“Ah… I think Chairman did it for me, considering what I’m going through. I don’t want to feel hurt looking at something like that.”
Yuna weakly smiled. Somehow, she needed to plant the impression that Hyeonyoung finds her charming.
“Is that so? Was that really an article about President Han Taekyung?”
A dilemma.
To reveal the truth to make Seoha look like a gold digger, despite pretending to be a pitiful fiancée, was not pleasant.
My pride is my pride. I don’t like the way I’m clinging to Taekyung too much.
While Yuna was working hard to figure out a solution, people’s reactions gradually started to split.
Groups formed around Yuna: those who tried to look good to her, and those who regarded her with disdain. While outwardly everyone seemed to console Yuna, their true feelings were vastly different.
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Observing the articles being taken down, Taekyung took a deep breath. He recalled Hyeonyoung, who answered the phone and rushed out with a dark expression.
“What I want is for you to grant one of my demands, no matter what it is.”
Upon hearing Hyeonyoung’s subsequent demand, Taekyung felt his body freeze. Unsure of what to say, he was caught off guard when Hyeonyoung’s phone rang.
Checking the caller ID, her face darkened rapidly.
“Hold off on the articles. Let’s talk after you come back.”
“Yes…”
And then, leaving Taekyung behind, she left the office. Taekyung expected a long confrontation, but seeing Hyeonyoung accept it so easily left him full of puzzlement.
What could be happening that made her rush out so urgently?
Taekyung returned to his company. Kyuwon was waiting for him.
“Taekyung, it seems like you don’t need to attend Onnuri Kindergarten classes for a while.”
“Why? What’s going on?”
“Onnuri Kindergarten is going on an unplanned one-week break. And the worse news is, the director collapsed from a cerebral hemorrhage.”
“The director?”
Taekyung’s heart sank heavily. It felt like Yoonhee’s collapse was his fault. It was a fact that Yoonhee and the kindergarten had struggled due to the articles about him and Seoha. The stress from that might have caused her to collapse.
Taekyung called Chaeun.
“Vice Principal. It’s Han Taekyung.”
Yes, President Han.
“How is the director?”
Chaeun sighed before responding with a trembling voice.
She’s in surgery right now. Oh, and you heard about our unplanned break, right?
“Yes, I heard. I’m sorry. It’s my fault. Because of me, Seoha, Minjun, and now the director…”
Don’t say such things. It’s not solely because of that. Don’t blame yourself.
“Where is the hospital?”
As Taekyung asked, Chaeun hesitated momentarily. Then she spoke.
The hospital… Actually, the chairman told me not to tell you.
“The chairman?”
President’s mother.
“What’s the matter? What’s the relationship between the chairman and the director?”
President is too young to know, but our mother and the chairman are cousins. Even if they are cousins, President doesn’t know because after our grandmother passed away, the contact was cut off. I only found out a few years ago. It seems like Mom and the chairman occasionally had phone conversations.
Having heard Chaeun’s words, Taekyung felt like his head had been struck. Was it not a coincidence that Seoha ended up working at Onnuri Kindergarten?
Chaeun added to Taekyung, who was dumbfounded,
First, please take good care of Teacher Seoha and Minjun. It’s going to be tough. And for Mom and me, just pray that we hold up well.
“But I still want to help. It’s partly because of me.”
Taekyung forcefully conveyed his intention to Chaeun, who was trying to reject his favor. He felt a sense of responsibility for everything that had happened.
President, I can’t say that you’re not at fault at all. To be honest, it’s a bit resentful. But just resenting now won’t make things better. I don’t want to see President now. And it might be harder to talk on the phone now. I’m sorry.
Before Chaeun could finish hearing Taekyung’s response, she abruptly ended the call. Facing Chaeun’s unexpectedly stubborn refusal, Taekyung sighed heavily.
Even if Onnuri Kindergarten was on vacation, Taekyung wanted to go down to Yangpyeong because he was worried about Seoha and Minjun.
However, Kyuwon, seemingly knowing Taekyung’s feelings like a ghost, stopped him.
“If you’re going down to Yangpyeong, think again. Do you think the reporters will stay quiet if you appear in front of Seoha? The articles that were just blocked will come up with something else.”
“Ugh, really! Why is everything getting so tangled up?”
“Getting angry won’t solve anything. Let’s calm down and think of a solution.”
Taekyung paced back and forth in the CEO’s office. Kyuwon sat on the sofa, leaning his head back.
“Do you know that the representative of Onnuri Kindergarten has changed?”
“The representative has changed? What are you talking about? Wasn’t the director the representative?”
Taekyung showed an expression of hearing this for the first time at Kyuwon’s words. Kyuwon continued with an explanation mixed with a sigh.
“No. Originally, Director Jung Yoonhee was the head of administration and had been working together with the founder for a long time. The founder almost entrusted the kindergarten to Director Jung after the founder’s grandmother passed away.”
“But?”
“That founder passed away the year before last, and his son took over the kindergarten. It seems like the founder and the son had very different values, even though they were close. Their values seem to have differed a lot.”
“Hmm.”
There were many reasons for differences in values between parents and children. In most cases, good parents had good children, but there were also plenty of cases where this was not true. Perhaps the founder’s case was the latter.
Kyuwon explained the current situation to Taekyung in a calm manner.
“From last year, it seems like Director Jung Yoonhee was pressured about the revenue. But it couldn’t be dismissed easily. Then someone said they would take over the kindergarten, and it seems like they immediately handed over the kindergarten.”
“Who’s the new representative?”
“Well, it’s Jin Yugeong.”
Hearing the name of the new representative, Taekyung felt a chilling sensation.
“Jin Yugeong? Is it the Jin Yugeong I know?”
Kyuwon took off his glasses, revealing a more serious expression, and answered.
“Yeah. That’s right. It’s Jin Yuna, Miss Jin Yugeong.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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