“Wow, they fit perfectly.”
“I bought one size bigger than your regular shoe size of 235.”
“Thank you, Team Leader! You even know my shoe size, I’m so touched! Sobs!”
Hee Ju suddenly hugged Da Jung and nuzzled her head like a kitten. Da Jung smiled slightly as she stroked her affectionate junior’s head.
Do Jun, who had been silently observing this warm scene, also had a satisfied smile on his face.
It was a bit disappointing that he, who actually paid for the sneakers, wasn’t acknowledged, but as long as Da Jung was smiling, he was satisfied.
Shortly after noon, a few black sedans pulled up to Han Song Kindergarten.
Jung Hyuk, who got out of the lead car, looked towards the entrance road. Another black sedan slid into the entrance. It was the car carrying Chairman Park.
The scowling gaze of Jung Hyuk scanned the kindergarten premises discontentedly. Why all this fuss over a mere kindergarten? Even the old women were summoned, it was indeed a nuisance.
The agenda for today was a proposal from HanSong Group. The purpose was to share a friendly meal among those who were about to be connected as a family.
Yet, they had stubbornly inserted a kindergarten visit into the itinerary prior to the meal.
Hyun Ah was always put forth like a puppet, but the person who hid behind and planned all this chaotic work was always Kang Sun Young.
As the hostess of the HanSong Group, all she possessed was a single foundation, that was the only thing worth flaunting.
HanSong Private Kindergarten was the first achievement Sun Young managed after taking over the foundation. So it was somewhat natural that she had exceptional pride and affection for the kindergarten.
Even so, using a kindergarten, a symbol of innocence, as a backdrop to show off to people whose time had passed was somewhat inappropriate.
From the slowly approaching black sedan, Chairman Park was descending with the assistance of his secretaries.
An unfamiliar sound drifted into Jung Hyuk’s ears, who was still observing the scene with a displeased look.
Turning his gaze, he saw the small ones in gym clothes rushing out of the entrance, squawking.
Despite their small stature, they looked like uncontrollable young beasts. Among them, he spotted a familiar face.
Even amidst the beasts that were hard to distinguish, the small and clear face stood out with its radiance.
It was a little kid that he knew.
“Yoo Si Woo!”
His call for the name was quite impulsive.
At his not so loud shout, Si Woo’s eyes widened as he was running towards the playground. His name must have clearly entered his ears.
“Oh! It’s the man!”
Stopping abruptly, his feet changed direction. He seemed pleased. Si Woo, who had run up confidently, bowed deeply.
“Mister. Hello!”
“Hmm.”
Jung Hyuk raised his hand briefly in response.
“Yoo Si Woo.”
“Yes!”
His lips moved impulsively again.
“Where’s your dad?”
“Dad? Uh……”
Si Woo, who was rolling his big eyes, opened his mouth wide as a bird’s beak.
“Dad’s in heaven!”
“……”
Jung Hyuk slowly regulated his breathing.
Heaven. It was a language of innocent hearts without roots. Commonly, it could be interpreted as ‘death’ or ‘extinction’ or ‘collapse’.
Then, a gentle voice was heard.
“Yoo Si Woo, child!”
At the teacher’s call, his large eyeballs swiveled to the side and then back to their original position. Si Woo, who quickly bent his waist, shouted cheerfully.
“Mister! Goodbye!”
Jung Hyuk silently watched the back of Si Woo running towards his friends.
The person he promised to marry died? So, raising a child alone after giving birth, was it that cliché and unbearable story?
As he was trying to fit the puzzle together, Chairman Park approached him. Glancing at the old man, Jung Hyuk’s eyebrows lifted slightly.
Although I had a familiar face, it was strange for the old man’s gaze to linger so long on the back of a child I was seeing for the first time.
“What’s got you so interested, old man?”
Thrown offhandedly, Chairman Park let out a hollow laugh as if he’d been taken aback.
“Who’s that child?”
“Who?”
“I wonder whose child that is, looks just like you when you were a kid.”
Jung Hyuk couldn’t even laugh at this, it was too absurd.
“You’ve lost your mind, old man.”
“You impudent thing!”
Chairman Park snapped at his illmannered grandson, clicking his tongue again.
“The old saying is wrong. They say even thieves can’t steal seeds, but it seems it’s not true.”
“……”
Stunned, Jung Hyuk held his breath.
Stealing. For some reason, the word that flew into his ears and lodged itself felt oddly familiar. At that moment, it seemed as if his brain function had stopped.
“Let’s go inside.”
Chairman Park turned on his heel. At that moment, Sun Young and Hyun Ah rushed out of the entrance.
“Grandmother! Why are you so late?”
Hyun Ah, who jumped in like a thoughtless child, clung to Chairman Park’s arm and started to whine.
Sun Young, on the other hand, greeted her with a more satisfied smile than ever, bowing politely.
“Did you have a hard time getting here, Chairman?”
“Hard? I was driven here.”
Chairman Park waved her off.
“Please come in. The staff is all waiting for you.”
As Sun Young urged her to move, Chairman Park’s gaze turned towards her grandson. Seeing his slightly dumbfounded face, Chairman Park voiced her confusion.
“What’s wrong?”
“…Nothing. Let’s go in.”
Still, Jung Hyuk remained still for a while.
As if being drawn, his gaze turned towards the playground. It wasn’t hard to find that child among the young animals flapping their wings and shrieking.
“Old man, you have quite an eye.”
His cold, stretched lips murmured quietly.
Now he had a clue. What that woman had stolen from him.
Once he arrived at the conclusion of a doubt filled with certainty, his head felt clear all at once.
It was as if he had found a switch and turned on the light after wandering in a dark space.
Like setting fire to dry tinder, curiosity ignited and spread like a flame inside Jung Hyuk.
If his current suspicion was true, that woman, Yoo Da Jung, was out of her mind.
Only when Chairman Park’s figure completely disappeared into the entrance did Jung Hyuk’s gaze fly to Min, the department head.
“Department Head Min. Let’s get to work.”
Da Jung, who was busy preparing for Si Woo’s morning school, became puzzled.
Unlike usual, there was an individual message from the teacher in Si Woo’s notification.
“Huh? Si Woo, your teacher said your toothbrush is missing.”
Si Woo, who had been fumbling to put on his own socks, finally remembered something and ran to Da Jung.
“Oh, right. Mom. The teacher said to bring a new toothbrush for Chika’s friend.”
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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