Seong-hyuk noticed Young-in’s eyes widen and realized that this was not a prearranged matter. His gaze shifted back to Jin-gyo.
“You need an on-site manager, don’t you?”
“That’s right.”
“Team Manager Chae is not an on-site manager.”
Without responding, Jin-gyo asked Young-in, who was sitting opposite him.
“It’s not that you can’t do it, you just don’t do it, right?”
“Yes.”
“You know I’m not too much trouble, right?”
“I know.”
Jin-gyo grinned.
“Then do it for me.”
Before Young-in could respond, he added.
“I’ll do the driving. You won’t have any burden.”
Seong-hyuk, who had been silently listening, intervened.
“Why do you need Team Manager Chae then?”
Turning his head to Seong-hyuk, Jin-gyo answered with a slight smile.
“I’m a bit shy.”
Young-in inwardly scoffed at his words. If he was shy, then no one in the world would be outgoing.
“Being with Young-in is fun, and the care I mentioned earlier is mental care.”
Seong-hyuk had no intention of letting Chae Young-in go for Seo Jin-gyo’s mental care. He decided to dismiss those who wouldn’t help his own mental care.
“I have something to discuss separately with Team Manager Chae. Could you please leave us?”
“Understood.”
As Jin-gyo nodded and stood up, Young-in quickly followed suit.
“I’ll escort you to the meeting room.”
Seong-hyuk promptly stopped her.
“That’s a job for the secretary.”
While Young-in internally wondered why he was so dismissive of a lucky opportunity, Seong-hyuk called his secretary using the intercom. The secretary promptly entered the office.
“Yes, CEO.”
“Please escort Actor Seo Jin-gyo to the meeting room.”
Young-in knew that contradicting Seong-hyuk here would only make things worse. So, she could only silently watch Jin-gyo follow the secretary out.
“You’ll drill a hole in the door with that stare. Look at me, will you?”
When she turned around, his furrowed brow and apparent displeasure were evident.
“Sit down.”
Seong-hyuk asked Young-in, who had sat back down.
“So, you’re willing to be Seo Jin-gyo’s on-site manager?”
“Yes, what can’t I do?”
“If Seo Jin-gyo doesn’t sign with SL Entertainment, you won’t be able to, even if you want to.”
“…….”
Young-in was at a loss for words due to his absurd assumption. She was at a loss about how to argue.
“Do I really have to make this deal? I’m not very keen on it.”
At least he hadn’t definitively said he wouldn’t make the deal. She sensed he wanted a certain answer, but she had no intention of giving it.
“We absolutely have to.”
His thick eyebrows furrowed as if annoyed.
“Why?”
“Because no company would turn away Actor Seo Jin-gyo who came to discuss a contract personally.”
“There might be one if you look hard enough.”
As Seong-hyuk responded indifferently, Young-in decided to take a drastic step. It was a do-or-die situation.
“If you let this deal fall through, I’ll quit the company.”
Seong-hyuk’s eyes turned cold.
“Why? Are you going to quit and start your own company to bring in Seo Jin-gyo?”
“Yes.”
Of course, it was a lie. She was pushing so hard, resorting to a lie, entirely for Seong-hyuk’s sake.
Young-in was confident that bringing in Actor Seo Jin-gyo after becoming CEO would solidify his position, even though he might not care himself.
“Don’t even dream about it. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep you from quitting.”
A resigned sigh slipped between Young-in’s lips.
“Then just make the deal. What’s the problem?”
“You’re the problem.”
Seong-hyuk crossed his legs irritably and continued.
“I don’t like the idea of you handling Seo Jin-gyo, let alone being his on-site manager for a month.”
“Please, separate personal from professional,” she pleaded.
“I have no intention of doing that. My decision to come here was full of personal motives. How can I separate personal from professional in matters related to you?”
He felt a bit unjustly treated afterwards.
“Did you tell Seo Jin-gyo that?”
“Tell him what?”
“To separate personal from professional.”
“…….”
Young-in realized that she had been righteous with Seong-hyuk alone, although Jin-gyo’s actions were also personal, not professional.
In many ways, Cha Seong-hyuk was a man who left her speechless.
“I don’t feel like it, but this time, I’ll do as you say.”
He was also a man who knew when to relent in crucial moments.
“Really?”
“Don’t be happy about it. It makes me want to change my mind.”
“…….”
Young-in quickly shut her mouth.
Just as she didn’t want to lose the contract with Jin-gyo for Seong-hyuk’s sake, he relented for her. He knew bringing Seo Jin-gyo on board would elevate her status within the company.
Unbeknownst to each other, both were making choices for the other’s sake.
“Tell the legal team to prepare the contract.”
Seong-hyuk stood up, hoping that Jin-gyo wouldn’t have much of a schedule for the next month.
Seo Jin-gyo and SL Entertainment smoothly signed an exclusive contract.
Management Team 5’s status skyrocketed, and Seong-hyuk also received some credit.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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