Da Jeong murmured with a frown. The secretary standing outside the door bowed his head slightly, sending a silent signal for her to come out.
“Dad, I’ll be right back.”
“Do you know them?”
“Yes. They… they’re from the Welfare Foundation.”
CheolJung asked her to convey his thanks on his behalf, sending Dajeong on her way. She nodded vigorously and quickly moved on.
As she pushed the handle, the door opened to the side with a smooth sliding sound. Dajeong peeked out, offering a small greeting first.
“Hello.”
“Yes, hello.”
Once fully out in the corridor, Dajeong turned to close the door.
“What brings you here?”
“I heard that the director was hospitalized. I wanted to provide whatever little help I could…”
He offered a document he had been holding in his hand. As she took the paper, a bewildered voice flowed from Dajeong’s mouth.
“A VIP ward…?”
“Yes. As soon as you sign, room transfer is possible.”
“You don’t have to do this much. The current place is enough.”
“There’s no need for you to feel burdened. The vicepresident said not to spare any support for the orphanage.”
“The… Vice President?”
“Yes. This was his instruction when he delegated the welfare foundation’s operation to me.”
“Ah…”
Delegation. The single word pierced like a thorn.
Is he indirectly saying he will not pay attention to the orphanage anymore? If so, she might really never see him again.
Dajeong couldn’t bring herself to continue speaking and dropped her gaze. Sensing her disappointment, Secretary Kim hurriedly added an explanation.
“However, major decisions will still be made by the vice president in the future. I’m just there to check on the progress on site.”
“Yes…”
She responded with a stoic expression, but her drooping eyes gave her away. Dajeong continued in an even more disheartened voice.
“Thank you for your thoughtfulness, but the current room is sufficient. Please use this money for a better cause instead of Hope House.”
“…Then, how about this. Let’s meet with the vicepresident first, hear his thoughts, and then decide.”
“No, no, there’s no need for that. I’m fully aware he’s a busy person…”
This was akin to pleading to meet him. Dajeong flushed and hastily tried to save the situation.
“You don’t have to feel burdened. After all, he’s already at the hospital.”
“He’s… here?”
“Yes. He said he would look around the VIP wards first to see if the facilities are up to par. Let’s go see him. I’ll wait here.”
Secretary Kim kept giving her polite smiles, pushing Dajeong forward.
The special room, which felt close, was surprisingly far. Although it was in the same building, the entrance was different, and one could only move to the patient’s room using the dedicated elevator.
Standing in front of the door, Da Jeong held the handle for a while, not knowing how to move.
Whether to congratulate him, or pretend not to know. She couldn’t figure out what face to meet him with.
She couldn’t decide easily, just letting out a small sigh, when suddenly the handle moved on its own. Startled, she lifted her head, and behind the open door, Tae Sang was visible.
He, in a black suit, stood tall, filling the doorway.
“Ah, hello.”
“I was just about to leave because you didn’t come.”
“I got a bit lost on the way.”
Da Jeong, thankful for the absence of a window in the door, lied.
“Come in.”
“Yes.”
Bowing her head, Da Jeong entered the room.
The VIP room was equipped with facilities comparable to a hotel. A personal shower room, a wallmounted TV. She was scanning the interior and moving her steps inward when a bouquet on the bed caught her eye.
‘This is…?’
It was a large bouquet full of all kinds of flowers. Bright red roses and golden freesias surrounding them, and even purple flowers whose name she didn’t know.
She didn’t know which florist’s sense it was, but it didn’t suit the hospital at all.
“The visitation to the intensive care unit is more limited than I thought.”
While she was blankly staring at the bouquet, a low voice rang from above her head. Da Jeong abruptly lifted her head.
“Visitation?”
“Yes. I thought too lightly. A patient who has had major surgery cannot have many visitors.”
“….”
Suddenly, Da Jeong’s face cleared like the sky after the rain.
Both the bouquet and the talk about the visitation, it was clear that he came to see her father from the beginning.
Just a while ago, she was disappointed that he had passed everything onto Secretary Kim. But his short word suddenly lifted her spirits.
“No. I’ll tell my father you came. I didn’t expect you to come for a visit, thank you so much.”
“I did come to see the chairman… but that’s not why I’m here.”
“Yes? Then?”
“Actually, I came here to ask Han Da Jeong for a favor.”
She came all the way here at this hour to ask me a favor. A puzzled expression passed over Da Jeong’s face.
But for a moment, her eyes shone with anticipation, thinking that she could be of help to Tae Sang.
“Yes! Just tell me. I’ll listen to anything.”
“Are you serious?”
“Yes. Of course. I promised.”
“Then……”
Tae Sang spoke, looking at her with deep eyes. As their gazes intensely interlocked, the distance, which was just a foot away, felt even closer.
After a brief silence, he eventually opened his mouth.
“Will you marry me?”
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When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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