“Do I need to greet him? After all, he will know whether I came to work or not.”
“Do you deliberately go there to hear good things? Take your time to greet. If you can avoid it, it’s better not to.”
Knowing that Ji Seok would never welcome Yang Hoon’s joining the company, Tae Beom said decisively.
Attorney Kim Yang Hoon was a great talent, never falling out of the top ten nationwide in mock exams during his school days. He brought in a person who everyone was eager to hire, so Ji Seok could not be pleased.
Moreover, Ji Seok once tried to lure Yang Hoon, but he rejected it, which made it even worse.
“By the way, Tae Beom. He came to work.”
“Who?”
“Who else?”
When Yang Hoon smiled smugly, Tae Beom made a disgusted face. Just then, they heard a knock.
With tense eyes, Tae Beom looked at Yang Hoon. When Yang Hoon told them to come in, the door opened and a figure with a shaved head up to the waist stole their gaze.
“Executive Director! Hello! I brought the documents you asked for!”
Phew. It’s truly an energydraining fighting spirit from this morning.
Tae Beom rubbed between his eyebrows as if it was giving him a headache from Hye Won’s enthusiastic greeting. Although a meeting had just ended, Hye Won greeted him with enthusiasm as if they were meeting for the first time that day.
Hye Won, who was holding a pile of files, approached. Yang Hoon was already smiling as if the fun show had started.
“Hello. I am Lawyer Kim Yang Hoon. We will be working together.”
When Yang Hoon extended the greeting first, Hye Won bowed. She hadn’t yet recognized that ‘Kim Yang’ and Yang Hoon were the same person.
“I am Assistant Manager Yoon Hye Won. Nice to meet you!”
Oh my, it’s noisy. Oh my, oh my, it’s noisy.
Tae Beom rubbed his ears.
Yang Hoon, with a friendly smile, exchanged names with Hye Won. Tae Beom was wondering what kind of character would make him look disgusted, but she turned out to be an ordinary assistant with a lower fighting spirit than he expected.
Ah. Should I not be fooled by her innocent look?
“Yes, yes. Let’s do well. Let’s take good care of Executive Director Ha Tae Beom, shall we?”
“Yes! Really, really nice to meet you!”
“Enough, that’s enough.”
Tae Beom abruptly cut off the conversation. He raised his chin as if to tell Yang Hoon to get out.
“I have prepared a private office for you. Do you know where it is?”
“I know. I like a shared office. Do you really need to do that?”
“Please always remember that your work is confidential, Lawyer Kim Yang Hoon.”
When Tae Beom ordered him to leave by putting pressure on his eyelids, Yang Hoon tilted his head.
“Executive Director Ha Tae Beom.”
“What? What?”
“I will be waiting for the watch.”
“……”
Since Hye Won did not go back to her original department, she ended up having her watch stolen by Yang Hoon.
Yang Hoon, who easily obtained the watch, laughed as if he had turned everything upside down and then left. Tae Beom glared at him with boiling eyes.
Regardless of whether the impression of the topclass gravel was uncomfortable or not, Hye Won put the files she had stacked up on Tae Beom’s desk.
“Executive Director. I brought the additional documents you requested.”
Tae Beom looked at the files with a dry gaze.
It had been two hours since he gave the order. It was a faster progress than he thought.
Considering the volume, he thought it would take half a day.
However, thinking of the stolen watch, Tae Beom made a noticeably sharp expression.
“Did you bring this for me to read right now? Each one?”
Hye Won’s eyes widened in surprise.
What is he saying now…? He asked me to bring it…?
Seeing Hye Won’s tense expression, Tae Beom casually flipped the file in his hand. Dismissing it as useless, he scoffed.
“Who uses files like these nowadays? Is this the reality of Yuseon Air?”
Unaware of his mockery, Hye Won looked blankly at Tae Beom who chuckled at her confusion.
Ah, as if suddenly recalling something, Hye Won split half of the file and set it aside.
“I have individually grouped the data that I think would be good for the director to review.”
Tae Beom opened the file that Hye Won had personally sifted out and brought.
After casually flipping through a few pages, he covered it back up. It was clearly basic information about Yuseon Air, treated as if it was some useless trinket he picked up.
Ah, Tae Beom sighed lightly, crossing his arms in disbelief.
“Listen, Assistant Manager Yoon Hye Won.”
“Yes, Director.”
“It’s quite difficult for me to say this, but…”
Tae Beom began, his voice full of hesitation. Since it seemed like she didn’t know, he decided to start bragging about himself that no one else would do for him.
“Assistant Manager Yoon Hye Won. I am a person who stood shoulder to shoulder with experts flying and landing in New York, the center of the world economy and the mecca of finance, the city that never sleeps.”
“…Yeouido?”
“New York. I said New York.”
“Ah. Yes. New York.”
She choked up at an odd point.
Tae Beom barely suppressed his anger and continued his speech. Despite feeling horrible, he had to finish his bragging.
“In New York, I stood shoulder to shoulder with experts. How can you undermine me with such basic data?”
“Ah…… I’m sorry. I have a lot of shortcomings…….”
Choking on words rising to the edge of her throat, apologetic Hye Won aimlessly threw out an apology.
Then, Tae Beom raised his chin with a decisive hand gesture.
“Record it and bring it. So you can listen to it whenever you have time.”
“……Yes?”
Even after hearing it, Hye Won looked incredulous as she skimmed through the voluminous file.
Read all of that? Every single line? All of it?
“Record…… it?”
She was dumbfounded. After all the talk about the future of Yuseon Air, whether it was reality or whatever, now she was asked to record it.
Did you receive reports as audio files in New York? Is that the reality of your Wall Street……?
“Record…… a recording…….”
“Why? Can’t you do it?”
Tae Beom started interrogating as if probing.
Say you can’t do it quickly! Say you can’t!
“Or what, do you want to go back to your original department now?”
Want to go back to your original department now?
A spark ignited in the eyes of Hye Won who had been momentarily dumbstruck. What happens if I get fired and go back from here? Isn’t that not going to work?
At the end of her thoughts, she put on a smiling face again. Whenever she thought about the liquidated damages, she automatically put on a smiling face.
“No, I will do it as quickly as possible.”
“Ah…… So you’re going to do it and bring it……?”
“Yes, Director. If you could wait a bit, I’ll bring it right away.”
Gosh…
Tae Beom cradled his chin and exhaled a heated breath.
There it is, that bright smile again. Seeing her perfectly aligned teeth through her cordial smile strangely suffocated him.
With a wave of his hand, as if he was drained, Tae Beom said,
“Go ahead.”
“Yes, Director!”
He felt his body’s energy depleting faster than usual whenever he was confronting Hye Won.
He needed to recharge to regain his energy. In times like these, he needed to look at something pretty and cute.
“Director! Cheer up! First day of work! Let’s go, fighting!”
“Go… quickly…”
“Yes, Director!”
Maybe he should look at pictures of Chihuahuas for the next five minutes.
As Hye Won retreated like a court lady carrying a tray of food, Tae Beom exhaled a sigh that could burst his clothes.
“Ah, Deputy Manager Yoon Hye Won.”
She didn’t hear him and continued on her way.
Tae Beom rose from his seat and went around his desk, following Hye Won who seemed to only be intent on escaping the room.
Just as she reached for the door handle to turn it, Tae Beom pushed the door shut with his hand.
Hye Won, startled, turned to look at him.
Before she realized it, he was standing uncomfortably close to her.
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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