Chapter 188 – 188 – Gaslighting
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Sia sitting across from Woojin.
Woojin glanced at Sia.
Unlike last time, Sia had dyed her hair blonde.
And strangely, the accessories on the body seemed to have increased, and it seemed that a few things were added besides the coupling between the two and the necklace that Woojin gave as a gift during the last vacation.
Excessive or not, colorful earrings hanging in clusters, colorful bracelets occupying a large area, and colorful nail polish…
From the outside, it seemed like a completely different person from the last vacation.
‘As if I became a bully…’
But…
“Sorry, it was harder to find the store than I thought… You waited a long time, right?…”
After hearing Shia’s words, I corrected her thoughts.
It was because it was thought that unlike her changed appearance, she did not change much in her speaking tone or her caring tone.
“No it’s okay. Because I set the meeting place in a slightly difficult place.”
As the saying goes, it was Woo-jin who made the appointment.
Due to a conversation that Woojin will have with Shia in the future, she deliberately set up a Mijin cafe after this, so her lateness was extenuating.
“Are you going to open this anyway?”
Sia pointed to a small box lying on her table.
This box was what Sia held out earlier to Woojin, claiming it was her military service gift.
I wondered what this box really was… But Woojin held back.
It was because depending on the conversation from now on, she might not be able to receive this global gift.
Woojin pushed the box Shia brought toward her and slowly opened her mouth.
“Can I ask you something before that?”
“Yes. What?”
“Do you know Lee Soo-ah?”
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…
“What?”
At Woojin’s words, Shia’s thoughts stopped.
Shia wondered if she had heard it wrong, so she asked Woojin to repeat it.
“Do you know someone named Lee Soo-ah?”
“Ah… Um…”
Sia panicked and didn’t say anything..
“Who is that?”
She decided to pretend she didn’t know.
“You really don’t know?”
“Yes. Who is Lee Soo-ah?”
Sia acts as if she is hearing it for the first time.
Then Woojin held out her cell phone.
“Look at this.”
And what video was playing…
[Ahhh… Oppa…]
[Yes. You can wrap it inside.]
“Someone sent me this.”
It was herself… No, Soo-ah Lee was dealing with her guests in her Valhalla.
“Her…”
Sia bursts into laughter as if her soul had run away from home for a moment.
The first thought that comes to mind is ‘W’ and Sia wondered how Woojin had this video.
“Do you have anything to say to me after seeing this?”
“That…”
Sia stops to speak.
She tried to ask Woo-jin about this video, but she thought it best to pretend she didn’t know.
“So… What is this… Porn?”
Sia pretended to be as embarrassed as she could.
“Why are you showing this all of a sudden?”
And he decided to poison her heart.
‘Never be shaken…’
It was because if she panicked or said anything strange, it would be no different than admitting that ‘Lee Soo-ah’ was Shia herself.
Shia was unshakable and she had some confidence.
I don’t know why, but if she had been before, she would have felt guilty for lying and she would have been shaken violently.
And above all…
“Isn’t this woman just like you? Her name is Lee Soo-ah… She looks similar to you… Is this you, Shia?”
“No. How is this me?”
That woman rocking her waist over the man wasn’t Sia.
Because that was ‘Lee Soo-ah’…
“Um… He looks a lot like me… But I’m not that dark-skinned, right? And look at the tattoos…”
In her video, Sia compares the tattooed parts of Lee Soo-ah to her own body.
“Isn’t it?”
Shia rolled her eyes and looked in her direction.
“…”
Woojin seemed to be a little worried about her attitude towards Shia… Not sure.
Shia saw Woojin’s attitude in her and thought that she should go stronger on her side of Shia.
“And why am I doing this dirty thing?”
As I said before, the person in the video was [Lee Soo-ah].
And Lee Soo-ah disappeared from the world a few hours ago.
In the video, ‘Lee Soo-ah’ was not ‘Lee Si-ah’ herself.
From the point of view of Lee Siah, who was reborn after abandoning Lee Soo Ah by using ‘Artemis’ spring water’, ‘Lee Soo Ah’ was just a stain on her past.
And the stain disappeared from the world a few hours ago.
‘Because Lee Soo-ah is no longer in this world…’
That’s why the evidence that ‘Lee Soo-ah’ is herself has disappeared.
Even if there is someone who knows his identity. And even if that person shouted that ‘Lee Soo-ah’ was ‘Lee Shia’ for a hundred days, it was useless.
‘At least I wouldn’t know if I could get a picture of me transforming into an avatar…’
Knowing that there was no evidence and judging from Woojin’s hesitant attitude, I thought it might be okay to relax a bit.
“Even if I were that person, what would I regret doing with a man like this?”
In the video, the image of Lee Soo-ah dealing with a middle-aged man, not a young customer, was playing.
It didn’t matter if I saw him dealing with young customers.
As I said before, it’s not ‘Lee Shia’, it’s ‘Lee Soo-ah’…
“Honestly, I’m not a person who is in need of money…”
As everyone knows, Sia’s family has a lot of money.
That’s why it didn’t make sense for Sia to sell her body for money to a middle-aged man like that.
