Secretly, But Unable to Hide It

Favor

The woman watched for a moment, her expression shifting as she frowned slightly. Purposefully lowering her voice, she said, "En,"

Hanni can't control herself, she nearly falls apart. "Dad and mom approved this?"

The woman licks her lips and replies, "Isn't it enough if I can have a perfect one?"

Compared to Yunjin's voice, this one sounds so fresh and smooth, with a soft, pleasant lilt to the final syllable. Her older sister always speaks in a cold, detached tone. It's completely different.

The woman says, "Kid," then laughs softly and continues, "Come here and see whether unnie's plastic surgery looks great?"

Hanni sensed something was off, a subtle unease prickling at the back of her mind. Just then, she heard noise behind her, the sound of footsteps approaching.

A woman stepped out of the bathroom, her hair damp and glistening, with a towel casually draped over her shoulder. She glanced at Hanni, then grabbed a fork from the fruit plate and took a bite of watermelon.

Hanni's expression shifted as if she had seen a ghost. Her eyes widened in disbelief, and she called out, "Unnie?"

"What?" Yunjin replies, biting into the watermelon. "You stunned by my beauty?"

"I..." Before Hanni can respond, the woman behind her bursts into laughter, cutting her off.

It's a rare moment for Hanni to feel so flustered, and she glances at the woman. Her heart skips a beat.

Yunjin waves her hand in front of Hanni's face. "Little demon, what trouble are you causing now?"

Hanni immediately denies it, "What trouble could I possibly cause?"

Yunjin watches carefully, raising her eyebrow. "Good that you're not causing any trouble."

Hanni, realizing she has a request to make, tries to speak again. "But, unnie, I have something..." She glances at the unfamiliar woman, unsure.

Suddenly, the unfamiliar woman speaks up, excitedly asking, "Yunjin, is this your little sister?"

Yunjin goes to sit on her bed, smirking. "Is it possible she's my daughter?"

Hanni asks politely, "Unnie, who is this person?"

Yunjin responds briefly, "My roommate, Kim Minji."

"You don't recognize me?" Minji asks. "Didn't you call me unnie before?"

The question reminds Hanni of her earlier, foolish thought, and she feels both embarrassed and annoyed.

Minji walks toward Hanni, kneels down, "I'm Kim Minji, your unnie's friend."

Hanni looks away, feeling uneasy. "Oh."

After introducing herself to the little sister, Minji turned to Yunjin. "Yunjin, don't you think we look a bit similar?"

Yunjin paused and looked at Minji. "Please, look in the mirror."

"Then," Minji continued, "How could this kid ask me..." She laughed again. "Whether I had plastic surgery?"

Yunjin says coolly, "What do you mean?"

"Unnie!" Hanni, afraid that Yunjin will be upset and won't help her with the teacher, quickly changes the topic. "Didn't you tell me you wouldn't come home?"

"Little demon," Yunjin says, expressionless, "You thought she was me?"

"No, no."

"You thought she was me after plastic surgery?" Yunjin's self-confidence wavers, and she says arrogantly and nastily, "Me? Having plastic surgery? And changing my appearance to look like her..."