In a gathering where dozens of cast members had assembled, the emotions that were smoothly flowing were abruptly cut off. No matter how loyal the manager is to Oh Jonghyuk, he lacks the basic courtesy for the actors he handles. Lajin’s face twisted in an instant. Irritated glances from colleagues and the manager’s impoliteness, who rudely handed her the phone, made Lajin uneasy.
“What are you doing? Right now.”
“I’ve received several calls from the United States.”
“Don’t disturb and leave. Quickly.”
While saying it sharply, Lajin observed the reactions of those around her. It was clear that she had disrupted the flow of other actors.
“Still… Ha. How about taking the call.”
Unable to cope with Lajin’s firm refusal, the manager turned his gaze to the director. The director, as if sighing, reluctantly added.
“Let’s take a short break. Everyone, have a cup of coffee.”
The annoyed supporting actor, the female supporting actor who openly sighed, and the male protagonist asking the manager about the next schedule. Lajin had no tolerance for the manager’s crossing of the line.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”
Even though she tried her best to act professionally as she did when working, she was now attracting attention for this unreasonable incident. In an attempt to make amends, Lajin kept bowing her head.
“Miss, should I connect the call now?”
“Hyung, seriously.”
Was Oh Jonghyuk even kidnapped by a gang?
The actor who should be protected was neglected, and Hyung was only obsessed with being the CEO. Someone who knew how important the script reading before the start of a new drama shooting was. Lajin was too astonished to say anything.
“A call is coming again now. Look.”
Pushing away Hyung’s hand trying to hold her phone, Lajin stood up from her seat.
Deliberately walking heavily, the manager’s urgent footsteps followed behind her.
“Miss, what should we do? Yes?”
Standing at the end of a quiet hallway, Lajin openly sighed.
“I’ll handle the call myself, so go away.”
“But still, I’ll stay by your side…”
“Are you trying to eavesdrop or something?”
Lajin, with her fist clenched, stood still, and the manager mumbled before turning away.
“Please make the call before my phone explodes.”
Lajin didn’t bother to respond and just nodded her head. Then, she remembered Prosecutor Kang Jiho’s words.
“If Oh Jonghyuk contacts you, record the call for later. It’s for precaution.”
“Don’t ask Oh Jonghyuk where he’s spending the money, just get the promissory note.”
“Recording and promissory note.”
Muttering almost inaudibly, Lajin sighed again. After that, she turned on the recording app and finally made the call to Oh Jonghyuk.
“Hey! Park Lajin!”
At Oh Jonghyuk’s loud voice, Lajin’s delicate shoulders flinched.
“I’m in the middle of a script reading. What are you doing?”
“If I, your oppa, am urgent, would I do this? Can you send the money I mentioned last time now?”
Taking a short break, even this much can be noticed. Now, send 200 million won immediately. Oh Jonghyuk was undoubtedly out of his mind.
“The OTP is at home, so I can’t use internet banking right now. To send such a large sum, I have to go to the bank.”
[Ha, what time is it?]“I don’t know. The script reading hasn’t finished yet.”
If it were that urgent, he should have contacted her in advance. Lajin became angry at Oh Jonghyuk, who shamelessly begged like a loan shark.
“I’ll send the account first. Make sure to send it right after it’s over.”
“What about the promissory note?”
[You! Seriously? Would you do this to your oppa?]“You need to calculate it properly.”
To check if the recording was working well, Lajin turned her head.
“Send the account number and a message saying you’re borrowing 200 million. Also, include today’s date and specify when you’ll repay.”
Like a storm, harsh words poured out from beyond the phone. Jumping or not, Lajin leaned her head against the wall and listened as if half-asleep.
“This lady only knows about money. So dirty and greedy, really!”
“If you don’t send the promissory note, I won’t send the money. You know that.”
With Lajin’s declaration dominating the situation, Oh Jonghyuk went into a frenzy.
“Do as you want!”
Lajin hung up first. After all, it was Oh Jonghyuk who urgently needed the money, not her. While Lajin checked the recording, short vibrations rang several times.
“Only curse when you need to. Looks like it’s really urgent.”
Before even a minute had passed, the account number and promissory note arrived.
Actually, when Oh Jonghyuk contacted her, Lajin planned to consult with Prosecutor Kang Jiho and resolve it slowly. But why was Oh Jonghyuk so desperate? What on earth was he doing?
‘I left the phone I use to contact Jiho at home. What should I do?’
However, there was a risk in using the manager’s phone that he could interfere with.
“Ha. Really.”
Swallowing her dislike, Lajin stared at the empty corridor. At times like this, there was only one person she could trust. Lajin immediately called Haeun.
“Haeun, I’ll send you an account number.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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