“Yes. But, Director, it seems like you’re not close to finishing work yet.”
Playing along with a playful response, the man let out a faint, light laughter.
Sigh. Nothing special. Suddenly got called to a meeting. Where are you now?
“I’m still in the neighborhood where I was shooting with Jaehee. Well, how long will it take?”
I’ll finish within 30 minutes and come pick you up. Where would you like to wait for a bit?
Being in a relationship with a busy man requires some level of sacrifice and broad understanding. Realizing this important essence more and more, Yoo In unfolded a mental map and searched for the route.
In minutes, she reached the conclusion that it was more efficient for her to move from where she was to Ilrang headquarters using public transportation than idly waiting on the street.
This conclusion was quickly conveyed to Ji-han.
“Should I just go towards the company? It seems like that would be better.”
That’s fine. It’s hot, so I’m having something refreshing.
Without a chance to think, Giyeon rejected the calculated consideration. Is she going to cut it off so precisely? Yoo In rolled her eyes in confusion.
Not easily discouraged, Yoo In questioned, “If I go, we can meet faster. If I leave now, I should roughly match Director’s finishing time.”
Yoo In, isn’t it better to wait?
“Why? I’m okay… Do you not want me to go?”
No. What are you talking about?
Instead, his low voice, seemingly hurt, lowered ominously.
“So, I’ll go. Director, quickly go into the meeting.”
The man expressed his disapproval straightforwardly in one breath.
As the one who was the subject of the relationship and had a strong sense of being oneself, he didn’t want the plan to be changed. However, he couldn’t just ignore what Yoo In said.
Then just wait anywhere near the building. I’ll come soon.
“Yes. I’ll contact you again when I arrive.”
After finishing the call, Yoo In, in a cheerful mood, searched for the fastest bus to the building where Ilrang was located.
The bus stop happened to be close by.
After taking the bus and getting off, between the somber-colored buildings, the pristine white color of Ilrang’s building reflected a majestic presence up close.
With some time left and a bit of walking towards the building, she decided to contact Giyeon.
Should she call or send a message?
After a moment of contemplation and seeing no reaction from Giyeon, she thought he might still be in a meeting.
Pressing the messaging app, she may have typed a letter when it happened.
“Hey!”
Reflexively, her head turned in the direction of the sudden noise.
As soon as she confirmed the identity, her straightened eyebrows involuntarily furrowed.
“Hello. We meet again?”
Yoo In felt it wasn’t worth responding and ignored it.
Then, the person inside the high-end convertible on the road got out, closed the door with a bang, and approached briskly.
The impression of wearing hospital clothes had disappeared from Kim Sunyoung’s face. Instead, she now emitted an arrogant air with a rich perfume scent mixed with the smell of spicy smoke.
“Why play dumb. Offended, huh? It’s not like you forgot about it in the meantime.”
“That doesn’t mean we’re on friendly terms.”
Despite knowing that it was a questioning pretending not to know, Sunyoung closed her eyes challengingly and smiled.
“Why are you here again? Is there something good?”
“I don’t care about you, so just go your way.”
“Oh~ To meet the Director? He’s really busy right now. Is it okay to come like this uninvited?”
A round-eyed gaze filled with chilly resentment met Sunyoung.
Unwelcoming the coincidental encounter that was neither pleasant nor sweet, Yoo In didn’t understand why Sunyoung was expending unnecessary energy for a wrestling match.
Perhaps she wanted to retaliate because of the forced apology from Giyeon. Yoo In couldn’t understand the inexplicable meeting of Sunyoung, who tried to start an argument in an unwelcome encounter.
Sharp words flowed out of Yoo In’s mouth.
“What do you want to say?”
“Have something to say? Not really. I saw you on my way out of the company, and since I saw you, I wanted to mess with you, so I pretended to know you.”
“Are you messing with me? Is it because of the apology you made to me last time?”
“No.”
With a sly smile, Sunyoung, who cut in with her words, loosely clenched her fist.
“Is it because of that trivial apology I’m doing this? Me?”
“Then what is it?”
“You really have no sense.”
Seeing her pitiful and contemptuous gaze, Yoo In felt thoroughly upset, and her face and heart were all tangled.
Sunyoung smirked unpleasantly, clicking her tongue. Then, suddenly raising the back of her hand, she brought it to Yoo In’s cheek like stroking a small animal.
Surprised, Yoo In raised her thorn-like sensitivity and pushed away the approaching hand with a loud noise.
“What are you doing?”
Experiencing the endless words and actions firsthand, the anecdotes her sister used to tell her felt vivid now.
It was the appearance of doing nonsensical things, twisting and contorting due to the overheated inferiority complex, driven by a burst of meaningless energy.
It seemed that today, she had been designated as Kim Sunyoung’s scapegoat.
It was absurd, ridiculous, and annoying. If she had known she would encounter this again here, she would have gladly listened to Giyeon’s words quietly.
“Hey. Nam Yujin’s sister.”
The eyes that had become rigid with harshly stiffened words stared sharply at Sunyoung.
Sunyoung, with a malicious grin, lifted her smoothly contoured mouth and said, “Don’t step out of the greenhouse and quietly live there until you die. Don’t look down on other people’s things now.”
“…What?”
Greenhouse? Other people’s things?
During the short moment Yoo In chewed on the incomprehensible words, Sunyoung lowered her gaze agilely.
Before Yoo In’s eyes, still struggling to follow her, the phone that had been held in her hand was handed over to Sunyoung.
“Give it back! What are you doing?!”
Forgetting that this was the middle of the street, Yoo In, who had burst into flames of rage, reached out her arm, but Sunyoung casually avoided it while smiling.
Unlocking the smartphone that was not locked, Sunyoung scornfully typed something and handed it back without courtesy.
“I got your number. Well, try to do well from now on, Nam Yujin.”
About to ask what she meant, Yoo In tried to catch up with her eyes, but Sunyoung, who tossed the phone to her chest as if to say goodbye, was already moving away, shaking her fingers playfully.
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.”
