“I missed you so much.”
In Taeha’s embrace, Suyeon frantically made excuses.
“Mom didn’t abandon you. I’ve never had a day of peace since I let you go. I always thought you’d be living well in the United States…”
“You don’t have to say anything.”
Holding Suyeon’s slender shoulders tightly, Taeha spoke.
“When I was young, I thought about it countless times. How great it would be to have a mom like everyone else. I just wanted to see you once. No, I wish I had at least one picture of Mom.”
“…”
“But now Mother is here with me, alive. What is there to be sorry about?”
His usually calm and low voice was trembling.
“Taeha…”
Holding Suyeon, who burst into tears, Taeha also finally shed tears.
“Don’t go anywhere now. This is enough for me.”
[Star Icon]Before they knew it, it was late at night. Sitting side by side in the darkened shop, their hands remained intertwined for a long time.
The stories that had accumulated for decades seemed endless.
“How did the death report happen?”
Suyeon explained her own decision.
“I sent a letter to the address your father taught me when you were born, but there was no reply. About a month later, some people suddenly came to the house and asked me to hand you over…”
Throughout the story, Taeha had to exhale long breaths several times to control his anger.
“So, Mother pretended to take me to the United States but abandoned me in Korea.”
“I had to separate you from me. Otherwise, you might have used yourself to find your father at any time.”
Suyeon shed tears.
“If it happened again, I would really not have survived. So, I lived hidden like I was dead. I did whatever it took to survive. I thought that way, someday, I might be able to see you again…”
“So, Father couldn’t find Mother because you were hiding.”
Looking sympathetically at Suyeon’s rough hand and small shoulders, Taeha murmured with a mournful voice.
“Don’t worry now. I’ll never let Mother suffer.”
Making a promise, Taeha asked again.
“When you first saw my face, didn’t you think I looked like Father?”
“I did. I was so surprised because you looked so much alike.”
Recalling the day she first met Taeha, Suyeon sighed.
“But I never imagined you could really be my son. I thought of you as just resembling me because you lived thinking you were in the United States. So, I just thought my son was too precious and wanted to see him like that…”
Looking at her son’s face now, Suyeon realized that she hadn’t recognized him even though he was right in front of her.
“Now that I see you like this, you really look a lot like him.”
Besides the definite and clear facial features, even the affectionate light in the deep brown eyes seemed like looking at Leon in his youth.
The parts of Taeha’s appearance that differed slightly from Leon were the ones that resembled Suyeon herself, such as black hair and a delicate jawline.
A clone of myself born to me.
In the midst of her affectionate thoughts, I unconsciously reached out my hand, and Suyeon belatedly withdrew her hand. Even though he was now an adult, she wondered if he would dislike it if she touched him recklessly.
However, instead of avoiding it, Taeha, on the contrary, grabbed Suyeon’s wrist and gently brought her face to his. As if caressing a baby, he carefully stroked her cheek, and the sharp gaze softened gently.
“A while ago, you came to see Sehyun at midnight, right? …Did you already know at that time?”
With a cautious question, Suyeon nodded.
“Yeah.”
Knowing that Taeha was really her son, that night was unbearable.
She wanted to see him right away and hold him in her arms. So, without thinking, she deliberately drank and went to find him. Because then, she could think it was just because she was drunk.
“Why didn’t you tell me the truth at that time?”
With a belatedly hurt expression on his face, Suyeon replied bitterly.
“What face can I put on now to call myself your mother? All I’ve done for you so far is cause you trouble by giving birth to you.”
“Don’t think that way.”
But Taeha shook his head.
“I consider the hardships when I was young as fortunate now. If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have met Ms. Sihyun.”
Thinking of the name of the woman he loved, Taeha recalled her rare bright smile.
“Thanks to Ms. Sihyun, I’m the happiest person in the world now. I think about it every day, wondering if this might be a dream. So, please don’t feel sorry for me, Mom.”
Thinking of Sihyun, Suyeon’s heart swelled.
The child who allowed me to live after losing my son and wandering at the bottom.
Even my son, the child who made it possible for me to smile so brightly.
Perhaps Sihyun’s existence itself was like a miracle. Even if she had to give her heart to Sihyun, Suyeon felt that it would still be insufficient.
“What about your father? Is he doing well?”
“Yes. He tells me to sleep well every night and even tucks in the blanket for me.”
Suyeon smiled gently. Even though she and Leon were not on good terms, she couldn’t help but feel pleased to hear that her son, whom she had given birth to, was so cherished.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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