The troubles of a new employee were well known. Feelings of incompetence due to inexperience, bosses’ abuse of power, discord with colleagues, unpaid overtime, and unwelcome company dinners.
That’s what I had heard and read from various sources.
Of course, none of this applied to me at the moment.
“Daughter, how’s work? It’s not too hard, right?”
Seated between her parents after work, Jian alternated between fruits served in front of her, rejuvenating her weary mind of the past few days.
“Well, physically… it’s comfortable.”
Because she hadn’t done anything.
“That doesn’t sound relaxed at all. And why is your face so red? Oh dear, she’s got a fever. It’s starting again.”
Jung Hye, who had touched the protruding forehead, rummaged through the drawer to find a fever reducer.
“Seems like autumn has arrived.”
Do Chul fed his daughter, who opened her mouth like a baby bird, a slice of tangerine, and smiled. She hadn’t been sensitive to the seasons when she was young, but after the accident, she always got a fever like this.
“Take the medicine and go to sleep soon. Don’t you need to rest tomorrow?”
“It’s okay, I’ve only just started working.”
Her arms and legs had been limp since she arrived home. Her frail body, which complained of heat when it was hot and cold when it was cold, was causing trouble again.
The man named Choi Do Young, who was not in her memory, had been bothering her all along, and her heart was also aching every time she saw Kang Hyun.
It was as messed up as the day she woke up with a blank state of mind.
At the beginning of every new season, she always had a fever. She didn’t know why.
It had always been like that since she was very young.
“I’m dizzy.”
Kang Hyun sometimes said her body was too weak. But in the past, he would carry her, hold her, and stay by her side until her fever subsided.
But now.
“Nothing.”
He left a single message saying he was busy and had been out of contact for two days.
Is he really busy, or does he not want to see me?
It makes sense that he’d be tired after being together for 20 years in a relationship that defied common sense.
Even if she tried to console her own hurt feelings, there was no way to stop the rising sorrow.
He shouldn’t have taught me anything if it was going to be like this.
He shouldn’t have raised me, still a child, to only look at Tae Kang Hyun.
Every time she felt his love was nearing its end, it felt like a thick stake was being driven into her heart.
“I should have asked for a smaller house.”
The house was too large to spend time alone without him. Even in the daylight that poured in, it seemed like a shadowcovered ruin.
In fact, the size might not have been the problem. The problem was me, who had grown up unable to do anything without Tae Kang Hyun.
Seo Yoon, wiping her forehead soaked with cold sweat, searched for her mobile phone, propping herself up here and there.
—Oh.
“The house is too big. I’d rather live in a oneroom flat.”
—I’ll look into it, hang in there.
Just before the connection sound of the third call ended, Kang Hyun, who let out his voice, still responded to the weird words that he spat out abruptly.
“Brother, can you come over now?”
—What’s the matter?
“I’m in pain, and I think I have a high fever.”
—…I’ll send Doctor Han.
—Director, you need to go in.
The surroundings were very noisy, and Do Seok Won’s urgent call flowed in nearby.
“I understand, I’m sorry.”
Heat dried up to the inside of her mouth, and her voice cracked miserably.
Before Kang Hyun could add anything more, he quickly ended the call. He felt immense regret for impulsively calling and bothering someone busy.
Seo Yoon was always quick to give up.
Close to 4 a.m., Doctor Han, who was nodding off on the living room sofa, was startled and shivered at the sound of movement.
“Director? You said you were going to Macau…”
“I stopped by for a moment, how’s Yoon?”
There was a fatal accident at the Macau construction site, resulting in the death of two local workers and four severely injured.
Kang Hyun, who was in overall charge, rushed to get on the plane to Macau after scrambling to handle the situation.
After hurriedly checking the site and investigating the accident, he returned to Korea without even catching his breath, to check on Seo Yoon, who said she was sick, even if it was for a moment.
“She’s been sick all day and fell asleep around midnight. The fever isn’t going down, so I used a strong fever reducer. It contains a sleep aid.”
“She’s often feverish, it’s not really bad, right?”
“Of course. She gets a comprehensive checkup every six months.”
“I understand, don’t tell her I came by, and come back in about two hours.”
“Yes.”
After glancing at Seo Yoon, who was breathing a little slowly, Kang Hyun reached out his hand but went to the bathroom first.
He was drenched in sweat and wearing a dry suit, and he likely brought germs from the construction site, so washing came first before touching Seo Yoon.
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!!!
