The Season of Prettiest You (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 79

The National Tax Service officers arrived around 2 p.m., and the article was first published at 2:34 p.m. Ji Hyeonjeong wondered: could an article really be finished in just 34 minutes?

For something supposedly written in such a short time, it was implausibly polished. The article was quite lengthy, and examples and evidence were skillfully and appropriately integrated throughout. No matter how she looked at it, this article had clearly been prepared in advance—

as if someone had known exactly how things would unfold.

One of the charges mentioned in the article was something Ji Hyeonjeong herself didn’t even know about yet:

embezzlement of corporate funds.

What nonsense was this? She was merely undergoing a tax audit…

This was clearly fake news.

“Oh Hyunsik?”

A familiar name. Worry clouded Ji Hyeonjeong’s face.

Things seemed to be spiraling far worse than she’d anticipated. Especially the comments attached to the article—they were truly…

She’d lived a life accustomed to praise. Ji Hyeonjeong was a celebrity especially popular among young women, always trailing compliments like “pretty,” “impressive,” and “admirable.”

But this time, every single comment was an insult, many of them crossing into language too vulgar to repeat. Unaccustomed to such harsh criticism, she felt an overwhelming mental anguish.

She knew she shouldn’t read them when feeling vulnerable, yet she’d stayed up all night scouring every comment, hoping against hope to find even a single supportive voice.

Ji Hyeonjeong arrived at work with yesterday’s makeup still on, looking ten years older than she had the day before.

“Where’s the legal team? Let’s hold a meeting.”

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