The Saturday morning scene at Pyeongchang-dong looked different from usual.

Every one of Tak-hyeon's children present sat in silence, watching each other's reactions.

"Da—!"

It was the babbling of Dong-min Kim, Seong-ho's son and Tak-hyeon's grandson, that broke the silence.

Gyeong-eun rocked Dong-min in her arms, soothing him.

"Is our Dong-min picking up on the strange mood?"

"Da-da—!"

Delighted at the sight of his mother's face, Dong-min reached out to grab a fistful of her hair.

Gyeong-eun put a toy in his hand and looked around the room.

Watching this, Jeong-eun gave a small laugh and said to Mun-jong, "There was a time Seon-myeong was that cute too. But now..."

"Sister-in-law!"

Hyeon-ju Bang, Mun-jong's wife, shouted.

"Why are you saying such strange things!"

"What strange thing did I say? Isn't it true, though? Seon-myeong's on drugs and—"

"It's not true, so don't bring it up."

"It's not true?"

Jeong-eun's eyes went wide with feigned surprise as she looked around at her siblings.

"I heard it was true. Second Brother, Chang-jong — did you hear that? She says it's not true."

Jeong-eun made a show of it.

Hyeon-ju scowled at Jeong-eun's display. She wanted nothing more than to stuff something in Jeong-eun's mouth to shut her up, but she couldn't, and simply choked down her frustration instead.

She shot Mun-jong a look, silently urging him to do something.

But Mun-jong sat there more composed than usual, saying nothing.

"Honey."

"Stay quiet."

When Hyeon-ju, unable to wait any longer, pressed him, Mun-jong instead scolded her.

"However much you try to shield Seon-myeong, it doesn't erase what he did."

"Honey, how can you say such a thing..."

Hyeon-ju looked at Mun-jong, startled.

"Do you actually believe our son did something so unspeakable?"

"Whether it's true or not, we can ask Cha and find out. Cha. Is what the papers said true?"

Mun-jong asked Cha directly.

Cha, apparently not expecting to be put on the spot like this, looked around at Gyeong-eun's siblings with a flustered expression.

However much they were family, he worried whether it was right for a son-in-law to insert himself…