It was more like an act of letting her go for her future, wishing for her happiness as her son.
If it were her, she couldn’t have done that…
“Sigh…”
After coming to LA, Yeo-un realized how little she knew about him.
Beneath his radiant appearance, he hid wounds unimaginably deep.
How could she comfort him? Could she really provide comfort?
‘Now I have you. I only need you…’
His voice whispering to me lingered in my ears. I used to think it was just something he casually said, but looking back, I realized he truly meant it.
While fidgeting with my phone, Heewon returned to the seat with a tray full of beautiful desserts.
Then, she offered a box with various types of packaged desserts to Yeo-un.
“Eat this at the hotel later.”
“Oh, thank you.”
Heewon looked at Yeo-un for a moment and then smiled.
“You were so pretty when you were young, and you still have the same face from your youth.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah. Honestly, I was surprised to see you both active in Korea. Seeing you two grow up and appear on the same program is both fascinating and surprising.”
It was astonishing for Yeo-un to learn that Heewon was interested enough to keep up with Korean programs.
If Heewon deliberately sought to watch a program Ji-oh was on, Ji-oh’s assumption that his mother resented him, as he hadn’t contacted her, was undoubtedly a misunderstanding.
Well, they hadn’t seen each other for a long time, so even if they wanted to resolve any misunderstandings, they probably didn’t have the chance.
Yeo-un pondered.
It seemed like Ji-oh’s mother wanted to meet him…
Should she bring up the topic to him?
While Yeo-un was lost in thought, Heewon asked her a question.
“How did you meet again? Didn’t you move?”
“Oh, yes. My family’s situation took a turn for the worse during middle school, so… I moved.”
“Yeah, I remember. On the day I visited your home after a long time, Ji-oh asked me for a favor. He usually never asks for favors, but he came to me and asked me to find you.”
“Ah…”
How difficult must it have been for him to ask his mother to find her?
“I inquired quite a bit, but even as someone close, I couldn’t suddenly find your family that had moved. Is your mother doing well? Ji-oh owes her a lot…”
“Please stay healthy. I met Ji-oh again not too long ago. It was purely by chance, at a gathering after a performance. But I think Ji-oh doesn’t remember me; he got angry without recognizing me because at that time, he didn’t know about the accident…”
“What?”
“Oh, I got angry. I asked why he didn’t recognize me. At that time, he didn’t know about the accident…”
“What are you saying?”
Heewon looked at Yeo-un with a face that didn’t understand English. Yeo-un stopped talking, perplexed by her expression.
What’s going on?
Why is she suddenly like this?
When Yeo-un looked at Heewon with a puzzled expression, Heewon chuckled and asked,
“Ji-oh has amnesia? What’s the story about the accident?”
“…”
Yeo-un was momentarily stunned.
Could it be that Heewon didn’t know about the accident Ji-oh had? Is that possible?
She had heard that there was an accident during middle school…
Yeo-un looked at Heewon with a slightly bewildered expression.
Could it be that Ji-oh hid the fact of the accident from his mother? To avoid causing worry?
Even if that’s the case, it was a traffic accident…
“Ji-oh… He had a significant accident in middle school. Didn’t you know?”
“…”
Heewon frowned. Seeing her expression, which seemed like she was groping for memories, Yeo-un was engulfed in an inexplicable sense of anxiety.
“Because of that accident… Since then, he says he doesn’t remember much from when he was young.”
Heewon’s eyes widened as if genuinely surprised by those words.
“What are you talking about? He doesn’t remember? Does that mean Ji-oh tried to forget everything from his childhood?”
Yeo-un didn’t understand the situation and felt bewildered. If it were during middle school, wasn’t it a time when Heewon should know better than her?
She couldn’t be with him due to moving, and…
Heewon, who continued to rethink her memories with a surprised look at Yeo-un’s words, suddenly smirked as if something strange had occurred.
“No, that can’t be. That’s impossible.”
With just that sentence, Yeo-un’s body suddenly stiffened.
No?
A feeling that something had gone terribly wrong unexpectedly shivered through her body. Even if she hadn’t been interested in her family, as the legal guardian, there was no way she wouldn’t know about her child’s accident.
Moreover, it was a significant accident to the extent of losing memories, and as his guardian, she wouldn’t know anything?
…!
For a moment, a chill ran down Yeo-un’s spine, and her entire body felt cold.
‘There was an accident, quite significant.’
‘I can’t remember anything from when I was young since then. It was in the second year of middle school.’
The expression and voice of Ji-oh, who had spoken those words, flashed vividly in her mind.
It wasn’t a misunderstanding.
It was Ji-oh who had proposed a contract to cooperate in finding his memories…
Suddenly, the words he spoke, which she couldn’t understand the meaning of, and his fearful expression, came to her mind.
‘If you know who I am… Everything about me, then you’ll leave me?’
No way.
Suddenly, Yeo-un felt as if everything around her had stopped. A single sentence that came to her mind made her body stiffen.
‘Did you deceive me?’
A sensation that couldn’t be described in words caused her heart to beat anxiously.
Heewon cautiously asked, “Yeo-un, there seems to have been a misunderstanding. Did Ji-oh really… say that?”
“…”
Yeo-un couldn’t answer. She was too confused.
If there hadn’t been an accident, if he hadn’t lost his memory…
Did he originally remember me?
From the beginning?
From when he appeared at the after-party?
“Ha…”
A bitter laugh escaped her.
With trembling lips, Yeo-un asked Heewon. The answer was already there, but she didn’t want to believe it, so she asked again.
“Ji-oh… He didn’t lose his memory? He never had an accident?”
Whether Heewon sensed that Yeo-un realized something was wrong from her expression, she couldn’t bring herself to answer.
“Why…?”
In Yeo-un’s mind, memories with him were tangled into a mess.
Pretending not to know her, making a contract under the pretext of finding memories, and everything he had done to bring her out…
The word ‘lie’ struck Yeo-un’s back of the head with a strong force. The feeling was so overwhelming that she couldn’t regain her composure.
Her entire heart collapsed like a crumbling dam.
Tears streamed down Yeo-un’s eyes.
Seol Ji-oh deceived me.
It was all a lie from the beginning.
Then what on earth is real?
What was our relationship built upon lies really about?
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
