He grew up lonely. There was a time when career was more important than raising him because he had a clear goal in life.
However, it was never that she didn’t love her son. Like all parents, she was a mother who loved her son so much that she could stake her life on it.
Such a son, here, lay almost the same as he did two years ago. It was a sign that he wasn’t happy.
“Why are you a honeyed tongue? Second son.”
She always called Hong Director, who was close to Taeseok, in this manner. In response to this gentle reprimand, Director Hong barely opened his mouth.
“Th-the shoot was tough because it was high stakes.”
“You do that kind of thing all the time, and you took medicine because it’s a little tough?”
Kim Jung-im raised her head.
“Minwoo, you always flick your hand when you lie. Mom is a psychiatrist.”
Director Hong glared at his own clumsy hand and shed tears.
“Two years ago… Probably for the same reason. Probably.”
Kim Jung-im spoke alone and concluded alone.
Her son, who had never said such things before, had come one day boasting that he had a girlfriend. That day, he had a face like that. A day when he thought it would be good to live with that expression for the rest of his life.
But such a day didn’t last long.
When Taeseok came to her, suffering for the first time after breaking up with Summer, Kim Jung-im felt hurt, but she didn’t ask for the reason. It was her grown-up son’s private life. She was a mother who rigorously maintained boundaries.
For her sick son, Kim Jung-im didn’t make ginseng soup or feed him porridge, but she never discharged him until he met her standards. That was Kim Jung-im’s way of ginseng soup.
“Taeseok, what made you unhappy this time?”
Kim Jung-im’s expression was filled with concern.
“How much did you eat? Tell me as you know. I’m asking as your attending physician.”
“Lately, I’ve had some anxious symptoms… Yesterday, especially, it was tough. I drank and took medicine like alcohol. Mother. I don’t know how much I drank, though.”
“This is the worst.”
She expected it to be tough after meeting Oh Hyun-sik. Still, she didn’t know it was this bad.
Not being able to talk about specifics regarding Summer, Director Hong vaguely muttered. Revealing Taeseok’s private life was not his responsibility.
At that moment, the hospital room door swung open, and Ji Hyun-jeong rushed in. She came in wearing the office slippers, not her usual perfect attire, showing how urgent her arrival was.
“Pr-Professor. How have you been?”
Before catching her breath, Ji Hyun-jeong awkwardly greeted Kim Jung-im, who was sitting next to Taeseok’s head. Kim Jung-im turned her head dryly while holding the blood pressure monitor, and said somewhat dryly.
“I trusted Representative Ji and left it to her, but my child keeps falling apart.”
“What? What are you talking about? Taeseok got into a traffic accident while shooting…”
Ji Hyun-jeong was always uncomfortable with Kim Jung-im, who spoke uncontrollably. However, she politely nodded her head. She couldn’t openly discuss Taeseok’s private life.
“I’m sorry. I should have been more careful…”
Even if it was incomprehensible, she apologized first. But there wasn’t much sincerity.
Kim Jung-im passed by Ji Hyun-jeong and left the hospital room.
Closing the door and looking inside again, she saw Ji Hyun-jeong sitting comfortably where she had been sitting just now, holding Taeseok’s hand. Ji Hyun-jeong was ordering the security guard to be stationed in front of the room.
‘I don’t like her.’
From the beginning, Kim Jung-im found Ji Hyun-jeong unpleasant. It was an unexplained reason, something like a professor of psychiatry’s hunch.
It didn’t seem like she would have a positive influence on Taeseok. She only followed him because it was her son’s choice. If she could have chosen the management agency for him, she would never have chosen HJ.
She recalled two years ago when Taeseok collapsed.
Back then, Ji Hyun-jeong had nursed Taeseok more devotedly than anyone else, and that sight couldn’t be seen as funny. What on earth. She wasn’t a mother, family, or lover, just a company representative. What made her go to such lengths for the sake of the company’s CEO?
Even when Taeseok withdrew his hand because he felt burdened, she had caught his hand several times. Occasionally, she noticed the strange gaze. The excessively polite and kind appearance in front of her was likely a fabricated one.
I had no intention of opposing him, as he is a smart guy doing what his eldest son does and learning as much as he can. However, I planned to advise him to consider looking into other management agencies next time. Of course, that’s something to deal with after he wakes up.
“Nurse Yoon. Prescribe a hypotensive agent for patient Seo Taeseok. Also, please call Professor Choi from the orthopedic department. I want to see Seo Taeseok’s X-ray.”
“Yes. But, Professor, everyone is curious… Are you originally acquainted with Seo Taeseok? A fan? Acquaintance?”
Nurse Yoon asked with shining eyes. Kim Jung-im thought for a moment before answering.
“He’s my son.”
Ignoring the gaping mouths of the nurses, she moved her steps into the examination room.
In a state of extreme anxiety, he had fallen into a coma after taking a nerve stabilizer with alcohol. As always, if it’s short, he’ll wake up in a day, if it’s long, maybe in 2-3 days, but she had to consider possible side effects. With high blood pressure, there was also concern about heart disease…
“Son, what can Mom do to help you stay strong?”
Kim Jung-im sighed a pitiful breath as she entered her examination room. Her heart ached.
Summer, who had finally finished a major cleaning, was organizing her diary again. It was comforting to write down important schedules by hand.
“The first broadcast date is in January next year…”
While writing down important schedules on the date, she suddenly felt that it was too quiet.
Feeling uncomfortable with the silence, Summer turned on the TV. News about politics, society, incidents, and accidents flowed meaninglessly in her ears. Since she didn’t turn on the TV to watch something specific, she left it on the channel that came out.
“Oh, the director’s meeting.”
Her busy hand quickly jotted down notes. That’s when it happened.
“This is breaking news. Actor Seo Taeseok has recently been injured during the filming of a drama, a piece of information exclusively obtained by VTN. I will first check with our on-site reporter.”
Her hand holding the pen dropped with a thud.
“I’m on the scene, Kim Yumin. I am now in front of the hospital where Seo Taeseok secretly admitted himself two days ago. At the time of the accident, Seo Taeseok was in a car traveling at over 100 km/h, which overturned, causing him to lose consciousness. Up to now, he has not regained consciousness…”
Wha- What is all this?
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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