A vigorous cry.

The owner of that voice was the daughter born of Tae Seo Jun and Eom So Yeon’s love.

She was the second fruit of love, following Tae Hyun Woo.

Seo Jun’s expression, who had been with So Yeon during her difficult time in the delivery room, remained utterly composed even as he left the room and after So Yeon was moved to the ward.

It was around evening that day as the sun slowly set. Seo Jun kissed his wife’s forehead and lips as if not caring at all about her parents in the room. It was a kiss full of deep and thick affection, meaning he loved and appreciated her for her hardship.

Seo Jun, who had been coolly watching even Hyun Woo staring at his little sister in a daze, left the ward for a while to find a space where he could be alone. That place was the hospital rooftop.

As Seo Jun gazed at the layered mountain ridges and sky that looked like a painting, his eyes also turned reddish at some point.

Tae Seo Jun, who loved Eom So Yeon, loved Tae Hyun Woo no less.

And our daughter whom I met for the first time today……

The child who had been curled up in a cozy place during summer and winter and came to us on a warm spring day.

They were definitely the same sparkling eyes I had seen when I was 7 years old.

I must have choked up even more because that lovely baby looked so incredibly identical.

Seo Jun smiled with a chuckle, brushing his pounding heart with his palm.

Eom So Yeon, who brought such love, joy, and emotion to my barren life.

The reason I can’t help but love her again even if I’m born a hundred or a thousand times.

Seo Jun loved Eom So Yeon so much that he shed tears where no one was around.

So very much that even he couldn’t fathom the depth of his love.

[Timeline Separator]

Seo Jun and So Yeon each took a character from their names and gave their daughter a pretty name.

Thus, their daughter’s name was Tae Seo Yeon.

“Tae Seo Yeon! Let’s play with oppa.”

The baby wriggling on the living room floor had particularly bright and sparkling eyes, perhaps because her first birthday was a month away. Seo Jun put on his characteristically charming smile, finding it obvious yet fascinating how she resembled her mother more each day.

“Hyun Woo. When Mom and Dad aren’t here, who is Seo Yeon’s guardian?”

“Me!”

“That’s right. Can you watch over Seo Yeon while Dad isn’t in the living room?”

“Yes! Don’t worry and go, Dad.”

Still an Eom So Yeon enthusiast and gladly taking on the childcare of his daughter following his son for his busy wife, Seo Jun left the baby with Hyun Woo for a moment and went to the kitchen.

It was time to feed the baby, so he went to prepare it. While Dad disappeared to do that, Seo Yeon crawled around on the non-slip mat, then grabbed the corner of the table tightly with her small white hand and tried to stand up.

“Wah, hng… walk!”

Perhaps that sight looked somehow precarious. Black, who had been quietly watching Tae Seo Yeon, barked with a not-so-loud sound. But startled by that sound, Seo Yeon lost her balance and plopped back down on the floor.

As Seo Yeon, who had been walking but lacked the ability, crawled on the floor, what she grabbed tightly again with her little hand was Hyun Woo’s pants. However, Seo Yeon, who failed to stand up, only kept following the direction Hyun Woo moved.

Hyun Woo’s eyes looking at his little sister were full of adoration.

“Seo Yeon, you can do it! Try walking again.”

As if she understood Hyun Woo’s words, Seo Yeon, holding onto her brother’s pant leg tightly, stood on her two legs and took a step, trembling all over.

Then soon, thud!

“Hing, hng… waah…”

As tears welled up in the fallen baby’s large eyes, Hyun Woo rummaged through his pocket and put something in his sister’s mouth.

“…!”

Kya!

No matter how much she likes Dad, there was a reason Seo Yeon liked her brother more. Tasting the chocolate, Seo Yeon not only stopped crying but her eyes became even brighter, more serious and persistent. She seemed determined not to give up what her brother gave her.

Seo Jun, who had just come out of the kitchen, didn’t enter the living room and kept watching Hyun Woo, who kept taking something out of his pocket, and Seo Yeon, who was desperately chasing after her brother with all her might. There was a very suspicious sign that some kind of deal had been made between the two children.

Finally, when what she wanted didn’t go into her mouth, Seo Yeon, who was properly upset, began to cry, pouting her lips. It was the moment when a teardrop hanging on her large round eyes fell. Hyun Woo’s hand quickly went to Seo Yeon’s mouth.

“Ha ha ha…”

Om nom nom…

But Seo Yeon, who was immersed in the new world, followed her brother desperately again. She meant for him to give her one more quickly.

“Hehe… so cute! Here, I’ll give you one more…”

Just as the sweet chocolate was about to touch Seo Yeon’s cherry-like lips, that moment.

“Tae Hyun Woo, freeze!”

“Hic…!”

Seo Yeon, oppa is sorry. I think your new world is over now.

Seo Jun, who confiscated the chocolate Hyun Woo had and even forbid him from approaching Seo Yeon for the time being, narrowed his brows and spoke firmly. About the dangers of caffeine intake for young children.

But unable to hold back his natural laughter, Seo Jun stopped mid-sentence and chuckled.

Because Hyun Woo hugging Seo Yeon tightly and apologizing while crying was so cute.

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‘Actually, I saw a baby exactly like our daughter before.’

‘It must have been a girl.’

‘Well, I was told so.’

‘What do you mean?’

‘I was 7 years old at the time. It was a newborn baby, and I saw it for the first and last time that day.’

‘Haha, I thought…’

‘Is that funny?’

‘You remember a baby you saw once back then? That’s amazing.’

‘Even though that baby is Eom So Yeon?’

‘M-Me?’

