Sa Rang’s heart raced first, against her will, knowing who the note’s writer was likely to be.
She sat down and unfolded the paper.
[It’s still cold. Dress warmly, senior officer.]Only one person here called her senior officer, despite being a deputy – Do Han, the self-proclaimed youngest in the team.
The unexpected kindness didn’t seem to fit.
Sa Rang looked at the empty seat beside her and then back at the note, gazing at the writing for a long time.
When they took the “Love and Marriage” class together, they were a team and submitted their names to the professor.
At that time, Sa Rang thought even his handwriting was attractive and wanted to keep the paper.
Everything about him was wonderful and likable back then.
She set down the paper and held the paper cup from the first-floor cafe.
It was still warm, indicating it hadn’t been there long.
She cautiously opened the lid, expecting coffee, but found it was yuja tea.
She had wanted yuja tea for its cold-fighting properties that morning and went to the cafe, but it was no longer on the menu.
The staff explained they stopped selling winter beverages since April was near.
Reluctantly, she ordered lemon tea instead. How did Do Han get yuja tea when it wasn’t even on the menu?
Sa Rang draped the blanket over her knees, popped a candy in her mouth, and opened the hot pack.
“How did he know my hands are always cold?”
The original Korean paragraph contains 33 lines. Here is the verbatim English translation, preserving the same number of lines:
Wearing a coat instead of a thick padding felt burdensome throughout the day in late March, making my hands cold.
As Dong-sik said, having done all the grunt work as the youngest, I now enjoy such luxury.
If only Do Han wasn’t an ex-boyfriend, I would have really appreciated it.
While Sa Rang was lost in these unnecessary thoughts, Do Han had quietly taken his seat.
It felt awkward for Sa Rang to openly thank him for the gifts.
She eventually opened the messenger.
[Thank you for the gifts, Deputy Ji.]But she immediately erased the text and shook her head.
Even such a greeting felt awkward.
She glanced at him.
Having heard about his family’s past and the real reason for their breakup yesterday, her feelings were complicated.
It was a past matter, supposedly irrelevant now, but those stories haunted her thoughts all night.
It was a mistake committed at the young age of thirteen.
Even though it was wrong for a child to abandon his sibling, Sa Rang pitied him.
How much he must have hated his father to do such a thing.
In that situation, not only Hyeri must have been scared, but Do Han must have been terrified too.
Sa Rang was grateful that Hyeri returned safely.
If not, he would have been tormented by even greater guilt.
“Sa Rang, did the model specs from upstairs come in yet?”
Lost in thought, she was jolted back to reality by Na Young’s voice.
“No, not yet.”
Their team in Development Planning was responsible for mediating differences between the Product Planning and Research & Development teams.
“It’s obvious that Development will say it’s impossible, they should just send it quickly.”
“Right. It seems they never agree on the first try.”
“Of course. Saying it’s impossible is a developer’s default mindset. Product Planning always opens up all technical possibilities. So we’re always caught in the middle. One side says do this, the other says that’s not possible. We’re like shrimps getting crushed in a whale fight.”
Thus, the Development Planning team needed people who had technical expertise but also the ability to harmonize with others.
“Do you think they’ll send it next week since we’re going on the outing tomorrow after work?”
“That must be their plan.”
“The Development team not attending the outing will make it even worse.”
“Mr. Park will hold back from saying anything to us but will make a fuss. Just wait a bit longer and then send a reminder email.”
“Or should I go and get it?”
“No, Mr. Park from Product Planning looks down on female employees. You’ll just end up feeling bad.”
Sa Rang had experienced this once before and chose not to volunteer again.
Mr. Park was someone who attached ‘this is why women are’ to every sentence.
Why are you so impatient, this is why women are blah blah blah… an antiquated figure, regrettably working at Seohan Electronics, aspiring to be world-class.
Yet, he could maintain his position, meaning he must be close to someone influential in the company.
No one dared to confront him.
As they sighed, Do Han stood up.
“I’ll go and get it.”
Both Sa Rang and Na Young looked at him simultaneously.
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It wasn’t a difficult task to just fetch documents, but there was concern about how Do Han would handle the notoriously harsh-tongued Manager Park.
“Deputy Ji going might be a bit… Manager Park isn’t an easy person to deal with.”
“It’s okay. I just need to get the specs, right?”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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