While watching Si-woo play with his younger sister after finishing the meal, Jung-hyuk’s gaze shifted to the dining table. The cereal, almost untouched and turned into a lump in the milk, caught his attention.
Jung-hyuk sighed slowly. This, too, wasn’t unexpected, but it was disheartening to send his son, who almost starved in the morning, to kindergarten.
It was all because of Chairman Park. If he hadn’t sent Grandma here in the first place, what was a seven-year-old doing looking for rice and soup every morning? That’s how skillful Yeju was.
When Grandma Yeju, who had been Chairman Park’s close aide for over 30 years, was sent to this house as a daughter-in-law, the initial excuse was, “What use is there in making the kitchen work for a newly pregnant person?” However, the real suspicion was whether the precious grandson’s meal was being neglected by the daughter-in-law who was not displeasing to the elderly.
Nobody was unaware that Yeju was the planted concubine of the elderly, but things took an unexpected turn. It turned out that Da-jeong and Si-woo had fallen for Yeju’s cooking.
Throughout the pregnancy, Da-jeong, who had been unable to eat well due to nausea, unexpectedly started eating well. Seeing his son, who usually ate only half and left the rest, finishing a bowl of rice so eagerly, Jung-hyuk couldn’t help but feel different.
Thus, the concubine who infiltrated this house in the form of a dispatch received the best treatment in the industry and was scouted.
Although there were some complaints, the elderly didn’t oppose it because the grandson and great-grandson came first.
“Oh, our little prince. You had a light breakfast.”
Yeju looked at the abandoned cereal bowl and clicked her tongue. It seemed like a gentle reprimand was about to start.
When Friday afternoon arrived, Yeju left work to go to her younger sister’s house in Seoul. She spent the weekend there and returned to work on Monday after lunch. Today, she came to work much earlier than usual. Fortunately.
As soon as she arrived at work, Yeju dashed around the kitchen. Jung-hyuk ambled around with Si-woo in his arms, following Yeju.
“Why did you come so early when I told you to come slowly?”
Muttering words he didn’t mean, Jung-hyuk rolled his eyes at Yeju.
“Oh, if you had come slowly after hearing that, what would have happened? Everyone in the family would have been waiting anxiously, thinking they were starving to death over the weekend. How could you be so negligent when I’m the only one waiting?!”
“I didn’t starve to death. I ate out. At an expensive place.”
“You must be smart. Anyway, even though it’s the first day of kindergarten today, what’s the use of giving such food to a child who used to eat three meals a day? Right?”
Yeju glanced at Si-woo’s cereal bowl that he had barely touched. Although he felt like a father who let his child go hungry, there was a reason for it.
“There’s no rice in the rice cooker.”
“I’ve told you several times that there’s emergency frozen rice in the freezer. I’ve also bought instant rice in the cupboard. Why do you always forget such a simple thing? Did crows eat your brain?”
When living at her parents’ house, she used to say, “Our master~,” and was sweet, but now, after getting married, she was full of nagging without even calling him master anymore.
Whatever. Anyway, the urgent matter was to feed the children.
“Si-ah had milk, but Yoo-si-woo almost didn’t eat and left it. What do we do when he has to go to kindergarten?”
Listening to the nagging about wanting milk, Jung-hyuk, who was following behind Yeju with Honeybee, glanced toward the living room. Si-woo was watching an English educational program for children called “Hello, My Name Is RongRong.”
“Bo-yu? Bo-yu-woo!”
Understanding the word “milk,” Si-ah clapped her hands. Finally turning around at her son’s words, Yeju smiled meltingly.
“Oh, is that so? Our lord. Do you want milk? Oh my, grandmother wants to see you so much. How much has grandmother missed our lord?”
“Ha-moo!”
When they exchanged clapping hands, the honeybee laughed happily. Then it extended the dinosaur model it had been chewing on to Yeju.
“Ico! Is grandmother giving it to you? Thank you.”
The lady who received the Tyrannosaurus Rex covered in drool with admiration gently bowed her head. Then, even the honeybee clapped its hands and chuckled. If you look closely, it’s unclear who is teasing whom.
Anyway, at the baby’s laughter, the lady was enchanted. Lately, she had been living for the fun of teasing the honeybee like this. However, for a moment, the lady scolded.
“Oh! Don’t follow me around and go wake up Saramoni. At this rate, you’ll skip breakfast again and be late for work!”
The bedroom was still in the middle of the night.
Junghyuk, who climbed onto the bed, kissed the eyes and nose of the woman who was sound asleep.
As Dajeong whimpered and tossed her body, he kissed her here and there more recklessly. Now, it was really time to wake up.
Dajeong’s two arms naturally wrapped around Junghyuk’s neck. A heavily locked voice flowed out.
“… What about the kids?”
Without opening his eyes, he searched for the kids first.
Forced to rise with a grumbling body, Junghyuk kissed her lips, which were full of sleep.
“The kids are playing.”
“Hmm…? What time is it now?”
Junghyuk’s gaze tur
Anyway, in the simple life that Dajeong selectively pursues, her husband’s wealth or social status was not considered at all. She still enjoyed haggling over side dishes, and she liked anything free.
Well, those aspects were also reasons why this woman was cute.
In conclusion, the alarm set for 6:30 a.m. every morning was useless.
Even if the alarm rings, she won’t get out of bed for at least 30 minutes anyway, and she’ll spend about 15 minutes fooling around, so all preparations are inevitably made within the remaining 15 minutes, and she had no choice but to give up breakfast.
“I’ll be going.”
At the entrance, she looked desperate as she crushed her shoes. Hastily saying goodbye, Dajeong pressed the smart key frighteningly as if stepping on fire, crossing the lawn garden.
A massive figure in the garage made a beep sound and lit up the headlights. It was the SUV that Junghyuk gave her last spring for her safety commuting to downtown Seoul.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
