Chapter 506: Contempt from Her Daughter
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 506: Contempt from Her Daughter
Thud.
Paeng Ga-ryeon collapsed to her knees.
"Ah... ah... ah... aaaaaah!"
Soon, she began to scream as if she had lost her mind.
The one thing that should never have happened—the one thing that absolutely must not occur—had come to pass.
Her daughter had seen everything.
She had witnessed the entire scene of depravity, an act that defied even the laws of heaven.
Paeng Ga-ryeon could do nothing but scream.
What could she possibly say in a situation like this?
An excuse?
An explanation?
An apology?
None of it mattered. No matter what words she uttered, the wound inflicted upon her precious daughter’s heart would never heal.
And so, Paeng Ga-ryeon screamed. A mournful cry filled with regret and remorse.
"Aaaaaaaaah!!!"
Thick, heavy tears, like oversized pearls, began to roll down her cheeks. The sheer magnitude of her sorrow stimulated her tear ducts to a frantic degree.
Where had it all gone wrong?
Was it when she used her mature body to seduce him and draw him into her faction?
Was it when she promised him Lee Gi-yeon’s hand in marriage?
Was it when she accepted his dick at every opportunity?
Was it when she engaged in trysts within this secret chamber, whispering lewd words?
She didn't know. Too many things had gone wrong; she couldn't find the thread of where the unraveling began.
"Uaaaaah!"
Paeng Ga-ryeon wailed and wailed, shrieking like a madwoman.
It was only when her tears ran dry and blood began to seep from her eyes that a sound broke through.
Step. Step.
Kang Myeong began to walk toward the old wardrobe. He moved with an agonizingly leisurely pace.
Soon, he reached the spot where she sat collapsed.
"My, when a person cries too much, they really do shed tears of blood."
Kang Myeong spoke as he looked down at the bleeding Paeng Ga-ryeon. He sounded as if he found the sight immensely entertaining.
"Kang... Myeong... how... how dare you..."
She glared up at him with a face full of resentment, her words coming out slowly. A sense of betrayal toward him was surging violently within her.
He had promised to keep it a secret.
He had promised that he would never let her daughter know.
And yet, what was this? He had hidden her daughter in the secret chamber and forced her to watch them have sex.
There was no way she wouldn't feel betrayed. There was no way she wouldn't feel resentment. There was no way she wouldn't be furious.
"Is there a problem?" Kang Myeong asked, meeting her resentful gaze.
"Why... why are you... doing this to me?" she asked, tears of blood dripping down.
"Doing what?" Kang Myeong replied, looking at her as if he genuinely didn't understand.
"What grudge do you hold against me to do something this cruel!"
"My... I thought I was being quite considerate of my mother-in-law... but I suppose my kindness was a bit too much."
Kang Myeong continued, his expression shifting into one of mock regret.
"Where! Where is the consideration in this! What part of this is kindness!"
"Didn't you enjoy it? The feeling of being plowed by the man who is also intimate with your daughter."
"N-No!"
"Oh, don't say that. Didn't you say it yourself earlier? That your daughter was in the way. That she was a nuisance because she kept visiting when all you wanted was to be fucked by me."
"That... that was just... I was excited and said whatever came to mind!"
"No. That was your true self speaking. The hidden desires you kept buried deep inside. You wanted me all to yourself, Mother-in-law. You wanted to steal me away from your daughter completely."
"No! That's not true!"
Paeng Ga-ryeon shook her head violently in denial.
"Then what is that flowing down there?"
Kang Myeong pointed to the vaginal fluid soaking the floor.
"Even though you've been caught by your daughter, aren't you still dripping pussy water?"
"Wh-what!?"
At his words, Paeng Ga-ryeon hurriedly looked down at the floor.
And there it was. She saw the love nectar incessantly leaking from her pussy, wetting the ground beneath her.
Panic began to cloud her features.
"It seems your lower mouth is much more honest than the one on your face, Mother-in-law."
Seeing her reaction, Kang Myeong let out a mocking laugh. Her bewildered state was simply too amusing to suppress.
"N-Nooooooo!"
She denied it desperately.
