บท 12: The legitimate granddaughter

" Attention, please. I will first thank you all for coming here today to celebrate with us. I'm so happy today to meet my grandchild again, the first young miss of our Song family. Furthermore, I'll welcome my grandchild warmly to come forward, Song Chae-yeong," Old Madam Song announced happily.

Song Chae-yeong stood up from her seat and walked forward with all eyes on her. She felt so uncomfortable with all eyes on her, but she had no choice. She got to old Madam Song and smiled cutely at her.

" This is my first granddaughter and her twins' brother is Joo-won. These are my good daughter-in-law, Yoon-Ari's children, that she left for the Song family before she passed away." Old Madam Song said with tears. Song Chae-yeong hugged her and wiped her tears.

Old Madam Song put on a little smile before nodding her head.

"So today I announced to the world to welcome my first granddaughter, she's Song Joo-won's twin sister, who had been away for some years, but she's finally back in the city and I hope we all can recognize her as the first young miss." Old Madam Song said, looking so serious.

Old Madam Song finished talking and nodded to old Master Song Kwan to say something.

Master Song Kwan nodded and cleared his voice to say something. "I don't have much to say because my wife had said much,"

"We are so happy to see our first granddaughter again after so many years, and we announced her today to be recognized as the Song's family blood in the future. Our passed-away daughter-in-law Ari from the Yoon family was so lovely and a legitimate wife, married to our Song family. But we were not good enough for her to lose her, and we'll keep remembering her and miss her so much." Old Master Song said emotionally which people could see according to this to older people that they loved their so-called granddaughter so much and so important to them.

Song Chae-yeong's eyes were so dark and cold, her nose was red from her long anger about her Mom's death. She sniffed in, fighting back the tears that were threatening to fall off her pretty face. "Whoever has hands in Mom's death will get paid for it ten times." She thought painfully.

After the introduction, recognition. Many people continue whispering and are surprised that the Song has another young Miss who is even a twin sister to Joo-won and the old master Song's brief stories mean they're the legitimate grandchild of the Songs family apart from Ae-Cha.

Dal-rae eyes were red from anger, but she held herself from showing how angry she was.

This was a slap in the face for both mother and daughter Ae-Cha, as the old master and Madam Songs announced Chae-yeong and her twin brother to be the legitimate grandchildren and their mother. They showed how much they loved her and her children left with them.

"Oh my dear Chae-yeong, I may not be your birth mother, but I can be like her and take care of you like how I took your brother and your sister Ae-Cha. We all missed Your mother, and we will keep loving her and remembering her in our hearts." Dal-rae said with tears, putting on an act as she held Chae-yeong's hands.

Chae-yeong sneered and rolled her eyes. "Putting on a show again." She thought disgustingly and removed her hands from hers stylishly so that people couldn't see what happened.

"Yes sis, we've missed you, and we missed Mom too, it would have been better if she were here today," Ae-Cha said looking so sad as she hooked her hand to Chae-yeong's own.

"Both mother and daughter can act so well, looking like they're the good eggs. Foolish people, who do they think they're deceiving." Chae-yeong said to her mind.

She snatched her hand from Ae-Cha and looked over at his brother, who was staring at her before looking away with his hands in his pocket.

Song Chae-yeong smiled and shook her head lightly.

"Come, let me introduce you to your uncles and aunties and some Songs' family members, you'd remember them once you meet them if you have a good memory." Old Master Song said to take Chae-yeong to meet the other members of Song's family.

"Wow, you have grown so much pretty little A-yeong." One of her uncles whom she always disturbed went shopping with him when she was seven.

"Fourth uncle." She remembered the face and said smiling.

"Wow, you actually remember me, that's good." Fourth, Uncle Woo said, laughing.

"She has been so smart with her brother right from their childhood." Second Aunt I-jun said and smiled.

After so many talks and meeting the rest of the family members. She was tired of meeting the good and bad ones of the family. She just wanted to escape from this so-called banquet, and she got an excuse as she saw her brother walking out.

"Grandpa, I need to talk to Joo-won." She said almost like a whisper.

"Haha, go, you should have a nice talk with your twin brother after some years of separation." Old Master Song said amid the Song family members.

She nodded and left their midst.

"Look at her, she's beautiful and truly looks like Joo-won. Who knew the Songs had a pretty young miss and also a twin sis to Joo-won." One of the guests said as they saw Chae-yeong walking forward to the exit.

Ae-Cha saw some people admiring Chae Yeong she was jealous and thought to embarrass her. She quickly ran to her and stopped her, they were now standing not far from some group of the people invited to the banquet.

"Big sis, where are you going," Ae-Cha said, smiling, and wanted to hook her hand to Chae-yeong's hand.

"When do you start to ask where I'm going," Chae-yeong said coldly, raising her brow.

"You're still cold and harsh to me. I just wanted to know because you are not familiar with this place, you just came back from the countryside puja which is very different from this place, I don't want you to get lost. After all, you're my big sis, is that bad to know." She said loudly that the people they were not far from could hear her.

"What. So she was raised not here or in country A but in that small town in the countryside. Why did she look and dress like she came from America, the country A." One of the guests said.

"Who would know she's just a countryside girl? Maybe she's a lost child that they just found. Poor her." One said again.

People with different comments, but Chae-yeong was careless and walked out, not even talking back to Ae-Cha who just said something that made people start looking down on Chae-yeong.

Chae-yeong walked away with a cold, powerful aura, leaving her on the spot they were standing like she never existed.

Ae-Cha felt so happy in her mind that she could still make people look down on her, but she felt a bit sad that Chae-yeong wasn't even touched after what the people said.

"Wait for it. I'll make sure you lose face and regret existing in this world." Ae-Cha said to herself thoughtfully and walked back to her friends.

"Hey, what're you doing here alone," Chae-yeong asked her twin brother Joo-won who was using his phone outside the hall.

"Just made a call, going back in now," Joowon replied calmly.

"Oh. Anyway, thanks for the other time you stood up for me." She said, smiling brightly.

Joo-won stared at her for some time before nodding his head.

"I'm going back." He said and turned away to leave. Before Chae-yeong could say anything, he disappeared.

"What's wrong with him, nice and cold twin brother." She muttered to herself, smiling.

"So Miss Is smiling at another man." A cold chill voice like an ice said suddenly.

Chae-Yeong raised her head and looked up to see whose voice was.

She guessed well, it was her fake husband. "Oh husband is here, well, I can look at other man, after all, we don't have a thing." She said, smiling playfully.

"Oh is that so? But we have a real marriage certificate, you better behave like a married woman should behave in the future." Lee Min Ho said sarcastically.

"Why are you here? Do you come to attend the party?" Chae-yeong said, raising her brow arrogantly.

"Dream on. I came here to Settle some business deal with my client, and this is the hotel I visit mostly." Lee Min Ho chuckled and said.

"I guess this should be your hotel or the family hotel," Chae-yeong said guessing.

"Anyhow you guessed it." Lee Min Ho said.

"We need to talk, my room number is 205. Meet me there now." Lee Min Ho said arrogantly, almost like he commanded.

"Why? Can't we talk here?" She said, rolling her eyes.

"Young master is a public figure and doesn't want attention." The assistant replied to Chae-yeong instead. Before she could talk, they had left already.

"Too arrogant and cold." She muttered under her breath and rolled her eyes.