Chapter 115 – GOY 115

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As ​soon ​as ​Joo ​Seung-hyuk ​returned ​to the mansion, ​he ​headed ​straight ​for ​Lee Yeon-soo’s room. However, ​the ​room was empty.

‘Lee ​Yeon-soo, Lee Yeon-soo, ​Lee ​Yeon-soo, ​Lee ​Yeon-soo….’

The ​library, ​the dining hall, ​the ​weight ​room, and even ​Joo Seung-hyuk’s own room ​and study. ​He searched ​every place ​Lee Yeon-soo ​could ​possibly ​be, but he ​was nowhere ​to be found.

Had he ​run away again? Had ​he left his side ​once more?

Joo ​Seung-hyuk’s ​heart was overwhelmed by despair.

Joo Seung-hyuk ​was a child whom ​nobody ​wanted.

His ​mother, ​Choi ​Seong-hye, resented his ​existence; his ​father’s ​lover viewed visit our sitehim ​as ​a visit our siteburdensome weight; and [unauthorized copy]Chairman ​Joo felt ​only ​despair when looking ​at ​him.

His ​maternal ​relatives ​considered him ​a ​disgrace, and ​the members of the Joo clan despised ​him, calling him ​a cuckoo chick ​that had usurped someone ​else’s nest.

The ​young boy did ​not ​know the truth ​about his birth, ​but he ​was ​acutely aware ​of ​the fact ​that ​people hated ​him.

“Father.”

The ​only ​person the young ​boy ​could rely ​on ​was ​his ​father, Joo Won-chan.

“Get out. Who gave you permission to enter the study?”

However, Chairman Joo never once held him in a tender embrace. His father’s voice was always sharp, and his gaze was cold.

“I’m sorr— Ah!”

“Daddy!”

Ju Tae-han shoved the frozen Joo Seung-hyuk aside and rushed into the study.

Joo Seung-hyuk, who was only six years old, fell flat on his back, but Ju Tae-han merely let out a smirk and scurried toward Chairman Joo.

Chairman Joo affectionately stroked Ju Tae-han’s head. It was a smile he had never once shown to Joo Seung-hyuk.

“Tae-han, you must be careful not to make other children fall.”

“Okaaaay.”

Ju Tae-han dragged out the end of his sentence. His voice was full of dissatisfaction, but Chairman Joo did not scold him.

He rose from his chair and helped Joo Seung-hyuk up.

“Thank you, Father.”

“You resemble your mother. Your face is the only thing worth looking at, so be careful not to get hurt.”

“Yes.”

Joo Seung-hyuk beamed. In truth, he didn’t quite understand what his father meant. He was simply happy and grateful that his father cared that he had fallen.

He felt that his father, who had scolded him for entering the study, said nothing to Ju Tae-han for doing the exact same thing, but even that was fine.

However, such small joys did not last long.

Bang!

Joo Seung-hyuk, who had been sleeping in his room, was awakened by a loud crash. Before he could even grasp what was happening, he was grabbed by the collar.

The father he loved so dearly was clutching his collar. No, he was strangling him.

Even in the darkness, eyes filled with hatred were clearly visible.

Joo Seung-hyuk was terrified, but he was too scared of his father to even scream.

His father was trying to kill him. He was attempting to erase his very existence from this world.

His throat was squeezed, and he gasped for air. Joo Seung-hyuk accepted his father’s judgment without even resisting.

He had no strength to refuse, nor did he want to. The child gave up on his own life.

“Father, please calm down.”

But Joo Seung-hyuk did not die. This was because his cousin and Hyung, Ju Jeong-han, stopped Chairman Joo.

“Do not dirty your hands for the sake of a fake.”

Without a word, Chairman Joo released his grip. The child’s small body collapsed to the floor.

A small groan escaped his lips, but no one cared about Joo Seung-hyuk’s pain.

That night, Joo Seung-hyuk was sent by plane to an island abroad.

It was a grand mansion cherished by the late Joo Won-chan.

When the craze for Jeokrunhwa swept through, it was difficult to conduct experiments within the country due to numerous regulations.

Ju Gyeong-chan had purchased a small foreign island called ‘Abite’ and proceeded with the development of new drugs there.

However, after the Red Rune Transformation Research ended in failure and Ju Gyeong-chan passed away, the laboratory effectively closed its doors.

Most of the researchers left the island, and almost all the mansion’s employees quit, leaving only a small number of Koreans behind.

They were delighted by the news that Chairman Joo’s youngest son was coming. Since he was Chairman Joo’s only biological son, they believed that getting on his good side would be beneficial in the future.

The employees gave Joo Seung-hyuk the largest room and took care of him with devotion.

But rumors spread quickly.

“A fake?”

“That’s what I’m saying. They Read on Read BL Novels[unauthorized copy]say he doesn’t have [unauthorized copy]a drop of Joo blood in him.”

“Then why was he sent here?”

“He was thrown away. There’s no reason to send a precious youngest young master to a dying island like this.”

“What? I didn’t know that and treated him well for nothing.”

Joo Seung-hyuk heard the employees chatting. However, the content was too difficult for a six-year-old child to understand.

That day, Park Chul-seop, the general manager of the mansion, received a phone call.

