“Team Leader Yang, do you know what nonsense you’ve been spouting?”

The two lawyers from the legal team stood before the three infuriated women.

“Saying that we have no right to demand anything from Jung Yeo Reum because we’re not party to the contract? Is that all? That the Republic of Korea is a democratic republic so there are no slaves? That those perpetrating it are the real lawbreakers? Hey, you bastard! Are you crazy? Out of your mind? If not, why are you taking Jung Yeo Reum’s side?”

Kang Ha Eun chimed in with arms crossed.

“Mom, something must be really wrong with Team Leader Yang. Auntie clearly has a legitimate daughter-in-law and granddaughter as heirs.”

“Exactly!”

“Mother, let’s not waste words. Just cut those two off.”

Even Sophia glared at the two lawyers as she spoke.

“Of course we should!”

Fuming and panting, Song Jeong Mi took out her cell phone.

“Who do you think you are, cutting off employees of PR Group as you please?”

A voice suddenly interjected, causing everyone to turn around.

Approaching were Yeo Reum and the housekeeper.

“Mind your own business!”

As soon as Jeong Mi saw Yeo Reum, her anger flared up even more.

“Granny.”

“I told you not to call me that! Why would I be your granny!”

“That’s what the family registry says. The family registry, you old hag.”

Jeong Mi stretched out her hands to grab Yeo Reum’s hair, but instead, her wrist was seized.

“Let go of my hand!”

“If I let go, you’ll rip out my hair. Would a real granny do that?”

“Hey!”

“Granny, please have some dignity. And this is clearly violence. Do you really want to do this in front of two lawyers?”

She pushed Jeong Mi back as if to release her.

That made the three women fume even more.

“Why are you making such a fuss every day? Could it be a lack of hormones?”

“What?”

“And you really don’t know your place.”

Dumbfounded, Jeong Mi approached Yeo Reum again, pointing her finger.

“What did you just say?”

Instead of answering, Yeo Reum called for the housekeeper.

“Yes, Miss.”

She promptly responded and came to her side.

Above all, the three women were astonished by how the housekeeper addressed Yeo Reum.

“I’m asking because I don’t know, but does Song Jeong Mi granny hold any position within PR Group?”

Glancing at the agitated Jeong Mi, the housekeeper replied.

“No. She holds no position at all.”

“What about Auntie Sophia?”

“The second madam also holds no position.”

“And Kang Ha Eun?”

“She’s the assistant manager of the general affairs team.”

“Wow, assistant manager. But does an assistant manager have the right to fire lawyers from the legal team?”

“The head of the legal team is at the director level. It’s a higher position, so how could firing them be possible?”

Yeo Reum smirked.

“Then the only way to fire the two hardworking lawyers would be for their father, CEO Kang Gi Taek, and his son, Executive Director Kang In Pyo, to apply external pressure? The so-called ‘grudge penalty’, right?”

The housekeeper answered.

“It seems so.”

Yeo Reum looked down at the fuming Jeong Mi and said.

“Hey, granny.”

“I told you not to call me that!”

“That’s what the family registry says, the family registry! You old hag!”

Yeo Reum yelled even louder.

That made Jeong Mi flinch.

As if tired, Yeo Reum swept her hair back and spoke.

“Even if you don’t bicker so much, my hearing is excellent. Anyway, let me make this clear. Don’t try to apply any unnecessary external pressure. If news reaches my ears that the two lawyers over there were fired, then I’ll post on the PR Group bulletin board about the two lawyers who were unfairly dismissed due to the owner family’s grudge.”

“What?”

“You know I’m the kind of person who does what she says she’ll do.”

Yeo Reum took out her cell phone and lightly waved it in front of Jeong Mi.

“…You.”

Smiling brightly, Yeo Reum looked into Jeong Mi’s trembling eyes and said.

“Granny, please don’t go around recklessly taking away the livelihoods of hardworking people. And stop constantly summoning employees. I can tell you’re not even paying overtime while always calling them out to raise hell.”

“Wha- Raise hell?”

“Granny, you don’t seem to know, so let me tell you. That’s raising hell. Seriously barking mad.”

The three women’s mouths fell open.

Regardless, Yeo Reum turned to the two lawyers and spoke.

“You can go home now.”

“…Pardon?”

“I said you can leave work.”

“Ah, yes.”

Leaving those simple words, Yeo Reum turned around.

