TSG 19

“Bringing just anyone to this place, is it because of your background?”

Ha Jin-seong’s unpleasant tone pierced Ha Min-hyuk.

It was fun to watch.

“That lady appears out of nowhere too, always popping up.”

Ha Jin-woong added fuel to Ha Jin-seong’s words. He was probably referring to Ha Min-hyuk’s biological mother.

Hella fun.

“That’s the problem with clueless bastards. Do you think beating them up will help them get better?”

“Oh my, Oppa1. So, you’re saying that the dog you’ve been talking about wasn’t actually a dog?”

Jin Hye-in slyly added to Ha Jin-seong’s sarcasm.

So fun.

Se-hyun’s eyes were busy going back and forth between the people. What happened only through text in the original was now happening in real time before his eyes. Thanks to that, he was completely observing everything from the audience’s perspective.

Ha Jin-seong and Ha Jin-woong were easy yet difficult opponents. They say that a cunning enemy hiding their hostility and taking advantage of the other party’s unexpected moments were dangerous, but these two brothers were different.

They were the type of people who not only put everything out, openly expressing their hatred for Ha Min-hyuk but also waited for any opportunity to attack him.

‘The incident last time was also their doing.’

A man attempted to kiss Ha Min-hyuk, and Yoo Jin-ha, who happened to see it, was shocked and ran away. Ha Min-hyuk grabbed Yoo Jin-ha in the middle of the street and explained that everything was a misunderstanding, but Yoo Jin-ha didn’t believe him. Shin Tae-oh and him, witnessed the moment their relationship became strained.

The man who tried to kiss Ha Min-hyuk at that time was a work done by Ha Jin-woong.

‘Maybe it’s because I know they’re mean kids, so they look particularly mean.’

Ha Jin-seong and Ha Ji-woong were fraternal twins. Perhaps it was because of their common bloodline; their slightly upturned eyes and sly lips looked similar. Amidst these similarities, the only difference was that Ha Jin-seong was probably slimmer than the bear-like Ha Jin-woong?

Perhaps because he was half-blooded, Ha Min-hyuk appeared conventionally handsome compared to his brothers. Although he was shorter and slimmer than Shin Tae-oh, he had well-defined facial features.

‘The biggest exception is always Shin Tae-oh.’

Se-hyun accepted that Ha Min-hyuk was the male protagonist. He knew Shin Tae-oh had to be handsome because he was a sub-character, but he was too handsome. Regardless, wasn’t this too much to be this handsome? How difficult must it be to give up on Shin Tae-oh…

Se-hyun calmly tapped the pad to clear the thoughts he had unconsciously gotten into about Shin Tae-oh’s appearance. The screen was full of information about this new product, but Se-hyun was so preoccupied with other things that he couldn’t read the text.

Shin Tae-oh is handsome. Handsome Shin Tae-oh. What would life be like if he looked like Shin Tae-oh?

“It’s okay. Just stay seated.”

Meanwhile, Ha Min-hyuk’s voice was heard urging Yoo Jin-ha, who was trying to get up, to sit down.

‘You can’t do that.’

Se-hyun shook his head inwardly at that stubborn behavior. Se-hyun also knew why Ha Min-hyuk brought Yoo Jin-ha here. It wasn’t to make Yoo Jin-ha uncomfortable but to reveal their relationship through this presentation.

Anyway, Se-hyun knew why Ha Min-hyuk had brought Yoo Jin-ha here, but it didn’t seem like a particularly good idea.

‘He’s feeling uncomfortable.’

Ha Jin-seong and Ha Jin-woong were using Yoo Jin-ha to criticize Ha Min-hyuk, so it wouldn’t be strange to feel uncomfortable.

“This is why birth background is important. So, even in the old days, the nobility married each other…”

“Enough.”

Ha Jin-woong, who was talking excitedly, glared at Shin Tae-oh, feeling bad for being interrupted. Shin Tae-oh not only ignored Ha Jin-woong’s gaze like an annoying fly but also got on his nerves.

“Why are you talking so much?”

As Shin Tae-oh cut off the sarcastic remarks toward Ha Min-hyuk, Se-hyun only pursed his lips with eyes full of things to say.

Ah, Shin Tae-oh.

‘Why did you intervene? Is it because Jin-ha is sad? Even if not you, Ha Min-hyuk… aha.’

Now he gets it. Se-hyun assumed this was because when Ha Min-hyuk protects Yoo Jin-ha, Yoo Jin-ha falls even more in love with him.

Se-hyun understood Shin Tae-oh’s frustration, but now that he had intervened, he could no longer just watch. He felt sorry for Ha Min-hyuk and Yoo Jin-ha now, but Se-hyun watched with peace of mind knowing that they would get them back a few times later anyway.

‘Too bad.’

“Shin Tae-oh.”

Ha Jin-seong stepped in to replace Ha Jin-woong, who couldn’t say what he wanted to say to Shin Tae-oh even though they were the same age.

“Don’t intervene.”

“I was just watching. If there’s something to congratulate while watching, I wanted to congratulate.”

