Chapter 456 – Prelude to Reconciliation

After Kim Seong-cheol and Geum Na-ri decided to live together for a while.

Si-hee, who left the two at Kim Seong-cheol’s house, was driving her own car back to the Do-kyung group’s mansion in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

With a slightly uncomfortable companion in the same car.

“…”

“…”

Normally, Na-ri Geum, who never left Doshi-hee’s side, had to sit by her side.

Unfortunately, the person who took the seat next to Doshi-hee today was not her confidant, Na-ri Geum.

“Don’t slow down. Why are you speeding so dangerously?”

“… If you’re not going to drive yourself, don’t you mind?”

Do Ye-hee, Do-hee’s half-sister and the person she hates the most in the world.

She wasn’t exactly the person I hated the most in the world, but the person I hated the most in the world.

Due to the kidnapping of Na-Ri Geum, which she suffered a little while ago, the person she hated the most in Do-hee’s heart had changed to her Nari’s older sisters.

On the contrary, she felt very slightly grateful for Do Ye-hee, whom she hated.

‘If it hadn’t been for this woman, it would have been much harder for her to get her out.’

Thanks to Do Ye-hee’s entry into her mansion, she was able to rule out the most troublesome sister of Geum-hyang during the search process.

Seongcheol, who entered with her, succeeded in rescuing Na-ri, avoiding the gaze of others.

If he had asked himself to play the role, it would probably have been impossible.

He, who is not on good terms with the sisters of the Geumhyang Group, is suspicious of calling them to talk to them, talking with them for an hour with meaningless information, and attracting the attention of the two. It would have been impossible not to receive it.

Besides, if he had taken on that role, it would have been impossible to help Kim Seong-chul by searching outside the mansion.

Of course, with her help this time, she couldn’t shake off the humiliation and accumulated hatred she had suffered from her all at once.

Still, it was inevitable that it felt like a little glimpse of her childhood from her own half-sister, her potter Ye-hee.

‘If it wasn’t for the competition for the successor, we wouldn’t have fallen out this far.’

7 years ago.

Do Ye-hee’s attitude changed from the moment she began to show her will to become the successor of the Do-Kyung Group in earnest.

Although at first she would move on thinking that it must be a few mistakes since she had a lot of good feelings for her.

Even after several years, Do Ye-hee, who is still bullying her persistently, has long since become tired of Do-hee taking off her crane.

She had nearly twenty people in her circle of friends who had left her side due to her tenacious obsession with her heir.

Even after she met Do Ye-hee, there were only three people left by her side.

Other than that, even in parts other than her successor competition, there was no way that her city-hee could feel good feelings for her, who had been bullying her by saying things that turned her inside out.

‘In the end, it must have been because of his position as the successor to the Dokyung Group that he was treated well before.’

If she coaxed one of them well, she would have been able to easily take the position of the successor to the Dokyung Group.

Looking back on her father, who was banished for trying to tear Dokyung’s group in half, is blood not cheating?

With that thought in her head, Doshi-hee slowed her down a bit and headed towards the Do-kyung group’s mansion.

The half-sisters sitting in the driver’s seat and the passenger’s seat strangely did not make eye contact, only checking each other’s appearance.

‘I’ll ride in the back seat arrogantly as usual.’

Why did he suddenly sit next to him today and make her uncomfortable seat even more uncomfortable?

Why was Na-ri protecting the subject that had been so cruel to her until now?

And even in this rescue operation, she took on a dangerous role without hesitation and wondered if she helped herself and Na-ri.

She was a talkative Do-hee who wanted to ask Do Ye-hee what she wanted to say, but in fact, she herself was the one who realized the first thing she had to say.

‘First… I should apologize.’

A few hours ago. The moment I found Do Ye-hee in Seong-cheol’s house after a few days.

Unable to control her own emotions, she used her unreserved violence against her.

I don’t know about the other parts, but about him, she must have apologized.

Of course, judging from the circumstances, there was no doubt that Do Ye-hee had misunderstood herself.

Until now, he had separated all but a small part of the network that bothered him and gathered around him.

Just in time for Geum Na-ri’s disappearance, the incident in which the child confronted Do Ye-hee a while ago came to mind.

