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I had no idea who it was, but someone had let Miso know that I had performed the car stunt instead of Team Lead Chae Ill-Bok. And because of that, Miso was on the verge of tears.
I hurriedly tried to come up with an excuse to calm Miso down, but nothing suitable came to mind.
'Should I just say the car rolled over a little? No. If I say that, she might cry even harder. Then should I just lie? But I don't want to lie to Miso about something like this.'
In the end, I decided to tell the truth, but explain that there had been solid safety measures in place and that it hadn't been very dangerous. But first, I wanted to find out who had told her.
"Miso, who told you that?" I asked.
Miso turned her head toward the entrance.
"Auntie did."
"Auntie?"
Creak.
The sound of the front door opening came from the first floor, and instead of Jung In-Ji, a woman in her mid-thirties appeared. It was Hong Yeon-Seo, a former racing model and the wife of Chae Ill-Bok.
'Ah. It must have been Mr. Chae's wife who told her. Thank goodness I didn't lie.'
Then, behind Hong Yeon-Seo, a handsome boy who resembled his father and a cute little girl with bright, sparkling eyes stepped out. They were Chae Dong-Hee, Chae Ill-Bok's eldest child who was nine this year, and his three-year-old daughter, Chae Min-Hee.
At that moment, Hong Yeon-Seo noticed me and hurried over in her slippers. Then her son Chae Dong-Hee grabbed his younger sister's hand and followed along with quick little steps.
Hong Yeon-Seo reached me first and bowed her head deeply. "I'm Hong Yeon-Seo, Team Lead Chae's wife. Mr. Jung… thank you so, so much for saving my husband."
Her voice trembled. Just as I was about to wave my hands and tell her it was nothing, Chae Dong-Hee and Chae Min-Hee also stepped forward, holding hands...
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