I Became a Villainous Character with a Limited Lifespan

Episode 46

“That, that person… was that person from that time?”

Seon-hu, who had returned home without properly hearing the explanation of the situation, waited for Tae-sung, not knowing what to do. He was curious about who that person was to make such a scary face.

Finally learning the identity of that man, Seon-hu was surprised and at a loss, observing Tae-sung’s reaction.

“You were hanging out without even exchanging names?”

“That, well… Seung-hyun is not that rare of a name, and Han isn’t either…”

Seon-hu made an excuse in a meek voice. Actually, the first time they met, it wasn’t a situation where they could exchange names, and when he met Seung-hyun a little while ago, he didn’t really pay attention to names, happy to see him.

Only after hearing from Tae-sung who he was did he remember that the name Tae-sung sometimes mentioned was the same as the name of the man he met today.

“It’s not like you didn’t know his face.”

“I’m sure I’ve seen him before, but… his impression was very different.”

Seon-hu wasn’t the type to diligently attend HJ’s family events. Chairman Han also found Seon-hu unsatisfactory, and Tae-sung also didn’t want to take Seon-hu to such occasions, so Seung-hyun and Seon-hu weren’t familiar with each other’s faces.

However, neither Seon-hu nor Seung-hyun had forgettable faces. Having seen his face at the wedding, even Seon-hu remembered that Tae-sung’s gaze towards Seung-hyun at that time was unusual.

He wasn’t a man with a face that could be easily forgotten after seeing once. Not only his outstanding appearance, but… especially his aura was like that. A smile that seemed relaxed but was also somehow cold to the core.

His neatly combed hair and flawless attire. The memory of feeling that not even a needle could go through his appearance seemed quite similar to Chairman Han.

‘But… that person was not like that at all.’

Thinking about it after knowing, the facial features were definitely the same, but even thinking again, the aura was so different that it wasn’t easy to match them as the same person.

It didn’t seem to be simply because he had his hair down or was wearing comfortable clothes. Even in the confusing situation, he seemed to have kindness ingrained in his body, and his precarious aura that seemed like it would sway this way and that if poked made Seon-hu want to take care of him.

‘He didn’t seem like such a bad person…’

Even though they only exchanged brief greetings at the wedding, he had left such a scary impression due to his unique aura, but this time, rather…

“You have no sense of caution at all. You were like that from the beginning.”

“I, I’m not that bad at judging people…”

“Do you think those words have credibility in this situation?”

Seon-hu took a step closer to Tae-sung, who had a worried face despite his blunt voice. As if he himself didn’t have the worst first impression.

“Now that I know… I won’t go out alone anymore. I’ll entrust walking Leo to my parents or the housekeeper, so don’t worry too much.”

“Until now, he only messed with me, but… we don’t know when he might reach out to you or others. I won’t stop you from coming to the family home, but it’s better to be careful.”

“B-but…”

Tae-sung stopped stroking Seon-hu’s hair at the look on his face that seemed to have something to say. He had an ominous feeling that he would hear something unpleasant.

“…He might not be as bad as we think…”

“You see people too positively, it’s a big problem.”

This kind of prediction never missed the mark. Tae-sung let out a small sigh and ruffled Seon-hu’s hair.

Seon-hu was a good person. Even Tae-sung himself thought that from when their engagement was decided until the early days of their marriage, he was no different from a jerk to Seon-hu.

It’s not like this marriage was good for Seon-hu either, but Tae-sung, who couldn’t go against Chairman Han’s will, expressed his dissatisfaction with the arranged marriage to Seon-hu.

Not only ignoring him, but thinking back now, there were several times he hurled verbal abuse that made him want to beat himself up, and he never became a good husband even in empty words.

However, Seon-hu not only had a sunny personality, but he was also a person with conviction. Even when hurt, he wanted to know why Tae-sung acted that way and opened his eyes to see the situation properly.

‘What changes by only blaming like that? Without even knowing exactly what you’re angry about, nothing changes just by being angry.’

At first, he rather disliked it, thinking what unrealistic words this young master who only grew up in a greenhouse was saying… but at some point, he couldn’t ignore his words anymore.

