Donghun turned his body to sit and objected to Chunho. But the worried look on his face today was not easily dissipated.
“Stay here. If necessary, we’ll contact you.”
“Grandfather, please don’t. Take Secretary Kim with you. Okay?”
Donghun turned his whole body and resisted Chunho’s objection.
However, his expression, which looked even more obstinate today, indicated that he wouldn’t easily change his mind.
“Stay here. We’ll contact you if necessary.”
“Grandfather, please don’t. Take Secretary Kim with you. Okay?”
“Uh, that guy. Who said he wants to eat me up?”
“Even so, Chairman Choi will also need a seat.”
“What’s that nonsense? Even if that guy tried to take me on, what could he do? And didn’t I tell you that the police will come soon?”
“Yes, he’ll arrive soon and wait outside.”
“Then you should move with him. Why are you following me? What nonsense is this?”
In response to Chunho’s accurate words, Donghun firmly sealed his lips.
Soon after preparing, Chunho conveyed his intentions with a glance toward Secretary Kim and looked at Donghun.
“Let’s go have something delicious for lunch later. There’s a place in Cheongpyeong that serves excellent steak. The view is great, and the taste is superb.”
Words that a person facing a major crisis would say didn’t seem appropriate at all. Rather than tension, Chunho’s distribution, which showed no concern for the dismissal of a chairman of a large corporation, made Donghun burst into a bitter laugh.
“Do you like that steak place? Did you find a famous restaurant?”
“I did. I happened to stop by and it was delicious, so I mentioned it.”
Chunho spoke as if it was nothing, but Donghun could tell that it wasn’t his true feelings. He, who didn’t know how to let go of Suyeon, seemed to find it admirable that he finally came forward to help them.
To the extent of finding out his favorite food place.
Donghun took a deep breath and squeezed Chunho’s hand tightly.
“Take care. Finish quickly and go to that steak place you mentioned. I’m hungry already since I skipped breakfast.”
“Tsk tsk. I told you not to skip meals.”
Chunho clicked his tongue, seeming dissatisfied.
But even that seemed to be an expression of deep concern now.
“Secretary Kim, make a reservation at that restaurant we went to last time. We’ll go there for lunch.”
Chunho, giving instructions to the secretary, quickly got out of the car. Then, he widened his strides and walked away.
Watching his retreating figure from a distance, Donghun couldn’t take his eyes off for a long time, smiling.
Daeho entered the competition venue with a more enthusiastic appearance than usual. The atmosphere, which had been tense, quieted down, and the board members sitting in their seats adjusted their postures. Among the guys avoiding his gaze, Hyunjoong’s face appeared.
Daeho stared at him fiercely, chewing back the curses he couldn’t spit out. Fortunately, until they arrived here, he couldn’t find any movement from Chunho. Contact was still unavailable, and his whereabouts were mysterious. That alone was a great comfort to Daeho.
Soon, when he took his seat at the main table, he arrogantly spoke to the MC.
“Proceed.”
“Oh, Chairman. One person hasn’t arrived yet…”
“Who hasn’t come? It seems like everyone who should come is here. Isn’t that right?”
Daeho looked around at the board members, who all avoided his gaze, making them uneasy.
‘These guys who can’t even meet my eyes dare to dismiss me? It’s an absurd story.’
In a different atmosphere than he had worried about, Daeho shrugged his shoulders even more energetically.
That’s when the closed meeting room door opened, and an old man in neat attire appeared.
Daeho’s eyes, filled with ease until then, moved along with the gesture of the newcomer.
And soon, as if in disbelief, he opened his mouth wide and, leaning forward in the chair, raised his upper body.
“First greetings, everyone. I am Park Chunho. I received a call asking me to attend the emergency board meeting as the largest shareholder and an internal director. May I take my seat?”
Chunho looked at the assembled directors, seeking their understanding.
As if they had been waiting only for his appearance, the directors exchanged glances with faces turned pale and nodded at each other.
Among them, Hyunjoong stood up as the representative and spoke to Chunho.
“Of course. We’ve prepared a seat for you, so please sit.”
Chunho, with a satisfied smile, headed towards Hyunjoong’s designated seat of authority.
Then he gazed at Daeho sitting in the chairman’s seat.
Over Daeho’s face, which seemed ready to drop its jaw at any moment, a new expression of anxiety and confusion appeared that hadn’t been there before.
Even facing that, Chunho simply smiled calmly.
“Now that everyone is present, we will convene the board meeting.”
Despite Daeho’s instructions, the host, who seemed to have waited as if the start of the meeting was pending, announced the beginning of the meeting.
“At this emergency board meeting, we will propose the dismissal of Chairman Choi Daeho as an agenda item. The grounds for dismissal are reckless fundraising and arbitrary and dictatorial management.”
A voice announcing the end of someone echoed too plainly.
The plainness wasn’t just in the host’s voice.
All the directors present seemed to be calmly staring at each other, as if they had been waiting for this moment.
In the midst of that, only Daeho glared at Chunho as if he would kill him.
But Chunho was the same.
Without a trace of disturbance, he waited only for the host’s next words.
“Now, we will begin the vote on the dismissal of Chairman Choi Daeho. Those in favor, please stand up.”
As if they had been waiting for the host’s words, all the directors at the meeting stood up.
Not a single exception.
Without examining the number of approvals, the host promptly announced the result of the agenda.
“With unanimous approval from the attending directors, the dismissal proposal for Chairman Choi Daeho has been approved.”
With just a few words, Daeho’s dismissal as chairman was confirmed.
Daeho, who had been trembling all over, couldn’t contain his anger and slammed the table.
Then he rushed towards Chunho.
“Does this crazy old man dare to mess with me and try to take my place? Do you think it’s okay to do this? I won’t stay silent! I am Choi Daeho! I will never collapse like this!!”
Daeho grabbed Chunho by the collar and cursed.
Hyunjoong, who was surprised, quickly approached them, but before him, it was the police who had rushed into the meeting room that grabbed Daeho’s arm first.
“Mr. Choi Daeho, you are urgently arrested on charges of confinement and aggravated assault, coercion, embezzlement of funds, etc.”
With those words, handcuffs were placed on Daeho’s hands.
“Let go! Are you not letting me go?! Do you know who I am?!”
Even after hearing the reason for the arrest, Daeho resisted vehemently, thrashing about. It was when the police, pressuring him from both sides, tried to drag him out of the meeting room. Chunho, who was holding his ground, stepped forward, looked directly into Daeho’s eyes, and said, “From now on, you will reap what you have sown. So, don’t feel unjust and accept it graciously. It’s the only way you can somewhat alleviate God’s wrath.” “You damn old man! Hey, let go! I said let go of this!!!” Daeho twisted violently as if trying to shove Chunho away. However, with handcuffs on and both arms restrained, there was no way he could overcome the two officers. Amidst the commotion, Daeho moved farther away. His struggling figure, desperately trying to break free, was pitiful beyond description. It was almost unbelievable that he was once the leader of Taejin, carrying Chunho on his back and commanding everyone beneath him. Chunho couldn’t take his eyes off his back for a long time, as if contemplating imposing a heavy punishment on him until the very last moment, as if he couldn’t repent for his sins.
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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