The only movement on Myeong Ok’s statue-like face was her eyes trembling with agitation.
Was Su Bin speaking from knowledge or merely inflating a guess?
Her eyes, trying to discern his true intentions, scanned his face thoroughly.
“Why are you so surprised? What, you thought I didn’t know?”
“That’s nonsensical. Su Bin, I don’t know who told you such nonsense, but…”
“Ha, this is classic.”
“What…?”
“Who else? It’s you, Mom.”
“…….”
Although Su Bin often exaggerated due to his intense emotions, he was not a child who enjoyed lying. Myeong Ok’s face darkened with dreadful speculation.
Then, Su Bin opened the top drawer of the desk in frustration.
“Look at this. You still haven’t fixed it.”
“…….”
The drawer, sliding open, revealed a half-empty bottle of whiskey and a small glass. Su Bin poured the whiskey and tossed it back with ease, the strong drink visibly affecting his porcelain-doll-like face.
“I’ve been singing to you since I was a child, telling you to quit drinking. You think it was because I was concerned about your health?”
“…….”
“No way.”
Su Bin casually rotated the glass in the light, speaking leisurely.
“When did you… When did you start knowing?”
“I don’t remember. I was too young. I just remember Mom drunkenly babbling.”
Myeong Ok, her face turning pale, rushed toward Su Bin, gripping his shoulders with force.
“Su Bin! Listen to Mom. It’s all in the past. Nothing changes.”
“Really? Can you say that to Cha Tae Sang’s dad buried underground?”
“I was going to tell him! I was! But then he suddenly passed away…”
“…….”
Squeeze.
Su Bin’s hand, holding the glass, increasingly tightened. Veins bulged and his arm trembled as if the glass would shatter at any moment.
Myeong Ok hastily grabbed his hand.
“Stop! Let go of that! Let’s talk. Okay?”
“……Always lies.”
“No! Su Bin, it’s true. I really was going to tell him!”
Crack!
The glass couldn’t withstand the pressure and shattered in Su Bin’s hand. Sharp fragments dug into his palm, but he didn’t even blink.
Blood seeped through, trickling down his wrist in the folds of his palm.
The color of the deep crimson wound seemed too faint. The red blood freshly stained the scar on his wrist.
“Su Bin, please stop!”
“One more lie from you, and I don’t know what I’ll do.”
Su Bin growled lowly, hurling the glass shards away. His voice was like a wounded animal’s final cry.
The Air Korea cabin crew’s mandatory stop before heading to the airport was the briefing tower.
Da Jeong found herself on a sudden schedule change, operating a flight to Malaysia. Originally planned to depart an hour earlier, the delay unexpectedly gave her some leisure time.
Da Jeong glanced at her wrist and then headed towards the cafeteria.
Descending to the basement, she swiped her card at the terminal, eliciting a cheerful beep. She walked happily until an unexpected voice broke her peace.
“Oh my, Da Jeong! What’s going on?”
“Ah, senior.”
She turned her head awkwardly, holding her tray, as Hwa Young approached her with quick steps. It was their first encounter since a flight with a complaint issue.
“Are you back from your suspension already? I thought I wouldn’t see you for a while.”
Despite the cafeteria being crowded, Hwa Young publicly discussed Da Jeong’s work matters with no consideration for discretion. Da Jeong spoke in a cautious voice.
“I wasn’t suspended.”
“Really? How? It seemed like the disciplinary committee was really after you. Calls, emails, it was chaos. I didn’t say anything bad about you, though.”
“Yes, yes. Thank you. Aren’t you hungry, senior?”
Da Jeong awkwardly smiled and quickly changed the subject. She didn’t want the disciplinary committee’s discussion to be broadcast like a company announcement, even though she hadn’t done anything wrong.
“Anyway, it’s unusual. Usually, when HR makes such a fuss, it doesn’t end well… Do you have some powerful backing, Da Jeong?”
“No, no. That’s not possible…”
“May I leave first?”
As Da Jeong shook her head in embarrassment, a tall figure suddenly stepped between them. Startled, she turned to see Tae Sang standing there, looking down at Hwa Young with a stern gaze.
“Uh…? Mr. Vice President?”
At Hwa Young’s words, the cafeteria buzzed. Tae Sang’s presence alone attracted attention, and the title ‘Vice President’ only magnified it.
Hwa Young continued with a curious look.
“Oh my, what brings the Vice President here?”
“Somebody said employee cafeterias are the first step to welfare. I was told it’s an experience I must have.”
Tae Sang’s gaze slowly shifted to Da Jeong. His eyes, fixed on her fair face, didn’t move for a long while.
“Ah.”
Da Jeong looked at him blankly, then flinched and averted her gaze. Hwa Young, observing them, smiled slyly and spoke.
“Oh, I see. Who gave you such good advice? Right, Da Jeong?”
“Yes? Yes…….”
Da Jeong blushed slightly and nodded noncommittally. Then, Tae Sang naturally stepped in front of her.
“You haven’t paid yet, may I leave first?”
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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