Seo-yoon entered the waiting room and immediately looked for a mirror.
“Oh, I need to look pretty.”
Dr. Kwak just chuckled whenever his daughter did anything, finding it amusing.
“Why are you so nervous?”
“Well, we have to make a good impression. Not only for Hyun but also for Hyun’s parents.”
“You can only be seen in a positive light.”
At that moment, a knock was heard, and the waiting room door opened abruptly.
Chairman Cha, along with Hyun, Soo-hyun, and Mrs. Yoon, revealed themselves in turn.
Dr. Kwak approached with a bright smile to greet them.
“Chairman Cha, thank you for taking the time to attend, even though you must be busy.”
Responding to Dr. Kwak’s greeting, Chairman Cha replied with a handshake.
“This is my only daughter, Seo-yoon. Haha.”
“You played well.”
Being treated cordially by Chairman Cha, Seo-yoon feigned an air of innocence, her eyes squinting as if overwhelmed with pretense.
“I was quite tense because you were coming. My performance skills are lacking, so I feel embarrassed.”
Although her words were an attempt to appear humble, Hyun didn’t miss the chance to respond with facts.
“If your skills are lacking, shouldn’t you have postponed the concert?”
His words instantly chilled the atmosphere in the waiting room.
Seo-yoon, also failing to manage her expression, looked at Hyun in disbelief but soon burst into laughter again, so much that her smile reached the corners of her mouth.
“I was quite nervous because Chairman Cha was coming. It’s just embarrassing because my performance skills are lacking.”
Though attempting to feign humility, Hyun accepted it as a fact.
“It’s okay. I don’t really want to listen anyway.”
Without really listening to Seo-yoon’s words and rejecting it, the atmosphere in the waiting room sank instantly.
Chairman Cha, anticipating this, intervened once again.
“Our son is straightforward. There’s no malice in it.”
“Haha. To lead a big company, you need such honesty. Truly, Chairman Cha’s son is admirable.”
Hyun checked the time by raising his wristwatch.
If he leaves now, he can still make it for dinner with Ye-rin.
At that moment, someone gently grabbed Hyun’s wrist.
Frightened to the point that he abruptly recoiled, Hyun fiercely pushed away the approaching person.
It was a reflexive action due to his extreme discomfort with others touching his body.
Turning his head, he saw Seo-yoon’s bewildered face.
“What is it?”
“Since you’ve come to my concert, wouldn’t it be nice to take a picture together?”
“A picture?”
He was suddenly curious about what kind of picture she meant.
Ignoring Hyun’s intentions, Seo-yoon took out her phone and approached him closely.
“I’ll take a picture. Look here, please.”
Hyun stared at the phone as if puzzled, and just before pressing the capture button, Seo-yoon leaned on his arm and smiled brightly.
It was truly a spectacle.
Click.
The sound was frighteningly audible, and as Hyun moved away from Seo-yoon, his expression crumpled.
Receiving a cold gaze from Hyun, Seo-yoon, pretending not to mind, smiled again.
“Our interactions in the photo looked too awkward.”
So, it was a gesture of leaning on the arm.
Hyun raised his eyebrows as if asking what the problem was.
“With our awkward relationship, wouldn’t it be reflected that way?”
Even after hearing the cold voice, Seo-yoon did not falter and pretended to be cheerful.
However, Mrs. Yoon, who stood nearby, caught the momentary distortion in Seo-yoon’s expression.
Seo-yoon, gazing only at Hyun, narrowed her eyes like crescents.
“Well, that’s a valid point. Now that we’ve met frequently, we should become friendlier.”
“I probably won’t see you again.”
Hyun, bluntly rejecting, drew a hmm and stroked his throat as Dr. Kwak intervened.
“I requested Chairman Cha because I thought it wouldn’t be bad to establish a relationship with Jiseok Group during this opportunity.”
Chairman Cha, nodding in agreement with Dr. Kwak’s words, also agreed.
“For Jiseok Group, building friendship with Dr. Kwak, who carries public sentiment on his back, is a great honor.”
“Since we’ve greeted each other today, how about arranging a formal meeting next time, Chairman Cha?”
The response to that proposal came from Hyun.
“I have a woman to meet, so why don’t you try a blind date with my brother?”
“Oh, no…”
“If you wanted to form a connection with Jiseok Group anyway, it doesn’t matter.”
When Seo-yoon’s face slightly wrinkled.
Soo-hyun, who had been silently observing the situation from behind, spoke with an expressionless face.
“That’s right.”
Since Chairman Cha declared that he would pass Jiseok Group to his son, Soo-hyun considered this blind date quite a good deal.
Approaching Seo-yoon, Soo-hyun handed her his business card and spoke.
“How about having dinner together tomorrow evening?”
“Uh…”
“Let’s talk and if we don’t match well, we can find other partners efficiently.
While Soo-hyun was more favorable towards Seo-yoon compared to Hyun, it was still an attitude seeking a marital partner for business purposes.
‘This isn’t right.’
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
