Younger Man at Work (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 138

“One son being pointed at and called the child of an adulteress is more than enough, isn’t it?”

Yeon Hwa gave a lonely smile.

“Our Seung Joo lost his birth mother right in the middle of such a sensitive age and was already deeply wounded. And since, if you really think about it, it was all because of me… I didn’t want to add even more pain on top of that.”

“Then why don’t you just tell Chairman Kwon the truth instead of bearing this burden alone?”

“He’s never liked Seung Joo to begin with… He’s exactly the type of person who’d say, ‘Rather than pay off someone to keep quiet, just let the whole thing blow up.’”

Suddenly, Yeon Hwa clasped her hands together toward Madam Yoon.

“Madam, I beg you—please, please don’t tell a soul about what you heard today.”

Her large eyes filled with clear tears as Yeon Hwa pleaded desperately.

“This is my earnest request—you absolutely must keep it a secret, all right?”

*

Immediately after the Lunar New Year holiday, an emergency board meeting was convened. The Dae Won Construction board passed a resolution to remove the CEO. The stated reason was that, in the second half of last year, the CEO had been absent from his post for nearly two months without any clear justification.

Although officially listed as medical leave due to a traffic accident, there were no hospitalization records beyond the first few days. For the remainder of that period, Kwon Seung Joo ultimately failed to clarify where he had been or what he’d been doing.

However, since he’d been appointed CEO not by the board but directly by the shareholders’ meeting, the board alone couldn’t dismiss him—he could only be removed through a formal shareholders’ meeting.

Thus, the Dae Won Construction board decided to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders. The agenda item for this special meeting wasn’t merely to remove Kwon Seung Joo as CEO—it aimed to strip him entirely of his registered directorship. Additionally, they planned to simultaneously propose appointing Kwon Seung Hyun, currently team leader of Planning Team 2, as the new registered director.

Surprisingly, Kwon Seung Hyun—who had only recently joined the company—had earned major credit for flawlessly planning the premium brand ‘First Class’ during the period his older brother, Kwon Seung Joo, had been absent without authorization.

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