After skimming through the pattern shapes, Soeun drew a new pattern on the phone based on that. The customer made a puzzled expression. The team leader, who had been watching what Soeun was doing as he walked unsteadily, wrinkled his nose when he saw it.
Five pattern inputs. Eventually, there was a 30-second waiting time for consecutive inputs.
And five more. The customer quickly became skeptical of Soeun’s primitive solution.
“Would this really work?”
“It’s unlikely… but it might work.”
“…”
“If I can’t do it, please try doing it with your child. This is the only way to save the photos.”
Two waiting times. If Soeun failed this time, she thought she should give up and try a different combination.
“Oh my! Oh my! Oh my goodness!”
On the 14th attempt, as if by magic, the lock was released. The customer, who had shown eyes full of disbelief just a moment ago, widened them with joy.
“How did you figure this out?”
“It was just luck.”
“Oh, how can there be someone like you. Oh, thank you so much! Dobby, say thank you too!”
“Thank you. But what about the candy?”
“Dobby, from now on, you can’t change Mom’s phone password as you please. Got it?”
“Yes.”
Soeun handed candy to the child and secured the promise.
Seokhwa, who had been quietly sitting in the middle of the waiting room, stood up from his seat and walked gracefully. When he reached the Mobile Service Team, he briefly lowered his sunglasses and looked at Soeun. Although he wasn’t FM, Soeun showed a clever attitude when dealing with customers making vague requests. The results were good, deserving of praise.
The little child from 20 years ago had truly grown up beautifully, just as expected.
Twenty years ago, Seokhwa’s aunt, who had received child support from Seokhwa and took care of the child, seemed to have neglected him. Despite the reports of a difficult upbringing, there was no shadow on the child’s face. If fate hadn’t intervened, Seokhwa would have been a girl who looked neat enough to support Taehun’s relationship.
Seokhwa nodded slowly and left the waiting room.
Seokhwa’s visit to the Service Center Central Headquarters at this time, when Taehun was absent, was naturally to see Soeun. However, ostensibly, it was an excuse to meet Secretary Song Munkyung, who had worked together for a long time.
When Secretary Song Munkyung, who came down to the first floor for lunch, greeted Seokhwa, he playfully commented, “Sunglasses suit you well, CEO.”
As Munkyung greeted him teasingly, Seokhwa pressed his index finger to his lips. With that one reaction, the quick-witted Munkyung understood everything. The fact that CEO Kim Seokhwa was alone here without the bodyguards and the secretary meant he had other business. With Director Kim Taehun absent, it was easy to guess what that business was.
The two of them headed to the restaurant that Munkyung had reserved in advance.
Seated, Seokhwa was the first to bring up the subject of Soeun. He spoke as if Taehun had confided in him about their relationship, without revealing how he came to know about Soeun. There was no need to confess the entanglement between Seokhwa and Soeun that occurred 20 years ago.
Listening to Seokhwa’s story in silence, Munkyung felt uneasy about Seokhwa’s displeased expression. It was because Munkyung had held Seokhwa in such high regard.
Munkyung had thought that CEO Kim Seokhwa, who was generous and accommodating, would warmly welcome any woman Taehun brought, regardless of who she was. Even if Chairman Kim Jaepil opposed it, Munkyung believed that CEO Kim Seokhwa, who he thought highly of, would definitely support Taehun. Nevertheless, people’s hearts are hard to fathom.
Still, without losing hope, Munkyung cautiously expressed his opinion.
“CEO, you know about my husband and my dating history, right?”
“I can’t help but know. You’ve been dating for 10 years.”
“In fact, we broke up a lot in the middle. There’s something I couldn’t tell anyone out of embarrassment.”
“…”
“Our late mother, who had hoped for a son-in-law who would become a doctor, ended up aiming for a group executive secretary position. I don’t know how many times she scolded me for that. It was tough, so I broke up several times. I even met other men. …But in the end, he came back.”
As if drawing the memories of those days in her mind, Munkyung’s faint smile deepened.
“After my mother passed away, my husband came to find me a week later. He suggested we live together.”
“…”
“In the end, my mother passed away without seeing her grandson. Despite being a son.”
When Munkyung was six months pregnant, she gently caressed her somewhat swollen belly.
“CEO, you know, regardless of what you do, time passes faster than any of your actions. People younger than us can’t win against time.”
At the same time, Soeun, who had contacted the bodyguard, met the bodyguard outside the company building. It wasn’t the tall woman she had briefly seen in the waiting room. Instead, it was a younger and more muscular woman, without sunglasses.
The bodyguard greeted Soeun with a slightly anxious expression, having followed her secretly before.
“I was so surprised when I heard you were a woman.”
“Yes. You insisted on having a female bodyguard, so I was assigned.”
Ah, yes. If it’s her, it makes sense.
“You haven’t had a hard time, have you?”
“I didn’t have much to do physically. It was okay.”
“Thank you for taking care of me all this time. I wanted to say that.”
“This is my job.”
The bodyguard blushed shyly, as if receiving such greetings for the first time.
Now, the bodyguard decided not to follow Soeun secretly anymore and chose to accompany her openly. With a vehicle available for the bodyguard, Soeun could also use the bodyguard’s car when leaving work.
While Soeun stayed at her place, the effort of guarding her house remained the same, but there was still a feeling of a burden lifted from the heart. Soeun also felt more at ease.
After finishing the meal with the bodyguard and returning, Soeun diligently continued her afternoon work.
Around 3 p.m., when many people had left, the internal phone rang.
“Mobile Service Team.”
[Is this Manager Han Soeun?]The voice coming through the receiver sounded strangely familiar, like that of a man she might have heard before.
“Yes.”
[I’m CEO Oh Gapsoo. You need to come up to the CEO’s office right away.]It was Oh Gapsoo, the CEO of K Electronics Service, addressing Soeun.
Soeun hesitated at the abrupt instruction.
[Don’t show any reaction and come up quietly.]Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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