Chapter 150 - 150 - Cunning Woman
Without Soo Yin and Aeri knowing Hae Sok has tasted their food before they served it at the dinning table. The taste was inversely opposite to when she tasted it at the dining table.
Soo Yin's food, which was not spicy at first, suddenly tasted very spicy and Aeri's food, which had a very strange taste, suddenly became very delicious.
Hae Sok realized that what Aeri was serving was the food made by her servants. She had memorized every recipe that was taught to his servants and that was indeed the recipe.
"How could it be, Grandma. That's all I made it," Aeri argued.
"Then Grandma wants you to make the same menu as yesterday," Hae Sok challenged. She wanted to prove that her words were never wrong.
"But I've forgotten the recipe yesterday because I just tried it," Aeri said with trembling hands.
"Didn't you say that you studied the recipe?" Hae Sok urged. She was very sure that Aeri was lying.
"But I really forgot the recipe yesterday, Grandma," Aeri said. She's still trying to find an excuse so that Hae Sok didn't pressure her to do it again.
Soo Yin just listened without any intention to interfere because she didn't understand what Hae Sok was saying.
"You also put a good amount of chili powder into Soo Yin's cooking. Do you think I don't know it?" Hae Sok said with a crooked smile.
"No wonder my cooking is so spicy," Soo Yin said with furrowed brows.
"It's all your fault. Why am I being blamed?" Aeri grumbled as she looked at Soo Yin with a look of dislike.
"It turns out that your character as a public figure is very bad. Your face and heart don't match," Hae Sok sneered.
"What's the matter, Mom?" Mrs. Park asked, who entered the kitchen holding Jo Yeon Ho's hand. She accidentally heard a commotion.
"Just ask your daughter-in-law. Why would she lie if she just wanted to be praised?" Hae Sok said in a flat tone.
"Aeri, please explain," Mrs. Park said while staring at her daughter-in-law. Of course her mind immediately fell on Aeri because she was the only one who was her daughter-in-law.
"Mother, I'm sorry. I served the wrong menu yesterday which turned out to be made by the maid in this house. I also put a little chili powder into Soo Yin's cooking. That's ... that's because I tasted Soo Yin's cooking so bad if there was no spicy taste but I actually put too much into it," Aeri said at length. Initially she wanted to dodge Hae Sok's accusation but it turned out that Hae Sok already knew it.
"So you mean you made Soo Yin's food spicy?" Mrs. Park said.
"Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose. I just wanted to help Soo Yin's cooking be much better," Aeri said while bowing her head.
"Yes, but all of that almost made Dae Hyun hurt," Mrs. Park said. She can't stop thinking if Aeri did all that.
"I'm really sorry, Mom," Aeri said, who sobbed as she sat on her knees.
"Mother, why are you crying?" Jo Yeon Ho said, who approached Aeri. He hugged Aeri's body with his tiny hands.
"Please forgive my mistake," Aeri said with tears in her eyes.
"Grandma, please forgive my mother because she is innocent." Jo Yeon Ho was just a child who didn't know anything. But he was very sad when he saw his mother crying.
Mrs. Park and Hae Sok looked at each other for a moment.
"Okay, but don't repeat your mistakes. If you do stupid things like that again, mom will not forgive your mistakes," Mrs. Park said while sighing. She just couldn't bear to see heer favorite grandson who was sad.
"Thank you, Mom," Aeri said, who immediately got up.
"I'm sorry, Grandma. I'm also sorry for blaming you, Soo Yin." Aeri walked over to Soo Yin and then hugged her. Fortunately, her mother-in-law still believed everything she said.
Soo Yin chose to remain silent. She knew that this apology was just a trick from Aeri. Soo Yin was sure that Aeri did it so that she wouldn't be blamed by Dae Hyun's family. Soo Yin was grateful that Hae Sok can reveal everything.
"Aeri, I don't want you to do something stupid like that anymore. You know if my husband finds out then he will be very angry," Mrs. Park said.
"Mother, I promise I won't do it again," Aeri said earnestly. She felt very unlucky that her attempt to win over Hae Sok failed. Even now, she almost lost the trust of Mrs. Park. Looked like she should be more careful in her actions.
