“It’s an article from when you were appointed CEO.”
The woman who claimed to live in this house and worked at his company had shown him an article, briefly outlining his achievements. It stated he graduated top of his class from Korea University’s School of Business.
Korea University’s School of Business was where Seungju had aspired to go. He studied diligently even after being left alone, intending to make his mother happy when she returned.
But to have already graduated. It meant his life’s goal had vanished overnight.
He was now the CEO of Daewon Construction, but he couldn’t go there. He didn’t even know where the company was located.
He remembered the woman who held his hand and wept in the hospital.
“Seungju, it’s Mom. Are you awake?”
Though he had never seen her face, she was probably the woman who had tormented his mother. There was no reason, just a feeling. Her bold claim as his mother suggested his father had remarried.
He couldn’t go to school, the company, or his father’s side. There was no place for him in this world. He felt like he was dropped in a vast desert without a map or compass.
The only thing connecting him to this world was this house, where he and his mother lived together. There was nowhere else to go.
…And that woman.
He didn’t remember her face or voice, but she didn’t feel like a stranger. Strangely, she felt familiar, even though she seemed wary of him. Maybe she was the only one he could rely on in this world.
Seungju sat huddled in a corner of the daecheongmaru, waiting for the woman to return from work.
[Star Icon]“Stay here tonight. Tomorrow I’ll go to work and contact the secretarial office.”
It was hard to believe the amnesia story, but she couldn’t bring herself to turn away the man who claimed to be eighteen. He was, after all, her lifesaver.
So, she let him stay in a spare room.
The next morning, seeing the large man curled up in bed, eyes swollen from crying, Eunseo felt a pang of sadness.
Even while climbing into her car to go to work, her mind was in turmoil.
She couldn’t keep him forever, especially since he claimed to be eighteen. The best course of action seemed to be handing him over to his parents.
Of course, as a mere employee of an affiliate, she couldn’t contact the chairman directly. She had no choice but to talk to the secretarial office.
“Eunseo, where are you going?”
Sneaking out of the office, Eunseo was caught in the hallway by Suna.
“Oh, just somewhere. Why?”
“About our Seungju. Why hasn’t he been coming to work for several days now?”
Suna was genuinely worried as if it were her own business. Eunseo, unable to tell her that the man was currently at her house, desperately changed the subject.
“Maybe he’s on an overseas business trip?”
“If that were the case, his messenger status would say he’s on a trip. But it’s been showing ‘Away’ this whole time.”
Suna showed her phone, indicating, “Look at this.”
“What if the chairman sent him somewhere else? Like, made him the CEO of some small, out-of-the-way subsidiary.”
“Eish, no way.”
“No way? You don’t know! He was initially sent to our company, the least significant subsidiary, right? It was about to close down, but he turned it all around after becoming the CEO.”
“But he joined as a director from the start.”
“Ts-ts, people are so gullible. That’s why there’s media play.”
Suna clicked her tongue.
“Who knows how much money the headquarters spent on the press? There were so many articles. These days, most chaebol heirs join as ordinary employees, but Kwon Seungju, the eldest son of Daewon Group, was treated exceptionally. It was all a PR stunt to dispel suspicions that he was being neglected as the legitimate heir.”
Suna seemed almost personally offended.
“What’s the use of being a director in name only? It’s nothing but a shiny facade. It’s like saying, ‘Here, take this insignificant subsidiary and don’t covet the group.'”
Eunseo hadn’t known about such internal dynamics.
“[As a chaebol’s eldest son, joining as a director, everything in the world must seem too easy for you. In just four years, you became the CEO. Everyone else must seem like fools to you.]”
Remembering what she had shouted at Kwon Seungju, Eunseo felt uneasy.
Suna whispered softly, looking around.
“I saw an article recently. The chairman wants to make his second son, born to his second wife, his successor.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. He’s made up his mind, but he can’t say it outright because of public scrutiny. Originally, Daewon Group was essentially the property of the late madam’s family, and the chairman was practically a son-in-law. He can’t openly push him because people would criticize him for taking the legitimate son’s inheritance and giving it to the son of a mistress. And our CEO is so competent.”
It was public knowledge that the foundation of Daewon Group was the property of the late madam’s family. Even Eunseo, who was not very worldly, knew that.
“That’s why the chairman is trying to find faults with the CEO.”
“What? Why?”
“Why else? To somehow find a reason to make the second son the successor!”
Suna looked genuinely distressed.
“The CEO only sleeps three to four hours a day and works even on holidays. There’s a reason for that. He doesn’t want to lose his mother’s property to his half-brother.”
Eunseo flinched.
…That man is now eighteen years old.
Moreover, his knowledge of the world stopped fifteen years ago. As it is, he can’t even perform his duties as CEO, let alone lead a normal social life. There could be no greater flaw than this.
‘What if this news reaches the chairman…?’
The chairman would seize the opportunity to appoint the second son as his successor.
It really shouldn’t matter to Eunseo who becomes the group’s successor. But the thought that a person’s life hung on her words made her hesitant to act rashly, even if that person was the infinitely irritating Kwon Seungju.
She thought it best to inform him of the situation first and let him speak for himself.
Suna suddenly remembered something.
“But Eunseo, weren’t you going somewhere?”
“…It’s nothing.”
Eunseo shook her head.
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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