Although he wasn’t as optimistic as he first thought, Seon-hu was fundamentally a person who believed people could change. So he probably didn’t give up on Tae-sung and made their relationship what it is now, but…

“Han Seung-hyun is not that kind of person. That guy… is completely twisted. When he was a bit younger… if I had known him before he became that twisted, it might be a different story.”

He was a person who would do anything to get what he wanted. A person who didn’t care at all about the suffering of others or the aftereffects that action would bring.

“How did you end up meeting him?”

A person who will never change. Tae-sung defined Seung-hyun that way. At Tae-sung’s resolute words, Seon-hu gave up persuading him and answered.

“Last time when I came to the family home, I had nothing to do and was bored, so I went to the mart for a bit.”

“You don’t have to do that kind of thing…”

“But it’s something I can do too. I had nothing to do and just wanted to look around since it had been a while… I met him there.”

Han Seung-hyun and a mart. It was truly a creepy combination of words that didn’t match at all. Why on earth did he have to meet Seon-hu going that far?

“How did he approach you? Didn’t you feel anything strange?”

“It’s not like that. Just… I bumped into him while getting distracted and fell…”

“It wasn’t on purpose?”

“No. How could he have calculated that on purpose?”

Seon-hu shook his head and said. They bumped into each other due to both being careless. How could he have predicted that a person would suddenly pop out at the corner?

“I felt a strange familiarity with someone I was seeing for the first time. Ah, thinking about it now, it was probably because I knew his face.”

Tae-sung let out a small sigh. No doubt, he probably approached and talked to him first in a friendly manner. He didn’t dislike Seon-hu’s personality, but if he was unlucky, it could lead to him suffering great harm.

“The habit of talking to strangers…”

“But while talking… he almost collapsed.”

“What?”

Tae-sung frowned at the unexpected story. He almost collapsed? Han Seung-hyun?

“…It wasn’t an act?”

“Do you distrust people too much? His complexion turned pale, and he refused when I tried to call an ambulance.”

“……”

“Only after taking the medicine he had did he calm down. I was a bit worried so I helped him… It was so hectic that day we couldn’t exchange names. And today, when I went out for a walk, Leo escaped while I was fixing his leash, so I was wandering around and happened to run into him.”

“The people who know you’re coming here today…”

“They might know I came to the family home, but the decision for me to walk Leo was made right before leaving. It wasn’t a situation that could be deliberately calculated.”

Tae-sung recalled Seung-hyun whom he ran into at the hospital. He seemed to say he came for a checkup, was that a lie?

“From finding the medicine right away to today too… He seemed to be in very poor health.”

Seon-hu said, recalling Seung-hyun who spoke calmly about his physical condition. Knowing it would be rude to ask for details, he couldn’t talk deeply, but even with vague words, he could tell that he was unhealthy.

“One of them might not be a lie. But my thought that nothing good will come from getting close to Han Seung-hyun remains unchanged. You might not have recognized him, but there’s no way Han Seung-hyun didn’t recognize you.”

Seon-hu originally had no suspicion of people and wouldn’t assign meaning to every passerby, so he might not remember the face of someone he saw once.

‘Besides, these days, even to me, Han Seung-hyun’s aura has changed to the point of being unfamiliar…’

But Seung-hyun was different. He accurately remembered people he saw even once, and if there was even a small possibility of them being helpful to his work, he memorized not only that person but also the personal information of those around them.

Moreover, wasn’t Seon-hu the spouse of Tae-sung, the person Seung-hyun hated the most?

“But… meeting was really a coincidence, and rather, I was the one who approached first. He was rather…”

“Even if by any chance it was a coincidence, nothing will change. Han Seung-hyun is someone you shouldn’t get close to. I know better what kind of person he is… having seen him for nearly 20 years, so don’t talk about this anymore.”

Tae-sung cut off Seon-hu’s words that seemed to strangely defend Seung-hyun. He felt stupid for thinking even for a moment that he might really be trying to escape from this suffocating life.

“If there’s one person in the world who won’t change even if the world ends, it’s Han Seung-hyun. No matter how much you believe in people, not Han Seung-hyun.”

Having said firmly, Tae-sung instructed Seon-hu’s bodyguard to not leave Seon-hu alone for the time being. Although Seung-hyun’s face seemed a bit pale, he thought it was something not worth paying attention to and finished preparing to return home.