30 minutes ago.
“His jaw must be dislocated.”
“Even Manager Han got married.”
“Me?”
“How can I date when I hardly get a day off? The person, who used to leave work on time and refused to come to work on weekends, has changed. Because of that, my workload has doubled.”
Manager Han gave Jaehyuk a sly remark as he couldn’t wipe the smile off his face.
“I raised your salary. It’s more than double now.”
“Yes, yes. So, I shouldn’t be working, right?”
Even with Manager Han’s words, Jaehyuk couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from rising.
They say love and coughing can’t be hidden, and every time he thought of Arin, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“I guess I really need to date. My stomach hurts so much.”
“Yeah, go ahead. You can spend your birthday alone.”
Then, it happened.
Manager Han’s phone started ringing.
“It’s Secretary Yoon.”
At the mention of Secretary Yoon, Jaehyuk’s smile vanished instantly.
Getting a call from Secretary Yoon, who was supposed to leave work, was undoubtedly unusual.
“Answer it.”
Secretary Yoon had received a special mission to shadow Secretary Shin since some time ago.
A month ago, Secretary Yoon noticed that Secretary Shin’s behavior was strange.
The first one to notice was Secretary Yoon, who entered the company at the same time as Secretary Shin and maintained a closer relationship than typical colleagues in the secretary’s office.
However, one day, Secretary Shin became visibly uneasy whenever someone called him.
No one said anything to Secretary Shin, but they observed him and eventually left the room.
[“Secretary Shin, what crime did you commit? Why are you so fidgety? Like an itchy puppy.”] [“Wha…what crime, crime did I commit?”] [“What? It’s a joke. Seriously, what’s going on?”]Upon Secretary Yoon’s joking words, she noticed Secretary Shin’s face pale, and something seemed off.
The decisive moment was when she realized that the phone number Secretary Shin received a call from was very familiar.
It was none other than Madam Jung’s phone number.
While Secretary Yoon and Secretary Shin were colleagues from the same entry, Secretary Yoon received her appointment to the secretary’s office first. Secretary Shin, on the other hand, joined the chairman’s office later.
Jaehyuk didn’t like it when Madam Jung contacted his secretaries. He had even explicitly told her not to do so.
Secretary Yoon found it strange that Secretary Shin never directly talked to Madam Jung. After much consideration, Secretary Yoon confided in Manager Han about her suspicions regarding Secretary Shin.
[“Keep an eye on Secretary Shin. There’s been something bothering me about him for a while. And, just in case, let Secretary Yoon handle Madam’s matters for a while.”]Manager Han ordered Secretary Yoon to secretly monitor Secretary Shin. Also, there was a discreet instruction to prevent Secretary Shin from approaching Arin.
[“Where are you going?”] [“Oh, to pick up Madam.”]Secretary Yoon grabbed Secretary Shin, who was about to leave the office.
[“I’ll go do that.”] [I have something to ask Madam, so I’ll go. You do what Manager Han instructed. He said to finish it by today.] […Ah.]The hesitant reaction of Secretary Shin only fueled people’s suspicions even more.
[Your face looks okay today?]Seeing Secretary Shin, who looked like he was on the brink of death every day, Yoon Secretary asked, as his face seemed unusually good for the day.
[Uh, the person who was sick is gone.]Yoon Secretary became more puzzled by Secretary Shin’s words.
[The person who was sick?] [Yeah. Don’t ask anymore.] [Did you sell all your coins? They dropped.] [Just because.]After that, Secretary Shin continued to exhibit suspicious behavior. And a month passed.
Secretary Shin was a person with many vulnerabilities. So, he thought he would easily be followed. However, contrary to his expectations, during the month, he couldn’t find any evidence.
Manager Han nodded and pressed the call button.
“Uh, Secretary Yoon, what’s going on?”
[Manager, something big happened.]Manager Han’s face darkened.
“What happened?”
[I was about to leave work, and at the bus stop, I saw Secretary Shin with that person. The man who used to follow Madam, what was his name, ah! Han Taesu, I saw him getting into that man’s car. I couldn’t hear their voices, but they talked for about 10 minutes, and then Secretary Shin got off.]Yoon Kyung-sook was arrested on the spot, and the same fate awaited Han Taesu. However, the charge of kidnapping was not established. This was because Arin had gone there on her own, and Yoon Kyung-sook was her parent.
Kidnapping between parents and children was difficult to prove. Moreover, Yoon Kyung-sook claimed it was just an ordinary dispute between parent and child.
In the end, the police classified Arin’s abduction as a family matter. Moreover, they believed that Arin, who was not a minor incapable of discernment, was not in an incapable state.
So, Yoon Kyung-sook and Han Taesu were released.
Unjust, but an inevitable exercise of state power.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
