“You really quit? Your seat still has all your stuff in it.”
Come to think of it, Soeun’s desk was clean. There were only things that could be thrown away and shared items left on the desk.
The senior she liked and respected the most in the company resigned without a word.
“I don’t know what happened either. She sent her resignation letter as a scheduled email and left. She even said she would give up her severance pay. Bobae, did you hear anything?”
“None at all.”
“Oh, what on earth is going on? Did she win the lottery… If that’s the case, well, good for her. It’s luck.”
“……. ”
“Still, at least say a simple goodbye before you leave. It’s a bit disappointing. I never expected Han Soeun, the head I thought was the nicest and kindest in the world, to do this. People are really unpredictable.”
While the team leader’s chatter continued, Bobae was lost in thought. The senior she admired, Head Han Soeun, was definitely not the type to leave so irresponsibly.
‘Ah, come to think of it…’
Last week, for some reason, she seemed like someone trying to handle the task of taking over. She was determined even about the challenging tasks that were hard to pass on.
‘And on Friday, she even gave me a present.’
Was it a farewell gift?
Still, she shouldn’t leave like this.
While her anxious heart was scratching, Head Eunpyo entered the office.
“Head Eunpyo!”
Bobae rushed to Eunpyo with a quivering voice.
Eunpyo, who had just arrived at work, sensed the heavy atmosphere in the office and looked puzzled.
“Head Han Soeun has left the company.”
Eunpyo’s eyes widened behind his glasses.
“Did the Head not hear anything?”
While unable to say anything and just biting her lips, HR department employees rushed in.
“Is this Head Han Soeun’s seat?”
Bobae jumped up from Eunpyo’s seat.
“But why?”
“The CEO asked to clean up. The personnel replacement will be next week.”
The HR staff, who informally conveyed the message, swept the items on the desk into boxes they brought.
Everyone was confused by what was happening, and at that moment, a firm and imposing voice was heard from the entrance.
“Leave it.”
It was Director Kim Taejun.
The uproar that had been resounding was instantly silenced as if cold water had been poured over it.
Approaching with eyes as if he could crush anyone, Taejun, who usually had a kind and gentle demeanor, was not in his usual state.
“Don’t touch anything and just leave it.”
While the CEO said to clean up, the Director’s son-in-law, who is the CEO’s grandson, said to leave it. The HR staff, not knowing how to react, just sweated profusely.
“Go back. I will talk to the CEO.”
In the end, the decision of the owner’s family prevailed. Since cleaning up the seat could be done anytime, the HR supervisor gestured to step back. The HR staff awkwardly said goodbye and left first.
After the HR team left, Taejun called Bobae and Eunpyo.
“Miss Park Bobae, Head Eunpyo. Can I see you for a moment?”
‘Yes,’ Bobae answered briefly and followed Taejun.
Eunpyo also followed Taejun from a distance. Quietly walking, Eunpyo also reviewed the events of last week.
Last Friday, Head Han Soeun handed Eunpyo a vanilla latte voucher, saying she trusted him to prepare for the director’s announcement. Although she had decided to prepare together, it felt like she was entrusting everything to Eunpyo.
It seemed a bit strange, but was that the meaning?
‘Did they break up?’
But Head Han Soeun had praised Kim Taejun a lot.
Could it be that external pressure led Head Han Soeun to leave?
While their thoughts continued in a chain, the three arrived on the 7th floor. Senior Song Munkyoung, who had come to work early, stood up from his seat.
“Director, are you coming out?”
“Director, please come in for a moment.”
Without responding to the greeting, Taejun walked briskly, instructing Munkyoung. Munkyoung, who exchanged only glances with Bobae and Eunpyo, followed Taejun without understanding English.
As Munkyoung closed the door when they all entered the office, Taejun informed everyone.
“Head Han Soeun has suddenly resigned.”
Munkyoung, who was still unaware of this fact, widened his eyes.
“Do you have any separate information from Head Han Soeun?”
Bobae was the first to cautiously speak up.
“On last Friday, I received a gift. She gave me hand cream when leaving work, saying I worked hard for the week.”
“I also received a gift. It was ten vanilla latte vouchers. …And I heard her say to me, ‘Please prepare well for Director’s announcement.'”
Eunpyo also revealed it afterward. Taejun’s sigh, as if settling the boiling inside, was long and deep.
“Is there anything else? Anything at all. Like saying where she wants to go if she resigns, or if she had something she originally wanted to do.”
“…”
“Miss Park Bobae, did you hear anything like that?”
When no one answered, Taejun grabbed Bobae and asked. Bobae, speaking hesitantly, answered as things came to her mind.
“Just, she often mentioned wanting to travel to this and that place. There was nothing special, and she would just respond when I talked about places like Jeju Island, Busan, Jeonju, Pohang, and such.”
Taejun clenched and unclenched his empty fist next to him.
“If you receive any contact from Head Han Soeun or if there is any clue about where she is, please contact me immediately. Manager Song, please let the two of them know my contact information.”
At his desperate request, the three could not say anything.
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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