At the end of the hallway, I opened the door to a meeting room marked with a sign that read ‘Disciplinary Committee’.
“Hello, I am Yoon Yeo Jin.”
From afar, I spotted the nameplate bearing my name.
And next to it, Seo Rin, who had already been seated, raised her head to look at me.
Seo Rin continued to scrutinize me with a persistent gaze until the moment I sat down.
“It seems everyone is here, let’s get started.”
The director gazed at me, seated, and adjusted his glasses as he glanced over the distributed documents.
The executives, all lined up around him, came into view.
“I believe both of you are aware that the recent scandal has dealt a significant blow to our company’s image.”
“……Yes.”
I was prepared for some degree of punishment even if the truth were revealed.
Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but feel tense.
For a brief moment, I locked eyes with the director.
He had heard everything about the incident from me last night. Everything, even the plan for what was about to happen.
A sidelong glance at Seo Rin revealed her wearing a monotonous smile.
Seo Rin had shown a relaxed demeanor, enough to exchange greetings with the office staff before attending the disciplinary committee.
“Based on the statements submitted and the internal meeting, disciplinary actions have been determined. Please check the documents in front of you.”
The director gestured towards a single document turned over in front of me and Seo Rin, as if instructing us to read it.
Among the numerous words written on the document I picked up, the word ‘disciplinary action’ particularly stood out.
‘Yoon Yeo Jin, an announcer under the broadcasting department, is sentenced to one week of house arrest and a threemonth pay cut.’
“Announcer Yoon failed to fulfill her duties as an anchor due to her private life, thus she is sentenced to one week of house arrest along with a threemonth pay cut.”
As the deputy head of the broadcasting department started to pronounce the disciplinary measures, Seo Rin abruptly stood up from her seat.
“And caster Chae Seo Rin, by concocting unfounded stories and scandalous incidents, has caused considerable damage to our company by creating internal discord…”
The deputy head delivered a verdict to Seo Rin, which must have felt like a bolt from the blue, in a calm voice.
“The decision is to terminate the contract.”
“What are you talking about?! It doesn’t make sense…! It’s strange!”
Seo Rin had been stripped of her hardearned position as the main news weather caster.
Her hand, clenching the paper, trembled and quivered before she pointed at me with tearfilled eyes.
“Why! Why am I the only one being fired?”
She, who had been shouting in a hoarse voice, was gritting her teeth with her face flushing red.
“Moreover, you’re calling it a fabricated story! The scandal was caused by Anchor Yoon’s side!”
“……”
“Didn’t you see the expose? How can you impose such an absurd punishment even after seeing that?”
Seo Rin, seeing no reaction from the people, now turned to the director.
“Director, are you discriminating against me because I’m a contract worker? Or did you receive something from that woman?”
The whites of Seo Rin’s wideopen eyes showed that she had lost control.
“Ha, really! This woman, she’s crossing the line.”
The director had a choked expression at Seo Rin’s overtheline remark.
“I wanted to wrap this up nicely, considering our past relationship.”
“What did you say?”
“Are you a broadcaster who doesn’t even check the morning news?”
The director turned the screen of the laptop in front of him towards Seo Rin.
“Caster Chae, check for yourself.”
“How can this be…!”
Seo Rin read the article that appeared on the laptop screen and her lips quivered.
The media was ablaze due to the article that had exploded just in time for the disciplinary committee meeting.
[Hojin Group’s eldest son, CEO Seo Jae Ha. Official statement at the inauguration ceremony of W Group’s board of directors.]Jae Ha, who originally intended to pass over the inauguration quietly, stood in front of the official podium.
Numerous reporters attending the live broadcast of the inauguration asked Jae Ha about the truth of the expose.
Jae Ha, staring at the numerous cameras in front of the stage, slowly opened his mouth.
[The reason I called the reporters to my inauguration is one. I want to clarify the absurd rumors that have been floating around these days.]With an unwavering gaze, yet showing a hint of discomfort, he continued.
[So, I have prepared a video. I think this video will provide a sufficient answer to the rumors.] [A video? What video?] [I guess it’s a video refuting the expose.]The murmuring voices of the reporters at Jae Ha’s outright denial of the rumors could be heard in the video.
As if expecting the reaction, Jae Ha played a preprepared video on the screen in front of him.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
