Arriving at Seowon Estate, Kanghyun passed by the investigators and opened the bedroom door.
Unable to sleep properly and on the verge of losing herself in worry about Sejun, Gusehee, with an exhausted face, looked up under Kanghyun’s chilly gaze. The dry shoulders of Gusehee, laid beneath Kanghyun’s cool gaze, trembled.
“We found Gusejun.”
“Re-really? Is he okay? Our Sejun is fine?”
“Yes, the police responded to a report from a local resident. He is currently detained at the police station.”
Kanghyun pulled a chair brought in by the detectives overseeing Gusehee and sat by the bedside.
“Let him make a call; let him talk to Sejun.”
“Disclose the known facts first.”
“A call first…”
“Persist if you don’t want to see your brother’s face until he dies.”
Gusehee, holding Kanghyun’s hands, silently opened and closed her mouth repeatedly.
Numerous thoughts rushed into her mind, but she couldn’t find the words to express them, and her voice didn’t come out.
“Kanghyun-ah, wait, wait a moment. I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you.”
As Kanghyun, who had no intention of waiting long, tried to get up, a desperate plea flowed out.
“Sejun asked me to come to the officetel. It was late at night, and his voice didn’t sound good, so I went there… A woman was dead. I thought it was Seoyun, but it was a woman who looked exactly like Seoyun.”
“Gusejun tried to kill his fiancee Se Jian, and Seoyun got involved in the situation wrongly. I know that.”
“I couldn’t send Sejun to prison.”
“So, did you contact Director Jo?”
Gusehee, grinding her dry lips, nodded slowly.
“What exactly did you say?”
“W-well… Sejun said he killed someone, and the dead woman looked like Seoyun.”
As expected.
Kanghyun, who had suspected that Gusehee was the one who associated Seoyun with Sejian upon seeing Sejian, closed his eyes tightly.
“Then what happened next?”
“Taeseokgyu arrived at the officetel, and shortly after that, Director Jo came to convey the news of the accident between you and Seoyun.”
Gusehee’s voice, uttered with difficulty, shook like a quivering cedar.
“That’s all because Sejun said he did it, they said they would take care of everything… I’m sorry. I’m sorry, Kanghyun-ah. I really didn’t know it would turn out like this. I didn’t know it would be separating Seoyun from you.”
Kanghyun’s eyes, staring at the pitiful sight of Gusehee shedding tears in her large eyes, were deeply profound.
Now he seems to be getting scared.
Smirking, Kanghyun stood up from his seat.
Gusehee, who still hadn’t properly heard about Sejun’s condition, bounced her pitiful buttocks as Kanghyun tried to rise.
It wasn’t clear whether he should chase after him or not if Kanghyun left like this.
“Kanghyun-ah, Sejun is…”
When she gathered the courage and detached her dry lips, someone knocked on the bedroom door.
“You came early, Taemun. Nice to see you, Gusehee, I’m Jang Yeonseok.”
Accompanied by Seokwon, Yeonseok arrived and extended his business card with a formal greeting.
If they had met in the past, he might have used the title of Madam, but the current Gusehee was just a suspect with a splendid criminal record.
Taking the business card while hesitating, Gusehee, with reddened eyes, looked up at Yeonseok.
“Excuse me, Prosecutor. Is Sejun on his way here?”
“Gusejun? No, the details haven’t been confirmed yet.”
The questioning eyes turned back to Kanghyun.
“You, you! I told you that Sejun was found!”
Kanghyun, with a stiff neck, shook his head as if asking what the problem was.
“Then, what about Sejun… Prosecutor, please find our Sejun. Kanghyun, I’ll do whatever it takes to get Seoyun back, so please save our Sejun! Kanghyun, please.”
Gusehee, kneeling on the bed, clasped her hands together and began to plead.
He was the last thread of life and the brother he had raised with his own hands.
Whenever he thought of Sejun wandering around unfamiliar neighborhoods, his vision became blurry.
“You enjoyed everything you could. Now, even if you die, there should be no regrets.”
“Taekanghyun!”
Gusehee, clutching the blanket in her pale hands, screamed.
Holding the icy doorknob with a firm grip, Kanghyun, who had just finished his struggle, left the bedroom, leaving the protesting Gusehee behind.
Returning after finishing shopping with Seonkyung, Jian frowned when she saw a familiar woman lurking in front of the entrance.
It was Kim Soye, the woman who had committed a champagne terror against Kanghyun and still came here.
Jian, who had stopped for a moment, strengthened her grip on the shopping bag and approached Soye.
Sensing her presence, Kim Soye turned her head quickly.
“Since Vice President went out, please go back.”
Before Kim Soye could say anything, Jian pushed her away with her shoulder and raised the door lock.
“Why are you here when Kanghyun is not here?”
“Do I need to answer that to you?”
“Forget that I’m Kanghyun’s fiancée?”
“It ended four years ago,” Jian said. “Wake up, Kim Soye.”
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
