Y/N squinted and gently reached her hand out. In the blink of an eye, she snatched Gong Yo's cell phone and then smashed it hard onto the ground, causing it to shatter into bits.

Lee Dong-wook and Chen Keyi were dumbfounded and it was as if their jaws were about to drop onto the ground.

Gong Yo was astonished too.

Y/N looked at Gong Yo calmly and asked indifferently, "You either make Hoshi admit to his mistake and apologize, or..."

At this point, Y/N raised her brows and continued, "He will completely lose the person he wants."

After saying that, she left arrogantly.

The night breeze was blowing.

Her long hair draped down her neck and it was fluttering with the wind.

Gong Yo's face turned pale and he began trembling too. "Atrocious. How can there be such an arrogant actress in the entertainment industry?"

"Since you've chosen to offend me, don't blame me for being hostile."

Kai had just returned to the Kim Family estate from a social event that he had been forced to attend. Soon after he sat down, his cell phone suddenly rang.

It was a video call from Hoshi.

Before Kai could figure it out, he saw Hoshi sitting on the bed with a towel wrapped tightly around his body, his face a little pale.

"Are you sick?"

Hoshi coughed a few times before saying, "Kai, we've known each other for so long, what's your opinion of me?"

"You're great, what's the matter?"

Hoshi coughed again and asked, "Kai, are women more important than me?"

Feeling amused, Kai asked, "Nonsense, of course you are more important than them. We've been friends since we were kids! Women don't matter more to me than you do!"

Hoshi finally smiled. "Kai, have you eaten?"

"Yes. Speaking of which, did you specifically drop me a video call just to ask such a silly question?"

Hoshi suddenly bit his lower lip and asked, "Kai, I was pushed into the pond today, will you take revenge for me?"

Upon hearing his words, he immediately rolled up his sleeves. 'Who bullied such a weak man like Hoshi?'

"Who is it? Tell me and I'll find someone to deal with him or her."

Hoshi said aggrievedly, "It's Y/N! That ambiguous girlfriend of yours! Kai, she's gone overboard, she deliberately created trouble at my grandmother's birthday banquet and even pushed me into the pond. She also threatened to deal with me if I continue pestering you!"

Kai even suspected that he had heard wrongly.

He rubbed his ears and asked, "Hoshi, who did you say pushed you into the pond?"

Hoshi snapped furiously, "Y/N!"

'Uh...'

Kai suddenly grinned and said, "Hoshi, Sister Y/N is grumpy, don't be angry. Let's just forget about it."

Although Y/N was bad-tempered, she wouldn't hit anyone for no reason, unless that person provoked her.

He knew Hoshi's character very well and hence was certain that Hoshi must have provoked Y/N first.

Hoshi would have never expected Kai to still stand on her side despite all the outrageous things that she had done!

"Kai, you let me down too much."

After saying that, he hung up without uttering another word.

Kai stared at his cell phone in confusion.

'What's wrong with Hoshi's brain?'

'Do I really have to go confront Y/N for Hoshi? What a joke, I don't want to die yet!'

Y/N made it to the hot search list again, this time, with the cast of "The Tumultuous Harem".

[Mr. Gong Yo Swears To Boycott Y/N.]

[Y/N is Boycotted, What Happens To The Cast of The Tumultuous Harem?]

[Y/N Offends Mr. Gong Yo.]

Those three topics appeared on the hot search list at the same time.

The root cause of the matter was a post on social media that was posted by Gong Yo's personal studio.

It claimed that Y/N had failed to show respect to her elders and was still unrepentant after having committed a heinous scene at his wife's birthday banquet. He also claimed to jointly boycott Y/N, an artist with poor character, together with many other companies.

As a prestigious actor whom many newbies and existing celebrities of the entertainment industry wanted to suck up to, Gong Yo held a lot of authority and his words were very influential.

All of a sudden, many celebrities hopped on the bandwagon.

The one who was the most eager to throw shade at Y/N was none other than Ji-eun.

[Ji-eun: Oh my gosh, I always thought that Y/N is a straightforward and no-nonsense girl, why did she do such a thing?]

Ji-eun was also part of the cast for "The Tumultuous Harem", alongside Y/N. Because of Y/N, the cast and production of the drama were greatly affected and hence, Ji-eun's post made it to the hot search list in less than half an hour.

Many of Ji-eun's fans were worried that the drama would not go on air because of Y/N.

[I heard that the deputy station manager of our Seoul TV station personally visited the cast of "The Tumultuous Harem" and expressed his love for Y/N. He...]

[Yo, I have a scary thought. Is Y/N's sugar daddy...]

Once this idea appeared, it quickly began to grow in the hearts of many.

When Gong Yo was watching the news and saw the scandal about Y/N and the deputy station manager, he felt even more disgusted with Y/N.

He was quite close to the deputy station manager, but he did not expect the deputy director to be in an illicit relationship with Y/N.

"Don't laugh at others, you were also seduced by a brazen hussy back then. I should be the one to laugh at them."

Gong Yo's wife slowly came down from upstairs, followed by Hoshi.

Knowing that he was at fault, Gong Yo hurriedly smiled deferentially and said, "I did it because I knew you must hate that woman. Moreover, she bullied Hoshi. Does she think no one will stand up for him?"

"Grandpa, will that woman really be kicked out of the entertainment industry?" Hoshi asked with glistening eyes.

Gong Yo looked at him benevolently. "Of course, that woman is just a greenhorn. I can deal with her easily."

Hoshi was thrilled. He thought that once Y/N became the public enemy of netizens, Kai would definitely kick her out.

'Hmph! It's all your fault for vying with me!'

When everyone on the internet was hopping on the bandwagon of trying to cancel Y/N and get her to leave the entertainment industry of her own accord, only one person supported her.

[Jimin The Most Handsome Man In The Universe: Old Fogy Gong, don't go overboard, Y/N is under my protection!]

[What did Y/N do to bewitch Jimin?]

[Jimin, don't do this, we'll find you another woman who's better!]

[I heard that Mr. Gong's grandson made a fool of himself by falling into the water during Mrs. Gong's birthday banquet. Does it have something to do with Y/N?]

The netizens let their imagination run wild.

Chen Keyi was forced to pause filming for three days and the production team of the variety show that Y/N had starred in for only one episode also hurriedly replaced her.

There were also many companies that originally intended to engage Y/N but decided to drop the idea.

Once again, Y/N became the controversial target of public hate.

When Jennie received the news at school, she grabbed her bag and rushed out of the classroom without saying a word.

'Why did Second Sister-in-law receive flak again? Is that Gong Yo tired of living?'

'I have to hurry back to see Second Sister-in-law abuse some scumbags! It must be an interesting sight!'

When she arrived home, she saw Y/N sitting on the sofa and playing some mobile games calmly.

She had her head hung slightly low and she was staring at her cell phone screen with a straight face, exuding a murderous aura.

Jennie swallowed her saliva and slowly approached. "Second Sister-in-law... What are you doing?"

Without even looking at her, Y/N answered, "Abusing some scums."

'Huh?'

Jennie sat down next to Y/N, only to find that there was a male game avatar opposite Y/N's.

The avatar was wearing gilded clothes and the player had obviously spent a large amount of money to upgrade his clothes.

Jennie pointed at her phone screen and asked, "Second Sister-in-law, who's this person?"

Y/N glanced at Jennie and said coldly, "A shameless person who wants to marry Kai."

'Huh?'

Jennie scratched the back of her head and said, "There are loads of women who want to marry him, why bother making things hard for a woman, Second Sister-in-law?"

"It's not a woman but a man."

'What? A man wants to marry Kai?'

Jennie widened her eyes in shock and said, "Second Sister-in-law, that's not funny."

Y/N ignored Jennie and instead played the voice message that she received.

Hoshi cursed furiously in the voice message, "Y/N, if you apologize to me now, I'll ask Grandpa to go easy on you. You must leave Kai too!"

