Although the alarm went off as scheduled, the person’s arrival seemed a bit earlier than expected.
Jiyoon belatedly bowed her head, and as she approached the desk, Hajun, limping, went to the sofa and sat down.
Looking at Hajun’s cast leg with an annoyed expression, he seemed uncomfortable.
“You’ll get used to it as time goes by. Still, the uncle’s leg isn’t broken; it’s just a sprain.”
“…….”
“People like me are living well too. Cheer up.”
While saying so, Jiyoon exaggeratedly lifted her right leg and circled around the office.
“Is your leg uncomfortable?”
“Yes. I had an accident. A somewhat ridiculous one.”
“I’m Yoon Hajun. Call me Oppa, no… call me Hyung.”
“Yes? Hyung? Look at this uncle. Excuse me. Take a good look!”
Jiyoon stood up, slammed the desk, and boldly threw off the bomber jacket. Then, her glamorous figure, clad in a snug crop top, was revealed.
Next, she sequentially took off the hood and cap, sweeping her vibrant long hair flowing down with her hand.
“I’m a woman. Can’t I freely change someone else’s precious child’s gender?”
“Oh! I’m sorry.”
“A lot of people think I’m a guy. That’s part of my plan. Besides, since it’s our lawyer’s client, it’s okay.”
Planned that? What’s the meaning of that?
Hajun looked at Jiyoon with an unjust gaze. However, it became awkward to keep staring at the exposed midriff in the crop top, so he lowered his gaze.
“Go ahead, sir. Breakfast for you. For now, it’ll be toast for breakfast, whatever I feel like for lunch, and as our lawyer wants for dinner.”
She placed coffee and packed toast in front of Hajun. Instead of going back to the desk, she sat across from him, resting her chin on her hands.
Hajun, feeling uncomfortable with her piercing gaze, sighed softly and pulled the coffee toward him.
Morning with Chairman Usuho Hae Song’s funeral.
As the funeral procession led by Danwoo revealed itself, reporters who were waiting outside the guideline clicked their cameras simultaneously.
Three days ago, Jang Jibsa, who oversees the household affairs of the Hae Song family, visited the representative office of Danwoo, which represents Hae Song’s family.
He conveyed the news of Chairman Usuho’s critical condition and wished for Danwoo to protect Imjong.
The prosecution, citing the possibility of escape, maintained the detention of Usuho and Ujeonghyeon, drawing public attention.
So, for the past two days, Danwoo, representing Hae Song family, had been guarding Chairman Usuho’s bier.
Although Hae Song Group committed crimes against innocent citizens, the footsteps mourning Chairman Usuho, who led South Korea’s economy, continued throughout the funeral.
And, representatives from politics and business questioned Danwoo, placing a mark on him regarding the future of Hae Song Group. However, Danwoo kept his lips sealed.
A few days later.
News spread that the will of Chairman Usuho, which had been shrouded in speculation and rumors due to a sudden traffic accident, would be revealed.
Danwoo, who received an invitation to attend, entered the meeting room of the legal office at Geon Guk, the promised place.
“Please, have a seat here.”
In the meeting room, Soa Choe, the current representative of Usuho, and his daughter and son-in-law were already present.
As Danwoo entered, resentful glances, as if predetermined, followed him.
It was understandable since all of them had been enjoying wealth and power as members of the Hae Song family for the past several decades.
But these days, no matter where they went, they were criticized, and there was a possibility they might lose their representative position in the group’s subsidiaries.
Danwoo, who made them what they were, appearing at the funeral and now revealing the will, made him an ‘eyesore.’
When Danwoo took his seat, Jang Jibsa, who had been sitting at the end of the table, handed an old cellphone to the lawyer.
After confirming all the attendees, the lawyer spoke up, “Chairman, through our law firm, had prepared a will in advance. However, just after the traffic accident, while moving to the hospital, he left a video file.”
The lawyer played the video left by Chairman Usuho on the cellphone.
[Using the name of Hae Song, strip away the management qualifications of the child who committed illegal acts and their offspring, donate all assets registered in my name to society. This will applies to both the eldest son, Sunho, and the second son, Danwoo, and…]
Following that, he asked Jang Jibsa to handle the aftermath and mentioned leaving a video to freeze the will already prepared.
The lawyer recited the effectiveness of the will, stating that the shares were transferred to Danwoo.
Danwoo asserted that Chairman Usuho knew about Sunho’s corruption at the time of recording that video. And perhaps the actions committed against his mother and me.
“If you knew, you could have at least made a call. It seems you wanted to trust Sunho to the end just because he’s your son.”
However, it seemed he did not anticipate his own traffic accident.
At that moment, Usuho’s wife, Soa Choe, suddenly scolded the lawyer.
“Hey, Choi Byeon. Do you know how long I’ve been taking care of that gentleman who barely breathes?”
When faced with the impending resignation of the position as the representative of Hae Song Art Museum, Soa Choe, unable to endure the situation, showed signs of anger.
Usuho’s two daughters and sons-in-law also scolded the lawyer, unable to accept reality.
Watching their reactions, Danwoo bit back his frustration.
“Taking care of him like you’ve been nursing him. Anyone would think you personally did the nursing.”
He recalled the moment he found Chairman Usuho, relying on a ventilator in a spacious room at the Hae Song family’s detached house when he sneaked in.
Then, after the lawyer mentioned the matters to be decided at the shareholders’ meeting and left the seat, Soa Choe and her daughters and sons-in-law, complaining about the lawsuit, rushed out in a crowd.
The last remaining Jang Jibsa approached Danwoo and handed him an envelope.
“What’s this?”
“The shares that Chairman wanted to leave to you on the day of the accident.”
“…”
“The Chairman intended to show the board that by transferring these shares to you, the succession of management rights would not be limited to you alone.”
Danwoo thought of the shares returned by Jang Jibsa, the shares inherited through the will’s disclosure, and the shares invested in Hae Song Group through Jeil Holdings.
It was a moment when he held the sword to choose the survival of the crisis-ridden Hae Song Group.
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.”
