Leon disappeared from the screen, returning shortly with a bottle and a glass of whiskey.
[Dash] Cheers.Tae Ha toasted with his father on the other side of the globe and emptied his glass in one go.
“Dad, you’ve been in love before, haven’t you?”
[Dash] Of course. That’s how you were born, isn’t it?Even to another man, the playful expression was charming.
Why am I so aloof when my father is so charming? Tae Ha found his chest tightening again at the thought that this was why Si Hyun liked his father.
He didn’t resent his father as he used to; he just felt endlessly envious.
“What was my mother like?”
Tae Ha had never asked Leon about his mother. All he knew was the brief story Leon had told him initially.
When he was twenty, he visited Korea briefly and fell in love with his mother. Afterwards, he returned to America, unaware even of his son’s existence for a long time.
Tae Ha had been curious but had never asked, fearing it might make his father sad.
But Leon smiled.
[Dash] She was the most lovely person I’ve ever met.Tae Ha relaxed, then threw out the question he’d been curious about but had never dared to ask.
“Are you still alone because of my mother?”
Leon had been married once in his twenties at his parents’ insistence, for business reasons, but had divorced within a few years. Tae Ha wondered if the reason he’d remained single into his mid-forties was because of his mother.
To Tae Ha, the idea of staying single for decades because of a brief love affair seemed incomprehensible to most people.
But he thought he could understand. If Si Hyun never accepted him, he’d probably grow old alone just like his father. Perhaps this was something he inherited from his father.
Leon responded with a question instead of an answer.
[Dash] So, my son is interested in my love story, you must be in a relationship then?“It’s unrequited love, not a relationship.”
Tae Ha sighed as if the earth should swallow him and refilled his empty glass. Leon teased him in return.
[Dash] Why, isn’t Si Hyun coming over often?
Tae Ha paused, the glass he was about to sip from frozen at his lips. He hadn’t realized his father had picked up on his feelings for Si Hyun.
Leon chuckled as if amused.
[Dash] When I found you, you were in your first year of high school. Even back then, you were looking at Si Hyun with love-struck eyes.So it had been that obvious. It was embarrassing, and he also resented the clueless girl who was so transparent to others but not to herself.
[Dash] I thought that when you grew up, the two of you would fall in love. There’s no one in this world who suits my son better than Si Hyun.Tae Ha chuckled bitterly. The irony was that Si Hyun had had a crush on his father, and his father had been completely unaware of it.
“You were wrong, Father.”
Tae Ha downed his whiskey in one gulp.
“Si Hyun doesn’t see me as a man. She says I’m just a kid.”
[Dash] That’s unfortunate.Leon wore a genuinely regretful expression.
[Dash] There’s nothing you can do about it. Love isn’t something you can do alone. You have to wait until the other person opens their heart.Leon raised his glass toward the screen, as if encouraging his son.
[Dash] Let’s be strong and wait. Both you and me.At Leon’s last words, Tae Ha felt uneasy. His mother was gone, and she wasn’t someone who could come back just because they waited.
When Tae Ha looked at him questioningly, Leon seemed to realize his mistake and looked flustered.
[Dash] Ah. That is…Seeing Leon close his mouth, about to say something but stopping himself, Tae Ha realized something. His father also had a woman he loved.
“I’m fine with it. If Father loves her, she must be a wonderful person.”
It had quietly bothered him that his still-young and attractive father had been alone all this time. Far from disliking it, he even found himself wanting to support it.
“I’d like to meet her someday, too.”
[Dash] Sure.Draining his glass, Leon murmured to himself with a pensive look.
[Dash] She’ll be very pleased to meet you.Tae Ha had no idea.
That the mother who had given birth to him was alive, and the fact that his father had just swallowed that secret with his whiskey.
That his father had been desperately searching for his birth mother for a long time.
And that in reality, his mother was very close by.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