After playing the voice message, Y/N glanced at Jennie.

Jennie was appalled.

'Damn it, it's really a man! He wants Second Sister-in-law to leave Kai!'

"Second Sister-in-law, this person is such a psychopath, you're Kai's sister-in-law, not his wife. Why did he demand that from you?"

Glancing at Jennie with a mysterious gaze, Y/N said, "Make a guess."

"..."

The mobile game had already begun.

Just as Hoshi was about to start launching his skills, he froze right on the spot.

Y/N was beside Hoshi's avatar in the mobile game that she was playing and she punched him hard. Soon, a large amount of his health was depleted.

When he came online again after the respawn, Y/N dealt him a lethal blow and then opened the voice message he sent.

"How did I die? Y/N, you atrocious and horrendous woman, how dare you sneak an attack on me!?!"

Y/N finally spoke and with a tone that was full of contempt, she said, "I killed you, fool."

Hoshi's avatar then shook his buttocks while Y/N switched off her cell phone.

'Ah, I feel so much better.'

Dumbfounded, Jennie asked, "Second Sister-in-law, when have you become so good at plotting against others?"

"I'm not." Y/N answered indifferently.

"Then..."

"I spoke to Taehyung over the phone in advance."

'It's no wonder.'

Jennie began to somewhat sympathize with the pitiful Hoshi.

After hearing about Y/N, Kai hurried home and as soon as he entered, he exclaimed, "Leave Gong Yo to me, Second Sister-in-law. Don't worry, no one can make you quit the entertainment industry!"

"Huh, Jennie, you skipped class?"

Jennie glanced at Y/N guiltily and exclaimed, "I was just worried about Second Sister-in-law, I have to protect her!"

'Protect Second Sister-in-law?'

Kai looked at her like he was looking at an idiot. 'Does Y/N even need your protection?'

"Second Sister-in-law, Hoshi must have instigated Gong Yo to do this. Don't worry, I'll call Hoshi and give him a warning."

'Hoshi... Hoshi... Why does this name sound so familiar?'

'The username of the player who played against Second Sister-in-law in that game seems to be Hoshi!'

"Third Brother, your little lover bullied Second Sister-in-law and he even scolded her! I would never let such a person marry you. You're such a degenerate!"

Jennie shook her head while speaking.

Kai listened with a dumbfounded expression.

'How am I a degenerate? Since when am I getting married?'

"Jennie, don't talk nonsense. I don't even have a girlfriend!"

"But you have a boyfriend!" Jennie said indignantly, "Hoshi even provoked Second Sister-in-law and made her apologize during the game! You keep changing your girlfriend every now and then just to hide the fact that you like men!"

Kai was dumbfounded. 'I like men?'

"Jennie, don't babble nonsense. I'm straight, I don't like men."

With a look of contempt, Jennie exclaimed, "If it wasn't for that disgusting man who's bent on marrying you, would Second Sister-in-law end up in such a terrible plight? Gong Yo is old and immoral too. How dare he boycott Second Sister-in-law!?!"

The more Jennie thought about it, the angrier she got. There were many jealous people in school who kept mocking and making sarcastic remarks about Y/N at school. They said that Y/N lacked self-awareness and got ahead of herself after just making some slight achievements.

'Who's being conceited? Gong Yo?'

Kai suddenly remembered the phone call that Hoshi made to him last night. 'Hoshi likes me? No way, we're best friends!'

"Has Hoshi threatened Second Sister-in-law?"

"Hoshi wants Second Sister-in-law to break up with you! Kai, you're so brazen, how dare you covet Second Sister-in-law? I'm calling Second Brother now!"

Seeing that Jennie really took out her cell phone, Kai shuddered and exclaimed in fear, "Who said that I'm coveting Second Sister-in-law? I'll call Hoshi now!"

As soon as he found Hoshi's contact, Kai subconsciously looked at Y/N and asked, "Ahem, um... Does Hoshi really..."

Y/N calmly replied, "He wants to marry you."

"..."

'Damn! I see him as my best friend but he sees me as his future partner?'

Kai rubbed the goosebumps on his arms and resolutely made the call.

Hoshi picked up very quickly. "Kai, my grandparents and I are on the way to your place. We'd like to pay you a visit, open the door when we arrive later!"

Hoshi finished saying everything in one breath and then hung up right away.

Y/N smirked with raised brows. "Seems like he's here to ask for your hand in marriage."

"Second Sister-in-law, don't say such nonsense, Hoshi..."

Before Kai finished, Y/N suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go upstairs to get changed. Kai, bring me the feather duster in Kai's room."

Jennie's eyes lit up and she exclaimed, "Second Sister-in-law I will definitely complete the task!"

Kai couldn't help but shiver.

"Feather duster!?! What does she need the feather duster for? Who is she going to hit this time?'

With Kai's permission, Hoshi and his grandparents soon arrived smoothly at the Kim Family mansion. Hoshi's home was one of the best residential estates in the city, but it paled in comparison to the Kim Family's mansion.

"Hoshi, are you sure that only Kai and his sister are at home?"

Mrs. Gong tidied her clothes and seemed rather nervous.

They were initially disapproving of the fact that Hoshi had a crush on a man, but when they heard that it was Kai, they felt that they could accept it.

If they could build close connections with the Kim Family, it wouldn't be too bad either.

"Hoshi, are you sure that Kai has already broken up with Y/N?"

Hoshi exclaimed with raised brows, "Of course they have. Grandpa has already boycotted that woman in the entertainment industry. How many people in this industry would dare to go against him? Kai already knows her true colors now, he'll definitely break things off with her!"

Gong Yo also coldly humphed with disdain. "She wouldn't be in such a state if she stayed in line and stuck to acting. She bullied Hoshi so she brought this upon herself."

Now that they were forced to pause the filming for 'The Tumultuous Harem', it was said that the production team for the variety show that Y/N had participated in previously also planned to re-film that episode.

Gong Yo was quite smug and proud of himself. As the deputy chairman of the Association of Artistes, he had a vast network of connections and his status alone was the reason that many celebrities and directors dared not go against him.

Hoshi felt even more confident.

Zhang Guoquan led the three of them in. Kai and Jennie were seated side by side, their faces sullen.

"Kai, my grandparents insisted that they had to come and see you!"

Hoshi hurriedly dashed over to sit down next to Kai, who stood up abruptly.

When he didn't know that Hoshi had a crush on him, he merely thought that Hoshi was just effeminate and clingy towards him.

Ever since he learned of how Hoshi felt about him, Kai had been feeling rather repulsed.

After missing, Hoshi suddenly felt a little aggrieved. "Kai... why did you dodge?"

Jennie retched and moved far away from Hoshi. 'He's so scary!'

"Ahem, Kai, I'm Hoshi's grandfather, Gong Yo. You came to our house to play when you were a child." Gong Yo placed one hand behind his back and clenched the other, which he placed in front of his mouth while coughing, pretending to put on airs like an elder.

"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Gong," Kai greeted respectfully as he nodded slightly.

When he was a child, his brothers often left him out during their playtime because Taehyung felt that he was too silly. Hence, he often played with his own friends instead.

He met Hoshi through a mutual friend.

The first time he saw Hoshi, he felt he was rather feeble and effeminate as he spoke in a very soft voice and was a huge crybaby.

At that time, Kai was determined to be a hero like Robin Hood and get rid of evil, thus becoming Hoshi's guardian angel.

Kai seriously suspected that it was then that the root of the trouble was planted.

"You're welcome, Kai. You haven't been to our house in a long time. Do drop by when you're free, it'd be a great honor for us if you and Hoshi share a close relationship."

As he spoke, he placed the gift box that he was holding on the table. "We're here to thank you for being so nice to Hoshi and taking care of him all the time. We'll entrust him to you from now on."

Jennie widened her eyes in shock. She really wanted to exclaim, "Second Sister-in-law, quickly come down and watch this exciting show!"

