Acts We Shouldn't Do (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 100
“Why the hell is Jo Yuri in Yeonryu-dong?”
After spending sweet time with Jae In, Tae Seo finally called Executive Director Jang. The moment he woke from a deep sleep and checked the message, it felt as if someone had poured cold water over his head. So he left sleeping Jae In behind and headed over to the residence where Ted was staying.
“I couldn’t confirm that far.”
He’d already heard reports that she’d been loitering around Kang Seon Electronics these past few days. Who could Jo Yuri possibly have to meet at Kang Seon Electronics? Tae Seo had considered several possibilities earlier.
Ted thought maybe she knew she couldn’t meet Kang Tae Seo at Kang Seon Construction, so she figured she might as well go there anyway. Amber, who believed Yuri wouldn’t dare go straight to the Yeonryu-dong main house, backed up Ted’s theory.
But Executive Director Jang had a different idea.
“Could it be that Jo Yuri, backed into a corner, went to see Chairman Kang Shin Jae to ask for help?”
At those words, not just Tae Seo—but even Amber and Ted, who both knew Chairman Kang Shin Jae’s character well—let out hollow laughs. They thought it was ridiculous.
“There’s a Korean saying: ‘Stretch your legs only as far as your bed allows.’ No matter how willful Jo Yuri may be, she wouldn’t just barge into the chairman of Kang Seon Group and ask for help like that.”
“But Jo Yuri must be grasping at straws right now. Isn’t it possible she’d at least try? Besides, she still seems fixated on you, Managing Director.”
“If what you’re saying is true, then that actually works out well for us.”
“Huh…?”
“Chairman Kang Shin Jae isn’t the type who’d agree to meet someone just because they asked—and even if he did meet her, he wouldn’t even blink at a plea for help.”
Kang Shin Jae was someone utterly uninterested in others. He was indifferent to other people’s pain and sorrow. So if Jo Yuri really had gone to him, begging for help, she’d only end up looking pathetic.
But then—why had Jo Yuri, who caused a commotion this morning on the first floor of Kang Seon Electronics, gone up to the chairman’s office with Kang Shin Jae? Tae Seo couldn’t understand it.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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