‘Am I finally going to escape from working overtime five days a week? I’d be happy if it only reduced to three days.’
On the day the new team member arrived, everyone’s eyes sparkled brightly.
He wasn’t a newbie but an experienced hire, who Kang Hyun had personally invited after seeing his abilities. Everyone’s expectations were skyhigh.
Kang Hyun called the project team to the conference room to introduce the new member.
“No way…”
Upon meeting the new team member, Ji Yeon opened her eyes wide in surprise.
“Kwon Chung Sik?”
Upon hearing Ji Yeon’s voice, the new team member turned his head to look at her, his face filled with surprise as well.
“Eun Ji Yeon?”
“Chung Sik, what are you doing here?”
As Ji Yeon and the new member seemed to know each other, everyone looked at them curiously.
The person in the conference room was ‘Kwon Chung Sik’, one of Ji Yeon’s closest friends during her three years of junior high school.
“Eun… Ji Yeon, why are you here?”
“That’s what I should be asking! Don’t tell me… you are the Manager Kwon Ian that the Director was talking about?”
Both turned their heads simultaneously to look at Kang Hyun.
“Do you two know each other?”
At Kang Hyun’s question, Ji Yeon and Chung Sik nodded in unison.
“What a coincidence? Everyone, this is Manager Kwon Ian, whom I mentioned in a meeting a few days ago, who has joined us from the US planning team. But Ian, was your original Korean name Chung Sik?”
Kang Hyun looked at Chung Sik with an interested expression, as if learning something he had not known.
“That’s… my Korean name is… Ah… Eun Ji Yeon, you!”
Chung Sik couldn’t finish his sentence and, as if he had a headache, touched his forehead and shook his head.
“Hello, I’m Kwon Ian and I will be joining as a support member of the planning department for the next six months.”
Chung Sik soon lifted his head to greet the other team members.
“Nice to meet you, Manager Chung Sik. You have a nice Korean name, why don’t you use it?”
Joo Yeon, the deputy, greeted him with a bright smile, and soon he exchanged greetings with all the team members.
Chung Sik could tell.
His first impression was now solidified as Kwon Chung Sik, not Kwon Ian.
As if annoyed, when he glared at Ji Yeon, she opened her eyes wide, shrugged her shoulders, and spoke through her mouth shape.
‘What? What about Kwon Chung Sik?’
After exchanging greetings with the team, Ji Yeon and Ian headed to the coffee shop inside the company building.
“Wow~ It’s really something to see in my lifetime. Meeting you at the company. And your name is Kwon Ian? Even a passing dog would laugh.”
Ji Yeon laughed so hard that she seemed to be in pain, holding her stomach and laughing again.
“Stop it, Eun Ji Yeon!”
Chung Sik wrapped his arm around Ji Yeon’s neck and playfully put her in a headlock.
“Ah, stop, stop~ Chung Sik! I surrender! I say I surrender!”
They were junior high school classmates, and Chung Sik was one of Ji Yeon’s closest friends until he immigrated to the United States at the end of the third year of junior high school.
For all three years, they hung out as a group of five, attended the same academy, studied together at school, and were always together. Ji Yeon’s parents even knew Chung Sik.
Until six years ago, they had kept in touch, and whenever Chung Sik visited Korea, the five friends always got together.
“Why don’t you use your perfectly good name? Kwon Chung Sik! How nice is that?”
“I changed it to Ian when I got my citizenship because it was hard for them to pronounce my name in the United States. Also, did you guys tease me a bit in junior high school?”
Chung Sik flicked Ji Yeon’s forehead.
“Ouch! This guy, still holding that grudge…… Narrowminded dude. That was just for fun, teasing you, not really serious, you know. This guy, not even understanding my heart.”
Ji Yeon messed up Chung Sik’s hair.
“Even though it’s been 6 years since we last met, it feels like we saw each other just yesterday. How have you been all this time?”
Ji Yeon sipped her iced Americano.
“Just……studying, working. I was so busy living my life that I couldn’t even contact anyone.”
“Everyone’s the same, really. The last time you came to Korea and left, a few months later Yuna contacted you saying she was getting married, but the call couldn’t get through because it was a nonexistent number. This jerk, you should have reported immediately when you changed your number.”
When Ji Yeon feigned an uppercut to Chung Sik’s stomach, he mimicked a falling expression, playing along with her rhythm.
“Yuna got married? Who’s the poor soul that got caught by Choi Yuna?”
Ian, finding it hard to believe that Choi Yuna, the wildest of the quintet, got married, opened his eyes wide.
“Who else but Kim Seung Kyu? You see, we were all hanging out together as a quintet, and those two hit it off.”
Chung Sik was even more surprised by the news that two of the quintet had become a couple.
“No way! The timid Kim Seung Kyu and wild Choi Yuna?”
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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