“The ad view count was sufficient. In fact, it increased by 15% compared to the last quarter. But as you know, advertising expenses are invested in proportion to the operating profit. If the sales team fails to meet the sales target, it’s not a matter of just keep releasing ads. As you just mentioned, the operating profit was minus 12%. Shouldn’t you first show improvement, so we can propose accordingly, Executive Director Cha Min Woo?”
Kang Hyun responded in a neutral voice.
His voice wasn’t mixed with emotion, but for some reason, Ji Yeon felt a subtle chill in it.
“Oh! It finally started, fighting Director Kang Hyun!”
Ju Yeon whispered into Ji Yeon’s ear in a very small voice from next to her.
For over 30 minutes after that, a sharp debate between Cha Min Woo and Lee Kang Hyun went back and forth.
Except for Ji Yeon who was attending for the first time, the others seemed very familiar with this situation.
‘Director Kang Hyun is cool. Someday… I want to represent the team as strongly and impressively as him.’
Kang Hyun was unstoppable in the debate, dominating the opponent with aggressive strategies.
Cha Min Woo was not behind in rhetoric, but he seemed to be somewhat on the backfoot in this meeting.
“So, in the Strategic Planning Office, we plan to form a TF to prepare for the next quarter, and a total of 5 people from the Planning Department will participate in the project unit. Myself, Assistant Manager Seol Dong Seok, Chief Eun Ji Yeon, Deputy Lee Ju Yeon, and Clerk Go Kang Sik. Once the planning proposal update is completed, we will request a meeting related to sales.”
Suddenly hearing her name from Kang Hyun’s mouth, Ji Yeon was startled and unknowingly looked up at Cha Min Woo.
Min Woo, who was sitting at the front of the meeting room, spotted her and stared intensely.
Startled, Ji Yeon averted her gaze, pretending not to notice. Unfortunately, she locked eyes with Kang Hyun who was sitting across from Min Woo.
‘Why are they both staring at me now!’
Ji Yeon quickly lowered her eyes, pretending to take notes while looking at her computer.
“I understand. I would appreciate it if the new advertisement could be designed to let consumers feel the response at the scene. I look forward to it, Director Lee Kang Hyun.”
Min Woo withdrew his gaze from Ji Yeon as he spoke to Kang Hyun.
Not long after the meeting ended, Ji Yeon let out a big sigh as she read the message that had arrived from Min Woo.
[Sorry I didn’t greet you when we were at the same meeting.]
[You don’t have to greet me. No, it’s best to just pretend you don’t know me. Mr. Cha Min Woo.]
Greet? Since when are we on greeting terms?
Why would he be so amiable when we’re about to get divorced?
[I’m sorry I left without saying anything that day. I wasn’t thinking straight.]
He wouldn’t have been thinking straight, considering what he said.
Ji Yeon didn’t even respond.
[And, if I really said something like that in the past, I’m sorry. I must not have been in my right mind.]
For the first time, she heard the words ‘I’m sorry’ from him, words she had never heard during the three years they lived together.
But this apology made Ji Yeon feel even worse.
Cha Min Woo, are you only sorry for what you said? Don’t you know what you really should be sorry for?
Ji Yeon didn’t want to see his messages anymore, so she put her phone in her bag.
Min Woo waited for Ji Yeon’s reply, but when it didn’t come after some time, he fiddled with his phone for a while before putting it down.
After their last encounter, he had developed a feeling of regret towards Ji Yeon.
He had never felt this way during their time together.
Moreover, he wasn’t in a good mood that morning due to various thoughts, and the lack of response from Ji Yeon only worsened his mood.
In the morning, Se Ah grabbed busy Min Woo who was preparing for work, hesitated for a moment and then spoke.
“Min Woo, I have something to say. Will you listen if I say it?”
“Yeah, go ahead.”
“Actually, I need something.”
“What do you need? If there’s something you need, tell me. I’ll buy it.”
“No, the thing is, it will be troublesome for both of us if I always tell you what I want to buy, and I also have many personal needs. Especially, I need quite a few things for housework.”
Housework? Min Woo was momentarily puzzled at Se Ah’s words.
He stared at her intently, feeling like she was beating around the bush, even though she seemed to want something specific.
“Can’t you just give me one of your cards?”
“A card?”
“As I said before, I need money for living expenses. I also have things I need to buy right away……”
Min Woo pulled out a card from his wallet and handed it to Se Ah.
“Here you go. The limit is not small, so there shouldn’t be a problem buying or using it for simple things.”
“Thank you. Min Woo, you’re the best!”
Inside the car on his way to work, Min Woo closed his eyes. A thought that suddenly surfaced made him slightly furrow his brows.
Come to think of it, in the past three years living with Ji Yeon, he had never once given her living expenses.
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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