LMOC Chapter 1
by Ariana[Min Chae-won. 24 years old.]0da6cda5d9562b98
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The middle-aged woman reviewing the 0cd0472bc8 documents had a sharp gaze.ffe076d7abe4ee6f
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The paperwork contained personal 53884a2066 details about a woman e36c3872a5 named Min Chae-won—specifically, a aab9b75c40 file with her resident 4761e68feb registration, certificate of family 292514d7e7 relations, health check records, e058c33b55 and other personal information.5b09c4a4beca6f8c
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Seated in front 6399a2cb9e of the middle-aged 8c97f0825f woman was a 2239df210c young woman with 62d07fbdf5 a youthful face. She looked far a462599480 too young to 8bc96201de be appearing at 9c31aad276 a formal matchmaking 70e312c396 meeting.eca120ca3c6429e4
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In fact, it was more akin to an interview than a matchmaking meeting. To others, it would certainly look that way. After all, it’s not common for the potential mother-in-law to show up in place of the prospective groom at such meetings.405e89fc8492ec08
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Min Chae-won was one of 1b22b24a4c the elite, a talent among 27b43a2b6c talents who had walked a 4c569aad2e smooth, prestigious path. After early graduation from the ada65f23b9 business administration department of Korea 04d7668d88 National University, she entered its dce558a5f0 affiliated law school as the fa8f949540 top student and had never b889c07070 once lost her first-place standing.26408c8f4fdea44c
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But regrettably, Chae-won was 203fb12dde now no more than a6d0b84868 a product on the ad060d072c marriage market, all because d4abdc55ec of her father’s debt.cb1a2786f140739c
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Early graduation, top 249b92f0ee of her class, 7d95f85d3e first place—everything she fb28770300 had built up ce644fc5e3 now merely served ab9a3f4533 as embellishments to b0ad8d503c raise her price 9911448b1a even a little ee41e5cc37 more.2600abdc2bb23ccf
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Today was the c8d089a411 first time Chae-won 8d1ff297a9 had ever attended e6b7da9245 a matchmaking meeting. She had been packaged from b4773477be head to toe as a 3340976c86 demure lady by her father 4b67fcd886 and stepmother, who were betting 48128cbe36 everything on this marriage.e8189f3fdb84aa9b
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But why was it, then, a2f5f4b101 that the person sitting across 7a2af3480a from her was not the c7981beb6b heir of Daeguk Holdings, the e9b988225d man rumored to hold the c4d02c9d6c most cash in the country 7f4d2db224 after the Bank of Korea,ea655635f985b54f
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but instead his 8ee79ad828 mother, Hong Hwaran?eb58be854b7010a7
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“So, young lady, are you really sure you have no experience with men?”16e19bfbcd95ac66
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It was a question 17dd2391d7 completely unfitting of the 0a50eac080 elegant tone in which c22d2e3869 it was asked. Hong Hwaran placed 8e09bfceb1 the pile of ffc1a2410f documents down on a2979551c9 the table as 3a81afca2d she spoke.defe959e9837774b
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“……”a86d375f78f2e0e7
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Chae-won barely managed 5c0dc02623 to keep her 59034f3089 expression composed.30fb77d6b708b2c1
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Hong Hwaran, the woman who fda6c11e8f would become her mother-in-law, had 6a511be945 already asked the same question 3843f7d774 multiple times.58c7179f5036769a
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Chae-won had never imagined she 35fb593f39 would receive such a question f05acf5010 at a matchmaking meeting, especially c92333a5f7 not from the groom’s mother.8a18ab4f06f2ae55
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But just like her own 523cb34cd7 parents, Chae-won was staking everything 89bdb7075a on this meeting. It was no exaggeration to 61be596ad7 say that her future depended a0c685c85d on this marriage.6984b5f102f51eb0
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Thirty billion won. Without that money, the company 3197212b03 her father had built all d6b5779b9e his life would fall apart bccdf7d46f completely.4013bc8ca9c1d9b4