"You're going to burst my eardrums, Mother-in-law," Kang Myeong said, feigning as if he were plugging his ears.
"Well, I can choose to believe you. It's not like we've only spent a night or two together. But I wonder if Yeon-mae will believe you."
Kang Myeong turned his pitying gaze toward the bound Lee Gi-yeon.
Spring!
Paeng Ga-ryeon scrambled to her feet.
Fwip, fwip!
She began to frantically untie Lee Gi-yeon. In an instant, the girl was free.
Slap!
The moment she was free, Lee Gi-yeon swung her hand and struck Paeng Ga-ryeon across the cheek. The sound was so sharp it echoed through the secret chamber.
"...Yeon... Yeon-ah."
Stunned by the slap from her beloved, precious daughter, Paeng Ga-ryeon stood frozen. It was something she had never expected.
Lee Gi-yeon had always been kind, the gentlest of souls. She had always looked at her mother with eyes full of respect, so obedient she would have jumped through hoops at a single word.
And yet, that child—that sweet child—had just struck her mother's face.
How could she have ever foreseen this?
"Don't call my name!"
Lee Gi-yeon raised her voice, her words coming out like a scream. She glared at her mother with eyes full of contempt. Her gaze was a cocktail of loathing, disgust, and betrayal.
"Yeon... Yeon-ah... there's... there's a reason for this..."
Paeng Ga-ryeon stammered, her voice trembling. She felt she had to explain the truth of the situation to her daughter.
"I don't want to hear it!"
But Lee Gi-yeon cut her off firmly. She felt there was nothing worth listening to. What possible excuse could be made in this situation?
Her mother, a married woman with a husband still very much alive, was having an affair. And with whom? With her own fiancé and future son-in-law, Kang Myeong.
What possible "reason" could justify that? It was all futile.
"Yeon... ah!"
"It's disgusting, so don't call my name!"
Lee Gi-yeon screamed, tears streaming down her face. The woman standing before her was no longer the mother she respected, admired, and loved. There was only a vulgar, lewd, and obscene woman left—a cheap prostitute.
"I heard everything! Everything! I heard that you're having an affair with Kang Myeong! I heard you say his cock is better than Father's! I heard you say you wanted to steal him from me! I heard it all!"
Lee Gi-yeon shrieked through her tears.
"It's... it's a misunderstanding... all of it... Mother will explain... please... just listen..."
Paeng Ga-ryeon tried to plead her case.
"I said I don't want to hear it! And don't you dare call yourself 'Mother'! You aren't my mother anymore! How... how could you do this! How could you do this to me!"
Lee Gi-yeon cut her off again, her voice raw with fury as she glared at Paeng Ga-ryeon.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm so... so sorry..."
Paeng Ga-ryeon bowed her head, apologizing like a condemned criminal.
"I don't need it! I don't need an apology like that!"
"...Yeon-ah..."
"Don't call me! Don't you dare say my name with that disgusting mouth!"
"..............."
Hearing those words, Paeng Ga-ryeon’s tears intensified. The moment she met her daughter's gaze—a look that suggested she was staring at something filthy—she felt as if her entire world had collapsed.
Ah... ah... what have I done...
She stood there with a vacant expression, falling into despair. The fact that her very existence was being denied by the person she cherished most caused her mind to fracture.
"I'm going to tell everyone! I'm going to tell the whole world! Hwaaaaaah! I'll tell them about your affair with Kang Myeong! I'll tell them everything you said in this secret chamber! I'll let the whole world know!!!!!"
She screamed through her uncontrollable sobbing. Lee Gi-yeon was feeling a sense of betrayal so immense it defied description.
The mother she had respected and admired most in the world, and Kang Myeong, the man who had made her feel love for the first time, had committed something utterly horrific. Her most precious people had driven a dagger into her back.
How could she not feel betrayed? How could she not feel sorrow?
She looked at the two hideous lovers with bloodshot eyes.
"I'll get revenge... I'll get revenge... I'll make you pay!"
The murderous aura emanating from Lee Gi-yeon’s eyes was terrifying. It was a side of her that no one could have imagined from the girl who was always so pure and bright.