‘It’s true. When I first met you, the sparkling eyes of that baby I had forgotten suddenly came to my mind vividly. I found out it was you when we were in Canada. I met your mother and she looked very familiar, so I went over my past carefully. But I couldn’t quite remember where I had seen her. However, I realized it because of your mother’s name.’

‘Her name?’

‘The name written at the entrance of the hospital room where I first saw you was your mother’s.’

So Yeon heard an amazing story from Seo Jun a few days ago.

However, no matter how much she thought about it, it was unbelievable. She found it very fascinating that he remembered something he saw when he was 7 until now.

By the way, there was quite a bit of noise at the CF filming set she just left. Two rookie actors who joined the commercial shoot had a intense fight over a few months’ difference in their debuts. If you count from the magazine cover, I debuted first. The other side argued that they were faster on the screen, heatedly insisting they were the senior.

What So Yeon said caught in the middle was a famous saying.

‘A true senior doesn’t insist they’re the senior. Because those who already know, know even if you don’t say it. And cherishing juniors and leading them in a good direction is a truly senior-like behavior. In that sense, how about we enjoyably and wonderfully wrap up the rest of the shoot. Make this commercial a big hit. We all know, right? Rather than who started quickly, the actor who has a long run is better.’

At those words, the two actresses stopped their quarrel, and after that, the filming went smoothly with everything in sync, ending earlier than scheduled.

Seo Jun had gone to the Yangpyeong villa first with the two children in the morning. Saying he would take the kids out to the riverbank for once. So, So Yeon was also heading there, but she stopped briefly at a highway rest stop to refuel.

And it was just before getting back on the highway.

A sound came from her cell phone with a “ding”.

[Is this a wildflower? It’s small and pretty, resembling you. Then I’ll play with Hyun Woo and Seo Yeon, so don’t overwork yourself. And don’t speed when you come.]

It was a message sent by Seo Jun. Along with a photo that seemed to have been taken just now.

Looking at the photo, a small white wildflower was innocently blooming in a crevice of a rock. It was a plain and tiny wildflower. What could its name be? Why is it blooming so prettily alone here? It makes me feel unnecessarily sorry.

Since the sun hadn’t set yet, Seo Jun seemed to think So Yeon was still filming. So Yeon didn’t tell him that she finished work early to surprise him.

A gentle smile naturally spread across So Yeon’s lips.

Because her life, which she thought would be lived alone like a flower, was now filled with Tae Seo Jun. Because she was so happy that the word happiness was not enough. She was excited and nervous to meet her precious family soon.

So Yeon, who had arrived at the Yangpyeong villa before long, found a mat spread by the river and a picnic bag on it.

Taking quick steps toward it, what entered her eyes for a moment was a beautiful man. A cool man walking along the riverbank with a child in each arm was in So Yeon’s large eyes.

“Oppa!”

When she called him, the three of them welcomed So Yeon at the same time and smiled brightly. And the two children cutely waved their little hands toward their mother. So Yeon choked up without realizing it. To the point where her vision was blurred with tears.

But she saw clearly.

My precious family approaching closer and closer.

My man, my love, whom I want to love and love even more spending my whole life.

[Timeline Separator]

A man leisurely walking to the gate in time for boarding.

Director Yoon Ji Wan, who entered the New York to Korea flight, took off his sunglasses following the flight attendant guiding him to his seat.

The moment she looked back, the flight attendant recognized who he was right away.

“Oh my! Aren’t you Director Yoon Ji Wan?”

With fair and clean skin despite being a man, well-groomed and handsome features, and a sturdy physique that felt out of place with his face to the point of being large and robust. Because of that, Yoon Ji Wan had as many female fans as celebrities.

“Yes.”

However, Yoon Ji Wan found that quite bothersome. Because there was no reason for a person who makes films to care about popularity. Hence, the short and brusque answer. But the excited flight attendant spoke at length and even asked about his personal matters.

“I haven’t missed a single one of your works, Director. It’s an honor to have you on our airline, but what brings you to New York…”

To scout a special effects editor essential for filmmaking. Ji Wan was on his way back to Korea after wrapping up that business well in New York.

“Business.”

Literally for work, but perhaps because his tone was too cold and firm, the flight attendant had to withdraw her curious gaze and step back from him.

“Ah, then I hope you have a comfortable and enjoyable trip.”

He sat in a seat close to the aisle. And it wasn’t long after that.

“!”

“Oof!”

A woman who barely made it into the cabin just before takeoff crossed in front of Yoon Ji Wan’s knees to sit by the window. But before she could fully pass, she plopped down. Right on top of Yoon Ji Wan’s thighs.

Although it was partly because she got caught on the man’s long legs, it was her slender legs getting tangled that made her fall first. But as if the one who farted gets angry first, the one who openly showed displeasure was the woman who sat on someone else’s legs without permission.

“Hey! What are you touching?”

Even though she knew it was her mistake, the woman raised her voice instead. I understand she did it out of embarrassment, but it was also an absurd situation from Yoon Ji Wan’s perspective. Therefore, he spread his legs and dropped her to the floor.

“Gasp!”

The woman, who sat in the window seat without a sound, didn’t say anything for a while. Because both sitting on a man’s legs with her butt and landing on her butt on the floor were terribly humiliating.

Finally, the plane took off, and the cabin, where the lighting had dimmed at some point, was dark and quiet.

Perhaps it was because of the faint scent of peppermint tickling the tip of his nose. Yoon Ji Wan’s gaze, leaning his body diagonally in his seat, drifted toward where the fragrance was coming from. More precisely, to her laptop as she was writing an email in the next seat.

Yoon Ji Wan naturally found out from that screen.

Her name that he seemed to have heard somewhere.

Eom So… Won?

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