They were heading towards the restaurant, joking with each other, when Do Jin passed by with a group of other company employees. They seemed to be his colleagues.
“No matter how I look at it, the intern is much better looking than the manager. The aura is different.”
Watching their retreating figures, Ji Hye conclusively said,
“Love for the intern, love for the supervisor!”
Seeing Ji Hye like this, Ji Na laughed as if she found it absurd. Thanks to cheerful Ji Hye, her sunken mood improved significantly.
“Hello, deputy managers.”
That mood was temporary and hit rock bottom with the unexpected appearance of someone. Upon Heo’s appearance in the restaurant, Ji Na and Ji Hye exchanged glances.
“May I join you for a meal?”
After an awkward moment, Ji Na and Ji Hye reluctantly nodded their heads.
“Thank you.”
Heo, who had been looking pitiful, quickly burst into a smile.
“I have something I’d like to consult with you.”
“Is that so?”
Ji Hye said casually. The set meal they had ordered hadn’t been prepared for a while, so it seemed like it would take some time.
“Aren’t you going to order anything?”
When Ji Na asked as if she was looking after him, Heo waved his hand.
“My stomach has been upset lately. I’m fine.”
“Ah, I see.”
They weren’t particularly close to each other. But a consultation…?
“Do you think an unmarried employee can take maternity leave if she gets pregnant?”
Ji Hye, who had been drinking water, spit it out. Surprised, Ji Na quickly handed her a tissue. She was also surprised.
“Pregnant?”
As Ji Hye asked loudly, Heo turned red and said,
“I’m not sure yet, but I’m planning to go to the hospital this weekend….”
“That’s something to congratulate. Congratulations.”
When Ji Hye casually congratulated him, Heo bowed his head.
“Thank you. But since I’m not married yet, this is….”
“Your boyfriend will be pleased. It’s wedding season after all. And getting pregnant isn’t easy. But, Heo is quite young.”
“It’s not my boyfriend.”
Ji Hye, who was casually eating kimchi, this time spat out the kimchi.
“Ah, why is this kimchi so spicy.”
Ji Na quickly poured a cup of water for her.
“Then, you should tell him quickly.”
“Should I….?”
As Ji Na said this worriedly, Heo’s face brightened.
“Of course. You should definitely tell him to take responsibility.”
“Ah, I’m glad I asked you. I feel much lighter now.”
Heo said this with a relieved smile.
“No, what….”
Such a basic thing…. to ask. Ji Hye put down the water glass she had finished with a startled look.
“Well, enjoy your meal. My stomach is upset, so I’ll leave now.”
Like the wind, Heo left the restaurant. As if he had received a clear answer.
“I really don’t understand what Heo is thinking.”
Ji Hye, shaking her head from side to side, picked up the kimchi again.
Ji Na just stared at Heo’s retreating figure in silence. Today, her dark dress that was clinging to her body seemed like a shadow of misery directed at her.
A languid afternoon time.
Ji Na was standing in front of Do Jin. The expression on Do Jin’s face, who was clicking his mouse nervously while looking at the report on the monitor, was unfamiliar.
“Phew…”
Eventually, Do Jin turned his head towards Ji Na after dry washing his face.
“I just can’t submit this.”
This is the worst. Ji Na recalled again whether the report she had submitted was that disastrous.
“I guess I gave you too little time.”
At Do Jin’s casual remark, Ji Na bit her lip.
“No, it’s not that.”
“Start over. Completely anew. A marketing strategy that can captivate the MZ generation, we need to find it again from the start.”
Ji Na knew that this was an important project for Do Jin. But strictly speaking, it was his job to do. Yet, he had been passing everything onto her.
“This is my best effort.”
At Ji Na’s words, Do Jin let out a deep sigh with a weary look. With a face barely holding back his irritation, Do Jin leaned his upper body toward Ji Na.
“Ji Na, this is for us. Why don’t you understand?”
His casual mention of ‘for us’. Ji Na couldn’t help but recall Heo’s counseling at this moment.
“I can’t do any more.”
“Sigh…”
So Ji Na insisted. No, it was perfect in her opinion.
It wasn’t about choosing a special celebrity as a model. She believed that the current trend was to share ordinary fashion from everyday life.
“Just trust me this once and submit the report. I think it’s a marketing strategy that suits the current generation.”
Ji Na’s determined gaze shone. Do Jin looked at Ji Na with a disgruntled expression before quickly turning his head away.
“I’ll hold it for now. Until a better idea comes up.”
In other words, a rejection.
“Are you bored these days… You’re not the same as before.”
Do Jin’s voice, clicking his tongue behind Ji Na’s back as she turned away, faintly reached her. She forced herself to move her momentarily halted steps.
His irritated voice sounded as if he was referring to their romantic relationship.
‘Boredom…’
She couldn’t casually say the word that was on her lips. The moment it would be uttered, it seemed like it would mark the end of her relationship with Do Jin.
Her head was aching. She didn’t know how she managed to stare at the monitor until the end of work. The office got a bit busy a few minutes before leaving work.
Moreover, a welcoming party for the interns had been announced.
She would have to keep seeing Do Jin in this state. With a throbbing headache, Ji Na leaned on her desk at an angle. All she wanted was to somehow get out of the party. A shadow cast over her in her state of distress.
“Are you okay?”
Jin Woo’s warm voice landed on Ji Na.
“…Yes.”
Ji Na, who hadn’t been able to respond in time, answered a beat late. She was so drained that she had no motivation whatsoever.
“You look tired…”
Strangely, her troubled heart settled at Jin Woo’s concern.
“I’m fine.”
We need to go to the party, you’re the main character. Ji Na forced a smile and got up from her seat. Ji Hye, who had already finished preparing to leave, approached with the intern Jo.
“We are having the party today thanks to our two heroes.”
At Ji Hye’s tease, intern Jo blushed and smiled.
“Yes. It feels like we’ve won overtime work.”
As Ji Na sighed and stood up, intern Jo’s smile stiffened awkwardly.
“Let’s go.”
She saw Do Jin, who had already left with Manager Jeong as if they were taking the same way out.
“Heo has also gone. Let’s hurry up and go. We don’t want to hear complaints about being late.”
At Ji Hye’s lead, everyone briskly moved their feet. Perhaps because of that, nobody noticed Jin Woo’s gaze that had fallen low, following them from behind.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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