Reasonable Loss - 10

But Dokwon reappeared two days later. This time, he didn’t just glance around but carefully observed each team. He lingered longer in Eunsoo’s team. Though Eunsoo was nervous, Dokwon didn’t ask anything important.

He just glanced at the team members working with his usual cold expression and then left.

The team members murmured again.

“Why does he keep coming?”

“Yeah. Thanks to him, my eyes are tired, but my heart is still racing. I feel like dying a little.”

“Did something go wrong with the company? Is he planning to disband a few teams?”

“No way. This is Sungjin. Why would he suddenly visit? There haven’t been any major stock fluctuations recently.”

“Team leader, have you heard anything?”

Eunsoo shook his head. The team members sighed and returned to their seats.

The next day, Dokwon appeared again. And the next week. His visits filled the team with a sense of unease.

And then, on the day when Dokwon’s visits had filled a whole month, he entered the 14th floor and walked straight to Eunsoo, the UI team leader, or more precisely, the UI team leader.

Eunsoo, surprised, quickly stood up from his chair. And as he swallowed nervously,

“Team leader Yoo?”

Dokwon called Eunsoo.

“Yes, Director.”

Eunsoo answered, clasping his hands neatly under the table and nodding.

“I want to see the internal education app that the HR team is working on.”

“Yes.”

“I’d like to take a look at it.”

“Are you saying… now? Right now?”

Eunsoo’s eyes widened at the unexpected request. Dokwon pressed his lips tightly, looking somewhat uncomfortable to an onlooker.

“…Do you not want to?”

His added words sounded almost mocking. I’m looking at it. Who are you to refuse? If I criticize, I criticize. The typical repertoire of bullying seemed to echo in the distance.

Eunsoo quickly added,

“No. Not at all. But we only handle the design as per the handover from the HR team. If you want to see something related to talent development, it would be better to get a report from the HR team. Let me contact them now…”

“No, I want to see the design.”

“Oh, I see… In that case, if you want to… print it, it will take some time. I will come to your office in an hour.”

Eunsoo gestured to his team members. They started moving around, finding files, organizing, compiling, and checking.

Suddenly feeling like he was about to take a test, Eunsoo clenched his fists tightly.

“Are you really coming?”

Dokwon replied coldly with a stiff face. His expression was so severe. Eunsoo almost hesitated due to the pheromones he emitted as if expanding in an instant. Nevertheless, he held his ground, clenching his feet firmly and enduring.

“Um… If it’s uncomfortable… Shall we meet in the meeting room?”

“No, it’s not uncomfortable. It’s fine, this place is comfortable, just the two of us.”

“…Really?”

Eunsoo asked for some strange reason, but Dokwon just smiled as if nothing was wrong. Dokwon turned away. Eunsoo relaxed his tense shoulders, but Dokwon turned back to look at Eunsoo.

“But Team Leader Yoo.”

“Yes, Director.”