Chapter 1609: Lee Boo-jin's Change

As for Im Woo-jae, to Lee Boo-jin, he was once the male lead in a fairy-tale romance, but now he has become her nightmare.

Yes, in Lee Boo-jin's eyes, this guy was her nightmare!

From mutual affection back then to mutual disgust now, ten years ago, Lee Boo-jin chose to marry for love, but ten years later, she finally realized that her initial choice was wrong.

In the first few years of marriage, Im Woo-jae behaved decently enough; Lee Boo-jin sent him abroad to study, and he performed reasonably well in the United States.

But after returning to South Korea, this guy gradually revealed his true nature.

Not only did he indulge in wine and women, but he also spent his days chasing after flowers and willows.

Given Samsung's status in South Korea, although no media dared to report it, Lee Boo-jin still learned of this through various channels.

At first, Lee Boo-jin could still talk to Im Woo-jae and even believed his explanations, but after it happened too many times, she became completely disillusioned with him.

However, they had a son who was only five years old, and for the sake of her son, Lee Boo-jin had been tolerating him all along.

Samsung's eldest princess was also human; many times, a strong woman is not necessarily as hard as stone. Deep inside, there are soft places, and in her character, there is also a weak side.

And Im Woo-jae, from a bodyguard born into an ordinary family, became a phoenix man, soaring from a sprig to a phoenix, and now transformed into the vice president of Samsung Electro-Mechanics.

In his eyes, the gap between him and his wife was too vast. The story of Cinderella and the prince was a modern fairy tale, but the problem was, if the prince were a beggar and Cinderella a princess, it would be really frustrating.

Men, you know—they can go out and indulge in pleasure however they like, but if their wife has a slightly close male friend, they explode with anger.

Originally, Im Woo-jae had come today to apologize to his wife. Yesterday, when he went out to have fun, his wife found out and scolded him over the phone. Im Woo-jae figured that if he came to apologize to Lee Boo-jin today, things would basically blow over.

But unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the Shilla Hotel, he was told that Lee Boo-jin had a guest.

From a distance, he saw Lee Boo-jin walking side by side with a strange young man, chatting and laughing, and Lee Boo-jin even bent over laughing from time to time.

You know, even when she was with him, she had never laughed so freely.

Im Woo-jae immediately felt that he had been cuckolded!

It must be!

This must be Lee Boo-jin's lover outside; otherwise, how could she take off the mask of Samsung's eldest daughter and lose her composure so much in front of that man!

Rage instantly made Im Woo-jae lose his reason, leading to the scene just now.

At this moment, Lee Boo-jin was trembling with anger at Im Woo-jae!

"You, get out, now!"

Lee Boo-jin pointed at Im Woo-jae and said coldly, "Get out!"

"You, I'm going to tell Father, you are so shameless!"

Im Woo-jae seemed to muster up his courage, glaring at Lee Boo-jin and said, "I saw it all, and you still dare to act like this? Do you have any regard for me as your husband?"

Lee Boo-jin was furious; she had never imagined that the husband she chose would be such an idiot.

Seeing her with a young man, he immediately suspected she had something to do with him. Didn't he see the large group of bodyguards around?

If Zhao Fusheng understood the Korean between them, he would surely tell Im Woo-jae helplessly: "IQ is a good thing, but unfortunately you don't have it."

"Uncle Kim, take this guy away!"

Lee Boo-jin finally could no longer contain her anger, waving her hand to let Kim Dae-woo, who had arrived with people from behind, drag Im Woo-jae out.

If he stayed any longer, she was afraid she would lose control and hit him.

The reason was simple: this guy was just too infuriating.

"I'm sorry."

Turning around, a smile reappeared on Lee Boo-jin's face.

It must be said that Samsung's family education was very successful; at least, this eldest daughter had a remarkable ability to control her emotions. Even Zhao Fusheng had to admit that he himself didn't have this skill as much as Lee Boo-jin did.

"It's okay."

Zhao Fusheng shrugged and said calmly, "We Chinese have a saying: 'Every family has a hard-to-read scripture,' meaning that every family has its own helpless aspects. I think this might make you feel a bit better."

"Heh..."

Lee Boo-jin suddenly laughed: "You, why are you always so calm and composed?"

Hearing her words, Zhao Fusheng smiled slightly: "Simple, because whether you're sad or not, life goes on, doesn't it?"

Lee Boo-jin was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then laughed.

She had to admit that this young man, nearly ten years younger than her, seemed more mature than herself. No wonder he had succeeded in building a fortune of billions of dollars from scratch.

Sometimes, if a person can achieve success, there must be something extraordinary about them.