Shin Tae-oh responded to Ha Jin-seong’s warning with a very relaxed attitude. What happened to Jin Hye-in and Shin Tae-oh earlier was returned to them as they were.

“There is nothing for you to congratulate on my family’s affairs.”

“Really? If that’s what you’re going to say to me sitting here, I guess it is”

As Ha Jin-seong clearly drew a line against Ha Min-hyuk, Shin Tae-oh nodded. At first glance, it seems like a sign that he knew…

“As brothers, it’s okay to play and have fun, but do it later. It’s too noisy.”

“You…”

Ha Jin-seong, who was displeased with having Ha Min-hyuk lumped together as his younger brother, glared at him, but Shin Tae-oh muttered expressionlessly.

“Do as you please.”

Turning around Ha Jin-seong’s sarcastic remark about marrying Jin Hye-in, Shin Tae-oh responded in such a way.

Se-hyun shook his head inwardly. This was Shin Tae-oh’s victory. Since he had been suppressing Ha Jin-seong earlier, it was reasonable to assume that the situation was over.

‘The entertaining spectacle has come to an end.’

What a pity.

Now all Se-hyun had to do was listen to boring explanations about new products. He was looking forward to it today. He turned his head just as he was about to mask his disappointment, and his gaze met each of the two people in turn.

First, Jin Hye-in, who was looking at him strangely for some reason, and then Ha Jin-seong, who was looking for a target to take out his frustration on Shin Tae-oh.

‘No way.’

“Secretary?”

In response to Ha Jin-seong’s question, Se-hyun lightly pressed his lips and lowered his head.

“A secretary who even given drinks… Now that I think about it, it seems like I’ve seen you somewhere.”

As Ha Jin-seong narrowed his eyes and thought, Jin Hye-in leaned over and whispered to him. Even in the midst of this, she didn’t divert her gaze from him.

‘Why am I feeling uneasy?’

Se-hyun thought something unexpected was going to happen, so he glanced at Shin Tae-oh without realizing it.

This was all because of Shin Tae-oh.

Why did he intervene in the fight between the Ha brothers? Meanwhile, Shin Tae-oh even had a faint smile on his face, seemingly amused.

‘When he said he had fallen for me, it was really just an impulse.’

It seemed like it was a very good thing that Shin Tae-oh sacrificed him to protect Yoo Jin-ha. Yeah, it was a good thing he didn’t accept his confession.

“Going to the hotel together. You two must be really close.”

Ha Jin-seong, who must have found a means to attack through Jin Hye-in, spoke right away, and Se-hyun clenched his fists and struggled to turn his head.

‘Why am I getting so worked up over something so childish that I can just ignore?’

While reading the novel, Se-hyun laughed at the villains’ childish lines. He said they were too one-dimensional, but it was different when he actually experienced it.

‘Simple words seem to resonate more.’

‘Your eyes and nose are mismatched and your lips are so thick. I felt like he was more affected by comments like, ‘How does it feel to look like that?!’ than by ‘You’re really ugly!’

‘Mentioning the hotel seems like a way of implying something about our relationship. What should I do?’

It was a time when Se-hyun wanted to put aside his bad feelings and figure out how to sort out the situation.

“Jin-seong-ah.”

Everyone’s attention was immediately drawn to Shin Tae-oh when he called out Ha Jin-seong in a friendly tone. As Ha Min-hyuk and Yoo Jin-ha were looking at each other as if they were fascinated, Shin Tae-oh spoke kindly.

“I can’t stand those bastards who evaluate others based on their birth and flaunt it for everyone to see. You know what that means, right?”

Ha Jin-seong’s face hardened at the bitter threat contained in Shin Tae-oh’s soft tone.

“It means I won’t let those bastards who look at my things go.”

Ha Jin-seong closed his mouth. Faced with the warning that Shin Tae-oh would not stand idly by if he mentioned Se-hyun to attack Ha Min-hyuk in the same way that he was using Yoo Jin-ha, Ha Jin-seong couldn’t help but scoff.

‘What should I do with this?’

Shin Tae-oh, who remained silent when Ha Jin-seong used Jin-ha Yoo to attack Ha Min-hyuk, reacted quickly when Se-hyun was mentioned. How should he interpret this?

It was when Se-hyun was looking around with complicated eyes.

‘Ha Min-hyuk.’

Ha Min-hyuk’s expression was strange. He kept looking somewhere as if he was waiting for something. Se-hyun belatedly realized what Ha Min-hyuk was up to.

The reason why Ha Min-hyuk did not protect Yu Jin-ha. He was waiting for an opportunity.

Even in the original work, the story was placed at a point that was a bit of a twist, so why did he only see it now?

When Se-hyun turned to follow Ha Min-hyuk’s gaze, he noticed a group of people led by elders whom he had never seen before entering. They were Chairman Ha Cheol-gyu, Ha Min-hyuk’s grandfather; Jinmyung Group Chairman and his wife; and SR Group Chairman Jeong Mi-jung.

“Ah… ”

Se-hyun thought it was fortunate that people who could mediate this situation had arrived, when he noticed Shin Tae-oh’s awkward reaction. The man who had been controlling the atmosphere until just now was frowning.