Kang Sunbae’s voice was cold.
So, tell me why I should help you.
“……Sunbae.”
I saw the comments, it seems like you weren’t a perfect image either. There are rumors about an old fox, right? People were disappointed that behind the clean and clear image, you had a relationship with a young and fresh actor in bed. What’s your excuse?
“……. ”
Yoon Woo-yeon, if I help you, will you step down from that position? That position was originally mine.
“By any chance, did you drink since this morning?”
Uh, a little.
Woo-yeon tightly closed her eyes. With this, it’s the end of her eternal goodbye with Kang Da-hee.
Perhaps it’s better this way.
It’s the price she pays for acting foolishly, driven by admiration for her senior whom she once idolized.
It’s my fault.
Not hers.
At the thought of the delicate timing to straighten things out, a bitter smile crept onto Woo-yeon’s lips.
“I understand. I think I didn’t make a good call.”
If you ask me for more favors…
“No. Kang Sunbae, please don’t contact me again. I have nothing to receive from you.”
Yoon Woo.
Ignoring Kang Sunbae’s call, Woo-yeon cruelly hung up.
The news starts at 7:20 PM.
It was challenging to interpret the content of some comments as the overall public response.
However, she couldn’t go live while hearing comments like ‘old fox.’
If she continued with the broadcast, all the news reported today would be distorted because of her.
It would be the worst broadcast.
It was when Woo-yeon was considering the next solution that she noticed a strange black car in front of the newsroom.
The man who got out of the car took Woo-yeon to a cafe near the broadcasting station.
The cafe seemed prearranged with the number already written down; it was completely empty. There was not even a glimpse of working staff.
“I came from Jangkyung.”
With the man’s one sentence, Woo-yeon followed him here as he must have trailed her all the way.
Although it wasn’t surprising since it was a foreseen event, meeting him was not a good sign for Woo-yeon.
“I’m sorry, but I’ll have to take your phone for a moment.”
Come to think of it, the man’s face, bringing up words, seemed familiar.
Four years ago, on the day Chairman Jo visited after her employment, the man seemed to have said the same thing.
Woo-yeon took her phone out of the bag and handed it to him.
When they stood in front of the elevator inside the cafe, the man greeted Woo-yeon briefly.
“The chairman is on the third floor.”
“……. ”
It felt like swallowing a heavy rock, as heavy as something stuck in her throat.
However, the thought that she couldn’t do anything, and nothing could be done, overwhelmed her.
Woo-yeon pressed the third-floor button with her finger. Eventually, with the sound of the machine, the elevator stopped on the third floor, and she searched for Chairman Jo with her eyes.
He was sitting at the end of the window, leaning against it. Although he was summoned at such a timing and was mentally preoccupied, there was no other way to express it.
Woo-yeon stood across from Chairman Jo.
“Hello.”
“Have a seat.”
Seeing his face after four years, it hadn’t changed much.
Despite Chairman Jo being over seventy, he maintained a slim and well-balanced body.
I remember reading in a newspaper that he still enjoyed exercising every morning.
With thick eyelashes, a high nose, and an appearance that seemed untouched by time, he was definitely a man from the Honam region.
“It’s been a while.”
“……. ”
“Have you been well during this time?”
He asked with a gentle smile like an elder, but Woo-yeon didn’t fall for it.
She responded somewhat sternly to his words.
“Get to the point. We’re not here to exchange pleasantries.”
He chuckled, wrinkling his nose.
“That’s true. I told Yu Director not to prepare drinks like we were going to have a polite chat while looking at each other’s faces. Is that okay?”
“Yes, it’s fine.”
“Your expression doesn’t look good. Is it because of the article that came out today?”
“……. ”
“It seems I came at a bad time. Maybe I should have called you next time.”
“No, it doesn’t matter. Please go ahead and speak.”
Chairman Jo often visited Woo-yeon like this.
When they first learned that the two people, who were thought to be missing, were actually living in a splendid chaebol and enjoying a lavish life, she first found out when she entered college, shortly after her father’s funeral week, and four years ago at that time.
At first, she thought he came to threaten her or maybe to worry that she would disclose Chairman Jo’s actions through the media.
But now, in this situation, Woo-yeon learned that it was definitely not the case.
In Chairman Jo’s world, he could easily eliminate anything that threatened his life.
Their world should not be seen from the perspective of an ordinary person.
Things that should not be done and things that could not be done had different standards for them.
Thinking that way, it was rather strange. Chairman Jo left Woo-yeon alone so peacefully.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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