The tablet PC spat out a clanging voice.
“Do you know how much this costs?”
Calm eyes followed the video passing through the thick magnifying glass lens.
“Damn it! Stop just running your mouth and do something!”
The unwelcome highpitched voice sliced through the air. The two women, who flinched at the noise, lowered their bodies even further as they knelt on the floor.
The video called “Sinsadong Bully Girl” spread rapidly on the internet.
The controversial video reached the ears of Chairman Park Jong Soon not even a day after it was released.
Even though it was pixelated, Chairman Park’s keen eyesight was not to be underestimated when it came to denying it wasn’t her.
Chairman Park, who had been intently watching the video on the screen, took off her magnifying glasses as if she no longer needed to see.
Her eyes, now stripped of the lens, were filled with a heavier light. That gaze was cast upon the backs of the two trembling women kneeling on the floor.
“Secretary An. Why do I see nonhuman things in my house? Get rid of them immediately.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
A middleaged female secretary bowed her head to the grave command. Chairman Park coolly waved her off and rose from the sofa.
“Chairman!”
Seon Young, who cried out in desperation, grabbed Chairman Park’s retreating slippered foot. At that moment, Chairman Park’s face, which had maintained its composure, distorted sharply.
“I’ll break your hand! You, less than a bug, dare to touch someone!”
Seon Young, shocked by the beastlike fury, quickly let go and once again huddled on the floor.
“Cha, Chairman! Just once! Please forgive me just once.”
Seon Young’s voice, pleading, was urgent.
“…Oh, Oh Hyun Ah! What are you doing, not begging? Hurry up!”
At Seon Young’s urging, Hyun Ah, who had been petrified with fear, also brought her hands together and begged earnestly.
“I, I was wrong, grandmother! Hyun Ah was wrong. Please forgive me just once. Right?”
Ignoring Hyun Ah, Chairman Park stared directly down at Seon Young.
“What did you say when you brought that son of Cheol Joong to see me? Didn’t you say you’d become a burden to Jung Hyuk?”
“I’m, I’m sorry, Chairman…”
“What kind of education did you give your daughter that this scandal is daily news!”
A sliver of a sneer flashed across Chairman Park’s face as she sharply scolded.
She might be lenient with her grandson, but even the heads of decent groups couldn’t muster up the courage to confront Chairman Park, who they called ‘the dude’.
How insignificant must Seon Young have felt, sitting in another’s living room, facing such a person.
“I admired your audacity and ambition, trying to change your daughter’s fate, even as a concubine.”
“Yes! Yes! You did.”
“I even gave you a chance because you pleaded pitifully, promising to guide Jung Hyuk well as a partner, knowing that you’re of lowly birth just for Cheol Joong’s face.”
“I always keep in mind your grace, Chairman.”
“I didn’t have high expectations. But at least the basics, I thought she’d know. But what’s this mess? Even smearing dirt on Jung Hyuk’s face would be more becoming!”
“Well, I made a mistake. I will make sure that such a thing does not happen again, so please just…”
“Even if I wanted to ignore it, it’s too disgraceful. How inadequate! In this world, behaving so indecorously is…”
Chairman Park, clicking his tongue, leaned back onto the sofa again.
The brief flaring of his temper had subsided, and his sharp, wrinkled eyes were staring into space. It did not take long for Chairman Park’s mouth to open again after he had gathered his thoughts.
“To put our Jung Hyuk’s dignity on the line just to straighten out your daughter, is it worth it? We need to reconsider the matter of pairing her with Jung Hyuk.”
At this unexpected announcement, Sun Young, who was at a loss, abruptly lifted her head from the floor.
“Chair… Chairman, you’ve already promised!”
“You arrogant one! Raising your voice in front of me! If you want to argue, go directly to Cheol Jung! Get lost!”
“What do I do! What am I supposed to do now! What if Grandma cancels the wedding!”
Hyun Ah, who had been chased out of Chairman Park’s house, was stomping her feet and whining.
Sun Young, who didn’t have any solutions, could only sigh.
Her insides were boiling over. Even if you put ash on cooked rice, it’s more becoming! The handbag in Sun Young’s trembling hand eventually flew into the air.
Hyun Ah, who was almost popping her eyes out in surprise when her head was hit, clutched the back of her head with a dumbfounded face.
“Ouch! Why did you hit me!”
“How could you do this! What did Mom tell you? To behave properly!”
Tears welled up in the eyes staring at Sun Young. Hyun Ah, who had been pouting, suddenly snapped.
“What did I do wrong? It’s because of the spilled wine, why are you only blaming me! What do we do now! If I can’t marry Brother, Mom will have to take responsibility!”
Sun Young bit her nails in worry. After a while, a calm voice flowed out.
“How is it with Jung Hyuk these days?”
“What?”
“Is he being nice to you?”
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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