“You’ve become quite the virtuous person. You’re the one who tried to scam me by selling a 32,000-won hangover cure for 40,000 won. Aren’t we neighbors? I have no debts to you.”
Huh. How did he know that the hangover cure costs 32,000 won?
“It was clearly written on the box. The consumer price is 32,000 won.”
The chairman spoke as if he had read Ga-eul’s mind. Ga-eul felt embarrassed. Still, she quickly searched her memory. Was ‘the consumer price’ really written on the box? Then she subtly changed the subject.
“Chairman, do you happen to know anything about the Pyeongan Group Chairman’s family?”
“Pyeongan Group? No, I don’t know much about it. I lived abroad for a long time.”
Tsk. It’s useless after all. My mistake for expecting help from the chairman.
“Okay then.”
Ga-eul easily agreed. Even though he was called a third-generation chaebol, he was just bluster.
“I’m thinking about how to find out about the internal affairs of the Pyeongan Group Chairman’s family, and just as I was contemplating, the chairman suddenly appeared. I almost thought it was fate for us.”
“Are you still talking about love? You should’ve hit your head harder back then. Get yourself together.”
“I’m in a bit of a hurry, that’s why. I sent an email to Woo-jin, telling him not to come to Korea, but there’s no reply.”
“Why Pyeongan Group? Can you check it for me once? It’s not that difficult.”
Daeun escaped from Han Ga-eul’s love troubles. Although he had an indifferent expression, he knew. His plan to send Han Ga-eul to Pyeongan Group was proceeding well. The mention of “Pyeongan Group” from Han Ga-eul’s mouth was evidence of that.
“Can you really do that for me?”
Daeun was about to answer when Ga-eul’s phone rang.
“Yes, grandmother.”
“I came to the payment counter to pay the hospital bill, and it’s already settled. A young man came a while ago and paid it.”
“What?”
Ga-eul’s gaze turned to the chairman. Whether he heard the sound coming from the phone or not, the chairman had a face that said, ‘Aren’t I cool?’
“It will be deducted from your salary.”
The chairman told Ga-eul, who was hanging up the phone. The words “Thank you” almost came out of Ga-eul’s mouth but got stuck. Instead, Ga-eul grumbled.
“Why on earth did you put me in a single room? Without insurance.”
Skipping lunchtime by a large margin, when Ga-eul went to three convenience stores and entered Daeun’s investment office, the chairman, who was lying on the sofa, looked at her with a side-eye.
It was a look that said, ‘Why did you bother coming to work with that body?’ He’d been giving her that look for a few days now. Should she get scolded even though she’s coming to work with injuries? Instead of praise, all she gets is criticism. Still, Ga-eul asked the chairman with a bright smile.
“Lunchtime has passed. Chairman, did you have lunch?”
“What have you been doing without eating lunch all this time? Are you protesting against me, asking for a raise?”
“I wouldn’t do that. Please don’t denigrate my loyalty to you, Chairman. I’m really prepared to bury myself in this company….”
As if he didn’t want to hear it, the chairman threw a delivery menu in front of Ga-eul.
“Order. I haven’t eaten yet either. Someone has to come and take the order.”
Ga-eul’s face brightened.
“What should I order?”
“I’ll have jjajang.”
Ga-eul’s unfolded face crumpled.
“Jjajang again?”
“Yeah, it’s strange. You keep asking even though you get the same answer every time. It’s interesting.”
“Chairman, they say bone broth is good for bone injuries. How about having oxtail soup today?”
Ga-eul asked, pointing to the food names on the delivery menu. It wasn’t that she really wanted oxtail soup, but she was tired of jjajangmyeon.
“Have you hurt your bones?”
“I bumped my head. The skull is a bone too.”
“Okay, order. Whether it’s oxtail soup or whatever. What’s with these names of dishes? It’s suspicious.”
“Chairman, have you never tried oxtail soup? It’s really good for your health. I wonder what kind of life you’ve been living.”
Feeling the chairman’s piercing gaze, Ga-eul quickly closed her mouth. Before the chairman’s mood changes, she needs to order oxtail soup quickly.
“He’ll be here in a bit.”
Daeun tossed his phone to Ga-eul. Ga-eul looked at the chairman with an expression that said, ‘So what.’
“That friend who came to the office that time. He also went to your hospital room.”
“Oh, the handsome guy.”
“Handsome. Is that what a handsome face looks like? And did you even notice that while making that kind of face?”
So, you put on a half mask, and now you can’t recognize the handsome face. Ga-eul was about to retort, but the chairman added.
“I told Se-hyun to find out about Pyeongan Group’s internal affairs.”
Ga-eul’s eyes widened. She abandoned the thought of retorting to the chairman. It’s like arguing with a soap bubble, talking back to the sky-like chairman.
“Actually, in terms of looks, Chairman is much better. Your friend doesn’t have any personality; he has such a common face.”
The chairman is always right. He pays the hospital bills, provides necessary information. Words from a chairman like that can’t be wrong.
“Wipe your drool or something. You keep drooling because you put too much saliva on your mouth when you talk.”
“Chairman.”
Despite the chairman’s sarcasm, Ga-eul, with a subtle voice, called the chairman, approaching him.
“You like it, don’t you? You criticize me, but you do everything for me.”
“I think we need to redo the CT scan. Your head seems to have hit something properly. You don’t seem to be thinking of returning to normal.”
As if expecting a physical contest, Ki Dae-un gradually stepped back, retreating behind the sofa’s backrest.
“Why are words and actions so different? Do you want to be nice to me? We’re in an ugly and beautiful relationship. So…….,”
Ga-eul came to the side of the sofa and pushed her face toward Dae-un.
“Well, well, what should I say?”
Unable to push her body any further, Dae-un reached out, trying to stop Ga-eul’s approach, and tilted his head backward.
“Why are you so afraid? Am I going to eat the chairman or something?”
“Discuss it there.”
“So, let’s date.”
As if there were an invisible wall between her and the chairman, Ga-eul shouted loudly, trying to convey her voice over the wall.
“How about dating me?”
The response came from an unexpected place.
“Considering the circumstances, I think dating you might not be a bad idea.”
Suddenly, Jeong Se-hyun appeared, smiling, standing at the door.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
