Hanam Building, Eileen Spa.
Eun Ji’s phone rang as she lay side by side with Zenith on the VIP room bed.
“Ma’am, your phone is here.”
Eun Ji confirmed that the caller was Jae Yoon and ended the call.
As the phone continued to ring, Eun Ji repeatedly pressed the end call button, prompting Zenith to cautiously speak up.
“Mom, you really aren’t going to Dad tomorrow?”
“Not going.”
“We could go together, persuade Dad, and bring him back. Let’s go, Mom.”
“I said it’s fine.”
Knowing that Jae Yoon would likely mention that he’d fixed up their country home, Eun Ji had avoided his calls all day.
If he had something to say, he could come here himself.
Eun Ji had secretly hoped a few days ago when Jae Yoon’s name appeared on her phone. She wished he would come back to Seoul and help with Zenith’s schedule as before.
“‘It’s been tough, hasn’t it? I have something important to say to you. Come down with both Zenith and Ji An.'”
Eun Ji couldn’t understand why Jae Yoon kept calling and saying the same thing for days.
Knock. Knock.
When the knock came, the beautician softly replied and opened the door.
Manager Cha briefly greeted and entered the VIP room.
Zenith looked surprised at the sudden appearance of Manager Cha.
“Manager.”
Eun Ji frowned at the sight of Manager Cha who had entered the room without notice.
What about the ‘do not disturb while getting a massage’ rule?
“What’s this sudden matter?”
“Ji An called. Your father has passed away. You should go right away.”
Stunned, Zenith repeated the words as if they were someone else’s affair.
“What? Dad has passed away?”
Zenith fumbled to find her phone to call Jae Yoon, but it was nowhere in sight.
“What are you talking about? Why would someone I just spoke to be dead? Are you joking with me, Manager Cha?”
Eun Ji let out a scoff, mocking the absurdity of it all before chuckling again.
“Madam… This is no joke.”
Manager Cha conveyed Jae Yoon’s death in a firm, subdued tone. He also mentioned that an obituary had already been released by their agency.
“Mom! What do we do?”
“Oh, this is ridiculous. Hold on a moment.”
Eun Ji looked at Jae Yoon’s name in the missed call list, smirked at an angle, and pressed the call button. Instead of Jae Yoon, Ji An’s voice came through.
[Dash] Yes.“Put Dad on.”
[Dash] We’re at Donghee Hospital Funeral Hall 1. Come and see for yourself.“This is…This is a joke, right?”
[Dash] Does it sound like a joke?A once-confident Eun Ji tightened her lips and looked anxious.
Eun Ji tried to accept the reality, looking at Ji An’s voice on the other end of the phone, Manager Cha who had suddenly come in, and Zenith who was on the verge of tears.
And belatedly, she found Jae Yoon’s behavior and the calls over the last few days odd.
Eun Ji stopped the massage and entered the changing room with Zenith.
Zenith sat on the floor, unable to bring herself to change clothes, nervously biting her lip.
“Why would Dad die? It doesn’t make sense. Mom, this is a lie, right? A lie?”
“Zenith, change your clothes first.”
Unlike usual, Eun Ji couldn’t console Zenith and offered her a black dress.
She also changed into a black dress instead of the flashy one she had worn earlier.
“‘If you’d listened to me sooner, this would’ve been better. Pretending not to know even after exchanging calls. You thought you could fool me.'”
Eunji had somehow redirected her resentment about the situation toward Ji An.
“Dad!”
Jenesis couldn’t help but burst into tears as she changed her clothes.
Dan Woo’s sedan entered the parking lot of Donghee University Hospital’s funeral hall.
Ji An stepped out of the car and clenched her fists as she saw Jae Yoon being taken to the morgue.
As he disappeared from her sight, she looked back at Dan Woo and forced out her voice.
“Thank you. …I’ll call you.”
Ji An had received a call from Jenesis’s agency and knew they would assist with the funeral preparations.
After expressing her gratitude to Dan Woo, she suggested he could leave now. She was in the midst of accepting that Jae Yoon’s death was something she had to cope with alone. He was always busy, after all.
“Where would I go when you’re going through this? I’ll stay by your side.”
“You have a business trip to Jeju Island.”
“Don’t worry about that.”
Dan Woo looked pitifully at Ji An for even thinking about his business trip at a time like this.
‘I am that kind of person to you. I can’t be with you when your beloved father has passed away because of work.’
He grabbed Ji An’s hand, which was trying to send him away, and shook his head. As if to emphasize that he would stay, he gripped her hand tighter.
Just then, Ha Joon, who had been standing next to Tae Yoon in the funeral hall lobby, started walking toward the parking lot.
Dan Woo saw Ha Joon walking alongside Tae Yoon.
With long strides, Ha Joon approached and immediately turned his gaze toward Ji An. Ji An’s clouded eyes pierced through Ha Joon’s empty chest and passed by.
“Ji An.”
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
