“Oh, you’re quite a stickler for rules, aren’t you?”
“What?”
Se-kyung’s eyes shimmered as if touched.
“Even knowing who I am, I’m impressed by your consistent attitude and clear boundaries. That’s why I trust you more. And I now clearly understand that our CEO also hasn’t given up on me. I feel encouraged for tomorrow’s meeting.”
Seongmin, who just wanted her to leave, let out a low sigh.
“Yes, good luck with your meeting tomorrow. Then, please.”
As he approached to see her out, Seongmin found a pack of soju with a straw in his hand.
Startled, Seongmin blinked at Se-kyung, who had handed it to him.
“What is this?”
“It’s a token of my intention to entrust myself to your care. Please accept it.”
“No, it’s okay.”
“Take it. It’s good when you drink it together.”
Se-kyung smiled with her acne-marked face and pointed towards the cooling ramen.
“Then, I’ll see you tomorrow, doctor!”
Se-kyung put on her mask and sunglasses again and turned to leave, soon exiting the hospital.
Seongmin watched her leave completely, blinking several times, and then promptly locked the door.
“Does this mean I shouldn’t eat ramen in the hospital anymore? This,”
Worried that another strange person might enter, Seongmin firmly locked the door.
A detective agency employee, hired by Gorona, kept his eyes on Chaewon’s car while driving.
“So, you mean the CEO thinks the client is like a mistress?”
The detective agency’s boss, sitting in the backseat and biting into a large piece of bread, spoke.
“Usually, people want pictures of the husband with the mistress, but it’s not common to track them like this. In such cases, it’s mostly the mistress tracking the wife.”
“Ah, I see. Experience really counts. I’ll learn a lot from you, boss!”
The boss nodded his head as he chewed on more bread.
“Remember, like earlier, never click the shutter in a quiet place, okay?”
“Ah, yes! Yes!”
The boss, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, picked up the camera and reviewed the photos taken so far.
The photos showed her dressed elegantly and prettily in a wrap dress that came just above her knees.
With her long hair flowing down one side, fluttering with each step, revealing and then concealing her face, I thought to myself, what’s wrong with this woman’s husband? Why would he cheat on such a decent wife?
“What’s wrong with that husband? Cheating on such a decent wife.”
“Yeah, she’s one of the prettiest clients I’ve ever seen.”
The boss, still savoring the aftertaste of the bread he had just eaten, lowered his camera and said, “In my experience, men who cheat never end up well in their later years. They all regret it.”
“That’s right.”
“And then there are the women, do you know how meticulous and frightening they can be once they make up their minds?”
“It seems so.”
“But, seeing how she changed cars in the middle, Kim Heeju also seems to be up to something. There’s a bit of a mess going on right now.”
“Ah, I see. Oh!”
The detective agency boss, who had picked up the bread again, raised his head at the sound of his employee’s voice.
“What?”
“There, Kim Heeju’s car is going into the police station.”
“What? Why the police station?”
The employee, having no idea why she was entering the police station, guessed wildly, “Maybe the man Kim Heeju is seeing is a policeman?”
“Could be.”
“What should we do? Should we follow her in?”
The employee hesitated to enter such an unwelcoming place and waited for the boss’s instructions.
“What’s there to think about? We have to follow her. We can’t lose her, so stick close!”
“Ah, yes!”
The car, moving belatedly, sped up to close the distance with her.
“Whoa!”
Screech. The employee slammed on the brakes, causing the boss, who was taking pictures of her entering the police station, to jolt forward.
“Ouch, what the heck! Can’t you drive properly?”
“No, it’s not that, a car just cut in front of us.”
The boss, with an angry expression, turned his head at the employee’s words.
A black sedan had blocked their way.
Not only was he annoyed that the car had cut in front of them, but it also showed no signs of moving.
“What’s this guy doing? Not moving the car.”
“What should we do? Should I go and tell him to move the car quickly?”
While checking the position of Kim Heeju’s car, fearing they might lose her, the driver of the blocking car got out.
“What’s this, why is he coming?”
“It seems there’s some problem with the car in front.”
Knock knock. A tall man in a gray suit tapped on the driver’s window.
The employee rolled down the window, glanced back at the boss for guidance, and challenged, “What’s going on? Why aren’t you moving your car?”
“My boss wants to see you for a moment.”
The boss, watching, fixed his gaze on Kim Heeju’s car, which had stopped in front of them, and waved his hand impatiently.
“Look, boss or whatever, we’re busy with work, so hurry up!”
“He wants to propose a new deal related to Kim Heeju.”
“Kim Heeju or whatever, right now… What?”
The detective boss blinked in surprise upon hearing the same name as the woman they were following.
Meanwhile, Chaewon, who had gotten out of her car, slowly walked towards them.
“Hello?”
The startled man, with his mouth wide open, turned his head towards the boss in the back, signaling with his eyes, asking what to do.
But the boss in the back had the same shocked expression.
“You’ve been following me?”
Chaewon’s calm voice made both men shake their heads side to side.
“No, no way!”
“That’s ridiculous!”
“Isn’t that right?”
The two men nodded their heads up and down simultaneously.
Chaewon, smiling gently, neatly tucked her flowing hair behind her ear and said, “Then, shall we go to the police station to check? To see if there are any pictures of me in the camera that the boss is holding.”
The flustered detective boss glanced at the camera hanging around his neck and rolled his eyes.
Something had gone terribly wrong.
Realizing he had willingly walked into the tiger’s den, the boss, lips unmoved, whispered to his employee in a low voice.
“Hey… lock the doors.”
First, they needed to delete the photos inside to erase any evidence.
And if they just kept denying it, that would be the end of it.
Fortunately, the employee understood and hurriedly tried to lock the car, but the door on the boss’s side clicked open.
“Whoa!”
The startled detective boss clutched the camera and opened his eyes wide.
“Who, who are you?”
Yugun, who had opened the door and sat in the passenger seat, leaned back comfortably in his seat and said, “If we make a deal, you’ll have a new client.”
The man looked at Yugun’s profile and swallowed hard.
“Why, why are you doing this?”
This situation was unprecedented in the history of their operation.
Men in gray suits surrounding the car, a woman with her arms crossed making a victim’s face.
And…
“Do you want to make a deal? Or do you want to go over there?”
The handsome man with an expressionless face pointed his chin towards the police station.
The boss, holding the camera and objectively assessing the situation, quickly made his decision.
He let out a low sigh and then forced a welcome smile.
“Welcome, client.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