“…”
Woojin stayed still as if lost in contemplation.
The moment Shia sees the figure of Woojin in her, and tries to drive a wedge against her own logic…
“But did I mention I was selling my body?”
Woojin sighed softly.
“…”
Embarrassed Sia.
The thief is begging me…
It seemed that he was calmly refuting, but he couldn’t adjust the tempo, so it was a little distorted.
“It’s what if, if. For a woman my age to deal with a man like that, she has nothing but to sell herself.”
However, it was not a big crisis for Sia, who was armed with her accumulated skills and deception skills.
“It doesn’t…”
“Whoops.”
Sia laughs involuntarily.
She laughed because she thought it was all over.
And, no matter who it was, it was also a smile for those who tried to bring him down.
“The bottom line is that that person is not me. Right?”
Sia wants Woo-jin to confirm that ‘Lee Soo-ah’ in the video is not herself.
However, Woojin did not give up and began to speak.
“But… Look at this… The belly button piercing you’re wearing, the mole… I think it’s you…”
Woojin runs away with his voice dropping.
“Woo Jin-ah.”
Sia stopped the runaway Woojin.
“Do you want me to be this person?”
“…”
From the perspective of Sia, Woojin seemed to be making a last-ditch effort.
Now that she has no cards to drive her against, she says it’s an act that justifies the suspicions she had.
“That’s not right…”
“Whoa… As I said earlier, that person is not me.”
Well… Woo-jin’s suspicions were correct, but she was the one who didn’t have Lee Soo-ah anyway, and that made it harmless.
“As Woojin said, this person resembles me, and there are similarities, but so? Did I tan like that guy? Did you get a tattoo?”
“…”
“And what is the reason for me to meet a man like that? What… Because you feel the composure of an adult with an older middle-aged man? Is there no reason for me to do that? Is not it?”
“…”
Shia looked at Woojin, frowning at her expression as if she was displeased.
By proving her innocence, she was trying to get rid of the fire by making Woo-jin feel guilty as much as possible.
So in the end…
“I’m sorry… I think I misunderstood… I’m sorry.”
In the end, Woo-jin lets her tail down…
“Sorry…”
Woojin seemed to think that his suspicions were inappropriate, but he was making a really sorry expression, not the long-winded expression he had earlier.
“…”
Shia thought that this was the crossroads that would decide her future.
Two choices.
One. ‘Hard line’.
He pushes Woo-jin and becomes the boss in future relationships.
Two. ‘Remedy’.
He comforts Woo-jin with conciliatory measures such as ‘You can do that’.
In many ways, it is right to choose the first option that is convenient for the future.
But,,,
“It’s fine. It’s to the point where I think it looks just like me.”
Sia is her second choice. She chose an appeasement.
“…Sorry. I just got a weird idea…”
“No, are you okay?”
Sia comforts Woo-jin, who is apologizing, saying that it is okay.
First of all, if you chose the first option, it was clear that an awkward current would flow between the two.
And Sia didn’t want to fight with Woojin.
Although Sia might be comfortable in the beginning, it was clear that things like quarrels would often happen in the back, and it would be bad for her.
‘I don’t know if Woojin is the same as Seungjun…”
Woo-jin was not someone to be oppressed like anyone else.
Shia did not come so far to fight Woojin for her initiative.
Shia has been trying to erase her dirty past from the world in order to have a relationship with Woojin that is the same as before… Or even stronger than before, and she has achieved it.
That’s why she didn’t have to take the initiative in dating.
Instead, she decided to leave some guilt behind.
So that I won’t have any such nonsensical doubts…
“Rather than that, won’t you open the present I gave you?”
“A present?… Ah, this… I’ll open it.”
Sia watches Woojin open the box.
Sia thought Woojin would feel even more guilty the moment he opened that box.
That will be too…
“What’s this…”
Because I prepared a pretty expensive present.
The gift Sia gave to Woojin was a famous brand watch worth at least 10 million won.
“Uh…? Yes?”
Woojin was also perplexed as to whether he knew the value of this watch.
“It’s a global gift. It’s pretty expensive.”
I didn’t buy it with Sia’s money.
It was bought with the help of her father Lee Tae-seong.
But she didn’t say anything like that.
It was to put a strange guilt on Woo-jin.
Receiving a gift of great value from someone you just doubted?
In this case…
“I don’t think I can get this…”
As now, he conscientiously chooses to refuse.
But Shia, no matter what, she will hand this gift to Woo-jin.
“It’s okay if it’s just because of work. You said it earlier. I’m fine So accept it.”
“But…”
“Is it expensive? Hey, it’s not too far by my standards.”
With the money Sia earned from her modeling work and club Valhalla, she could afford this.
But the reason why she got the help of her father Lee Tae-sung…
It was because she had almost spent the money.
She spent a lot of money on decorating herself, but since she lived with her husband, her money went out quite a bit, and she couldn’t say that her current bank account balance was comfortable.
“Ah. And. Let’s drink this and go to our department store. Discharge gifts include clothes, but you have to try them on yourself. Yes?”
But it’s okay.
