Trial Marriage Husband (Pangyo Couple version) Part II

Chapter 254: How Many More Times Can I Help Cha Jooeun?

Yoona got to where she was today, not because of stupid moves like she had displayed earlier. She was extremely clear-minded. "Rather than waiting for her to provoke us in secret, we might as well make a move first!"

Jooeun lowered her head to look at Yoona's hand. She felt overcome with emotions. "This was originally an issue between Lee Sungkyung and me, you should not have been implicated."

"Your issue is my issue. There is no such thing as should or should not."

That night, the news of Yoona hitting someone appeared on top of the news headlines. It wasn't because of Yoona's popularity that the news went viral, but because artists at GK never made lowly mistakes like this in public. Yet, Yoona hit someone, and they were fans of Lee Sungkyung. This drama appeared to be an internal battle. To the reporters, this was an extremely attractive piece of gossip.

At the break of dawn, as expected, Changwook was disturbed by phone calls from the media. GK immediately activated their PR, but because 1 of the 3 women that were slapped turned out to be the daughter of a government official, Yoona's mistake wasn't easy to fix.

The government official's daughter went straight to the hospital to examine her injury and decided to sue Yoona. Meanwhile, GK immediately reacted by offering to provide a satisfactory solution.

So while the sky was still dark, Changwook sat on the sofa inside Yoona's apartment and sighed helplessly. "You really know how to pick your enemies."

"What are her conditions?" Yoona leaned against her bed dressed in a pair of pajamas as she questioned Changwook.

"She wants you to make a public apology and compensate for any losses." Changwook placed the information on the table and looked at Yoona confusedly. "Is this your way of letting loose? You've never created trouble for GK by hitting people like this in the past."

Yoona turned around and placed her face close to Changwook. "Come, throw me two slaps."

"Are you really not afraid that President Lee will punish you?"

"President Lee knows why I acted this way." Yoona replied with a deeper meaning. After speaking, she plopped down on the sofa. "Recently, Jooeun has been suffering and tolerating, did Sungkyung really think no one noticed? Jooeun has been trying her best to avoid clashing with Sungkyung face-to-face. But you and I both know, Sungkyung will merely take advantage of that fact."

"Let me reignite Jooeun's fire and stop her from avoiding. This is the best outcome."

"You've really thought things out carefully for Jooeun." Changwook understood Yoona's intention. Although GK was internally united and no one had any opinions towards Jeonghwan becoming Cha Jooeun's manager, half of Sungkyung's heart no longer belonged to GK. So as soon as her status was threatened, it was impossible for her to let it pass.

"That's because I've decided to retreat from the industry." Yoona announced comfortably. "How many more times can I help Jooeun?"

As soon as he heard Yoona's intention to retreat, Changwook was stunned. This was something that had never even crossed his mind. He was so stunned that as he spoke, he stumbled with his words. "Re...retreat? Why?"

"I'm tired. I want to go get married." After speaking, she lay on the sofa and closed her eyes.

Changwook remained silent for a while before lowering his head and suddenly asking, "Have you spoken to President Lee about your intention to retreat?"

"After the incident with Lee Sungkyung is over, I'll speak to him about it." Yoona replied quietly. 

"Where do you plan to go afterwards?"

"I'm not sure. I want to find a lover. I want a stable family. I want a child. But at the moment, this all seems quite difficult to achieve."

Changwook didn't say anything. Actually, his heart was in quite a mess. He had always found women like Yoona were hard to understand. It wasn't like she was an old lady, but she appeared to have a lot of worries.

There had been many times in the past when Changwook wanted to ask her if anyone had ever held a place in her heart. However, ever since the exposure of her private life, Changwook finally realized Yoona was quite a simple person. She loved simply and suffered simply. Even when life was exceptionally cruel towards her, she never once complained.

"I'll just let fate decide."

On this day, as Changwook stepped out of Yoona's apartment, he no longer appeared frivolous as usual. In fact, his mind was completely elsewhere. Actually, he had taken note of Yoona for a really long time.

In order to prevent Yoona from suffering the scolding of netizens, in the middle of the night, Changwook drove his car over to the government official's home. Of course, this man was in a high position, so there was no way he would meet with some random person from the entertainment industry. However, he had his ways. He told the security to pass on a message. "If we don't privately solve this issue in time, according to GK's history, your entire family will end up suffering. As I am aware, the elections are upon us. I don't suppose you are willing to lose, right?"

Although Changwook ended up waiting until the next morning, the man eventually gave him an answer. "We will withdraw our lawsuit, but we still expect Im Yoona to apologize. If you want to take your headline down from hottest searches, then go ahead."

In the end, Changwook successfully prevented the issue from escalating any further. It was fine for Yoona to help Jooeun, but it wasn't necessary for her to destroy herself in the process. Even if she no longer cared about her own reputation.

"Changwook sure is capable. He even managed to negotiate with a government official!" Minjung couldn't help but exclaim as soon as she received the news. In comparison, her ability was minuscule.

"Changwook stood outside the official's home for 5 hours." Jeonghwan explained to Jooeun as they ate breakfast. "Now he's been hit with a fever. The phone call just a moment ago was from him."

Jooeun was a little shocked. "He stood outside in such cold weather?"

"Yep."

"Has he always handled matters like this, or is this the first time?" Jooeun spread some jam on a piece of toast and handed it to Jeonghwan as she questioned him.

"From what I'm aware, he has always been good at self-preservation and usually approaches things with careful thought. His actions this time are a little out of the ordinary."

After Jooeun finished eating, she lowered her head and thought for a while. Eventually, she asked suspiciously. "Why do I feel that Changwook oppa's feelings towards Yoona aren't that simple?"

"He has never given off any clues."

"Perhaps I'm just being oversensitive. After all, Changwook oppa is nice to everyone." Jooeun temporarily let go of her suspicions and stopped analyzing. But she still instructed Minjung. "In a moment, give him a call to check how he's going."

"How about I ask Taejoo to go over directly and check on him?" Minjung offered.

Jooeun looked at Minjung and suddenly started laughing. "Taejoo oppa is my husband's assistant, why is he following your orders at all times?"

Minjung looked down awkwardly. Jeonghwan did not say anything, gesturing that he agreed with her suggestion. She understood so she quickly stood to the side and made a phone call.

However, Jooeun was the only one who that felt, things weren't over so easily. After all, it wasn't easy for Lee Sungkyung to find an excuse to complain.