Barren Misfortune

Twenty-two-year-old Kang Soljin has lived a life defined by crushing poverty and the burden of her comatose brother’s medical bills. Following her mother’s tragic suicide, Soljin is offered a desperate lifeline by Ahn Guk-hyeon, the ruthless chairman of GH and leader of the Jin-an gang. Guk-hyeon reveals a shocking secret: Soljin is not his daughter, nor is she blood-related to her brother, Solyeong. Nevertheless, he offers her $800,000 to become "Ahn Soljin," acting as his temporary heir until his biological son wakes. Soljin enters a world of lethal high-stakes politics, quickly encountering her greatest threat: Seok Jeha. As Guk-hyeon’s surrogate son and a vicious political rival, Jeha...