“That’s absurd…”
It was an unbelievable story. The idea that her mother died while trying to save her was preposterous. After all, she had never even been in any danger of drowning.
“Don’t lie. What kind of story are you trying to deceive me with now? I may not know other things, but I remember that clearly. Taejo oppa was in the hospital, and I was at the seaside that day!”
“That’s correct. Taejo was in the hospital, and he did fall into the sea. However, can you be sure that your memories from that time are accurate?”
Yeorri’s throat stirred slowly. Madam Ma’s calm voice felt like it was choking her.
“At that time, you were only about 6 years old. And that day, it wasn’t just Taejo who fell into the sea; you did too.”
“What? Are you saying I fell into the sea? I have never experienced such a thing! When did I fall into the sea?”
Yeorri, who had thrown the bouquet of flowers on the floor, shouted hysterically. Her head was in turmoil because her memories differed from Madam Ma’s words.
“Naturally, you wouldn’t remember. You were hospitalized for a week after falling into the sea. If you saw Taejo, you might have briefly opened your eyes and seen him. Taejo also stayed in the hospital for a night.”
“…”
“Taejo was saved by Ms. Gu, who was the caretaker at the time. It was either due to a fever or the shock of the accident, but you completely forgot about that day.”
“…”
“Your mother saved you that day.”
“Don’t say ridiculous things. How could I forget that my mother saved me?”
“However, while you were hospitalized, we held Sunhwa’s funeral. To prevent you, as a young child, from being shocked, we couldn’t tell you that your mother died saving you, so we decided to say she slipped from the rocks and died.”
Yeorri looked at Taejo with wide, incredulous eyes. He was staring at her with a silent gaze, seemingly unsure of what Yeorri was thinking.
The gaze gave Yeorri goosebumps, as if Madam Ma’s words were telling the truth.
“It’s nonsense. Are you both conspiring to deceive me like this? That woman… blaming me like this because Yun Seyoung is injured…”
“If you want to confirm whether your mother’s words are true or not…”
As Taejo approached, Yeorri took a hesitant step backward.
“Why don’t you ask Yeoruk or Chairman Oh directly?”
“Yeoruk oppa? Why would he…”
“…”
“Does he know too?”
“Yeoruk knew. He knew what happened when Sunhwa tried to save you.”
Madam Ma’s gaze softened as she looked at Yeorri.
“Yeoruk knew. He knew about Sunhwa trying to save you, and that’s why Yeoruk always resented you when you were young.”
Yeorri’s pupils shook anxiously. When she cried as a child, looking for her mother, Yeoruk always scolded her.
She didn’t properly hear what he said at the time.
Could it be that, because of her, her mother died thinking she hated her, causing her to leave and go to her relatives…
Thump.
When Yeorri wrapped her head in confusion, Madam Ma took out her phone and made a call somewhere, putting it on speakerphone so the signal tone resonated clearly for Yeorri.
“What are you doing right now…”
Oh, Madam Ma. What’s going on?
After the call was disconnected, a man’s voice was heard, and Yeorri tensed at the familiar tone.
“Oh, Chairman Oh, I have something to confirm with your daughter.”
Yeorri? Isn’t she at the hospital now?
“She’s here. But more importantly, it’s about Sunhwa. Yeorri seems to know that Sunhwa didn’t die from slipping on the seaside that day.”
What? Yeorri knows that? How?
“I don’t know who she heard it from, or if some memory surfaced, but it seems she’s curious about who saved Sunhwa at that time. Since she might not believe me, Chairman Oh, why don’t you tell her yourself?”
Why would you do that? Weren’t we supposed to keep her from knowing that Sunhwa died after saving her to prevent her from being shocked?
“No! No!”
An enraged Yeorri forcefully slammed the phone. The phone, now in Madam Ma’s hand, rolled on the floor and collided with the wall.
“Hah… hah…”
Excited, Yeorri’s body jerked violently. Rushing towards Madam Ma, Yeorri grabbed her jacket roughly.
“It’s all lies! You’re conspiring with my dad to corner me like this!”
As Taejo tried to pull Yeorri away, Madam Ma raised her hand to stop his action. She looked down at Yeorri’s tear-streaked face.
“Do I need to do that?”
“…”
“I just wanted to take care of you, who was my friend’s daughter.”
Madam Ma removed Yeorri’s hand, which was grabbing her clothes. The brooch held by Yeorri’s hand fell off, and the sharp pin end scratched her skin as it descended.
“You didn’t know anything, and you even made my son a son-in-law, putting not only my son at risk but also my grandson.”
Yeorri’s lips trembled. The hospital room fell into silence in an instant.
Knock, knock.
Breaking the frozen air, two men knocked and entered.
“We’re from the Seoul Central Police Station. We received a report that Oh Yeorri is here.”
“Why…?”
A sturdy detective glanced at Yeorri. Drops of blood were falling from Yeorri’s clenched fist.
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.”
