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At that question, Han laughed dryly, as if saying, “What kind of ridiculous thing are you talking about?”
“Then, if Hyun-soo Noona looked like she was going to get hit, should I have just stood there?”
In that instant, Hyun-seo’s eyes gleamed. She had found a point where something flickered in his otherwise calm demeanor.
“You seem to care a lot about Kim Hyun-soo.”
“Excuse me?”
“Do you like Kim Hyun-soo?”
“......You know that’s a ridiculous thing to say.”
“What? You’re not denying it?”
“No. It’s not like that.”
“It is like that! You really seem to like her!”
Han added that it wasn’t the case, but Hyun-seo had already noticed. Her beautiful face, as she giggled, was strangely eerie.
“I thought Kim Hyun-soo’s life was some kind of Cinderella story. Turns out it’s a real train wreck.”
“......”
“How does it feel to like your sister-in-law?”
“Watch your mouth. I told you it’s not like that.”
“It’s obvious without even looking. She’s like that. Pretending she’s not, while reeling people in, that’s her specialty. Your brother fell for it too.”
If you only looked at her face without hearing her voice, she looked like an angel whispering words of love. But the reality was.
“Why do you hate your sister so much?”
She was a low-class person, completely consumed by hatred and inferiority.
“Excuse me?”
“She’s your family. Why do you hate her so much?”
Hyun-seo didn’t answer Han’s words right away. After looking at him quietly for a moment, Hyun-seo put her arms on the table and leaned her body and face towards Yoon Han.
“Why? Are you really curious?”
“Yes.”
“She killed my mother. It’s obvious.”
And the words she spat out were like this.
“She should be grateful that I haven’t killed her yet and let her live, that bitch.”
In the end, the cause of her hatred and resentment lay in the fire incident of over ten years ago.
Watching the woman babble, completely unaware that she was the real culprit, Han felt an even greater burden added to the guilt he had carried for so long. What had he really done to Kim Hyun-soo? She was the woman he loved, so why?
A strange light flickered in Hyun-seo’s eyes as she looked at Yoon Han, whose face was unusually stiff. She had a premonition that there was something different, something interesting, though she didn’t know what it was.
“Does it piss you off that I’m badmouthing the woman you like?”
Hyun-seo continued to poke at Han. She would speak indirectly, then stab him with direct words that felt like they would cut through his chest.
It was perhaps natural that he eventually gave in. Han carried a heavy burden of self-reproach, knowing that Hyun-soo had become the target of such great hatred because of him, more than anything else. And if she kept poking at that fact...
“Please stop.”
“Stop what?”
“Making things difficult for Hyun-soo Noona.”
Hyun-seo slammed her teacup down and couldn’t suppress the snickering laughter that leaked out.
“It’s none of your business.”
“What if it is?”
Hyun-seo looked at Han at his reply. Hyun-seo, who had crossed her arms, leaned back in her chair and retorted nonchalantly.
“What business? You have to say it for me to understand.”
“......”
“Looks like you don’t really have anything to say?”
“......”
“And yet you’re meddling in other people’s affairs. It’s ridiculous, really. Let’s drop this topic.”
Hyun-seo intended to switch the topic to Yoon Guk and money. Unintentionally, she had also picked up the good card that Han liked Hyun-soo, and since he was his brother anyway, she figured she could manipulate him into speaking favorably.
But soon, that thought completely vanished.
“There’s someone else who killed your mother.”
At Han’s words, Hyun-seo froze.
“What did you say?”
“The real culprit of the arson incident over ten years ago, it wasn’t Hyun-soo Noona.”
Unlike the silence that instantly fell on the table, a pleasant piano piece played in the coffee shop. That beautiful melody felt like a tragic sign announcing a twist in the situation.
It was an ordinary afternoon, no different from any other.
Hyun-soo, who had been playing with Wan, had come down to the first floor for a moment because she was thirsty.
Ding-dong. Ding-dong, ding-dong.
But from the moment she started down the stairs, the house doorbell kept ringing, quite loudly.
“Auntie, what’s wrong?”
Hyun-soo called out to the aunt, who was looking lost in front of the intercom. Only then did the aunt turn around, her face showing embarrassment.
“Oh, no, it’s been ringing like this since a while ago.”
“Who is it?”
“You know, the person we saw at the funeral before.”
“The funeral? I’ll take a look for a moment.”
At Hyun-soo’s words, the aunt stepped aside. Thanks to that, the intercom screen, which had been blocked, became clearly visible.
“It’s the person we saw that day, right?”
The aunt asked again, but Hyun-soo didn’t hear her well. All her attention was focused solely on the intercom screen, specifically on the face shown in it.
“Shall I call the police?”
“No. I’ll handle it.”
“Excuse me?”
“Auntie, please go upstairs and watch Wan.”
“Ah, yes.”
Although she tried to smile, anyone could see that Hyun-soo’s face was stiff. Realizing that something was wrong, the aunt immediately excused herself. The further away the aunt’s footsteps became, the paler Hyun-soo’s face grew.
Ding-dong. Ding-dong. Ding-dong.
The doorbell kept ringing. At this rate, it really felt like the bell would break. Just as her nerves were becoming sensitive to the continuous noise, Hyun-soo finally had to press the intercom call button.
