I Became the Male Lead's wicked Step-brother

Chapter 29

My mother gave the worst answer.

My heart felt heavy as if a lump of lead had sunk into it.

It would have been better if my mother had said yes. People's prejudices are as hard as rocks, but sometimes they can be broken by a very small realization.

But my mother said she would choose me even though she knew Seunghee was smart and capable. So there was only one possibility I could think of.

'Revenge.'

My mother planned to take revenge on them by using me, who was not my grandfather's or father's bloodline. In a family that only wanted sons, putting someone else's son on the chairman's chair would be the best revenge.

Besides, Choi Seung-hyun is a troublemaker with no ability at all, so he may have taken all the power himself under the pretense of helping. Just like the regents of the Joseon Dynasty.

Given that she had endured an affair and violence from her husband for nearly 30 years, it was not surprising that her ultimate goal was much higher. How thrilling would it be to tell the men in the Choi family that they had all been deceived?

And when I thought about it, I thought I could understand why in the original, Ms. Shin Mi-seon couldn't give up on Choi Seung-hyun, who was a bundle of inferiority complexes and had no abilities.

When I read it in a book, Shin Mi-seon seemed like a typical chaebol wife who was overly protective of her own son and hated her husband's illegitimate child. Even so, such behavior was not incomprehensible. However, the truth was a bit more complicated than it seemed.

Suddenly, I felt so sorry for my mother.

In the end, her husband, who was the target of her revenge the most, died early, so she didn't even know what she had done, and her son, who she depended on the most, was kicked out of the house after the secret of his birth was revealed, and ended his life by committing suicide. Her father-in-law designated his son born from another woman as the chairman, and his own daughter helped him through the whole process. In addition, Mrs. Shin herself was locked up in a large house by Do-yoon in her later years, and died alone.

It's a terrible life.

Aside from supporting Seunghee for her personal goal of leaving this house, I also hoped that Mrs. Shin would quickly escape this hell and find her own happiness without wasting her energy on useless things. I spoke in a more resolute voice than before.

"I can't be the person my mother wants me to be. And I don't want to be that kind of person."

"Seunghyun."

"But I'm sure sister can do it."

"... What did you ask Seunghee to do? Did you two plan it?"

My mother suddenly became irritated. When I let out a deep sigh, my mother changed her voice to soothe me.

"Do you know why finishing a marathon is so great? It's because you don't give up for a long time, even when it's hard. You can do it, my son."

It sounded like you were talking to yourself, not to me.

But what if I were to just say here that I already know I don't deserve to run this marathon?

If it were the mother I had seen... she would be a little shocked at first, but later on, she would convince me to help her. It didn't seem like there was any benefit to pretending to know this now. I took a deep breath.

"Do-yoon won't be a child forever. There may come a day when his mother will have to choose between Choi Seung-hee and Choi Do-yoon."

"Where the hell does that guy dare to go!"