“In elementary school, on the day I couldn’t regain consciousness due to a high fever, you all went out to eat without me, didn’t you? I was just 11 years old.”
She couldn’t forget that day.
On that day when her fever was soaring, she felt like she was facing death.
It was poignant and lonely, and tears flowed. Even the tears were hot.
“Mom has never come to school for me. She was always the thorn in my side during parent-teacher conferences.”
“T-that’s…”
Not coming and being teased by classmates that there was no mom at home.
During adolescence, it was so embarrassing and humiliating that she begged to go home that day.
“Can’t you come to school just once for me?”
“I’m busy. How can I go there?]
After saying that, Kyung-sook went to attend Seorin and Surin’s parent-teacher conference the next week.
She couldn’t even complain since it wasn’t her biological daughter.
“She didn’t even give me lunch money, so I had to spend lunchtime carefully. But what?”
How dare she say she cherished her?
Arin’s anger surged.
“It was a kidnapping. Your father lied, saying he would die, and dragged me out. But a misunderstanding? Do you think I misunderstood this?”
“Sister.”
“Get out right now.”
“Sister!”
“Your mother will pay for her sins. It’s precisely the price for the sins she committed, no more, no less.”
“Sister, please just listen once. Mom didn’t do it on purpose. There are circumstances…”
Seorin and Surin’s pleas were not worth hearing. They, too, like Kyungsook and Mrs. Choi, were accomplices who exploited and forced sacrifices on their sister.
“Get out before I force you out.”
Arin pointed to the door. Seorin and Surin hesitated, exchanging glances.
“Not leaving?”
Arin walked over and pressed the intercom.
“Security? Someone who entered here without permission…”
“I’ll go. I’ll leave.”
Hastily, Seorin and Surin walked toward the entrance.
“Sister, it’s disappointing. I didn’t know my sister would be such an inhuman person.”
Just before leaving the entrance, Seorin turned around and said.
“Even though we were a family, neglecting us like this just because you met a great guy, heaven won’t forgive it.”
Arin was indifferent to Seorin’s words.
Because it was just nonsense.
Arin had no intention of correcting Seorin’s words.
When she remained silent, Seorin, who had poured out insults, followed Surin out.
“Sigh.”
She closed the entrance door and sat on the floor.
Three days before the trip to Jeju Island.
“Are you okay?”
When Arin stood up and staggered, Eun-ah quickly approached and supported her.
“I’m okay, Mom.”
Arin wiped off cold sweat and forced a smile.
“Where does it hurt?”
Seeing Eun-ah’s worried face, Arin shook her head.
“No, it’s just a bit of a cold. I should have taken medicine, but I kept putting it off, and it seems to have gotten worse. Don’t worry.”
Eun-ah’s expression did not improve despite Arin’s answer.
“Don’t overdo it. You’re already a weak child.”
Eun-ah sat Arin down in a chair and brushed wet hair behind her ear.
“Are you eating well?”
“Yes, in my own way.”
“Really?”
Even after looking at Arin, Eun-ah’s eyes narrowed.
In three weeks since they met, Arin had lost more weight.
‘A weak child who was already skinny is losing weight even more…’
Swallowing a sigh, Eun-ah gently held Arin’s hand.
“There’s a lot to worry about, but you still have to eat well. Arin.”
“My stomach doesn’t feel well. It’s upset. So.”
Eun-ah hesitated at Arin’s answer.
There was a hesitation because of the story she heard from her daughter before, but somehow…
“Arin, just in case… have you… had a checkup?”
“What checkup?”
“… Pregnancy.”
“There’s no way I’m pregnant. I’m already…”
“Arin, just in case… it might be good to check. You don’t know how human affairs work. And, even if it’s disappointing, it might be better to confirm it’s not and be disappointed.”
Arin’s lips trembled at Eun-ah’s words.
“We found the missing secretary.”
The secretary underwent an investigation and disappeared. He was also a key figure in this incident.
Jaehyuk instructed another secretary to secure the whereabouts of the missing secretary.
As a witness and accomplice, he escaped unnoticed for a moment in the chaos. However, the places a criminal could go were limited within the small territory. The secretary was arrested near his hometown, by his mother’s side.
Evidence from various sources, including the original housekeeper of the family involved in the Min Hyun-jun case, Kyungsook’s friend Ju-young, and all those involved in this incident, was secured.
The vice-chairman also decided to attend the trial as a witness.
The only thing left was the sentencing for the crimes.
In the car on the way back after meeting with Eun-ah, Arin’s mind was in turmoil.
“It can’t be true. It was forbidden. It was supposed to be the last time.”
Arin still vividly remembered that moment.
The doctor’s words had plunged Arin, who had not even felt the pain of a miscarriage, into even deeper despair.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
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