“How did you find out where this is?”
-Kim Hyun-soo?
“I said, how did you find out where this is?”
As Hyun-soo’s voice went out, the other person immediately pressed their face against the intercom. The person not hiding their deeply annoyed feelings was none other than Hyun-seo.
-You crazy bitch, open the door first.
“Why should I?”
-Open it. You’re making me run around like crazy, what the hell is wrong with you!
Judging by her words, it seemed she had wandered around quite a bit. How on earth did she find this place? This wasn’t the publicly known chairman’s residence, but a house Guk had prepared for Wan and her. So, it was a place that even most reporters would have difficulty finding, so how...
-Just open the door.
“Why should I?”
-What?
“Why should I open it for you?”
At Hyun-soo’s firm tone, she looked dumbfounded for a moment. Or perhaps it was embarrassment.
-Ha. So you’re just going to leave me standing here like this?
She had an expression of disbelief, as if she couldn’t believe that someone like Kim Hyun-soo dared to screw her over like this.
“It’s not like I can’t.”
-You really have no idea what you’re doing, do you?
“If you have nothing to say, go back.”
Whether she did or not, Hyun-soo didn’t feel she was worth any more of her time. Having finished her words, Hyun-soo hung up the intercom. Thump, the hateful face of her opponent disappeared from the turned-off screen.
In that instant, it sounded like a loud bang came from afar. Kim Hyun-seo, unable to control her temper, must have kicked the front gate.
Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong.
Without even a moment to catch her breath, Kim Hyun-seo rang the doorbell again. Hyun-soo, still standing in front of the intercom, stared blankly at her. Hyun-seo’s face, as she repeatedly pressed the bell, was full of stubbornness.
Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong.
Hyun-soo ignored her and drank a glass of water. She calmly felt the lukewarm water pass down her throat. Just as she finished her water and was about to put her foot on the second-floor stairs, the doorbell was still ringing.
“Haaah.”
A sigh she couldn’t swallow poured out long. Everything was sickening. Yet, this noise, no different from a terror attack, was so painful to hear that Hyun-soo, who had intended to pretend she didn’t hear it, turned back to the intercom.
“Did you... think of something to say?”
-You just try hanging up on me again, you bitch.
Her voice, spitting out curses, was full of venom.
“I don’t have time. I’ll give you one minute.”
-You goddamn bitch!
“Think carefully. Ten seconds have already passed.”
Unlike the calm Hyun-soo, Hyun-seo ground her teeth. Her angry face was conveyed directly through the intercom.
-Kim Hyun-soo.
“Speak.”
-I’ve said this before, but what I hate most is you acting like you’re the only good one.
“So. Is that all?”
-Don’t act so high and mighty. No matter what you do.
So, she had come all the way here just to throw another tantrum like this. Hyun-soo sighed visibly at the pointless and unproductive conversation.
“You came all the way here to say that. You must have a lot of time on your hands. I’m going to hang up now.”
-Hey! You shit!
There was a momentary static sound, as if Hyun-seo had hit the intercom.
-Listen to what people have to say until the end.
“Then say something worth listening to. How long am I supposed to put up with you saying useless things?”
-......
Hyun-seo paused for a moment, catching her breath and not speaking. Just as Hyun-soo had the illusion that her eyes, staring intently at the screen, were gleaming, she suddenly smirked. Goosebumps ran down Hyun-soo’s arms.
-About that old incident.
And this time, goosebumps raced all over her body.
-I know who the real culprit of the fire was.
What? At those words, her breath caught in her throat as if she were being strangled.
-You know too, don’t you? Don’t pretend you don’t know, you bitch.
“......”
-Come out.
“What?”
-Come outside. Why can’t you understand simple words?
After Hyun-seo spoke, the intercom cut off with ghostly timing. All that remained was the sound of her own heartbeat, which could be felt even outside.
Could it be true that Kim Hyun-seo knew? If it was true, then Guk and Han...
‘Come outside. Why can’t you understand simple words?’
At the still-lingering voice in her ear, Hyun-soo opened the front door as if possessed. She had put on mismatched shoes, but barely managed to correct them before going outside.
Her steps were as heavy as her complicated feelings. Hyun-soo carefully descended the stairs, took a deep breath, and then opened the front gate. As if waiting, Hyun-seo quickly approached her.
“It’s damn hard to even get a look at your face, madam.”
“......”
“You must have been very surprised? Your complexion doesn’t look good.”
“What you said earlier, what are you talking about?”
“What am I talking about, you bitch. You know better than anyone.”
Hyun-seo, who had suddenly dropped her sarcastic smile, leaned in close. Her rolling eyes were full of murderous intent.
“Yoon Han, that son of a bitch, he was the one who set the fire, wasn’t he?”
Hyun-soo swallowed her breath, as if she had forgotten how to breathe for a moment. She was greatly surprised by the fact that Hyun-seo really knew the culprit.
“Thanks to that, you’ve suffered quite a bit all this time. What a pity for those years, huh?”
Was she perhaps trying to apologize? Hyun-soo became even more uneasy, unable to understand Hyun-seo’s intentions.
“I can’t know what thoughts are running through your head, but at least know this one thing. Even so, nothing will change.”
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