Kang Hyun was a person whom Chairman Cha Seung Jo had been watching for quite a long time, and he was the first person to be recruited during a major reorganization of C&C.
It was said that it was almost mythical for someone to hold the title of executive director of a global corporation at the young age of thirtythree, with their own strength and without a family background.
In addition, when he was appointed as the head of the strategic planning office, the most core organization of C&C, which Min Woo himself had wanted most, he felt a sense of defeat close to despair.
Not only Min Woo, but also the brothers Jae Woo and Geun Woo tried to persuade Chairman Cha Seung Jo for over six months, but he was adamant.
The succession of the chairmanship was another story, and it was an aggressive decision by Chairman Cha, who didn’t only look at his children when it came to the company.
As he watched him, his twisted sense of unworthiness, which he had unknowingly accumulated, began to be revealed.
Due to an unexpected trigger named Eun Ji Yeon.
Ji Yeon was very unsure whether to meet Min Woo at this moment.
The meeting atmosphere was unusual earlier, and it seemed awkward to meet Min Woo.
The emergency exit door opened as she was thinking she couldn’t stay crouched down waiting for Min Woo on the emergency staircase.
“It’s been a while, Eun Ji Yeon.”
It was Cha Min Woo.
This was the first time she had seen him this close and personal since the explosion at Min Woo’s house.
“Indeed. But why do you keep asking to meet? I don’t have anything to discuss with you anymore.”
A gaze without any warmth was directed at Min Woo.
Hearing Ji Yeon’s words, Min Woo tiredly held his neck and moved his head side to side.
A ‘thump’ sound came from his neck.
“You met my father. Without even a word of mention to me.”
Exhaling a deep sigh, Min Woo approached Ji Yeon with large strides.
His jaw muscles were twitching as if he was angry about something, and the atmosphere looked dangerous.
Seeing him like this, Ji Yeon instinctively stepped back.
“What does it matter to you whether I meet Chairman Cha or not. All I did was let you know that our relationship is over.”
“I told you I want to talk, just a talk! Why did you ignore me and meet my father! Why!”
Min Woo’s voice escalated until he was almost shouting.
“Lower your voice. This is a workplace!”
Ji Yeon warned him in a low voice, startled by his loud tone.
“Workplace? If you know it’s a workplace then why the open display of romance?”
“Romance? What are you talking about?”
“Mr. Kang Hyun, let’s be together.”
Min Woo mimicked the words Ji Yeon had written on the messenger, like a parrot.
“Ha! So you saw that? But what about it?”
As Ji Yeon answered without backing down, Min Woo narrowed his eyes and retorted.
“How careful you are with people’s eyes, Eun Ji Yeon, but how long has it been since you joined the company and you’re already dating a supervisor? Not getting love from your husband, are you throwing yourself at any man? Hmm? Lee Kang Hyun, yeah, he’s not bad looking. Have you already gone as far as you can with that guy?”
Min Woo snickered with a distorted expression on his face.
“You said you only liked me for 10 years, but your heart changed so easily. Eun Ji Yeon, were you always an easy woman? So easy, perhaps you met someone else while living with me?”
She was so stunned that she couldn’t respond immediately.
Min Woo, who was sneering and spouting nonsense, looked disgustingly unattractive.
There was a time when she loved him with all her heart, tried her best to accommodate him, thinking he was her first and last love.
How could he be so awful?
Struggling to calm herself down, she clenched her fist tightly, took a step toward Min Woo, and lifted her head to glare at him.
“Cha Min Woo. If I were to slap you, I would feel like my hand is getting dirty, so I’m holding back. It seems that feeling angry requires some expectation of the other person. You know that you should avoid, rather than fight with, a drunk lunatic who picks a fight with you on the street, right? Are you avoiding because you’re afraid of shit? You avoid it because you don’t want to get dirty. Really, I can tell your level by what you see.”
Ji Yeon shivered as if she was creeped out.
She wasn’t even speaking formally anymore.
“If you were so afraid of your father, you should have set up a Plan B before screaming with Jung Se Ah. You said you loved her so much, you’d give up your wife, you’d give up everything, and now you’re afraid of your father? Are you now worried about how to clean up the mess you’ve made?”
Min Woo looked at Ji Yeon with a surprised expression at the harsh words flowing from her mouth.
But she thought she had to say this, so after taking a big sigh, she spoke.
“Tell him there was a misunderstanding, and later explain it as a mutual divorce. And arrange a meeting with Chairman Eun.”
To Cha Min Woo, who was still making such a ridiculous request as if he still mattered to Ji Yeon, her affection for him fell by the wayside.
‘Cha Min Woo, you really are going all out to cut off any lingering affection for me!’
“Why should I? Why should I lie for you?”
“You originally agreed to cooperate during the divorce!”
“Cooperation? Give that to some passing dog. You’re talking about cooperation. What I said was when we were legally tied together. When you thought our relationship was lighter than air, everything was already collapsed. I explained everything last time, do you still not understand? I have no reason to listen to you. You are now worse than a stranger to me!”
She stared at Cha Min Woo with intense energy, as if she would burn him with her gaze, not even blinking.
“Let’s stop wasting our energy like this, Mr. Cha Min Woo. Stop sending me messages to meet up.”
“Aren’t you afraid of your relationship with Lee Kang Hyun being exposed?”
In a cornered ratlike situation, such desperate words spouted from Cha Min Woo’s mouth.
‘Ha! He’s speaking as if threatening an adulterous married woman! This man…….’
“You should mind your own business, Mr. Cha Min Woo. Are you not afraid of your relationship with Jung Se Ah, who you live with even before breaking up with your wife, being exposed? If you want to expose a nonexistent relationship, go ahead. I’m not scared at all. But I won’t stay quiet. I’ll expose you clearly, look forward to it.”
As if she didn’t want to hear Min Woo’s response, she tried to push him away and head toward the emergency exit, but Min Woo roughly grabbed Ji Yeon’s arm.
“Where are you trying to go! I’m not done talking!”
“Ah!”
When Ji Yeon screamed loudly, Min Woo was startled and covered Ji Yeon’s mouth.
“What are you doing, Eun Ji Yeon!”
At that, Ji Yeon bit down hard on the hand Min Woo had over her mouth.
“Ouch!”
“If you don’t let go right now, I’m going straight to the HR team. Let go right now, you bastard!”
Min Woo let go of Ji Yeon.
“Never touch me again, Cha Min Woo. It’s creepy!”
Ji Yeon brushed off her captured arm as if something dirty had touched it and left through the emergency exit.
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Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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