At the call of the police officer, Da Jung crumpled the old photo in her hand. And then she barely managed to speak.
“……Yes. That’s correct. He’s a distant relative we haven’t been in touch with for a long time. I apologize.”
The police officer sighed lightly. His tone suggested relief that the incident was resolved without major trouble, and it was unsettling.
“No, that’s not necessary. It’s enough that the misunderstanding is cleared up and the child is found. You may go now, Mr. Seo Namsik.”
Dajung, holding Siwoo’s hand, walked out of the police station without looking back. Namsik quickly chased after her.
“Hey, Dajung!”
Namsik, who had followed her to the parking lot, grabbed Dajung’s arm. Soli, who saw the scene, bounced over and swatted Namsik’s hand away.
“You crazy jerk! Where do you think you’re touching!”
“Tsk, you’re so quicktempered for a girl.”
Namsik stepped back, clicking his tongue as he met Soli’s glare. Dajung, who had been quiet until now, finally spoke.
“Soli, take Siwoo to the car.”
Dajung’s voice was calm and yet heavy. As Soli seemed to hesitate, alternating her gaze between Namsik and Dajung, Dojun stepped in.
“Don’t worry and go ahead with Siwoo.”
Right, with Dojun there, nothing would go wrong. Soli, finally relieved, turned around with Siwoo.
Once Dajung confirmed that Siwoo was far enough away, she suddenly shoved Namsik’s chest. Namsik staggered back, wincing and making a fuss.
“Dajung, be gentle. It hurts.”
“Don’t call my name! It gives me the creeps.”
Dajung glared at Namsik with eyes filled with all the disdain and disgust in the world.
“Why are you being so harsh, brother?”
Thump.
A crumpled photo struck Namsik’s face and fell to the ground.
“Why are you carrying this photo around?”
“Why? It’s a precious photo filled with our memories.”
Namsik chuckled as he touched the scratch on his photo. The laugh on his lips made her shiver.
Memories? What had I done that day?
A reddish heat rose in Dajung’s twisted eyes.
“So? You lured Siwoo to visit grandma by showing him this?”
“Well, killing two birds with one stone. I wanted to see my nephew’s face…”
“What do you really want!!”
“What do I want?”
As if he had been waiting for that question, an easygoing smile spread across Namsik’s face. After a moment of silence, Namsik finally revealed his intentions.
“Give me some money. Two million won.”
Dajung expelled a sigh in disbelief.
“Where would I get that kind of money?”
“Why are you like this? The house you live in is under your name. It must be worth a few hundred million, right?”
“I took out a loan for that. I barely make the monthly repayments!”
“Still, you can afford to live in such a nice place because you’re capable. Don’t you feel sorry for your poor brother?”
“No! I don’t feel sorry at all! Even if it were two hundred million or two billion! I won’t give you a penny! No, I won’t! Don’t you dare come near my son again! I’ll kill you for real!”
The sincerity in Dajung’s excited face was palpable. Nevertheless, Namsik was persistent.
“You’re fortunate, aren’t you? Is it that difficult to help?”
“Help? Who do you think you are? What are you to me? What have you done to me…!”
Unable to finish her sentence, Dajung clenched her fists.
She couldn’t tolerate or understand him making such demands as if they were nothing.
Dajung’s eyes noticeably reddened. Dojoon, who had been watching her worriedly, turned her shoulders around.
“Dajung, I’ll handle this here, you can go. Siwoo is waiting.”
At Dojoon’s words, Dajung barely managed to calm herself and turned away.
Namsik’s sigh deepened as the situation didn’t go as planned. He tried to follow Dajung again, but his sauntering steps were soon blocked.
A skinny man looked up at a tall man blocking his way.
“Mr. Seo Namsik, let’s call it a day.”
“Who are you? Ah! By any chance, are you my broker?”
Dojoon, who swallowed a sigh without a reply, handed over his business card as if no further words were needed.
“Go home for today and contact me later.”
“Siwoo, let’s take off your clothes.”
Upon returning home, Dajung immediately filled the bathtub without even catching her breath. At his mother’s sharp instructions, Siwoo immediately raised both hands.
A small head popped out of the flipped clothes. After stripping him down to his underwear and tossing them onto the bathroom floor, Dajung began to rub Siwoo’s body generously with body wash.
Her touch was somewhat more anxious and rough than usual.
She had to wash him clean. So that the filth from that man wouldn’t transfer to her son.
It was when she had finished washing Siwoo, applied lotion, and dressed him in his pajamas. Dajung, who had been moving nonstop, suddenly felt her energy drain.
“Siwoo, didn’t mom tell you not to follow strangers?”
Suddenly, a scolding remark popped out. She knew it wasn’t the child’s fault, but she couldn’t swallow the emotion that surged up momentarily.
“Uh… Uncle is not a bad person. He said we were going to see grandma, and he even bought me ice cream and…”
“No! Siwoo. That man is not your uncle Siwoo. He’s a stranger. A bad man!”
“Uh…”
Siwoo bit his lips as if confused.
Even though she tried not to, something welled up without her knowing. Holding her cold forehead, Dajung, who had caught her breath, calmly resumed speaking.
“Siwoo, if that man tries to talk to you or go with you again, always ask another adult for help. Do you understand?”
“Yesss…”
Although he didn’t know why, he nodded his head because he was quickwitted, but he still looked uneasy.
He was still a child who didn’t know anything. He probably let his guard down when he was shown a picture taken with his grandmother and mother.
With a noticeably softer touch, Dajung tightly held Siwoo in her arms. She shouldn’t have scolded her son like this, thinking about the time she had lost him.
As she felt the warmth of the body she held in her arms, her heart that had been fluttering with anxiety and fear seemed to calm down a bit.
“Siwoo, remember what mom said? Who did mom say you could go with?”
“Uh… Mom and Auntie and Representative Uncle, and… Chubby Grandma!”
“Right. You’re smart, my son. Even if someone you know shows you a photo like today, you mustn’t follow them. Got it?”
“Yes!”
Siwoo, who answered vigorously, suddenly tilted his head.
“Then what about Tiger Uncle?”
“Tiger Uncle?”
As Dajeong widened her eyes, the small mouth started to give a detailed explanation.
“The Dung Beetle Train! Siwoo and Tiger Uncle rode the Dung Beetle Train and whoosh to the sky.”
It seemed like he was talking about Cha Jung Hyuk.
“Why is he Tiger Uncle?”
“Uh… there’s a tiger here.”
Siwoo pointed to both sides of his head with his hands, but Dajeong still tilted her head. Even a mother couldn’t understand all of a child’s expressions. Anyway.
“Tiger Uncle is…”
Contemplating what to say, Dajeong eventually shook her head decisively.
“You can’t follow Tiger Uncle either. From now on, you can’t follow Tiger Uncle, okay?”
“But! Tiger Uncle is not a bad uncle!”
His innocent eyes were filled with certainty as he exclaimed. Something was swallowed in Dajeong’s throat as she gently bit her lower lip.
He had intruded so much into her and Siwoo’s life before she knew it. But it couldn’t continue any longer.
“I know, Siwoo. Tiger Uncle is a good uncle. But still, you can’t follow him. Got it?”
“Uh, yes…”
Though he seemed a bit disappointed, Siwoo nodded at his mother’s admonition.
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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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