When Eunseo returned home from work, she found a short, elderly man pacing around the yard. It was the very person she had seen in the video, Butler Kim.
She recognized him immediately, but of course, she couldn’t let on. Pretending not to know him, Eunseo approached with a feigned guarded expression and asked,
“Excuse me, but who are you…? I was informed the landlord had come and gone.”
“Ahh, you must be the tenant, ma’am. I apologize for the intrusion.”
The man bowed politely. Despite his ordinary countryside farmer attire, his long experience as a butler was evident in his dignified demeanor and manner of speech.
“I’m an acquaintance of the landlord. We came to look at the house together, but they had to leave suddenly, so I’m waiting for their return.”
Eunseo felt puzzled. Did Seungju leave in the middle of their meeting?
“Where did they go?”
Butler Kim looked at Eunseo with a slightly puzzled expression. What does it matter to a tenant where the landlord went? He probably thought.
“Actually, I’m also an employee at Daewon Construction. I wanted to greet the representative when they arrived.”
Showing her employee ID from her pocket, Butler Kim’s expression softened.
“Ahh, I see. I remember the landlord mentioned yesterday that you two were close.”
“So, where did the representative go?”
“I’m not sure. We were talking, and they suddenly ran out. They’re not answering their phone… I thought they might return, so I’ve been waiting.”
Considering they were supposed to meet in the afternoon and it was already evening, Seungju had been gone for several hours. Eunseo felt a sense of foreboding.
“What exactly were you discussing when they left?”
“We were talking about the deceased lady,” said Butler Kim.
Eunseo’s ears caught the term ‘deceased.’ Maybe Seungju was also upset about the same thing. She corrected him,
“You mean the representative’s mother, right? She’s been missing for a long time, not deceased.”
“Ahh, you might not be aware.”
Butler Kim hesitated before continuing,
“Actually, her remains were found two years ago.”
“What?”
Eunseo couldn’t believe her ears.
“The news wasn’t publicized since she had been legally declared dead a long time ago, and it wasn’t a pleasant matter. We only reported it to the police, and we held a quiet funeral with only close family members. It’s an unknown fact to the public.”
Eunseo’s heart raced.
Seungju’s mother, whom he had been waiting for so long, had already passed away.
Butler Kim looked pained.
“Thinking about Young Master’s expression at the funeral still breaks my heart. He couldn’t even cry, with them there…”
‘Them’ – Eunseo guessed he meant the stepmother and half-sibling, evident from the fleeting disgust on his otherwise respectful face.
Recalling the word ‘funeral,’ Eunseo suddenly thought of something.
“Excuse me, when was the lady’s funeral?”
“It was around this time two years ago, in autumn.”
“Ah…!”
A groan escaped Eunseo’s lips.
Two autumns ago. On a rainy day.
The man sitting motionlessly in the yard of this house.
“May I ask a presumptuous question? Are you and our Young Master in a special relationship?”
Eunseo hesitated to answer, which Butler Kim took as an affirmation, a smile appearing on his face.
“I thought so. Given Young Master’s personality, he wouldn’t easily call someone a close acquaintance.”
He might have misunderstood their relationship as romantic, but Eunseo didn’t correct him. Her mind was already filled with concern for Seungju.
“Where could he have gone? How shocked must he be right now?”
“He’s a pitiable person, unable to cry even when he wants to.”
Butler Kim respectfully bowed his head towards Eunseo.
“Please take good care of the Young Master.”
[Star Icon]No matter how many times she called, his phone remained switched off.
Upon hearing Butler Kim’s words about the memorial center, Eunseo rushed out and boarded a train to Yangju.
So, the mother Seungju had been waiting for so long had already passed away. He had even attended his mother’s funeral, only to forget it later.
On the train to Yangju, Eunseo recalled the day she first saw him two years ago. He was dressed in a black suit and tie, unmistakably returning from a funeral.
‘So that was his mother’s funeral.’
Kwon Seungju was standing at the gate, looking hopelessly out as if waiting for someone who would never return. Now she understood why he looked so shattered.
Imagining how he must have felt, learning that his mother, whom he had waited for over a decade, had returned as nothing but bones, Eunseo’s heart ached anew. She had a family waiting for her too, so just the thought made her heart clench.
[“I used to live here briefly. If you allow me, I’d just like to sit here for a moment and then I’ll leave.”] [“Of course… Please make yourself comfortable.”]Eunseo deeply felt she had done the right thing by not driving him away back then. If she had told him to leave, she shuddered at the thought.
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
