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Chapter 556
[This is an adaptation, this story is not mine. The credits goes to the original writer. Please do not vote!]
Seulgi's expression looked dark as he recalled the past memories. Meanwhile, Irene's heart clenched. She was extremely curious, yet not willing to take the initiative and ask him.
Fortunately, Seulgi did not have the intention to hide from her either. "When I was fifteen years old, the third year since we met, my mother died due to severe illness while my father passed away in an accident when I was six years old. I have officially become an orphan ever since my mother passed away."
Irene's eyes flashed. She was helpless when she noticed the tinge of profound sadness in Seulgi's eyes.
Seulgi did not notice this and continued. "The moment my mother passed away, the only person I could depend on in the Kang family collapsed. I'm sure you also heard from others that I suffered a severe disease that nearly cost me my life ever since she died."
Irene's entire body shuddered, but she did not say anything.
Seulgi did not pay attention to this. He snorted. "I fell sick following my mother's death due to excessive depression. However, the fact was, my illness was not as severe as it appeared to be."
Upon hearing this, Irene could no longer hold herself back and asked, "What... do you mean by "not as severe as it appeared to be?""
Seulgi seemed to have realized something before he cast a teasing glance at Irene. Irene was so angry that she returned her stare, then turned her head around to avoid seeing his face.

"I fell sick at that time. But it was purely a minor flu because of exhaustion and excessive depression. In fact, I could recover soon after a few days of rest and some medication. However, I ended up being sent to an emergency ward and it took great pains for my life to be saved. Do you know why?"
Irene shook her head. The corners of Seulgi's lips curled upward and he calmly revealed a shocking secret to her, "At that time, someone had placed an overdose of sleeping pills inside my medicine. That person wanted me to die unknowingly. By doing so, he could be exonerated from any accusation with the excuse that I committed suicide due to being unable to accept my mother's death."
Irene widened her eyes and stared at Seulgi in disbelief. She then asked again, "Who is that person?"
Seulgi turned his head around and looked at him. He mocked himself, "My elder cousin. He is my eldest uncle's son, as well as my own cousin."
"Why?!"
"For the sake of the Kang family's fortune. My father is the youngest son in the Kang family. However, he is also the smartest child in the family. He managed Kang Group with my grandfather from a young age. My grandfather hoped that my father could be Kang Group's heir. Unfortunately, things didn't go as expected. My father died early, but he held the majority of the Kang Group's share. My mother, likewise, is as clever and capable as my father. Since my father had passed away, my mother took over my father's shares and expanded them. The moment my mother died, all this became mine. As a result, my eldest uncle and cousin refused to accept that very fact."
"So they planned to kill you and take away all the fortunes in your hands, huh?"
"Yes." Seulgi gave a nod. There was a hint of sadness in his eyes. However, at the same time, he was relieved and relaxed.

He had kept this secret to himself for many years. He had been keeping this secret to himself and never mentioned it to anyone, not even his friend of many years, Moonbyul.
However, now, he willingly revealed everything to the person in front of him.
"In truth, this was not what terrified me the most." Seulgi sucked in a deep breath before he continued. "What terrified me the most was that my grandfather's matter-of-factly concealment of the truth even after the incident had nearly resulted in a fatality and he had learned everything."
The former master Kang had spared his life but decided to conceal the truth. It was clear that the former master Kang was biased.
At that moment, Seulgi had to act according to the former master's will and pretending not to know anything. He forced himself to face his family with a smile even though he was deeply disappointed with them, especially the former master Kang.
Only your closed ones and the person whom you trusted the most were able to hurt you deeply. This was because they knew your softest spot and they stabbed it with a knife.
"This incident had given a huge blow to me, as great as my mother's death. The overlapping of two huge blows had caused my memories before I was fifteen years old to turn very blurred. The only thing left is my obsession with you. The obsession to take you away from Lisa."
At that time, he did not remember much. He vaguely remembered that he had forgotten something very important. However, at that time, he was striving hard to make himself stronger and protect himself from his family's oppression. But someone occasionally mentioned to him about how capable the eldest young master of the Manoban family was.
As such, his hazy images began to solidify. Lisa had taken something important away from him, and he had to grab that important thing from Lisa. The illusory and obscure ideas became ingrained in his mind as time