Chapter 2. Why would you do that?

So-hye was a maid of Qufu South Clan(曲阜南家).

And she was a good girl who always smiled and did all the chores, but she was running out with a cry wrapped around her face.

"Bawling."

Nam Chun-hui only stared at her with a blank look.

"I didn't mean it to you …"

But even as he was moaning, there was a strange woman's voice in his head.

Nam Chun-hui scratched his forehead with his forefinger.

Only one part of his smooth forehead was rough.

It was a habit that came out without knowing himself whenever there was an anxiety.

"What the hell is this?"

He took a breath.

If an ordinary person had experienced this, he would completely have gone insane.

Was it because he has been together for nearly a decade?

The shock didn't last longer than he had thought.

Rather, the self-esteem of himself made him smile, perhaps because he has consistently polished his manners and refinement.

However, it was a mistake for So-hye to show up at the moment when he swore at the strange woman.

'So-hye, I’m sorry.

The older brother is not like this.

So, since you are a good girl, please understand me.'

Nam Chun-hui walked back and forth in the room with his hands tied behind him.

Now it was more urgent to confirm the identity of the woman in his head than to soothe So-hye.

'What are you?'

Instead of answering, he heard a voice saying, "Do you want to execute it?"

Just in case, he asked her with the sound in his mind

"What are you?"

The same sound was just repeated.

He could not have a conversation with her.

Therefore, he could not say, "Execute it" without any measures.

Nam Chun-hui started to say something but looked around in vain, and if anyone saw him, he or she would run to the clan leader, and tell him that his youngest son was crazy.

'What do I do with this?'

Nam Chun-hui walked back and forth in the room for a while and then turned toward the outside, because of his curiosity that there would be another change.

Whoosh –

'Is it because winter is just around the corner?'

The cool wind blew in every direction.

But he was the youngest son of Qufu South Clan.

Qufu South Clan was not the number one millionaire in Shandong province, but it was enough to be considered in top ten, so Nam Chun-hui, armed with expensive fur clothes, continued his walk.

"The third young nobleman."

A stranger recognized Nam Chun-hui and made a nod. He must be either a merchant or a warrior who wanted to do business with Qufu South Clan. The number of such people reached dozens.

'More than ever, I think.'

That meant that the finances of Qufu South Clan were booming.

Maybe that's why.

Though the voice of a strange woman was still ringing, his steps were light.

As Nam Chun-hui was heading for the exit of the outer garden, he stopped ahead of the bridge. The conversation of the maids who were doing laundry under the bridge was heard.

"The third young nobleman told So-hye to go out."

"Oh my god, is that true?"

So-hye expressed her resentment, but what mattered to the maids was not authenticity, just a matter of tediousness.

"The third young nobleman, like anyone else, had some kind of power of a man."

"Are you crazy? Are you a hottie?"

The argument grumbled.

"He is handsome, and I think it's better to be a man sometimes than soft."

"Hey! Are you going to live off his face? They say that you're going to get tired of it after three years. I'd rather prefer the son who resembles the personality than the face of the clan leader, like the first young nobleman ."

Nam Chun-hui pouted his lips.

'They don't know that even three-year-happiness is better than anything else.'

Someone raised a counterargument.

"But the first young nobleman is too much fat… He is fatter than the clan leader in appearance."

So was he.

The eldest brother Nam Chun-hong was generous enough to have a good personality, and he was so blessed with heaven that fat was so attached to his body.

In a word, he was a pig.

Nam Chun-hui’s inner thoughts have been connected with someone of the maids.

"That's why I like the second young nobleman. Who knew if he had such martial talents(武才) though he looked sick in appearance?"

Nam Chun-hui made a feigned smile.

The height of the second brother was short and his temper was dirty; his nickname was a crazy dog.

A crazy dog and a handsome boy?

Perhaps the marriage life of that maid seemed to be not so smooth.

Anyway, Nam Chun-hui was still shaking when he thought that he had suffered from Nam Chun-ik during his childhood.

'Just practice for your whole life. Never come back. Yes, I'll send you a New Year's greeting card.'

He prayed desperately for Nam Chun-ik, who was practicing somewhere in Shaanxi province.

"Anyway, chut chut, she has never had any experience with a man, so she is talking in delirium."

The eyes of the maids sparkled for the men's story.

"Listen to me, did the third young nobleman tell So-hye to just get away? No, he told her to get away from his head."

"What is the difference?"

"Oh! How could I guide these foolish girls? Since the third young nobleman has thought so much about So-hye, he said her to get out of his head… The important words are not "get away" but "out of head". Read books, you, foolish girls! Will you live alone forever, for the rest of your life?"

The maids blinked at each other.

Nam Chun-hui got also absentminded by the ridiculous words.

'What's wrong with you, auntie?'

What kind of a madman wrote such a book?

The maids cheered as if they were bewitched.

Yes, the truth didn’t matter to them.

It would be enough to just chat about some topics while doing the laundry.

"Does the third young nobleman like So-hye?"

"Hoo-hoo, I'm pretty sure of that."

'Ma’am, don’t show off!

It's never like that.

And return the book, or burn it.

If you rely on such a false book, you will live alone for the rest of your life.'

In the meantime, the maids were screaming like baby birds facing the food.

Nam Chun-hui hurriedly took control of breath as the maids made a big deal of it. It was clear that if he let them go as they were, the ridiculous rumor would strike Qufu South Clan. And the rumor would soon spread throughout the whole Qufu.

'I don't like it!'

But So-hye was faster than him.

"Bawling! I don't like him."

Nam Chun-hui had a blank expression on his face like a man whose jewelry was taken from him.

The time he has known So-hye was five years.

She was a maid, but he never ignored or bullied her. Sometimes he would be a friend.

That’s why the feeling of betrayal doubled.

'Why don’t you like the third son of the rich clan?'

"I prefer the clan leader…"

Nam Chun-hui was forced to lick his tongue, as she was shy and blurred her words.

"You prefer the rich man himself rather than the son of the rich man?"

At this point, it was hard to hear more.

Nam Chun-hui tried to step forward with a cough, unless there was a word from a woman who suddenly rang in his head.

'Then, why did you ask?'

Instead of answering, a new world opened up in front of him.

Translator: Khan