“Subin, I need to go out.”
“What? All of a sudden?”
When she checked with her secretary, there didn’t seem to be any specific afternoon schedule. Subin furrowed her brows in confusion.
“No, it’s not sudden… There’s a lunch meeting with the board members today. I just stopped by the office to change into more comfortable clothes.”
“What have you heard about my plans so far?”
“Sorry, my bad. I forgot. Let’s postpone the meal. Oh, by the way, you can go see Grandfather just like this. He usually has lunch a bit later, so you won’t be late if you leave now.”
“…”
Myung Ok quickly prepared to leave again. She put on a slightly brighter jacket and hung a small handbag on her wrist. After taking a look at herself in the mirror, she confidently strode through the home office.
“Go ahead, dear. If there are some clothes in the car, change into something more formal.”
“…”
Subin nodded and offered a gentle smile. As long as she smiled like this, everything felt fine.
With the sound of the closing door, silence descended.
“As expected, she didn’t come.”
Contrary to the slightly upturned corners of her mouth, her eyes remained calm. Subin sat alone in the spacious room for a while.
“…To Korea.”
Subin got up from her seat, self-mockingly laughing at her foolish decision.
She walked to the door, and at the end of the corridor, she noticed a shadow lingering. Subin’s pupils narrowed in confusion.
“Who is that…?”
Having spent a long time away from the company, Subin needed some time to recognize people.
With a soft sound, the man gradually approached as Subin tried to identify him. Subin’s lips curled up slightly when she confirmed his face.
“Director Choi.”
He was Myung Ok’s secretary, or rather, her henchman, Director Choi.
“Oh, Subin, is it not you?”
Director Choi lowered his head and quickly closed the distance between them. His cheeks seemed slightly sunken, as if he had lost weight during her absence.
“You’ve gone through a lot because of my mother, haven’t you?”
“Oh, no. Why would you say that? Congratulations on your return to the company.”
“Thank you.”
Subin’s gaze slipped down as she spoke. Her attention was drawn to Director Choi’s right hand. He was holding a small USB drive.
Eavesdropping.
The word she had heard yesterday suddenly resurfaced in her mind. They were eavesdropping on Cha Tae Sang. If that were the case, she couldn’t just let it go.
Her heart began to beat a little faster in anticipation of an interesting prey. With a composed expression on her face, Subin slowly raised her gaze.
“You came to see my mother, right?”
“Yes. I have something to report.”
“She stepped out for a moment. She’ll be back soon. But you can leave that with me.”
“…This?”
Director Choi nervously hid the USB drive behind his back.
“Yes. She told me to take it if you came. She said you’d be back soon.”
Subin smiled sweetly, like candy, and extended her hand.
“But still… Wouldn’t it be better if I personally handed it over?”
“…”
Maybe I should dangle a bit more bait. Subin’s pupils gradually narrowed.
“Is this the file from Malaysia?”
“Su… Miss Subin, how did you know about that…?”
“Of course, I know. I’ve heard all about it. What’s going on?”
“Ah…”
“Surely, you don’t think I’m completely clueless, do you?”
“Oh no, I wouldn’t think that.”
Director Choi raised his head with a slightly embarrassed expression. He was a secretary who was about as competent as a speck of dust could be.
“By the way, Director Choi, you are certainly diligent. It’s an audio file, so you could have just sent it by email. But you came all the way here in person.”
“Yes, well, I thought it would be polite to meet in person at times like this.”
Director Choi smiled stylishly and looked away.
In reality, he used to be an employee in the secretary’s office who was dismissed from Air Korea. Now he was just an outsider. However, Myung Ok had continued to employ him secretly, treating him like her personal secretary.
Subin extended her hand once again, offering a gentle smile. It was a fox-like smile that could enchant people.
“Since this file would have ended up in my hands anyway, you can just leave it with me and go. I’ll tell her you came and left.”
“…Alright. Thank you very much.”
He placed the USB drive on Subin’s palm and said. Subin held the small device in her hand with satisfaction and nodded briefly.
As his footsteps slowly faded away, Subin tilted her head slightly.
“I wonder what it contains…”
He walked through the office with confident steps. When he plugged the USB into the computer, an audio file named ’01’ appeared on the screen.
As he manipulated the mouse, his eyes were emotionless.
After a few clicks, the audio file opened. For a while, there was only static noise, but soon, a rustling sound became audible.
An envelope? Or paper? He tried to reduce the volume while folding his brows, but his hand froze in mid-air.
“You, you’re so beautiful.”
“…”
In an instant, her whole body stiffened.
Why, why could he hear your voice here? You, who should have stayed in the safest place.
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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