I couldn’t fall asleep.
It was only a brief nap when I entrusted the driving to the driver this morning when visiting the main house, and when commuting from the main house to the company.
Taejun leaned his head against the chair’s backrest, closed his eyes for a moment, and forcefully opened them.
This couldn’t continue. Time was still passing. Han Soeun was gradually moving away from the time she left him.
He needed to hurry and find her, so she wouldn’t get further away.
Sitting back in his chair, Taejun turned on the PC. In the meantime, he wondered if someone had already searched for Han Soeun’s whereabouts and immediately checked his emails. Unfortunately, there was no new information.
After seeing off Bobae and Eunpyo, Munkyoung returned to the office with a tray.
“Director, are you okay?”
“Yes.”
Taejun nervously glanced through the emails in his mailbox while answering. Concerned about his sensitive state, Munkyoung added another word.
“You might need to take a break.”
“I’m okay.”
“Don’t say that…”
“I said I’m okay.”
With a sharp response, Taejun’s hand, which was moving over the keyboard, suddenly tapped the desk.
He just put his hand there, but the reinforced glass supporting the desk suddenly cracked.
Startled, Munkyoung flinched.
“Who put glass here?”
In the frustration of an existence he didn’t even know existed, Taejun muttered coldly.
“This should have been removed from the beginning.”
For some reason, the soliloquy sounded poignant, and Munkyoung swallowed her breath repeatedly. Taejun casually apologized.
“I’m sorry. You must have been surprised.”
“…No.”
“Don’t clean it up yourself; call someone. It’s better if there’s no glass.”
After the soulless robot-like conversation, Taejun stood up.
“Please cancel all today’s schedules.”
“Yes.”
“If anyone touches Han Soeun’s seat, contact me immediately.”
Munkyoung stared at his back as he left the office. There was a slight hint of blood on the back of his right hand. He seemed not to notice at all.
After leaving the company, Taejun visited Gwonseondong again. The mailbox was unchanged, and Room 304 remained the same. Taejun, who had been parking in front of the building and watching the entrance for a while, recognized that the car he had seen a few days ago was parked in the same spot. The black box light was blinking inside the car. Taejun immediately contacted the car owner, handed over some money, and received a copy of the black box footage.
He then went to the apartment where Soeun’s aunt lived.
The aunt, who had been a guardian until Soeun became an adult, lived in a rented house on the outskirts of Seoul. Although he wasn’t willing, Taejun dressed formally, bought a set of premium drinks, and went to Soeun’s aunt, Im Soonmi’s house. Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong. After pressing the doorbell three times, a sound came from inside the front door.
It had been midnight when the noise disrupted her sleep, and a woman, frowning with annoyance, opened the door upon seeing Taejun’s face. However, she didn’t completely let down her guard.
“Who are you?”
“Hello. I’m Kim Taejun, a colleague of Han Soeun.”
“…….”
“I apologize for the sudden visit. First, please take this.”
“She doesn’t live here. It’s been a while since she was here.”
Lim Soonmi, with a puzzled expression, accepted what Taejun brought, speaking as she did.
“Yes, I know.”
“But why are you looking for her?”
“I came to ask. Recently, Han Soeun suddenly left the company without receiving her severance pay.”
“Why? Did she win the lottery or something?”
At the mention of money, Lim Soonmi’s eyes sparkled slightly.
“I don’t know because I haven’t heard about it.”
“It’s strange. Even if it’s not much, it’s severance pay. So, did you come here to deliver it to us?”
“If Han Soeun doesn’t appear, you might have to act as a proxy to receive it. The procedure is complicated, though.”
“Oh, my goodness. But why did she leave? Did she work for some kind of company?”
“…It’s K Electronics Services, an after-service company.”
“K Electronics Services? Is that a K Group company?”
“Yes.”
Only then did Lim Soonmi, who learned where Han Soeun had worked, open her mouth wide.
“So, that’s why…”
Lim Soonmi freely revealed the information she knew.
“Her father had a major accident while working at K Group a long time ago. A few days ago, she suddenly called to ask about it, where my father used to work.”
“…Did you say that Soeun called?”
“Yes, out of the blue.”
“…….”
“Soeun, that kid, is a bit sentimental but also good-natured. She probably felt guilty about not knowing until now. That’s why she quit. Oh, what a mess…”
Taejun looked at Lim Soonmi, who was chewing her tongue, with displeasure.
So, Han Soeun found out on her own? She lived all this time without knowing anything?
There must have been a trigger for this.
As Taejun, lost in thought, remained silent, Lim Soonmi chuckled and asked.
“But how do you receive severance pay?”
“If Han Soeun doesn’t show up, I’ll contact you again. And may I ask one more thing?”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
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