“Why did you say there was an old woman who seemed to have a deep relationship with that jerk Seungju before? You never found out who that woman was in the end?”

Seunghyun felt bitter.

That’s because he had just beaten that woman this afternoon.

Yoon Eunseo’s words were true. He also bought clothes for that woman and paid for the hotel expenses. He later got the money back from his brother, but initially, the payment was made with his card, leaving all the evidence behind. If that woman claimed to have a deep relationship with him, it could turn the tables against him rather than his brother.

In the end, Seunghyun couldn’t tell his mother the truth.

“I looked into it, but it seems like there was no special relationship.”

“Is that so?”

Yeonghwa’s face looked too pitiful, making Seunghyun wonder.

“Is there anything bothering you?”
“The daughter of Taesung Group’s Chairman, Gomyung, seems to have fallen for that jerk Seungju. If your father can resolve the issue with the Shinhyeon-dong factory site, it looks like he’ll be heading to the wedding immediately.”

“Yes?”

Seunghyun’s chest tightened as well. It’s a big problem if, on top of dealing with a difficult opponent, a reliable support is gained. Even if the Shinhyeon-dong issue is resolved immediately, his brother’s position will become even more solidified. Their father, Chairman Kwon, had a stronghold on that land.

“So, you need to find some weakness and make sure that their relationship doesn’t materialize. Like getting involved with bar girls or anything messy like that, can you handle it?”

Seunghyun chuckled.

“It might be different for Father, but it’s hard for me.”

“Not anyone else!”

Just a casual remark, but his mother suddenly exploded in anger.

“Why, Mom? What happened?”

“When the sun changes, the shamed noble in his fifties made a shameful living arrangement for a woman younger than you!”

“Yes?”

Since they were on the subject, Yeonhwa spilled everything about the situation, proudly adding at the end.

“Mom handled everything, so don’t worry. I’ve settled her in a special room.”

“Mom!”

Knowing the meaning of a special room, Seunghyun jumped up.

“I told you, didn’t I? If the tail is long, it gets stepped on. From now on, never do anything dangerous! ”

Yeonhwa was furious.

“What can I do? If I had left it alone, she would have been pregnant soon! Will you split your inheritance with her, given that she’s thirty years younger than you? Huh?”

“Mom!”

“Just look at her. She’s not the type to be satisfied with having just one child. If I left her alone, she might have tried to take my place.”

Birds of a feather flock together. Yeonhwa was convinced. So, she had removed the threat in advance, but she felt upset about her son, who had heard that story, acting rather recklessly.

Seunghyun spat out what he hadn’t been able to say to his mother until now.

“Kwon Seungju is onto it. Mom is involved in his accident!”

On the day of the return celebration party, in the banquet hall, his brother whispered in Seunghyun’s ear.

With a strange smile.

So, he had been secretly watching and being cautious all this time because he suspected that his mother had done something dangerous again.

“If he knows that Mom tried to kill him, he might suspect a connection between Mom’s death and his accident. Why would you do such a dangerous thing again?”

“There’s no way, honey. That guy, as soon as he returned, he said he had amicably settled with the perpetrator. If there was any suspicion, why would he do that?”

Yeonhwa hesitated but denied it for now.

“And well, even if he, for once in a while, has some suspicions. Is there any evidence?”

Then, she raised her voice.

“I just said that I’d be working until the weekend, going through a hard time, and since I brought some food, I told you to come out and take it. What are you going to do with that?”
As it was the weekend, and coincidentally, the secretary was not around, Seungju came out to the street to wait for Yeonhwa’s car herself. Of course, she had planned to work on the weekend precisely because she knew this. Since Seungju’s personal secretary, Secretary Kim, is familiar with people on this side, it was as easy as pie to know whether someone was around or not.

“Even the fact that I went out to bring food is all recorded on the car’s black box. Acting like you didn’t know if I was alive or dead after the accident, you parked the car in front of the company for a long time and waited, didn’t you?”

While denying any problem, Yeonhwa couldn’t completely conceal her anxiety.

“Don’t do anything dangerous again, Mom. Seriously, this has to be the last time.”

Seunghyun made the plea repeatedly.

“For now, don’t worry too much. I’ll look into my brother’s affairs more closely.”

After her son retreated to his room, Yeonhwa recalled an incident from several years ago.

Sixteen years ago, the disappearance of Kwon Seungju’s birth mother, Kang Hyesun, was, of course, orchestrated by Yeonhwa. Following the same process as what she had done to the young girl named Aerin this time, she had confined her to a monastery in the countryside.

About ten years later, she had visited her once.

Seeing Yeonhwa after ten years, the woman recognized her immediately and lashed out.

“Better to kill me! Why keep me alive? Just kill me!”