“Save me…”
Hye Ju approached Ju Won with the mentality of a cow being led to the slaughterhouse.
30 minutes before going to work, she received a call from Ruby. She was informed that the oyster pancakes she ate yesterday must have been spoiled because she had been sick all night. In this condition, it was impossible for her to go to work.
Ruby was a colleague from the same business department who had a friendly relationship with Hye Ju. When Hye Ju asked if she could take care of the morning tasks on her behalf, Ruby gladly agreed. But, oh no. Those morning tasks were assigned as Kang Ju Won’s buddy.
“I completely forgot.”
She had heard that Ruby became Ju Won’s buddy yesterday, but she was so preoccupied that she didn’t even think about it. After ending the call, she received a text message from Ruby summarizing the morning tasks, and only then did she realize that today’s assignment was to be Kang Ju Won’s buddy.
It seemed like it would be better to recognize someone else. She tried to call Ruby, but she couldn’t reach her. Maybe she went to the hospital. That’s why Hye Ju tearfully put on the blue skirt and went to work.
“Good morning, CEO.”
Hye Ju greeted in a tone typed on the keyboard.
“Promising to accept it and then making an effort to become my buddy. Pretending it’s nothing and then applying for it again?”
What is this person saying?
Seeing Ju Won arrogantly pursing his lips, a deep sense of injustice overwhelmed Hye Ju. She retorted with determination in her eyes.
“I didn’t apply for it. Originally, the CEO’s buddy was Ruby from the business department. I came instead because Ruby had an unavoidable upset stomach.”
“Oh, really?”
“That’s right.”
“You suddenly took the opportunity, huh? That’s a fact.”
This person is unbelievable!
Hye Ju clenched her molars tightly and spat out each word.
“Just take a picture and tear it up.”
“The meaning of today’s mission is not just about taking a picture and tearing it up. Don’t you understand the purpose of the buddy program?”
I don’t want to know about that kind of purpose.
“You’ve been a company meal ticket for years, yet you work so recklessly.”
Is there any reason for a meal ticket to be involved in this kind of thing?
“If you have a brain, use it. Do you know why the company invests money and time to operate the buddy program?”
“Excuse me.”
Just as Hye Ju, with steam rising to the top of her head, was about to retort with a burst of breath.
“First.”
Ju Won extended one finger. Hye Ju’s partially open lips closed as if they were hit by a magic spell.
“Wearing the same color of clothes gives a sense of belonging and naturally eliminates the hierarchy between seniors and juniors.”
“I know.”
“Taking pictures is not only to evaluate the performance of the mission, but more importantly, to increase the intimacy between each other.”
“…”
“Operating the buddy program and teasing expensive human resources is meant to relieve the tension of new employees and increase the accessibility to information that existing employees have, in order to facilitate future work. It’s not just about a single picture.”
Hye Ju was stunned by the pouring words, like an overwhelming stream.
Ju Won didn’t know that Kang Ju Won was such a smooth talker. If he had known that the person who was just arguing against the buddy system was him, he might have been dumbfounded.
Blink, blink.
Hye Ju, who had only been blinking her eyes, regained her composure after a few seconds.
“Yes, I understand what the CEO means.”
There was no need to refute someone as heavenly as the CEO, and she couldn’t deny that what he said was true.
“Ruby will be returning from tomorrow. So, if you need any good meanings, you can find them with Ruby.”
Ju Won sneered, putting his hand in his pocket.
“You have no sense of responsibility.”
“Who? Me? I’m hearing this for the first time since I lost my hair.”
“Do your job properly, even if it’s just a temporary measure. Don’t let personal emotions get involved in your work.”
But personal emotions are already involved!
Why does something that could have ended with taking a single picture and parting ways have to be dragged on like this?
“So, what should we do then?”
“Let’s go out and take a picture. A pretty one.”
“Do we have to?”
“It will be used in promotional brochures. Not only on the company’s website but also on job posting sites. It’s an opportunity to promote the freespirited internal atmosphere of Data’s Korea on a large scale.”
There’s no way to win against his smooth talking…
“Okay. Fine. Where should we go?”
“To the beach?”
“Crazy…! Heh.”
Hye Ju blocked her mouth with her hand in response to the reaction that popped out without a filter.
Although Ju Won definitely heard it, he didn’t react much. The only reaction he showed was a slight raise of his thick eyebrows.
“It would be better to avoid places too far from the workplace. You have to return to the company soon.”
“The concept of the outfit is like that. Let’s grab a meal.”
“It’s already 9 a.m.”
“I need a hangover cure. I drank too much yesterday.”
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
