Min Jiwook lay in the hospital bed, looking up at the TV above his head.
He tried flipping through the channels with the remote, but the same news kept flowing on every channel.
Giving up on changing channels, Min Jiwook just stared out the window in silence.
The weather was clear, completely unrelated to his mood, and plum blossoms blooming on the branches announced a new season.
That’s why he was even more angry. The world was so full of the vitality of life, so why…
On the TV he left on, an anchor was reporting a shocking incident.
“Last night, a shocking incident occurred. A woman in her 20s, suffering from severe delusional disorder, attacked another woman in her 20s with a weapon, causing serious injuries. It was later revealed that the victim is a famous actress, intensifying the shock. The assailant, Miss A, was apprehended as a suspect on the run with a weapon…”
Min Jiwook picked up the remote and turned off the noisy TV.
The incident that turned the world upside down was the very thing he experienced last night. He didn’t know that the perpetrator was the daughter of a chaebol and a stalker of Seol Jio, but he recalled the unbelievable events of last night.
It was truly like a nightmare.
Last night, after bringing Yeorun to her doorstep, Min Jiwook sat in the taxi for a while and watched her go inside.
Since he heard she lived on the fourth floor, he planned to go home after seeing the light come on in Yeorun’s house. However, no matter how long he waited, the light in Yeorun’s house did not come on. Despite the hallway light repeatedly turning on and off, indicating the continued switching, Yeorun’s house remained dark.
Sensing something strange, Min Jiwook got out of the taxi and went up to Yeorun’s house.
That’s when he discovered Yeorun collapsed with blood and the woman lingering in front of her.
Acting on the thought that he had to catch the woman who mindlessly ran away upon seeing him, he threw himself into the process, sustaining quite a few injuries himself.
If the taxi driver hadn’t called the police in time, he might have missed her.
Soon, both he and Yeorun were in the ambulance together. Unlike him, Yeorun had completely lost consciousness.
While the paramedics were busy with emergency treatment and placing an oxygen mask on Yeorun’s face, Min Jiwook just stared at her.
It was hard to believe the reality.
Why does the world treat this kind woman like this again?
If there is a god, he wanted to question and ask why Yeorun alone had to suffer so harshly.
Even as Min Jiwook was losing consciousness, he tried to focus on Yeorun’s face.
Just in case seeing her face would be the last…
Despite being so scared and trembling like a leaf, Min Jiwook opened his eyes again.
That was all he could do.
And when he opened his eyes again, Min Jiwook was left alone in the hospital room.
He didn’t know what day it was or the current situation, so he grabbed a nurse and asked.
And when he opened his eyes again, Min Jiwook was left alone in the hospital room.
He didn’t know how many days had passed, and he couldn’t figure out the current situation. He grabbed a nurse and asked.
After repeating foolish questions several times, he finally learned where Yeorun was.
Intensive care unit.
Yeorun, who had undergone surgery, was in the intensive care unit. The doctor said that if they had been a little later, she would have died from excessive bleeding.
At those words, Min Jiwook felt his heart drop to the ground. However, despite that, he was grateful that Yeorun was still alive, and the surgery had ended successfully.
Although he heard that visiting was impossible, Min Jiwook, with his aching body, went to the intensive care unit.
And there, he saw Seol Jio.
Sitting in front of the room, he just sat there, having lost his light.
It seemed like he was angry for a moment. Yeorun’s condition was all Seol Jio’s fault.
“What on earth is Mr. Seol Jio doing?”
There were no polite words coming out of his mouth. Seol Jio turned his head a beat late in response to his voice.
There was no focus in Seol Jio’s gaze.
A face that had become unrecognizable in just a day.
“You said you’d protect her. Is this what you call protecting?”
“…”
“As if causing a scandal with another woman isn’t enough…”
At that moment, Choi Hyun, who was standing next to him, approached to restrain Min Jiwook.
“Director, please don’t do this. Jio is going through a lot right now…”
“Miss Yeorun almost died! She almost died because of you!”
At the sound of his own shout, Seol Jio, seeming to regain consciousness, blinked his eyes and then contorted his face in pain.
He covered his face with both hands.
Surprised, Choi Hyun approached and grabbed Min Jiwook as if explaining.
“Director, please. Jio is really struggling right now…”
“Miss Yeorun almost died! She almost died because of you!”
In response to his words, Seol Jio looked up. There was complete despair in the gaze directed at him.
Feeling that clearly, Min Jiwook stirred his despair once again.
“All because of you.”
“Oh, Director!”
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.”
