Chapter 2: Cheon Areum, a villain
"House? You call this cramped-up space your house?"
This time, it was a genuine question with no hidden meaning or mockery behind it. The woman looked around, just now realizing it was truly a small playhouse. She saw her sunglasses on the floor and made a disgusted face. As if the floors were poisonous, she didn’t even bother to pick them up.
"This place isn’t for humans. Only rats like Areum can live here. Cheon Rian, come here. I’ll take you back with me."
His first guess upon seeing the kid had proven to be right. The kid who refused to let him—his Hyung—go was his younger brother. He hadn’t planned on interfering if the kid had gone to the woman himself without any problem, or if he wasn’t this attached to him, holding onto him like he wouldn’t be able to live a single day without seeing his older brother. All in all, the kid didn’t want to go with this woman. Grabbing the hand about to snatch the kid off of him with terrifying force, he spoke up.
"He’s not going anywhere with you. Don’t drag him."
He thought he had been polite enough with his response, but it irked the woman beyond anger. She shrieked as if he had electrocuted her and threw his hand to the side, cradling her arm in the other as if he’d electrocuted it.
"Why did you come here today, anyway?"
Securing the kid behind him, Cheon Areum spoke while looking directly into her dark eyes. The woman narrowed her eyes, glaring down at him. She was taller than him by two heads—one head added due to her heels. But if it came to a hand-to-hand brawl with this woman, he would, without a doubt... lose.
"Are you regretting it now? So who told you to move out? You even dragged Rian with you. It’s almost like you couldn’t bear to see him enjoy all the luxuries that you wouldn’t be able to anymore. Isn’t that the case?"
The woman raised her brow and scoffed dramatically. He tried to piece together the story from the fragments she was providing, but there was too much he didn’t know and couldn’t fill in on his own. He was reluctantly thinking of asking her more about their situation when she suddenly grabbed his arm with bruising strength and pushed him out of the way.
"Cheon Rian, let’s go back home. This isn’t where you belong."