Visible Love (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 14
Seeing her husband sitting on the bed reading a book after coming home early for the first time in a while, Yeon Seo let out a soft chuckle.
His expression was utterly serious, yet he was holding the book upside down.
“Honey, is the book interesting?”
Caught slightly off guard by her question, Ji Hyun suddenly looked up.
“Huh? What did you say?”
“I asked if the book’s interesting.”
“Of course. It’s written by Woo Jin.”
“So it’s so good you can read it even upside down?”
“Huh?”
Only then did Ji Hyun snap back to his senses, smiling sheepishly as he turned the book right-side up. Yeon Seo lightly patted her lotioned cheeks and sat down beside him, asking,
“Is something on your mind? Did something happen at work?”
“No, nothing at all.”
“But you’re clearly worried. What’s bothering you?”
Ji Hyun placed the book facedown on his knee and stared quietly at his wife. Her oval face, with its slightly protruding forehead, was bright-eyed and grinning cheerfully at him.
A relaxed smile naturally spread across Ji Hyun’s face.
“Actually, remember how the housekeeper at Woo Jin’s place hurt her back?”
“Yes, I heard her niece is coming to take over for her, right?”
“Right. But it seems Woo Jin kind of likes that niece.”
“Oh really? How’d you know?”
“He eats meals with her. Drinks coffee together, too.”
“The young master? Seriously?”
Yeon Seo’s cat-like eyes, usually upturned at the corners, widened with surprise.
“Yeah.”
“Wow! That’s the real deal!”
Ji Hyun couldn’t help but laugh at his delightfully simple wife, who declared it true love just because they’d shared a meal.
“Is eating together really ‘the real deal’?”
“Have you ever seen the young master eat with anyone other than himself since his accident?”
“No, I haven’t.”
“Exactly! But still—it’s weird, right? That niece hasn’t even been around that long, has she?”
“About a week.”
“In just that time? Is she pretty? Wait, no—looks don’t matter to the young master. Maybe her voice is nice, then?”
“Yeah, her voice is great. She’s got a really attractive low tone.”
“Oh my gosh, that’s cool! I’m rooting for the young master’s love! Go for it!”
Yeon Seo clapped like a seal, genuinely thrilled. To calm her down, Ji Hyun gently took her hands and spoke calmly.
“Calm yourself—and don’t you dare say anything like this to Woo Jin. Got it?”
“Of course! Do you really think I’m that naive?”
The naive woman didn’t even realize how simple she was. Ji Hyun, who usually overthought everything, had fallen for her polar-opposite simplicity—and married her just two months after their first meeting.
Thanks to that same simplicity, she quickly grew close even with Woo Jin—who normally avoided strangers—and now even brought him homemade side dishes herself.
“If they’re eating together, will he eat my side dishes too? I hope nothing goes bad and has to be thrown out this time. But wait—is that really what’s bothering you? That the young master’s fallen in love?”
“Oh, no, not exactly. It’s just… in two weeks, the housekeeper’s supposed to come back, right? Then that niece won’t be coming anymore… I just wonder what Woo Jin will do then…”
“Ah, I see… Hmm…”
She tilted her head slightly. Finding her unbearably cute, Ji Hyun unconsciously leaned in and kissed her cheek. Blushing from her husband’s kiss, she carefully asked,
“Does that niece like the young master too?”
“Huh?”
“I mean, does that girl seem to like him?”
“I don’t know. But they do eat together.”
“Maybe she’s just doing it because he’s her employer. Not because she likes him.”
Now that he thought about it, Ji Hyun recalled asking Woo Jin himself to have lunch together. It could just be that—that’s perfectly reasonable.
“If it’s just the young master pining on his own…”
Seeing her suddenly saddened, Ji Hyun quickly reassured her.
“Woo Jin isn’t sure either—it’s just my guess, nothing more.”
“The young master’s definitely serious—after all, they’re eating together! But as for that girl… Should I go ask her myself?”
“Ask what?”
“Whether she likes our young master.”
“Whoa! Honey, please don’t rush in recklessly. This kind of thing needs delicate handling. Woo Jin isn’t exactly an ordinary guy…”
After calming his wife down, Yeon Seo paused blankly for a moment before nodding.
No matter how handsome the young master was, not many women would easily get close to someone with a disability.
Yet, his looks carried a charm so powerful it captivated women regardless of his condition.
Though she loved her husband Ji Hyun deeply, she couldn’t deny that next to the young master, even Ji Hyun looked like a giant squid.
“So what you’re saying is, we need to make sure that niece keeps coming to the young master’s house? Hmm… What if we asked the housekeeper to work at our place instead?”
“But Mrs. Oh is already at our house.”
“Mrs. Oh was sent by Grandfather. It feels like every little thing we do gets reported straight back to him. I even got scolded for not taking my medicine.”
Two years into their marriage and still no great-grandchild in sight, Chairman Seol personally prepared herbal medicine and had it delivered to his grandson’s home.
