In the chairman’s office of Joosung Group.
Jun Hwi strode straight towards the far end of the spacious room. The chairman, reading a newspaper, glanced over his glasses at Jun Hwi.
“Jun Hwi, you’re only a Joosung person when needed. Do you only visit your grandfather when he’s about to die?”
“I came while he’s still alive.”
“Sharp-tongued brat.”
The chairman clicked his tongue and folded his newspaper. Chief Secretary Jung, standing in the background, nodded at Jun Hwi.
Since Secretary Jung was the chairman’s aide, he needed the chairman’s permission to release any information, making it predictable that this issue would reach the chairman’s ears.
“How’s Han Joo Ae? Still roaming around Africa?”
The chairman casually started the conversation with a question about Jun Hwi’s mother.
“She went to refugee camps in Eastern Europe last year, but I’m not sure where she is now.”
“Should take care of her old father instead. I can’t understand her, even though she’s my own child.”
The chairman muttered to himself, then put the newspaper aside and looked squarely at Jun Hwi.
“So, why are you stirring up C Pharmaceutical?”
“It’s a personal matter.”
The chairman had called Jun Hwi to inquire about his reasons for investigating Park Hyun Soo’s criminal activities.
“Two things to remember. First, don’t involve Joosung Group’s name in your ‘personal’ matters.”
“I’ll be careful.”
“Good. Second, meet with Congressman Kang’s youngest daughter.”
Was this what Han Hee Sung hinted at earlier?
Jun Hwi silently expressed his refusal.
“How long will you be a lawyer cleaning up others’ messes? Marry and find a new path. And this time, don’t break off the engagement.”
“……”
“She’s pretty ordinary, that girl.”
Jun Hwi was taken aback by the sudden change in topic. He understood who ‘that girl’ referred to.
“You mean… Kim Yeon Woo.”
The chairman had already caught on to Yeon Woo’s existence, much sooner than Jun Hwi had anticipated.
“An average family, average academic background, nothing special. Already investigated her.”
The chairman seemed to know everything about Yeon Woo and suggested the matchmaking with clear intentions. They needed Jun Hwi’s marriage for their business dealings.
A culture in the upper echelons Jun Hwi despised – marriages for business alliances.
His mother had been a victim of such a marriage and had almost severed ties with Joosung Group after remarrying a Frenchman following the death of her husband and son.
Was the chairman willing to lose his grandson too?
Well, Jun Hwi, who never cooperated with Joosung Group even during his prosecutor days, might just be a disposable card for them.
Regardless, Yeon Woo was someone unrelated to their world. Being scrutinized and judged simply for being associated with him was unacceptable.
And to call her ‘nothing special’…
“Not ordinary at all. She’s the most special person to me, the most important.”
Jun Hwi countered the chairman’s words firmly.
However, Chairman Han shook his head.
“I let the matter of your engagement breaking off slide, thinking maybe it wasn’t time for marriage. But this time, it’s different.”
Jun Hwi, who remained unresponsive, signaled Secretary Jung with his eyes. Just give me the data.
Seeing this, the chairman burst out in anger.
“Oh, stop making such a fuss! Just quietly go see her. Congressman Kang’s youngest daughter studied art in New York. I hear she’s quite decent.”
“……”
“Answer me.”
“Yes.”
Though lacking enthusiasm, it was the answer the chairman wanted. Satisfied, he nodded and gestured to Secretary Jung.
Smiling, Secretary Jung handed Jun Hwi a USB containing information about Park Hyun Soo.
“Park Hyun Soo, the vice president of C Pharmaceutical, seems to have meddled in financial transactions in the U.S., and there are suspicions of drunk driving and drug use. Unfortunately, there’s no criminal record.”
“I see.”
“But since arriving in Seoul, he’s been up to no good in clubs. That will hurt him more.”
“Thank you.”
Chairman Han watched Jun Hwi pocket the USB, then spoke again.
“Jun Hwi, I’ve given up on a lot of things. I don’t expect anything else from you. Just get married.”
“……Stay healthy.”
Jun Hwi bowed and was about to leave when he stopped at the door and turned back.
“I’ve received the information. But I won’t be seeing anyone. Not now, not ever.”
“Hey! Give that back!”
Frustrated by Jun Hwi’s sly move, the chairman yelled, but Jun Hwi calmly left the office.
“Lawyer Kwon, how about some green tea?”
“No, thank you.”
In the office of Kim Ju Hwan, the managing partner of Roan Yul.
The long table was only occupied by Jun Hwi and the managing partner, with the summer sunlight deeply casting over it.
“Is Chairman Han doing well? Still the same temperament?”
“Yes.”
“So, what brings our busy Lawyer Kwon to see me today?”
After staring silently at the sunlight, Jun Hwi finally spoke.
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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