"Mr. Gong, you're standing on ceremony with me. Hoshi and I are close friends, it's only right for us to help each other."

'Close friends?' Gong Yo and his wife looked at each other with a frown on their faces.

However, they thought that Kai had probably chosen not to admit to it because Jennie was around.

He immediately changed the subject and said, "I heard that Y/N is an artist signed to your company. Kai, she has a poor character and she even caused a stir at my wife's birthday banquet by pushing Hoshi into the pond..."

Kai raised his brows. 'And so?'

"You should have no problem with the fact that I boycotted an artist with such a bad attitude, right? I heard she bullied Hoshi several times in private too."

Hoshi chimed in, "Kai, that little bitch even threatened to hit me if I don't leave you!"

'Little bitch? You called Second Sister-in-law a little bitch in front of me? Who gave you the guts to do that!?!'

Kai's face turned sullen.

"I..."

As soon as Kai tried to speak, the sounds of footsteps came from the second floor.

Everyone looked over, only to see Y/N walking down slowly wearing some home clothes.

Hoshi widened his eyes in shock as he pointed at Y/N before pointing at Hoshi and saying in disbelief, "Kai, you... you actually brought her home with you! She's just a promiscuous woman who got together with you because of your status and wealth!"

"Hoshi, don't talk nonsense!" Kai obviously sensed that Y/N was glaring daggers, which caused him to feel a chill down his back. "I'm not! Otherwise, why do you think Grandpa would boycott her? Kai, you can't be deceived by her!"

Y/N had already walked over at this point and she stifled a yawn lazily. She reached her hand out and asked, "Jennie, where's the feather duster?"

"I'll go get it!" Jennie ran to the coffee table and brought the feather duster over before handing it to Y/N with both hands. "Second Sister-in-law, there you go!"

Y/N took it without any expression.

Kai's eyelids twitched and he subconsciously took a step back. 'Why am I getting beaten up whenever someone tries to scam me!?!'

Stunned by her sudden outburst of anger, Hoshi asked, "What are you trying to do? This is the Kim Family's home, are you tired of living?"

With a mirthless grin, Y/N said, "You seem to have told Kai that I hit you just now."

Hoshi held up his chest and exclaimed, "Yes! Why? Do you still want to hit me again? I'm telling you, next time it won't just be as simple as boycotting you!"

Y/N twisted her neck and said with a harmless smile, "I have to hit you for real in order to make sure that your grandfather boycotted me for a good reason. Get those two old fogies to take out their cell phones now and take a video of me hitting you. I'm giving you the evidence for free!"

As Y/N spoke, she waved her hand and the feather duster landed on Hoshi's buttocks.

Hoshi clutched his butt and seemed to be jumping around in pain. "Kai, Grandpa, Grandma, look! Quickly stop that woman, she's too arrogant!"

Seeing this, Mr. and Mrs. Gong hurriedly rushed forth to stop her.

"Y/N, are you rebelling? Do you really think I'm joking when I said that I'm going to boycott you?"

Y/N glanced at Gong Yo coldly. "You're not worthy of my rebellion."

Gong Yo would have never thought that Y/N would be that arrogant.

He trembled and pointed his finger at Y/N. "Kai, Miss Kim, look at this woman... Are you just going to let her continue being so arrogant here?"

Kai stood with his arms around his chest while watching everything happen. "I told you long ago, she's a woman I respect."

Jennie absolutely hated the two esteemed veterans of the entertainment industry. "My Second Sister-in-law can hit anyone she likes, I will take the blame for her if she gets anyone killed!"

The two of them initially thought that Kai and Jennie were cold and ruthless, but when they heard her calling Y/N Second Sister-in-law, they were both shocked.

They only snapped back to their senses after a moment.

"Miss... Miss Kim, who did you say Y/N is?"

Jennie glanced at her in disdain and exclaimed, "My Second Sister-in-law!"

'Second sister-in-law?'

'Y/N is Miss Kim's second sister-in-law? Doesn't that... doesn't that mean...'

They finally processed that information and looked at Kai.

"How dare you bully my second sister-in-law?"

'She really is their sister-in-law!'

The two immediately went forward to cover Hoshi's mouth while he was still cursing at Y/N.

"Hoshi you're crazy, you actually called Kai's second sister-in-law a mistress!"

Hoshi was still furious and he was struggling to break free.

"Hoshi, go and apologize to Second Young Madam Kim!"

"Why should I apologize? She's the one who ruined my..." At this point, Hoshi froze and raised his hand to point it at Y/N. "Who did you say she is?"

Gong Yo broke out in cold sweat.

He even tried to boycott Y/N!

"Hoshi, she's Kai's second sister-in-law, Mr. Kim Taehyung's wife."

'Kai's second sister-in-law? Second Sister-in-law!?!'

Hoshi shivered and stared at Y/N in disbelief.

Y/N turned around and sat on the sofa domineeringly. "This courageous Hoshi seems to want to marry Kai. Have you heard of the rules of our family?"

'What does this mean?'

Hoshi and his grandparents couldn't recover from the shock.

Knowing that he had offended Y/N, Gong Yo was now racking his brains and thinking about how he could make amends.

Hearing her words, he hurriedly nudged Hoshi and said, "Second Young Madam Kim is asking you a question!"

Hoshi never expected that Y/N was Kai's sister-in-law.

That meant that her husband was Taehyung, the sinister, cunning, vicious, and ruthless businessman!

"I..."

"Why are you stuttering? Forget it, I'll ask you directly, do you think you can take a beating?"

"What?"

Y/N stuffed a piece of chewing gum into Hoshi's mouth, leaned against the back of the sofa, crossed her legs, and looked at Hoshi with a clear look.

"If you want to become part of our family, you must first abide by the Kim family rules. Well, in short, you have to be able to take beatings."

'Beat...Beatings?'

Gong Yo and his wife were also stunned.

'They actually have such a psychotic family rule!'

With a sullen expression, Hoshi pointed at Y/N without bothering about who the person in front of him was. He pointed at Y/N and questioned, "You are also married to the Kim family, are you resistant to beatings?"

Y/N looked up and said, "Good question."

Hoshi humphed gently.

She then said again, "No one in the Kim Family has the ability to beat me up yet."

"..."

Jennie and Kai looked upwards at the same time.

'Second Sister-in-law, you should know that most people are not your match.'

'When you use your feather duster, who can contend with you?'

"You..."

"Come on, let me try and see if you can take beatings."

As she spoke, Y/N raised the feather duster, looking as if she was about to beat Hoshi to death. It gave everyone a huge shock.

Gong Yo hurriedly tried to stop her. "Second Young Madam Kim, Hoshi and Kai are just friends, not lovers. So, how can Hoshi possibly marry into the Kim Family?"

That was clearly not what he said just now.

Y/N looked at Hoshi smilingly and said, "Turns out I got the wrong message. I thought that Hoshi is head-over-heels in love with Kai!"

At this point, Y/N shook her head and said, "Kai grew up lacking love. We're not conservative and close-minded people either. Since Mr. Hoshi doesn't have those feelings for Kai..." Y/N immediately stopped smiling and then pointed her feather duster at the door. "Zhang Guoquan, send them out."

Zhang Guoquan had been rather tactful and smart lately, and he would try to make himself as unnoticeable as possible in front of Y/N.

After all, he was already old, and if she decides to hit him with the feather duster one day...

"Ahem, the three of you, please."

Gong Yo hurriedly bowed to Y/N and said, "I will take care of the matters regarding the news. Second Young Madam Kim, I'm very sorry, I got the wrong idea of you because I believed those rumors..."

Y/N waved her hands with a look of annoyance.

Gritting his teeth, Hoshi suddenly rushed to Kai, his eyes reddened and full of affection. "Kai, I love you! Since I was a kid, I've been determined to brave all odds to be with you! I've always hated the fact that I wasn't born as a woman..."

'Wow, you're so aggressive.' Y/N thought as she widened her eyes while Jennie quickly grabbed an apple and sat beside Y/N.

