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The man explains that the real reason is the stolen software program.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Hong Yooyeon discusses the Executive Director's help with her sister. Her sister says the man values her, comes once a month to check on her, and asks her to apologize and thank him. The argument extends to their father's death and two years of loneliness. Later, Yooyeon learns from the doctor that thanks to top-level care she will be able to walk in 4-5 months, and tells the man she will repay her debt to him item by item. The man explains that the real reason is the stolen software program.","key_events":["Executive Director meets Yooyeon face to face; she apologizes and vows to repay all support by invoice","Doctor gives hopeful exam result that Yooyeon can walk and run in 4-5 months due to top-level care","Executive Director recalls curse of Yooyeon's last words two years ago and sleepless nights after accident","Sister reveals Executive Director wanted to sleep with Yooyeon, shocking her","Younger sister pressures Hong Yooyeon to meet Executive Director privately and thank him properly","Sisters argue over father's death, two years of hardship alone, and demand for apology and thanks","Gallery gossip describes Kim Gibaek as dangerous and unreadable secretary of Choi Hyunmyung","Executive Director reveals he cared for her because of her software program now passed to another company"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HAA...\nBIG SIS... WHY ARE YOU BEING LIKE THIS?\nTHAT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.\n\nDID HE MAKE ANY STRANGE DEMANDS OF YOU?\nLIKE MAKING UNREASONABLE DEMANDS ON YOU USING MY MEDICAL BILLS AS LEVERAGE...?\nWHAT ARE YOU EVEN...?\n\n...DID THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAKE A STRANGE DEMAND OF YOU BEFORE?\nMS. HONG YOOYEON. WHY DON'T YOU AND I MEET PRIVATELY?\n...I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT YOU MEAN.\n\nI THINK YOU DO.\nTO PUT IT SIMPLY, SLE—\nI REFUSE, DIRECTOR.\nSITE GRAPH BUILDER\nPath Discovery\nZATION\nRoute Sequencin\nRIGHT\n\nRIGHT.\nMY SISTER IS AN ADULT NOW, SO I CAN PROBABLY TELL HER.\n...HE ASKED TO SLEEP WITH ME.\n\n??\n...HUH?\n...IS THAT WHAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MEANT?\n\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN?\nHE TOLD ME BEFORE.\nTHAT HE'D WRONGED YOU IN THE PAST, SO HE HAD TO HELP YOU.\nHE SAID IT WAS THE ONLY WAY HE'D HAVE PEACE OF MIND.\nIT IS SHOCKING THAT HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO YOU, BUT...\n\nI THOUGHT HE GENUINELY LIKED YOU.\nTHAT WAS WHY HE'D JUST COME WATCH OVER YOU ONCE A MONTH BEFORE LEAVING.\nHE DEFINITELY FELT SOMETHING FOR YOU...\n\nWHAT IS THERE TO LIKE ABOUT ME?\nNOTHING EVER EVEN HAPPENED BETWEEN HIM AND ME.\nMAYBE IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.\n\nBECAUSE YOU'RE PRETTY.\nSO I REALLY WANT YOU TO GREET HIM PROPERLY NEXT TIME.\nAPOLOGIZE,\nAND THANK HIM.\n\nI'LL PAY BACK THE MONEY. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.\nPAYING IT BACK IS ONE THING, BUT APOLOGIZE FIRST.\nWHOSE SISTER ARE YOU ANYWAY?!\nCAN'T YOU DO THIS ONE THING FOR YOUR ONLY SISTER?!\nA MINUTE AGO YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING ELSE!\nWHEN DID I SAY THAT?!\n\nDAD PASSED AWAY,\nAND YOU ENDED UP LIKE THIS!\nDO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS FOR ME WHEN I HAD NOBODY TO RELY ON?!\nCAN'T YOU DO ONE SIMPLE FAVOR FOR THE SISTER WHO SUFFERED ALONE FOR OVER TWO YEARS?!\n\nFINE, ALL RIGHT!\nUGH, SHE'S RELENTLESS.