With a face full of dissatisfaction, he muttered as he tore open the envelope. Under the writing that listed his personal information, embezzlement and breach of trust were written.
“Ha…”
Juhwan slapped his forehead with his hand.
“What on earth is this?”
“I don’t know!”
As Jukyeong approached, Juhwan folded the paper immediately. His throat was dry, and his eyes were stiff. He went to the kitchen and drank two glasses of water in succession.
“Who would dare to…!”
Juhwan thought about who might have reported him.
It had only been a short while since he moved to the sports department. Moreover, he hadn’t embezzled any significant amount there.
“It must be someone from the apparel department. Who would do such a thing?”
Juhwan took off his glasses and put them on the table, rubbing his face with his hands.
“What’s going on? Why do you look so pale?”
“Really…”
“Tell me.”
“Do you think you’ll understand if I tell you?”
“Oh, how can you say such things?”
Jukyeong raised her voice towards Ju-hwan, who was openly ignoring her.
When things were going well, Ju-hwan would occasionally stir up trouble like this.
“You don’t know anything, so when you don’t, just shut your mouth. Saying the same thing made me feel miserable.”
Ju-kyung felt disgusted as Ju-hwan, who had only graduated from college, seemed to handle all kinds of negotiations.
When she was young, she knew nothing, so attracted by his intellectual appearance, she believed Ju-hwan’s words without hesitation. But now, it was different. Living together, she realized that Ju-hwan was just a flashy empty wagon.
“Who on earth schemes like this?”
Ju-hwan breathed heavily as he shuffled through the documents on the dining table. Looking at the document he threw, Ju-kyung’s mouth hung open in surprise.
It was a summons requesting his attendance at the prosecutor’s office.
“What did you do wrong?”
“What did I do wrong?”
“That’s not it. Why are they asking you to come to the prosecutor’s office?”
“I don’t know!”
“Why are you angry at me? You’re a funny person, really.”
Jukyeong clenched her fist in front of her chest and glared at Ju-hwan. However, Ju-hwan, who was already angry, saw nothing in front of him.
He was preoccupied with the thought of finding out who had reported him and subjected him to such humiliation.
“I’ll make sure to expose whoever it is. Kim Team Leader seemed suspicious… No, the Accounting Manager, that bastard with less flexibility than an ant hole, might be involved. Who else…?”
Ju-hwan counted the suspicious employees one by one. But his finger kept bending. There seemed to be so many employees who didn’t treat him kindly.
Bending and straightening his fingers repeatedly, Ju-hwan, who was lost in thought, was addressed by Jukyeong as if scolding him.
“It’s not important right now.”
“What?”
“Instead of thinking about who reported you, wouldn’t it be better to find a lawyer? No, ask Eunsoo for help.”
“But I can’t reach her. How can I ask for help from her? And if I tell her that I’m in trouble, will she file a complaint against me and help me?”
“That’s true.”
Jukyeong nodded.
Her father would surely be pleased to hear this story, as if a tooth was pulled from a crying child.
“Then tell your capable son-in-law. If you say you’re being dragged to the prosecutor’s office, it won’t be good for your son-in-law either, right? He won’t help you?”
“Right!”
Ju-hwan’s unfocused eyes, like spoiled pollack eyes, suddenly sparkled. He quickly regained composure.
If he got involved in such an unfortunate incident, it would also be a loss for Hyukjoo.
Ju-hwan found Hyukjoo’s number on his phone. However, the moment he tried to make the call, his finger abruptly stopped.
“Why hesitate? Call him quickly.”
Seeing Ju-hwan hesitate, Jukyeong urged him impatiently.
“Quiet down! You should think before you act!”
Ju-hwan shouted loudly.
Even if he said he would call right away, Seongjeong, colder than an iceberg, couldn’t refuse to help him. He had to say that the suffering he was going through would also have a negative impact on Seongjeong, groaning as much as possible.
But what if Seongjeong drew a line?
Anxious, Ju-hwan began to organize what to say on a blank sheet of paper.
“Why do you go to such lengths? You’re really frustrating.”
“You keep running your mouth without knowing anything? Since you’re so smart, just shut up and go into your room!”
“Anyway, you think you’re the only one important.”
“That’s right!”
Ju-hwan raised his hand high.
Lately, he hadn’t liked what Jukyeong was doing. Ever since he, the CEO of an apparel company, moved to a local sports team, Jukyeong openly ignored him.
Living off the goodwill of someone and not even realizing it.
Sighing deeply, Ju-hwan started writing down what he wanted to say on the paper again.
Jukyeong, who looked at him with disdain, chuckled and went into her room.
“Laughable, really.”
Sitting at the end of the bed, Jukyeong muttered with a face full of dissatisfaction.
Ju-hwan, pretending to be smart on any topic without any actual ability, was amusing.
After drinking, he would talk like a folk song, explaining how he climbed up from the lowest position in the sales department to become the CEO of a famous apparel company. At first, people applauded, but after living together for a few years, it became tiresome.
“Heyeon worked hard, chasing after the wives of superiors to get promoted. That’s a position earned through her abilities. Eunsoo became the daughter-in-law of the famous Jin Group, but what about you? You’re just making pathetic remarks.”
Jukyeong raised her chin with a face full of disdain.
“Wait a minute…”
Then, she soon fell into thought.
“If he cuts ties with Mingjin, won’t it be a mess?”
Jukyeong bit her lip.
The situation didn’t seem so good.
Did Mingjin really not know about this?
“I don’t know. It doesn’t make sense.”
Jukyeong covered her face with her hands, then uncovered it.
There was no reason to cling to a sinking ship.
Jukyeong made a call somewhere.
“Real estate? I want to put it up for urgent sale, lowering the price a bit from the market value.”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
