Seungju intended to go as is, but Eunseo insisted.
[You’ll need it when you go back to the company anyway. You’re not going to the office in jeans, are you?]The suit, slightly tight due to his well-built physique, looked model-perfect on him. Even the store staff and passersby admired him, causing a commotion in the store as everyone wanted to see what Seungju was wearing.
Eunseo, proudly looking at Seungju, squinted her eyes.
[You look great, our Seungju.]After paying for the suit in 12 installments, they bought a tie from the next store and shoes from upstairs. Meanwhile, Eunseo didn’t even glance at the women’s clothing section, making Seungju feel a pang of sadness.
‘With this money, I could have bought the coat Nuna wanted…’
He decided to note this down in his diary when he got home. It was all he could do for now.
[Dash] “Take Eunseo Nuna to the department store. Buy her clothes, shoes, bags, anything she wants.”After a tense morning, Butler Kim finally arrived around lunch.
“Young Master!”
“Uncle!”
Seungju, forgetting to act, ran to him and grasped his hands, hard like those of a farmer.
Butler Kim, always neatly dressed in a suit in Seungju’s childhood memories, now looked like a countryside farmer, with wrinkled and sunburnt skin. Seungju could smell the sunshine on him.
Butler Kim brought a box of freshly picked apples.
“This year’s apples. They’re not much, but I brought them for you to taste.”
Each apple was large and brightly colored, obviously carefully selected. Seungju was deeply moved, feeling the care in this simple gift.
“I’ll enjoy them. Thank you, Uncle.”
After exchanging greetings, Butler Kim took a walk around the yard.
“The tenant has taken good care of the house. It’s not easy to maintain an apple tree like that… It’s a shame to tear it down.”
Then, as if correcting himself, he added.
“When I heard the house was being demolished, I felt sad but also relieved. Memories should remain memories. The living must move on. You made a good decision.”
Seungju swallowed the words “demolition canceled.” As Eunseo had sternly advised, he had to confirm Butler Kim’s stance before saying anything.
Eventually, Butler Kim came and sat next to Seungju on the veranda.
“Young Master.”
Seungju braced for questions about why he hadn’t shown up at the company or why he had gone into hiding. But unexpectedly, Butler Kim’s words took a different turn.
“If it’s too hard and tiring for you, I think it’s okay to let go.”
Butler Kim continued cautiously.
“I believe your departed mother knows everything. How hard you’ve struggled and fought to preserve the legacy of the previous generations. So, even if you decide to let go, she won’t blame you. She’d probably say, ‘Well done, my son.'”
Seungju understood what Butler Kim was implying. He probably thought Seungju had run away due to being overwhelmed.
“If only you had kept the shares inherited from your mother, things would have been much easier for you, but the Chairman took them in exchange for paying the inheritance tax…”
Seungju had read about it in the news already. He was just bothered by Butler Kim referring to his mother as ‘the departed lady.’ Despite Butler Kim’s affection for her, why did he conclude she was dead?
“I don’t want that man to take over the company.”
As Seungju sharply responded, Butler Kim sighed deeply.
“How could I not understand your heart, Young Master? It was really hard for me during your mother’s funeral. How dare they show their faces there, even shedding crocodile tears…”
Funeral? Seungju was startled. His mother was legally declared dead after being missing for a long time, but what funeral was he talking about?
Butler Kim continued, unaware of Seungju’s stiffening expression.
“Your mother’s memorial day is coming up soon.”
It was getting more confusing. Even if the day she left home was considered her death day, the dates didn’t match.
“In heaven, your mother watches over you, pained by your waiting. She must have appeared late to ease your burden.”
What did he mean by ‘appeared’? Seungju’s body shivered with a sense of dread, but Butler Kim continued, trying to console him.
“Your mother is no longer lonely, being with your grandparents. So, Young Master, now you should worry about yourself. Protecting your mother’s legacy is important, but your happiness is paramount…”
Seungju couldn’t hear the rest of what Butler Kim said.
He realized that the ‘parents’ Butler Kim referred to were his late maternal grandparents.
Amidst his confusion, Seungju tried to keep his composure. He needed to confirm something.
“Uh, Uncle. The memorial center in Yangju… have you visited it recently?”
Mentioning the columbarium where his maternal grandparents rested, Butler Kim shook his head as if he felt sorry.
“I haven’t visited since we placed your mother’s ashes there two years ago.”
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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