Su-yeon went to the market to prepare for business. It was a small traditional market near her store.
“Please give me a bag of potatoes. Also, a large bag of onions. And also…”
She stopped by the regular vegetable store first to order the main ingredients, potatoes, and onions, and then looked at other vegetables. However, the lady owner made an unexpected remark.
“Oh, today, everything here doesn’t look good at all. Sorry, but you’ll have to come back next time.”
“What?”
Su-yeon looked at the displayed potatoes and onions. She seemed unbothered.
“It seems okay to me.”
“The onions got soaked, and the potatoes are sprouting everywhere. It’s not good. Come back when better ones arrive.”
The lady turned around and went inside as if she had finished speaking.
Feeling strange, Su-yeon headed to another vegetable store in the market. However, she encountered a similar situation there as well.
“Please give me some potatoes and onions. One bag of potatoes, and for the onions…”
Before she could finish her sentence, the owner interrupted her.
“Sorry. Everything is already sold out for today.”
“There are plenty right here.”
Pointing to the boxes of onions and potatoes piled up in front of the store, Su-yeon said, but the owner firmly refused.
“Those are already sold. We decided to take them all at once for a Chinese restaurant later.”
Although she was stunned by the obvious excuse, there was nothing she could do if the owner refused to sell. In the end, Su-yeon left the store and headed to another one.
By the third store, she finally learned the reason for the odd occurrences.
“Oh, go somewhere else. I won’t sell anything to the one who made my daughter-in-law starve.”
Seeing Su-yeon approaching from a distance, the lady owner waved her hands from the entrance, signaling her to go away.
At this point, Su-yeon couldn’t bear it any longer.
“What did I do wrong?”
“Do you not know that?”
With eyes full of disdain, the lady shook her hands as if to dismiss her.
“Enough. I don’t want to mix words, so leave quickly. Before I sprinkle salt on you.”
In the end, Su-yeon was chased away. This way, it seemed like the other stores in the market would be the same.
As expected, while passing through the market alley, Su-yeon’s ears caught whispers here and there.
“Is it the woman that Min-woo’s mom from the rice store was talking about?”
“Yeah. Min-woo’s dad got mad and even bought her flowers, saying he couldn’t stand it anymore, right?”
“Even the kids are more obsessed with her than their own mom.”
“She’s got the charm for men. Why would a young woman go for a married man? Tsk, tsk.”
“Oh, that’s not our business. Just in case, everyone, keep an eye on your husbands.”
Su-yeon felt a lump of hot something in her throat. What on earth did I do?
Having experienced unfair situations, such as working as a housemaid, washing dishes at a restaurant, and even being unjustly accused and chased away without receiving a salary, Su-yeon couldn’t bear being pointed at by her neighbors.
The muttering man was everywhere, and there were times when she was driven away without receiving her salary.
However, being pointed at by neighbors in the community was a first.
In any case, it seemed that she couldn’t buy anything in this market anymore. Despite being farther away and more expensive, Su-yeon had no choice but to go to the supermarket.
Dragging the empty cart, heading toward the mart, Su-yeon recalled the woman who came to the store, causing a scene, and was driven away by Tae-ha’s words.
[Tell your husband, the master of the house, that if he pulls any more petty tricks on my mother, I’ll break his wrist.] As wide as Leon’s, Tae-ha’s back, I don’t know how reassuring it looked.If I had a husband, or at least a son by my side, wouldn’t I have avoided such a situation?
In the midst of sorrow, longing intensified even more.
“Shouldn’t I have at least left that child with me?”
Looking up at the bright blue sky without knowing what was inside someone else’s heart, Su-yeon couldn’t help but resent the heartless man a bit.
[Star icon]After work, Si-hyun headed to the hotel with Tae-ha.
“Si-hyun!”
Leon, who was waiting in the lobby, smiled and opened his arms. Unlike the messy state he was in yesterday, it was a clean and beautiful appearance, as if yesterday’s drunkenness was a lie.
“Sir!”
Si-hyun ran and embraced him. Seeing the face she hadn’t seen in so long, tears welled up in her eyes from the overwhelming joy.
After warmly comforting Si-hyun, Leon extended his arms towards his son.
“Our son!”
“Father.”
Approaching Tae-ha, Leon tightly hugged him.
Si-hyun looked at the rich man with a content expression. His dignified stature and robust physique unmistakably resembled a blood relation to anyone who saw it.
“Now, shall we go eat dinner?”
Leon led the two to a Korean restaurant inside the hotel.
“Welcome, Chairman.”
It seemed like everyone knew that he was the new owner of the hotel, as all the staff members came out in advance, greeting and welcoming them.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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