Younger Man at Work (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 161

“Mom!”

Seung Hyun burst into Yeon Hwa’s room, shouting loudly. Yeon Hwa, who had just been sitting on the edge of her bed pressing her temples due to a headache, immediately scrunched up her face in pain.

“Lower your voice, kid! My head’s already splitting open—I feel like I’m about to die.”

But Seung Hyun scolded Yeon Hwa even more loudly.

“Are you out of your mind? How could you do that to someone who isn’t even a stranger—my mother-in-law, no less?”

Yeon Hwa flinched and looked up at Seung Hyun.

“…Did you hear?”

“I heard! And in great detail, too!”

Humiliated once already, now she was about to be shamed by her own child. Yeon Hwa didn’t know what to do.

“My mother-in-law won’t even look at me anymore. What on earth possessed you to do such a thing?”

“I only meant to help! How could I have known it would turn out like this?”

Though she felt guilty, Yeon Hwa was also deeply hurt. It wasn’t as if people hadn’t called her a concubine for years—why had she gone and stirred up trouble now? Ultimately, hadn’t she done it all for Seung Hyun? Yet here he was, her own son, lashing out at her instead of anyone else—it left her heart aching.

“Things were going well, kid. It’s only because that woman showed up and exposed everything that it all fell apart.”

Therefore, the person Seung Hyun should be angry at wasn’t her—but Kang Hye Sun. To her astonishment, however, Seung Hyun defended Hye Sun instead.

“What exactly did she do wrong? You falsely accused her of something vile, so of course she had to clear her name—what else could she do?”

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