An abrupt dismissal notice. Even though he wrote a more sensational article than this before, there was no problem. Just for one article, he was fired.
“Fired? Where on earth fires someone for one article! I’m going to file a complaint for unfair dismissal!”
Oh Byeong-hoon, who had been consistent in silence, grabbed onto his boss’s leg, pleading while hanging down.
It was just an article related to an emerging artist. I didn’t know that a man who was practically the center of Tae San would step forward. I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.
Even though Oh Byeong-hoon grabbed his boss’s leg, his boss
“Cha, Cha Hyesu, that woman made me do it! Where do you think I got such information? She told me everything and ordered me to post it!”
His steps, about to leave the room, came to a sudden halt.
Seizing the opportunity, Oh Byeong-hoon realized he had spoken too excitedly and added detailed explanations.
“So, the Cha Hyesu I’m talking about is the illegitimate daughter of the Je Moon Group….”
However, before he could finish speaking, he sensed that everything had been understood.
“Cha Hyesu?”
His gaze sharply focused on Oh Byeong-hoon again.
Fearing that gaze, Oh Byeong-hoon could only nod quietly.
“You have to say it properly. No lies.”
“Oh, why did Mr. Gita contact me first?”
Receiving a call from Gita after a long time, Hyesu wandered around in front of the mirror several times, looking puzzled and elated.
She had meticulously chosen a dress and styled her hair for the promised time. Despite her careful preparation, she felt uneasy in various ways, as if things were not perfect.
Even while grooming herself in the car, Hyesu, who had just arrived at the promised place at the cafe inside the hotel, couldn’t hide her expression that seemed to ask when he arrived, according to the driver.
Click-clack, the sound of her elegant high heels echoed in the hotel lounge. Arriving at the cafe inside the hotel, Hyesu discovered his back and couldn’t contain a bright smile that revealed her excitement.
Approaching him right away, Hyesu, with a touch of charm in her voice, said, “Mr. Gita! I’m here. Today… Why did you call me?”
As it had been a long time since they faced each other alone, Hyesu felt both excited and tense.
It felt like a dream to be alone with him again after so long. She couldn’t even see Yun Gaeul, who usually followed his every move.
It was a moment when Cha Hyesu felt a refreshing sense of liberation.
His gaze briefly touched Hyesu’s attire.
It was a style she didn’t usually wear. Instead of heavily curled waves, her hair was long and straight, and her earrings were not bold but charming and cute. And… a white dress.
She wondered if the changed style suited his taste. Hyesu was a bit nervous.
However, the brief touch of his gaze was everything.
“Ms. Cha Hyesu.”
His voice calling her was the coldest she had ever heard.
“Yes, yes?”
Feeling something strange, she shuddered unknowingly.
The look in his eyes as he gazed at her was sharp and cold.
In line with her uneasy intuition, he made an unfamiliar, ominous face and spoke in a chilling tone.
“Is it good to go around doing such things from behind? Your hobby seems quite malicious.”
“Yes…? What’s suddenly…?”
Feeling his sudden change in attitude, Hyesu responded with bewilderment.
There was only one corner to latch onto in his chilly attitude. He couldn’t possibly know what I did. Even if he did, she thought it wouldn’t be a reason to be this angry.
The article failed to gain much attention compared to the money Oh Byeong-hoon squeezed out of him.
It was intended to shatter Yun Gaeul’s mental state, and the fact that Yun Gaeul might not have seen it made her irritation more intense.
‘As if I wasn’t annoyed enough with Oh Byeong-hoon because of that…!’
Without a word to Hyesu, who hadn’t even taken her seat yet, he abruptly stood up. Then, looking down at Hyesu, he spoke with an attitude that was still incredibly cold.
“Gaeul, the article. Are you still going to pretend you don’t know?”
‘…What? Is he really angry because of the Yun Gaeul article…? Isn’t it because of what I did?’
Surprised by Gita’s words, Hyesu’s pupils shook for a moment, but she quickly composed herself. However, she couldn’t hide her uneasy appearance. Her breath seemed a bit rough, as if she were anxious.
She suspected but tried to deny it.
It couldn’t be because he came to see her because of the Yun Gaeul article…
Yet, she wondered. Judging by the current time, he came to see her right after seeing the article. Even if he washed his eyes and looked again, he couldn’t find any connection between the article and her.
Deciding that Gita wouldn’t know that much, Hyesu thought she was too hasty in her thinking and tried to deny it.
“Mr. Gita. I really don’t understand what you’re saying. Suddenly, an article… There seems to be some misunderstanding…”
So, Hyesu chose to deny everything until the end, but it was already impossible for Gita, who had heard all the facts from Oh Byeong-hoon.
“Oh Byeong-hoon already spilled the beans, and you still don’t know? Well, there can’t be any loyalty from someone betraying me to survive.”
He placed the phone he was holding on the table with a thud. Meanwhile, Oh Byeong-hoon’s voice flowed through.
Cha Hyesu, that woman ordered me…
Hyesu’s face turned contemplative.
I did it for the money. I just did as she told me! It’s true! Ah…! If you can’t believe me, I’ll show you my bank statement. Here’s the record of all the money I’ve received from her so far…
If Oh Byeong-hoon were in front of her, she would have wanted to shut his mouth right away.
In the recording, Oh Byeong-hoon eagerly revealed all the facts, desperate to survive.
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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