But above all, the biggest reason she detested Ra Jin was because she made her feel guilty, as she was feeling now.
Why should I feel guilty?
She and her husband, despite losing their child, adopted a child resembling their lost one and raised her well until adulthood. They were admirable parents who deserved respect.
The parenting methods were different simply because the personalities differed.
Moreover, a significant number of adopted children reportedly face abuse from their adoptive parents. But we never laid a hand on or verbally abused Ra Jin. Not even once.
After rescuing her from a potentially miserable life, she should be forever grateful. Why does she make others feel so uncomfortable?
“Did we ever hit you or pour out a barrage of insults? Why are you so obsessed with painting yourself as a victim? Do you think people will treat you better? Kid, that’s a sickness. You need treatment.”
“Not all violence is physical.”
“What?”
“What you just said. That’s violence too. Physical violence leaves scars on the body, and emotional violence leaves scars on the heart. So, if you hide it well, at least on the surface, you seem fine.”
Even if the inside was boiling over.
Ra Jin held back her last words. Somehow, she felt that if she uttered them, tears would follow.
“You’re quite good at making someone feel like a fool with such plausible words, aren’t you?”
Ra Jin took a deep breath. My words, my sincerity, will never reach this person.
No matter how loudly I cry out, she won’t hear. She’s been covering her ears from the very start.
“So now everything is our fault? Goodness, how can I possibly cherish you when you act like this?”
“I overlooked and bypassed your dismissiveness in the hopes that, perhaps for a fleeting moment, you might show me sincerity. Maybe, just maybe, you’d genuinely feel sorry for me.”
She couldn’t give up hope until the very end.
So foolishly.
“But now, I understand. I know what you think, mother. And I understand that your thoughts will never change.”
Ra Jin adjusted her bag.
“I should head inside. I have a lot to do. Please take care on your way.”
Watching Ra Jin turn away, Sukyoung bit her lip.
Always acting so proud and superior.
‘Not even knowing whose daughter you are.’
Even if she tried to appease Ra Jin now, she wouldn’t win her over.
However, Sukyoung felt she couldn’t let Ra Jin go like this. She had to manipulate the situation to her advantage.
Especially now that she knew about Seonwoo, she couldn’t push Ra Jin away.
“Haven’t you thought about your future child?”
Suddenly.
Ra Jin stopped dead in her tracks.
Her pupils dilated. Strength unknowingly went into the hand gripping her bag.
A child?
“How shocked will your child be when they find out their mother was an abandoned child? And how angry they’ll be, knowing they inherited the blood of such a person. They won’t have the extended family that others have, and you’ll subtly be looked down upon. Your child will grow up witnessing and enduring that.”
Every word Sukyoung spoke turned into arrows, knives, spears, bullets, relentlessly piercing, tearing, penetrating, and barraging Ra Jin.
Caught off guard and under attack, Ra Jin was defenseless.
A child. A child?
She had never thought about the existence of a child before.
Even when she heard that Jae Heon might get married, she only thought about spending time with him just once…
She had never even imagined getting married for a brief moment.
Let alone a child.
What if my child… has to endure what I did, consuming contempt, harboring anger and sadness…
She felt sorry for a child that didn’t even exist yet, to the point where her throat started burning up.
“This is what being a parent is about. It’s not just about the present but preparing for the future.”
“……”
“Think about it. After you disown your family, all the whispers and finger-pointing towards you will be passed onto your child.”
Ra Jin’s face turned deathly pale. Her eyelids, under-eyes, and lips trembled.
Everything went black in front of her, and she found it hard to breathe.
She froze solid just from the horrifying imagination.
“Ra Jin, think about the future. What has the child, who will inherit your fate, done wrong?”
With a blurred consciousness, Ra Jin exerted strength into her legs to stand straight.
And after wetting her lips several times, she managed to speak.
“……Take care.”
As if fleeing, Ra Jin entered the one-room building and, with an unfocused gaze, climbed the stairs.
Realizing she couldn’t go any higher, she slowly raised her head and saw she was already on the fourth floor.
“……”
She stood blankly, staring at the steel door of her space, room 404, and raised her hand to press the six numbers on the door lock.
But the door didn’t open.
Because her fingers had lost strength, she had only pressed four numbers.
After taking a deep breath, she pressed the door lock buttons again. As soon as she entered and closed the door, Ra Jin slid down, leaning against it.
…I see. From the moment I was born, a burden to my parents, I’ll be a burden to the child I give birth to.
Having grown up facing disdain, it seems I’m set to feed the same to my child.
Ra Jin closed her eyes, squeezing them tightly.
But reality remained unchanged.
Being an orphan, soon-to-be disowned as an adopted child, and the fact that there was no one to stand by her side.
Still in her shoes, she sat blankly at the entrance. What brought her back to her senses was the ringing of her cellphone.
The moment she checked the caller ID.
[Director Seo Jae Heon]“Ah…”
Holding the phone close to her chest, Ra Jin’s shoulders shook.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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