“Deputy Moon!”
Friday, the oasis in the barren desert of the week. While I was working with a somewhat light heart, my boss’s urgent voice calling me made my heart drop.
“Yes, Team Leader.”
“What about the airfare for the trip to Germany? Did you properly check it?”
“Excuse me?”
“I’m talking about the trip to Germany for the Tech 3 team leader and the manager. I got a call saying that the return flight was set to the minimum.”
“Excuse me?”
“Now is not the time to just say ‘Excuse me.’ Check it properly and report back quickly!”
I hurried back to my seat and checked the document.
There was no problem with the airfare at the time… I clearly had evidence that I had finished the doublechecking. However, the airfare was cancelled. There seemed to have been a mistake from another side that was not shown in the document.
The employees currently in Germany seemed quite taken aback.
Of course, they would be.
They had arrived at the airport on time for the flight, but it was cancelled…
Before finding out the cause, I quickly issued new tickets. I looked up the fastest flight back to Korea, according to the current time in Germany.
“Team Leader, I have issued the tickets for now. The departure is in 5 hours by your time. I will call and apologize to the team leader and guide him about the airfare.”
“Alright, for now.”
Mistakes with airfare issuance were fatal in our team. It was fortunate that it was a return flight to Korea. If they couldn’t attend or were late for a mustattend event, meeting, or seminar because of airfare…
Ah. I didn’t even want to think about it.
The cost issue was secondary.
As soon as I solved the problem, I called the employees in Germany to apologize.
“I’m sorry, Team Leader. I’ve sent the next flight’s ticket via email. Please check it and you should be able to checkin. I’m really sorry, Team Leader.”
“Ah, these things happen. It’s not like we can’t go back to Korea. You don’t have to apologize so much, Deputy Moon.”
“Please tell the manager that I’m really sorry as well. I’ll apologize again once you arrive in Korea.”
After apologizing several times, the team leader chuckled and said to buy him a meal at the company cafeteria next time. I apologized a few more times and then hung up the phone. My hand was sweaty. After that, a onehour individual meeting with our team leader followed in the conference room.
When I returned to my seat, my tension eased and I felt drained.
As I stared blankly at the blinking cursor on my laptop, Mr. Baek In Ha, who was sitting next to me, started to talk.
“Deputy… I’m sorry.”
“Didn’t you say it was okay when I asked you to check?”
I unconsciously asked Baek In Ha sharply.
“Yes. I checked it until yesterday. I should have checked until the end, I’m sorry.”
Actually, Mr. Baek In Ha was the subresponsible for this issue.
Although Baek In Ha was in charge of the air ticket issuance, I was the main coordinator of this travel plan after all. It was my responsibility.
Seeing Baek In Ha bowing his head reminded me of when I first joined the company. I also made such mistakes, so I couldn’t speak harshly to him.
“Please make sure to check until the end next time. This is a sensitive issue.”
“Please tell the team leader that I was in charge.”
“Um… Should I have done that?”
“Excuse me?”
Baek In Ha’s eyes widened at my joke. Seeing his cute reaction made me laugh.
“Ha ha, just kidding. Don’t worry about it. It’s already over anyway.”
I patted Mr. Baek In Ha’s back and stood up from my seat. I felt I needed a break.
I took a cup of coffee and went up to the rooftop garden, heading for a secluded spot where people rarely visited. Through the hazy fine dust, buildings stood in line. Looking at the view, I took a deep breath and exhaled.
“No, I did well. People can make mistakes, right? Huh? Or not… Should I have checked one more time? But, surely, there’s no way this could have been cancelled… Ah, I’m going crazy.”
“What are you doing here? Like a mad person.”
A very familiar voice. I purposely went to a less visible spot, but Ji Seo Joon came walking towards me, looking at me.
“How did you know I was here?”
“I saw you muttering in the corridor and going somewhere. I thought something might have happened again so I followed you.”
When I made a mistake or caused an accident, I used to talk to myself a lot, and Ji Seo Joon knew that habit well.
“What? What happened?”
It’s a phrase I often heard, but now it was really annoying. I leaned my arm against the rooftop railing and buried my head.
“What? Did you mess up big time?”
“Don’t ask.”
“Hey. Tell me. So I can decide whether to help or not.”
It was what Ji Seo Joon always said when I was in trouble because of a mistake. I heard it often, but today, for some reason, I was getting emotional hearing it. I buried my head deeper.
“It’s just work. So don’t worry about it and just do what you have to do.”
“How can I not worry when you’re like this?”
“Go… I’m really okay.”
I was holding back my tears when I heard him sigh heavily.
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.”
