Reborn: The Unexpected Twist

The trip to Japan had ended, and all of them returned back to South Korea. School started after the weekends, and these two days, Jinhee had to sadly stay with the Lee family.

Walking into the kitchen, Jinhee attempted to cook herself some instant noodles as she was in no mood to sit at the same dining table as the Lee family. 

Although her cooking abilities were below average, she could at least make herself some edible instant noodles.

As the water boiled, Jinhee took out the uncooked noodles from its packet and placed it down inside the water. Watching the small bubbles, Jinhee tapped her foot on the floor.

Hearing footsteps behind her, Jinhee turned back. Seeing the mother and daughter pair, Jinhee had a feeling that a new drama was going to begin.

Lee Jiyoung, her so-called adopted mother, had a scowl on her face whilst on Jinkyung, her supposed to be twin, had a mixture of anger, sadness, and smugness on her face.

'I avoided dinner with you all to stay away from trouble, but it seems that some trouble too hard to get rid of.'

"What are you doing here?" Jiyoung raised her hand up.

Knowing that it was about to come in contact with her cheeks, Jinhee bent her knees a little, lowering her height. A merciless idea came inside of her mind.

Her body stood in front of the boiling water, and with her body still lowered, Jinhee raised her head to look at Jiyoung.

"What are you doing, Mom?" Jinhee questioned, sounding informal with her words and tone unlike the usual.

"How much are you going to stain the name of our family? First, you get a sugar daddy, and now, you come to cook here when you know there is a table full of food out there. 

Are you trying to show the maids that we don't feed you or something? Are you trying to make them spread gossip and fake rumour about us?"

The actual anger of Lee Jiyoung was from the event that day when Jinhee acted against Lee Minjoon, and Jinhee was aware of that.

'I'm pretty sure all of them knows how you all treat me perfectly.'

"Mom, I wonder how all those, who see you as someone elegant and composed, would react when they see this side of yours?" Jinhee questioned with a wide, innocent smile on her face.

"Are you trying to threaten me?"

Once again, Jiyoung was about to slap Jinhee, and a smirk appeared on her face seeing that she was successful in provoking Jiyoung.

Before her hand could touch Jinhee, Jinhee stood up straight and hurriedly moved away from the water. A sigh of relief left Jinhee's mouth when she realised that she was effective with her trick.

Jiyoung's hand touched the hot metal of the pot instead of Jinhee, and she immediately moved away her hand due to the burning pain.

The impact caused the pot to fall down, creating a loud loud as the metal touched the floor, and the water splashed on both Jinkyung and Jiyoung.

Screams of pain left both of their mouth, and immediately all the members of the household rushed towards the direction of the kitchen.

A victorious smirk sat on Jinhee's face. 

Although two drops of water splashed on to her hand, there were nothing compared to the pain Jinkyung and Jiyoung was going through. She didn't expect her plan to succeed that well.

Three maids entered into the kitchen, and seeing them, Jinhee out on a concerned and despondent expression. 

Moving towards Jinkyung and Jiyoung, Jinhee voiced out, "Jinkyung! Mother! Are you two alright?"

Faking a tear, Jinhee voiced out, "I know you two don't like me eating instant noodles, but mother, you shouldn't have been this reckless."

Hissing in pain and noticing the crowd around them, the mother and duo did not dare to shout Jinhee and defame themselves.

"What's the matter?" Lee Youngchul questioned as he walked towards the two.

"Mother and Jinkyung did not like the idea of me cooking instant noodles, and being careless, mom tried to throw the pot away with her hand," Jinhee voiced out innocently.

"Wait a second!" Jinhee voiced out before rushing to the basin.

Checking with her hand the temperature, she realised that the water was cool and filled up a container with the water.

Walking towards Jinkyung and Jiyoung, whom the maids were about to help, Jinhee poured down the cool water on both Jiyoung and Jinkyung.

Then, showing a grim expression towards the maids, Jinhee scolded, "Why are you all so slow and useless? The burns can leave scars if not treated as fast as possible! Are you all paid money for being this slow!?"

Wiping the water away from her face with her hand, Jiyoung's countenance grew darker, and she questioned, "What do you think you're doing!?"

Tears formed at the corner of her eyes as Jinkyung voiced out, "Do you hate us so much to take this kind of revenge upon us? With these scars, I'll be forever shunned by everyone around me!"

"What type of games are you playing again, Lee Jinhee?" Lee Minjoon questioned.

From the corner of her eyes, Jinhee could see her uncle, Lee Daeho, being pleased with the entire scenario whilst his wife wore a silly smile.

Hyunki wore nonchalance on his face whilst Chungae was not present at the scene, making Jinhee wonder on where she could be. After all, she was a loyal follower of Jinkyung.

"I feel wrongly accused, Grandfather," Jinhee voiced out. Tears fell down her eyes continuously as she wore on a pitiful expression.