"Soo Yin, it turns out you've arrived home. We were around looking for you because we were afraid you might get lost," Park Soo Hyun said, who had just arrived home.
"Yes sir, sorry I was going first," Soo Yin said.
"Don't be like that anymore because you make me worry," Park Soo Hyun said.
"Park Soo Hyun, where is your brother? Is he really recovering so he's come home?" Mrs. Park asked.
"Yes, Mom. Currently he was meeting a woman in the yard," Park Soo Hyun said.
"Who?" Hae Sok asked.
"I don't know," Park Soo Hyun said as he raised his hand.
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Dae Hyun and Park Soo Hyun just arrived at Hae Sok's place because their car had a problem on the road. Dae Hyun was still on the terrace when Yeon Woo arrived. Actually he wanted to leave her on the yard but there was a bad feeling. After all she was a guest to be respected.
"There are guests, apparently," Hae Sok said, who had just gone to the terrace. He already knew Yeon Woo. It was also that woman who helped him organize some things in this house.
"Who is he, Mom?" Mrs. Park asked, who stood behind her in-laws.
"Don't you remember? She is Yeon Woo who used to play with Dae Hyun," Hae Sok said.
"I just remember now. Turns out you've grown up, Yeon Woo," Mrs. Park said with sparkling eyes.
"I'll go inside first," Dae Hyun said, who wanted to clean up. He also wanted to see if Soo Yin was really home so he can calm down.
"Yeon Woo, come on in," Hae Sok asked.
"No, Grandma. I just stopped by for a while because I heard from the maid at this house that Dae Hyun was hospitalized so that when I passed this house I wanted to stop by," Yeon Woo said with a friendly smile.
"Have you met Dae Hyun before?" Mrs. Park asked, she was curious.
"About two days ago I met Dae Hyun and his wife. It turns out that his wife is still young, I don't think Dae Hyun likes young girls even though I thought that girl was his younger sister," Yeon Woo said with a chuckle. If Dae Hyun and Soo Yin didn't come back, she wouldn't know that Soo Yin was his wife.
"Young girl? Two days ago?" Mrs. Park asked with furrowed brows even though Aeri just arrived yesterday. Who was Yeon Woo referring to?
"I also want to return this handkerchief. Yesterday Dae Hyun's wife accidentally dropped it in front of our house," Yeon Woo said while handing the handkerchief to Mrs. Park.
Hae Sok widened her pupils when she saw that the handkerchief was Soo Yin's embroidered. That kid was clumsy. If Mrs. Park knew what will happen because she really hates a woman who flirts with a married man. Whoever it was even if it was her own family.
"Where's Sehun? Why don't you invite him over?" Hae Sok said to change the subject. Looked like her daughter-in-law was getting suspicious. She was very annoyed by Dae Hyun's careless negligence.
"He was playing. Well, I'll go home afraid that Sehun was looking for me," Yeon Woo said while bowing her body.
"Thank you, Yeon Woo. Be careful on the road," Mrs. Park said while waving her hand.
"Mom, is this Aeri's but she just arrived yesterday?" Mrs. Park said. She felt something was strange.
"This is Soo Yin's. Yesterday when they just arrived I taught her to embroider," Hae Sok said while thinking of finding the right excuse.
"But why did Yeon Woo say that this belongs to Dae Hyun's wife?" Mrs. Park asked while linking her eyebrows.
"Maybe Yeon Woo misunderstood it. That's because at that time Dae Hyun was alone with Soo Yin so that's why she must have thought Soo Yin was his wife," Hae Sok said.
"Oh, I see." Finally Mrs. Park believed Hae Sok's words.
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Before her grandson and daughter-in-law travel back to Seoul, Hae Sok wanted to have a private talk with Dae Hyun because she has something to talk about. Indeed, Soo Yin's character was much better than Aeri, but Dae Hyun's actions to marry her secretly were still wrong and will definitely become a big problem.
"What did you call me for?" Dae Hyun said, who was already sitting in front of Hae Sok.