Shin Joo sat in front of the dressing table, staring at her hair dyed black.
“Ugh! Why did I ever make our relationship public?”
A few days ago, Shin Joo broke up with Young Hoon. To be precise, he broke up with her.
“I don’t think we’re a good fit, Shin Joo.”
“What do you mean?”
“I think our personalities just don’t match.”
She was appalled to hear she wasn’t on Seo Yoon’s level and then that their personalities didn’t match. Such an indecisive fellow.
“Who’d be right for you? You think you’re on Kang Hyun’s level or something? So funny!”
Being dumped by a guy for the first time, especially by the petty Young Hoon, hurt her pride so much she felt like she could go insane.
She had thought about ending things with Young Hoon since they worked at the same school, but hesitated. This sudden breakup left her in shock.
“Hong Young Hoon. You think I’ll just let it be?”
She left signs of the breakup on her SNS. She even changed her hairstyle to look more subdued so everyone could tell she was heartbroken.
Shin Joo did her makeup to look as pale as possible, and chose a lipstick shade that was almost the same color as her lips.
“I have to work at this school for another two years. I’m going crazy!”
Shin Joo put on the black suit she’d wear to funerals and grumblingly headed to work.
Meanwhile, Yoon, on her way to work, opened a news article about Kang Hyun on her phone due to the buzzing rumors. The article was about Kang Hyun acquiring TOC Entertainment.
The provocative headlines made Yoon frown. She knew Kang Hyun was collaborating with TOC Entertainment, but she had no idea he was acquiring it.
He probably had no reason to discuss his business with her, but they never really had the time to talk about such things either.
“Jung Ha Na.”
Recently, Jung Ha Na’s name stuck in her mind.
“He dated her for quite a while.”
When Kang Hyun and Jung Ha Na were dating, Yoon supported them as a fan. They looked perfect together, so she thought they might even get married.
“Sigh.”
But now, seeing them both in news articles side by side made her uncomfortable.
“They’ve broken up. Let’s not worry about it.”
To shake off these thoughts, Yoon quickened her pace.
The staff room was unusually bustling when she entered.
“Why did they break up?”
“I don’t know. But I think Mr. Min was dumped. It seemed so on his SNS.”
“They both work at the same school. It’s going to be awkward.”
“I wonder if we have to be careful around them.”
The room was filled with murmurs.
Yoon sat down at her desk and put her bag down.
“Ms. Seo, did you hear? Teacher Min Shin Joo and Teacher Hong Young Hoon broke up.”
“What?”
Yoon’s eyes widened in surprise.
“They didn’t date long before breaking up. Why go public if they were going to end like this?”
At that moment, Shin Joo entered the staff room. It looked like she had been crying; her eyes were puffy and red.
“Whoa, Teacher Min must have cried. This must be a bigger shock than we thought.”
Ho Jeong covered her mouth in surprise.
Ding!
While watching Shin Joo, Yoon checked a text message on her phone.
Soon after, photos from a photoshoot they had done together in the past were sent to her.
Yoon had blocked the number, but now they were sending texts and photos from a different one. Yoon deleted everything and blocked that number too.
Shin Joo glared at Yoon.
“What’s that text? Is it from Young Hoon? Are they meeting again? Huh, I can’t stand to see that. Who says they can get back together? Never. Seo Yoon, you just keep seeing that gangster.”
Shin Joo gritted her teeth.
“CEO, Mr. Joo has sent the data.”
Chul Young handed Kang Hyun a tablet PC. It was the data about the housing scam involving Yoon that he had asked him to investigate a while ago.
“Yu Byung Kyu?”
“Yes. He is currently in Thailand. What’s strange is this is his first rental scam, and it’s unclear why he chose such a small amount.”
Chul Young tilted his head as he spoke.
“Hmm.”
Kang Hyun thoroughly read the data. The criminal had 12 prior convictions, mostly for special assaults, confinement, and threats.
But for such a person to meticulously plan for months just to swallow a small rental fee was unbelievable to anyone.
“There seems to be no direct link to Ms. Kim Seo Jung.”
But there had to be. Kang Hyun was certain there was a connection with Kim Seo Jung.
“Ask for a more thorough investigation.”
“Yes.”
The fact that such a despicable person approached Yoon’s family sent shivers down Kang Hyun’s spine.
“Find someone trustworthy to guard Seo Yoon. A woman.”
“Yes.”
Kang Hyun leaned against the sofa and closed his eyes.
“By the way, what happened with that house?”
Kang Hyun thought he needed to move Ho Sik and Ok Soon’s house soon.
“The land and the building have different owners on the registry, so there are some suspicious aspects that make it problematic.”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
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