No matter how strong Han Gaeul is, she couldn’t escape unnoticed after secretly leaving the hospital. Daewoon, who witnessed it, continued his offensive.
“Now, let’s talk. Miss Han Gaeul, who is so discerning and quick-witted that she doesn’t spare her criticism and advice for the chairman. Well, let’s show Youngmin’s father what we’re made of. Let’s properly pay him back. With that intention, did you ignore the doctor’s orders and leave the hospital?”
“Chairman.”
Gaeul gathered the remaining self-esteem to speak with dignity. Even Han Gaeul has the right to live while maintaining human dignity.
The right to live as a human who keeps the dignity of not showing one’s insides to others, eating when hungry, and so on. Even though the chairman seems to have forgotten.
As a result, Gaeul demonstrated that even with a voice crawling in hungry stomach, she could still criticize.
“I will handle my work. Even if I left the hospital to retaliate against Youngmin’s father, it’s none of your business, Chairman. You don’t have to be concerned about it.”
This remark acted as a trigger for Sehyun. A trigger for laughter. Trying to hold back the laughter, Sehyun bit his lips with force.
There exists a human who confidently confronts Daewoon. Does she not know that a barking dog is not scary at all? Anyway, it was enjoyable to see Daewoon being confronted.
However, Daewoon was not to be underestimated.
“Now that I think about it, Miss Han Gaeul is indeed a hopeless person. My work? Is this something unique to Han Gaeul? Since when did it become Han Gaeul’s matter, from the moment she dragged Youngmin’s father into my office?”
Daewoon made an effort to lift Gaeul’s gaze towards her chest, continuing to speak forcefully. Sehyun had nothing to say even if he called her a ‘flighty kid.’
Gaeul couldn’t immediately refute. It was because she didn’t expect the chairman to use such coercion.
“Originally, if Han Gaeul hadn’t stolen my stock investment account and incited Youngmin’s mother to follow suit, would Youngmin’s father have barged into my office?”
Gaeul slightly nodded. This wasn’t forced.
“Stealing my stock account without my permission, isn’t that a crime?”
“A crime?”
Gaeul’s lips trembled.
“Yes, a crime. You weren’t even aware of committing a crime, right? That’s why you probably followed my investments extensively. Even dragged Youngmin’s mother in. You didn’t operate a secret account under Youngmin’s mother’s name, did you?”
Daewoon pressed fiercely. Gaeul lowered her head again. Hungry and with her head down, dizziness rushed in. Her head was spinning. She didn’t even hear what the chairman was saying. Only one thought came to her.
A crime. She was truly scared. She only wanted to help Youngmin’s mother. Of course, in the meantime, she wanted to make some money.
With that thought, Gaeul slid over to the side.
“Gaeul, Han Gaeul!”
Daewoon embraced Gaeul and shouted. Somehow, it sounded pitiful when he shouted for Gaeul. So, do well when you’re awake, Mr. Chairman. It was the thought that occurred to Gaeul, whose vision darkened.
When Gaeul opened her eyes again, it was morning. Grandma sat on a chair next to the bed, looking at her with concern.
“Grandma.”
“You’re awake. How’s your body? Are you in pain? Should I call the nurse?”
“No, I’m okay. I’m not in pain. I think I can be discharged now. There was no need for hospitalization, but the chairman overreacted.”
Gaeul, attempting to show that she was perfectly fine, descended from the bed and sat in front of the table.
“Don’t say such things. You fainted last night. When I heard that, I thought my heart sank. I shouldn’t have gone home. I should have stayed yesterday.”
Gaeul’s effort to relieve Grandma’s worries was in vain. Grandma’s concerns did not diminish at all.
“You should eat something. You seemed hungry yesterday evening. You didn’t even touch the lunchbox yesterday. Was it because it was food? I lost my mind. What was I thinking when I brought a packed meal? Today, I brought some porridge. Can you eat porridge?”
Apologizing, Grandma muttered and took out a thermos lunchbox from the shopping bag.
“Youngmin’s mom asked me to apologize to you. She said your chairman won’t allow you to come to the hospital, saying he can’t do anything around you. Your chairman is quite something. You misjudged the person. I thought you were a lucky young lady who met good parents just by listening to you.”
Quite something? Is our chairman being discussed correctly? Gaeul wondered if Grandma might have mistaken another person for our chairman. While diligently moving the spoon to her mouth, Gaeul thought.
“Yesterday, Youngmin’s father grabbed him like catching a mouse. Threatened to sue for assault. Youngmin’s father, despite being a good person, has a rough side. He drinks too. Such a person acts like a quiet lady in front of your chairman. Youngmin’s father also decided to cover all the hospital expenses. When your chairman asked him to compensate for all the damages, including medical expenses, he agreed without a word.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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