'Wow, so brave!'

Kai turned pale but Hoshi continued to confess his feelings, as if he hadn't noticed his pallor.

"Kai, I know you're fond of me too. Otherwise, you wouldn't have taken the time out of your schedule to accompany me every time I return from abroad. Kai, let's ignore the opinions of others, okay? Same-sex marriage is already supported in some countries. We..."

Kai retreated rapidly and placed his hands in front of his chest to shield himself while looking at Hoshi warily. "Hoshi, I'm a straight guy, don't think about it!"

Hoshi froze in shock and started tearing continuously. "Kai, don't turn me down, okay? I can't live without you..."

While chewing some gum expressionlessly, Y/N said, "Women really do pale in comparison when men decide to be coquettish."

Jennie commented seriously, "Second Sister-in-law, he's not being coquettish, he's digging his own grave."

Y/N glanced at Hoshi coldly and said with disdain, "He's not worthy of being buried in a grave. Getting buried in the wilderness is as good as it gets for him."

'Second Sister-in-law is really sharp-tongued.'

Jennie nodded quietly in approval.

"Kai, you..."

"Don't say you love me, nothing will happen between us. I will only ever marry a woman, Hoshi, you're not my cup of tea. Dispel those unwarranted thoughts that you have for me, or we can't be friends anymore."

Hoshi gritted his teeth and said with reddened eyes, "Why? Is it because I offended your Second Sister-in-law? I can apologize to her, even if I have to kneel down."

Y/N thought to herself in confusion, 'What does that have to do with me?'

For the first time, Kai felt that Hoshi was not only fixated on certain ideas, but he was also very annoying too.

"It has nothing to do with my second sister-in-law, I'm just not into you. Besides, I'm a straight man, I'm not interested in having a romantic relationship with you," Kai said with a stern expression.

"Kai, you..."

Kai was getting impatient.

Gong Yo was experienced in life after all. He could tell right away that the tension was arising so he quickly tugged Hoshi's sleeve and said, "Did you hear that? Kai is not interested in you, do you really want to lose your friendship with him?"

"Grandpa, I..."

Hoshi was forcibly taken away by his grandparents but before they left, Gong Yo even bowed specifically to Y/N. "Second Young Madam Kim, don't worry, I will personally clarify the matters that have been reported in the news."

Y/N ignored him.

Chen Keyi called her specifically and told her to arrive at the set on time the next day for filming.

In the evening, Y/N took a shower and then leaned against the headboard of the bed with a facial mask on her face.

She recently discovered a new game that was rather gory and bloody. However, she liked it.

As soon as she finished playing a round, she received a video call.

It was from Taehyung.

'Taehyung gave me a video call at such a late hour, is there something wrong with him?'

Y/N picked it up nevertheless.

Taehyung had just finished entertaining some clients and he was now seated in the car, dressed in an immaculately trimmed suit.

In the video, his features looked extremely pronounced.

He was a huge hunk who was easy on the eyes.

When Taehyung saw that Y/N had a mask on her face, he raised his brows and said in an alluring voice, "I heard that you've been boycotted, Darling."

He asked in an affirmative.

Y/N looked up and asked nonchalantly, "Mr. Kim, are you going to save me?"

"I think you can deal with it yourself."

She was quite confident, actually.

"Mr. Kim, did you call to congratulate me?"

"Of course not, why don't you come to the airport to pick me up tomorrow?" Taehyung said as he stared at Y/N.

Y/N asked in surprise, "Are you coming back?"

"Darling, are you happy about that?"

Y/N's mask concealed her expression.

"This is your house, I'm in no place to decide when you come back."

"I'll wait for you at the airport then, Darling."

Taehyung hung up first.

He then rubbed his temples. He purely wanted to look at her.

Y/N stared at the black screen and couldn't help rolling her eyes.

'Strange, has Doggy Taehyung fallen in love with me?'

'But I really haven't given up the sea of fishes for him!'

'I have my own goals and pursuits!'

The matter of Gong Yo boycotting Y/N had caused a huge stir lately and now that they had suddenly started filming again after a two-day break, everyone started discussing about it.

"In my opinion, Y/N is just a troublemaker. She's not the leading actress anyway, why don't Director Chen just replace her with another actress?"

"Yes, pretty actresses are a dime a dozen. Mr. Gong is already bent on cutting Y/N off but since Director Chen insists on letting her continue with the filming, this drama will probably flop."

Y/N entered through the back door today.

As soon as she arrived, she saw a bunch of staff who were chatting with each other.

At this point, no one noticed her yet.

"Seriously, I've always hated Y/N, does she really think she's powerful just because she can fight well? This is a harmonious society, maybe one day, she will be caught and put behind bars!"

"Exactly, I think they were just trying to create an attractive persona for her. Female Fortress Leader was probably tailored for her. Well, themes revolving around female bandit leaders are quite popular these days..."

They were becoming more and more overboard with their words.

She raised her head to finish the cup of milk tea before crushing the cup and tossing it into midair. When the cup was about to land on the ground, Y/N kicked it.

The cup flew in a parabola towards the bunch of staff who were chatting and hit the background actress whose back was facing Y/N.

The actress was obviously aware that the cup had hit her back. She suddenly turned around and was just about to leave when she saw Y/N standing at a spot near them.

She had her arms folded with a straw in her mouth.

"Keep chatting, don't mind me."

Seeing that everyone was looking at her with an embarrassed expression on each of their faces, Y/N walked over while saying, "Let me hear what you all have to say about me."

The actress who played Empress Xue's maidservant finally couldn't help but point at Y/N and curse, "Y/N, you smashed a cup at me, how uncultured of you! You look so average, you're not worthy of being the supporting actress at all. The majority of people here have more experience than you!"

Y/N did not interrupt her and simply stood still while listening.

"You just got lucky enough to have cozied up to a big shot. Now that Mr. Gong has boycotted you, you still have the cheek to show up here. Y/N, can you spare us? We've already been forced to stop work for two days because of you!"

That actress was very emotional. As soon as she finished, she wiped her tears.

Everyone else chimed in.

"Yes, you've already been boycotted, trust you to have the cheek to show up here. Quickly get lost, don't end up implicating us and cause this drama to be unable to go on air!"

"Yes, Y/N, get lost!"

Ji-eun was just nearby.

She had just finished her makeup, and her agent said that Y/N was being mobbed, so she eagerly rushed out to take a look.

"Sister Ji-eun, you are so smart. Now that Y/N has been boycotted by Gong Yo, her path to stardom is probably over."

Ji-eun raised her chin slightly and said with an arrogant attitude, "Hmph, does she think she's a big deal? She's just throwing her weight around because Mr. Kai and Jimin like her."

She didn't think that Kai would go to great lengths to mediate the conflict between Y/N and Gong Yo.

'Perhaps, Kai still lusts for Y/N's pretty face but once he's sick of her, she'll be reduced to a public enemy!'

'I can't wait for that day to arrive! I'm the one to kick Y/N out of the entertainment industry after all.'

Since Chen Keyi was absent, the rest of the cast and crew decided to take the opportunity to berate Y/N.

"Y/N, please do a kind deed and resign. Director Chen has put in all his effort and time into this drama, can you bear to see it all go down the drain?"

The assistant director came along and tried to persuade her earnestly.

Y/N stretched and asked with a cold and indifferent expression, "Are you done?"

The assistant director nodded.

"What does it matter to me? Who do you think you are to make me resign?"

"Y/N, don't go too far, don't you know how horrible your reputation is now?"

"Exactly, you still want to implicate us. Aren't you scared of being struck by lightning!?!"

Y/N sneered and said arrogantly, "Don't worry, I won't be struck by lightning even if you do."

"Sister Ji-eun, things have already come to this point and Y/N is still so arrogant."

Ji-eun smiled contemptuously, "She won't be able to bounce around for long."

