It was the staff member I had run into at Daejin Hospital last time.
He approached me, waving his hand cheerfully as he looked at me.
“…Oh? You came to work right after being discharged.”
He looked completely different from when he was wearing a patient gown.
Seeing him at the broadcasting station, it was hard to believe that he was a patient who had undergone surgery, as he looked so healthy.
“Yes. I took quite a break because of the surgery.”
He said that and let out an awkward laugh.
However, it was strange that a filming team staff member came all the way to the programming department to find me.
“What brings you here?”
“Oh, the director said you should attend the meeting starting today.”
As I tilted my head at the mention of the meeting, he quietly added an explanation.
“It’s a news item meeting.”
“Ah, when does the meeting start?”
“It starts at 3 pm today.”
Hearing about the item meeting, the anchor appointment felt more real.
Still, I was puzzled by his actions of coming all the way to the programming department.
I wondered why he came all this way for something that could have been conveyed over the phone.
“I came to tell you and also to talk to one of the anchors.”
He added that, as if reading my expression.
“I see. Thank you. I’ll see you in the newsroom tomorrow.”
Tomorrow was scheduled to be my first broadcast after returning as an anchor.
“Oh? Do you have something to tell me too?”
My senior, who had been listening to our conversation, turned his chair to look at the staff member.
“Yes. I have something to tell you about the broadcast. Can you monitor now?”
Seeing the staff member standing uncomfortably next to Young Joon’s seat, I got up from my seat.
“You can sit in my seat. Please feel free to talk.”
Sitting in my seat, which was right next to his, would be more convenient for discussing while looking at the monitor.
Young Joon looked at me as I got up from my seat and asked.
“Yoon, where are you going?”
“I have to stop by the HR department for a moment.”
Since there was a call from the HR team, probably due to the appointment, I was planning to go there now.
I hadn’t noticed while sitting, but as I walked down the office corridor, the staring felt piercing.
‘The gazes are still the same.’
Perhaps because it was right after the anchor appointment, the blatant stares clung to me.
With sharp eyes that oozed wariness.
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.
.
As Yeo Jin left, the quiet programming department became noisy again.
Most people were talking with displeased faces.
“So the appointment really happened. Geez. She’s going to be an anchor after all.”
“It’s ridiculous. If they were going to do this, why bother with the audition instead of just picking based on family background?”
The complaints burst out here and there after Yeo Jin disappeared.
As the surroundings became bustling, the staff member raised his head.
“?”
Young Joon also seemed to hear the sounds, as he stopped talking and fell silent.
Then, he slammed down the script he was holding and stood up abruptly.
“Everyone, can you stop?”
Young Joon, who initially intended to just watch, started to get angry at the people’s behavior that crossed the line.
It angered him that they were talking behind Yeo Jin’s back when even the news team’s filming staff was present.
“Why are you all so interested in someone else’s family affairs? And don’t you see that there are people from other departments here?”
The atmosphere around them became heavy as Young Joon’s scolding words sank in.
Just moments ago, an announcer who had been conversing with him replied to Young Joon in a resentful tone.
“Even if it’s someone else’s family affairs, where would you find an anchor who doesn’t care about their sick parents? She hasn’t even shown her face at the hospital.”
“That’s right. An anchor’s image is directly connected to the credibility of the news. Viewers would be shocked if they knew.”
“That’s what I’m saying. It’s only a matter of time before it spreads, now that it’s on the broadcast station’s community board.”
Not only within the company’s community, but the rumors about Yeo Jin spread by word of mouth as well.
‘She became an heiress and bought her anchor position with money.’
‘She became an anchor thanks to her parents, but she doesn’t even show her face to them while they’re struggling.’ The rumors grew and eventually inflated as if they were facts.
“To be honest, I thought it was weird when that senior returned to work.”
Amid the criticisms bursting out from everywhere, Young Joon loosened his tie with a suffocating feeling.
How could they be so sure of a rumor that wasn’t even a confirmed fact?
Though it wasn’t his own issue, Young Joon felt a sense of betrayal from his colleagues.
“It’s just a rumor. She hasn’t even talked about it herself. Aren’t you all too certain?”
The office froze as if his sharp words had thrown cold water on the conversation.
As he said, the person at the center of the rumor hadn’t said anything.
‘Unable to say anything like this.’
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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