“Ah, yes. I understand. Yes, Young Master Jeong-han. Of course. The only people I serve are Director Ju Gyeong-chan and the two young masters.”

Park Chul-seop rushed straight to Joo Seung-hyuk’s room. He grabbed the child’s arm roughly, dragged him outside, and shoved Joo Seung-hyuk into a warehouse on one side of the mansion.

“How dare a fake like you defile the Director’s mansion! From now on, live here in a place that suits your status!”

Park Chul-seop expected the child to [Read on Read BL Novels]cry and cling to him, begging [Read on Read BL Novels]to leave. Read on Read BL NovelsThis would have been irritating yet pleasurable.

It was an act that satisfied two things: the low-brow thrill of dragging down the youngest son of a chaebol family with his own hands, and a shallow sense of justice in disposing of a fake. It would have been even more enjoyable if the fake had thrashed about in denial of reality.

But Joo Seung-hyuk showed no reaction. Whether it was the luxurious bedroom of the mansion or a warehouse, he simply stood still with vacant eyes, as if he had no interest in either.

When his father tried to kill him, he had given up on his own life. He had barely survived, but his emotions had died.

Park Chul-seop felt a chill as he looked into those inorganic eyes, which were unlike those of a six-year-old.

“Dirty little fake! That’s why you were abandoned!”

He hurled insults for a long time before walking out.

From that day on, Joo Seung-hyuk lived in the warehouse. He ate the leftovers the employees left behind and slept wrapped in an old blanket that had been used to pile up cleaning tools.

No one stopped the abuse of the young child.

Joo Seung-hyuk was a fake. He was the filthy bloodline born between a wife who [visit our site]cheated despite Chairman Joo’s devotion and her lover; and despite visit our sitethat, he was a cuckoo [Read on Read BL Novels]chick who had shamelessly posed as Chairman Joo’s son to enjoy luxury and had even tried to swallow Seong Han.

The employees did not think they were abusing a child. Rather, they believed they were punishing the sins committed by a filthy adulterous couple.

Of course, there were those who pitied Joo Seung-hyuk. However, those who spoke a single kind word to him were ostracized and bullied by the other employees.

There was no one willing to look after a young child at the cost of their own suffering, and the abuse toward Joo Seung-hyuk only intensified.

Joo Seung-hyuk did not cry, nor did he beg for forgiveness. He simply accepted the contempt and abuse in silence.

He was only curious.

Why his father hated him and tried to kill him, and why people despised him so much.

The employees cursed him as a fake and subjected him to violence and abuse whenever they saw him, but no one ever took the time to explain the reason to him clearly.

Did they think it was inappropriate to say such things to a child?

Yet, it was ironic that while their [Read on Read BL Novels]actions far exceeded any limit of Read on Read BL Novelsappropriateness, they refrained from those Read on Read BL Novelswords out of consideration for his age.

One year passed, and then another, but Chairman Joo did not look for Joo Seung-hyuk.

“What about his schooling? Shouldn’t we send him to a local school around here?”

“Leave him be. If his own father doesn’t care, what can we do?”

“Watch your mouth. What ‘father’? He’s not Chairman Joo’s child; I heard his real father bolted before he was even born.”

The employees whispered as they looked at Joo Seung-hyuk sitting in front of the warehouse.

By the time he turned eight, Joo Seung-hyuk came to fully understand why he had been abandoned. Still, no one held his hand and explained the situation step-by-step, but he had reached an age where he could understand the situation just by the things people whispered.

“He doesn’t know Hangeul, let alone English, right? Isn’t the passion for education still strong in Korea? I heard five-year-olds have mastered Hangeul and speak English. He came here when he was six.”

“They didn’t teach him on purpose. What use is it for someone else’s brat to be smart?”

Joo Seung-hyuk could not go to school. No, he couldn’t Read on Read BL Novelseven step outside the unauthorized copymansion, Read on Read BL Novelslet alone go to school.

On the island of ‘Abite,’ about thirty households lived besides the mansion. If Joo Seung-hyuk’s existence were to be known, the villagers might report it to the police or a welfare center.

While the employees believed their abuse was justified, they were aware that it must not be revealed to the outside world. Furthermore, because there had been a tacit order from Chairman Joo, they thoroughly concealed his very existence.

The boy named Joo Seung-hyuk lived as if imprisoned in the grand mansion, his existence erased from society.

This continued until he was twelve years old by Korean age.

Then one day, the brothers Ju Jeong-han and Ju Tae-han visited the mansion for their vacation.

The employees were busy preparing to welcome them as if kings were arriving.

“Hey, what’s with this mopping! Scrub harder and hurry up! Ugh! The young masters are arriving soon, and you’re so slow!”

At some point, the employees had begun to treat Joo Seung-hyuk like a servant.

Joo Seung-hyuk obediently followed whatever orders they gave with vacant eyes.

An employee urged him to scrub faster and more thoroughly, then, seemingly annoyed, smacked Joo Seung-hyuk on the head. It was less of a flick and more of an assault, nothing more than venting her own impatience.

“What? Is that Joo Seung-hyuk?”

“Young Master Tae-han!”

The employee turned around, startled.

She was terrified to have been caught mistreating Joo Seung-hyuk, but Ju Tae-han burst into a delighted laugh as he watched his legal younger brother being despised.

“He’s turned into a complete little beggar.”