“Well, I came to see if anything like this would happen. In case someone harasses our employees.”
“What?”
His expression crumpled as if to say, ‘What nonsense is this?’
“I’m not sure if it’s okay at Daesung, but it’s not here. We don’t treat other people’s precious daughters like this.”
Subin pulled out a handkerchief from his inner pocket, looking at Dajeong with a gaze filled with pity, he gently wiped the messy jacket.
“Are you okay?”
“Y-yes… I-I’m okay. Thank you.”
Dajeong accepted the handkerchief in a bewildered expression. She couldn’t understand what had happened.
Subin looked at the man again with a cold yet composed face.
“Why are you standing like a screen in the middle of the hallway? You’re causing a commotion. Grow up, even if you’re tall like a giant.”
“A s-screen? Subin, this is a company. Be careful with your words.”
“Who crossed the line first? Who’s venting their anger so conspicuously?”
“……?”
In an instant, Dajeong’s head turned quickly toward the man. Venting anger? That was something that could only happen with some circumstances.
I was clearly missing something. Dajeong looked at the man with a puzzled gaze.
Then he showed signs of confusion for the first time. The man quickly turned his eyes away and growled at Subin.
“Huh, you met Mieon a while ago and begged, and now you act like anything goes here…”
Snatching Subin’s employee ID roughly, the man continued speaking.
“Just snatched a manager’s seat like that.”
“Whether it’s a manager or whatever, at least I didn’t get promoted over my younger brother.”
“What? Is that what you’re doing now…”
The man raised his voice and quickly shut his mouth. It seemed like he belatedly realized that the more he spoke, the more he revealed his shortcomings.
He looked at Subin with a gaze that seemed to pierce through him, then abruptly turned his head.
“Anyway, if you get involved with Cha Subin, nothing good will come out of it.”
“I beg to differ.”
The man glanced at Subin’s face and quickly turned away. With long and skinny legs, he nervously weaved through the crowd.
Dajeong, quietly looking around at the stares, spoke to Subin.
“What happened? Was Subin oppa our company employee?”
“It’s a good question, but…”
Subin slightly moved aside. Then he felt the concentrated gazes of the people on this side.
“We should leave for now, right?”
“Yeah… we should.”
“Come to the convenience store in the annex. Let’s grab a sandwich or something.”
Subin spoke in a low voice and left the restaurant first. After Dajeong tidied up the messed-up tray, she left her seat.
First, dealing with the uniform was the priority. Dajeong headed to the restroom with her shoulders raised high.
She wet the jacket and skirt, wiped them with a handkerchief, squeezed out moisture with a hand towel.
Continuously busy with her hands, two employees entered the restroom while muttering.
“Really? The second son who was supposedly abroad just now is that guy? Isn’t he just a manager?”
“People start from being a manager because others see potential.”
“Amazing. So that guy is the son of the ‘Chimat Wind.'”
“Chimat Wind? Ah… the main director? Right, I heard his mom is pushing him hard from behind. But he doesn’t have much ambition for the company itself.”
“How do you know that?”
“What he did abroad wasn’t business management; it was taking pictures. He’s a professional photographer.”
In an instant, Dajeong’s hands stopped abruptly.
A man who came from abroad and worked as a photographer, referring to Subin. It clearly meant that he was the son of Myeongok. And that meant he was the one Subin was so grateful for. Moreover, he was in a rival relationship with Taesang.
As if the accident had come to a halt, no thoughts came to her mind.
Inside the small convenience store located in the annex.
The two stood side by side in front of the narrow dining counter.
Dajeong fiddled with a canned coffee in her hand, looking at the reflection of Subin in the glass.
Maybe it’s because I know who he is. Suddenly, Myeongok’s face overlapped with his. Even though there weren’t many similarities, it felt that way for some reason.
Letting out a small sigh and continuing to stare, she suddenly met eyes with him in the glass. Dajeong awkwardly avoided eye contact.
“I got this for you, too.”
Subin pushed the sandwich and gimbap to the side, saying. Although she only chose coffee, he had bought these things for her.
“I’m okay. Subin, yo… Please eat.”
Dajeong, who called him without thinking, quickly corrected herself.
She didn’t know what to call him.
He was still the same person to her, but the situation around them had changed too much. It seemed she could no longer treat him as comfortably as before.
“Why? Is it awkward?”
Subin seemed to know that I sensed something. But even so, he remained cheerful and a bit carefree.
“…Yes. You’re the manager, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Since when?”
“Well… officially announced yesterday. But to be honest, if I say that, it’s a bit inaccurate.”
“Really?”
“Since I was born? Because I’m the son of this house.”
He smiled broadly and pointed to the ceiling of the building.
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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