The Empire's Servant - Chapter 18

As Je Guk approached Hyun Baek Hap, he couldn’t help but make a disgusted expression.

He was amazed at how she could disappoint people like this every time.

He also wondered what made her so upset that she barged into the meeting and caused a scene.

However, he wasn’t free enough to consider Hyun Baek Hap’s circumstances, nor did he want to.

Hyun Baek Hap glared at Je Guk with bloodshot eyes.

Although he didn’t believe her from the beginning, the energy of the person who had collapsed not long ago seemed to pierce the sky.

“Will you be dragged out, or will you leave on your own?”

Je Guk spoke firmly, putting strength into his voice.

He wanted to shout, but he didn’t want to become the same kind of person as Hyun Baek Hap.

“What?”

Hyun Baek Hap asked Je Guk with an arrogant expression, as if she was dumbfounded.

“Ah, of course you’re being asked to leave the room right now. But before that, apologize.”

Je Guk was embarrassed in front of the staff because of Hyun Baek Hap’s reckless attitude.

“Even if you apologize, there’s no guarantee that the head of the legal department won’t take legal action.”

“Who are you telling to apologize now!”

At that moment, the security team rushed in.

Je Guk gestured to the security team to wait for a moment.

“Apologize. To the head of the legal department and the staff here.”

Hyun Baek Hap clenched her fists, turning red to the tips of her ears.

Je Guk looked at his wristwatch. He was already busy, and with Hyun Baek Hap added, he was starting to get annoyed.

“If you can’t do it, we’ll report it and have you arrested for a current offense.”

Je Guk turned his eyes towards the CCTV.

“You think you’ll be fine after doing this to me?”

Hyun Baek Hap made an unbelievable expression and even shook her head.

‘Fine’, Je Guk laughed inwardly.

He was always surprised at how Hyun Baek Hap had become so arrogant.

Feeling that no conversation was necessary, Je Guk gave a look to the security personnel.

As the security personnel moved, Hyun Baek Hap glared at them like a weasel.

“Just touch my body!”

At Hyun Baek Hap’s command, the security personnel hesitated.

“Report it to the police first.”

At Je Guk’s words, the security personnel moved without hesitation.

“No, these things!”

Hyun Baek Hap reached out towards the staff member holding a cell phone. Then she threw the cell phone he was holding on the floor.

“It’s fine. I’ll do it.”

In the end, Je Guk took out his own cell phone. Je Guk looked at Hyun Baek Hap with an expression that said to try doing the same thing to him.

Hyun Baek Hap clenched her fists and trembled.

Je Guk stared at Hyun Baek Hap and confronted her. It was the moment Je Guk was about to bring the cell phone to his ear.

“Do it! I’ll apologize.”

Je Guk stopped the call he was about to make and watched Hyun Baek Hap.

“Head of the legal department, I was quite angry, so I did that. I’m sorry.”

Hyun Baek Hap apologized as if throwing the words and glared at Je Guk once before storming out of the meeting room.

Je Guk’s head started to hurt, wondering if he should now place a security team in front of the meeting room as well.

“Head of the department, are you alright?”

Je Guk asked the head of the legal department in a low voice.

“Yes, I’m fine.”

The head of the legal department acted calmly. However, the faces of the staff were still pale.

It wasn’t an atmosphere that could be easily resolved even if he tried to take care of it.

“I will handle the rest of the contents with a report.”

Je Guk stopped the meeting in consideration of the head of the legal department’s heavy heart.

No matter how busy he was, he couldn’t ask the head of the legal department to sit there again in this situation.

Je Guk got up from his seat first so that the legal department staff could relax.

Coming out of the meeting room, Je Guk let out a long sigh.

Je Guk wasn’t in the mood to go into the office and sit down either. His steps naturally headed towards the rooftop.

The moment he was about to open the rooftop door, his cell phone vibrated.

Je Guk checked who the call was from.

It was from Chairman Lee.

He was about to not answer the call, but he answered it in case Chairman Lee’s anger would go to the head of the legal department if Je Guk avoided the call.

“Yes.”

– Come to the chairman’s office right now! Before I go to the board room!

Chairman Lee must have heard about what had just happened.

Knowing well that Chairman Lee was the type of person who had to vent his emotions anywhere to feel satisfied, Je Guk headed to the chairman’s office without a long word.

The expressions of the secretaries who saw Je Guk were pale.

“I, I’ll guide you.”

The secretary’s voice trembled as he said that.

“I’ll knock and go in.”

Je Guk strode into the chairman’s office.

Hyun Baek Hap and Chairman Lee were sitting side by side on the sofa in the chairman’s office.

Hyun Baek Hap was already holding a handkerchief in her hand, seemingly having cried.

Je Guk barely suppressed a laugh that almost came out. Hyun Baek Hap no longer looked like a person to him.

“Je Guk, you!”

Chairman Lee shouted at Je Guk.

“What are you doing in front of the subordinates! Hurry up and apologize to your mother!”

Mother, Je Guk doubted his ears.

Maybe he wanted to show a reliable side as a husband. But even so, there was no reason for Je Guk to go along with it.

