It was only after she was transferred to a larger hospital that she received an accurate diagnosis, but by then, much of her lung function had already been lost.
Eun Jae scrutinized Mi Ran’s face thoroughly. She seemed to have improved somewhat, yet not quite.
“I thought you were sleeping.”
“I didn’t sleep. Come here. Let’s hug my baby.”
Eun Jae rushed into Mi Ran’s arms in one breath. Mi Ran’s frail body, bare above her hospital gown, was keenly felt at the tips of her fingers. Eun Jae stroked down the hard spine and kept pressing her sore nose with her finger.
“I can’t breathe, lie down now.”
“Eun Jae, I don’t know what’s going on.”
A professor who wanted to research her mother’s disease visited this morning. He said not to worry about the room switch, as it was for good research results and accurate treatment.
And he was a very young and handsome professor.
Eun Jae felt like she knew who he was, even without him saying.
They package it so prettily. Anyway, there’s nothing to fooling people. Do you believe what he says, Mom?
“So, are you okay with it?”
“Of course, they say I don’t have to pay for treatment anymore.”
Seeing Mi Ran’s face smiling like a girl, Eun Jae thought accepting his proposal was not meaningless.
A shadow quickly crossed Mi Ran’s face, who was gazing at Eun Jae.
“Eun Jae, are those guys still after you? Why are they doing this to you, my poor girl, instead of coming to me?”
“No, we agreed to pay back slowly. I have to work to pay them back, what are they going to do if they just keep chasing me?”
“Those kids said they’d do that? They’re not the type, what wind has blown them to do this?”
That was true. They knew of our existence yet they kept their distance, as if they were waiting for Dad’s debt to pile up.
Eun Jae slowly raised her eyes and looked at Mi Ran’s face.
And she quietly recited in her heart the words she could probably never utter in her life.
Mom, the truth is I’m married.
I’m sorry, I decided it on my own without discussing it with you.
That man paid off all the debt. Just one year, if I close my eyes and bear it for just one year, I think we can live happily like before.
That man said he would fulfill your lifelong wish for a pretty cafe. So, Mom, don’t worry about anything else and get well.
Eating meals cooked by you, chattering, laughing together, and falling asleep together like before.
That’s my wish.
While facing Mi Ran, Eun Jae quickly averted her eyes when she felt the corners of her eyes swelling up.
“Is something going on?”
“What could be going on? Mom, you should just worry about your health.”
Eun Jae pulled up the blanket that had slipped down to her knees, tucking it around Mi Ran’s chest, then gently laid Mi Ran down. Mi Ran cautiously held Eun Jae’s hand and said,
“Eun Jae, don’t hate your father too much.”
“……”
“You know he’s not the kind to gamble and borrow that much money.”
That’s the problem, Mom. You trust people too much.
“If you want to hate, hate me. If I hadn’t been so sick.”
“You couldn’t pay it off even if you continued selling tteokbokki.”
“Why not, the business was doing pretty well.”
Without any particular response, Eun Jae turned her head. Mi Ran silently held her hand tightly.
Eun Jae felt her hand was too warm,
and so, she kept shedding tears.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
