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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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Monday.
The atmosphere in the office was very quiet.
Was it because the fatigue of the people who had been having fun on the weekend hadn’t worn off?
Because they had a case of the Monday blues?
Because the added workload had increased the burden?
Well, perhaps the correct answer was that a high-ranking person in the company was in a very bad mood.
As the person who caused the problem, it was too easy for me to come to a conclusion.
On Sunday, after seeing the job search site, Lee Mina had broken down.
She had grabbed my collar and shaken me or hugged me and repeated that she was sorry.
I had sweated and made the excuse that I had just looked it up because I was curious about other company atmospheres, but it seemed like she didn’t believe me.
Well, I wouldn’t have believed me either if I were her.
For some reason, since she showed up at the office, I couldn’t focus on my work.
Instead, every five minutes, I had to endure her endless stream of questions.
[Are you having a hard time with work lately?]
[Which job types were you mainly looking for on the recruitment site?]
[In-ho-ssi, do you need money for something recently?]
[Your salary didn’t increase much this year, did it? I’ll definitely talk to the director about it for next year’s salary negotiation.]
[You’re not being scouted, are you?]
[Kim Nara-ssi who quit last time? Did that person scout you? Please tell me. I’m asking you.]
The questions were roughly like that.
I kept telling her that I wasn’t thinking about changing jobs and that I had just come out on the weekend because I wasn’t understanding the work well lately.
But her anxiety didn’t easily go away.
I somehow managed to get home, but I couldn’t rest.
She bought me chicken, saying that my body would be weak because I had only eaten porridge.
At first, I tried to pretend that I wasn’t there but she kept ringing the doorbell, so I had no choice but to open the door.
[In-ho-ssi, you haven’t had dinner, have you? I didn’t see you eating properly today. So I bought you chicken.]
[I haven’t had dinner either…]
When she was setting the stage to come inside, I politely refused, and unlike my expectations, she quickly agreed and backed down.
I foolishly thought that the incident was settled like that.
But on Monday, when Lee Mina came to work, I quickly realized that my thought was wrong.
Lee Mina, in a state of extreme low pressure, lightly ignored everyone’s greetings and silently did her work at her seat.
The employees, who had been chatting in small groups, were also quietly sitting at their desks, watching her and chatting in their group chats.
‘Just do your work, work.’
My old personality rose up, and I wanted to say something, but I was in hot water, so I held it in.
“Um, In-ho-ssi.”
Yuna-ssi, who was next to me, whispered to me.
“Do you perhaps know why Mina-nim is in a bad mood?”
I do know, but.
“Well, I don’t know anything either. She’s been like that since she came in.”
“Sigh… The vibe’s terrible for a Monday.”
“I know.”
“Yuna-ssi.”
While we were talking, a stiff voice rang out in the office.
Everyone stuck their necks out like meerkats and focused their gazes on the side where we were.
Lee Mina was standing there, having come without me noticing.
“Yes?”
Yuna, who had been called, felt that something was going wrong and asked in reply.
“Is the quarterly settlement prepared? I told you to prepare the materials, right?”
Mina approached slowly, putting pressure on Yuna.
“Ah… well… there were so many other things to do. I haven’t…”
“Not yet?”
Repeating the last words under her breath, Mina’s tone darkened.
Yuna lowered her head.
“I’m sorry.”
“When will it be ready?”
“Well, by Wednesday…”
“Organize it and send it by email by tomorrow morning.”
“…Yes.”
After sending one person away like that, Mina gave me a glance for a moment and went to another person’s seat.
“Hye-young-ssi, please forward me the status update on the last order.”
“Jung-hye-ssi. It’s been a while since you received the work for Compound Tech. There’s still no progress report?”
“Yun-ji-ssi. The documents you submitted last time…”
She went around to each seat, checking on the work.
The people who Lee Mina had visited started to work on the things they had put off with blank faces, and the employees who had not yet had their turn were now hurriedly starting to create the materials to report.
I watched this strange situation blankly.
Then, I heard Mina’s voice, which had become louder.
“Young-ji-ssi. Say it again.”
“Well… I told In-ho-ssi but it’s not organized yet.”
“Say it again.”
“In-ho-ssi hasn’t given me the materials yet.”
“Again.”
“Th-th-that’s… In-ho-ssi has a part that he has to do.”
Perhaps because she was so flustered?
She didn’t seem to realize why Mina was repeating the same words.
‘Ah… if she does that.’
It’s really bad.
Mina, now practically radiating cold fury, slowly approached Young-ji.
“So. You’re saying that you entrusted your work to In-ho-ssi? Without reporting it to me, the team leader.”
“Ah…”
Finally realizing her mistake, Young-ji stood frozen, her mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water, unable to form any words.
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She seems more acceptable than the last 2 but no way it ends well (obviously).
Too late to clean up.
Just my type