Young Ran lowered the hand that had been covering her forehead.
She stared at the picture in the tablet held by Gi Seop, her eyes filled with anger.
If Hyuk Joo had hidden Seo Yeon Ji from her, this much disbelief wouldn’t have happened.
What was the audacity of him to let her open a flower shop, in the middle of the first floor of a building in his name no less.
It looked like a protest against her, who had kept them apart, and Young Ran felt even more uncomfortable.
“What was her reason for coming back from Canada?”
“According to what I found out, she was scammed.”
“Scammed?”
“Last year, there was a person who committed a big fraud against overseas Koreans. There were more than a few victims.”
“What an idiot!”
Moon Young Ran shook her head, clicking her tongue.
The person who had acted smartly in front of her, always mentioning Hyuk Joo’s name, had foolishly fallen for a scam.
Seemingly running out of money, she had come back to Korea and had contacted Hyuk Joo again.
“What should we do?”
Gi Seop waited for her decision, prepared to handle it as Young Ran instructed.
“We have to send Seo Yeon Ji away again before Hyuk Joo comes.”
Young Ran said, looking at the clock on the wall.
“I’ll go in two hours. Be prepared.”
“Yes, understood.”
As Gi Seop rose from his seat, someone knocked.
At Young Ran’s command to enter, the secretary opened the door.
“President Oh Ju Hwan of Myeongjin Apparel wishes to see you.”
“All of a sudden?”
“He says it’s urgent.”
“It must be. It has to be…”
Moon Young Ran clicked her tongue.
Now that his wife, whom he used as a tool to manipulate his daughter, had died, Oh Ju Hwan must have been in a hurry.
Despite being his legal husband, due to Hyuk Joo’s directive, Ju Hwan couldn’t set a foot in the funeral home.
“Let him in.”
“Then I’ll take my leave.”
Gi Seop left the office after placing the tablet he brought in front of Chairman Moon Young Ran.
Soon, Ju Hwan appeared.
With some sort of confidence, he held his head high and even leaned back.
He seemed to have gained significant backing.
Young Ran looked at the puffing Ju Hwan with an interesting gaze.
“It’s been a while.”
Ju Hwan, with a smile on his face, greeted Young Ran.
“Yes, it has. Please sit.”
“Thank you.”
Ju Hwan sat on the sofa, looking around the office.
Young Ran merely observed his behaviour.
He had claimed it was urgent, but his actions didn’t seem to show any urgency at all.
Rubbing his palms, Ju Hwan spoke in a grouchy tone as if dissatisfied, the corners of his mouth pointing downwards.
“Shouldn’t you offer me at least a cup of coffee?”
“Ah, you said it was urgent, so I thought you would be leaving soon and didn’t ask.”
“……”
“Kim, bring some coffee.”
While waiting for the secretary to bring the coffee, Ju Hwan remained silent.
He looked like someone who had come with the intention of ruffling Young Ran’s feathers, puffing himself up.
The secretary placed a cup of coffee on the table and left.
“It smells really good.”
“Please, help yourself.”
Ju Hwan took a sip of the coffee and put down the cup. After a few false coughs, he clicked his tongue shortly.
“I wanted to rush over and turn everything upside down, but I held back because I’m your soninlaw.”
“You held back?”
“Ha, even if I knew everything about the marriage, this is unacceptable.”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Young Ran tilted her head to one side in response. Then Ju Hwan opened the bag he was holding and pulled out a photo.
Without noticing the contempt in Young Ran’s eyes upon seeing the photo, Ju Hwan held his head even higher than before.
He laughed gleefully, unaware that the card’s validity had already expired.
He didn’t care whether his daughter was hurt by his suggestion to raise a child born to another woman.
Ju Hwan was inherently selfcentred. While people with selfishness can also love, and their nature may change when they have children, he was different.
He was the person who loved himself most in the world. And that never changed, no matter what happened.
Despite the misfortune that befell his daughter, Ju Hwan calculated the benefits he would gain.
He never considered that this matter could plunge his daughter into despair.
She might experience humiliation and shame, but if she wanted to become an insider of Myung Jin Group, she had to endure that much.
It wasn’t like she was being told to die, so what was the big deal?
With that thought, Ju Hwan presented evidence of his soninlaw’s infidelity.
“What is this?”
“As you can see, your soninlaw has been up to such disgusting deeds.”
As he uttered the words “disgusting deeds,” Ju Hwan made the most sour face possible. At the same time, he keenly observed Young Ran’s face.
He thought she would show some sign of surprise, but there was no change in Young Ran’s expression.
This wasn’t going as planned.
Feeling a sudden sense of unease, Ju Hwan bit his lip.
“So what are you saying about this?”
Young Ran, holding a photo, chuckled lightly.
“As you see.”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
