“I didn’t grasp the situation initially. There were betrayals by those I trusted.”
She somewhat guessed this part, evident from the written submissions from Taesung Legal Affairs Office.
“And after you understood the situation?”
“I couldn’t act hastily, not knowing how far the impact would reach Taesung.”
Taesung was not only Na Chairman’s everything but also Song Kang’s. Line understood the concerns he would have had.
Song Kang held back from saying he was also worried his father might be implicated. His only remaining kin, the thought of harm reaching his father was his greatest fear.
“Well, those were the concerns. It was a struggle to gain certainty.”
He couldn’t share all the pain he endured during that time, but having someone on his side, fighting for his innocence, gave him hope.
“So you claimed innocence only after being certain about Director Geum Moran?”
Line’s question prompted a nod from Song Kang.
“In this upcoming summons investigation, just insist on your innocence. Let’s not open up about Director Geum Moran yet.”
It wasn’t a suggestion to leave Geum Moran alone, but rather a strategy not to reveal their hand. Song Kang agreed with this approach. Stirring the hornet’s nest at this time would be unhelpful.
Even if they felt confident about winning this battle, every step was like walking on thin ice.
As they talked, time passed significantly. Song Kang turned his head towards the window. It was already night.
“Let’s call it a day.”
At his suggestion, Line stood up and gathered her documents, heading to her desk. Song Kang too got up and stood in front of the panoramic glass window overlooking the city. The urban landscape was lit up with countless twinkling lights, a view that could erase the day’s worries.
Line turned towards the coat rack, then her gaze lingered on Song Kang, who was looking out at the cityscape.
“Why do I feel so insignificant and small in front of such a magnificent view?”
“Do you find clarity in looking at a nice view when things are complicated, Prosecutor Jin Line?”
Song Kang’s voice pulled her out of her thoughts.
“Well, I don’t have the luxury of time to look at landscapes.”
“It’s not about time, but the absence of mind, right?”
Line nodded unconsciously. Her life had been a rush without peace or leisure.
“Prosecutor Jin Line, can I ask something too? Is it… okay?”
“What is it?”
Song Kang turned to face her, and she looked up at him.
“Though you’ll regain it soon, haven’t you lost the most important thing in your life?”
Although he added that she would regain it, the question seemed sensitive. Her expression wasn’t pleased. Yet, he felt the need to ask.
“How can it be okay… I was once a shining individual in that glittering place out there, but now… I’m not sure.”
Line, feeling teary, quickly turned to the coat rack. She hastily put on her coat, attempting to leave.
Jin Line, a person who couldn’t even lie in jest, her response and the glimpse of tears weighed heavily on Song Kang’s heart.
“I’ll go ahead.”
“Prosecutor Jin Line.”
He stopped her. Line coughed, blinking rapidly to suppress her emotions, and turned back to him.
“Yes.”
“The Jin Line I saw wasn’t someone who shined because of where she was. It was her presence that made that place sparkle. That’s why she stood out to me. That’s why I chose you.”
His genuine words touched her heart. Tears filled Line’s eyes, and behind Song Kang, the city lights blurred and shimmered.
Her eyes, usually tearless even in the toughest confrontations, now spilled tears. Song Kang felt a profound turmoil, partly out of guilt for her loss of the beloved prosecutor position, but also from an indescribable emotion.
“I should… go first.”
She wiped her tears quickly and turned away, but Song Kang caught her wrist.
He wanted to offer her a shoulder to cry on, but instead, he offered to take her home. Unable to let her go alone, they ended up leaving together.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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