I could buy Woojin’s clothes, and at least I could use Dad’s chance.
“…”
Woojin hesitates while looking at his watch.
Seeing this, Sia picked up her own watch and put it on Woojin’s wrist to start her next course.
“Ruler. The watch is yours now. ‘Cause I’ll never get it back I know that.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Sia lightly pressed Woojin’s nose with her index finger.
It was Shia’s action to relieve Woojin’s stiff atmosphere.
Then Woo-jin lifted her head and looked at him…
“Got it? Hehe.”
Sia answered Woojin with a bright smile.
How I do it…
Sia, who became the boss of the relationship as a result of the hardline policy.
She just wondered if she should have written a hardline stance, but…
Now that I think about it, if I had chosen the first option, the hard line, I would not have given that gift.
“Are you going to be so greedy?”
“But…”
“Stop being sorry… Even if I told you, they wouldn’t listen… Um…”
Sia is thinking about something.
“Then. Go on a date with me today. I will forgive you for that.”
After saying that, Sia stood up from her seat.
Then she took Woojin’s hand and raised her up.
“Because there is no veto. Wake up I don’t have much time. Let’s hurry.”
“No time?”
Woo-jin is puzzled by the fact that he has no time.
“Didn’t you hear from your mother or father? Didn’t Woojin say that we were going to have a party to commemorate your discharge from a group this evening?”
“I didn’t hear anything like that…”
“Hey… We don’t have time, so let’s go out.”
Sia leaves the cafe holding Woojin’s hand.
Then, after getting Woo-jin into her car, they headed to the department store.
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…
While driving, I glanced at Woojin in the passenger seat.
Woo-jin was about to say something, but she hesitated as if she was still paying attention to herself…
It happened to be a red light, and Xia had a question for Woojin and called.
“You see the video I showed you earlier? Where did you get that A site like the Internet?”
“No, just someone sent me a video?”
“Huh huh?”
I don’t know who it was, but it was clear that someone was trying to harm him.
“I will have to take action.”
“Action?”
“Ah. That girl from earlier looks similar to me. And just in time I’m getting a little famous. That’s why I was afraid there might be some strange rumors. Measures to avoid creating tiring work? Yes.”
“Aha…”
Woojin gives off a tired atmosphere after seeing Sia’s narcissistic attitude.
But it’s also true, and Woojin didn’t seem to care if he thought he was a sinner.
The light changes and Sia resumes driving.
Sia thought of people she could send a video to Woojin while driving.
There are many people who know ‘Lee Soo-ah’.
However, when Shia was ‘Lee Soo-ah’, she rarely mentioned or approached Woo-jin.
Then there must be someone who knows that ‘Lee Soo-ah’ is ‘Lee Shia’…
Joo-won and Seung-jun are such people. And only his father Lee Tae-seong.
Excluding Lee Tae-seong… Joo-won and Seung-jun…
They both thought there was no reason for that.
Of course you should check it once.
But neither of them had any reason to do that.
If that’s the case, you should also think of a third person… I had no idea who that person was.
“Who is it…”
“Yes?”
“No… No, I was talking to myself.”
I don’t know who it is, but Woo-jin’s tricks went back to nothing.
Find out later…
Shia wondered why the culprit would do this.
For her to drop herself and Woojin?
Well, I think it could be.
But somehow, I thought she was using Woo-jin just to prank herself.
It means that he is trying to attack himself by spreading Shia’s shame to his lover, Woo-jin.
However, as I said before, the manual work went back and forth.
The past has already been cleared.
She herself became a different person.
‘There is no conclusive evidence…’
Well… From the perpetrator’s point of view, it can be seen that Sia is casting a so-called ‘pong pong’ (washing dishes) on Woo-jin.
It’s also a sensitive issue these days, and it seemed like he was trying to deal a big blow to himself by exposing his private parts to his lover…
‘Yeah, isn’t it?’
Literally didn’t
Of course, Sia is aware of what she did wrong.
She might be trying to make Woo-jin do ‘Pong Pong’ (wash the dishes).
‘But I’m not a pom-pom girl,’
But he was different from those kids.
Rather, it might have supported Woojin with economic power, but it was not a parasite that sucked Woojin’s economic power.
And she thought that from now on, she just needs to be good to Woo-jin.
For example, ‘Fellowship’ or ‘No-Consex’ that Woojin wanted so much…
If it was before, I took it off on the pretext of being pregnant, but since everything went well, I’m going to lift the ban.
More than anything else, Shia’s goal from now on was to be with Woojin.
If it was Woojin’s child, it didn’t matter.
However, I plan to take birth control pills in the future.
It was because the story from each other’s family said that they got married after Woo-jin graduated from college.
‘It doesn’t matter if it happened before then…’
Anyway, I made a lot of mistakes along the way. I thought that it would be okay to make Woo-jin happy by unleashing what I learned in the process.
‘Finish shopping. She goes to a party, then goes to a hotel for the night and uh… Let’s do that.’
Shia resumed her drive, thinking about her schedule for today.
Sia felt that her healthy happiness had come to her heart for the first time in a long time.
After all, today was a good day in many ways…
