A few days later, Young In ran into Seung Chan in front of the elevator in the company parking lot on her way back from meeting with a film production manager.
“Team Leader Young In.”
It was the first time she had seen him since his birthday.
“Oh, Seung Chan.”
Although she still harbored anger from the blatant attacks during the drinking game, she didn’t show any outward signs of it.
“I came to the company to move together. Also to properly look around the company.”
Today was the day of the Management Team 5 dinner. Anyone from Team 5, whether employee or actor, could attend.
“Hyesung was really tiny, but just looking at the parking lot here makes my heart swell with pride.”
“……”
Young In felt uncomfortable with him belittling her first workplace. Even if it was true, she had no desire to agree.
“Oh, by the way, Team Leader. What happened last time?”
“What do you mean?”
“On my birthday, why did you leave without saying anything? I was going to drive you home.”
Seung Chan’s face clearly showed his disappointment.
“Someone came to pick me up.”
Young In swallowed the words that even if no one had come to pick her up, she wouldn’t have let him drive her home.
“Who?”
It was at that moment that the sound of the elevator arriving was heard.
Young In, who reflexively turned to look at the elevator, froze.
Speak of the devil, the face of that ‘someone’ Seung Chan had asked about filled her vision.
“Team Leader Chae, what are you doing here?”
Sung Hyuk’s gaze, as he stepped out of the elevator, was on Seung Chan rather than Young In, whom he was addressing.
“I ran into Seung Chan by chance and was just talking for a moment, CEO.”
A bright smile appeared on Seung Chan’s face as he realized the identity of the man staring at him.
“Ah, so you’re the CEO. Hello. I’m actor Ji Seung Chan.”
He was completely oblivious to the fact that Sung Hyuk was sizing him up, and remained cheerfully innocent. It would have been better if he had stopped at the greeting, but he went on to say something that he thought was witty, which instantly chilled the atmosphere.
“Look forward to it, CEO. I’ll make you a lot of money in the future.”
Young In’s pupils shook violently.
Please see him as a cute rookie full of spirit.
As if her desperate wish had been heard, fairly calm words came out of Sung Hyuk’s mouth.
“How much time is left on your contract?”
“Contract period? I think about a year left?”
“To make a lot of money in a year, you’ll have to work very hard.”
“Don’t worry. I have the intention to renew the contract.”
Neither Seung Chan nor Young In had any idea what Sung Hyuk’s intention was in bringing this up.
“Actually, I was thinking of moving to a big agency when my contract with Hyesung ended.”
Seung Chan had been interested in SL Entertainment for a while. Since Hyesung had been merged into SL, there was no need to look for another agency at the moment. But there was one thing he had overlooked.
“I hope you move to a good place.”
“Pardon?”
“SL has no intention of renewing the contract with Ji Seung Chan.”
The fact that a contract renewal can’t happen if only one side wants it.
“…Pardon?”
Seung Chan stared blankly at Sung Hyuk’s expressionless face with a dumbfounded look.
‘I’m done for.’
Young In let out a sigh of resignation without Seung Chan noticing.
Apart from being taken aback, she thought it was very typical of Cha Sung Hyuk. In any case, he was a man with a knack for making people faint.
[This is the timeline separator]Young In took Seung Chan, who was still in a daze even after Sung Hyuk had left, up to the office.
Having finally come to his senses, he grabbed Hae Yoon and vented his belated frustration.
“Is being the CEO everything? Who does he think he is to say he has no intention of renewing the contract?”
“If the CEO says he has no intention of renewing, isn’t that the end of it?”
Hae Yoon’s specialty was sarcasm with innocent eyes. It was revenge for Seung Chan’s complaints about Young In leaving first on his birthday.
“No, what kind of agency CEO treats an artist who makes good money like this?”
“Maybe he doesn’t think you’re an artist who makes good money.”
Seung Chan’s face twisted unattractively.
“Hae Yoon, you’re saying strange things. Objectively speaking, my sales aren’t bad enough to not renew the contract, right?”
“That’s right. I don’t think it’s that bad either, but maybe the CEO thinks it is? Or maybe there’s something else he doesn’t like besides sales?”
The sharp Hae Yoon had guessed why Sung Hyuk had acted that way towards him.
“What else?”
“Personality? Or appearance?”
Seung Chan frowned sharply. He didn’t like the reason for falling out of the CEO’s favor being sales, but he liked it even less if it was appearance or personality.
“Damn, what if the CEO goes around badmouthing me? It would be a big problem if it affects casting.”
Young In, who had been silently cheering for Hae Yoon’s full display of her specialty, sensed it was time for her to step in.
She was worried that if the team members only heard Seung Chan’s side, they might think CEO Cha Sung Hyuk was crazy. He might seem a bit crazy, but she didn’t want others to know that.
“Seung Chan, I’ve heard something.”
“What is it?”
“They say CEO Cha Sung Hyuk isn’t the type to badmouth people behind their backs.”
“What do you mean he’s not? Team Leader, you saw how the CEO treated me. At that level, he’d probably not just curse but swear at me too.”
“Whether it’s cursing or swearing, they say he does it to your face. Not behind your back.”
