Feeling unwell yesterday afternoon, the chief director left work early. As soon as she arrived late for work today, she was summoned to Director Moon Young Ran’s study.
“Don’t leave anything behind.”
“……Yes.”
Although she wanted to ask why she had to do so, the chief director firmly shut her mouth.
If one were to question or react to Young Ran’s instructions, it would only stoke her anger further.
“Donate it or burn it, do as you see fit.”
“I understand.”
“Hyuk Joo is coming tomorrow, so I want everything sorted out by then.”
“I understand.”
Upon hearing the chief director’s reply of understanding, Young Ran rose from her seat.
“Eun Soo is no longer part of this household, so tell the staff to watch their tongues.”
“…….”
“Why is there no answer?”
“Why are you doing this……”
“Chief Director?”
“I’m sorry.”
The chief director quickly apologized.
Following Young Ran out of the study, the chief director wondered what had transpired during her absence.
Seeing the directive to clear out all of Eun Soo’s belongings, it seemed to imply that some sort of incident had occurred.
No matter what, it was too soon since the bereavement.
“I’ll come back after dinner.”
“Yes, Director.”
“I’d like it to be done by today, if possible?”
“I will do so.”
Having prepared to leave, Young Ran stood in front of the entrance door crossing the living room. After bidding her farewell, the chief director watched Young Ran walk through the garden.
“Director.”
At the sound of someone calling her, the chief director turned her head.
It was Kim Hee Jung, who assisted with kitchen duties.
“Director told me to pack up Miss Eun Soo’s belongings, so I have sorted them like this for now.”
Hee Jung pointed to a corner of the living room.
Several blue moving boxes were stacked up.
The chief director inspected the contents of the boxes.
They were filled with everything from clothes Eun Soo wore to cosmetics, shoes, and bags.
“I haven’t sorted the items in the study yet. I’m not sure which items belong to Miss Eun Soo……”
“I’ll do it.”
“I can help, too.”
“Alright.”
The two of them ascended to the study on the second floor.
There wasn’t much in the study that could be called Eun Soo’s belongings. There were only a few books and notebooks she had brought before their marriage.
There were so few items that the large box they brought expecting more was almost empty.
“Shouldn’t we contact Miss Eun Soo and send these separately?”
“……She won’t be contactable.”
“Excuse me?”
Hee Jung asked back, surprised.
The Chief Director spoke calmly.
“Set aside anything that seems important. We need to burn the rest.”
“Even so……”
“She left yesterday, didn’t she?”
At the Chief Director’s words, Hee Jung slowly nodded.
Eun Soo had left the house late yesterday afternoon with only one suitcase. It was an incident that occurred long after she and Director Moon Young Ran had gone up to the second floor.
Someone who happened to be cleaning the second floor study had heard Director Moon Young Ran raising her voice in the bedroom.
“That’s……”
Hee Jung was debating whether to share the conversation that had been going around among the employees with the Chief Director.
Considering that the Chief Director had always warned the employees to be careful with their words about the household members, Hee Jung couldn’t help but hesitate.
“What happened?”
“……”
“After you left work yesterday, Director, there was a call to the house. Everyone was told to leave.”
“And then?”
“Everyone left. Because Director ordered so. But Young Sil didn’t hear it because she was cleaning the study.”
Hee Jung was already telling the Chief Director the rough outline of the story.
“It seems like Miss Eun Soo was hiding her illness. That’s why the Director got angry and……”
“She must have been sent somewhere for treatment then.”
“Excuse me?”
“She was ill, wasn’t she?”
“……Ah, yes.”
Nodding her head, Hee Jung responded.
The term ‘kicked out’ was more appropriate than ‘sent for treatment’ in this situation. However, the Chief Director’s use of ‘treatment’ was a message not to inflate the story any further.
“You know, Hee Jung. Miss Eun Soo is not someone who would do anything wrong.”
“Of course. If anything was done wrong, it would have been done by the Director.”
“……”
“No, I’m not saying that happened, I just mean to say it like that. Honestly, I’ve worked in many welloff houses, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone as kind as Miss Eun Soo.”
The Chief Director agreed with Hee Jung’s words.
The socalled welltodo families, the reputed individuals, were different from what they appeared.
Outside, they acted elegantly, but as soon as they entered the space called home, they revealed their true colors that they had been hiding.
Director Moon Young Ran was no different from these people.
To the outside world, Director Moon Young Ran was a successful female entrepreneur, or a cultured person with deep knowledge in arts. But how was she at home?
She persistently pressured her nieceinlaw to have a child, and she received detailed reports on her daily life in case she caused any problems.
“She must be out for a while because she’s not feeling well.”
“……Yes.”
“Don’t throw away her belongings, send them to the villa in Gangwondo.”
“If the Director finds out……”
“No one goes there except for the Vice Director and his wife, so it’s fine.”
“Yes. I’ll tell them to do so.”
Hee Jung was taken aback by the order to send the belongings to the villa instead of throwing them away.
In fact, Hee Jung felt uncomfortable with the directive to dispose of the belongings of someone who was well just yesterday as if they were the belongings of a deceased person.
And it was even more so because they were Eun Soo’s belongings.
“It was last month.”
“Huh?”
“My motherinlaw fell in the bathroom and went to the emergency room. She is quite old and showed symptoms of a concussion, so I was wandering around wondering what to do, and the tears came out absurdly.”
Hee Jung had a habit of talking nonstop once she started. She had been told to correct this habit several times, but she still hadn’t been able to.
The Chief Director thought of Hee Jung’s stories like a radio show while he was packing up.
“Miss Eun Soo saw it. The hospital where Miss Eun Soo’s mother was hospitalized.”
It seemed that Eun Soo must have helped Hee Jung at that time.
With her kind nature, she wouldn’t have just passed by.
“She asked what was going on and helped, and I was very thankful.”
As she recalled the past, Hee Jung sniffled from time to time, as if the emotions were rising.
With a soft sigh, Hee Jung started tidying up the desk again. She, who had been looking at one side of the desk, hesitated and opened her mouth.
“Uh… Chief Director.”
“Why?”
“What should we do with this?”
Hee Jung showed a picture frame. It was a picture of Eun Soo.
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When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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