“If you say ‘sunbae,’ are you talking about that person Song Minwoo?”
“Yes. You remember, right?”
How could I forget?
‘You must be happy.’
‘If that man makes things difficult again, contact me anytime.’
‘I will… hide you in a place no one can ever find.’
The person who chased after the speeding car and uttered such words.
While Jinwook’s expression darkened, Yeonju, still with a moved expression, was gazing at the mobile.
“Sunbae made every detail of this delicate decoration. Isn’t the craftsmanship amazing?”
“….”
“I’m so touched.”
Jinwook said with a sullen expression.
“It looks ordinary to me.”
“Where is it ordinary?”
“The design is too tacky, and it doesn’t match the wallpaper.”
Yeonju, who couldn’t understand Jinwook’s insides, looked at him and said,
“It’s pretty, though. Why are you like this?”
Seeing Yeonju, who seemed grateful for Minwoo’s contact, Jinwook’s insides were once again disturbed.
Minhee remained alone in the secretary’s office after everyone had left work, working on a report.
These days, her mind was too complicated to concentrate on work. More precisely, it had been like that since meeting Chaerin three days ago.
It was around the time she was finishing reports she couldn’t complete during work hours.
Ring.
The sound of a text message echoed from the phone she had placed next to her. Minhee checked the message.
[If you don’t decide by today, consider my proposal nonexistent.]Looking at the contents of the message, Minhee’s eyes trembled. The one who sent the message was Chaerin.
‘Feed this pill to Kang Yeonju.’
Three days ago, Chaerin had made this absurd proposal.
‘1 billion.’
‘Accept it immediately, and I’ll give you 100 million. If successful, I’ll give you the remaining 900 million right away.’
Thinking about her words again, Minhee shook her head, finding it unreasonable even now.
Minhee was about to express her refusal when the phone rang again. It was a call from her fifteen-year-old youngest sibling, who currently lived with their mother in Incheon.
Minhee answered the call immediately.
“Hello…”
The urgent voice made Minhee’s eyes widen.
“What’s wrong? What happened?”
[Those men came to the store again.]“What?”
[Those people messed up the store, pushed Mom, and all that.]“Yuna, wait. I’ll go right away.”
Ending the call, Minhee immediately grabbed her bag and left the secretary’s office.
Minhee arrived at her home in Incheon by taking a taxi.
Minhee’s mother ran a noodle soup restaurant, and her younger siblings were living there with her. The younger sibling was helping with the store to support their sick mother.
As soon as she arrived home, her younger siblings rushed towards her.
“Sister!”
Minhee looked at her siblings’ faces and spoke.
“Are you okay?”
“It was scary, sister.”
“Are you hurt?”
“We’re not hurt. But Mom says she has a headache and is lying down.”
Minhee immediately entered a small room set up inside the store. There, her mother was lying down, holding her head.
“Mom!”
Minhee touched her mother’s face. Her mother’s face was pale, and there were bruises on her forehead.
“Mom, are you okay?”
“…I’m fine. Why did you bother coming when you’re busy?”
“What’s this bruise? Did those jerks hit you?”
“No, they were causing a ruckus, and I tried to stop them, but I fell.”
Minhee trembled.
“I won’t let those jerks get away with it.”
Minhee, who was about to get up, was stopped by her mother.
“Stay still. If you keep doing this, you’ll be in big trouble! Those guys are really tough!”
“But… how can people torment others like this?”
“What can we do? It’s our fault for borrowing money from those bastards.”
“It wasn’t us; Dad borrowed it!”
Minhee complained, her eyes filled with tears.
Minhee’s father was currently in prison for fraud. Before being imprisoned, he borrowed money from numerous loan sharks, and Minhee’s family had struggled all their lives to repay that debt.
To pay off the debt, they borrowed from another loan shark, and the debt quickly piled up like a snowball. Now, the family was still living as debtors.
Loan sharks would often come to the store, demanding money and threatening them, but today’s situation was severe.
“Minhee, calm down.”
“…”
“I’m okay. Check on your younger siblings.”
With those words, Minhee looked at her mother with a pitiful expression and left the room.
Outside, she looked into the store, but there was no sign of such chaos. Tables were overturned, and utensils were scattered everywhere. Broken glass shards were strewn around.
The youngest sibling approached Minhee and asked, “Sister, is Mom okay?”
“Yeah, she’s still fine, but if she complains of any pain, call 119 immediately. Got it?”
“Okay, I will.”
The sibling said with a dark expression, “Sister, do you have to go back to Seoul today?”
“I have to clean up the store and go back.”
“Sister… Can’t you not go?”
The sibling, with an anxious expression, shed tears.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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