Someone among the crowd suddenly exclaimed, "Look at Instagram, guys! Mr. Gong publicly clarified that he had wronged Y/N, and also released a video of Ji-eun!"

Upon hearing those words, Ji-eun pulled out her cell phone and logged into Instagram.

Soon she saw Gong Yo's clarification and apology to Y/N. He even praised Y/N endlessly.

Immediately afterwards, Gong Yo uploaded another post on Instagram, which was a video that was taken during his wife's birthday banquet. In the video, Ji-eun was seen standing under a tree with her cell phone in hand while Gong Yo's wife stood not far behind her. However, Ji-eun continued with her phone call, seemingly having failed to notice her.

[Gong Yo: My wife said she heard Ji-eun talking on the phone and questioning Y/N for snatching Jimin away from her. I'm sure everyone knows that my wife hates mistresses. The misunderstanding arose because we jumped to conclusions.]

With the video and the testimony of Gong Yo's wife, the people who were still mocking Y/N at first, all turned to look at Ji-eun.

Ji-eun was a very sociable person who knew how to manage her social circle well, and she had always been popular at set. Many people liked sucking up to her.

No one expected the elegant, kind-hearted, and affable Ji-eun to slander someone else behind closed doors and even cause Y/N to be boycotted in the entertainment industry.

Ji-eun gripped the phone tightly, trying to make herself look pitiful. "Y/N, don't get the wrong idea, someone just called me to say that you want to vie with me for Jimin so I just clarified my relationship with him. Maybe Mrs. Gong didn't hear everything I said..."

"What's the point of explaining to me?"

"I-I'm scared that you might get the wrong idea about me. Y/N, I really didn't mean for this to happen, I didn't expect that this matter was caused by my accidental mistake."

Ji-eun tugged her lapel tightly while biting her lower lip.

Ji-eun was the most pretentious girl ever.

Y/N craned her neck and suddenly went forward to stand opposite Ji-eun.

She grabbed her hair and fiddled with it before looking at Ji-eun coldly. "Ji-eun, do you think I'm a pushover whom you can bully easily?"

"Y/N, how can you say that? I..."

"If you want to finish filming this drama, you'd better stop provoking me or I'll show you what it's like to be in a... devastating plight!" Y/N exclaimed with a sinister smile.

"Don't think I'm unaware of those tricks that you're playing, I can't be bothered to hold it against you but you keep making a nuisance. Do you know what it means to create trouble out of nothing?"

Ji-eun's face turned as pale as a sheet.

"Gong Yo's grandson had to be taught a lesson. Not only did I push him into the pond, I also stripped him naked. Since you guys like gossip so much, go and expose this piece of news on Instagram! I've already given it to you for free!"

Y/N looked away from Ji-eun and then scanned her surroundings. "I even had the guts to strip Gong Yo's grandson naked, so do you think I'll dare to do the same to you guys too? Oh, right, I'm not close to that pretentious bitch, so don't associate me with her. She's so detestable. Everyone knows that I'm hot-tempered."

After saying that, she carried her bag into the dressing room without giving the crowd a chance to react. When she passed by Ji-eun, she deliberately leaped into her arms.

While Y/N had cleared her name, Ji-eun got involved in a scandal because of Gong Yo.

Gong Yo's wife actually personally recorded a video of herself describing everything that Ji-eun had said at the time and even accused her furiously.

Ji-eun's manager and her team got into a frenzy, desperately trying to think of a solution to solve the problem.

Bang...

A vase hit the ground and shattered loudly while Ji-eun yelled with bloodshot eyes, "You must solve this matter for me, or else you can forget about coming to work!"

'Atrocious, why does Y/N get away with it every single time?'

"Ji-eun, that's Gong Yo's wife and we can't possibly go against her. At present, the most we can do is record a video of you giving an apology."

Ji-eun became more and more agitated. She snapped, "Why should I record an apology video? Why should I apologize to Y/N? Is she worthy?"

"Calm down, I'm just asking you to apologize to Gong Yo and his wife. Don't you know how you managed to climb to the top and come this far? Do you want to go back to work in that bar?"

Ji-eun froze and her face paled in shock. Shaking her head profusely and looking a bit flustered, she exclaimed, "I don't want to go back, I'm Ji-eun, I'm the Best Actress award winner!"

Ji-eun's manager patted her shoulder and continued to reassure her comfortingly, "Film a video of your apology. Well, we have some evidence from Ji-won, it'll definitely attract everyone's attention and divert it from your controversy once it's exposed. Over time, they'll forget about this."

Ji-eun squinted and said with a gloomy expression, "Alright."

Only after Y/N got inside the car did she remember that Taehyung was coming home tonight.

She took a look at the time to see that it happened to be 6 pm.

'How long is his flight?'

"Second Young Madam Kim, do we head home straight?"

Y/N pondered for a moment and sent a message to Zhang Guoquan.

Zhang Guoquan replied quickly and informed her that the flight was delayed and there was still half an hour before Taehyung would arrive at the airport.

"Let's go to the airport."

After giving the instructions, Y/N planned to play another round of her mobile game but she suddenly received a text message and a friend request on the messaging app.

[Hello, Sister Y/N, I'm Chaeyoung.]

'Chaeyoung?'

After trying to recall that name, Y/N realized that Chaeyoung was the fool from whom she had snatched a flag.

After all, Y/N still felt a little embarrassed to have snatched something from the hands of a young girl. Hence, she accepted the friend request decisively.

[Chaeyoung: Sister Y/N, the director would like you to come back to re-film the variety show, we'll set the filming date according to your schedule. Is that alright for you, Sister Y/N?]

'It's the director of the variety show who kicked me when I was down and hurriedly cut off all relations with me as soon as there was controversial news about me?'

Y/N humphed in disdain and typed quickly on the screen.

After exchanging some pleasantries with her for a while, Chaeyoung hemmed and hawed. She then sent another text: [Sister Y/N, do you still remember Eun Ji-won? Someone exposed him for being the boy toy of three wealthy women, all at the same time. Are you aware of that?]

'Huh?'

Y/N replied with three question marks.

'Why would I know?'

However, she remembered Ji-won, who was rather effeminate, making him an excellent match for Hoshi.

'Tsk, tsk, he's the boy toy of three wealthy women. He's quite something!'

Seeing that Y/N didn't answer, Chaeyoung began to get a little flustered.

[Chaeyoung: Sister Y/N, um... Ji-won is right beside me now and he wants to speak to you over the phone.]

Afraid that Y/N would get the wrong idea, she hurriedly added:

[Chaeyoung: We belong to the same management agency, so we meet very often.]

'Why does Ji-won want to speak to me over the phone? It's not like he's my boy toy.'

He ignorantly sent a voice message to Y/N who played it right on the spot, failing to realize that the chauffeur was speaking to Assistant Wen over the phone at the moment.

"Sister Y/N, I'm Ji-won. I heard that you know Second Young Madam Kim, can you please relay my message to her? Please let her know that I've had a crush on her for a long time!"

???

"Second Young Madam Kim wants me to tell you to stop daydreaming."

Y/N hung up hostilely.

'Fool, don't you know where you stand? Do you think it's that easy to get together with me'

The chauffeur removed his earphones and quietly hung up the phone while secretly praying for Y/N's safety in his heart.

When Y/N arrived at the airport, Assistant Wen was already standing in front of a commercial car and waiting for her. When he saw her, he hurriedly greeted, "Second Young Madam Kim, Mr. Kim is already in the car, please get in."

After thinking for a moment, Y/N pulled open the car door.

Taehyung was wearing a cream-colored trench coat with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses that was sitting on the bridge of his nose. His hair was draping in front of his forehead and he looked much gentler than he usually was.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Kim!"

She got inside the car and turned her head to the side to greet Taehyung.

Taehyung seemed to be in a bad mood as he was exuding a gloomy and sinister aura. Upon hearing this, he humphed coldly.

'Doggy Taehyung is acting like a big shot again.'