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Just like Shim Cheong ab55b769d7 was sold for three ae34f5ad87 hundred bags of rice, d360a2e58a she too was in cc00791e62 a position to be 27d05fe5cb sold.6308074e41a28ede
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T/N: In the Korean myth, it revolves around Shim Cheong’s selfless act of sacrificing herself for her blind father, who was promised that his sight would return if he donated 300 sacks of rice to Buddha. Shim Cheong offers herself as a sacrifice to the Sea God in exchange for these 300 sacks of rice.6d6977242a30ebc2
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It was an overwhelming eb03a7954c sum, far beyond what 7059e67a02 she could hope to eed8492707 handle. Even if she succeeded 79728f2da1 as a lawyer, it 4412f4ed93 would be a fortune 7b0441f3df difficult to earn in 99fe4c30b9 a lifetime.4a9336f16f6666db
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Besides, she was still 1ee2a4f2cc a law student. It would be quite some a101449bfb time before she could graduate 751122c03d and establish a career. Therefore, no matter how humiliating 28f0802ed3 the question, she had to c5380766cd endure and answer. Chae-won forced a f1934591ce smile and nodded.92d8c204cd9a52bf
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“Yes, that’s correct.”07c84d94f11e88a8
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“It’s embarrassing that I keep asking, right? I understand how you feel. But from my position, it’s 540c3e49fb really important…. We’ve done our eb1d029860 research, of course, e8046441b2 but there could’ve b296c7ab18 been something we e05faa73f6 missed.”f62a9446606bfab3
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“…Yes.”2f6518c5e2aac7f6
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“I do like you a lot, but… if you could just give me one more clear confirmation on that point, then I won’t have anything else to worry about. You understand what I 9898fee299 mean, right?”6a359439fe0181aa
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Hong Hwaran added 38f41b3c4c a sort of 28a0015185 excuse, as if 06a7f9e6f0 embarrassed herself. But she didn’t seem the 384443e89a least bit apologetic.79e2cc2c06aa7c1d
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“Haha, yes… it’s fine. Please don’t worry.”81862be515d06a8e
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Chae-won suppressed her urge bf4a0325e4 to walk out of 3bcc99344e there immediately. She wasn’t so naive e9f8219e4d as to let that ec05255bef impulse get the better 3ca5f99c98 of her. After entering law 7b892d5441 school from a 4ab79fc83e prestigious university, she 1c23ad133c had come to 08d0f31bbe better understand how 66c5cc36ea the world worked.5010f606cab00ed2
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As a child, she had c13d479140 believed that being good at a291c6df40 studying would eventually earn her 680b17e850 recognition. She thought that 8cd9dd6a50 as long as 0af3972909 she always ranked 79aa20ab66 first, she was 7805907577 the smartest person 09236c2398 in the world, e839fcf189 and that eventually f98ad72ad2 even her father 6e87a8337f would acknowledge her adafb2565a worth.76910ae6b755d2b2
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But this world didn’t run dd00d2e542 by test scores. Money was worth 0db7249a55 more than grades, 017c8025ce and some people bcf113201e were simply born 05979e5c58 with value far 3ca4944f93 greater than what 539382fc56 others could achieve 4a3df1da3e through effort.3abe40958281ce3d
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Every time Chae-won took 2e3266c225 first place on an 458544d02d exam, her classmates itched 4af075f481 to tear her down.63a34e67418464a5
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— “Ugh, acting like she’s all that. She’s still just the daughter b55177ad41 of some crappy mid-sized company.”803db704206cb438
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— “Didn’t someone say her family company’s in trouble these days?”f7b10bbc6d58c05b
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It was already 18f7f6b830 widely rumored that be930e892a the company her 6f90d91655 father ran was 606c294440 on the verge 858f12268c of bankruptcy due ae5e3c4994 to financial struggles. Amidst the constant da0685c8f2 whispers and gossip, bd40bf9f41 she gritted her 287c662640 teeth and endured. If this marriage were cd7819d1b3 to go through, they fb1bdcc078 would likely criticize her 6fbe190930 even more gleefully. But at least 1038f902c4 they wouldn’t be 807ff261df able to treat 398c92407e her carelessly anymore.80009c6575345bd0
