"When my parents announced that they will be getting married, the news created an uproar in the business world as this also meant that their businesses will be collaborating. My mother's company and my father's company were the top two industries in the field and their collaboration meant an even greater power."
" Lee Ji Woon's parents came to meet my father to congratulate him and assumed that he will forgive them as he is also genuinely in love with someone else, but my father's personality is different, he will love a person to no limit but once that person betrays him, no matter what he will never forgive them. So, when Lee Ji Woon's parents came to him to congratulate, my father didn't even meet them, he made them wait for hours and then asked them to leave."
" Lee Ji Woon's parents too ran out of patience and decided to let go of this friendship and continued this adversary. Later, uncle Lee took over his father's business and instead of sticking with one area, he started building business in different sectors and The Lee family became one of the powerful families in the country. The rivalry between both the families continued, when dad and uncle Lee met in a party or when they bid for a project, they always avoided each other."
"Oh. Then did that rivalry continue to your generation?" Song Ji Woo asked
"Yes, so since our childhood we were told to never mingle with the kids from the Lee family. We were sent to one of the best schools in the city and so were the kids from the Lee family. Coincidentally, my brother and Lee Ji Woon ended up being in the same class."
"They too avoided each other. My sister-in-law, Shin Yoon Ah too belonged to one of the richest families in the social circle, her mother and Lee Ji Woon's mother met in college and became close friends. Although everyone in our business circle maintains good relations with each other, internally they and their support were divided too, therefore, Shins never mingled with us much."
"Shin Yoon Ah and Lee Ji Woon ended up growing together because of their mothers and became the best of friends, everyone in our school used to tease them as they all assumed they were a couple. Shin Yoon Ah was in the same class as me. Although I was friendly towards her, she used to gently reject my advances to become her friend. Lee Ji Woon never liked my brother, me and everyone in my family, so he asked Shin Yoon Ah to avoid us as that was what best friends were supposed to do."
"Everyone in our school knew that Lee Ji Woon was in love with Shin Yoon Ah and we all assumed that she too liked him. During one of our summer breaks, when my brother and Lee Ji Woon were in their final year, our school organised a trekking trip in the forest area. Lee Ji Woon didn't attend it as he started his training to join his family business."
"During that trip, our school organised a treasure hunt, we all were divided into different teams and started playing the game. Shin Yoon Ah was part of a group of people, who disliked Lee Ji Woon and wanted to curry favour from my brother. So, they all fooled her and locked her in a weird room which was very deep into the forest and ran away."