The problem was he kept calling often to check whether they were consistently taking it.
I told him we were, so how did he know? He called insisting I wasn’t taking it—Mrs. Oh had to be the one who told him.
“What if we ask Mrs. Oh to return to Grandfather’s and instead request that the person coming to Woo Jin’s place continue to come?”
“But she only worked two hours at Woo Jin’s, right? Mrs. Oh’s with us all day.”
“Then maybe we limit ourselves to two hours too… No, we couldn’t possibly tidy this house in two hours. How about we hire her for four, and just pay double?”
“But that niece seems young—would she even want to keep working as a housekeeper?”
“I would, if I were her—it’s only two hours, after all. But wait—what does she even do? She’s not a student, right?”
Come to think of it, he’d been so focused on Woo Jin he never even asked what the niece did.
He’d vaguely assumed she was either a student or unemployed.
Would Woo Jin know? No way—he wasn’t the type to ask.
“I just hope the young master gets along well with her, starts eating properly, sleeping better, and even goes out more. Then my husband might feel a little less guilty…”
Yeon Seo gently moved the book off his lap and slowly climbed onto Ji Hyun’s thighs, whispering softly.
“I don’t feel that way anymore. You and Woo Jin get along fine now.”
Ji Hyun naturally wrapped an arm around her waist and smiled.
“It’s faded a bit, but it hasn’t disappeared completely, has it?”
“It hasn’t—and it shouldn’t.”
“But you said you don’t even remember why we fought. Woo Jin skipping the CSAT that day wasn’t your fault, Ji Hyun. That’s how I see it.”
Yeon Seo hugged her husband’s neck and kissed him as she spoke.
Woo Jin’s father—and Ji Hyun’s paternal uncle—Seol Min Won, fell in love with a Russian-Indian female student during his studies abroad, dropped out of school, and ran away with her.
But after only a year, worn down by hardship and cultural differences, he surrendered to his own father and returned to Korea with young Woo Jin alone.
Though stunningly handsome and exceptionally intelligent, Woo Jin grew up facing constant disdain from relatives and peers for being mixed-race.
His grandfather considered it a deep shame that his grandson was born to a woman of unknown lineage. Thus, at every formal event, he only ever brought his elder grandson.
This discrimination from his grandfather drove a wedge between his father and uncle—and also between Ji Hyun and Woo Jin.
On the day both Ji Hyun and Woo Jin took the CSAT, Woo Jin skipped the exam hall and went to a PC bang instead.
When his uncle finally learned of this and went to find him, a fire broke out in the commercial building.
Later, they learned a security guard had mistakenly lowered, instead of raised, the emergency exit shutter—worsening the damage.
When Woo Jin was finally found, it was unclear whether it was fortune or misfortune—but he hadn’t suffered burns.
He’d inhaled so much smoke that his airways and bronchial tubes were severely damaged, though not life-threatening.
However, his uncle, who’d gone in to rescue him, got lost inside the building and ultimately died of suffocation.
Woo Jin, unconscious and on a ventilator for nearly a month, was devastated upon waking to learn his father had died searching for him.
Perhaps due to the trauma, the boy, who had barely regained consciousness, suddenly developed a high fever again. The doctors advised the family to prepare for the worst.
Chairman Seol, reflecting on how he’d treated his son and grandson as if they didn’t exist, believed God had taken his son and now sought to take his grandson too.
In that moment—realizing it was only natural that God would reclaim a child he himself had long treated as dead—he fell to his knees and vowed before God:
If his grandson were spared, he’d never hold anyone accountable for his son’s death.
He’d hold annual memorials for the victims and never withhold material support from them.
And before God, he deeply repented for ever having seen his younger grandson as a disgrace.
Whether God accepted his vow and repentance or not, from that moment on, Woo Jin’s fever broke and his unsteady body gradually regained strength.
But in exchange for saving the boy’s life, God took his eyesight.
Still, Chairman Seol never forgot his vow.
Grateful simply that his grandson hadn’t been taken, he held no one accountable—not the building owner, nor the security company—and faithfully carried out memorials and donations each year without fail.
Thanks to Chairman Seol’s dedication and Seol Ji Hyun’s efforts, the boy—once like a blind beast—began to revive after two years confined to his room, starting with learning braille.
Seeing the child come alive through reading and writing, Ji Hyun persuaded his grandfather to establish a major publishing house and a large bookstore.
He also invested in a web novel content platform so Woo Jin’s writings could reach as many readers as possible.
Additionally, he donated to organizations training braille transcribers and personally hired braille translators at his publishing house, launching formal braille book publications.
These invisible efforts shaped the Woo Jin of today. Even Chairman Seol, who’d initially pushed Ji Hyun to take over hotel management after completing his MBA in the U.S., now simply let Ji Hyun do as he pleased.
