Ji An shuffled past the front door.
Her plan for the day had been thrown off track to learn from the head of the department, eat lunch in the company cafeteria, and take a stroll in the park within the complex with a cup of coffee in hand.
“Yes, this is the charm of working life.”
She was upset, but she comforted herself with positive energy.
“I’m here, sir.”
“Have a seat.”
Kang Hyun’s gaze leisurely followed. She felt strange as if she was suddenly receiving too much attention from him.
“Ms. Ji An, I’ve looked at your resume. There’s a very long gap since you graduated from university. Is there a reason for this?”
“Ah, well, I had some health problems, which delayed my employment.”
“For five years.”
“… Yes.”
Ji An’s voice got even smaller. She had no idea what she had done before losing her memory, and her postaccident career was nothing more than parttime work, which was embarrassing.
The interview should have proceeded like this from the start. Looking back, she was almost selected because she had the same face as Han Seo Yoon.
“Where were you hurt?”
Kang Hyun pressed his throbbing forehead.
The report he had overheard from Seok Won, combined with the picture of Seo Yoon, somehow remained unforgettable.
So he called Ji An in. He didn’t want to complicate things; he just wanted to ask her directly and sort things out.
“Do I really have to say?”
“Is it difficult?”
“Rather than that, I’ve been to many interviews, and whenever I mentioned I was sick, I always failed. But now I don’t have any problems.”
“Don’t worry about that. You’ve already signed a contract. It’s a personal question. I’m asking as Seo Yoon’s family, not as an employee.”
For a moment, Ji An had a foolish thought that the results of her genetic test might have come out. Kang Hyun’s confidence was that strong.
“I had an accident four years ago. It was discovered at the hospital, so even my parents don’t know what happened.”
“You must have been seriously injured.”
“I hurt my head and had surgery and stayed in the hospital for a long time.”
“I understood that you don’t know about the accident. Is that correct?”
“Yes, I don’t know if it’s an aftereffect or what, but I don’t have any memories before I woke up in the hospital.”
“What?”
His neat lips quivered.
“The memories in my head only go back four years.”
Kang Hyun didn’t speak for a long time. He just stared blankly at Ji An.
Was it because the fatigue he had held back rushed in all at once?
The pain twisting from his heart, which had been acting up since yesterday, continued.
Why.
Why, when Ji An had an accident and lived with only four years of memories.
He couldn’t explain why his breath was caught as if he was being strangled.
“Seo Yoon is dead.”
“…Yes, I know.”
Ji An murmured in confusion.
“Was Seo Yoon asking why I am alive when she is dead?”
If that’s the case, then I must define Kang Hyun as truly insane. In the midst of such thoughts, I caught eyes with Kang Hyun.
“……”
His normally calm eyes gradually shattered into pieces.
He was too dark after all. The gloomy shadow emanating from him seemed to engulf the entire space, and Ji An became solemn as well.
“Let’s conduct a genetic test.”
Kang Hyun’s desperate tone, which didn’t suit him, broke the silence.
There really wasn’t much time left.
Autumn, and then winter. When the reddyed leaves dry up and scatter, Seo Yoon’s fiveyear grudge will be fulfilled.
How did I endure such a long time, like an eternity? I didn’t want to accept any other confusion.
All I need to do is to confirm Seo Ji An. That’s all it takes.
“I’ll do it, I’ll do it.”
Ji An also made up her mind. She wished to find the bloodline of the lover that Kang Hyun so desired, and to feel a little bit at ease.
The test was simpler than I thought.
All it took was a swab that swept the inside of the mouth and a few strands of hair, which were then compared with Seo Yoon’s stored genetics.
The test results could be received in less than two days.
They were identical twins.
I had somewhat anticipated it, but the fact that our blood did not mix with our parents made me feel a bit queasy.
Twins. If we had grown up together, she would have become a part of me, but having never seen the living Seo Yoon, it still felt unfamiliar.
“You can leave now.”
Despite receiving the awaited results, Kang Hyun didn’t look pleased. He merely issued the dismissal order with a face as cold as an icehouse.
“See you tomorrow.”
Ji An also happily bowed. There was no reason to dislike an early departure.
Kang Hyun, who was left alone in a room with the loud ticking of the clock, pondered for a long time before picking up his cell phone.
—”Yes, Executive Director.”
“Is there a way to distinguish identical twins? Genetic tests, anything.”
—”We can request a detailed genetic test, but it will take a lot of time. And it’s not certain that we can find it out. They might look different depending on the environment they grew up in, so for now, compare the visible things….”
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