\nSHE WON'T EVEN CUT HER BEDRIDDEN SISTER ANY SLACK.\nBIG SIS!!\nI TOLD YOU NOT TO WEAR MY SHIRT WITHOUT ASKING!\n\nOKAY, FINE!\nEVEN AFTER TWO YEARS, NOTHING HAS CHANGED.\nSHE REALLY IS MY SISTER...\nDO YOU WANT ME TO SPEND ALL NIGHT TELLING YOU EVERYTHING HE DID FOR YOU?!\n\nPLEASE VIEW WITH EYES ONLY.\nCyan, 2026. Mixed media on canvas, 300 × 500 cm (modified size 500 masterpiece). Spanning an overwhelming width of five meters, this monu- mental masterpiece boldly unfolds using only the single color “cyan” and its nuanced variations. It represents the culmination of a lifelong aesthetic practice by a master of Korean Dansaekh- wa (Monochrome Painting). As the title intuitively suggests, within a massive frame tran- scending ordinary human vision, the hue of cyan functions beyond mere color, serving as a vast pictorial universe. he mystical particles of light cascading from the top left and the deep accumulation of darkness below prove that this im- mense canvas is an abyssal realm where the cycle of life takes place.\n\nWHOA...\nLOOK OVER THERE!...\nNO, NOT AT THE PAINTING. AT HIM.\nPLEASE VIEW WITH EYES ONLY...\n\nKIM GIBAEK, SECRETARY TO CHOI HYUNMYUNG\nBEHIND THAT HANDSOME FACE LIES SOMETHING TRULY DANGEROUS...\nONE MOMENT HE’S AS REFINED AS A STOIC SCHOLAR DETACHED FROM WORLDLY MATTERS,\n\nAND THE NEXT, HE TURNS INTO A KILLER WHALE THAT NEVER LETS GO OF ITS PREY UNTIL IT’S DEAD.\nEVEN AFTER SERVING HIM FOR SIX YEARS, I CAN NEVER READ HIS TRUE INTENTIONS.\nSTANDING LIKE A STATUE IN FRONT OF A MONOCHROME PAINTING FOR TWO HOURS...\nPROVES HE’S NO ORDINARY MADMAN.\nAM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FINDS THIS STRANGE?\nWHAT ON EARTH IS HE THINKING ABOUT SO DEEPLY?\n\nWHO ARE YOU TO HELP ME?!\nWAS GOING THERE TOO SOON THE PROBLEM?\n\nTO HONG YOOYEON, I MUST SEEM LIKE A TOTAL LUNATIC.\nISN'T THIS A REMARKABLY EFFICIENT MOVE FOR YOU, MS. HONG YOOYEON?\nI DOUBT THERE'S ANOTHER COMPANY OFFERING TERMS AS FAVORABLE AS MINE.\nTHAT'S WHAT I SAID BACK THEN.\n\nI SHOULD HAVE WAITED QUIETLY\nUNTIL SHE FILLED THE GAP OF OVER TWO LOST YEARS.\nWHILE THE WORLD KEPT MOVING, SHE ALONE STOOD STILL. HOW INFURIATING IT MUST BE FOR A WOMAN OF SUCH PRIDE.\n\nYET, EVEN SO,\nI STILL WOULD HAVE GONE.\n“THIS IS HONG YOOYEON.”\nHONG YOOYEON I WAS OVERWHELMED THAT DAY AND ACTED VERY RUDELY.\n\n“I WAS OVERWHELMED THAT DAY AND ACTED VERY RUDELY.”\n“I HEARD WHAT HAPPENED FROM MY SISTER.”\nI WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON TO APOLOGIZE AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE.”\nPLEASE FEEL FREE TO VISIT WHENEVER IT IS CONVENIENT FOR YOU.\nPLEASE FEEL FREE TO VISIT WHENEVER IT IS CONVENIENT FOR YOU.\nTOMORROW AT 4 O'CLOCK. I'LL VISIT THEN.\n\nMS. HONG YOOYEON.\nDO YOU KNOW WHAT THE LAST WORDS YOU LEFT ME TWO YEARS AGO WERE?\n\nLET'S NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN, NOT EVEN IN OUR DREAMS!\nWHEN I HEARD ABOUT YOUR ACCIDENT,\nTHOSE WORDS CLUNG TO MY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS LIKE A CURSE.\nSO, WAS THAT LONG, UNENDING DREAM BEARABLE?\n\nYOU, WHO TOLD ME NEVER TO MEET AGAIN EVEN IN OUR DREAMS,\nWERE YOU TRAPPED IN A DEEP DREAM WHERE I DIDN’T EXIST?\nALL I WANTED WAS TO SEE YOU WAKE UP.\n\nBOTH BACK THEN, AND AT THIS VERY MOMENT.\nYOUR EXAMINATION RESULTS LOOK VERY PROMISING.\n\nNORMALLY, RECOVERY IN CASES LIKE THIS TAKES OVER A YEAR,\nBUT YOU HAVEN'T SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT MUSCLE LOSS,\nSO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO WALK AND RUN IN FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS AT THE EARLIEST.\nHOW IS MY PROGRESS THIS GOOD...?