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I had a dream.

“Huh? Why?”

The image of a pretty woman tilting her head while gently hugging her arm.

“No! nothing! Hehe.”

“What makes my daughter so happy?”

“I don’t know!”

Her mother looked at her with happy eyes as she smiled innocently as she said that.

A small studio that fills up the space with just one blanket.

The strong winter wind blowing in through the small, hand-sized window and the cold floor that had turned into a bone seemed like nothing to me at the time.

“Hehe.”

Because my mother’s warm arms, which I could reach if I leaned in just a little, were there.

“What kind of person was your father?”

“Um, Dad?”

She was young and had not seen her father since she was born.

“Ugh, such a bad person.”

In response to her question, the woman raised two fingers above her head, representing what looked like horns.

This is what she often looks like when bad goblins appear in children’s books.

“Bad person?”

“Yes. I’m a really, really bad person because I abandoned my pretty mother and Ran just to eat and live alone.”

Contrary to what she said, the woman’s face was endlessly bright.

Maybe that’s why, even now, many years later, I don’t feel that much resentment towards their father who abandoned them.

“Do you regret meeting your dad?”

“Hmm… I really regretted it at first, but now what?”

As the woman talked, she pulled up her winter blanket, which had fallen slightly.

The woman’s pure white wrist, which briefly peeked out from between the blankets, was full of ugly red scars.

“…At least I was happy back then. It’s the first time I’ve had so much fun.”

There was a faintness in the woman’s voice.

The woman looked up at the blank ceiling for a moment as if recalling past memories, then quickly turned her head back towards herself.

“Isn’t that enough? Thanks to you, I was able to meet our cute Ran.”

She was so cute that she rubbed her cheek against hers as if she was dying.

Now that I think about it, I was a fool more than anyone else.

“Ah, but I hope our Ran never meets a very bad man like her mother.”

“Yes. I will meet a good man and get married. But how can you tell if he’s a bad guy?”

“This is a secret, but actually our column is…”

It was there that my eyes opened.

**

“…”

Lying down on the soft bed, Ran thought idly.

What did Mom say back then? do.

It happened when I was so young, so I don’t remember it at all.

Quietly.

When I turned my head, I saw my brother asleep, breathing quietly.

I grabbed the right hand closest to me and held it tightly.

Compared to my mother’s soft hands, they were slightly larger and more clunky.

Ran liked the feel of it.

Because I was happy when I gently stroked my head with this hand.

“…Oppa.”

I called carefully.

My brother showed no sign of waking up.

It was natural. This was because he sang in a voice so low that she could barely hear it.

Just that little act made my heart race.

If my brother wasn’t sleeping next to me, wouldn’t I have been struggling out of shame?

“…Oppa.”

I liked the unfamiliarity of it, so I called again cautiously.

The one and only precious person to her.

I thought this was the only good man my mother had mentioned before.

I couldn’t imagine myself being with someone other than my brother.

Ran, who felt that his hands alone were not enough, used a little more strength and hugged his right arm.

In the process, his body, which was lying in an upright position, turned slightly in the direction of Ran.

“…!”

Ran, who was so startled, suddenly held her breath in surprise.

However, all that can be heard is the sound of breathing.

Surprisingly, Ran, who had been sharing a room with me for a while, knew that he was the type that didn’t wake up easily once he started sleeping.

My brother’s face from the front was clearly visible even in the dark room.

Seeing this, Ran’s heart pounded loudly once again.

Without realizing it, I touched my heated cheek with my hand.

Objectively, he had a handsome face.

Distinct facial features, straight collarbones, slightly thin lips.

When those closed eyes open, Ran’s image will be reflected in his black eyes.

And I will call her name with a soft voice from my tightly closed lips.

Ran.

Called.

“…hehe.”

Ran unconsciously reached out and touched her brother’s face when she made a strange noise.

I felt dizzy from the sound of my heart pounding earlier.

