I Became a Villainous Character with a Limited Lifespan

Chapter 18

Episode 18

“What the.”

When returning home, he took a plane. As soon as he arrived home by taking a taxi from the airport, what he saw was a house in a complete mess.

‘Although I wasn’t home, the housekeeper should have still come to manage it 2 days a week.’

But the house was in utter disarray as if someone had turned it upside down. Seung-hyun put on his indoor slippers and looked around the house, passing the messy floor.

“Whoever it was must have been quite angry.”

Seung-hyun opened the bedroom door, avoiding the broken decorations. Fortunately, only the living room was a mess. Who would do something like this?

‘Since it’s a house with tight security, it doesn’t seem likely that a complete stranger came in and out. Among the people who might know the password, someone who would do this...’

After making inferences for a moment, Seung-hyun recalled the owner of the two missed calls on his cell phone a few days ago.

‘I was going to contact her again after coming up to Seoul, but I guess she couldn’t wait that short while.’

Ziing. The moment he thought that, Seung-hyun’s cell phone rang again. In the text window with ‘Father’ that had stopped just like the text he sent on Friday, a new message had arrived.

[Tonight at 8, to the main house.] 1:39 PM

This time too, it was a concise text with no personal opinion. If it’s at 8, he’s probably not calling to have dinner together. This time, Seung-hyun also sent a positive reply.

[Understood.] 1:40 PM

Anyway, Seung-hyun also had no intention of sitting across from them and having a peaceful meal while laughing. He just thought that, whether he liked it or not, they were a relationship tied by blood, so he couldn’t just never face them.

“Oh my, what is this?”

But what should I do about this mess? While blankly staring at the living room for a moment, a voice like salvation was heard from somewhere. The housekeeper had come to work.

“...It wasn’t me.”

“Ah, yes...”

Although there was no need to explain, Seung-hyun unknowingly spoke to the housekeeper as if making excuses. But the housekeeper nodded her head with a face that didn’t believe it at all.

‘Why is she suddenly doing this?’

It was a quarterly event for an angry Seung-hyun to turn the house upside down, and although there were times when he went into his room huffing and puffing telling her to clean up, it was the first time he made such an embarrassed face.

As the housekeeper began to clean up the messy living room with familiarity, Seung-hyun, feeling a bit relieved, went back to his room.

[Jae-young Ju: Did you get home safely?] 1:50 PM

In the meantime, a text had come from Jae-young. Seung-hyun spent almost the whole week with Jae-young. They rode a Ferris wheel with an ocean view together, saw the ocean, and tried all kinds of meals at restaurants famous for being delicious at every meal.

What he felt during those few days was that Jae-young was a better person than he thought. In fact, the biggest reason Seung-hyun didn’t firmly cut off Jae-young’s approach was because he hated being alone.

A middle-aged woman who couldn’t contain her anger and was panting heavily stood in front. At a glance, her upturned eyes quite resembled Seung-hyun’s.

“...Mother.”

“To think that what I sacrificed my one and only chance to give birth to is a bastard like you. If there is a god, he can’t be this heartless to me.”

It seemed the guess was right. After huffing for a moment, Seung-hyun’s mother turned her feet as if she couldn’t stand the sight of him and returned to her room. There was no particular mention of his mother, so he didn’t know, but it seemed her personality wasn’t much different from his father’s.

‘I heard she was unable to have children after giving birth to Seung-hyun because her body was damaged.’

The child she gave birth to by sacrificing her one and only chance. It’s a title that seems like it should be treated quite preciously, but her attitude towards him was not like that at all.

Although the hand that struck his cheek didn’t hurt to the point of being unbearable, he felt a slightly stinging sensation, perhaps from being slightly scratched by long nails.

“Uh, the CEO is waiting for you inside.”

The housekeeper, who had been looking at the situation for a moment, spoke to Seung-hyun. Seung-hyun soon nodded his head at the pitifully flustered appearance.

“Let’s go.”

“Y-yes.”

It seemed like the housekeeper was trembling more, even though he was the one who got hit. Seung-hyun tried hard to ignore his throbbing cheek and followed the housekeeper.

“You’re late.”

At Taehyeop’s words, Seung-hyun unconsciously checked the time. Only about 1-2 minutes had passed since 8 o’clock.

There’s no way he couldn’t see the swollen cheek and scratches. To say “You’re late” as soon as he sees his face. Seung-hyun let out a laugh soft enough not to be heard.

“What did you call me for?”

“Have you become so stupid that you don’t even know that?”

Although he looked quite composed compared to his mother, Seung-hyun could instinctively notice. That this person was not someone who would let this situation pass with just one slap on the cheek.

“I have no intention of returning to the company.”

But even if something happens to him, would it be worse than dying? Seung-hyun spoke calmly. He didn’t want to beat around the bush because it seemed like the time spent facing this unpleasant man would only increase.

“Then what are you going to do for a living?”

Taehyeop asked, putting down the glass he was holding. He had a face that seemed to say, ‘Is there anything you can do?’

“Anyway, it’s already set in stone that the position of the next chairman will go to Managing Director Han Tae-sung. The company will run fine without me, and I just decided to stop making useless efforts.”

Seung-hyun spoke without being intimidated. He wanted to end this meaningless conversation quickly and return home.

Clang-!

But it seemed Taehyeop didn’t want that.