\n\nBECAUSE YOU RECEIVED TOP-TIER TREATMENT THE ENTIRE TIME.\nYOU RECEIVED DAILY PHYSICAL THERAPY, PREVENTING JOINT CONTRACTURE,\nAND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY SLOWED DOWN MUSCLE ATROPHY.\nI THINK YOU CAN BEGIN REHABILITATION RIGHT AWAY.\n\nTHE FAVOR THAT MAN EXTENDED\nHAD ALREADY GONE FAR BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF SIMPLE GOODWILL.\nEVEN IF HE SUPPOSEDLY FELL FOR ME AT FIRST SIGHT DURING THAT MEETING.\nCOULD ANYONE REALLY GO THIS FAR JUST FROM AN INSTANT INFATUATION?\n\nEVEN MY OWN BOYFRIEND RAN OFF.\n...DO PEOPLE JUST DO THIS WHEN THEY HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY?\nShe's in need. Cover her hospital bills.\nYes, Executive Director.\nLIKE SOME KIND OF CHARITY WORK?\nWHY DID HE HAVE TO SHOW UP SO EARLY, ANYWAY?\n\nHE SHOULD HAVE COME AFTER I UNDERSTOOD THE WHOLE SITUATION...\nLET’S GIVE A PROPER APOLOGY.\nAND EXPRESS MY THANKS.\nFOR THIS INCOMPREHENSIBLE BENEVOLENCE.\nSHALL I HEAR YOUR APOLOGY AND GRATITUDE NOW?\n\nAH...\nI REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH HIM...\nWHY DID HE HAVE TO SQUEEZE ALL THE WAY INTO THIS CRAMPED SPACE?\n\nIT'S OVERWHELMING...!\n...THANK YOU FOR CONSOLING MY SISTER.\n\nTHIS ISN'T QUITE THE DIRECTION OF APOLOGY AND THANKS I EXPECTED.\nI'LL REPAY THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.\nTHAT'S NOT IT EITHER.\n\nCOULD YOU SEND ME AN ITEMIZED INVOICE FOR EVERYTHING TO DATE?!\nIT WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE HUNDRED MILLION WON.\n\nI WILL REPAY IT.\nNO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I WILL PAY YOU BACK.\nDOWN TO THE LAST BOX OF TISSUES, I WON'T FORGET A SINGLE CENT.\nALL RIGHT. BE SURE THAT YOU DO.\n\n...I MISSPOKE YESTERDAY.\nI APOLOGIZE.\nTHEY SAY MY RECOVERY WILL BE FAST THANKS TO THE CARE YOU PROVIDED.\n\nTHANK YOU.\nTHOUGH TO BE FRANK, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DID IT.\nIT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.\nTHE SUPPORT WAS LAVISH TO A BEWILDERING DEGREE.\n\nMS. HONG YOOYEON.\nSTEEL YOURSELF AND LISTEN CAREFULLY TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.\nTHE REASON I KEPT WATCHING OVER YOU\nWAS BECAUSE OF THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM YOU BROUGHT TO ME.\n\nDID YOU KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM YOU CREATED FELL INTO ANOTHER COMPANY'S HANDS?\nONLY ITS DESIGN WAS CLEVERLY ALTERED.\n\nAND THE INVENTOR REGISTERED AT THE PATENT OFFICE HAPPENS TO BE SOMEONE YOU KNOW VERY WELL.\nI KNOW...?\n\nDO YONGTAE.\nIT TURNS OUT HE WAS THE FIANCÉ WHO HAD PROMISED TO MARRY YOU.","bubble_count":156,"pages_count":43,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Hong Yooyeon discusses the Executive Director's help with her sister.","spoiler_summary":"Hong Yooyeon discusses the Executive Director's help with her sister. Her sister says the man values her, comes once a month to check on her, and asks her to apologize and thank him. The argument extends to their father's death and two years of loneliness. Later, Yooyeon learns from the doctor that thanks to top-level care she will be able to walk in 4-5 months, and tells the man she will repay her debt to him item by item. The man explains that the real reason is the stolen software program."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/counterfire-marriage-kdalqsjd/chapter-3-akznuz","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Counterfire Marriage #3","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-16T23:41:09.300Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/counterfire-marriage-kdalqsjd"}}