ᅳ    𝗂  𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅  𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄  𝖿𝗈𝗋  𝗒𝗈𝗎  𝗂𝗇  𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒  𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 ,
𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅  𝗐𝖾  𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒  𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒 .
                               𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗌𝖾𝗈 𝗒𝘶𝗅

DO YOU BELIEVE IN FATE ? This is the question that Yeongran has always avoided because she never believed in fate or neither destiny. She thought that it was all just stupid superstition or refused to believe in it because in her case, all her fates often led her to the whirlpool of sadness, troubles, responsibility, anger and heartbreaks.

But now, she feels like her life was comparable to spring where she starts to find happiness in little things and even had hopes ; started believing in destiny and fate.

If not for fate, Yeongran and Seo Yul would have not sat together on the swing as they intertwined their hands together, admiring the beautiful moon which was shining bright in the dark sky and making everything around look like they were covered in silver.

Seo Yul's gaze fell on his wife beside him "Isn't the moon beautiful?"

Yeongran nodded her head and smiled widely "Indeed, it's beautiful"

Despite seeing the moon every month and year, it still looks beautiful and even if they were to stare at it for the next hundred years, they would still find the moon beautiful.

"It's been quite long since we last sat down like this and admired the moon"

The couples has been busy and stayed away from home for few weeks or even a months because Jeongjingak was growing day by day and students were filling up which increased Seo Yul's workload while Yeongran had to stay in Gusu for various works.

But, no matter how busy they were, they would always spend the last week of the month together and enjoy their time together as they bond and chat over their little jobs. No matter how old they were, they're still a young lover in their heart whose love grows bigger day by day and the never-ending support for each other.

Seo Yul kissed her forehead and she rest her head on his shoulder as the swing rocked back and forth slowly. "I will be leaving by this saturday but I will be quick since things got better and after Old Lan's memorial service, I can finally stay here with you until I get call for new job"

He nodded his head and kissed the back of her nap and was about to speak something but he was interrupted by a footsteps that was loud and a little disturbing to the two couples who were enjoying their little time together.

"Excuse me Master Seo and Lady Shin but something happened!"

The two immediately stood up and turned around seeing the maid panting heavily and trying to grasp her breath

"What happened?"

She took a deep breath and kept her composure "Our Young Master bullied Leader Park's son again"

Yeongran could feel headache approaching her forehead before she quickly followed the maid while Seo Yul tried to keep his laughter as he follow his wife.

Soon they stopped in front of the yard where three teenagers stood while the two teens who looked a little taller had a sad face ─── they even had tear stains on their face.

"Aunty Yeongran, Uncle Yul" the two twins greeted the two elders who entered the yard and hearing the two names, the little guy who was a little shorter than the two turned around with a shock expression but immediately concealed it with a bright smile

"Oh... Mom.... Dad...."

"Seo Jun! What did you do again?"

The maid excused herself immediately while Seo Jun, the 13 year old just smiled and touched the back of his hair so Yeongran immediately turned towards the twins.

"Gang, Dan. What did Seo Jun do to you two?"

Gang immediately broke down into tears "Aunty Yeongran, Seo Joon said that he will kill all our rabbits and roast them. He says it's so tasty and he said that he will take us for night-hunt and find pretty ghost for us!"

Seo Yul already held in his chuckle when he first came and witnessed the looks but now, when he heard the reason he burst out laughing. Even Yeongran, who was trying to maintain her stern face failed and broke into a wide smile.

Yul looked at the two tall teenagers and then back to Seo Jun, his son with a sense of amusement. The twins, Gang and Dan were the sons of Park Danggu and Jin Choyeon and they were older than Seo Jun by 4 years but they were easily bullied and teased by the younger guy.

Seo Jun, clad in a light blue robe walked up to his father with a sly cheesy smile and fake puppy eyes which Yul clearly knows what those eyes meant.

"Seo Jun!"

