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Are you trying to bring up the issue that you decided to cover up by forcibly marrying Minwoo?

Yuri quickly turned her head towards Congressman Chae.

“Father, is what aunt said true?”

Congressman Chae remained silent, his expression hardened.

“Father, is it true or not!”

Finally, at Yuri’s repeated questioning, Congressman Chae reluctantly answered while pressing his forehead with his hand.

“It’s just one of the solutions. Nothing’s been decided yet…”

“What kind of solution. Just go with that.”

Mi Yeon interrupted, taking out a flash drive from her bag.

“Yuri, can you connect this to the TV? I think Congressman Chae should watch it too.”

“If you’re trying to threaten me with some strange video…”

“Don’t be scared in advance. It’s not like that.”

Mi Yeon interrupted again, gesturing to Yuri to hurry and play it.

“It’s a video your sister recorded before she died, for the last time.”

Both Yuri and Congressman Chae looked surprised at Mi Yeon’s words.

“She recorded this before she died, knowing something like this might happen. If nothing had happened, no one would have ever seen this.”

At the mention of a final video left by her late mother, Yuri pressed the play button with trembling hands. With a crackling noise, the black screen gradually brightened.

So Yeon was leaning against the headboard, staring straight at the camera.

“…Mom.”

Yuri, who had only remembered her mother’s healthy appearance in photos, reddened her eyes as painful memories resurfaced upon seeing her mother’s pale face on the brink of death.

Looking too weak to even sit up, So Yeon exhaled laboriously and slowly began to speak.

―Honey, I’m sorry for leaving first. I… I wanted to be by your side until the end, to be your strength… But it seems that won’t be possible.

Until then, Congressman Chae, who had been standing upright, slumped onto the sofa as if his legs had given out. But his gaze remained fixed on the screen.

―It would be best if no one ever found out, but the higher you rise, the more people will try to find your weaknesses, and eventually they’ll learn about Yuri too. I won’t be by your side then… I’m worried about how you’ll handle it alone.

Tears began to well up in So Yeon’s eyes as she looked at the camera.

―She’s the most lovable daughter to me… but others will point fingers, calling her an illegitimate child.

Although she was a child born from her husband’s affair, So Yeon truly loved and cherished Yuri, believing that raising a child creates as much love as giving birth to one.

Not once had she treated her differently from her biological daughter, Yuri. Congressman Chae, Lady An, and Mi Yeon all knew this fact.

―If a problem arises and you find yourself in trouble, say that our father forced you and me to marry. Say we were just a formal couple. That I never fully gave myself to you, so you were miserable throughout our marriage, and then I betrayed you first. Honestly, Assistant An liked you since college, right? So let’s say I came between the two of you.

So Yeon paused for a moment, seemingly having difficulty breathing, and turned her gaze to Mi Yeon, who was recording the video.

―Mi Yeon, cut it here. And in the next video, I’ll talk about betraying my husband…

―What betrayal? How could you betray brother-in-law!

Although she didn’t appear on screen, Mi Yeon’s angry voice could be heard. So Yeon looked at her sister with sad eyes.

―Mi Yeon… I’m tired. Can’t you just help me without saying anything?

Though it was an old memory, it seemed to feel as vivid as yesterday to Mi Yeon, who suddenly stood up and glared at Congressman Chae.

“What should we do? Shall we continue watching the video? The next one shows my sister falsely confessing to people that she’s an adulteress.”

Before Congressman Chae could answer, Yuri quickly pressed the stop button. She couldn’t bear to watch any more.

“…Why go this far?”

Congressman Chae looked at Mi Yeon and So Yeon on the TV screen alternately with confused eyes. He couldn’t understand why his wife, who had only loved Jung Tae Hyuk, would try so hard for him in her dying moments.

“My goodness, are you really asking that because you don’t know?”

Mi Yeon asked with an incredulous look on her face.

