“Recent excessive business expansion? Temporary revenue decline due to global economic downturn? I need to know the clear reasons to persuade or explain.”
“No, no, Lawyer, it’s none of those.”
Even in moments like this, he was a man thoroughly examining causes and solutions.
“It’s definitely not in that direction.” Yeon-woo slowly raised his head.
“Our dad has been saying for a while. If he gets a son-in-law, he wants to go hiking or fishing together and have a glass of soju at a street vendor.”
“…”
“Do you know what it is? Just… Joo Sung Group itself seems burdensome.”
Jun-hwi brushed his hair back with a frustrated gesture. The neatly combed hair started to stray.
“So, my very existence is not pleasing at all.”
Unintentionally causing humiliation, Yeon-woo shook her head.
Jun-hwi, who had regained his usual composure, looked pitiful. How would a man who had always lived winning take such opposition?
“I never dreamed that our mom and dad would object. But if Joo Sung Group opposes, I don’t know.”
Jun-hwi also had similar thoughts. Naturally, if there were obstacles to their marriage, he thought Chairman Han Jun-ho would be the only one who would still object and Jun-hwi would have the final say.
“So.”
What thoughts crossed Yeon-woo’s mind as she bowed her head deeply? Jun-hwi asked calmly, as if soothing a heart that felt like it was being squeezed.
“Shall we break up?”
“What?”
The word, spoken with a severity that seemed to split, was sincere.
Why did he suddenly think in that direction? Did he keep contemplating that until now?
Regardless of shaking or not shaking around, maybe he just wanted confirmation of their relationship. Perhaps, he found it lovely.
Yeon-woo’s lips, which had almost laughed inappropriately, were tinged with an oddly moving emotion.
“No. We’re not breaking up.”
As seriously as possible, with weight in her words, Yeon-woo confidently reassured him.
“Do we then get married?”
“What? Well, not necessarily like that…”
Really, this man doesn’t have a middle ground.
Jun-hwi, thinking it was the right time, tried to steer Yeon-woo in an excessively positive direction again.
“Let’s do it together. The persuasion.”
“Lawyer?”
“What should I do?”
In an instant, Yeon-woo had to firmly hold onto her composure against his sudden change fueled by a competitive spirit.
“This is our family issue, so I should solve it. I’m sorry to the lawyer.”
“To make this happen, I can’t just stand by either.”
“Oh man, marriage. Do I look excited like a lawyer eager to win a new case?”
“Yeah. Right now, you two are the most demanding clients in the world for me.”
Whether to say this was comforting or worrying, he was concerned about how aggressively he would approach, but somehow, this side seemed to suit him better than his usual aggressive demeanor.
In the end, Yeon-woo burst into laughter.
“When did your parents say they were coming back?”
“Why do you ask?”
“To pick them up at the airport.”
Look at this. I didn’t expect him to start the engine like this again! Yeon-woo vigorously nodded.
“You don’t have to.”
“No. I have to. I’ll do everything I can to make a good impression.”
“Think about it again, Lawyer. That might not be the best option…”
Isn’t it better to wait until his parents calm down? Their hearts may not have opened enough for her parents to meet him again.
However, stopping Jun-hwi, who had made up his mind, was nearly impossible, like cutting off morning coffee for Yeon-woo. Yeon-woo swallowed a sigh while looking at his determined handsome face.
Somehow, she had a premonition that she might suffer for a while by intervening in the middle.
Still, on the other hand, she wanted to trust Jun-hwi. If so, there was infinite trust that she would find a solution like him, no matter what.
Hmm. Perhaps she was becoming like him. Yeon-woo was drawing a roadmap to find a solution as if facing a challenging project.
“But how far are you going to take us? Your mom’s house is quite far, isn’t it?”
“Of course, we have to go to Gapyeong. I’ll comfortably take my parents to Gapyeong.”
“From the airport to there? So, we’ll go from Seoul to Incheon, then go to Gapyeong, and come back to Seoul again?”
Yeon-woo’s jaw slightly dropped. In Jun-hwi’s mind, which seemed to say, “What’s the problem?” his thoughts were already driving to Gapyeong with Yeon-woo’s parents in the back seat.
However, reality was harsh. Even Kwon Jun-hwi, who knew no failure, could not overcome the traffic congestion on the weekend Olympic Highway.
[Where are you? The plane arrived earlier than scheduled ㅠㅠ]“Oh no.”
Stuck in the driver’s seat, Jun-hwi, who was only pressing the brake, sighed with impatience and irritation upon reading Yeon-woo’s message.
Dealing with urgent matters, Yeon-woo had left separately from home, and he had stopped by the office, but he didn’t know that traffic would be this bad. Even Yeon-woo was fortunate to have arrived at the airport first.
Still, there was time. Even if it took about 30 minutes to go through immigration and find the luggage, there was time.
Looking at the navigation screen with a bit of hope, the expected arrival time, which was clearly ’20 minutes later,’ had somehow extended to ’40 minutes later.’
It was when he was swallowing his irritation and looking ahead again.
Suddenly, from behind, a bang, an abrupt impact hit Jun-hwi’s body, and he was thrust forward towards the steering wheel.
······An accident happened. Now, in a situation where he could barely crawl on the road like a turtle.
“Darn it.”
Jun-hwi, annoyed, tilted his head and opened the driver’s seat, getting out.
“Oh my, oh my, I’m going to die! I have a disk!”
The driver getting out of the rear car, instead of comforting, walked towards Jun-hwi, grabbing the back of his neck.
“Excuse me. Did you call the insurance? Did you call yours too?”
“I’m a bit busy right now. Let’s talk through insurance later.”
The rough-looking man flexed his bumpy arms and growled.
“What? Are you not admitting fault? Trying to escape?”
“I was stopped, and the gentleman here ignored the obligation to maintain a safe distance from behind. The fault is entirely on him. I’ll send you the black box footage later.”
“Me? You’re saying it’s 100% my fault? That’s nonsense!”
Huh. Jun-hwi, who sighed lightly, anxiously stared at the road that was beginning to open up and handed over his business card.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
