Seeing Eunjae off and quickly going up to the third-floor annex, Seonu headed to the study.
As soon as he opened the door, dust particles floating in the air made him sneeze. Items that hadn’t been touched by human hands for a long time were filled with all kinds of dust.
Looking at the tightly packed study, I sighed. But Seonu didn’t hesitate and started searching every corner of the cramped study.
“I have to find it. It must be here somewhere.”
Talking to Eunjeong might help find out more quickly, but bringing up the incident itself was no different from stirring up Eunjeong’s wounds once again.
Someone might criticize it as a reckless act. The incident was over, and there would be no benefit in digging through the scraps of paper. Even the lawyer by my side agreed.
“If we borrow your mother-in-law’s words, she mentioned that your father-in-law had no reason to borrow such a large sum of money at that time. He was running a small factory that produced recording devices and operated a solid company recognized for its technical expertise. He was diligent in his work and extremely devoted to his family. Eunjae… he was such a caring father that he would personally cook for you on your birthday. How could such a person accumulate gambling debts at Capital? I find it hard to believe. Committing such an act is even more unbelievable.”
“…….”
“It’s a matter that happened 23 years ago. I’m sorry, but there’s no evidence, and the person who held the only key to overturn the case has already passed away.”
It was an absolutely correct statement. However, there was only one reason why I harbored doubts about the case.
Eunjae’s touch.
It was an unfamiliar touch, yet it was warm. It was the only touch that didn’t bother him even if it reached him. Beyond just being able to touch, it was a touch that healed the heart full of scars and helped escape from nightmares.
If my father-in-law was really the culprit who kidnapped me, this could not be explained in any simple way.
I fervently hoped that my thoughts and instincts were not wrong. Therefore, I couldn’t give up.
“Your complexion doesn’t look good. Are you tired these days? Or, are you having that nightmare again?”
“No, I haven’t had it since you held my hand… I haven’t had it since then.”
Listening to Eunjae’s words, something suddenly came to mind. Maybe, by dreaming, I could find clues.
It was painful every time a part of the incident appeared in a dream. I was afraid that if the memories of that day flashed before my eyes, everything would become clear.
So, the dream I had pushed away subconsciously, the nightmare that had tormented me every day without fail for 23 years, I now volunteered to dream on my own. The sight of me sleeping in the living room, declaring that I would now personally dream the dream that had tortured me every day without fail for 23 years, struck me as absurd, and I couldn’t help but laugh.
There is a dream catcher in the bedroom that protects me. So, I won’t be able to dream.
And so, every night, I fell asleep while praying.
Please appear in my dream just once. Please say one word. If you say that one word, I will take responsibility and reveal everything.
Perhaps the earnestness reached him. Last night, my father-in-law really appeared in a dream.
It had been only four days since I had the nightmare.
“We promised, right? I will definitely keep it. I’m not a person who breaks promises.”
“Yes.”
“Hold my hand tightly, sir.”
It was undoubtedly my father-in-law’s voice. Although I couldn’t see his face, when I took his rough hand extended towards me, a warm energy spread throughout my body.
This was it.
The temperature, texture, and feeling when I first held Eunjae’s hand.
Even though it was a dream, even though it was in a dream, those sensations were felt very clearly. It was certain that I was subconsciously remembering the day I had experienced.
When someone touched me in a dream, it was a completely different feeling from the discomfort and dirtiness I used to feel.
As I held his hand, Sunwoo’s gaze reached the hem of the man’s pants.
In the moment when a rabbit doll with a blue dotted bib pants and a bundle of keys on the waistband swayed faintly, Sunwoo woke up from his sleep.
Was this the sensation that wasn’t strange when he first saw Eunjae’s bear doll keychain?
Like finding a lost puzzle piece, a forgotten memory vividly resurfaced. The voice that earnestly begged while hanging the rabbit doll on the bag I was carrying.
“Can you do me a favor, sir? This is just in case… just in case, if you can’t come to pick him up… you must give this doll to the police officer. Understand? Inside this…”
The man, who couldn’t finish his words due to the approaching murmurs, desperately hid me inside the box.
“Hush, we’re going to play hide-and-seek from now on. You have to stay here without making a sound until the sir comes to save you. Absolutely.”
He was not the age to play hide-and-seek anymore. When the footsteps were getting farther away, paralyzed with fear, unable to make any sound, with my mouth sealed, the voice that had flowed into the box suddenly came to mind.
“Where is my child? Tell the truth!”
“I don’t know. He let me go and told me to run away earlier. I don’t know where he went.”
“If things go wrong, it’s your problem, not mine. You brought him here.”
The words that someone kept desperately shouting. The words that were earnestly shouted.
“Samgyetang starts from the stomach! Samgyetang starts from the stomach!”
“Why does this guy keep saying something? What do we do? Don’t bring that guy in.”
“Let it go! I don’t know. I don’t know anything!”
My intuition was right.
See, I wasn’t wrong.
Hurriedly running to the lawyer’s office, Sunwoo, breathing heavily, handed a document to the lawyer.
“Do you know who this witness Kim Jaehong is? I’d like to meet this person.”
Scratching his neck and looking at Sunwoo with a puzzled expression, the lawyer said, “Huh? Are you really asking because you don’t know?”
“What do you mean?”
“Isn’t this Mr. Lee’s chauffeur, Kim Jaehong?”
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