If everyone could succeed just because of family background, that would be a joke. In that case, the world would be unchanging.

The so-called story of 'dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes' is just an excuse for rulers to numb the common people.

'Kings, princes, generals, and ministers—are they born superior?' That is the real reality.

Of course, for common people to become kings, princes, generals, and ministers, they undoubtedly have to pay a huge price, perhaps even sacrificing the efforts of one or several generations.

But ultimately, there is still a chance.

"Let's stop here for today."

Zhao Fusheng looked at Lee Boo-jin and said calmly.

Regardless, Lee Boo-jin's current state was not suitable for continuing their previous conversation.

In fact, Zhao Fusheng was not averse to cooperating with Samsung or Lee Boo-jin. He might be a bit of a nationalist, but only a fool would refuse an opportunity to make money from foreigners.

Lee Boo-jin naturally understood Zhao Fusheng's meaning. She sighed inwardly; she had almost succeeded in persuading Zhao Fusheng to agree to cooperate, but that bastard Im Woo-jae had ruined the atmosphere they had built up.

"Alright, let's talk another day."

Lee Boo-jin nodded and said to Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng smiled. He could see that Lee Boo-jin seemed not very happy; it seemed that what had just happened made her think he was dissatisfied.

"Sister Boo-jin, don't worry. If you have time, I think we can discuss this again tomorrow." Zhao Fusheng said seriously.

Lee Boo-jin was taken aback: "What did you say? Discuss it again tomorrow?"

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "Of course. To be honest, I also hope to have a strong partner in South Korea. I believe you think the same, right?"

Lee Boo-jin quickly nodded and laughed: "Alright, I'll send someone to pick you up tomorrow."

She was truly delighted. Zhao Fusheng had taken the initiative to show willingness to cooperate; it seemed her move was correct.

As long as Zhao Fusheng was willing to cooperate, even if it meant an equity swap with Samsung, in Lee Boo-jin's view, it would be her success. It would surely earn her praise from her father, Lee Kun-hee.

You see, although Samsung was currently entrenched in South Korea and immensely powerful, the Lees knew well that Samsung now really needed some changes.

To go further and develop better, they had to find new directions.

And what Lee Boo-jin wanted to choose was the internet.

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Lee Boo-jin personally escorted Zhao Fusheng to the door, and they smiled and bid each other farewell.

Watching Zhao Fusheng get into the car, the expression on Lee Boo-jin's face instantly turned cold.

"Where is Im Woo-jae?"

"In the meeting room, Director Kim is with him." The bodyguard beside her quickly replied.

"Bastard!"

Lee Boo-jin snorted coldly and walked straight toward the meeting room with her bodyguards.

Entering the meeting room, she saw Im Woo-jae angrily complaining to Kim Dae-woo about something.

Of course, he wouldn't dare to act up with Kim Dae-woo; that man was a veteran who had once followed Lee Kun-hee. In other words, he was someone with real backing. Even if Im Woo-jae had the guts, he wouldn't dare to shout at Kim Dae-woo.

He dared to do that to Lee Boo-jin because they were husband and wife and had a child.

But if he dared to treat Kim Dae-woo, a loyal retainer of the Lee family, like that, even without Lee Boo-jin's say, Lee Kun-hee would not let him off.

"Boo-jin, I..."

Seeing Lee Boo-jin enter, Im Woo-jae quickly stood up, looking apologetic: "I'm sorry, I didn't know he was your guest."

Kim Dae-woo had just explained to him that the young man was a super-rich man from China, and Lee Boo-jin planned to cooperate with him to invest in the internet industry.

Although Im Woo-jae had been a layman ignorant of business management before, he had learned a bit after studying abroad, so he naturally understood Samsung's current problems and his wife's desire to gain recognition from her father, Lee Kun-hee.

So it turned out he had misunderstood her.

"Regardless of whether he is my guest, am I so untrustworthy in your heart?" Lee Boo-jin looked coldly at Im Woo-jae and asked calmly.

Im Woo-jae was momentarily speechless, hesitated, and then said: "Well, that's not what I meant, I just..."

"There's nothing more to say."

Lee Boo-jin waved her hand: "You go back first. I still have things to handle today; I won't be coming home."

After saying this, she said to Kim Dae-woo: "Uncle Kim, please arrange for someone to take him home."

Then Lee Boo-jin turned and left; she truly didn't want to see Im Woo-jae for even a second.

If yesterday's incident had made her very angry, then what happened today made her completely see this person's true colors.

Perhaps what Zhao Fusheng said was right: once you find a mistake, the best way to handle it is to cut off your wrist to save your life.