“If the person to protect is a wife and child, isn’t it already over?”
“I’ve known Professor Yoon for a long time, but this time, I really can’t figure out his intentions.”
Even with Seha’s sigh-mixed words, Sunwoo smiled and said, ‘The coffee smells good,’ then took another sip of coffee.
“Attorney Shin, just brew up to here. It will be a mud fight from now on.”
“I don’t mind.”
“It might be a swamp.”
Sunwoo, after covering the data Seha handed over, gathered them and put them in the briefcase.
“He seems like a more formidable opponent than I thought. If you can’t push him alone, you have to cooperate.”
“Professor.”
“Wherever he goes, we’ll follow. Whether it’s a swamp or hell, it doesn’t matter.”
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It should have been done earlier. So that I can’t linger by Eunjae’s side again. So that I can’t babble nonsense again.
Sunwoo, as if reassuring Seha, who looked at him with disgust, jokingly said,
“So, stay one step behind. There has to be at least one person outside to pull you out, right? I’ll trust only Attorney Shin.”
“Understood. Please don’t do anything too dangerous. Everyone will worry.”
“I will do that.”
In the silence, Sunwoo, who had been hesitating, cautiously spoke. It was originally the purpose of Seha’s visit.
“There’s one more thing I want to ask for… Actually, that’s why I wanted to meet you.”
Seha looked down at Sunwoo’s hand, tightly clenched to the point where the bones bulged, on the table. It was a moment when a ominous premonition that he might make an unusual request surged.
“It’s about the accident 23 years ago.”
The face of Seha, looking up at Sunwoo as if unable to hear, turned pale.
“Do you still have records from that time?”
“It’s an event that happened 23 years ago. I discarded it; I don’t have it.”
“I know you have it.”
“If I give that to Professor, I won’t be able to see Chairman.”
“I’ll take full responsibility.”
“…”
“Please, Attorney Shin. There’s something I really want to confirm.”
Naturally, it probably won’t be.
With Sunwoo’s earnest request that continued,
“I want to know the name of the suspect in that case.”
“Is that really all you need?”
In the end, Attorney Shin brought out the documents he had kept. The documents, hidden in the deepest and most secretive place in the cabinet, were neatly preserved.
“It was an attempted case, and the culprit turned himself in, and Chairman suggested discarding it… But, to be honest, I thought Professor would ask about the incident someday. So, just in case, I kept it. You still don’t remember it well, right?”
And after 23 years, I could finally confirm with my own eyes the name of the suspect who had kidnapped me.
“Have some.”
Sunwoo, deeply immersed in repulsion at Eunjae’s voice, woke up. Eunjae smiled, placing a neatly sliced steak in front of Sunwoo.
“In fact, I took an urgent part-time job today. I got paid for a day’s work.”
“It’s expensive here.”
The place Eunjae brought Sunwoo, saying she’d buy dinner, was a family restaurant located near the hospital.
“Don’t worry and eat. While it’s not a hotel course, I can afford at least a steak here.”
Over Eunjae’s smiling face, Attorney Shin’s voice overlapped.
“The name is… Jintae Gwang.”
“…”
“Professor, why are you like this? Are you okay?”
As soon as I heard the name, my head felt numb, and I couldn’t think of anything. Unable to believe it, I confirmed the characters with my own eyes.
Despite that, I couldn’t accept the fact. Avoiding it by saying it might be a namesake, that there’s no way it could be true.
“Professor, you might know the suspect turned himself in, but in fact, the person who came as an eyewitness.”
“Witness?”
“Yes, that person was near the box where you were found, Professor. At first, he strongly denied the charges, but with witnesses and evidence, he kept getting cornered, so he eventually admitted it.”
“…”
“And then, he begged for leniency, crying that he has a four-year-old daughter. I remember that. How could someone raising a child do such a thing, really…”
“Can I find out about his family, like his wife or daughter’s name?”
“That’s personal information, Professor.”
“Ah, right…”
“Ah…! After the trial, my wife visited me once. She asked if it’s possible that our husband didn’t do that, so she left her contact information around here somewhere. Let me see… Ah, here it is. Jeong Miran. Jeong Miran? Where have I heard that name before…”
“Attorney Shin, let’s consider today’s events something only you and I know.”
It can’t be, something’s wrong.
“I haven’t done anything properly for Mr. Sunwoo. So, when I get my first salary, I must eat a fancy meal with Mr. Sunwoo. That’s what I thought.”
She can’t be that kind of person. You, who resemble your father so much, are so lovely…
Sunwoo, trying to control the boiling emotions, forced a smile.
“What if I spend it all in one day?”
“When I officially get a job and make more money later, we can eat at an even fancier place.”
“Sure.”
Try this too. Eunjae, who served pasta on a plate, smiled broadly as she placed it in front of Sunwoo. On this particular day, I couldn’t take my eyes off Eunjae’s smile.
No matter who you are or whose daughter you are. It doesn’t matter to me now.
I’m okay. I’m completely fine.
“So, what if Jieunjae finds out about this?”
“In my opinion, Jieunjae won’t stay by your side for long.”
So, that won’t happen.
Sunwoo put down the fork he was holding and gently held Eunjae’s hand. Touching the ring on Eunjae’s left ring finger, Sunwoo said,
“Let’s have the wedding from now on.”
“All of a sudden? It’s weird today. Suddenly saying you miss me, suddenly proposing…”
The chatty Eunjae, sipping lemonade with a gulp, said.
“Sure. Let’s take our time and prepare. It can be around next fall.”
“This year’s fall.”
“Why rush like this? I’m not going anywhere.”
“I know.”
Because I won’t let go.
“Even if you go, I won’t let go.”
Because I won’t let go.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
