To Eunseo, a twenty-seven-year-old, his notion of ‘just an old man’ with that face seemed absurd. She decided not to correct his misunderstanding, thinking it amusing.
“Let’s go home, old man!”
Laughing, they walked home with the heavy shopping bags. Suddenly, Seungju stopped.
“Oh, Minseok?”
Curious, Eunseo watched as Seungju called over a passerby.
“It’s me, Seungju from 2nd grade, 1st class! You still live in this neighborhood?”
To Eunseo, he definitely looked like an adult, but judging by Seungju’s behavior, they must be friends. Seungju’s earlier self-description as an ‘old man’ now made sense.
“What brings you here?”
Seungju looked happy, but the other guy seemed unenthused.
“Really great to see you, Minseok. Remember skipping night study to play StarCraft at the PC room?”
“Yeah, I remember.”
“Me with Terran, you with Protoss. Don’t you remember?”
“Spare me, you’ve got no conscience.”
Suddenly, Minseok snapped.
“You ignored my pleas for help with a job at your company, and now you act all friendly. Disgusting.”
Seungju’s face hardened as Minseok bitterly recounted how he learned not to trust anyone and was now running his own store.
“…”
“I didn’t enjoy meeting you. Let’s never see each other again.”
“Such a lack of ability.”
Eunseo’s comment made Minseok flinch and turn around.
“What?”
Facing the approaching Minseok, Seungju instinctively protected Eunseo. But she pushed Seungju aside and faced Minseok head-on.
“How incapable must you be to ask a friend for a job? Can’t you try to succeed on your own?”
“…”
As Minseok stood there speechless, Eunseo turned and walked away with Seungju, who just called out, “Minseok?”
“In this day and age, don’t you know it’s dangerous to entertain such requests?”
Minseok’s face turned red with anger, confronted by a woman who appeared much younger than him.
“What are you, to talk like that?”
“Me? I’m someone who entered that company you asked for help with, fair and square through the public recruitment.”
Proudly retorting, Eunseo grabbed the still petrified Seungju’s arm.
“Let’s go, President!”
Walking home in silence, Seungju suddenly spoke.
“…What kind of person was I?”
He looked deeply saddened.
“Minseok isn’t a bad guy. We were really close. If a friend treated me like that… maybe I was a really bad person.”
Eunseo stopped walking and forcefully said to his dejected face.
“You did nothing wrong.”
“…”
“I don’t know what you were like 15 years ago, but the world isn’t like that anymore. Even if you’re a president or an executive, if you accept requests for jobs, it could lead to big trouble.”
Eunseo tried to console him, but Seungju’s expression remained downcast.
“You hated me too. You said if I knew what kind of person I was, I’d want to die…”
“That’s not true.”
Wanting to go back to the past and shut her own mouth, Eunseo shook her head.
“It was just my ignorance about you.”
Her words of consolation were sincere.
“You just seemed cold because of the heavy responsibilities. You were the one who revived a nearly bankrupt company. How could you have done that by being merely nice and laid back?”
Eunseo emphasized each word, hoping it would reach Seungju’s heart.
“I didn’t know, but you were never a bad person.”
“How can you be so sure?”
“By looking at you now, right in front of me. People don’t change their nature.”
Finally, Seungju’s face brightened slightly.
“…I hope you’re right.”
[Star Icon]“I’ll be back, take care of the house!”
After Eunseo left for work, Seungju immersed himself in studying.
He was now roughly familiar with the company’s situation.
Originally, Daewon Construction was a significant affiliate within the group. However, about a decade ago, securing a massive construction project in the Middle East led to its downfall. The construction was indefinitely delayed due to the emergence of IS nearby, resulting in enormous losses.
To make matters worse, a subcontractor’s shoddy construction blew up, leaving Daewon Construction with massive deficits, too large for the headquarters to handle.
At the brink of withdrawing from the business and only keeping the management department, he, as an executive, miraculously established a consortium with Daehan Construction, attracted external investments, and revived the company.
Knowing this, the man on the screen appeared in a new light.
‘You’ve had it tough too.’
Muttering to himself, Seungju, dressed in the suit Eunseo bought him, sat back down and pulled out a prepared paper.
[Dash] ResumeThe Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
