The report from 조한신문 (Jo Han Shinmun) was as follows:
Last year, UnionTA’s CEO Yoon Tae-ha, who caused a sensation in the IT industry by selling 49% of shares to Korea Edu and becoming a subsidiary, is now facing controversy as he approaches marriage. The prospective bride, seven years his junior, is known to have been Yoon’s private tutor since he was in middle school and is currently an ordinary office worker.
At first glance, it might seem like a straightforward reporting of a businessman’s marriage, but within, the seeds of controversy were maliciously sown.
As expected, the aftermath of the article was tremendous.
The company name UnionTA’s “TA” stands for “Teenager’s Assistant.” It started as an app providing nationwide elementary/middle/high school meal menus and now offers various apps for teenagers, including a tutoring matchmaking app.
Moreover, it is now a subsidiary of a large educational company.
The fact that the CEO of such a company is marrying the private tutor who taught him since middle school!
The first to be shocked were the parents.
[DASH] Isn’t this crazy? You called him to teach, and now he’s marrying your son! [DASH] With such a capable son, the parents must be out of their minds. [DASH] I can’t imagine letting him tutor my child now; it’s too scary.Apart from parents, netizens’ opinions were divided into two camps.
[DASH] Since middle school, isn’t this not love but minor gaslighting? [DASH] They could have started dating as adults. What’s the problem? [DASH] That’s right. There are cases of high school teachers marrying their students sometimes, so what’s the issue? [DASH] Still, middle school teachers aren’t usually included, right?In the midst of heated discussions, a post along with a photo was shared on a community. It was a sticker photo in the style that was popular a decade ago.
[DASH] [LOL] I’m a college friend of the prospective bride, K. Back then, she used to boast to her friends, saying the kid she taught looked like an idol, and she shared a sticker photo with each friend. I found it in my diary from back then, so I’m posting it.In the photo, an adult woman was pretending to kiss the cheek of a male student in a school uniform.
If it were obviously a child, it might have seemed innocent, but considering it’s a middle schooler with a tall and mature appearance, it looked more ambiguous.
As this photo spread across various communities, netizen opinions leaned strongly in one direction.
[DASH] Wow, this [star icon][star icon] is a middle school uniform? I graduated from there. [DASH] Then they’ve been dating since middle school! [DASH] Clearly, she must have tamed him to only see her from an early age.The part of the article stating that the prospective bride is an ordinary office worker also triggered people’s anger.
A young entrepreneur with assets in the tens of billions marrying a much younger, ordinary woman in her twenties—this couldn’t be a normal marriage. Therefore, the logic emerged that it was not love but the result of continuous gaslighting since adolescence.
The situation continued to escalate. Other media outlets, in addition to 조한신문 (Jo Han Shinmun), eagerly reported on it.
[DASH] CEO Yoon Tae-ha, suspicion of gaslighting a minor intensifies. [DASH] Over 10 parent groups announce a boycott of UnionTA services. [DASH] Shares of major company 한국에듀 (Korea Edu) drop 10% in a single day.A formidable, ominous woman, a criminal who meddled with a minor.
Si-hyun became known as such overnight.
[Star icon]Employees of Future Bank gathered from the morning, gossiping incessantly. They had been talking all day yesterday, but it didn’t die down. It was like a magical gum that, no matter how much you chewed, never lost its sweetness.
“Did Manager Kang Si-hyun not show up for work yesterday?”
“I heard she took a day off. How many days won’t we see her?”
“It’s become a nationwide rumor; how can she show her face?”
Among the people who were excitedly gossiping, there were also employees who knew Si-hyun personally.
At first, when news broke that Si-hyun was dating Director Yoon Tae-ha, there were congratulations, inquiries about when they would receive wedding invitations, but eventually, they felt a pang of discomfort.
“It’s suspicious. Whenever I asked Director Yoon where and when they met, he shut his mouth tight.”
“There must have been something going on.”
“I didn’t see Manager Kang Si-hyun that way. This is why they say you never really know someone.”
In the midst of this, there were also those who cautiously supported Si-hyun.
“But still, I don’t think Manager Kang would do that. Even if they met in middle school, they’re respectable adults now, so what’s the big deal?”
“What are you saying? Did you see the picture that went viral on the internet yesterday?”
One employee gave a sly smile, pulled out their phone, and boldly showed the same photo that had spread across various communities yesterday.
“Oh, Director Yoon looked the same even in middle school.”
“That’s because he probably saw a kid as a man.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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