The CEO, who had been on sick leave for over a month, suddenly revealed himself at the company. The security team, working overnight, went into emergency mode.
“I heard there was an internal data leak. Who did it?”
“It’s a female employee from the planning team. We’re investigating right now…”
Before the tense explanation of the security team leader could finish, Kwon Seungju spoke.
“I read those documents. I borrowed an employee’s ID because I’m currently recuperating in the province and needed it for work.”
In front of the bewildered security team leader, the CEO opened the laptop he brought and logged in with Yoon Eunseo’s ID and password, showing it directly.
“As you know, I’m currently recuperating, and I reluctantly borrowed an employee’s ID out of necessity.”
The security team leader pursed his lips like a crucian carp. He didn’t dare ask, but it was written on his face.
‘Why leave the CEO’s email intact and use an ordinary employee’s email?’
Was that all? If he wanted to view data externally, couldn’t he have instructed the secretariat to send it as much as he wanted?
Kwon Seungju spoke without a change in his expression.
“During my recovery, I wanted to focus only on getting better. If I logged in with my account, they might find out where I am.”
Ah, understanding expressions appeared on the faces of everyone, including the security team leader. Although officially on sick leave, everyone secretly knew that the CEO had disappeared, cutting off contact with the secretariat, and this fact made it understandable.
So, without instructing the secretaries, if he deliberately contacted some employees, it was somewhat understandable.
“Anyway, the person who viewed the data through Yoon Eunseo’s email is me. Is it a problem for the CEO to have viewed internal data?”
“No!”
The security team leader answered like a soldier with stiff discipline.
“Is there any other suspicion?”
“None.”
“Then, there should be no problem.”
Thus, Eunseo’s suspicion was cleared, and in front of Seungju, she immediately got back the confiscated phone that he had seen. Seungju, looking at Yoon Eunseo walking out of the office where she had been confined, lightly nodded and showed a somewhat apologetic expression.
“I caused trouble.”
Even the security team members who had been fiercely interrogating Yoon Eunseo all this time inwardly bit their tongues. It was so typical of Kwon Seungju not to say a single word of apology to the subordinate who had suffered all kinds of hardships until this late night. It was so Kwon Seungju.
Meanwhile, executives arrived one by one. The news that the CEO, who had been absent for a long time, had come to the company spread, and some rushed over. Some had just woken up, and their hair was tousled, while others smelled of alcohol as if they were in the middle of drinking.
“Director Kim, it’s fortunate to see you looking well. Do you have any aftereffects from the surgery?”
“Manager Choi, I apologize for not being able to attend your niece’s wedding. Congratulations, albeit late.”
“Director Park, how was your business trip to Dubai?”
Kwon Seungju asked each executive about their well-being and exchanged greetings. His attitude toward executives much older than himself was courteous, yet assertive, always remembering his position as the superior. Not only the executives but also his secretaries rushed over.
“CEO, are you feeling well?”
“Are you returning to the company now?”
In response to the secretaries’ questions, Kwon Seungju looked around at the executives and answered.
“I’m still recuperating due to the aftereffects of a traffic accident, but I will return by the end of the year. Until then, please endure a little more.”
In a few days, it would be December. In other words, he meant he would return within a month.
“Yes, CEO.”
“Don’t worry and focus on your recovery.”
“We will take good care of the company.”
As the executives responded, Kwon Seungju’s gaze eventually fell on his younger brother standing at a distance.
He approached his brother with brisk steps.
“It’s been a while.”
When facing his brother, Kwon Seunghyun’s shoulders automatically hunched.
Kwon Seunghyun, who always looked slender and refined, appeared small and unimpressive for a moment compared to his taller and more robust brother.
“Well, did you safely complete your MBA?”
To his brother’s question, Kwon Seunghyun gritted his teeth with a stiff face. Everyone present could tell. He didn’t graduate.
“I was surprised to see the news that you came to our company, not the headquarters. Since you’re here, do your best.”
Kwon Seungju’s expression as he spoke was relaxed. It was clear to everyone that his brother had come to try to handle the company in his absence. Nevertheless, rather than being on guard, Kwon Seungju’s attitude was more like welcoming him.
“If you need anything, talk to the secretariat anytime.”
Kwon Seungju, with a smile on his lips, patted his frozen brother’s shoulders as if encouraging him. It was a declaration that his existence was nothing more than a tiny threat to him.
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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