Due to it getting late, the light in the narrow stairwell was rather dim.
Jungwoo stared at Cherry in shock.
Her eyes were widened as round as grapes and her mouth slightly ajar. The two stared at each other for some time.
Cherry was the first to speak. "Why is there a mirror in the stairwell?"
Jungwoo was puzzled. The corners of his lips spasmed. "This isn't a mirror."
Cherry was dazed and dumbfounded. "Why do you look exactly the same as me, then?"
The stairwell fell quiet for another few seconds.
Then, a hesitant Jungwoo said, "Are we... twins?"
Tiny Cherry, who finally reacted, leaped forward and hugged Jungwoo excitedly.
"Wow! I found my brother!"
"..."
Jungwoo, who had always refused physical contact with others, stiffened.
Blood relations were simply so peculiar.
For example, physical contact with people such as one's mother and younger sister would give one a very heartwarming feeling.
But as it turned out, had Mommy hugged him and eaten dinner with him because he mistook him for someone else?
This realization made Jungwoo turn pale. He sounded a little sad as he asked,
"Why did Mommy abandon me?"
Cherry let go of him and hurriedly explained, "Mommy didn't abandon you. It was our horrid grandpa who sent you away. The reason why we came back to the Seoul is so that we can look for you!"
"Really?"
Afraid that her brother wouldn't believe her, Cherry nodded repeatedly. "It's true! It's true!!"
Her soft hands grabbed hold of Jungwoo and she dragged him down the stairs.
"Let's go find Mommy. She'll definitely be very happy to see you, and then she'll take us home!"
Jungwoo was taken aback. "But what about Daddy?"
Cherry paused. "Oh, that's right. Mommy definitely won't want Daddy."
"Why?"
"Mommy thinks he's trouble and that his familial relationships are complicated, so he finds him very bothersome! Does Daddy like Mommy?"
With an awfully complicated expression, Jungwoo replied, "Daddy seems to hate my mom."
"What do we do?"
"..."
A minute later, the two little cuties sat on the steps together. The two of them looked just like peas in a pod as they tried to think of countermeasures with their faces, which still had baby fat on them, propped in their hands.
"By the way, my name is Kim Taeri! You can call me Cherry. What's your name?"
"Jeon Jungwoo. You can call me Woo.
"I want both you and Daddy, Woo. And, I can't leave Mommy, either. Do you have a solution?"
"...Yes, I do."
Cherry suddenly jumped up excitedly. "What is it?"
With a solemn look, Jungwoo replied, "If we get Daddy and Mommy to fall in love with each other, they won't despise each other anymore."
The two children leaned their heads against each other's and talked about it. When they finally separated,
Cherry suggested, "I wanna play with Daddy. Can I pretend to be you tonight?"
It just so happened that Woo also wanted to spend some time with his mother, so he nodded with his eyes shining brightly.
Harboring the noble mission of reconciling a broken family, the children then quietly sneaked back to each other's residence.
â Taehyung contacted the hospital after he left the ward. The dean agreed to his request immediately.
V was known as the top surgeon in the world. Several of his surgical videos had become classics in many hospitals and medical colleges.
Having him perform surgery in the hospital was undoubtedly the hospital's honor. However, he made a few irrelevant requestsâhe wanted a few people from the hospital to be assistants so that they could observe and learn from the operation.
Taehyung, who didn't mind, acceded to his requests.
Next up were the operation site and facilities. The hospital's equipment was outdated and couldn't meet the demands of such a sophisticated operation.
As such, he could only borrow a few from New York at last-minute notice.
As the relevant procedures involved were cumbersome, by the time he was done with the calls and settled all the arrangements, more than two hours had already passed.
Only then did he return to the ward, intending to comfort his aunt.
He thought that Jensu and Wendy would already have left by then, but unexpectedly, he immediately heard a dispute in the ward as soon as he arrived.
Jensu was very arrogant. "If you want Irene to ask Dr. Larson to perform the surgery, then get Taehyung to surrender the company! Which is more importantâthat lousy company, or his aunt's life?"
Julie's breathing was unsteady. "Irene, I've always treated you well since you were a child. This is also what I would like to ask youâis the company or my life more important?"
Irene curled her lip. "When have you ever treated me well, Aunt Julie? You obviously favored that damned fatty. Back when you were a seamstress, you would make the same clothes for us.
But you must have used more fabric for him, right? If you had really treated me well, then you shouldn't have made any for him at all!"
Irene curled her lip. She was just about to say something when suddenly...
Clap!
Lisa grabbed Irene's hand. She must have been crying for a very long time because her eyes were all swollen.
"Please, Irene. Put in a good word for us in front of Dr. Larson and save my mother!"
Right after she spoke, she fell onto her knees and pleaded, "Please, Irene!"
Irene shook her off and stepped away. "Don't think that I'll relent just because you're doing this."
Wendy also said, "Oh, Lisa, what are you doing? You should be begging Taehyung for help instead!"
This immediately caught Jensu's attention. As though he had just thought of a good idea, he said, "Heed your aunt's advice, Lisa. Go to Hotel Finest now and get down on your knees at the entrance, and beg Taehyung to save your mother!
"Isn't he staying at Hotel Finest because he's hoping to snag a good husband there? If he doesn't want to be embarrassed, then he'll definitely agree to sign the agreement! "
"..."
Outside the door, Taehyung's downcast eyes were filled with an icy look.
When he was a child, he had simply thought that his father was partial to his sister because he had misunderstood him.
But now, he suddenly understood that he had understood everything all along. There was actually no real reason for his partiality. He could even bring himself to say such horrible things in such a justified manner
"Jensu!" Julie shouted sharply, "How can you treat Taehyung like that?!"
She turned to Lisa and ordered, "I forbid you to go over!"
The blood on Lisa's face drained little by little, and she wept silently on her knees. "Don't beg them anymore. Get up, Lisa."
Taehyung's uncle, Manobal, suddenly shouted.
He pointed at the Kims and yelled, "Get out of here, all of you! You're all ingrates, all of you!
Julie had given her all for her nieces, yet not a single one of you is a decent human being!"
He picked up the bouquet of flowers at his hand and threw them at Jensu.
When he drove the three of them out, he happened to see Taehyung and he paused.
Taehyung pressed his lips together, intending to tell him about the operation.
"Uncle ..."
Manobal's eyes were already red at this point. He snapped,
"You're just as much of an ingrate. Get lost!"
Too Be Continued....