“The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 2.32%, and the Nasdaq fell by 4.05%, and the S&P 500 index fell by 3.24%. European markets also fell together…”
“Ugh.”
The boss, whatever he said, started the report, but he already opened his mouth and yawned. Gaeul stared at the boss with a look of contempt that was about to be directed at him, trying to hold onto that look and give it strength.
Well, this report wasn’t something the boss had ordered. Since she received her salary, Gaeul thought she should do something on her own. Reporting on the stock market seemed like a good idea for an investment company.
At first, she didn’t even know what to report. She didn’t even know the meaning of the ‘stock’ in the stock market. As a last resort, she listened to stock broadcasts on YouTube before work and summarized it for the boss. What started as a coping strategy in the face of a crisis of not knowing what to report has continued for a year.
“Due to the decrease in oil prices, the stock prices of airline companies have risen across the board, while the stock prices of the travel and leisure industry have reportedly fallen. Why is that? If oil prices go down, shouldn’t the stock prices of the travel and leisure industry go up? Usually, when oil prices drop, people travel more, don’t they?”
“Han Gaeul.”
The boss cut off Gaeul’s words. His expression showed clear signs of irritation.
“Don’t think. I didn’t hire you to think. Just do your job. Make me a sweet coffee.”
The boss reminded Gaeul that making sweet coffee was her job. The boss, who usually finds talking bothersome, said that much. Gaeul stood up with a sour expression.
“Tuck in that loudmouth of yours.”
Daewoon shouted at the back of Gaeul’s head. Daewoon’s mouth involuntarily twitched upward. Gaeul knows that she looks pitiful to herself.
How could she not know? She’s making it so obvious. Daewoon prepared to drink coffee. He got up and leaned back against the sofa armrest. His legs were crossed and placed on the table.
“I made a good choice with the sofa.”
Daewoon mumbled with satisfaction while resting his arms on the sofa armrest. When Daewoon smiled contentedly, the office door suddenly opened with a creak.
“Han Gaeul, is Han Gaeul here?”
A middle-aged man with a reddened face staggered into the office. The man emitted a strong smell of alcohol.
“Han Gaeul! Han Gaeul!”
The man, intoxicated during the day, continuously called for Gaeul in an angry voice. Before Daewoon could take his feet off the desk, Gaeul peered out from behind the partition.
“Oh, sir.”
Gaeul’s pale face looked troubled. What day is it today? I’m seeing a lot of unusual things. Gaeul’s tears, Gaeul’s pale face.
Daewoon corrected his posture and thought. Gaeul looked like she had seen a ghost. That confident and bold Han Gaeul. The one who speaks her mind to the boss, Han Gaeul.
“You, you hid it well all this time. Finding a job and all. Living in the same neighborhood, and I didn’t know. I was the only fool.”
The man shouted angrily and approached Gaeul. Although Daewoon tried to stop him, Gaeul was faster again. Gaeul approached the man and grabbed his arm.
“Sir, let’s talk outside. I’ll explain everything.”
“Let go.”
The man violently shook off Gaeul’s hand. Gaeul, unable to handle the force of the shake-off, was pushed back. With a slender body like hers, it would have been difficult to withstand the man’s strength.
“What’s going on?”
Daewoon blocked Gaeul with his body.
“Boss, I’ll take care of it.”
Deliberately hiding behind me, Gaeul seems to want me to handle this. When Gaeul tried to grab the man’s arm again, he grabbed Gaeul’s collar and lifted her up, and a hollow wind came out of Gaeul’s mouth before she could finish speaking.
“Now, what’s this all about? Did you plot against me with your girlfriend? That the people in the neighborhood were laughing behind my back, calling me a fool.”
The man shook Gaeul by the collar while shouting. With each yell, Gaeul felt her mind growing distant, smelling the overpowering scent of alcohol.
“Don’t let go of that hand!”
His actions were quicker than his words. The first time Gaeul heard Daewoon’s shouting was after she was released from the grip of Youngmin’s dad. Daewoon was gripping Youngmin’s dad’s wrist. Flames were flickering in Daewoon’s eyes.
“Are you okay? Where does it hurt?”
Daewoon dampened Gaeul’s shirt collar with the hand that wasn’t holding onto Youngmin’s dad’s wrist.
“I’m okay.”
Surprised, Gaeul pulled away, wetting her shirt collar. Daewoon’s hand brushed her neck, and her pulse fluttered.
At that moment, the door slammed open, and a middle-aged woman rushed in, shouting.
“Honey, Youngmin’s dad! What’s wrong with you? Come out quickly. Do you even know where you are?”
“After hiding it so well all this time, I found out and was surprised?”
“Youngmin’s dad, that’s not it. Let’s talk at home. Gaeul, I’m sorry. This gentleman is drunk and out of his mind. Please understand.”
“What? You’re saying I’m out of my mind?”
Youngmin’s mom’s appearance seemed to irritate Youngmin’s dad even more. Youngmin’s dad raised the hand not caught by Daewoon, as if to hit his wife. Seeing this, Daewoon twisted Youngmin’s dad’s wrist, which he was holding onto.
“Ugh.”
Youngmin’s dad let out a groan, and the hand he had raised fell.
“What are you doing? Who are you to meddle in other people’s business?”
“Me? I am the owner of this company, Han Gaeul’s employer.”
Daewoon tossed Youngmin’s dad’s arm away as if flicking off lint, then pulled Gaeul behind him. He didn’t use much strength, but Gaeul’s body followed quickly. She felt too light. Daewoon regretted ordering only black bean noodles for lunch as usual.
“Do you think I’ll just stand by? Beating up someone who came for money? You two today.”
“Sir, let me explain.”
Gaeul, who was about to step forward, was blocked by Daewoon’s arm. Although Gaeul tried to push Daewoon’s arm away with force, Daewoon’s arm did not budge.
However, Youngmin’s mom, who was crazy enough to stick her head out from behind Youngmin’s dad, caught Gaeul’s eye. Seeing her face filled with terror, Gaeul abandoned the attempt to persuade Youngmin’s dad.
Don’t they say a barking dog doesn’t bite? Seeing Youngmin’s dad shouting like that, he probably won’t cause any more harm, right? Gaeul thought she should protect Youngmin’s mom’s secret.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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