“Reluctant but responding because I’m an executive at your sister’s agency, huh?”
He had hoped for this when he handed her his card, but now that she was responding as he expected, he felt unexpectedly elated.
The elevator stopped, and the employees with him got off, leaving Kiyeon alone. He leaned back against the wall, pressing the phone closer to his ear, even catching faint sounds of her breathing.
“[Pause]But… what did you want to talk about?”
“Talk about? Oh.”
It was just an excuse to get her to call. He cleared his throat and spoke as he walked out of the elevator.
“Shall we meet to talk? It’s a bit difficult over the phone.”
Silence followed.
Perhaps Nam Yuin was only willing to talk over the phone.
Kiyeon smiled lazily, walking past Jinseok into his office.
“When are you free? You said you finish classes around this time, so how about this afternoon?”
“[Pause]…”
“Since it’s exam season, I’ll adjust my schedule for you.”
Still no answer.
Kiyeon inwardly remarked on her pricey attitude and clicked his tongue. Yet, he found this unfamiliar situation refreshingly enjoyable.
“To people who know Do Kiyeon, such thoughts might be shocking, but he himself was blissfully unaware.”
Nam Yuin finally replied after some time.
“[Pause]Is the day after tomorrow okay?”
“Perfect. I’ll pick you up. What time do you finish?”
“[Pause]… At 3 pm.”
“Day after tomorrow at 3 then. See you then, Nam Yuin.”
The call ended without a reply.
Kiyeon chuckled and saved the number as Jinseok entered the room after a knock.
As always, Kiyeon paid no attention to whoever entered his office, and Jinseok, observing his boss’s fully evident smile, asked calmly while Kiyeon casually sat on his desk.
“Director, did the management team meeting end already?”
“Ahh.”
Only then did Kiyeon lift his head from the phone screen, blinking as if he had completely forgotten about the meeting.
The flush of excitement faded away, and Kiyeon, now wearing his usual impassive facade, slightly scrunched his face in annoyance.
“Check if it’s still going on.”
“Um… Yes. Everyone is waiting for your return.”
Jinseok glanced at his phone message and spoke nonchalantly, as if he already knew.
Kiyeon sighed lightly, stood up, and walked towards the door. Suddenly, he stopped, turned back, and looked at Jinseok.
“Clear my schedule for the afternoon the day after tomorrow.”
“The day after tomorrow, Director? Do you mean the entire afternoon?”
“Yes, postpone everything without exception.”
His voice conveyed firm resolve, indicating no room for negotiation or refusal.
The unyielding man turned swiftly and left the office. Soon after, Jinseok followed, speaking up again.
“Director?”
“What now?”
“There’s a meeting with the CEO on that evening. He insisted you attend this time.”
Jinseok’s words brought a distinct furrow to Kiyeon’s otherwise expressionless forehead.
That meeting was this week.
He’d have to come up with excuses to avoid a meeting that wouldn’t benefit him. While planning his escape, despite knowing the hallway was empty, Jinseok’s voice, lowered even more, reached him.
“Director Shin hinted something odd.”
“What’s odd?”
“He said to come and hear it.”
“Huh! Secretary Jin. Are you the CEO’s spy?”
“Of course not. I’m just conveying what I was told.”
Despite the pointed glare from Kiyeon, Jinseok calmly looked at the closed elevator door.
“Postpone that meeting too. If he really wants to talk, tell him to come to my office tomorrow.”
“That would be the third postponement.”
“If I’ve done it three times, why not a fourth? Maybe I overestimated your capabilities, Secretary Jin.”
Just then, the elevator dinged, breaking the cooled atmosphere. Kiyeon walked in alone, pocketing his hands, and sarcastically nodded to Jinseok.
Receiving the sarcasm as a gift, Jinseok respectfully bowed his head and said, “Have a good trip, Director.”
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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