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It was said that there 8951b468f1 were barely any companies in 2e93da5e03 Korea that had no ties 382d5a1d80 to Daeguk Holdings.c363f541d37c9c81
She didn’t know 62514bf2e9 how such a bd1b9118c8 rare opportunity had 9f25884e9f come to her, 1644871635 the daughter of 29d2589a89 a mere small 3c25f61525 business, but one 52aa78a7d2 thing was certain—it 06ff893d9c was a chance a6741c662f she could not 470fe8cb95 afford to miss.a7ac0857ef71ae38
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Even at a young age, dac8b75c7f Chae-won was realistic.3b2e929818c3e30e
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Her father had never spared 55fadc3271 support when it came to 45b7a9a555 her studies, and he had ff0606b503 always emphasized that she must c7dba889b6 someday repay him accordingly. Her father, Min Sung-tae, was dc67f7a97a occasionally kind, but he never 9e90699509 offered affection without reason. Even to his biological daughter.1e279a84d5d5ffe9
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No—more precisely, it 92c9cb6b64 was only Chae-won 55f2181205 that he treated 92335a2a0a coldly. The way he e61668fa66 acted with Chae-won’s 4157c81f5c half-siblings, Sehee and 8852bbd22f Sejin, was so 88e0cd7f5c different that one 6dbf1d5d7a might not believe 53a2554444 they were the 3539608325 same person.0afe60690ccf736e
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Chae-won’s biological mother a312606004 had abandoned her 6ee219d422 and left home db2ce5f9f6 when she was 3f9a474048 a child. Shortly afterward, Min Sung-tae 90bfe3d982 married his mistress. The woman already had 570e87378a a daughter two years 5255365a1e younger than Chae-won. Later, a younger brother was 7b4263093c born as well.32d8f1d235ab0c56
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Thus, Chae-won was raised 7313530245 by her stepmother.52a0278f516cbe18
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Her stepmother didn’t overtly abuse dc35f4877d or persecute her like a b517087600 fairy-tale villain, but she often 8d722554b7 treated her like she was 56e04fc11d invisible. Their relationship was cold and 09d212eb4a awkward at best.57dc88c2ec0664fb
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Chae-won had always craved affection.0a55139a787e8b43
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She tried desperately to be 57abc9e874 loved by her grandmother, her 5a1111c218 father, and her stepmother. But no matter 33c796cfe2 how hard she 597161fd63 worked or how 828e2e2040 excellent her grades b05402a8fb were, their reactions d9fdfce5aa were always indifferent.532e286ea20e07ee
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They gave her 18b212bef5 everything else—generous financial 6ba14ccfe4 support, food, shelter—but eacf534f02 never love. That was reserved for Sehee bb1ebb6b61 and Sejin.32f4271ddb495503
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But if this 37f2c248df marriage went through, 5b7a53b164 her father would 97c97c5ca7 finally acknowledge her. Chae-won had come here e01621dd2f determined to see this a237a6f5f6 marriage through, no matter f90b3d7510 how disgraceful it might 295cda973a be.03e167483c6e4b0e
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Still, she had never imagined ea320db07c that her prospective mother-in-law would 8ef136fe19 come in place of the 0bdad3654c groom.3491238e3b4eecd0
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Though in her late 2b4b6b3758 forties, she was a 11c2b632fb woman of dazzling beauty 47c4032f83 who looked much younger 800d2abfd5 than her age. She had married Kwon Joong-chul, 1f86265b5c chairman of Daeguk Holdings, who 4199985237 was twenty years her senior, eebea865ab and had secured the position 028a740796 of legal wife.01981a7b2f14bc51
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After his death, she now d336738a3a held the position of chairman f06a426e99 herself.dcb460189f2e4b10
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She recalled the words of 42c73021b1 her stepmother, who used to 83d6b45840 speak ill of her. That she was a former 6ee92c5360 teahouse madam, uncultured, and like 23802962c0 an old snake. With such a woman settled 66eeaa6d43 in the household, what a de7489cf11 vulgar family it must be.b51fbc39b1000491
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