“Ah……”
Seung Chan found himself nodding without realizing it. Thinking back on the situation just now, it seemed more than plausible.
Young In left the office, leaving behind Seung Chan who was taking comfort in not having been sworn at to his face.
It was a small repayment for the man who was the only one in the world to take revenge for her.
[This is the timeline separator]Management Team 5 moved to a nearby craft beer pub as soon as it was quitting time. However, not long after the dinner started, Hee Ran and Hyun Sim appeared.
Jin Gyo, who was the first to spot the two, tilted his head quizzically.
“Hee Ran, what brings you to our team dinner?”
“Oppa, are you dividing people in the same company now?”
“It’s not dividing, this is Team 5’s dinner?”
“I just came because Seung Chan told me to.”
Hee Ran made an excuse using Seung Chan’s casual invitation when they met at the company.
As if anyone would come just because they wanted to.
She had come thinking there might be something to catch onto, given that Seo Jin Gyo and Chae Young In were attending together. It was a scheme born from the thought that mistakes are more likely to happen when drinking, and the conviction that the two were not just ordinary colleagues.
However, following Hee Ran and Hyun Sim, another uninvited guest appeared.
This time it was Sung Hyuk.
Jin Gyo asked with a puzzled expression.
“What brings you all the way here, CEO?”
“I heard from Baek Hee Ran that it was Team 5’s dinner, so I came to see.”
Hee Ran had called Sung Hyuk’s number, which she had found out through Hyun Sim, rambled on about unnecessary things, and then mentioned that she was thinking of going to Team 5’s dinner before hanging up.
Now that he knew, he couldn’t help but worry about leaving Young In alone at a drinking party attended by Seo Jin Gyo and Ji Seung Chan, so he ended his meeting early and came.
Seung Chan, who had unintentionally expanded the gathering, was already quite drunk before Sung Hyuk arrived. So he started flirting with Young In, who was sitting across from him, not even realizing that Sung Hyuk was sitting next to him.
“Team Leader, let’s have a toast.”
At the same time as Sung Hyuk frowned, Jin Gyo, who was sitting next to Young In, beat him to it.
“Young In quit drinking.”
An awkward smile appeared on Young In’s face, who had only been eating side dishes.
She had simply been not drinking, planning to return to the company after the dinner to get her car. She thought her own car would be better than a taxi if she needed to move early tomorrow morning.
When she glanced at Hae Yoon, who had drunk with her last week, she was making a face that said, ‘When did you quit drinking?’
“Come on, don’t be like that. Just drink today.”
At that moment, a voice so cold it sent chills down Seung Chan’s spine flowed into his ears.
“I’ll drink instead of Team Leader Chae.”
Seung Chan turned his head slightly and was startled to see Sung Hyuk’s face.
“…C-CEO?”
“Think of it as a white knight or something.”
“……”
While Seung Chan was rolling his eyes, not knowing how to react, a gentle voice broke the frozen atmosphere.
“CEO, let’s have a drink.”
Everyone’s gaze turned to where Hee Ran was smiling sweetly, holding a beer glass.
Sung Hyuk didn’t intend to completely ruin the dinner, so he naturally responded to Hee Ran’s suggestion.
“Let’s all have a drink together. Those who don’t drink can have water or whatever they prefer.”
Young In, who had been on edge, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
However, contrary to the calming atmosphere, Young In’s nerves became more and more frayed. It was because all her attention was focused on Sung Hyuk and Hee Ran sitting side by side. Even though she tried not to look, her body involuntarily flinched every time she heard a voice laced with aegyo.
Having failed to regain her composure, Young In quietly got up and went to the bathroom.
When she returned to her seat after calming herself, two seats were empty. They were Sung Hyuk’s and Hee Ran’s seats.
As Young In was staring blankly at the empty seats, the deputy team leader scurried over to her.
“Team Leader, Baek Hee Ran left. How can she be so shameless? After what she did to you, how dare she come here?”
What Young In was curious about wasn’t Hee Ran. She didn’t care whether she came or left.
“Did the CEO leave too?”
“I think Baek Hee Ran asked the CEO to take her home, so they left together.”
Young In belatedly realized that Hee Ran sending Hyun Sim away first after Sung Hyuk arrived was a ploy to ask him to take her home.
He might take her home. What’s the big deal about that?
Even though she tried to think that way, she couldn’t easily shake off her troubled feelings because of the widespread rumors that Baek Hee Ran was openly flirting with CEO Cha Sung Hyuk.
“Shall we wrap up too?”
At Young In’s declaration of closing, everyone started preparing to leave.
As usual, Young In took care of the team members, sending them off first, then finished paying and left the pub. Just as she was about to adjust her bag to head to the company, a languid voice wrapped around her ear.
“Are you done with everything?”
When she turned around, Sung Hyuk was smiling with his hands in his pockets.
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Daily Life of a Scumbag Man Giving Birth (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The way for a promiscuous scumbag man to atone for his sins is to let him get… pregnant.
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, scammed countless women, transmigrates to a female-dominated country.
Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to scam them than in modern times?
Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!
Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!
Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.
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