Rattle.

The door soon opened again.

Kang Chan thoughtlessly looked toward it. A thin middle-aged woman came in, followed by a stern-looking middle-aged man and, lastly, Kim Mi-Young.

“Hello?” the woman greeted.

Kang Chan remembered! She was Kim Mi-Young’s mother.

Kang Dae-Kyung and Yoo Hye-Sook stood up and greeted Kim Mi-Young’s parents. Kim Mi-Young was standing at the very back, and her eyes were swollen because she had cried so much.

“Forgive us. It's our first meeting, yet we’re already being rude. I’m Kim Gwan-Sik. We came here after looking into where Kang Chan was in many ways, even though we knew that everyone would be uncomfortable because our daughter was crying so much.”

“Thank you for coming,” one of Kang Chan’s parents said.

They awkwardly greeted each other.

“Come here quickly and see Channy—you’ve been crying so much,” Kim Gwan-Sik told Kim Mi-Young.

“Ugh!”

Kim Mi-Young loudly burst into tears, each one filled with relief and embarrassment.

Kim Gwan-Sik smiled bitterly, and the gaze of Kim Mi-Young’s mother alternated between Kang Chan and Kim Mi-Young. She looked uncomfortable.

“I’m okay. Did you worry a lot?” Kang Chan asked.

“I...