"..............."
Overwhelmed by the sight, Paeng Ga-ryeon lost her grip on reality. The killing intent her daughter was directing at her for the first time broke her spirit completely.
Step. Step.
Lee Gi-yeon began to walk toward the exit. She intended to inform her father, Lee Jae-won, of this fact as quickly as possible.
Grab.
However, her plan was not to be realized. Her shoulder was firmly caught.
She slowly turned her head back.
"Where do you think you're going?"
There stood Kang Myeong, holding her shoulder with a bright smile on his face.
"Let go of me!"
Seeing him, Lee Gi-yeon struggled violently to shake off his hand. Normally, she would have blushed at his gentle touch, but today was different. Her face was twisted in horror as she tried to escape his grasp.
Kang Myeong smiled as if he found it amusing.
Grip.
He tightened his hold on her shoulder even more.
"Haaah!"
A small moan escaped her lips. The significant pressure on her shoulder forced the sound out of her.
"Yeon-mae, I asked you. Where are you going?"
Kang Myeong asked in a calm tone.
"It's none of your business! And don't call me Yeon-mae! It's sickening!"
Lee Gi-yeon raised her voice in protest. The very act of being called "Yeon-mae" by Kang Myeong made her skin crawl. Naturally, she lashed out.
"Then I'll ask again... Lee Gi-yeon... where are you going?"
Kang Myeong asked, his eyes turning incredibly serious.
"...........I'm going... to Father."
Meeting that intense gaze, Lee Gi-yeon finally spoke.
"And what will you do there?"
"I'll tell him... everything... everything I heard in this secret chamber!"
She glared at him with eyes full of resolve.
"Hmm... that would be problematic."
Kang Myeong put on a troubled expression.
"You see, I don't particularly want to die," he said matter-of-factly.
"If you've done something wrong, you should be punished!"
Lee Gi-yeon snapped, her expression sharp and merciless.
The hamster has turned into a wildcat.
Kang Myeong gave a bitter smile. The girl who had always been as bright and cute as a hamster had transformed into a ruthless, sharp-clawed wildcat in an instant. Knowing he was the one who had caused this change made him chuckle inwardly.
"Lee Gi-yeon, think about it. If you reveal this, not only me, but your mother, Paeng Ga-ryeon, will die as well. And without me and your mother, you won't be able to win the succession competition."
"That's for me to worry about! You two just need to pay for your sins!"
Lee Gi-yeon screamed, glaring at him with murderous eyes. She shoved Kang Myeong’s hand off her shoulder. She held a grudge not just against her mother, but against Kang Myeong as well. She saw him as the root of all evil, someone who had toyed with both her and her mother while knowing everything.
"I don't need help that is so filthy and twisted! I'd rather withdraw from the succession than accept your help!"
Lee Gi-yeon declared. She didn't need the assistance of such wretched people. If becoming the Alliance Leader required their help, she would rather quit.
"No!"
Hearing this, Paeng Ga-ryeon snapped out of her daze and screamed.
"Withdraw? What are you saying! You can't! You absolutely cannot!"
Paeng Ga-ryeon raised her voice in a panic. Withdrawing from the succession? What kind of nonsense was that?
She had waited twenty years for this day, from the moment she first conceived Lee Gi-yeon until now. How could she let all that waiting go up in smoke in a single moment? It was unthinkable. It was absurd.
"Whether I can or not is for me to decide!" Lee Gi-yeon shouted back.
"Do you have any idea how long I've waited for this day? Do you know how hard I've worked to put you on the throne of the Alliance Leader? I gave up so much! I sacrificed so much! All for you! So how can you throw away twenty years of effort over such a trivial matter!"
Paeng Ga-ryeon glared at her daughter, her face full of indignation.
"You can despise me for the rest of your life. You can loathe me. You can treat me like a common street whore instead of your mother! But please, take back those words about withdrawing from the succession!"
She pleaded with Lee Gi-yeon, begging her to retract her statement.
"I refuse!"
But Lee Gi-yeon rejected her plea instantly, her expression cold and resolute.