The housekeeper followed behind her.

“Madams, we’ll be on our way then.”

Jeong Mi was beside herself with anger but unlike before, she couldn’t pressure the two lawyers.

At that moment, Chief Secretary Pyo and Hye Suk came running urgently.

“Madam, there’s big trouble now!”

“Why? What is it this time?”

“Go up to the 2nd floor! Miss Ha Eun’s room is in an uproar right now!”

“Could it be Jung Yeo Reum?”

“That’s right! Under her orders, they’re taking out all of Miss Ha Eun’s things right now!”

“That crazy b*tch, seriously!”

Spewing curses, the three women hurriedly headed for the stairs.

Team Leader Yang and Lawyer Jo followed behind them.

Indeed, furniture was being brought down the central staircase.

The three women ran up the stairs, screaming.

Seeing that, Lawyer Jo smirked.

“How can you laugh at a time like this?”

“Aren’t you, Team Leader? It really clears my mind.”

Lawyer Jo giggled.

Then she asked Team Leader Yang.

“You told us to turn a blind eye, so why did you take Jung Yeo Reum’s side? At this rate, we might really get fired.”

“Just because.”

Lawyer Jo chuckled.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Actually, Team Leader, you’ve also fallen for Miss Yeo Reum, haven’t you?”

“What?”

“I learned for the first time that a dried yellow corvina could be so cool and beautiful. Isn’t that the same for you, Team Leader?”

“Nonsense.”

Team Leader Yang denied it.

But Lawyer Jo giggled even more.

*

“You can’t do this!”

Jeong Mi blocked the way as Ha Eun’s things were being taken out of the room, shouting.

Beside her, Ha Eun was also beside herself with anger.

“Please move aside. You’ll get hurt.”

The housekeeper pushed the wailing mother and daughter to one side.

Although cautious, the facilities management team began removing the furniture, while the cleaning and clothing teams packed up the rest of the belongings.

“Hurry up. If Miss Yeo Reum is to sleep in this room tonight, we’ll be busy.”

The housekeeper urged the staff.

Their hands became even busier, but in a way, they also seemed excited.

The angry Jeong Mi grabbed the arm of Housekeeper Park.

“You’re making a mistake right now. Do you think my brother-in-law will allow this?”

“If the Chairman orders it to be restored, we will do so. But with the Chairman currently on an overseas business trip to China, the owner of Blue House is Miss Yeo Reum.”

“Housekeeper Park!”

“As someone who receives a salary from Blue House, I have no choice but to follow the orders of the owner of the house. The law says so, so what power do I have?”

“Then where do you expect our Ha Eun to go?”

“The gracious Miss Yeo Reum said to use her own room. All of Miss Ha Eun’s belongings are being moved there.”

Ha Eun shouted.

“Are you telling me to use the maid’s quarters now?”

“Miss Yeo Reum has also been living there. Are you saying you can’t do the same as a young lady?”

Ha Eun and Jeong Mi screamed simultaneously.

Just then, Gi Taek and In Pyo entered the room.

“What in the world is going on?”

“…Honey!”

“Dad!”

As if meeting their saviors, Jeong Mi and Ha Eun immediately approached Gi Taek.

The staff paused for a moment.

The housekeeper spoke.

“Hurry up. Are you going to keep the young miss waiting?”

At her quiet reprimand, the staff began moving again.

The housekeeper approached Gi Taek.

“You’re here, CEO.”

“Housekeeper Park, what is all this about?”

“Honey, they’re taking out all of our Ha Eun’s things! Saying they’re giving this room to Jung Yeo Reum! And telling our Ha Eun to use the old maid’s quarters!”

Jeong Mi tattled as if telling on them.

Gi Taek asked.

“Is that true?”

“Yes.”

“Housekeeper Park, what’s the reason for suddenly doing this?”

“It’s an order from Miss Yeo Reum, the owner of Blue House.”

A scoff escaped In Pyo’s mouth.

He questioned the housekeeper sharply.

“Who did you say is the owner here?”

Gi Taek spoke.

“Enough. If Yeo Reum said to move it, then we should.”

“Father, what are you saying right now? Who’s saying she’s the owner here!”

“Yeo Reum is indeed the rightful owner of Blue House.”

“…Father!”

“My thinking was short-sighted. I should have taken care of it for Yeo Reum before she even had to say anything. Housekeeper Park, move Ha Eun’s room. And decorate this room nicely to Yeo Reum’s liking.”