Y/N secretly thought to herself.

The car drove forward slowly while Taehyung leaned back on the seat and closed his eyes. It was rather quiet in the car and Y/N felt rather depressed.

Just as she was contemplating about whether or not she should take the initiative to break the silence, Taehyung said coldly, "I heard that someone has a crush on you, Darling."

Y/N was rather surprised. 'How did he know?'

Taehyung began to explain again, "The chauffeur happened to be talking to Assistant Wen on the phone when you played the voice message."

!!!

'Why didn't you make a single sound? All the members of your family and the people who work for you are jerks! You're the worst of them all!'

"Is there? There is actually a psychopath who asked me to help him confess his love to someone. His crush isn't me, so you must have heard wrongly, Mr. Kim."

Taehyung chose not to expose her and he simply pressed his thin lips together while asking, "Darling, do you like boy toys?"

"I'm fine with the idea of toying with them but I don't like them. Besides, you have to pay to keep a boy toy, I'm not that rich."

'I can consider it if a boy toy wants to make me his sugar baby.'

Y/N had always cared about money the most.

Taehyung slipped into deep thought.

"Mr. Kim, why are you back so soon this time?"

Taehyung immediately answered, "I missed you."

Assistant Wen, who was driving, quietly pulled up the partition in the car with trembling hands.

'Mr. Kim has already learned how to flirt with women and decided to actively seek treatment for his misogyny. Yet, I'm still single!'

'I'm clearly a year older than him!'

'Will the company reimburse me for failing to get married or get into a relationship? After all, it's because I'm too busy with work.'

Y/N was a little surprised too. While looking into Taehyung's eyes, she chuckled and said without any guilt, "Mr. Kim, you're so good at cracking jokes. We're already so close to each other, no need for such stuff."

After looking for a while, Taehyung nodded and said, "Darling, you're right."

Y/N breathed a sigh of relief.

'Doggy Taehyung is so charming. An ascetic man like him is so attractive, I might let history repeat itself and fall for him. But I have an entire sea of fishes waiting for me!'

"Mr. Kim, you might be in love."

Taehyung asked with raised brows, "Is it that obvious?"

Y/N nodded solemnly. "Yes, Mr. Kim, you can let me know who you've fallen in love with. I can help you on the account that we're husband and wife."

Taehyung suddenly didn't feel like talking to her.

There was once again silence in the car.

Y/N thought to herself in disdain, 'Why is Doggy Taehyung's temper becoming so erratic again? I wouldn't be so nice to you if you're still in control of my money.'

When they arrived home, she was surprised to see that the handsome captain of the Kim family's escort team, Kim Ji-woong, was also present.

He was wearing an outdoor jacket, and seemed to be out of sorts.

He greeted the both of them respectfully when he saw them enter.

"Have you accomplished the mission?"

Taehyung asked coldly when he saw him.

Ji-woong clenched his fist and subconsciously looked at Y/N.

Taehyung sat down on the sofa and said, "It's alright, just tell me."

"Yes, we have assisted Interpol in successfully capturing those people, but we lost two members."

Taehyung stayed silent for a few seconds before saying, "Send some hefty gifts to their family members."

Y/N could tell something from their conversation.

The Kim family escort team not only protected the Kim family, but also cooperated with the police.

She reckoned that they must have gone on an emergency mission this time and ended up losing two members.

Y/N's gaze turned gloomy as she could understand the agony of losing one's subordinates.

It's especially miserable to watch them fall before you but being unable to help at all.

Y/N suddenly sighed and went forward to pat Ji-woong on his shoulder. "My condolences, take me with you on your next mission, I'll ensure that no one gets hurt."

Ji-woong forced a smile and said in a perfunctory manner, "Second Young Madam Kim, you may not understand our operations well. What we do isn't suitable for you either."

'Gee...'

'When I was a bandit, I've done all sorts of things. If you look down on me, just say so!'

"You're quite an abominable person. I bet you've never had a girlfriend all your life, huh?"

After making that remark in disdain, she grabbed her bag and headed upstairs.

Ji-woong was dumbfounded.

'Have I accidentally offended Second Young Madam Kim? But I was telling the truth. Our missions involve crossfires and our lives are at stake all the time...'

"Go get some rest, don't take on any tasks regardless of who requests it for the time being."

Ji-woong got into a standard military stance and said, "Yes, Second Young Master."

Y/N silently cursed Ji-woong and unlocked her cell phone to see that she had really received a message from Chaeyoung.

[Chaeyoung: Sister Y/N, I have no choice, Ji-won is my senior after all. I didn't expect him to have contacted you because of that.]

[Chaeyoung: Sister Y/N, Ji-won probably wants to become a boy toy to settle the matters regarding his current scandal.]

'Chaeyoung is so irritating!'

Y/N did not reply and simply sent a text to Danny Ahn.

[@BanditLeader: Have you contacted someone regarding the mountain that I want to buy?]

Danny Ahn didn't reply for a long time.

'This punk is really bold, huh?'

After taking a shower and playing another game on her cell phone, Y/N looked at her text messages again to see that Danny Ahn had given her a reply but it didn't make sense to her at all.

[Danny Ahn: Sister Y/N, did Mr. Jun contact you yesterday? He has been helping you keep an eye on that mountain recently and asked me to contact him last night. However, I haven't been able to reach him.]

'Mr. Jun? Jun-ho? Isn't his dad interested in that mountain too? Seems like Jun-ho has chosen to be on my side!'

Y/N was a little surprised.

On the following day, Y/N saw Danny Ahn leaning against the tree opposite the film studio with a cigarette in his mouth, as soon as she walked to the entrance after wrapping up at work. He seemed rather eager about something.

'Is he here to look for me?'

She pressed her cap down but Danny Ahn had already noticed her and strode over.

"Sister Y/N, can you come with me to the hospital?"

"What for?"

"Mr. Jun got beaten up and his injuries are quite severe. He's been hospitalized, I heard that he got beaten up because of you, Sister Y/N."

'Jun-ho got beaten up?'

"Sister Y/N..."

Y/N said with a frown, "Let's go to the hospital."

The pungent stench of antiseptic infiltrated her senses.

The VIP wards of the hospital were all on the top floor of the hospital and the corridors were usually quiet, with a few nurses passing by occasionally.

Danny Ahn respectfully led the way in front and only stopped when he reached the door of Jun-ho's ward. "Sister Y/N, Mr. Jun is staying in this ward."

Y/N nodded and suddenly asked, "Aren't you Jungkook's subordinate?"

Danny Ahn smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head with some nervousness before saying, "The world is round and so are networks of connections. Mr. Jun is a famous heir so it's not that surprising that we know each other."

'That's true.'

Y/N pushed the door and entered, only to see Jun-ho lying on the hospital bed.

He was leaning on the edge of the bed with an arm in a cast and his hair all messed up. He seemed haggard and dishevelled too.

There was a middle-aged man standing beside him with a document in hand and reading something in a robotic voice. When he saw Y/N approaching, the middle-aged man was obviously displeased.

"Sister Y/N, you're here. Please take a seat," Jun-ho said, pointing to the sofa.

As soon as Y/N sat down, Jun-ho immediately stopped smiling and glared at the middle-aged man in annoyance. "Continue."

"The reputation of the Jun Corporation has been affected by the incident lately and this time, the other party happens to be the son of the president of the Huimang Foundation, which has a very good reputation in this city. Young Master, the chairman would like for us to settle this privately."

(Huimang means Hope)

Jun-ho immediately got agitated after hearing that. "Why? Is the Huimang Foundation a big deal? Does the old man think that there's no need to offend them for my sake because he has plenty of sons? Get lost, I won't let this matter rest!"

It was the first time in Jun-ho's life that he had been beaten up so badly!

The middle-aged man quickly tried to calm Jun-ho down. "Young Master, it's just a minor injury and you can be discharged in a few days. Why bother offending the Huimang Foundation? You're the biological son of the chairman's lawful wife and the only recognized heir of the Jun family. Why would the chairman not care about you?"

