She reported every malicious comment and article, made phone calls of protest to the media, but after half a day of desperate struggling, all that remained was a sad realization. The giant whirlpool of the media was not something she could deal with alone.
But…
“Haah…”
In her heart, she wished to just let the malignant articles and comments run rampant. However, she couldn’t. It was because of Taesang.
He must be in much more pain than I am right now. Since he’s a man who pretends as if nothing hurts, but I can never bear the pain.
Dajeong turned on her phone screen from inside the blanket. The dark space quickly filled with white light.
“……?”
A puzzled expression crossed Dajeong’s eyes as she looked at the portal site’s main screen.
It was gone. The malicious flight attendant, the heartless Cinderella—every article about me had disappeared.
Overnight, I couldn’t figure out what had happened. Dajeong quickly scoured every nook and cranny of the site with her trembling fingertips.
Then, the rapidly moving pupils suddenly stopped.
“W-what is this…?”
Misogyny against Cha Taesang, Cha Taesang’s past, Cha Taesang’s violent tendencies.
All the real-time search terms from 1st to 5th place were keywords related to Taesang. Moreover, they were all selected with very provocative words.
The aversion to women turned into hatred, and slight friction had somehow turned into violent tendencies. The media’s attitude had become much more aggressive than a few days ago.
Dajeong pressed one article with trembling fingers. As she did, a picture of Taesang leaving the company appeared on the screen.
“Cha Taesang, the vice president on the move for the founding anniversary event, remains silent about the controversy.”
“Taesang, sir…”
His agile face was much colder and darker than usual.
Could he be not sleeping well, or maybe something hurt somewhere? I couldn’t stop worrying about the topic I had abandoned first.
Dajeong realized for the first time.
That excessive yearning could also be painful. Crushing and squeezing the chest.
Unable to watch anymore, Dajeong turned off the screen. As if that wasn’t enough, she was about to close her eyelids tightly, but she felt a faint tremor in her hands.
Wing.
Could it be Taesang? Her closed eyes opened in a flash. However, contrary to her expectations, an unfamiliar number was displayed on the screen.
Dajeong answered the call slowly.
“Hello?”
「Hello? Dajeong, it’s Hyun-o.」
“Hyun-o? How did you get my number…?”
「I asked Miyeon to tell me. I’m sorry for contacting you on my own.」
“Oh… I see.”
I wondered if something had happened to Taesang. Dajeong’s feeling towards his call was more uneasy than glad.
「Dajeong, are you okay? There were… a lot of articles.」
“Oh… yes. I’m okay. They’ve mostly calmed down now.”
「That’s a relief.」
His voice, saying so, was quite somber. Hyun-o hesitated for a moment and brought up the main point.
「Dajeong, I called because I have a favor to ask.」
“What… favor?”
The vague anxiety gradually took shape. Dajeong unconsciously swallowed dry saliva.
「Could you please talk to Taesang? That guy is currently obsessed with work like a madman, and if he keeps this up, it seems like something really bad might happen.」
Hyun-o’s words were like needles, sharp and painful.
Don’t say that. I’ll be fine even without you. Knowing that he’s not someone who can be cared for, I couldn’t stop the sarcasm towards Taesang.
“I haven’t eaten or drunk anything, buried in piles of documents all day long. My eyes are swollen, and it feels like I can’t sleep properly. There are urgent matters that need to be resolved right away…”
“You can’t sleep? Hey, what about medication? Have you been taking any recently?”
“It feels like I can’t even touch it.”
“Well…”
“Yesterday, Secretary Kim forcibly took Taesang to his hotel room. To let him rest a bit. But later, when I went in… he was sitting there exactly the same way I saw him when he came out. No change in expression.”
Tears welled up and streamed down without a destination. Dajeong hesitantly wiped her cheeks. Her palms were quickly dampened.
He probably didn’t make a sound. Alone in the thick darkness, he must have stayed there without letting out a sigh or a groan.
The stubbornness in him hurt as if tearing the heart apart. People like me who let go first could just brush it off easily. I resented his lingering feelings, and I hated them.
Dajeong tightly embraced her waist with one arm. In an instant, something inside her chest burst.
I miss him. It didn’t matter what the nature of his feelings for me was. Seeing him, holding him, touching him, feeling him—it seemed like I could live only if I did.
The feelings she had for Taesang had already grown too big to leave him.
“I… I have to go see Taesang. It’s so selfish and too arbitrary, but I still have to go.”
The vision blurred again. Hyun-o’s voice over the phone could be heard, but it didn’t reach her mind.
The desire to see him seemed to spread from the chest to the whole body. Her legs tightened, and the hand uncovering the blanket was urgent.
She wanted to reach him as soon as possible.
Dajeong faithfully followed that feeling.
She hung up the phone, put on clothes, randomly wore visible shoes, and rushed down the stairs. A feeling of emptiness crossed her mind.
She couldn’t understand why she hesitated over such a simple matter.
As she stepped onto the street, she saw a taxi that was dropping off a passenger and about to depart in the distance.
Dajeong ran with all her might to catch the taxi. The rough sound of her breath echoed inside the car.
“Ha… Driver, please take me to the Hyosung Hotel.”
Her confident voice covered the sound of her breath.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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