“Ah, he’s not sleeping today. No matter how much I try to put him to sleep, he keeps rubbing his sleepy eyes, saying he’s waiting for mom and not sleeping.”
“You’ve worked hard, ma’am. It’s late… Please go in and rest.”
“Okay. Now that mom is here, Do Hyeon, you’ll sleep well, right?”
“Yes!”
After the babysitter from the neighborhood left, Hyun Seo went to the room with the child and lay down on the bed.
Even as she sang a lullaby to put the child to sleep, Do Hyeon’s eyes didn’t close, as if his drowsiness had completely fled.
“Do Hyeon, aren’t you sleepy?”
“Yes.”
Looking at the big, round eyes, Hyun Seo smiled faintly.
“I love you, Do Hyeon.”
“Mom, I love you.”
The child’s expression, delivered in an unclear pronunciation, was touching and heartwarming every time she heard it.
That day, the touching feeling surged in with a sad sensation.
She tried to deny the feeling that it might not be because the gaze of the man, who didn’t take his eyes off her until the moment they said goodbye after dinner, looked lonely.
Do Hyeon seemed concerned about his mother’s gloomy expression and slightly raised his eyebrows.
Hyun Seo quietly looked at Do Hyeon’s raised eyebrows and then gently stroked them with her finger.
Every time she saw this expression, which Do Hyeon had been making since he was a baby, she was taken aback. It was a habit like his father’s.
It was a habit passed down through three generations, often performed by both his father and grandfather.
She had hidden this child, who had the same habits as them, from all of them.
Not long after he started to talk, Do Hyeon would often ask innocently.
‘Mom, where is Do Hyeon’s dad?’
Maybe that’s why he likes Lucas’ words, constantly telling him to call him dad, and maybe that’s why he listens to those words well.
Today, she felt like she was going to cry over and over again, but she recalled the resolution she had made when she entered Korea.
She had returned to her country with a lot of stories, but she made up her mind not to live crying anymore.
Stroking the hair of the child who had closed his eyes and was sleeping, Hyun Seo whispered.
“Do Hyeon, Mom will love you very, very much.”
We’ve been doing well until now, haven’t we?
“I will love you more, enough for both your dad and me.”
Young Suk had been bedridden for several days due to the shock of her humiliation at the Ma Lounge. She even canceled the massage she had reserved with Hye Mi for the next day.
Eventually, she barely got up and went out for the first time in a while.
“The more I think about it, the more embarrassed I really am…”
Therefore, the more she thought about it, the more she missed Ms. Kang.
“I was planning to go to the Maehwa Center because we were close, but it’s a shame.”
Nevertheless, Young Suk set foot in the Songhwagung a week later. Today, she was with Ms. Ji Hwa Ja.
“It’s so good to come with you. Thanks to you, I was able to make better use of the services.”
“Since I came first, I probably know more than you.”
Despite the embarrassment, there was no place like the Juk Center’s services, and it was not enough to stop visiting Songhwagung.
“Today, the exercise manager taught me about isometric exercises or something, and it was really easy.”
“It’s not an exercise manager, it’s a health manager here.”
“Well, it’s the same thing. Anyway, I’m hungry.”
“Oh, the restaurant here is really delicious. Let’s eat before we go.”
“Sure. Actually, I wanted to eat there on the first day, but I couldn’t because something came up.”
The original plan for that day was to have a graceful tea time with Ms. Kang and then leisurely go to dinner in a good mood, but it was completely ruined.
Recalling it gave her goosebumps again, and Young Suk shivered her head.
“Anyway, let’s go, I’ll pay.”
Young Suk said, trying to shake off her bitter mood, linking arms with Ji Hwa Ja.
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“Stop looking around and order. What are you going to eat?”
As Young Suk sat down and looked around critically, Ji Hwa Ja asked.
Only then did Young Suk’s eyes, which had returned to the menu, light up brightly.
“Oh, let’s try this pufferfish soup. I haven’t had a proper meal since my eldest daughterinlaw left home. I need to see how well they do it here.”
“Ah, this is delicious. I’ve had it at a hotel before, but it’s even better here.”
A little while later, a neatly presented and elegant pufferfish soup was served. Young Suk, who tasted the white and clear soup with a spoon, admired it immediately.
“It’s really delicious! I don’t know how many years it’s been since I’ve had pufferfish soup this good.”
“Right?”
However, the more she ate, the more Young Suk tilted her head in confusion.
“This is strange.”
“What’s wrong?”
“The more I eat, the more I feel like it tastes exactly like the one Hyun Seo made.”
“Hey, no matter how good your eldest daughterinlaw is at cooking, do you think it can taste like this?”
“She has such a good hand at cooking.”
And Hyun Seo’s pufferfish soup was a recipe passed down from her motherinlaw, Hye Su.
Young Suk unfolded the menu and took another look.
‘Director’s Recommended Pufferfish Soup’
“It says it’s the director’s recommendation…… why is it so similar?”
“But it can’t taste the same.”
“Right? That’s why it’s even stranger.”
However, Young Suk, who had been tilting her head with suspicion, suddenly lit up her eyes at one point.
“Ah! Maybe!”
“What, what, maybe what?”
“Could it be that our eldest daughterinlaw got a job in the kitchen here?”
At that, Ms. Ji laughed as if she was taken aback.
“Hello, Mrs. Han. Is that likely? Is this a place where just anyone can come in?”
“That’s, that’s right? What kind of talent could Hyun Seo possibly have to get a job in a place like this.”
Young Suk then chuckled and downed the remaining soup in one gulp.
“I was talking nonsense. Anyway, I feel so good having food that suits my taste after such a long time.”
It was a day when Lucas was personally pounding the pavement to find a container design that perfectly matched the Songhwagung products.
He was accompanied by Hyun Seo, the main contributor to Songhwagung products, and the one who had the greatest affection for them.
While the existing design was good, they were looking around to see if there was room for further development.
It was when they had been visiting various brand shops and it was almost lunch time, so they moved by car to have a meal.
“But……”
Lucas, who was driving, suddenly brought up that name.
“Executive Vice President Chae Do Ha.”
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When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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