Sreuk.

At that moment, with the sound of the blanket rubbing, my brother’s body, which had been awkwardly shifted to the right, returned completely to Ran’s direction.

Thanks to this, Ran unexpectedly found herself in the arms of her sleeping brother.

“…Oppa?”

I tried to wake him up and call him, but once again, all I could hear was quiet breathing.

As Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the conversation she had with him before falling asleep suddenly came to mind.

I told her that she had to move out of this house when she graduated from high school.

I also heard a promise that I would protect him no matter what until then.

…I hated it.

We have to break up.

Ran and her brother were not a real family related by blood.

That’s not why I didn’t think that one day we wouldn’t be able to live together.

But even so, it was too sudden.

Next 7 years.

What will happen to Ran and her brother’s relationship after that not very long time passes?

Will we ever be able to stay in the same room together like a family like we do now?

Or, will they become complete strangers and become difficult to even see each other from time to time?

‘no…’

Ran knows that she can hear other people’s thoughts.

That my brother had never once seen her as a woman.

She was just one of his six cute younger sisters.

‘If my daughter finds a good man, don’t hesitate and jump right in! Don’t let anyone catch you.’

A piece that emerged from a very distant memory.

This was the advice he left to her, saying that she would not have to regret anything like her mother did.

“…”

Ran lowered her head and looked down at her body.

A straight body fit for a 10-year-old child.

The parts that a woman should have were not bulging at all.

‘It is said that the younger a woman is, the better it is for a man.’

And my brother did not deny the fact that he was a lolicon.

Slurp.

The sound of undressing could be heard very discreetly in a quiet room.

**

“…Were you able to come to a conclusion somehow?”

Choi Young-cheol, who returned home, recalled what happened today.

And I realized that I had been being dragged around by my partner all day.

But it didn’t feel that bad.

In the end, we realized that it was a win-win deal.

“I felt a little sorry for my son.”

When I thought of my son’s face turning pale at the visitation hall, I couldn’t help but click my tongue.

Han Yu-seong’s second request.

He wanted to see if his son, Choi Sang-hyeon, could fulfill his role as Ran’s father.

He said that if he showed enough common sense to convince the chairman, he would actively mediate between Ran and the two when he was released from prison.

This was also something Choi Young-cheol was concerned about.

If Ran becomes his granddaughter and successor, she will inevitably come into conflict with Choi Sang-hyeon.

On one hand, the father who abandoned him when he was young, and on the other, the daughter who took his place.

He said that he would help the two people to avoid causing problems since they could never get along well. There was no way I could refuse it.

And the result is completely unqualified.

It only inflamed the young man’s anger.

The chairman had no choice but to choose isolation to protect his only son.

The third request is to reveal the truth about the death of Ran’s biological mother, Shin Se-young, and provide a space to commemorate her.

He said this was absolutely necessary for Ran’s mental health.

There was no way I could refuse it.

As a result, Han Yu-seong succeeded in convincing the chairman of all requests.

“…I live and live until I get swayed and it ends.”

A bewildered smile appeared on the lips of Choi Young-cheol, who was sitting on the sofa.

The only thing that is certain is that he is a person who should never be considered an enemy in the future.

“Want me to give you one service?”

After thinking for a moment, Choi Young-cheol picked up his cell phone.

Since ancient times, when forming an alliance, it was polite to send an appropriate gift.

“Ah, Secretary Choi. It’s me and it’s a share house. Create a foundation and provide support nationwide. What is it? Let’s find out if a school can create something like an admissions process, and try to do something good for the first time in a while.”

At the same time, this was also a kind of work for Ran.

This is to wash away the negative image of being from a share house and at the same time gain an advantage in further advancement.

“…What?”

However, Choi Young-cheol could not help but be greatly surprised by the secretary’s words over the phone afterwards.

because…

“A system called a share house has never been created?”

Because that didn’t exist.