Mother-Daughter Combo Proposal (1)
When I returned to the Dang Family with Dang Juju, the entire household erupted into chaos.
Of course, it wasn’t because Dang Juju had come back safely.
It was because we had brought home Dang Ducheon—the First Master and Chief of the Dang Family.
To the family members who had long since resigned themselves to the hope of merely recovering his corpse—since even that had never been found—the return of Dang Ducheon alive, albeit comatose, was nothing short of a miracle, a dream made real.
“Jua, you’ve done something truly great. I’m so proud of you. You brought your father back alive.”
“Haa… It wasn’t me. It was Young Hero Hyeon right here who did it. I collapsed after being poisoned by the Red-Eyed Unicorn Snake myself, and Young Hero Hyeon cured my poisoning too. Father only made it out because of him.”
“Young Hero Hyeon, thank you so much. There are no words to express this debt of gratitude.”
“Well, I did it for a price. I simply did what I was supposed to do.”
Don’t express it with words—express it with your body. That would be better.
With so many eyes watching, I kept up a polite front and played along.
She’s middle-aged, yet her face is still stunning. They said she was the most beautiful of the Chengdu Three Beauties, and that wasn’t an exaggeration.
Once, the three most beautiful women in Chengdu had been known as the Chengdu Three Beauties. Among them, the loveliest of all was Jeon Yeo-jin. That was why she had become the wife of Dang Ducheon, First Master of the Sichuan Dang Family. After her, Jong Yak-hui and Ho Yeon-suk had, in turn, become the wives of the Second and Third Masters.
Even as a middle-aged beauty in her forties, Jeon Yeo-jin’s looks still shone. She remained so beautiful, her skin so smooth and free of wrinkles, that she could easily pass for a woman in her thirties.
So that’s why Dang Juju is so pretty—she takes after her mother. She looks so young she could be the older sister, not the mother.
It was a face that stirred pure lust. Youthful elegance mixed with just the right amount of allure, layered with the ripe maturity of a middle-aged beauty. Countless men must have lost sleep over Jeon Yeo-jin. In her twenties, at the height of her prime, and even now, any man who saw her would dream of spending a single night with her. That was how exceptional her beauty remained.
After Dang Ducheon’s return, every skilled physician in the Dang Family had rushed to him, yet all had failed to detoxify the poison. Even Dang Dupae, Head of the Medicine and Poison Hall, could not manage it.
“Haa… So the Chief and the Second Master were struck by the Red-Eyed Unicorn Snake’s venom. No one can detoxify that. There is no antidote for the Red-Eyed Unicorn Snake’s poison. It comes from such a rare spiritual beast that no separate antidote exists.”
“Then… you’re saying you cannot detoxify the Family Head’s poison?”
“Yes, First Matriarch! No one in the Dang Family can neutralize the Red-Eyed Unicorn Snake’s venom. Even though our family specializes in poisons, we have no antidote for this one. There is simply no method.”
“Ah… How can this be? We went through so much to bring the Family Head home, only to be told he cannot be cured…”
“I am sorry I could not be of help.”
“Ah, the lack of an antidote is hardly the Hall Head’s fault.”
The Dang Family members, who had not even known what poison had stricken Dang Duyeong, now understood that both Dang Ducheon and Dang Duyeong were suffering from the Red-Eyed Unicorn Snake’s venom. Yet the news that no antidote existed plunged them once more into despair.
But for the Third Master and Fourth Master, who have been eyeing the Chief’s seat, this news must actually be welcome.
Once Jeon Yeo-jin learned that I was the one who had safely brought Dang Ducheon home, she assigned me the finest guest quarters and ordered that I be treated with the utmost care. The man who had arrived at the Dang Family as a mere guest of no consequence was now being received as an honored guest of the First Matriarch herself.
—Knock, knock—
“Yes!”
“It’s Jeon Yeo-jin. Young Hero Hyeon, may I come in?”
“Yes, please enter.”
Jeon Yeo-jin had come to my room carrying a tea tray.
“Surely something as simple as serving tea could have been left to a maid?”
“I wanted to serve my benefactor myself.”
“Ah, in that case, I’ll gratefully accept.”
—Slurp—
Jeon Yeo-jin had brought the finest tea with her own hands. As I drank, she watched me steadily, her expression making it clear she had something to say.
“It doesn’t seem you came merely to offer tea. Is there something you wish to discuss with me?”
“I heard that Jua was also poisoned by the Red-Eyed Unicorn Snake.”
“Yes, she was.”
“And that the one who detoxified Jua’s poison was you, Young Hero Hyeon?”
“That is correct.”
I let my words trail off, but I already knew why Jeon Yeo-jin had sought me out. I also knew exactly what she hoped for from me.
Since I cured Dang Juju’s poison, she thinks I can cure her husband Dang Ducheon’s as well.