Moreover, the place she met was at the house of Mr. Seong-cheol, whom she loved, and even Ye-hee Do was found naked by her.

No matter how she looked at it, from her own point of view, she had no choice but to try not to misunderstand her.

It was because I felt that the appearance of Do Ye-hee, whom I met at Seong-cheol’s house after Nari disappeared, was no different from the image of Do Ye-hee, who cut off her personal connections one by one.

Even so, she can’t justify that she did her wrong because of her misunderstanding.

“…”

He made an emotional guess that it was Do Ye-hee who kidnapped Na-ri and, unable to overcome his anger, continued to use violence as it was.

Apart from the usual Do Ye-hee upset her own feelings, her actions today were clearly the result of her own misunderstanding.

Even to her, who suspected her as the culprit, she was able to get Na-ri back with a lot of help in this rescue operation.

Regarding the misunderstanding earlier, it would have been natural to apologize and move on.

So Doshi-hee called her own half-sister’s name with great determination in her own way.

“… Do Ye-hee.”

“…”

“I apologize for doubting that you sold Eunbyul to the Geumhyang Group…”

“… Just stop there, Sihee.”

She suddenly cuts off her apology she was conveying and cuts off her words.

At that response, Doshi-hee was speechless and kept quiet.

I felt like I could understand why she bothered to cut her own words.

‘As expected, this woman doesn’t even want to accept my apology.’

That was about the conclusion that Doshi-hee could think of as she cut off her apologetic words.

If that wasn’t the case, she would have said or said something after at least hearing herself apologise.

That’s why, if it were the two of us as usual, we would have deepened the emotional rift in this way, as always.

… Today’s Do Ye-hee added a few more words, instead of leaving her to figure it out on her own as usual.

Why did he cut off her words without listening to her apology?

“A woman who will succeed Dokyung Group should not go around apologizing for trivial things.”

“… ?”

“Can’t you see that apologizing is an act of weakness? I don’t know why the woman who will become the successor of the Dokyung Group is so anxious about not being able to create a weakness for herself.”

“Today’s incident was caused by my misunderstanding…”

“Because of that misunderstanding, maybe even if I were you, you would have doubted me enough. Does your mother teach you to apologize for everything that should have happened?”

“…”

“Go out shamelessly and abominably. Instead of saying sorry for being suspicious, insult and scold him for why he did something suspicious. Make it conscious that it’s not your fault, but the other person’s fault. Isn’t that the basis and basis for negotiations?”

“… What are you saying now?”

“You still have a long way to go, Doshi-hee. … Really, I still have a lot more to learn.”

Do Ye-hee’s words, which seem to be selling herself, but continue to be exceptionally longer than usual.

Although he spat out words that were completely different from what he had been up to now, the meaning contained in those words was clearly conveyed.

It’s not that Do Ye-hee didn’t want to receive his apology, she just didn’t want to see her apologising.

He even kindly explained that it was a virtue that the successor of Dokyung Group should have.

‘No way…’

Could it be that she has been doing all the incomprehensible behaviors she has seen so far with this kind of heart underneath?

The moment that thought entered Doshi-hee’s mind carefully, this time a small voice, as if crawling in, quietly reached her ear.

“… If the.”

“…”

“If you, Si-hee, really feel sorry for me at all.”

“… ?”

“… Uh, if you call me unnie just once, I think it will ease your mind a little bit.”

“… ?”

A sudden and strange request that came back with a confident voice that was not typical of Do Ye-hee.

Doshi-hee’s head tilted for a moment at the absurd sound that he still couldn’t understand.

Do Ye-hee, who noticed her subtle reaction, pretended to be nothing and picked up her own remarks.

“Joy. I didn’t like it. If I forced you to listen to your sister, she wouldn’t be very happy…”

“… Is that all you need, Ye-hee unnie?”

“…”

Do Ye-hee stopped talking at Si-hee’s words and quietly turned her head toward the window.

Then, in order to hide her emotions from her own face, she began to pretend to be nothing, in the coldest voice possible.

“… Certainly, forcing yourself to listen doesn’t make you feel very good.”

“He told me to do it…”

Even though she referred to the things she didn’t like at best, Doshi-hee grumbled at the bland reaction that came back and focused on driving again.

The corner of someone’s mouth reflected in the passenger seat window was slightly raised.