Iljun’s thunderous voice echoed in the hospital room. Unperturbed, Jinwoo, without turning back, didn’t stop his steps.
“I’m not asking for forgiveness. But, are you just going to leave this company established by your grandmother like this?”
Jinwoo’s grip on the handle of the hospital room door paused. He was shaken by the mention of his grandmother, Kang Yeosa, and her company.
Then, the hospital room door creaked open.
Behind the open door stood a small elderly woman. It was unclear how long she had been standing there, but Kang Yeosa, glaring at Iljun, clenched her fist, which was trembling.
“I never said these words to you.”
Iljun was taken aback by the sudden appearance of Kang Yeosa.
“Mother.”
Madam Kang slowly approached Iljun, shifting her steps.
“I still regret handing the company over to you.”
“Mother! What are you talking about?”
“Even though you heard and saw this mother’s heart being torn apart, you still caused bruises on the hearts of your wife and son.”
A poignant voice flowed through the tightly closed gap between Madam Kang’s lips.
“I never wanted a strategic marriage from the beginning.”
Iljun, looking directly at his mother, spoke.
“If you hated it so much, why didn’t you refuse it to the end? Why did you drive a wedge between Jina and Jina’s mother, and Jina’s heart? Why!”
“I didn’t expect love.”
Iljun insisted.
“I thought love would never come into my life. Even in the tough life where I worked harder than a cow, saving money like a miser, for the company my mother built. Instead of my father, who drank and changed women with the money my mother saved, Iljun worked day and night for his mother.
“I thought I would die working like my mother. Even in such a tough life, there was love. Mother.”
Iljun’s voice trembled. Shocked by Iljun’s words, Madam Kang’s eyebrows rose. Then, her wrinkled lips parted.
“Is there love that kills a family?”
“…”
“Is that also love?”
Iljun couldn’t answer Madam Kang’s words. With tightly sealed lips resembling her mother’s, he turned his gaze away.
“I came to see my grandson. I ran here in a month because I heard from Lawyer Park that you would make a fuss about my grandson. Don’t force my grandson anymore. It’s enough after working this much.”
She found her lost grandson because of her son. She didn’t want to lose him again.
“Like the love between the rich, the love between mother and son is hard to cut off. I can’t even say how tough it is. So, I consider your words somewhat right. An unbreakable connection, I have to cut it off.”
“It’s you, Mother.”
Iljun’s gaze shook.
“You’re seeking revenge on me like this.”
“Revenge?”
Madam Kang raised her wrinkled eyebrows.
“Learn the word ‘karma’ first and then talk.”
“Mother! How much more do I have to apologize?”
Iljun raised his voice.
“I’ve apologized enough. Mother.”
“What do I have to apologize to you for? There’s a person who received a slap.”
“Aren’t you here to see me, Mother?”
Ignoring Iljun’s question, Madam Kang turned her head as if dismissing him.
“Jinwoo, let’s go. Don’t come here anymore.”
“Mother!”
Iljun’s shoulders trembled. The hanging intravenous lines swayed together. Madam Kang left the hospital room without any mercy.
Iljun’s shoulders shook. The hanging intravenous lines swayed together. Without any mercy, Madam Kang left the hospital room.
Iljun, who had been calling for his mother, coughed violently. Madam Kang, who turned scornfully toward her dying son, did not stop walking until the end with her small stature that seemed about to collapse.
Following Madam Kang, Jinwoo and Jina descended to the lobby. Madam Kang, who had been silent in the elevator, opened her mouth in front of the lobby.
“The term ‘professional manager’ was unfamiliar to this old granny. I looked it up before coming here. It seems to be something many people do these days.”
“Yes, Granny. Rather, in the long run, it could be better for the company’s development.”
“Right. This old granny trusts her grandson.”
He was always a grandson with a tender heart. And she was grateful. Inexpressibly so.
“There isn’t much time left for Sandal, so take care. Thank you.”
Madam Kang tightly held Jina’s hand. Despite being an old woman over eighty, she had a surprisingly strong grip.
“Don’t bother visiting me later like a filial son.”
Madam Kang, who stared piercingly at Jinwoo and Jina, gently patted their hands.
“Just take care of your lives. I appreciate it.”
Madam Kang held Jina’s hand tightly. It was an unexpectedly strong grip for an old woman over eighty.
“Take care.”
Jinwoo said quickly, and Madam Kang jumped.
“I’m not dead yet, Granny. I’ll use both legs until I die. Why bother saving them for when I’m dead?”
Madam Kang’s stubbornness couldn’t be broken. Jinwoo quickly bid farewell. Jina also respectfully bowed her head to Madam Kang.
“Please go in.”
“Sure. You two go in and rest quickly.”
Madam Kang waved her hand as if telling them to go in quickly, and then she briskly walked away into the dark street.
“I’m sorry.”
Jinwoo unexpectedly apologized in a low voice.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
