Ji An, with her palm on her mouth, quietly exhaled to check if the bitter taste still lingering in her mouth was coming out. Then she gently knocked on the office door.

In response, the door swung open and Yeon Ju came out to see her off.

“Ms. Ji An!”
“Yes, hello.”
Ji An squeezed her head through the opening of the door awkwardly, and then put her shoulders and legs in one by one.

Seok Won, who usually stayed at his desk in the secretary’s office like a talisman, wasn’t there. He seemed to be sitting on the sofa in Kang Hyun’s office, having a conversation.

“Good morning, Director. Executive Director, I’m at work.”
“Is your stomach okay? You can take a rest, you know.”
“I’m sorry about yesterday.”
Ji An, who had become a troublesome subordinate, ignoring her boss’s advice to drink moderately and getting drunk, let out an awkward smile and glanced at Kang Hyun.

“Did something happen?”
“I drank a bit too much at a company dinner.”
“A company dinner? Just the two of you?”
Oh, Yeon Ju, with her lips pursed, looked back and forth between the two who were giving off a strange vibe.

“Yes.”
“Drink this.”
Kang Hyun, who had been staring intently at the blush settling on Ji An’s cheeks, which looked like rice cakes, handed her a hangover cure he had brought just in case.

“You gave me one yesterday too, right?”
“Yes, it was a porridge.”
“It was delicious, thank you.”
“Good, the Director Do will give you the schedule briefing. So, go work in the secretary’s office. If your stomach hurts, don’t bear it and talk about it.”
“Yes!”
As soon as Ji An, who bowed her head and went out, closed the door, Yeon Ju, who had been leaning forward, lowered her voice.

“You told me to watch my mouth around Director Do, but you’re the one who’s spilling the tea.”
“I haven’t spilled anything.”
“Sure, you haven’t. It’s written all over your face, Executive Director, that you’re happy.”

Yeon Ju chuckled while turning her finger in front of Kang Hyun’s expressionless face.

“Quiet.”
“I am whispering right now. You guys had a dinner just the two of you, must be living life.”
“You’re not even an employee of our company, why are you coming here for work.”
Even with Kang Hyun’s rebuke, Yeon Ju simply grinned.

Her friend who used to never leave his bedroom while hugging Seo Yoon’s photo was finally out and on the right track.

Nothing was completely resolved, but things were definitely more cheerful.

“Director Do.”
“Yes. After the executive meeting in the morning, there’s a lunch meeting scheduled with the practitioners regarding the activation of smart construction technology.”
Are they a couple or what. Do they have telepathy?

Watching Seok Won immediately pick up his tablet and provide the answer Kang Hyun wanted at his faint call, Yeon Ju let out a hollow laugh.

“And then……”
Seok Won, tapping the spacious screen, was checking the calendar when his eyebrows fluttered. There was an unchecked content clearly sitting there.

“There is a second half workshop scheduled at the end of this month. Mr. Seo Ji An is registered in the HR team as a newcomer to the executive director’s office, so he is a participant.”
“We are not in a position to send him away.”
A wrinkle formed on the tidy forehead revealed by neatly swept bangs.

The anxiety was inevitable, not being able to catch both the bastard called a coworker and the car that charged at Ji An in front of the apartment.

“Mr. Ji An will be contacted personally. He seems to say he will attend. He is very passionate about company life.”
“Then attend together. Director Do will adjust my schedule.”
“Is Director Do going too?”
The drinking Yoon Joo put down her coffee cup, clasped both hands, and shrugged her shoulders.

“If the executive director goes, we must go.”
“I too! Can’t I go if I go?”
“Better get a job here.”
“I’ll go at my own expense. I need a change of mood, I’m not drawing well these days.”
Yoon Joo, who took a deep breath, did not succumb to the cold gaze of Kang Hyun, and set her will on fire to chase after someone else’s company workshop.

Seok Won, without any particular reaction, took out the contents of the thick envelope he had put aside, one by one, onto the table.

“Chairman Tae Seok Kyu, CEO Kim Seok Hyun, Kim So Ye and the past activities of Ms. Goo Se Hee. There’s one name that stands out, but there’s nothing unusual.”
“Who.”
“Goo Se Jun. When Chairman Tae Seok Kyu took office and carried out a major personnel reshuffle, he put Goo Se Jun in the president’s seat at Seo Won Enter. Maybe Ms. Goo Se Hee asked Chairman Tae Seok Kyu for her brother’s position.”
Kang Hyun, who was slowly scanning the materials laid out by Seok Won, picked up the last halfhidden long piece of paper.

“Goo Se Jun.”
The corners of Kang Hyun’s eyes, holding onto the inauguration article of President Goo Se Jun, were slightly slit.

There was no consideration for Goo Se Jun as the culprit of the accident, but his eyes were drawn that way.

Seo Won Enter of the past was just one of the subsidiaries in the Seo Won Group that did not attract attention.