Hah...

Jun-ho sneered, well aware of what his family was like.

Apart from the ones he already knew about, his father probably had even more illegitimate women out there!

"Young Master..."

"Can't you understand simple English? Get lost!"

The middle-aged man sighed, and before leaving, he looked at Y/N with an ambiguous gaze.

Y/N sat on the sofa expressionlessly, as if she hadn't seen what just happened.

After they left, Jun-ho finally got a breather. "Sister Y/N, do you think my life is really ridiculous? As the heir of the Jun family, my father chose not to pursue the matter after watching me get beaten up right in front of him."

Y/N looked up, not missing the trace of despondence that flashed past his face. "I heard that you had an argument with Choi Min-ho because of a gift?"

Jun-ho coughed and said with righteous indignation, "I was going to give you that gift, but Choi Min-ho heard about it from somewhere and even spoke rudely about you. I decided to hit him because I was really furious and I couldn't tolerate his behavior. I didn't know that he had so many gangsters with him!"

"How did you get hurt?" Y/N suddenly changed the subject.

Jun-ho froze for half a second before snapping back to his senses. "That despicable Choi Min-ho had a knife with him and I was cut by it. I ended up having to get several stitches."

'Knife...'

Y/N squinted as her lips curled into a bloodthirsty smile.

When Jun-ho saw the smile on her face, he shuddered and said, "Sister Y/N..."

"There's no need to thank me."

After saying that, Y/N turned around to leave.

Staring at her back, Jun-ho could vaguely guess her intentions and hurriedly got his underlings to protect Y/N.

He did so despite knowing that she...probably didn't need any protection.

Danny Ahn was waiting at the door of the ward. When he saw Y/N stomping out aggressively, he hurriedly went forward to greet her. "Sister Y/N, do you need me to send you home?"

Y/N couldn't even be bothered to look at him. Keeping her eyes fixed at the front, she said coldly, "Take me to see Choi Min-ho."

Danny Ahn couldn't help but shiver and ask, "Sister Y/N, what do you want to see Choi Min-ho for?"

"Just take me there."

Danny Ahn could detect the killing aura on Y/N's body.

It was faint, but enough to make him shudder.

In the largest golf course in Seoul.

Choi Min-ho was seated on a lounge chair, surrounded by beautiful women.

"Mr. Choi, I heard that you beat up Jun-ho, aren't you afraid that the Jun family will confront you?"

Choi Min-ho grabbed the wine glass with one hand and touched the cheek of the person beside him with the other. He said with a lewd smile, "What's the point of discussing that loser? Complaining to his family and throwing his weight around at home is all that Jun-ho can do. His father needs help from our family. Even if we cripple him, his father won't dare to make any comments."

The upper-class circle of Seoul was very complicated. The Chois were superior to the Juns and coupled with the fact that Choi Min-ho's uncle was the deputy chief of the police bureau, he often did whatever he wanted without restraint.

"Mr. Choi, you're so impressive!"

"Mr. Choi, try this apple, I peeled the skin for you, it's so sweet!"

Y/N was greeted with that scene as soon as she arrived.

Choi Min-ho and his company were the only ones on the golf course. Y/N could tell that they had booked the entire place.

'Good for me, that makes it easier for me to give him a beating.'

She casually tied her long hair up and stretched on the spot. "Just wait here."

Choi Min-ho had just finished eating the apple that the beautiful woman beside him fed to him. He soon saw Y/N with his peripheral vision.

Choi Min-ho's eyes lit up and he suddenly sat up.

'What a beautiful girl, she's more gorgeous than these tacky women around me. She's quite elegant too. Is she a newly recruited escort?'

'Not bad, they're getting better at recruiting.'

Choi Min-ho leaned against his seat languidly again with one leg crossed over the other as he watched Y/N approach.

"Babe, did Sister Yaya send you?"

Y/N kept a straight face as she walked towards Choi Min-ho, after which she grabbed a chair, gave it some thought, and kicked the chair over with all her might.

Choi Min-ho fell to the ground in a comical manner, looking extremely disheveled.

The few women around him exclaimed in shock before rushing over to help Choi Min-ho up.

"Bitch, do you know who I am?" Choi Min-ho snapped, glaring at Y/N aggressively.

He clenched his fist and was about to punch her face but she grabbed his wrist with one hand and twisted it. The sound of his bone getting dislocated was completely drowned out by Choi Min-ho's screams.

"How dare you bully my underling. I don't care who you are, I'll hit you regardless."

The image of Jun-ho and his broken arm surfaced in her mind, spurring her to pick up the fruit knife on the table and slash Choi Min-ho's arm without hesitation.

The wound wasn't deep and it looked rather frightening. The women were screaming incessantly and staring at Y/N like she was a monster.

"Bitch, you've got a death wish!" Choi Min-ho hollered, breaking out in cold sweat because of the unbearable pain. Y/N bent her knee and then slammed him hard onto the ground.

Feeling as if all his bones were about to be crushed and broken, Choi Min-ho seethed and glared at Y/N. "You..."

Y/N lifted her foot and stomped down on his chest. "Since you had the audacity to harm my underling, you deserve to die. Jun-ho is under my protection."

Choi Min-ho had already turned pale from the pain and when he heard her words, he asked contemptuously, "So you're here to take revenge for Jun-ho. Are you his girl?"

'Girl? He said I'm Jun-ho's girl?'

Y/N squinted and stepped on him while his face turned pale, feeling as if his organs were about to be crushed.

"You... Just you wait... I will make you...pay the price for this..."

"Is that so?" Y/N smirked and said, "I'll wait for you to make me pay the price."

After saying that, she kicked him hard on his body before turning around to leave.

Dumbfounded, Danny Ahn watched what was going on while feeling indescribable admiration for Y/N.

'Sister Y/N is really suave!'

'It's such a blissful thing to be Sister Y/N's underling. You can enjoy her protection too.'

As soon as Y/N came close, Danny Ahn hurriedly unscrewed the cap of the bottle of mineral water and handed it to her. "Sister Y/N, you must be thirsty, have some water."

Y/N took it with one hand and said, "In the future, don't bother being polite to Choi when you see him."

"Yes, Sister Y/N!"

'Seems like I have to put the establishment of Black Cloud Fortress on the agenda.'

When Y/N returned home, Taehyung was sitting on the sofa.

He was wearing home clothes and had a laptop resting on his lap. When he saw her, he closed it expressionlessly and asked coldly, "Darling, where did you go?"

Y/N wasn't in a good mood so she was quite cold to Taehyung. "I got rid of some evil being."

"I heard that Jun-ho got beaten up," Taehyung remarked.

Y/N turned to look at Taehyung, not surprised that he was aware of that. "And so?"

Looking at her small, delicate face with his deep eyes, Taehyung pressed his lips together.

'She went to the hospital to visit him. I didn't expect that Jun-ho would mean so much to her.'

"Darling, your birthday is around the corner."

Y/N asked nonchalantly, "Mr. Kim, are you planning to give me a gift?"

Taehyung suddenly stood up and looked down at her from above. "I'm just wishing you a happy birthday in advance."

Her birthday was a few days before New Year's Day.

Y/N stared at Taehyung's back, slipping into a trance.

Back when she was in the Black Cloud Fortress, the former leader would cook Y/N a bowl of longevity noodles during her birthday each year.

After the former leader passed away, longevity noodles became a taboo for Y/N. To be more precise, she would avoid celebrating her birthdays.

If Taehyung hadn't mentioned it just now, she would have almost forgotten about her birthday.

She had spent the two decades of her previous life and the 500 years in Hell, in loneliness.

But here...

She looked around and realized that she had a home, a family, friends, and a few underlings.

'I should be spending my birthday happily this year.'

Y/N smiled a little.

