My team leader, who helped me in a difficult situation, held me back. Taking this opportunity, I quickly left the dinner. Considering taking a taxi, I remembered my card bill for this month and walked back to the bus stop.
It was a bit late, and the bus stop was quiet. The signboard indicated that there was still some time before the bus to my house arrived.
“Manager Moon?”
“Oh. Hello.”
“Oh. You’re leaving early because you don’t want to go to the second round. This is the first time I’ve had such an uninteresting team dinner.”
“Oh. Yeah…”
“Fortunately, I saw Manager Moon leaving and left as well to escape the boring dinner.”
She continued to babble on. By the way, who was she from the HR team?
“By any chance, I’m not forgotten, right?”
Not long ago, there was a manager who claimed to have recently changed jobs, but no matter how much I thought, I couldn’t remember his name. He smiled slyly, as if testing whether he really remembered me or not.
“What’s this? Seems like you really can’t remember.”
“Oh. I’m sorry. I don’t remember people introduced to me at drinking gatherings…”
“Not because I’m not good-looking, is it?”
“What?”
At that moment, I thought I misheard. As I looked at him with a frozen expression in response to such a rude question, he quickly changed to a more playful expression.
“No, just kidding. Just kidding.”
Then he took out a cigarette from the inside pocket of his jacket, trying to light it.
“Hey, this place is non-smoking.”
“Huh? Ah, whatever. There’s no one here.”
No one here? Am I not a person? And even if there’s no one, is it allowed to smoke in a non-smoking area? Before I could say anything, he looked at my expression, grinned, and put the cigarette back.
“Oh. Okay. You’re really strict. Different from the rumors.”
“What did you just say? Rumors?”
As I was about to seriously confront him, he smirked, lit a lighter, and looked at me.
“Feeling bad? Sorry. Actually, that’s how it is. I don’t really know Manager Moon… Manager Moon doesn’t know either. Rumors are rumors. So, if you felt bad, I’m sorry.”
I didn’t want to accept the apology. I just wanted to leave this place quickly. I still had to wait for the bus to arrive. Thinking about the card bill and such, I looked around to catch a taxi, but there was no sign of one.
“Did you say that you’re not dating with Researcher Jung Chanhyung, then is it Researcher Ji Seojun?”
As I was about to call a taxi using the app, I heard another rude question.
“Excuse me.”
“Manager Kim. Manager Kim Hyeongseok.”
“Yes. Manager Kim Hyeongseok. Do you know that what you’re saying is very rude?”
“Rude?”
“Yes. I’ll tell you about the rumors if you’re curious. I just know Jung Chanhyung, and we’re just a little acquainted. And other than that, personal questions, I don’t have any reason to answer.”
“Oh…”
Raising both eyebrows, she looked at me as if to say, “What else can you do?” Should I hit her once even though there’s no one around?
“Is Manager Moon Daeyul’s behavior now not rude?”
“What?”
What nonsense is this again?
“I’m a manager, and you’re a deputy. And as far as I know, there’s about a 7-year age difference, yet you act so casually.”
“What, what did you just say now?”
“Why? Are you going to hit me? You’ve clenched your fists so tightly.”
I was so angry that my voice didn’t come out. As I just mumbled with my mouth wide open, Manager Kim smirked.
“No, I think I’m a little drunk. Sorry. Manager Moon. Relax. Huh?”
Then he patted my shoulder and turned around with a wave on the opposite side.
“See you next time.”
After that, I walked briskly and caught a taxi.
“Crazy, isn’t it crazy?”
I was so angry that I glared at the direction where the taxi disappeared, wishing that laser beams would shoot out of my eyes today.
“Ha…”
After the taxi completely disappeared, I slumped onto a bus stop chair.
“It’s ridiculous, really.”
There were many people grumbling about rumors, but it was the first time someone openly mocked me. It felt dirty in its own way.
Just then, an announcement came that the bus was arriving.
I mustered strength to my tired legs and reluctantly stood up. The way to the bus and heading home. Should I have retaliated like that, no, like that? I regretted it several times.
And then, around the time I arrived home.
“Let’s not care. Yeah. Afraid of shit? Avoid it because it’s dirty. Ugh. Gross. Dirty.”
I sniffed, wondering if there was no stench on my body, and took out a portable perfume I carried with me, spraying it a few times before entering the house.
“Good morning.”
With a dying voice, Baekinha greeted as she entered.
“Did you drink a lot yesterday?”
“Yes… I should have left early yesterday.”
She had dark circles under her eyes down to her chin.
“But still, there’s a new person in the HR team, right? Manager Kim?”
“Yes? Ah, yes.”
Should I have to hear about that person from her since the morning? Annoying as it was, I tried hard to control my expression, not wanting to show irritation to Baekinha.
“He didn’t drink much because that manager wasn’t there. He drinks a lot if that person is present.”
“Have you ever had a drink with that person?”
“Yes? Yes. I happened to enter a pub near the company, and there I drank with my colleague and that person.”
Just as I was about to tell her to keep that innocent soul away from me, the dirty piece of shit appeared.
“Hello. Hello.”
A dirty piece of shit had appeared.
“Oh? HR Manager Kim, what’s going on?”
Our team’s new manager greeted that piece of shit.
“Oh. I made a mistake to Manager Moon Dayul yesterday, so…”
Our team’s new manager looked at me and Manager Kim with confusion.
“You two didn’t go for the second round yesterday?”
“Yes. We coincidentally met on the street, and I acted a bit rudely due to being drunk. So, I thought I should at least apologize.”
Manager Kim energetically explained the rudeness and handed me a hangover relief.
“What are you doing? Don’t take it. Ugh. Still not feeling better? Take this. I deliberately stopped by a convenience store on my way here and bought it for you.”
Then she forcefully squeezed it into my hands.
“Feel better. Huh?”
Then she greeted our team’s new manager and Baekinha, whistled, and left our office.
“What’s going on? What happened?”
Baekinha asked me with widened eyes.
I placed a hangover drink on Baekinha’s desk. The sound of the drink being placed on the desk resonated with a ‘thud.’
“Inha, please drink this. I didn’t drink much yesterday.”
Then I abruptly stood up from my seat and went to the bathroom, turning on the water to wash my hands.
“It smells. Ugh.”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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