[This is the timeline separator]She’d forgotten it was the library’s closing day. Standing silently before the firmly shut doors, Su Young looked up at the sky with a sigh. Seriously…
She felt completely lost. Stopping by a bookstore before her part-time shift wouldn’t leave much actual reading time due to the back-and-forth commute, but heading straight to work felt too early.
She briefly considered killing time at a café, but sitting alone with just a drink felt awkward somehow.
After checking her phone for a moment, she shrugged and turned her steps wherever they led.
She’d arrived a full hour and ten minutes early.
Would that sensitive landlord complain again? After lingering outside for about ten minutes, Su Young finally couldn’t stand it anymore and cautiously typed in the security code to go inside.
Expecting complete silence, she tiptoed into the entryway—only to pause upon hearing rhythmic thumping and heavy panting from somewhere. What’s that noise…?
Forgetting even to put on slippers, she crept toward the small room the sounds were coming from—and instantly froze, staring dumbfounded at the sight before her.
Woo Jin, shirtless, was running furiously on a treadmill.
Contrary to her vague assumption that he’d be thin, his body was tightly wrapped in firm muscle, and beads of sweat clinging between them glistened like morning dew on flower petals.
Judging from his soaked body and labored breathing, he’d clearly been running a long time—but if it was this hard, why not just get off? Why push himself like his life depended on it?
Though Su Young had zero interest in exercise, she couldn’t stop watching, utterly baffled yet captivated.
Goodness, such perfect physique.
Suddenly, the treadmill began slowing down—then stopped completely. Woo Jin reached out and started feeling around for his watch.
Turning his body, he faced Su Young directly and asked,
“So now you can just come whenever you feel like it?”
Gasp! How did he know I was here? I didn’t make a single sound…
“Ah, no, it’s just… I had extra time.”
He stepped off the treadmill and said coldly,
“Do you think this is some neighborhood senior center? A hangout for people with too much free time and nothing to do?”
She knew she was in the wrong, but being lumped into the “idle and directionless” category stung her pride a bit. After all, she’d come early to work.
“I—I came early to work! To try harder!”
Woo Jin approached the shamelessly defensive girl—and stopped right in front of her. The sharp scent of sweat hit her full-on.
At the same time, Su Young’s eyes locked onto his solid chest, and her breath caught in her throat.
A look of exasperation flashed across Woo Jin’s brow before he lowered his voice and said,
“You don’t need to work hard—just put things back where they belong.”
“I… I… always put things back properly…”
Unaware of what she was even saying, she merely reacted to his words.
“Yesterday you left the chair out again and I bumped into it. Right here.”
He abruptly pulled up his sweatpants to reveal a deep bruise—but all Su Young could see was his perfectly defined iliac crest.
… Absolutely… perfect.
“…Wow, perfect…”
She murmured unconsciously. Woo Jin raised an eyebrow and straightened his posture.
“What?”
“Huh? Did I say something?”
Finally snapping back to reality, Su Young looked up at him. Woo Jin just sighed—a long, thin sigh—as if utterly hopeless.
“I’m going to shower. You do your job.”
As he passed by, Su Young scanned his entire body once more. She desperately wished she could take a photo to keep forever—but alas, she couldn’t become a criminal.
[This is the timeline separator]In the shower, Woo Jin chuckled quietly to himself. She’d held her breath again just looking at him.
It wasn’t like she was startled by ugliness—she must’ve been amazed by something rather… impressive. Though his high school physique had already faded in his memory, it had been flawless back then.
Especially during basketball games—the girls’ cheers still rang faintly in his ears. With consistent training since, he might not be quite as perfect as before, but certainly not unattractive.
It was strange, actually. If anyone else had entered unannounced before their scheduled time and just stared at him, he’d immediately report them—even if it were Seol Ji Hyun.
Yet with her, though slightly irritated, he wasn’t truly angry.
In fact, he felt oddly pleased—like he’d just proven to her (who’d treated him like a lazy good-for-nothing) that he actually worked hard, even exercising seriously at home.
But why did she come so early? Was it… okay for her to come early like this? Should he just tell her to come anytime? …What the hell?! I’m insane!
He frantically rinsed his hair. Mid-rinse, he suddenly couldn’t remember whether he’d even shampooed or not. His focus had completely drifted elsewhere.
[This is the timeline separator]Thanks to the side dishes his sister-in-law had made, he didn’t have to worry about what to buy for lunch—what a relief.
But those dishes were clearly meant for Woo Jin alone, and now that they’d shared them, they were already running low.
Just as Su Young popped the last piece of grilled beef into her mouth and started chewing, Woo Jin walked into the kitchen uninvited. What’s this about?
Acting completely unfazed, Su Young spoke calmly,
“Sit down. Eat.”
But with the beef still stuck in her throat, her voice ended in a choked “ack.” Woo Jin frowned disapprovingly as she hastily gulped water.
“Lay off the grilled beef. That’s why you’re gaining weight.”
How did he know I was eating grilled beef? This guy’s “blindness” is total nonsense.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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