“Understood.”

Gi Taek left the room without another word.

The family members followed behind him.

“Are you in your right mind? That’s our Ha Eun’s room!”

“If Jung Hyun had continued living in this house, that would be Yeo Reum’s room. Ha Eun should be grateful she got to use it well all this time.”

“What’s there to be grateful for! What! It was mine to begin with!”

Gi Taek’s steps halted and he turned around.

The angry family members were glaring at him.

“Don’t be greedy. It wasn’t ours to begin with.”

“Honey!”

“Even if we’ve been at Blue House for a long time, we are guests, not the owners of this house. None of us should forget that.”

Even as he saw the displeased faces of his family, he firmly put his foot down.

“Don’t delude yourselves. We’re not having something taken from us. We’re returning it to its rightful owner. So don’t feel wronged. Understood?”

Gi Taek walked down the corridor as if he wouldn’t listen to any other words.

*

“So I’m losing my room just like this? How can I sleep in the maid’s quarters? Mom!”

“You be quiet for a bit!”

In Pyo shouted.

Excluding Gi Taek, the Jeong Mi family was gathered on the sofa in the third living room.

“Why are you yelling at me? I’m already frustrated to death!”

“Didn’t I tell you to be quiet?”

“I’m the one who’s wronged, so why are you acting like this, oppa?”

“Shut that mouth of yours! My head feels like it’s going to explode because of you!”

“What!”

“Miss, is that measly room what’s important right now? How can you be so thoughtless?”

Ha Eun retorted at Sophia who was sitting across from her.

“Unni, are you done talking?”

“Is your head just for decoration, Miss? How can you lack such basic judgment?”

“If this is really how you’re going to talk, I’ll end up hitting you!”

As the angry Ha Eun jumped up to lunge at her, In Pyo slammed his fist on the table.

“Everyone, be quiet! Shut your mouths!”

That made Ha Eun hesitate and stop, and the same went for Sophia.

“There’s no point in blaming Ha Eun. You haven’t done a single thing right either.”

“Honey?”

“A smart person like you couldn’t handle one young girl and created this mess?”

“Honey, that Jung Yeo Reum turned out to be tougher and more wicked than I thought.”

“Even so, she’s just a clueless country bumpkin.”

“That’s not it.”

“Stop making excuses! If you can’t even handle this easy task properly, how do you plan to become the wife of PR Group’s head in the future? I’m really disappointed in you.”

Sophia’s mouth closed shut.

“The same goes for you, Mother. How could you not manage that one young girl and bring this humiliation upon us?”

Jeong Mi also awkwardly touched her head as if embarrassed.

“What do you even do at home? When there are three of you?”

Under In Pyo’s reprimand, the three women lowered their heads.

“This is why I can’t even hold my head up high outside. Father is carefree about everything, and the people at home can’t even handle small matters.”

Clicking his tongue in annoyance, he got up and left the living room.

Sophia held her head.

“But Mom, where do I sleep tonight?”

“There are plenty of rooms. Just figure it out and sleep somewhere.”

“Figure out where? Where!”

Ha Eun pressed Jeong Mi for an answer.

As if there was no solution, Sophia shook her head back and forth.

*

“I should have at least brought a sofa for you.”

The space where all of Ha Eun’s belongings had been removed looked too wide and empty.

“It’s alright. It’s just for a day, so why go through the trouble? But Housekeeper, you should be getting off work now, right? I’m sorry. It got late today because of me.”

“Not at all. Then, Miss, please rest comfortably.”

“Yes.”

As Housekeeper Park bid farewell, she headed towards the door.

Just as she opened it, she suddenly turned around and spoke.

“Miss, did you know?”

“Know what?”

“Originally, this room was the one you used before leaving Blue House.”

“…My room?”

“Yes. The Young Master and Madam personally designed this room for the miss who would be born. It wasn’t taken from Miss Ha Eun, but rather reclaimed. So don’t let it weigh on your mind. Well then.”

Bowing her head once more, Housekeeper Park quietly exited.

Yeo Reum looked around the room anew.

‘My original room..?’

The exceptionally beautiful molding and carvings placed in every corner caught her eye.

And the faces of the two who must have delighted in decorating this room also came to mind.

Tears suddenly welled up.

But Yeo Reum quickly wiped her face with both hands.