The one making the sarcastic remarks was Cha Min Woo.
Kang Hyun, seeing him speak disrespectfully without honorifics, perhaps due to intoxication, responded with a cold look and no words.
“You’re doing quite well these days, Executive Director Lee Kang Hyun. Snatching core business deals, getting involved in major projects like an octopus. And now, it seems you’re not satisfied with that? Snatching projects from other teams too. Turns out you’re a real omnivore, aren’t you?”
Min Woo laughed obnoxiously, his face flushed red from drinking, speaking incoherently as if not in his right mind.
One should avoid crap not because it’s scary, but because it’s dirty and stinks.
“You seem quite drunk, why don’t you go inside and rest, Senior Manager Cha Min Woo.”
Kang Hyun shook his head and tried to ignore Min Woo and go inside, but suddenly Min Woo grabbed his arm.
“Hey! Lee Kang Hyun! Are you ignoring me? Huh? Is that it? Who are you to ignore me! You think you’re so great?”
Min Woo’s voice grew louder, his face distorted with anger.
He clumsily grabbed Kang Hyun’s arm aggressively, but was soon pushed away and stumbled to the ground.
There was water on the ground where he fell, and part of Min Woo’s shirt got dirtily soaked.
“Don’t touch me recklessly, Senior Manager Cha Min Woo. Being grabbed like this is disgusting.”
Kang Hyun’s clenched teeth betrayed his suppressed anger, his low voice was chillingly cold, like thin ice.
As he turned to leave, Min Woo staggered to his feet and rushed at Kang Hyun, grabbing his shirt this time.
“Sigh…”
Though frustration was boiling over, Kang Hyun tried to push Min Woo away to escape the situation.
However, Min Woo laughed bizarrely and clutched Kang Hyun’s shirt tighter, his eyes flashing as he tried to meet Kang Hyun’s gaze.
“Lee Kang Hyun, you’re seeing Eun Ji Yeon, aren’t you? Huh? The girl who joined your team, the pale one who’s always shivering?”
“…”
“You know Eun Ji Yeon was married before, right? You didn’t know, did you? Huh? Huh? Hahaha, you wouldn’t know that, you naive guy.”
Kang Hyun didn’t respond to such unworthy words.
But Min Woo, mistaking Kang Hyun’s silence for shock, became more excited and raised his voice.
The one spewing venomous words was Cha Min Woo.
Kang Hyun, witnessing him speak disrespectfully and without formalities, likely due to intoxication, simply looked back with an icy gaze, offering no response.
“You know, Executive Director Lee Kang Hyun, you’re doing pretty well these days. Taking over key business deals, getting involved in major projects like an octopus. Now, it seems you’re not satisfied yet? Seeing you snatch projects from other teams too. Turns out you’re a real omnivore, huh?”
Min Woo, laughing nastily and slightly incoherent in his drunken state, continued his rant.
“You didn’t know, but I was Eun Ji Yeon’s husband! Me, Cha Min Woo, was her ex-husband! Funny, isn’t it? A company colleague turns out to be the ex-husband of your new girlfriend! Such a small world, right?”
Kang Hyun’s expression darkened even more as he watched Min Woo rambling on.
“Did you seduce her, or did Eun Ji Yeon come onto you? Pretending to be innocent, she must have approached you, and you’re totally falling for it. You didn’t know she was married, did you? It’s funny for me to watch this.”
Unable to tolerate Min Woo’s nonsensical talk any longer, Kang Hyun forcefully pushed him away.
Min Woo stumbled pathetically and fell to the ground.
Flailing on the ground, his state was quite pitiful.
“Ah! Ow, ow… Hey, you pushed me? Hey, shit. Do you know about her first time? You’ll never know that moment in her life.”
Min Woo, with a flushed face from drunkenness, spoke repulsively.
“Eun Ji Yeon’s firsts were all with me. Her first wedding, first kiss, first night. I had all her firsts! What about you? Knowing nothing about that.”
Followed by Min Woo’s mocking laughter.
Kang Hyun felt disgusted listening to his filthy stories.
“Cha Min Woo…”
“Getting angry now? Yeah, you got played. Eun Ji Yeon lied to you with her innocent, scared little face.”
As Min Woo saw Kang Hyun react, he became more excited.
His eyes narrowed in excitement as he spewed out vile words, resembling a malevolent spirit tormenting and harming people.
Kang Hyun, with a hardened expression, swiftly approached Min Woo, who was lying grotesquely on the ground, still rambling. He placed his foot over Min Woo’s hand and slowly applied pressure.
“Ah! Hey! My hand! Hey! Lee Kang Hyun! Get off! Aaah!”
Min Woo screamed in pain from his crushed hand, and Kang Hyun coldly looked down, pressing harder with his foot.
“What does it matter to me if I have her now?”
Kang Hyun’s mouth smirked, but his eyes weren’t smiling.
“Why should I care about those past things you’re talking about?”
Min Woo struggled to free his hand trapped under Kang Hyun’s foot.
“You can keep wallowing in your filthy past like this. I’ll live in the present with her, dreaming of a bright future. And don’t you dare bother another man’s woman again.”
“Ah! Aaack!”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
