A very thin woman in her late seventies, adorned with luxury from head to toe, appeared and straight away asked Jae In about her parents.
“They’re not here.”
“Both of them aren’t? How come?”
“I’m not sure why you’re asking, but do I need to tell you that?”
“As an elder, when I ask, you should answer politely, let alone stare at me straight in the eyes…….”
Next, with a look as if she was dealing with an uneducated beggar, she asked about Jae In’s alma mater.
“I dropped out of Korean Women’s University.”
“Why did you drop out? Korean Women’s University is quite good.”
“I didn’t want to attend.”
“My goodness…….”
The landlord, who introduced herself as Nam Kwang Soon, scrutinized Jae In with a displeased gaze.
Jae In could clearly feel her score dropping in the landlord’s mind.
“I came here because of the high praise. It seems our principal has made a poor judgment due to her naivety.”
“Our yoga studio’s principal……?”
“No. The dental clinic principal in Gangnam Oseokdong. My son. Did he stop understanding words because he quit college?”
Referring to her son as the principal was odd in the first place. To avoid any misunderstanding, Jae In quickly drew a line.
“To avoid any misunderstanding, I only taught your son in class. I gave him my contact number because I was his instructor, but even that wasn’t my personal number. It was a work number that’s open to all other students.”
“Well, that’s fine. Miss, I need a clear answer to this. You won’t latch onto my son, will you?”
“No, I have absolutely no intention of doing so.”
“I’m relieved to hear that. It’s fortunate you know your place. I’ll take note of that.”
Jae In bid farewell to Kwang Soon, who left the yoga studio saying things that made no sense, with a smile.
She had a knack for dealing with disregard and contempt. It was thanks to seven years of living with a halfsibling six months younger in her father’s house.
Considering what the always pricklyeyed mother and daughter had done to her, this was on the cute side.
“What did she say?”
“Just some cute nonsense before she left.”
“Anyway, you’re really something. You look like a greenhouse plant, but you hide poison inside, don’t you? That’s why I like you.”
“Let’s go. Tomorrow is Saturday, let’s buy some beer on the way home.”
“Oh, great. You finish cleaning up here, instructor. I’ll leave this mop for the boss.”
While Sang Hwa put away the mop, Jae In took a deep breath of the damp winter night air and closed the window.
The festive atmosphere of the city in December felt like someone else’s business to Jae In.
“My late grandfather said that my fiancée and I are two years apart. But you, Yu Ri, are three years younger than me.”
“I was born in February and started school early. You could say we’re two years apart. Maybe that’s why?”
“Do you perhaps have an older sister who’s one year old?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know? I’m the only daughter of Hyun Yang.”
The man lifted one corner of his mouth and picked up his teacup.
The only daughter of Hyun Yang. Not some highborn lady of a medieval western duchy.
Her pompous answer was amusing, with too much pride for a woman.
Should he find her innocent belief that Hyun Yang Construction was something big, endearing?
The man raised his large hand to rub his thick, neat eyebrows, hiding the expression that belittled the woman in front of him.
Once upon a time, Hyun Yang Construction was within the top ten in the construction industry. However, about 30 years ago, the sudden death of the secondgeneration chairman, Jo Seong Hwan, gradually began to tilt its dominance.
The person who succeeded to the chairman’s position was Jo Seong Hwan’s eldest son, Jo Dae Hoon.
Jo Dae Hoon, with a coolheaded temperament, immediately sorted out affiliates and subcontractors that were deemed useless upon ascending to the chairman’s position. And in the process, labor issues significantly surfaced.
The unilateral contract termination by Hyun Yang Construction, the “gap”, led to the laborers’ protests on the streets that remained a hot topic for a long time.
The majority of the people could not empathize with the revealed ruthless appearance of Jo Dae Hoon.
As a result, Hyun Yang established a strong image of a company soaked in aristocratic ideals, not standing on the side of common people, to the entire nation. It was only natural that its credibility and sales declined.
“The real only daughter…?”
“It’s a bit uncomfortable. Didn’t you learn manners for dealing with a fiancée at Wharton School?”
“Ha, fiancée.”
The woman widened her eyes at the ridicule he couldn’t hold back. Even as she furrowed her brows, filled with an unpleasant expression, she seemed conscious of her surroundings as her eyes darted around.
“Why are you laughing?”
“No, Wharton School teaches business management, they don’t teach manners for dealing with a fiancée.”
The reason the man was facing Jo Yu Ri, the only daughter of Jo Dae Hoon, who is now significantly pushed back in the business hierarchy, was simple.
He was curious.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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