Jun-ho was lying on the bed and watching some anime when Danny Ahn scurried over while panting heavily. "Mr. Jun, you definitely didn't expect this, Sister Y/N has taken revenge for you just now!"

Jun-ho immediately sat up, putting a strain on his wounds. He was in so much pain that he started seething.

After taking a deep breath, he tried his best to ignore the pain and then started asking eagerly, "You mean Sister Y/N went to confront Choi Min-ho and took revenge for me?"

"Yes!" Danny Ahn's eyes were glistening. "Mr. Jun, you should have seen how domineering she was when she went forth and kicked Choi Min-ho..."

Danny Ahn started describing enthusiastically while Jun-ho's heart beat rapidly.

He suddenly lifted his injured arm to rub the corner of his eyes. 'Sister Y/N actually took revenge for me, even my father has never done something like this for me before.'

He decided that he must defend Y/N in the future!

"Did Sister Y/N get hurt?"

"No, how can she possibly get hurt? She's alive and well!"

Y/N had many scenes to shoot today so she worked till late at night.

Meanwhile, Ji-eun had several NG takes, causing the male lead to have to stay behind and shoot those scenes with her.

Ignoring the resentful glance that Ji-eun shot her, Y/N changed out of her clothes suavely and left. As soon as she arrived at the entrance of the studio, two policemen suddenly appeared to stop her.

"You must be Y/N, huh? Someone charged you for deliberate assault, please come with us."

'Choi Min-ho?'

Y/N looked at both of them calmly and said, "Lead the way."

'I'm a regular guest of the police station! Don't they know that they gave me the title of a glorious citizen?'

The truth has proven that the two policemen were unaware.

The captain and the handsome young policeman who had dealt with her before had been deployed to another district, and these two in front of her had just been transferred over.

Almost as soon as she arrived at the police station, one of them grabbed her menacingly and waited for the interrogation.

Soon, a man in a suit with greasy hair walked over with several bodyguards behind him. An ordinary person would definitely be frightened out of their wits now.

"You are Y/N?" The middle-aged man looked askance at Y/N who was sitting on the chair, and there was a trace of anger in his tone.

Y/N leaned against the wall, her hands crossed and placed against the back of her head. She asked languidly, "Yes?"

"I am Choi Min-ho's father Choi Hai, I believe you have heard of my name."

Feeling a bit amused, Y/N said, "Never heard of it."

'Never heard of it? I, Choi Hai, am a famous philanthropist, and she said she had never heard of me?'

Choi Hai became more and more annoyed, but, according to the information he found, Y/N was just a small time actress of a humble background who recently gained fame. Hence, he thought that it made sense that she probably hadn't heard of his name before.

"Do you know about the Huimang Charity Foundation?"

"Not interested."

Choi Hai suddenly felt like there was a lump in his throat and he said hostilely, "Miss Yan, you beat up my son and caused him to be hospitalized. How do you think I should settle this score with you?"

Y/N sneered and retorted, "Choi Min-ho beat up Jun-ho, who's my underling, and caused him to be hospitalized. How do you think I should settle this score with you?"

As if he had heard the funniest joke on earth, Choi Hai thought to himself with some disdain in his eyes, 'Does this woman really think she's some big shot? Jun-ho is a famous heir and she said that he's her underling? What a joke!'

"Mr. Jun, Jun-ho's father, has already agreed to settle this matter in private. What right do you have to interfere? Miss Yan, you either compensate my son with a million yuan and kowtow to him to apologize, or..."

At this point, Choi Hai paused and said, "I will lodge a formal appeal. Deliberate assault is a criminal offense. I think I still have the ability to put you behind bars for a few years."

'Compensate? You want me to compensate? Are you not a joker from the circus?'

Y/N yawned and lazily replied, "Sorry, I won't choose any of them."

Choi Hai was furious. "In this case, Miss /N, you'd better hire a reliable lawyer. You might be able to get a lighter sentence and a shorter jail term."

Choi Hai somehow managed to make the police detain Y/N for one night.

He wanted to press charges on her for intentionally assaulting his son.

"Miss Y/N, I'll give you one more chance, compensate my son with a million yuan and kowtow to him to apologize and we'll let this matter slide."

Choi Hai knew clearly that Jun-ho was the successor of Jun Corporation after all. If not for the fact that Jun-ho's father needed help from him, he definitely wouldn't let Choi Min-ho off for beating up Jun-ho.

Yet, Y/N intervened to beat up his precious son! He was certain that Jun-ho must have deliberately got her to beat him up because he was displeased with his father's decision.

"Miss Y/N, I believe we all hope that this matter can be handled peacefully. You are still young and your career in the entertainment industry is taking off. I believe you won't want to quit the entertainment industry because you have to serve a jail term."

Choi Hai babbled for a long time while Y/N shook her leg languidly like a boss. After he was done, she drawled, "Are you done? If you are, hurry up."

Choi Hai was immediately confused. "Hurry up and what?"

"Don't you want to put me behind bars?"

'What is wrong with this woman's brain? She actually took the initiative to ask me to put her in jail?'

Choi Hai was a little surprised. Most women of the entertainment industry, especially beautiful ones like Y/N, would establish close connections with some wealthy business owners.

He was certain that she'd be able to fork out a million yuan.

Choi Hai once again recalled the sight of his son lying on the hospital bed and then said with a derisive smile, "Miss Y/N, the deputy chief of the police bureau is my brother-in-law."

Y/N raised her eyebrow and said, "So?"

"Hmph, then you don't blame me for being nasty."

Y/N didn't even bother looking at him.

'Doggy Taehyung is so prideful, how can he bear to let his wife go to jail?'

Kai reached home at midnight and as soon as he entered, he saw someone sitting on the sofa, which gave him a huge shock. He was so frightened that he turned pale.

After switching on the lights, he finally got a clear look at who the person was. "Second Brother, why are you sitting here?"

With a cigarette in his mouth, Taehyung glanced at the spot behind Kai and after confirming that Y/N wasn't there, he frowned slightly and asked, "Where's Y/N?"

'Huh?'

Kai exclaimed in confusion, "Did something happen to Second Sister-in-law? I haven't met her today!"

Taehyung pursed his lips and then ordered coldly, "Call the production team."

Kai had already guessed something.

Y/N wasn't home yet!

A few minutes later, Kai slowly approached Taehyung with his phone in hand. He hemmed and hawed while staring at Taehyung for a long time, not daring to speak.

"Speak up," Taehyung ordered.

Kai shivered and said, "Chen Keyi said someone saw Second Sister-in-law being taken away by the police, probably for a crime she committed."

'Taken away by the police?'

He tapped his slender fingertips against his knee and said, "Uncle Zhang, call all the police stations in all districts and find out which one she's in."

Zhang Guoquan appeared out of nowhere like a phantom and said respectfully, "Yes, Young Master Taehyung."

Y/N refused to give in and Choi Hai had already decided to make her go to jail. He also planned to contact a few reporters and have this matter publicized in the newspapers, so as to ruin her reputation completely.

"Brother-in-law, I'll leave this to you then, you must get justice for your nephew!" Choi Hai exclaimed as he bowed to the middle-aged man sitting in the deputy chief's seat, with a subservient smile on his face.

"Brother-in-law, you're standing on ceremony with me. Choi Min-ho is my nephew and since he was seriously wounded, I'll certainly pursue this matter. I heard that he was beaten up by a young girl."

"Hmph, she's just an actress who recently gained some fame. Her name is Y/N and she's really arrogant. Does she think she's a big shot?" Choi Hai's face was full of contempt.

The deputy chief looked at the person in front of him and thought, 'I'm afraid no one would have thought that the philanthropist Choi Hai who looks all kind and benevolent on the surface, would be such a person, huh? But...'

"Why does her name sound so familiar?"

"Maybe your children have watched the shows she's starred in but Brother-in-law, Choi Min-ho was seriously wounded..."

"Are you doubting me?" The deputy chief squinted.

Choi Hai grinned deferentially. "No, I wouldn't dare to."