Transmigration: The Narcissistic Cinderella - Chapter 160

Moon Jiwoo did not know whether or not to curse at herself for being this clumsy or target it towards Sookyung for being this heartless.

This actually brought her back to the memories of when she had first met the boy. At that time, she took the boy to be completely heartless and ungrateful before he began to get softer with her.

That was a side of his she started to get used to, and due to that, she totally forgot about how he used to be in the beginning.

However, although he was not a nice fellow then, because of how she had the upper hand at that time, she did not find herself being much affected by his antics.

But this was a different case.

This time around he was truly the superior one, and there was nothing she was able to beat him in. No matter how much she tried, she could not think of a way she would be able to dominate the male.

Because of how she messed up some of the flowers, she had to stay and fix them during the time she was supposed to have her lunch. Therefore, this is how she got stuck with gardening while Sookyung and Jaehwan happily enjoyed their meal.

Of course, believing that she was a mȧturė person, who did not take out her anger on others because of her mistake, she did not lash out at Sookyung when he mentioned on how she would not be able to have lunch unless she was done with all of this.

Surely, he doesn’t have any personal grudge against her. This was only due to how she caused a mistake, and if it wasn’t for that, he would have allowed her to enjoy lunch.

He was merely being a strict boss— nothing Moon Jiwoo can’t handle.

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By the time it was ten in the night, Moon Jiwoo was still starving, and she was unable to take in a glass of water due to how busy she was kept throughout the entire time.

When it was time for the dinner, Sookyung and Jaehwan dined alone without giving her a chance to say anything. Although the middle-aged man looked at her with pity in his eyes— not that it helped in any way— he was completely helpless against Oh Sookyung.

Now, that she was finally done with all the work ȧssigned to her, she was about to inform Sookyung about the entire thing and see his reaction.

But before she was able to approach the male, she heard the conversation between him and Jaehwan. Instinctively, she hid behind the wall at that.

Seeing how she was hiding, she scolded herself. It wasn’t as if she did anything wrong; she couldn’t see the purpose of concealing herself from Oh Sookyung.

But before she was able to bring herself out from the hiding spot, the snippets of their conversation reached into her ear, and seeing how her name was mentioned, she hid behind the wall again.

“Aren’t you being too cruel that girl, Shin Daerin? She hadn’t eaten anything, and she must be starving. You shouldn’t be hard on such a small girl,” Jaehwan started.

Moon Jiwoo found herself agreeing with the words she heard from Jaehwan, and she nodded her head along with it while a small smile formed on her face.

“It’s fine. Nothing will be happening to her. She will survive,” Sookyung stated.

“I guess, but can’t you see how difficult it is on her? It’s not as if I needed help with those things in the first place. Are you taking revenge on her for something?”

Moon Jiwoo found her ears perking up due to those words.

“I guess you can put it in that way. I hate her, and let’s just say torturing her like this pleases me,” Sookyung vocalised, “I want to see her in more pain.”

Moon Jiwoo would be lying if she mentioned how those words of his did not affect her at all.

Because in reality, they did manage to hurt her pretty badly.

Jiwoo felt as if a sharp sword was driven through the ċhėst as those words of his reached into her ear, and for couple of seconds, she found it hard to breath.

Raising her hand, she placed her palm against her mouth in order to prevent herself from making any noise, and it felt as if her ċhėst was being ripped into two pieces.

Yes, she did expect for the man to be angry at her, and it was reasonable for him to be so. But being treated this way by him caused a part of her to be torn apart, and tears glistened at the corner of her eyes.

But there was no way she was going to allow those tears to fall down. No matter how hard it was for her, Jiwoo was not going to let herself fall that weak.

‘Fuck about him being a strict boss! He is a petty ȧsshole that needs to be taught a lesson! He doesn’t have a personal grudge against me! Why did I even think that high of this son of a bitch!? Seriously! Does he need to be that immature about it!?

Why can’t he just approach me and shout at me? Won’t that be making the things better? Why do you have to do this behind my back? You ȧsshole! You sneaky bastard!

Why can’t I just hate you after this? Why can’t I just slap you after this? How long do I have to blame myself and feel like shit?

No, Moon Jiwoo, what are you thinking about? If he wants to take revenge on me, that would be great. In that way, I will be able to erase all the emotions I have towards the male, and he would be able to satisfy himself as well. In the end of this, I might hate him completely instead of feeling guilt!’

With that, Moon Jiwoo started to think optimistically. Maybe instead of him treating her nonchalantly, this is what she needed. This would be the best for both of them.

By this way, she would be successful in getting rid of her love and guilt towards him— something she tried to erase for years but remained unsuccessful toward the very end unfortunately.

With a smile on her face, she placed on a joyful expression on her face, and there was no way she was going to show any signs of sadness on her face. If he was happy with her suffering, then so be it.

Gathering up all of her courage, she walked out of her hiding spot and walked towards the both of the males. Spotting both of the male, she bowed at them.

Due to how suddenly she bowed at them, due to how exhausted she was, she felt slightly dizzy, and she stumbled little backwards. For that, she found herself feeling embarrassed as how she wasn’t still comfortable with others seeing her weak.

“If you are done with the work, then return home on you own. I will be staying here,” Sookyung voiced out.

Moon Jiwoo was shocked at what she had just heard from this.

She couldn’t believe that he was telling a young girl to return home on her own when that could be potentially dangerous for her. Moreover, Jiwoo was clueless on where this place was.

‘Wow! You ȧsshole! I will seriously hate you if things go this way! But this is for the best! If you think that things are going in your way, you are wrong. Actually, you are the one who is following my lead. That’s why, keep up with it, buddy!’

Thinking about it like that took way most of her negative emotions from her, and a smile formed on her face at that. The sparkle in her eyes showed how genuinely happy she was due to this.

This did manage to make the man opposite to her quite confused although he did not show that upon his features.

Nodding her head, she said, “Well then, I will be on my way, Boss! Have a fun time at here! Bye! Jaehwan-ssi, have a good time as well! Doing this was great, and I hope that I will be having an opportunity to visit here again as well!

If you need help here, don’t hesitate to call me again. One more thing, I got to learn a lot from you today, and thanks for that!”

With that, she turned her back on both of them and began to walk away. The confusion on Sookyung’s face became more evident while he called after her.

“Shin Daerin, wait up!”