In reality, if I had drunk one less glass of alcohol, none of this would have happened.
If so, would anything have changed?
Could I have kept Pandora’s box closed?
“Come on! Teams 1 and 2. Let’s work a little harder!”
In a barbecue restaurant in Gangnam, Seoul.
Everyone headed towards the restaurant with a rotten expression due to the unexpected dinner schedule.
The pretense was plausible.
The marketing plans of Team 1 and Team 2 for the new smartphone R7, to be launched by Hanshin Electronics, were put forward for final review.
They were to pass the stringent assessment of ‘that’ Wireless Business Division’s marketing planning.
At the boisterous voice of Director Lee, everyone raised their glasses.
“Let’s give our best for next week’s final PT. Drink up!”
“For the cause!”
“Oh, especially our new manager Shin. Order anything you want, the expectations are high from the Team 1 plan.”
If you want us to give our best, you should let us go home.
What the heck is this all of a sudden?
“Thank you, Director. I’ve been wanting to eat beef, how did you know?”
The remaining scholarship money was ample.
She had to regurgitate her Master’s scholarship as she stopped her doctoral studies.
Hang in there, Shin Yeon.
“Manager Shin. Is this your first domestic planning for Hanshin Electronics?”
A comment likely from the Director’s mouth flowed out of Team 2’s Kim Jae Hee.
“Yes, Manager Kim. It’s my first time.”
“You know we were in charge of planning last year, right? The Wireless Business Division work is not easy. It’s demanding, sensitive, and there’s a lot to review.”
Shin Yeon felt the vibe as soon as she opened her mouth.
“Our Manager Shin is a very capable talent, so she will do well. But the experience itself is at deputy level, right?”
As expected, she started to brag about being early in joining the company.
“If you lack experience, contact me whenever you need help. Even if we are competing teams, we can at least help each other. We are tight!”
Kim Jae Hee induced a toast while laughing warmly.
“Wow. Our Manager Kim has such a generous heart! Comradeship beyond competition!”
“Oh, Director, you’re too kind. We are also college classmates, so we help each other.”
She was subtly cornering her opponent and playing the cool big shot.
“Yes, Manager Kim. So the responsibility feels heavy.”
Normally, I would have let it slide, but on a day like this, I just couldn’t.
“I’m afraid you might mess up like the R6 plan last year.”
Even if it made her seem a bit sensitive.
“……”
As soon as Shin Yeon finished her sentence, a chilly air descended on the restaurant.
The R6 was a phone that Hanshin Electronics screwed up big time after its launch last year, and the team in charge of marketing at the time was Team 2, where Kim Jae Hee belonged.
“Manager Shin! The smartphone R6 didn’t fail because of the plan, but because the product itself was……!”
“Ah! Why are you all like this at a pleasant gathering? Cough, cough, let’s all work hard! Drink, drink!”
“For the win!”
Seriously, what can the marketing team do about an exploding phone battery?
Kim Jae Hee’s unjustified grumbling continued endlessly, but Shin Yeon lightly ignored it and gulped down the Soju and beer mix in front of her.
“Manager Shin. Don’t worry. Manager Kim is worried. Afraid she might be pushed out at the final judgment.”
At that moment, Deputy Min came over and whispered as if to comfort her.
Shin Yeon smiled faintly at her.
“Don’t worry. That one’s natural talent is to freak out.”
Kim Jae Hee’s eyes widened at the loud voice, obviously meant to be heard.
Shin Yeon quietly mouthed the word ‘what’, then moved her gaze back to her glass.
What are you going to do? Are you going to grab her by the hair in front of the boss?
Gulp, gulp.
Contrary to her gloomy mood, the Soju and beer mix tasted unusually sweet today.
.
.
.
How much had she drunk?
“Ah, my head hurts.”
Buzz.
Shin Yeon felt a slight spinning sensation, and shook her head vigorously to regain her senses.
“Manager. Didn’t you drink too much?”
Deputy Min was worried about Shin Yeon, who seemed to be drinking excessively today.
“That’s right. I need to go to the restroom for a moment.”
Shin Yeon raised her hand to signal she was fine, then grabbed the table to get up.
All because of Kim Jae Hee.
Why did she upset people with such terrible news first thing in the morning?
“Ah!”
Was it because she had been sitting for too long?
As soon as Shin Yeon stood up, she unknowingly tilted as if she was about to fall.
“Be careful.”
And. The one who quickly caught the almost falling Shin Yeon was the new employee.
“Ah, thank you.”
As Shin Yeon briefly thanked him and tried to pass by.
“Stop drinking.”
An unfamiliar sentence landed in Shin Yeon’s ear.
The voice was clearly the new employee’s, but the tone was very different.
‘What…? Did he say that to me?’
Shin Yeon quickly turned her head to look at him, but he had already returned to his seat.
He was pouring an empty glass with his usual clear expression.
“I must have… misheard?”
Our new employee is not the kind of person who talks like that….
In Shin Yeon’s spinning and dizzy gaze, it was the most vivid moment.
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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