“It doesn’t make sense that you, who is not all that impressive, are Min Chul’s girlfriend. Isn’t it so?”
Her sharp words, like shattered pieces of glass, flew straight into her heart.
“And do you think Min Chul’s family would accept a girl like you who has nothing special as their daughterinlaw? They would probably accept someone like me as the first daughterinlaw of the Seong Group.”

“What? What did you just say… What group?”
“You’re not about to tell me you didn’t know Min Chul is the eldest son of the Chairman of Seong Group, are you?”
“….”
She didn’t know. She had no idea.

He had only ever mentioned that his father ran a small business and that he wanted to help out modestly after graduation.

That’s how she found out his true identity, and she felt the distance between them.

A week had passed since she started avoiding Min Chul’s persistent contact.

A call came from an unknown number.
[Is this Su Ah’s phone?] It was a middleaged woman’s voice.
“Yes, I’m Su Ah. Who is this?”
[I’m Min Chul’s mom. Could we meet for a moment?] And so, she found herself face to face with Min Chul’s mother at a café near the school.
“I’m sorry for asking to meet so abruptly.”
“No, it’s fine. But why…”
“Yesterday, Min Chul came home and said he wants to marry Su Ah.”
“Marriage?”
He had always hesitated and dodged the topic whenever marriage was brought up, and now he suddenly wanted to get married. She was flabbergasted.

Min Chul’s mother continued speaking in an eerily calm voice.
“Marriage isn’t a game for children, it can’t be done with just any girl, right?”
“….”
“I have no intention of stopping them if it’s just a relationship. It has always been that way. But marriage is a different matter.”
“….”
“There will come a time, Su Ah, when you will feel it too. How important it is for people of the same level to meet and marry.”
After finishing her speech, Min Chul’s mother took a white envelope out of her bag and placed it on the table.
“Thank you for the happy times you’ve spent with our Min Chul. Please consider this a token of appreciation for those times.”

Her wavering gaze lingered on the envelope.

The precious time she had spent with Min Chul had been calculated in terms of money and was now contained within that envelope.

It was then that she first realized.

A person could be made miserable and pitiful by a single envelope.
“I can’t accept this.”
“It’s okay. It’s just a token of gratitude.”
“No. I won’t accept it. And there will be no marriage with Min Chul, so don’t worry. I should get going.”
She hurriedly got up and left the café.

On the way back, Su Ah, who could not bear to meet him or even make a phone call, sent a message to end things.

She had cried so much all night that she was bedridden for a week, unable to even step outside the door.

Fearful of encountering him, she spent each day until graduation with an anxious heart.

And then, after a while, news came that the two had set a date for their wedding.

“What? Who did you meet?”
“…Kim Ji Soo.”
Returning home, Su Ah confided to Da Eun about meeting Ji Soo.
“I can’t believe it. I thought I would never hear that name again, and you meet her of all people?”
“Exactly. I didn’t want to meet her ever again either.”
“She ruined someone’s life, and she seems to be living well?”
“She hasn’t… gotten married.”
“What?”
“She asked if I was in contact with Min Chul, saying she hadn’t married.”
“She brought up Min Chul? She’s really crazy, huh? Hey! You don’t need to pay attention to a crazy person like that. You have Ha Joon now.”
Ha Joon. Right. I have Ha Joon.

Not someone from a grand family, but an ordinary office worker with whom I could have the normal relationship I wanted.
“That’s right. There’s no need to remember such a person. It’s enough to forget.”

Su Ah vowed to erase him and her from her memory as if they were people she had never known.

Even then, Su Ah didn’t know.

The day when she would face her once again was approaching.

The next morning.

The gazes of Su Ah and Da Eun were fixed on the computer monitor.

In the silence where no conversation was exchanged,

The only thing that broke the quiet was the regular sound of the mouse and Su Ah’s fingers clicking.

8:59… 9:00!

Finally, the clock pointed to nine.
“Ah, I can’t watch. Da Eun, you look for me.”
Su Ah, perhaps lacking courage, pushed the mouse she had been holding aside.
“Hoo, hoo.”
Even Da Eun, who usually had no hesitation, seemed nervous, taking deep breaths in and out.

After a few deep breaths, she clicked the mouse.

[Winner’s registration number 264972.]

As she mumbled the number that appeared on the screen and compared it with the registration receipt in her hand, a message arrived on Su Ah’s phone.

[Registration number 264972, congratulations on winning the Hyun Sung Group Marketing Idea Contest. The awards ceremony will be held at the headquarters. Detailed information is attached via a link. Once again, we sincerely congratulate you.] “Su Ah! It worked! Finally, it worked!”
“…..”
“Hey! Lee Su Ah! Why are you reacting like this? You’re the winner. You’re in first place!”
“…..Da Eun, pinch my cheek for me.”
At Su Ah’s words, Da Eun pinched her cheek with all her strength.
“Ouch!”
With a single word, Su Ah clutched her cheek.
“It hurts! It really hurts! This isn’t a dream, right?”
“Yes! It’s not a dream! It’s real. It’s real.”
“Kyaaa! What do I do! What do I do!”
Only then, as if it had finally sunk in, a scream burst from Su Ah’s mouth.

“You worked hard preparing for this. I’m truly proud of you, Lee Su Ah.”
“Thanks. It’s all because of you.”
A friend who willingly went through the warlike preparation process with her.

Without Da Eun’s help, Su Ah wouldn’t have even dared to apply for the contest.

The two of them hugged each other, shedding tears of joy as if to comfort the hardships they had endured.
“Mom, I’m telling you, I really passed!”
Su Ah had to explain to her disbelieving parents for quite a while before she could finally hang up the phone.
“Are you that happy?”
Da Eun asked, looking at Su Ah, who was laughing and blushing.
“Yes, I’m happy! I’m so happy that it still doesn’t feel real!”
Surprising, happy, grateful, nervous, and expectant.

Su Ah didn’t know how to express the feelings that were changing every second, so she just kept repeating that she was happy.

Could it be that good?

Looking at Su Ah, who was showing a side of her she had never seen before, Da Eun also smiled, feeling good and continued speaking.
“Aren’t you going to call Ha Joon? You should brag to him over the phone.”
“He said he was going on a business trip starting today. He’s probably very busy by now. And I plan to show him the award certificate and brag about it after the awards ceremony.”
“Well, that’s not a bad idea either. Anyway, congratulations on finally achieving your dream of getting a job at a large corporation.”
“Yeah, thanks.”
And so, a day full of congratulations passed.

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Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she

really disliked him

Short intro:

What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.

Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.

Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!

She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.

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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.

This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!

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Synopsis:

Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…

A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead

vs.

An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead

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