Entering the hospital room, Jian, wearing a navy cardigan over her patient gown, with her hair tied up to her shoulders, lowered her waist to Hyesu.
Hyesu’s eyes contained both skepticism and joy.
“Hello. I’m Kim Jian.”
“Welcome.”
After the greeting, Hyesu bowed to Jian, who was wearing a smile, and turned to Danwoo to hear more about Jian.
“She’s my girlfriend. We met after coming to Korea.”
“Oh?”
“She’s a bright person, and I receive a lot of comfort from her.”
Hyesu quickly looked at Danwoo with melting warmth in her eyes.
Even though they had been separated for a long time, Danwoo was still the child she had painfully given birth to.
In Danwoo’s gaze towards Jian, Hyesu could sense that her son’s feelings were not light at all.
Moreover, if they were introducing her like this, it meant even more.
Danwoo has never been good at making friends or enemies since he was young. However, due to being overly cautious and not showing his emotions to just anyone, he had a hard time making friends.
Hyesu reached out to Jian and said, “Come and sit here.”
“No, please lie down, Mother.”
Danwoo, who had difficulty breathing to the point of sobbing and swaying his body, persuaded Hyesu to lie down on the bed.
He then turned to Jian and silently asked, ‘Is it okay?’
However, Hyesu was too curious about the first female friend her son brought.
“Talk a little with Jian. I’ll lie down for a bit. You go meet the teacher afterward.”
Due to her confinement in the isolation ward for the past ten years, Hyesu underwent medical tests immediately after moving to a new hospital to check her health.
Danwoo had a meeting with the attending physician to hear the results.
While he was leaving the room, Hyesu sat next to Jian on the sofa, smiling contentedly.
A week had already passed since Wooseong was detained, and Hyesu left the closed ward.
Jung Hyunghyun was sent to prison for his confirmed guilt in J’s death, and his trial began.
During this time, Danwoo’s house naturally became the hospital where Hyesu was admitted.
As Danwoo entered the room, Hyesu put down the book she was reading and put a magnifying glass on it. The caregiver politely stepped aside.
“Why do you even work here instead of going home after lunch?”
Hyesu’s complexion was much better than on the first day of her admission to the VIP ward. Her hair, which had been dull and dry, now had a shine.
Although she received psychological counseling every day, her body showed no signs of inconvenience in daily life.
Today, whether it was day or night, Danwoo, who often roamed the room, was planning to send him home early.
“Do you spend time with Jian because of some reason?”
“Pardon?”
“Didn’t you know? Jian visits here every day without fail, chatting with Mom?”
“I am aware.”
“Jian recommends such interesting books that Mom doesn’t even notice the time passing and is doing well.”
Within just a few days, Hyesu’s voice calling Jian had a warm familiarity, and Danwoo secretly felt pleased.
On the other hand, as a hint not to neglect Jian, he felt guilty.
Danwoo was involved in all the events caused by Wooseong, Hyunghyun, and Soojung. Therefore, he was summoned by the prosecutor for a face-to-face investigation as a witness.
Moreover, he was busy digesting a schedule that was not enough for two people, from the recent release of a new version of the Eagles League to the opening of Round 2 of the play in Jeju.
But now, because of wanting to see his mother, he was finishing work early to go to the hospital.
In the past few days, he had only seen Jian’s sleeping face.
Seeing Danwoo looking surprised at her words, Hyesu interrupted him.
“So, go home early today. It’s burdensome for you to sit here, looking so worried and only seeing your mom.”
“Mother.”
“Now that I’ve seen that you’re okay… Mom raised you to be independent. I didn’t raise you just to live by looking at me.”
Danwoo recalled his mother, who had always watched him with a kind smile, allowing him to do anything on his own when he was a child.
Perhaps that’s why he couldn’t deny Hyesu’s words.
Indeed, Danwoo, who left work early after a long time, hastily dialed Jian’s number as his house was empty.
Worried that the bell wouldn’t ring inside the house, he was relieved when Jian’s voice came along with the doorbell sound.
Danwoo.
“Are you off work?”
Of course, I am.
Of course, I must have. I am the representative.
Feeling sorry and eager to see her, Danwoo first grabbed the car keys. He immediately wanted to pick her up, wherever she was.
“Where are you now? I’ll come pick you up.”
Now? …I’m with Jiyoung. In Jiyoung’s room.
“Oh!”
But why?
“No, it’s nothing.”
After hanging up the phone, Danwoo went down to the third floor of the same building and pressed the intercom. Then Taeyoon, looking surprised, opened the front door.
“What’s up?”
“I just came. I have something to ask.”
“Why not ask over the phone?”
Danwoo really left out what he had to do and instead talked about something else, entering the house.
Having left work early for the first time in a while, Taeyoon, who was planning to play games or do something else, opened the study door and stood there, watching the boss’s reaction.
Danwoo, glimpsing Jiyoung’s room, wiped his chin with his palm. Only then did Taeyoon catch on to the boss’s feelings, and he chuckled.
“Why? Call Ms. Jian.”
“No. They’re doing something together in Jiyoung’s room.”
“Why?”
Danwoo regretted not asking what she was doing.
While glancing at the boss and swallowing his laughter, Taeyoon started to tease him belatedly.
Should have asked what they were doing.
Danwoo regretted not honestly expressing his feelings.
While laughing and suppressing it, Taeyoon and Danwoo made eye contact, and Danwoo couldn’t help but ask.
“What on earth are they doing?”
“It varies. Some days they watch movies, and on other days, they make something. I don’t know what they’re doing today.”
“Hmm.”
“Should I call her?”
As Danwoo hesitated, wondering whether to make a call, the door opened, and Jian’s laughter echoed. When Danwoo looked at her with a look of exhaustion, Jian’s eyes widened.
“Danwoo!”
“Is it over with Jiyoung?”
“Huh? Yeah. I’m going up now.”
As Danwoo pulled her hand, implying that everything was fine, he walked towards the entrance.
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!!!
