Kim Hee-young was born in the United States in 1975 to second-generation North Korean immigrants. He grew up in a good life and received the best education. Since she was a child, she has shown a talent for intelligence and cleverness, and is loved by her parents and teachers.
After growing up, Kim Hee-young is not only beautiful and moving, but also well-known in the Korean community, and has been selected as one of the top three Korean American Miss in the United States.
At the age of 20, Kim Hee-young graduated from a prestigious university in Seattle with a bachelor's degree in psychology. During her college years, she excelled and was widely acclaimed as the head of a volunteer club.
After graduating, she was offered a position as a counselor at a well-known hospital in Seattle. There, she helped many patients who came to her clinic and became an excellent psychotherapist.
At the age of 26, Kim Hee-young met a Korean engineer, and the two soon entered the palace of marriage. After marriage, she gave up her career and concentrated on her husband and children. She gradually faded out of the workplace and lived the life of a housewife.
For a time, she had a happy marriage and career, and lived a happy and beautiful life.
One day in 2003, Kim Hee-young was invited to attend a high-profile forum in Seattle, one of the few social events she participated in after retiring from work. At the reception, she had the honor to sit with Chey Tae-won, a legendary giant in South Korea's financial industry and president of SK Group.
At first, Kim Hee-young didn't know that this seemingly gentle man was a legend in the Korean business world. The two chatted with great interest, and Kim Hee-young gradually fell for Choi Tae-won's graceful demeanor.
Later, through a friend's introduction, Kim Hee-young learned that the man she met was the head of SK Group, a huge chaebol empire in South Korea second only to Samsung. She was excited about her windfall and took the initiative to ask for Choi Tae-won's contact information.
Surprisingly, Choi Tae-won, who is in a high position, quickly responded to the message sent by Kim Hee-young. The two quickly ignited a fire of love, and under the ambiguous flirtation of phone calls and emails, they started a secret underground romance.
With her charming demeanor and delicate gentleness, Kim Hee-young quickly captured the heart of Choi Tae-won, who was in a high position. Three months after the two met, Kim Hee-young was pleasantly surprised to find out that she was pregnant.
After the examination, it was confirmed that the father of the child was Choi Tae-won. For the sake of this scandalous romance and the flesh and blood in her womb, she mustered up the courage to propose a divorce from her Korean husband. After the divorce, she gave up her work and life in the United States and moved to Seoul with her six-year-old daughter.
Hearing the news that Kim Hee-young was pregnant, Choi Tae-won, who was in South Korea, was ecstatic. With a big swing, he bought a luxury villa in the Hannam-dong area, the most affluent area in Seoul, for Kim Hee-young and his daughter to live in.
Kim Hee-young successfully gave birth to Choi Tae-won's second daughter, and the mother and daughter were safe. For six years, she and her daughters have lived a comfortable life in this high-end townhouse, and have established an intimate relationship similar to that of a husband and wife with Choi Tae-won.
Kim Hee-young and Choi Tae-won's underground romance was exposed to the world in 2014 because of an accident. That year, Choi Tae-won was arrested and imprisoned by the procuratorate on suspicion of embezzlement.
At first, Kim Hee-young didn't know anything about what happened to Choi Tae-won. It wasn't until a few days later that her relationship with Choi Tae-won and the existence of her illegitimate daughter were revealed by the media. This made her the target of public criticism in an instant, and the accusation of "breaking up the wealthy family and taking the top position" came overwhelmingly.
When he learned the news of his concubine's shame in prison, Choi Tae-won was anxious. He wrote a long letter overnight, expressing his endless affection for Kim Hee-young, and firmly stated that he wanted to divorce his wife Lu Suying.
The prison love letter was quickly revealed to the media, causing even more controversy. The powerful Lu Suying was angered by this statement. She rebelled against Choi Tae-won for 4 years, strongly refused to divorce him, and vowed to kill Kim Hee-young.
Under the political strength of his powerful wife, Roh So-young, Choi Tae-won had to stalemate with her for four full years before finally getting rid of the shackles of marriage. In 2022, South Korea broke a sensational news in Asia - Chey Tae-won, the head of SK Group, officially announced his divorce from President Roh So-young.
The divorce case was called "the most expensive in Asia", and Ms. Lu received more than half of the family's property and shares in the company.
However, this four-year Jedi counterattack and the cession of a huge fortune did not shake Choi Tae-won's determination in the slightest. On the first day of the divorce, he flew to Hannam-dong on a private plane and hugged Kim Hee-young, who had been waiting for him for a long time.
In order to appease his lover, who had been tormented by public opinion for many years, he sent a number of expensive designer bags and limited jewelry. More importantly, he established a large Renji charitable foundation, with Kim Hee-young as its president.
At this point, Kim Hee-young has officially transformed into a young man and completed the gorgeous transformation from a junior to a lady of 10 billion in Hannam-dong.
Kim Hee-young, who successfully married into a wealthy family, devoted all her energy to managing the foundation and participating in social activities. She actively eats, drinks and has been merry, attending various high-end cocktail parties and art exhibitions, and making friends with the business community and celebrities.
In the photos, we can always see her standing side by side with superstars such as Google CEO, Asia's richest man, and Oscar winner.
At the same time, she also devoted herself to public welfare in the foundation and fulfilled her social responsibilities. She often takes her daughter to poor villages on the border with North Korea to carry out volunteer teaching activities, and subsidize the construction of libraries and schools.
She formed a close friendship with a young man with a disability and sponsored him to learn Xi painting for a long time. Kim Hee-young is also a talented painter herself, and many of her excellent works have been exhibited in major galleries in Seoul to rave reviews.
Behind the glamorous life under the flash, Kim Hee-young has made great efforts. She knows better than anyone that the notoriety of "Little Three" is not easy to get rid of, so she devoted herself to nurturing her daughter, hoping that she would get rid of the negative label of "illegitimate daughter" and get ahead smoothly.
Over the years, the fates of Kim Hee-young, Choi Tae-won and Roh So-young have been intertwined, and after all the hardships, they finally got what they wanted. Choi Tae-won did not hesitate to divorce in order to keep Kim Hee-young, and paid a huge amount of property as a price; Lu Suying lost power and fell from the first lady to the vegetable market; Although Kim Hee-young has been blocked by public opinion, she has finally become a glamorous billionaire woman.
The grievances and hatreds between them are difficult for outsiders to judge right and wrong. What we see is only the tip of the iceberg, and no one knows what is really going on in their hearts. Life is full of so much helplessness that we are not in a position to simply give ridicule or condemnation.
Life is troubled, and fate makes people. But I believe that as long as we have a kind and tolerant heart, any difficulties will pass, and the sunshine will eventually come.
Finally, I sincerely wish Kim Hee-young, Chey Tae-won and Roh So-young all the best for their future and happy families.