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Chapter 112
[This is an adaptation, this story is not mine. The credits goes to the original writer. Please do not vote!]
Having said that, the old master paused a little on purpose before he turned to look at Jennie. His brilliant eyes seemed to have seen through everything. He smiled at Jennie and said, "As for you, as long as you promise and acknowledge that you'll be your uncle's daughter from now on, Jung Tae and his wife will no longer be your parents. They can only be considered your elders. Even if they come to give you trouble, no one will criticize you for being disrespectful to your parents, all they could say is that you... are being disrespectful to your elders. There is a distinct difference between both terms."
The old man deliberately stressed his tone in the last sentence. A chill overcame Jennie, and her eyes glittered.
It was not an illusion after all. The tone and demeanor the old master had when he talked about Jung Tae and Song Ji-Hye revealed that this treacherous old fox was ready to abandon that family of eccentrics.
While finding this incredulous, Jennie could not help but also feel a little sorry. After all, Jung Tae was the old man's own son no matter what.
He was his own flesh and blood, yet he could just abandon him without any hesitation. Would she, a person who was obviously a pawn to him, be like Jung Tae in the future, and would be abandoned by him if it was necessary?
The old master seemed to have figured out what was on Jennie's mind. Some rare melancholy flashed across his constantly cunning face. Although it was just a second, Jennie still caught a glimpse.
"Jung Tae has always been foolish since he was a kid, I always knew this. If he stays that way and is content with his identity as the second young master of the Kim family, I would have certainly treated him the same as

Woobin, I wouldn't have treated him any differently. But he simply refused to accept mediocrity in spite of his incompetence. And to make matters worse, he wouldn't listen to me and got himself a wife who's even more foolish than him."
Jennie said nothing more. That's right. The reason Jung Tae ended up in such a situation was all because of his own doing. He could not blame anyone else.
This was especially since he married Song Ji-Hye. It had made the old master completely disappointed in him. That was why the old master had turned a blind eye to whatever he was doing and let him lead himself to his downfall.
Figuring this out, Jennie instantly felt that she had worried for nothing just now and was being mawkish.
Jung Tae and his family could be considered as her enemies. She must have gotten carried away by her excessive kindness to the point of sympathizing with them. Besides, she should not have compared herself to that kind of person. She was losing her mind due to the anger.
Jennie took a deep breath and managed to calm her frightened heart down a little before she heard the old master remind her. "You better think about what I just said."
"Of course..." the old master paused. The corners of his lips lifted and formed a treacherous smile. "I, your grandfather, have just announced this matter in front of everyone. You have no choice but to agree to it, even if you don't want to."
"..." Darn it. This bloody old fox!
As the saying went, the older one was, the wiser one became. Jennie had completely been trapped this time, however...
Jennie turned her head to look at Shin Min-a, who was holding Leo in a small suite in the second-floor corridor. Her expression had changed from

shock in the beginning to pure surprise and delight.
Looking at the two adults and one child standing together in harmony, when she thought about how she could join them and build a family with them too, Jennie suddenly felt that maybe... she could really try.
While Jennie and her grandfather were engrossed in a conversation with each other, Jung Tae, who was standing downstairs, was infuriated. His face was as gloomy as a burnt pot. He exuded a dark aura that sent a message to keep people away.
How... how did this happen? He had originally thought that since Jennie was designated by the old man as one of the future heirs of the Kim family, he could finally hold his head up in front of the other families and his relatives by taking advantage of Jennie's status, but he never thought that the old man would shatter all his dreams with a single sentence.
He had no right! He had no right! Jennie was clearly his daughter, the daughter he gave birth to and raised. His brother could not just sweep in and take his daughter. It was his own problem that he could not bear a child, so how could he steal his child?
Overwhelmed by anger, Jung Tae looked up and shouted, "Dad, I..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the old master, who had been paying attention to him for a long time. "What? Do you have a problem with my decision?"
Shivers went down Jung Tae's spine when the old man threw him a cold glare. He felt like his rising rage was put off by a bucket of cold water, and he answered weakly, "No, no problem."
Only then did Master Kim withdraw his glare and turn to the crowd and announce, "I'm taking this opportunity to tell everyone about this today because I want you all to bear witness to this matter and take good care of Jennie in the future when you come across her in other places."