Change of Heart

Everyone settled in the room quietly. Old master Moon Kwan sat there staring at Kang Chin Mae like a specimen wondering about the young man's identity. Even though he could guess who the young man might be, he could not help but deny the truth in the heart. 'My second grandson died. How can he come back to life miraculously? Who is the boy looking exactly like my third grandson? They can't be twins.'

Everyone who saw how he was gazing at the young man started to feel uncomfortable under the scrutinising gaze. Young Jae sensed the tense atmosphere but was not bothered by it partly because he could not see at the moment.

  The person under the eagle-eyed scan of the old man was busy peeling and eating an orange that was bought for his sick cousin as if nothing was out of normal order. Since the orange was meant for Young Jae, he did feed his cousin one carpel for every three carpels he ate.

"BB sent it for Young Jae. Why are you gobling it all up?" Chin Hae asked his twin to break the awkwardness.

Instead of answering Chin Mae showed two more orange carpels into his mouth at once with a smirk.

Young Jae decided to speak for his newly found favourite Hyung. "Hyung! Stop picking on Chin Mae Hyung over everything he does."

Chin Hae looked at his cousin with a face full of betrayal. "You are fucking siding with that narcissistic bastard? Seriously, Young Jae? How could you? I thought you were better off than that. How did you turn into ungrateful brat in few minutes Young Jae?! How could you became a traitor and turned your back on your brother?!" 

Young Jae was at a loss. All he wanted to do was tease his cousin brother's and how he ended up earning the title of a traitor beyond his understanding.

Chin Sun knew her second brother teases people a little bit, but she did not expect outrageous dramatics. 

Old Master Moon and Aunt Ko Yon were lost at the twist of the events. No one in the Moon family has witnessed the carefree and dramatic Moon Chin Hae even as a child.

"You can't blame my dongsaeng for that. He just has a good eye and knew how to choose and side with a winning team!" Kang Chin Mae was satisfied as he was able to relish his twin's misery.

Young Jae realised why everyone around these twins' loved to poke fun at them. They get competitive unnecessarily and never let anyone else know how these two buffoons care about each other. "I am not picking sides. As a younger brother of two idiots hippopotami, it is my responsibility to make a wise decision for you both and bring harmony among us brothers."

Ko Yon smiled at her son and how carefree he became around his cousin. She realised that they were good to him and right for him. The gratefulness she felt for the boys were beyond bounds at the moment.

"Hey! Don't call me that"

"Hey! Don't call me that"

Two voice echoed the same words at the same time. Right after saying the words, the twins feigned innocence.

Young Jae laughed at their reaction cheekily. "When the crazy doctor called you both idiotic hippopotami twins, I did not know it was apt for you both. Now I do." 

Out of everything Young Jae said, what caught Chin Hae's attention was how his cousin addressed the doctor. "Don't follow every word that old man says and call him 'crazy doctor.' It is not necessary, and you will just encourage his idiocy."

Kang Chin Mae finished gobbling up half the basket of orange. He cleaned his hand. He was quiet for a while before he decided to speak his thought. "Call him, Samchon. He is family, after all."

"I can't afford such an eccentric uncle. Let me just address him how he wants me to call him" Young Jae refused outrightly worrying about overstepping the boundary.

Kang Chin Mae frowned at the response, but he shrugged off his displeasure. "Family is not about sharing blood; it's beyond that. It's okay if you don't want to be part of the family."

Chin Mae's voice being void of emotion made Young Jae worry and frown. But he did not have any opportunity to ask further.

"Why did you want me here, Mr Moon Chin Hae?" Kang Chin Mae did not even bother to hide his disgust when he said 'Moon'.

Chin Hae just sighed at his twin's attitude, but he was used to it. "You suggested that we take our younger sister away from the Moon family when you first met her. Now it is going to happen. I can protect her to an extent. I don't hold power like you. Not yet. I called you here to put forth the request. In case if I need your support in protecting our sister in the future, please help me."

Chin Hae spoke earnestly to his twin. He even bowed down towards his twin to show his sincerity.

Kang Chin Mae looked at his twin with a deep eyes void of emotions. His mind was filled with thoughts.

Finally, the old man in the room realised everything, and his entire body trembled when the truth hit him. "You are Moon Chin Mae? You are alive? I thought you..."

Chin Mae cut the useless old man's words off. "Are you surprised that I am still alive after your wife and son threw me off the building?! Also, My name is Kang Chin Mae. I am a 'Kang'. Not a Moon. Remember that." The venom was dripping in Chin Mae's voice.

Both Old Master and Ko Yon knew what happened in the past but still flinched when they heard the words.

But Moon Young Jae and Moon Chin Sun froze when they heard what happened to Kang Chin Mae as a kid. More precisely at knowing who threw him off the building?

Chin Hae just sighed at the diversion in the topic. 'This is going to be a fucking long day, and it is not even 10:00 am! Someone save me!'

The old man was shocked. An unknown fear gripped his heart. He did not know what it was, but it was intense enough to hyperventilate the old man.

Ko Yon moved over to assist her father-in-law. But Kang Chin Mae was not done. He felt a bit of pleasure witnessing the spineless old man suffer in front of him.

"Why are you so shocked? No one in the Moon mansion told you I was there, a couple of weeks back? Don't tell me no one told you I raised my hand at your daughter-in-law and your beloved first grandson? I really had pleasure in throwing my first at the weakling you are planning to make the heir."

Old Master realised why the fear was clenching his heart. It was his gut feeling letting him know that his karma was standing in front of him. Sooner or later, this grandson by blood will become a grim reaper to the Moon family. He had a change of heart about his decisions.

'No! I can't leave my grandsons and grand-daughter with him. They would turn against the family like him. I have to take Chin Hae, Young Jae and Chin Sun away from him soon. Or else they would turn against the family too.' 

For the old master, no matter what, his family and family's prestige matters more than anything. He could never let his family get destroyed in the hands of his own family members. But he forgot how most of his grandchildren suffered at the hands of a few family members due to their greedy nature.