“It’s because she loved you. She wanted to protect her beloved husband even after death.”

“What are you saying? Love?”

Congressman Chae frowned at the words ‘beloved husband’.

“Why are you like this, really? Didn’t you know my sister loved you?”

“That’s impossible. So Yeon’s heart only had room for Jung Tae Hyuk.”

“Ha, you’re still talking like that even after seeing that video.”

Mi Yeon let out a bitter laugh, her face angry.

“To my sister, Jung Tae Hyuk was just a comrade in the struggle. She never once thought of him as a man.”

At those words, Congressman Chae stood up abruptly, his face reddening.

“Don’t lie! I still have all the evidence that they were lovers.”

“What evidence? Letters they exchanged? Emails?”

“Yes. If you don’t believe me, I can show you.”

“Wow, Mr. Chae Hyung Sik, you’re really hopeless. Did those really look like love letters to you, a once-renowned prosecutor? Weren’t they just coded messages exchanged between student movement comrades?”

“What?”

“When investigating others, you’d insist that even if they claimed it was a love letter, it wasn’t, that it was code. Why are you acting like this now?”

Congressman Chae’s face turned pale, seemingly shocked by her words. Until now, he had never once suspected they might be coded documents. But the moment he heard Mi Yeon’s words, his heart sank.

“Even I, who never participated in student movements, could tell at a glance. Did it really look like passionate love letters to you, Congressman Chae?”

But that wasn’t the end. Mi Yeon’s shocking revelations were just beginning.

“One day, my sister told me. She said she accidentally met a man in front of Myeongdong Cathedral and fell in love at first sight. Later, she found out his name was ‘Chae Hyung Sik’. Oh my, judging by your expression, you don’t even remember meeting my sister for the first time in front of Myeongdong Cathedral, do you?”

“Myeongdong Cathedral?”

It was a day in the past when political demonstrations were at their peak.

At that time, Chae Hyung Sik, who was a judicial apprentice, discovered a bleeding student collapsed near Myeongdong Cathedral, which had become chaotic due to forceful suppression. Unable to simply pass by, he briefly stopped the bleeding with his handkerchief before leaving.

“That student… was So Yeon?”

“Yes. And when they met again a few years later, you didn’t recognize her at all. My sister struggled a lot, realizing that the man she fell for at first sight was a cold-blooded prosecutor. She wondered how she could love a man with completely opposite ideologies.”

But So Yeon couldn’t push him out of her heart, despite his cold and brusque demeanor. It wasn’t her father’s order, but her own desire that led to their marriage.

“So Yeon… never, not even once, told me she loved me.”

“Well, have you ever told my sister you loved her?”

“That’s…”

“My sister may not have said ‘I love you’ out loud, but she expressed it plenty through her actions. But you only treated her coldly and brusquely. How could she say ‘I love you’ to such a husband?”

“Expressed it through actions?”

“Oh, this is driving me crazy. It was written all over her face, but you didn’t know?”

As Congressman Chae continued to misunderstand her words, Mi Yeon pounded her chest as if frustrated.

“Fine, let me give you just one example. My sister used to make fried shrimp because you liked it, right? Buying live, wriggling shrimp and peeling them herself. Our sister, who in her maiden days wouldn’t even touch shrimp unless it was peeled because she found their appearance disgusting.”

“That was to give to Jung Tae Hyuk…”

“No, Father.”

Yuri, who had been listening silently, quickly interjected.

“Congressman Jung Tae Hyuk is allergic to crustaceans and can’t eat shrimp.”

Still, as Congressman Chae furrowed his brow with a disbelieving expression, Mi Yeon heaved a big sigh and took out a handkerchief from her bag.

“This is the handkerchief you left with my sister in front of Myeongdong Cathedral that day.”

The old, worn handkerchief still bore faint bloodstains.