“Did you say mother?”

Je Guk spoke with a stiff expression and tone.

“You see. I was treated like this because you treat me like I don’t exist. Sob.”

Hyun Baek Hap cried pitifully. Then Chairman Lee put a lot of strength into his body and used his character on Je Guk.

Je Guk was dumbfounded but showed no reaction at all.

“Hurry up and apologize to her! Say you won’t do that again!”

“Please behave properly from now on. If you like that position, act in a way that fits that position.”

Je Guk reprimanded Hyun Baek Hap, and Hyun Baek Hap’s expression soured. The crying sound continued.

“Oh my, sob. Honey, I’ll just leave this house.”

Chairman Lee slammed the table and stood up from his seat. Then he suddenly slapped Je Guk’s cheek.

At that moment, a wicked smile spread across Hyun Baek Hap’s lips.

Je Guk couldn’t believe this situation where Chairman Lee was glaring at him as if he would kill him, and Hyun Baek Hap was smiling over his shoulder.

Je Guk was so perplexed that he felt like his body was floating.

It was the first time Chairman Lee had acted so recklessly towards Je Guk.

Je Guk closed his eyes tightly and opened them, coming to his senses.

“Sigh…”

Taking a deep breath, he calmed his excitement. Even trying to understand Chairman Lee, he couldn’t help but think that he was taking an unreasonable move.

Does he believe that he can handle this situation with a slap? Does he want to at least put some strength on his shoulders in front of his cunning wife?

“Hurry up and apologize!”

Chairman Lee shouted at Je Guk again.

At that sound, Je Guk concluded that it was a part he didn’t have to try to understand.

“I came to tell you this. Accept the summons from the prosecution. If not, you will no longer receive the assistance of Cheonha Group’s legal department.”

“What! What?!”

Je Guk made a bold move.

With the help of the head of the legal department, he couldn’t hide the existence of the servant forever.

Now that the head of the legal department had been treated like that, there was a need to draw a clear line.

Chairman Lee also seemed surprised, as if he didn’t expect Je Guk to mention the withdrawal of the legal department.

It was because he knew the capabilities of Cheonha Group’s legal department better than anyone else.

Chairman Lee’s attitude faltered. Hyun Baek Hap’s crying also subsided.

“You know that the legal department can’t move without my approval.”

Je Guk properly confronted Chairman Lee.

He could no longer stand the sight of Hyun Baek Hap treating Cheonha Group as a money line and Chairman Lee neglecting such a situation.

“How could you do this to your father after I raised you?”

If it was an appeal to emotion when things had come to this point, he didn’t want to hear it.

“I will take it that my intention has been conveyed and I will leave now.”

Je Guk bowed slightly and turned around.

The secretaries in the boardroom tried to stand up and greet Je Guk as usual, but they hesitated.

Je Guk wondered if it was because of his expression, then felt a stinging sensation at the end of his lips.

When he wiped his lips with the back of his hand, there was blood on it.

When Je Guk raised his head again, the secretaries in the boardroom showed a reaction similar to the secretaries in the chairman’s office.

“Tell the head secretary to come in.”

“Yes, director.”

Noticing the secretaries being conscious of him, Je Guk quickly entered the director’s office.

Je Guk stood in front of the glass window in the director’s office.

“Sigh…”

He kept sighing. He felt like he had to at least loosen his tie to survive.

Je Guk made up his mind to dig into areas that he couldn’t touch due to today’s events.

“Did you call for me, director?”

The head secretary came in.

When Je Guk turned to face the head secretary, he showed a disapproving look at Je Guk’s appearance.

“Director…”

Je Guk knew what the head secretary was trying to say.

“It’s embarrassing, so don’t ask about my face.”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I heard that the head of the legal department was harmed…”

It was absurd that in the meeting room, the head of the legal department, and in the chairman’s office, Je Guk, were getting slapped.

When Je Guk closed his eyes tightly and opened them, the head secretary reduced his words and bowed his head.

“We need to find out how Hyun Baek Hap was able to multiply her funds.”

“Are you referring to the stock price data?”

“No. Before that, there must be a specific route through which Hyun Baek Hap got her hands on that enormous amount of funds.”

That was also something the head secretary had doubts about.

Because he had already attached people to the Cheonha Museum side to dig into the source of the funds.

Je Guk couldn’t bring himself to say that the chairman’s office, which was also suspected of being another route, should be investigated.

“Ha…”

The head secretary waited quietly until Je Guk continued speaking.

For the sake of Cheonha Group, he had to be cold-hearted. Je Guk hardened his resolve again.

“Please find out if there are any company funds that have leaked out through the chairman’s office’s approval.”

Je Guk spoke firmly.

“I know it’s a difficult task. But in order to prevent a crisis for Cheonha Group, we need to uncover it without any trouble, even now.”

“Yes, director.”

It was a difficult task for Je Guk as well, but he had to face the truth in order to solve it.

An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most

One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.

This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:

1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.

It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.

(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)

2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.

The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.

3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.

Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).

Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.

Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.

4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).

5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!