Taemyung Group. His position. Despite nothing being sorted out for the future, Da-jeong felt a bit more courageous. The baby was much more precious than all those worries.
Then it happened.
“Oh my!”
A colleague nurse, Yumi, rushed over to Da-jeong from the morning.
“Wow, it seems like Oh Chaewon and Lee Jaeho are really getting married?”
Her heart sank.
Hospital nurses often brought rumors about Jaeho to Da-jeong, as if it were a matter of course. After a moment of silence following the funeral of Jang Myeongsuk, it seemed they couldn’t stand it anymore. Yumi pressed her phone against Da-jeong’s face.
“A big deal. Oh Chaewon personally chose the wedding dress for Lee Jaeho.”
The title was too provocative, so her attention was immediately drawn.
“He’s not even having an inauguration ceremony….”
Da-jeong’s small objection was overwhelmed by Yumi’s retort.
“That’s right! Why would he go to the headquarters himself without holding a separate inauguration ceremony? It’s so obvious.”
“I don’t know what’s obvious.”
“Ugh, fool. Rumor has it that Oh Chaewon picked out a wedding dress at the wedding street.”
Then, two more nurses joined, pouring various gossip about this rumor.
Samhu Corporation offered an unconditional investment in the range of 10 billion won to Taemyung, and Taemyung said they were positively considering it. Most opinions suggested that if this investment were to materialize, it would essentially be considered an engagement.
“I don’t think so.”
“Of course, you’d deny it. Why stay quiet?”
Yumi laughed.
“Nurse Yoon, are you annoyed because you’re a fan? Still, don’t cause a commotion at Jaeho’s wedding. Send him off coolly.”
Knowing it was a joke, tears poured out suddenly, and she hastily headed to the restroom. Due to pregnancy hormones, her emotions were running wild.
**
Jaeho, who started working as an executive without a special inauguration ceremony, briefly greeted the staff in the strategy room and immediately took over the tasks.
He struggled for a day or two, but after staying up for several nights examining everything, he got a rough idea of how things worked. Jaeho adapted to his work faster than he thought.
After about a week, he could memorize the names, personalities, and even simple family relationships of the staff in the strategy room. Unlike Manager Lee Sae-ah, who didn’t bother to remember individual characteristics, Jaeho, who memorized each person’s traits, gained the favor of the staff. The somewhat reckless and autocratic atmosphere under Manager Lee Sae-ah had been uncomfortable for everyone.
Overcoming prejudices about learning and capturing everyone’s hearts didn’t take a long time. Employees liked his friendly yet gentle charisma.
Jaeho, along with the strategy room staff, was preparing a rebuttal article.
However, for the past few days, he had been busy with a more urgent issue: Ha Jaewoo.
Jaeho couldn’t keep Ha Jaewoo, who had been taken out of the hospital, detained indefinitely. It was illegal, and it could be a problem when holding him accountable later. He had to quickly hand him over to the prosecution as planned.
If someone from Lee Ji-hyuk’s side released him, there could be trouble, so it was an urgent issue. However…
“When will his condition improve?”
The Ha Jaewoo Jaeho saw at the Yangpyeong villa didn’t look like a person.
Ha Jaewoo, who was in his 30s at the time of the incident and is now in his 40s, looked almost like a 60-year-old man due to long hospitalization. Black dirt was stuck under his long fingernails, and there were bloodstains here and there. Sitting hunched in a corner, he incessantly scratched his body, revealing many wounds all over. There was no vitality in his eyes.
“He seems to have been addicted to drugs for a long time.”
Dr. Kim, who came to Yangpyeong to examine Ha Jaewoo, said.
“No, with this condition, how can we get a confession…”
“Heeheeheeheeheehee…”
Ha Jaewoo drooled, crying or laughing, making strange sounds. It was puzzling.
“Hey. Ha Jaewoo.”
Jaeho called him.
“Ha Jaewoo. Are you Ha Jaewoo?”
“Yeah! I am! Why!”
Suddenly, Ha Jaewoo straightened his back and rushed at Jaeho. Fortunately, he was tied up, so he couldn’t grab Jaeho. Two guards quickly subdued him. When his arms and legs were held, Ha Jaewoo’s body lost strength again.
“I have a lot to ask you.”
“What do you want! Let me go! I’m innocent! I just did what I was told! I hate the hospital!”
“If you confess willingly, there won’t be a return to the hospital.”
“Aaargh!”
“Seems like a side effect of a tranquilizer.”
Jaeho’s gaze, looking down at Hajaewoo, who was mumbling incomprehensible nonsense, was truly miserable. To think he had to treat a suspect who was unresponsive even if his neck was twisted.
He felt a strong desire to handle it according to his temperament, regardless of legal judgment or anything else.
“…When, when will he come to his senses, even a little bit?”
“I don’t know. It seems it will take quite a while.”
“This is driving me crazy.”
Director Jung’s expression was also grim.
“At this rate… His confession itself may not be recognized.”
That was true. Who would acknowledge the statement of a mentally unstable person as a confession?
Jaeho closed his eyes deeply.
Suppressing the anger that was about to explode, he took a long deep breath.
“For now, please focus on the treatment as much as possible.”
Dr. Kim nodded. Then Director Jung added.
“We can’t keep Hajaewoo in this state indefinitely. If, by any chance, it becomes known that the heir of Taemyung is involved, it would be a big problem. So, Doctor, please expedite the treatment as much as possible…”
“Heir?”
Hajaewoo raised his head with a flash in his eyes.
“Who are you people from Taemyung?”
“What?”
“Taemyung! Disgusting Taemyung! Who’s the bastard who imprisoned me?”
Hajaewoo began to rant.
“Aaargh! I’ll kill all the Taemyung bastards! I did everything you asked! I kept all the kids locked up, preventing them from escaping! Send me abroad as promised! Get me out of this country!”
Jaeho and Director Jung looked at each other’s faces alternately. After a while, Hajaewoo trembled like a pine tree in the wind.
“Ugh, ugh. Sorry. Did I go wrong? Did I threaten for more money, saying I would expose it to the media? That I would report it to the police? That was all a joke. I won’t do that. I’ll just take the money and disappear. Please, watch. Please.”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