True to my expectations, her next question followed without deviation.
“I… only ask because I can’t help wondering. Since my husband’s poison is also from the Red-Eyed Unicorn Snake, I thought perhaps it might be possible to detoxify him as well.”
“Hmm. You must have heard that there is no antidote for the Red-Eyed Unicorn Snake’s venom.”
“Yes. The Head of the Medicine and Poison Hall said the same. Then how on earth did you detoxify Jua’s poison, Young Hero Hyeon?”
“That was possible only because of my own medical arts and a unique physical secret of mine.”
“Pardon? Your own medical arts and secret? What is that?”
“If I told you, it wouldn’t be a secret, would it? Do martial artists go around revealing their secret techniques or trump cards?”
“Haa… Ah, yes. Of course. Then I won’t beat around the bush. I’ll ask you directly. With those medical arts of yours, is it possible to detoxify my husband’s poison as well?”
Jeon Yeo-jin’s eyes locked straight onto mine, filled with desperate hope. The last and only possibility of saving her husband now rested with me—the man who had cured Dang Juju.
“Detoxifying the Dang Family Head… It isn’t impossible. But the conditions are extremely strict.”
“What? You can detoxify my husband’s poisoning? I-is that truly true?”
Jeon Yeo-jin’s eyes widened like a cow’s, and her lips began to tremble. After nothing but disappointing news from the Dang Family, the sudden possibility of a cure was a revelation that made her eyes light up. She could not hide her shock or her joy.
“Aaaah… I-I can save my husband. What kind of miracle is this? Ah, thank you so much. Young Hero Hyeon, thank you truly.”
“No—I haven’t even saved the Family Head yet. Why are you thanking me?”
“You said you can save my husband, didn’t you?”
“I said I can save him. I never said I would. The conditions are strict, I told you.”
“What are those conditions? If it’s money you need, I’ll give a thousand taels of silver—no, ten thousand. If you need medicinal ingredients or items, I’ll scour the entire world to obtain them.”
The moment I hinted that Dang Ducheon could be saved, Jeon Yeo-jin began clinging to me. Now I was the only one she could cling to.
“It isn’t that kind of condition. Hmm… Let me ask you one thing. First Matriarch, if you could save the Family Head, would you endure any sacrifice?”
“Any sacrifice? Of course.”
“Even if I demanded your life?”
“My life? If my life could save my husband… then I would give it. The Dang Family can manage without me, but without my husband it would be in trouble. Even Jua needs the power of the Chief more than she needs me right now. For my husband and for Jua, I can offer my life.”
So she would give even her life for her husband and daughter. As expected.
“Then what if I demanded your body?”
“My body? What do you mean by demanding my body?”
“When a man demands a woman’s body, isn’t the meaning obvious?”
“Y-Young Hero Hyeon… my body? Then… you mean you wish to share the pleasures of cloud and rain with me?”
“Yes. I’ll answer just as directly. I must share sexual relations with the First Matriarch in order to treat the Family Head. Can you share those relations with me?”
“……”
Jeon Yeo-jin fell silent for a moment. The woman who had offered her life now hesitated at the demand for her body.
It wouldn’t be easy. Giving one’s life is an act of honorable sacrifice that earns reverence, but defiling one’s body is an act that destroys honor. For someone of the First Matriarch’s standing in the Dang Family, honor must be more precious than life.
Jeon Yeo-jin continued to wrestle with herself.
“You said you could give your life, didn’t you? Doesn’t that mean you were already prepared to discard this one body of the First Matriarch?”
“Y-yes. I am prepared to discard this body of mine.”
“Then what are you hesitating for? Even if the world condemns you, your husband can be saved, and your daughter’s future will be secured.”
“My husband’s life and my daughter’s future will be secured. Yes… that’s right. So… I’ll do it. If Young Hero Hyeon desires it, I will offer my body as well. That settles it, doesn’t it? Then you can save my husband, right?”
Once more she looked at me with desperate eyes. Ready even to sacrifice her chastity, she clung to me.
“Hmm. With the First Matriarch’s body, half the conditions are met.”
“Pardon? H-half? Wasn’t the condition that you would treat my husband in exchange for sexual relations with me?”
“I need one more person.”
“One more person?”
“Your daughter, Young Lady Dang! I need Dang Juju’s body as well. And at the same time.”
“……”
At the mention of Dang Juju, Jeon Yeo-jin’s eyes went blank for a moment.
“W-wait a moment. W-what are you saying right now? I said I would offer my body… so why are you bringing up my daughter? And at the same time? Don’t tell me…?”
“I must engage in sexual relations with both of you simultaneously.”
“Whaaat? My daughter and me at the same time? Th-that’s absurd… I-I must have misheard. Ah, that can’t be…”
When Jeon Yeo-jin confirmed she had not misheard, her face stiffened in pure panic.