Seeing Kang Hyesun bound in shackles, Yeonhwa was inwardly surprised. The woman who had been elegant and refined now had her head shaved, revealing a skinny skull, and her eyes flickered strangely.
Seeing Yeonhwa after ten years, the woman recognized her immediately and lashed out.
“Better to kill me! Why keep me alive? Just kill me!”
The once elegant woman had gained a fair amount of venom over the past ten years. Strangely, Yeonhwa found it rather satisfying. It felt like communication could finally take place.
The satisfaction came from the thought that the once noble woman had been brought down to her level over the years.
“It wouldn’t be fun if you died easily, right? I spent as much time as you did living under the clouds, listening to whispers, so you should experience living like that at least once.”
The woman shouted in anger.
“You should have lived unable to face the sky since you messed with another woman’s husband! What sin did I commit to live like this?”
“The sin of not protecting what was yours. The sin of being weak.”
The woman stopped breathing.
“From the beginning, when you caught wind of me setting up a home, you should have exploded. You should have filed for divorce, taken everything away, and even kicked me out of the chairman’s position with the shares you had. Then, we wouldn’t be in this situation.”
“……!”
“But you hated waiting for your beloved Seungju father to come back home, right? So, you tried to act noble, but it didn’t work out, did it?”
Yeonhwa laughed heartily.
Born in a non-existent household, raised without clothes, food, education, Yeonhwa had come this far solely based on her beauty and skills. However, even after becoming the chairman’s wife, she still couldn’t hide her vulgar nature, and she was often criticized for it.
Compared to her, Kang Hyesun, born as the illegitimate daughter of a chaebol, was a woman refined to her bones. Even after seeing her as a concubine, she didn’t attack her or grab her by the hair. Instead, she bowed her head, pleading to send her Seungju father back home.
Yeonhwa instinctively disliked such a woman. The issue wasn’t about being her husband’s concubine; it was a problem from before that, before the fact that she was her man’s main wife.
So she took everything away. Her husband, her stocks, the position of the chairman’s wife.
Even the son Seungju, whom the woman cherished so much, now called her “Mother” instead of calling Yeonhwa “Mother.”
“Evil woman.”
The woman glared at Yeonhwa with hateful eyes.
“Yeah, I’m an evil woman, but I still protected my child. But you, who are not evil but noble, how did you manage?”
Laughing aloud, Yeonhwa said, “You couldn’t protect your child. Do you know how my dear son fared under my care?”
Wearing the mask of a kind stepmother under the same roof, she throttled her stepson’s breath in various ways. Perhaps, since living with Yeonhwa, Seungju, who once drank even a glass of water nervously, hadn’t had a moment to relax.
To the woman bound in shackles, Yeonhwa whispered kindly, “Watch and see. I’ll take everything from your son’s mouth and give it to my child.”
The woman bit down on her mouth. Red blood dripped from her pale, dry lips.
“Now kill me. If you don’t, you’ll regret it someday.”
With words spat out from blood-stained lips, even the fearless Yeonhwa was momentarily taken aback. However, she quickly turned back with a fierce expression and ruthlessly slapped the woman.
“Where does a corpse-like thing get such audacity!”
The woman’s cheek, adorned with a thick gemstone ring, tore, and blood dripped from the torn skin.
“Do you still think you’re something? Never. Now, he’s my husband, and I’m the wife of Daewon Group.”
As if touching something dirty, Yeonhwa took out a handkerchief, wiped her blood-stained hand, and threw it on the floor. Without even turning around, she gave orders.
“Director Kim.”
“Yes, Madam.”
The director of the monastery responded with surprise from behind.
“Starve her for the next month. Whether it’s with nutrient injections or whatever, make sure she stays alive. If something goes wrong, Director Kim, you’ll be responsible.”
“Yes. I understand, Madam.”
Although Yeonhwa’s visit to the monastery to find Kang Hyesun was the first and last, since then, occasionally, Yeonhwa had fierce dreams.
“Now kill me. If you don’t, you’ll regret it someday.”
Those eyes, filled with resentment and hatred, chased her even into her dreams.
She had considered killing her even now, but dying and finding peace was what she wished for. She couldn’t kill her out of pity, as she would have an easy way out.
The news from the monastery about the death of that wicked woman had come two years ago. She had stolen the keys, unlocked the shackles, and tried to escape but made a mistake, jumping onto the road and getting hit by a hit-and-run car.
Yeonhwa ran to the monastery along that road. It was to confirm with her own eyes.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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