“My foolish sister kept this until the moment she died. She must have been holding it tightly in her hand. Later, when rigor mortis relaxed and they opened her hand, this was there. I’ve kept it all this time because I thought you’d just tell me to throw it away if I gave it to you… Now I don’t want it either. It’s disgusting.”

Forcefully placing the handkerchief in Congressman Chae’s hand, Mi Yeon continued speaking.

“Do whatever you want with it. Same goes for the video. Cover up the illegitimate child scandal by turning your dead wife into an adulteress if you want, you trash!”

With those final words, Mi Yeon opened the front door and left. Congressman Chae tightly gripped the handkerchief Mi Yeon had left behind, his mouth firmly shut.

Yuri, too, was at a loss for words.

It was shocking to learn that her late mother had anticipated and prepared for everything, that she had no relationship with Congressman Jung Tae Hyuk, and that she had sincerely loved her father from the beginning.

She resented herself for even momentarily doubting her mother and believing she had been in a relationship with Congressman Jung Tae Hyuk, based solely on her father’s words.

After standing dazed for a while, Congressman Chae collapsed onto the sofa. He covered his mouth with both hands clutching the handkerchief.

“Father.”

Yuri carefully placed her hand on Congressman Chae’s trembling shoulder.

“…I’m fine.”

“Should I call in Assistant Kim?”

“Yes… do that.”

The incident happened next. Just as Yuri was about to open the front door to call Assistant Kim, there was a dull thud behind her. Turning around, she saw Congressman Chae collapsed on the living room floor, his face pale.

“Father!”

Yuri was shocked, as her father had never collapsed before.

Hearing what sounded like a scream, Assistant Kim and the security guard who were outside rushed in. After checking Congressman Chae’s condition, Assistant Kim quickly hoisted him onto his back.

“It seems we should take him to the hospital.”

“I’m coming too.”

Yuri followed Assistant Kim without even grabbing her outer clothes.

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“He’ll wake up soon.”

Fortunately, the doctor said there was nothing seriously wrong except for higher than usual blood pressure. Yuri, who had been anxiously waiting for the test results, could finally feel relieved. Assistant Kim had gone to the National Assembly office to handle urgent matters, and Yuri remained in the hospital room.

Looking at Congressman Chae lying motionless with his eyes closed, Yuri recalled what her aunt Mi Yeon had said.

―My sister may not have said ‘I love you’ out loud, but she expressed it plenty through her actions.

Looking back, So Yeon had indeed expressed her love in her own way. Even if she didn’t say the words “I love you,” it was clear enough for even young Yuri to see.

But Congressman Chae failed to notice his wife’s expressions of love.

Was the wall around his heart that thick?

Yuri wondered if she, too, had looked at Ji Ho with the same distrustful eyes as Congressman Chae.

Just as Congressman Chae never asked his wife So Yeon about Jung Tae Hyuk, she had never asked Ji Ho about other women.

She should have asked. Asked who it was that he whispered his love to.

She had only nurtured suspicion, never trying to resolve things through conversation. Even if it had been a misaligned start, they could have fixed their relationship if they had sincerely tried.

“…Ji Ho.”

Yuri muttered to herself as she looked at her wristwatch.

―Don’t return the wristwatch, just keep it. You don’t have to wear it. Just keep it with you.

Perhaps what he wanted her to keep wasn’t just the wristwatch, but their shared memories? A plea not to forget, to remember…

Because he loved her… Because he loved her so much…

Yet she had only tried to forget him.

No, that’s not right.

Yuri, who had been silently caressing the wristwatch, shouted loudly at herself.

How could you? How could you forget him?

She had been foolish to the point of being pathetic. How arrogant to think she could forget him.

It’s time to stop hiding your true feelings.

Now is the time to open your heart.

She couldn’t repeat the same mistakes her parents had made.

Having made up her mind, Yuri stood up abruptly.

It was shameless of her to ask for space and then go back, but he had said he would wait. There should still be a chance to make things right.

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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.

*

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.”

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