“Just because.”
Attorney Jo laughed cheekily.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Actually, Team Leader, you’ve fallen for Miss Yeoreum, haven’t you?”
“What?”
“I never knew yellow corvina pickles could be so splendid and beautiful until now. Don’t you agree, Team Leader?”
“Nonsense.”
Team Leader Yang denied it, but Attorney Jo laughed even more.
“I can’t let this happen!”
Jeong-mi, seeing Ha-eun’s belongings being removed, stood in front to block them and yelled.
Ha-eun was beside her, not knowing what to do.
“Please move aside. You might get hurt.”
The butler pushed the screaming mother and daughter to one side.
The facilities management team, hesitantly but surely, began removing the furniture, while the cleaning and clothing teams started packing the rest.
“Hurry up. Miss Yeoreum needs to use this room tonight.”
The butler urged the staff.
Their hands moved busier than before, almost excitedly.
Jeong-mi grabbed Butler Park’s arm in anger.
“Do you realize the mistake you’re making? Do you think my brother will allow this?”
“If the chairman asks to restore it, we will. But right now, as he’s on a business trip to China, Miss Yeoreum is the owner of Bluehouse.”
“Mr. Butler!”
“I, as an employee paid by Bluehouse, must follow the owner’s orders. The law says so, what power do I have?”
“Then where should my Ha-eun go?”
“Miss Yeoreum kindly offered her own room for Ha-eun. We’re moving her belongings there.”
Ha-eun shouted.
“Are you telling me to use the maid’s quarters?”
“Miss Yeoreum lived there before, can’t you?”
Ha-eun and Jeong-mi screamed simultaneously.
Then Ki-taek and In-pyo entered the room.
“What’s all this about?”
“…Honey!”
“Dad!”
Jeong-mi and Ha-eun rushed to Ki-taek, relieved.
The staff hesitated and stopped.
The butler urged.
“Hurry up. Do you want to keep Miss waiting?”
Her quiet rebuke got them moving again.
The butler approached Ki-taek.
“Did you just arrive, Mr. President?”
“What’s going on, Mr. Butler?”
“Honey, they are moving out Ha-eun’s things! They’re giving her room to Jeong Yeoreum! And they’re telling Ha-eun to use the old maid’s quarters!”
Jeong-mi tattled.
Ki-taek asked.
“Is that true?”
“Yes.”
“Mr. Butler, why are you suddenly doing this?”
“It’s at the direction of Miss Yeoreum, the owner of Bluehouse.”
In-pyo let out a sarcastic laugh.
He sharply questioned the butler.
“Who says she’s the owner here?”
Ki-taek spoke up.
“Enough. If Yeoreum asked to move, then we should do it.”
“Dad, what are you saying? Who says she’s the owner here!”
“Yeoreum is indeed the owner of Bluehouse.”
“…Dad!”
“I’ve been short-sighted. I should have taken care of this long before Yeoreum had to ask. Mr. Butler, move Ha-eun’s room. And make this room as nice as Yeoreum likes.”
“Understood.”
Ki-taek left without another word, followed by his family.
“Are you in your right mind? That’s our Ha-eun’s room!”
“If Jung Hyun had continued living in this house, that would have been Yeoreum’s room. Ha-eun should be grateful for having used it so far.”
“Grateful for what! It was mine to begin with!”
Ki-taek stopped, turning around to face his angry family.
“Don’t be greedy. It was never ours to begin with.”
“Honey!”
“We’ve lived in Bluehouse for a long time, but we were never the owners, just guests. We all mustn’t forget that.”
Despite their discontented faces, he firmly made his point.
“Don’t be mistaken. We’re not losing something that was ours. We’re returning it to its rightful owner. Understand?”
Ki-taek walked down the corridor, ignoring any further conversation.
“Am I really losing my room like this? How can I sleep in the maid’s quarters? Mom!”
“Be quiet!”
In-pyo yelled.
Excluding Ki-taek, the Jeong-mi family gathered on the sofa in the third living room.
“Why are you yelling at me? I’m already annoyed as it is!”
“I told you to be quiet, didn’t I?”
“Why are you like this to me when I’m the one who’s wronged?”
“Shut your mouth! You’re giving me a headache!”
“What!”
“Miss, is the room really that important right now? How can you be so thoughtless?”
Ha-eun retorted to Sophia sitting opposite her.
“Finished talking, sister-in-law?”
“Is your head just for decoration? How can you be so lacking in judgment?”
“If this were a joke, it would be a bad one!”
Ha-eun stood up angrily, ready to lash out, but In-pyo slammed his fist on the table.
“Everyone be quiet! Shut your mouths!”
This made Ha-eun and Sophia pause.
“There’s no need to blame Ha-eun. You’ve done nothing right either.”
“Honey?”
“Aren’t you smart enough to handle a little girl and prevent this mess?”
“Honey, Jeong Yeoreum is more cunning than you think.”
“She’s just a country bumpkin.”
“Not at all.”
“Stop making excuses! If you can’t handle this simple matter, how can you be the future wife of the PR Group’s head? I’m really disappointed in you.”
Sophia fell silent.
“Mother, too. How could you let a young girl bring us to this shame?”
Jeong-mi awkwardly touched her head.
“What do you even do at home? Three of you and still can’t handle this?”
At In-pyo’s rebuke, the three women bowed their heads.
“Why should I bother with this family mess? Dad’s too complacent about everything, and those at home can’t even handle small matters.”
He stormed out of the living room, visibly upset.
Sophia rubbed her head.
“But mom, where do I sleep tonight?”
“There are plenty of rooms. Just find one.”
“Which one? Ah, where!”
Ha-eun pressed Jeong-mi for an answer.
Sophia just shook her head in disbelief.
“I should have brought a sofa for you.”
The space left after Ha-eun’s belongings were removed looked excessively spacious and empty.
“It’s okay. It’s just for one night, no need to bother. But Mr. Butler, you should be off now, right? I’m sorry. You’re late today because of me?”
“It’s fine. Then, Miss, please rest comfortably.”
“Yes.”
After bidding farewell, Butler Park headed towards the exit.
Just as she was about to open the door, she suddenly turned back and said.
“Miss, did you know?”
“Know what?”
“This room was originally yours until you left Bluehouse.”
“…My room?”
“Yes. It was designed by the young master and madam specifically for you before you were born. It wasn’t taken from Miss Ha-eun, but returned to its rightful owner. So, don’t worry about it. Goodbye.”
With another bow, Butler Park quietly left.
Yeoreum looked around the room anew.
‘Originally my room…?’
She noticed the exceptionally beautiful moldings and sculptures placed in every corner.
She also thought of the happy faces of the two people who had decorated this room.
Suddenly, tears welled up in her eyes.
But quickly, Yeoreum wiped her face with her hands.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