He immediately stopped his pace and turned to his mother with a bright smile. Yeongran walked up to the two tall scaredy teenagers and patted their heads "Gang-ah, Dan-ah... You should remember that Seo Jun is younger than you two and he often pulled such pranks. You know that he won't do that to your rabbits so don't worry. Now stop crying"

Gang still had a teary eye and looked at Yeongran with a pitiful look, like a wounded puppy. Yeongran knew why her naughty son always go for the two elder twins when he wants to prank someone "He will not do anything to them. If he does, I will beat him for you. Now go back home, it's getting late. Your mother might be back from work, next time I'll take you two with me to Gusu"

"Thank you aunty, we love you so much!"

The twins happily gave a hug to their favourite aunty and left the family of three alone.

As soon as the twins were out of sight, Yeongran turned towards his son who was still smiling cheekily "Seo Jun, why do you always prank them? You know that they're scared and soft hearted and they're older than you"

Yeongran doesn't understand how her son got such a bright and mischievous personality because neither she was such a bright person and so was her husband, they are both quiet and snd collected person meanwhile their son?

"I didn't expect them to cry. Uncle Wei and Uncle Uk told me that ─── "

"Wei Wuxian and that damn Jang Uk again!"

Yeongran massaged her forehead and regretting her choices on bringing Seo Jun with her while he was young to Gusu and making him hangout with Wei Wuxian.

Seo Yul saw his son's pleading gaze and immediately held his wife's hand "Yeongran-ah, they're still kids and I'll teach Seo Jun a lesson later ─── "

"Both of you! Go face the wall for 30 minutes"

"Okay!"

Yeongran left the yard while the father-son duo walked towards the wall and stood there facing the wall.

"Dad, why do you always accept Mom's punishment?"

"She is your mother but also my wife and I tried to save you but I ended up joining you since I don't want her to get angry"

Seo Jun clicked his tongue and scoff "You know mom will never get mad at you"

"And neither is she angry at you but ─── seriously, Seo Jun. Stop causing headache for your mom and learn to respect your elder brothers. They're older than you"

The little one just gave off a dramatic sigh and pouted "I wonder if Seo Han-hyungnim is gonna receive the same punishment or worse because he went for checking out gir───"

"I am joining you two"

The three people all stood together, facing the wall. Some of the workers saw the scene and just chuckled before commenting on how much the three male loved Yeongran so much and obeyed her.

When Seo Han, the eldest son was born he basically grew up in Gusu-clan alongside Wei Wuxian and the youngest with Jang Uk, so no wonder their personalities resembles them so much.

Yeongran was good with educating her sons and know them very well. They are indeed mischievous but she is damn sure that they are not crooked because she can't let her son become such person. Even though she is a little strict with them, her husband always comes to their rescue making it impossible for her to teach them a lesson but she knows that when Seo Yul talks with them, it's better. It's like a man-to-man talk.

As the three guys were facing the wall, Yeongran came back and seeing them together made her chuckle. "Alright boys, come for dinner"

Hearing that, the two siblings immediately ran to her arms and gave her a hug shouting "We love you mom!" while Seo Yul just patted their heads and made their way inside the dinning room.

The family of four ate their dinner together as laughter and love filled the table, sharing their love for each other while the moon shines brightly upon them, blessing them with eternal happiness.

، ⿻ ! lee's corner ░
and this marks the end of this book.
i started off this book as a joke and
thinking that i will unpublished it one day
but see, here i am, writing the last author
note for you all .

this book had a lot of loopholes and some
plots was just bland and the chapters
were not hitting hard at all but i gave my
best and to my readers who have been
here from the beginning till now, thank you
for showing your love and support towards
yeongran who became one of my favourite
characters so far because she somehow
resembles me in certain areas and i enjoyed
writing this book.

thank you so much for all the love and
support ♡ both to my silent readers and
one who often interacts with me, thank you
once again. until then,

lee 🧸

   THE END.
SHIN YEONGRAN x SEO YUL
MIDNIGHT RAIN by GWRMIE