong felt her throat clogging up. The middle-aged woman nodded.
“Our child’s father has a disc problem. They say the new bridegroom isn’t well, right?”
“It’s a car accident. He’s in a coma.”
“Oh my. What a mess. Is there a chance he’ll wake up?”
“I don’t know…”
“How old is your child?”
“…He’s five years old.”
Using the hospital waiting area as a consultation room, the woman continued to ask questions. Dajeong mechanically answered, feeling a burning sensation in one corner of her heart.
At this rate, tears would burst again. Trying to hide her tears, she turned her head, and suddenly, she caught sight of a familiar person.
“Sunbae…”
The place where the middle-aged woman was sitting was now occupied by Dojun. Not knowing what to say, Dojun, with a gloomy face, let out consecutive sighs.
In his place, Dajeong spoke up.
“Here, how did you find out?”
“Sol told me.”
“That kid is really…”
He couldn’t say that Sol was shameless. Seeing the changed Dajeong unrecognizably, Dojun felt hurt.
When Dajeong came with Su-kyung’s belongings, she was full of energy, but in just a few days, she seemed as if she could crumble into dust at any moment.
Dojun hesitated several times, his lips trembling.
“Actually, I’m thinking of leaving Korea for a while. So I contacted you to say goodbye, and then this happened.”
“Sunbae, where are you going?”
“Just to meet someone.”
He couldn’t say that he was going to see someone in this situation where Dajeong was pushed into. Even if he said it bluntly, she would understand. Dajeong made an effort to smile brightly.
“Sunbae, you’ve really thought well. Make sure to meet the person you want to see and come back.”
“… ”
Dojun just nodded without a reply. Then, he raised his hand and gently patted Dajeong’s shoulder.
“That person, well, Siwoo’s dad, will definitely wake up. So, be strong in your heart.”
That was the best thing he could say right now. In fact, Dojun knew that the man he knew wouldn’t easily die, leaving Dajeong and Siwoo behind. So he believed. He would definitely wake up.
Father was a tall and handsome man.
Sometimes, when Junghyuk looked in the mirror, he tried to find his father in his own reflection.
That’s how he remembered his father. His features were gentle, and he never knew how to get angry in any situation. He laughed well, was simple, and modest.
Because he had struggled in his young days, to Junghyuk, his father would forever remain young.
“A flower has bloomed. How sad.”
Looking at an unknown flower murmuring in a corner of the yard, Father said sadly.
Sitting on Father’s lap, Junghyuk turned his neck to look at Father.
“A flower has bloomed, why are you sad?”
Father lowered his head, smiling at Junghyuk with his eyes.
“It has bloomed beautifully, so that flower will wither soon. That’s why I’m sad.”
Father gently stroked Junghyuk’s head, who tilted his head.
“But you don’t have to be very sad. Once the flower withers and scatters its seeds, it will bloom again next year.”
Father’s face, gently stroking Junghyuk’s warm forehead, was erased in backlight. Only a young smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
“So, Hyuk-ah, everything’s okay.”
Saying that, after smiling for a while and stroking his head for a while, Father turned away.
Junghyuk grabbed Father’s sleeve.
“Dad, where are you going?”
“Now, I have to go.”
“I want to go too! I want to go with Dad!”
Tears flowed down Junghyuk’s cheeks as he spoke with his pouted lips.
“You can’t.”
“Why are you leaving me alone! I don’t want it, take me too!”
Father laughed.
“Hyuk-ah, I’m sorry for leaving everything to Dad. But you can’t leave yet.”
“No. I want to go with Dad. Because you’re Dad. Dads are supposed to protect their sons. Why are you leaving me alone! I want to go too!”
“Hyuk-ah, you can’t leave yet. There are people waiting.”
Father said gently, pushing away his son’s clinging back.
Beep, beep, beep—
“…Cha Junghyuk?”
It was a familiar voice. No, it was a missed voice. The senses were blurry, and it was hard to distinguish between dream and reality.
“Cha Junghyuk, do you recognize me?”
The face of a woman who quickly reddened her eyes and shed tears was unrecognizable.
“…Te-teacher! Teacher! The patient, the patient woke up!”
The peaceful daily life with Father.
It had been just a fortnight since waking up from that long dream.
About a month later.
“Where do you think you’re going, as you please?!”
Park Chairman shouted frighteningly as their faces met.
“I came because I wanted to. I came to show Yu Sihoo to Grandma Yoo. Even though I don’t know.”
Junghyuk grumbled with a dissatisfied face when my name was mentioned.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
