Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: Sucking on Honey
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"CEO! Big Brother!"
"CEO. Are you coming to?"
My vision was foggy, like it was shrouded in mist.
I could feel someone shaking my body.
The haze gradually cleared, revealing a white ceiling.
And soon, beneath that ceiling, a man's face came into view.
A guy with short hair and a handsome face.
'Who was he again?'
He looked familiar.
But what the hell was going on right now?
I... definitely got stabbed with a knife.
Wasn't I dead?
I'd lost so much blood, it should've been impossible to survive.
"Big Brother. Are you coming to? It's me, Kim Gi-woo. Big Brother."
Kim Gi-woo.
That name rang a bell too.
Who was he?
"Oppa. I'll go call the doctor right now."
"Yeah. Thanks."
A woman's voice chimed in faintly.
That sounded familiar too.
'What the hell. What's going on?'
Was this a hallucination?
No way I survived?
The shaking pulled my gaze back to the man's face.
'Ah... Kim Gi-woo. I remember now.'
Jang Min-hoo's personal secretary.
It had to be Kim Gi-woo, the one he valued most.
But why was he here?
Why was he calling me Big Brother?
"Big Brother. You're back, right? Say something."
I slowly sat up.
"Whoa? Big Brother!"
Kim Gi-woo threw his arms around me.
"Thank God. Really, thank God. Sniff!"
Tears streamed from his eyes as he hugged me.
Was he crying?
Soon, a doctor and nurse rushed in.
And that's when I learned who the familiar woman was.
Lee Se-jeong.
Jang Min-hoo's other secretary.
The stunning beauty with a killer figure who was always on the male employees' lips.
Kim Gi-woo, Lee Se-jeong.
I had no idea why Jang Min-hoo's two secretaries were by my side.
"Mr. Jang Min-hoo. Can you see this?"
The doctor wiggled his fingers in front of me.
"Yes... I see it."
The doctor checked a few more things, then looked relieved.
"We'll need more tests to be sure, but thankfully, your condition looks stable."
Kim Gi-woo and Lee Se-jeong burst into tears again at his words.
"Sniff! Big Brother! Thank God! Really, thank God!"
"CEO! We were so worried. Really... thank God."
I tilted my head, looking back and forth between them.
What the hell was going on?
****
The various tests helped me piece together the situation.
'My... body's been swapped?'
I'd definitely been stabbed and died.
Yet here I was, opening my eyes in the body of my company's CEO, Jang Min-hoo.
Unbelievable.
Kim Gi-woo gave me the rough explanation of why this happened.
"So, I nearly died, huh."
"Nearly? You were trying to kill yourself, Big Brother."
"Yeah. Even took pills."
I knew about Yoon So-yoon, the director I'd dated for five years, dying in a car accident.
The company had been swamped because of it.
Apparently, the shock drove CEO Jang Min-hoo to attempt suicide.
'Is that why we swapped?'
Because our names were the same?
Our souls switched when we died at the same time?
"You have no idea how worried we were. I really thought you were gone..."
"CEO. Why would you do that? No matter how hard it was, how could you make that choice? Sniff."
"......"
They must've been really worried.
Both were known for their fierce loyalty to the CEO, and it was true.
"Anyway, I'm alive now, so it's all good."
I said it to reassure them.
"Big Brother... why are you speaking formally?"
"Don't tell me your memories..."
Hmm. The CEO's memories weren't intact.
"Things are a bit fuzzy, but I remember your names. Kim Gi-woo, Lee Se-jeong."
"Your memories are fuzzy?"
"Oppa, stop. It's a miracle he remembers our names."
"True, but..."
Kim Gi-woo looked crestfallen.
"Big Brother. How old am I? Do you remember how many years we've been together?"
From what I knew, Kim Gi-woo was a founding member, one year younger than the CEO.
"Five years. You're thirty."
"Ah... you remember that."
"What about me? You remember me too, right?"
Lee Se-jeong grabbed my hand, her eyes welling up as she stared.
'Whoa... for real.'
She was a total goddess.
Up close, her skin was flawless, her features perfectly proportioned.
First time seeing a woman this gorgeous so near.
My ex didn't even compare.
No wonder the guys gossiped nonstop.
"Se-jeong. Twenty-seven. Transferred to secretary from PR."
Info I'd picked up from all the male chatter.
"Sniff! We were so worried."
She hugged my head.
Her soft breasts pressed against my face, heat rising.
The tickling fragrance from her hair stirred something...
Been a while since physical contact with a woman.
'Huh?'
Felt a twitch down below.
But this power... different from my old body.
Heavier.
"Ahem. Se-jeong. Give Big Brother some space."
"Oh, sorry, CEO."
"And you too. Don't do that in front of your boyfriend."
"It's the CEO. What's the big deal?"
Lee Se-jeong grinned, and Kim Gi-woo chuckled along.
So they were dating.
"Big Brother. Don't worry about the company. Just rest up."
"Yeah. We'll handle everything, so focus on recovering."
CEO Jang Min-hoo was really loved.
Enviable.
Would've been nice if I'd been loved like that.
'Wait.'
This body was mine now.
So... I'd live on in this body from here on out?
The thought made my face flush with heat.
A smile crept up, vitality surging.
'My wish came true?'
The one right before dying: to live coolly next time.
"Whoa..."
"What's up, Big Brother?"
"CEO?"
Neo Class's CEO, Jang Min-hoo.
This was my life from now on.
CEO to over a thousand employees.
"Jackpot..."
Chills ran down my spine.
My heart pounded wildly.
My life had changed.
The pushover existence flipped completely.
"What's the jackpot, Big Brother?"
"Gi-woo. Looking forward to working with you."
"...Big Brother. Of course. I live for you."
"CEO. Me too."
Their words made my future feel exciting.
No more living like a pushover.
One word from me could change so much.
****
I checked the mirror in the bathroom.
"Damn, he's handsome."
I'd seen CEO Jang Min-hoo's face plenty, but.
Seeing it from inside the body? Straight-up impressive.
Tall, built.
"Gotta be pushing 190 cm."
Broad shoulders, solid frame, perfect suit fit.
No wonder the female employees whispered.
Chaos every time he showed up, like spotting a celeb.
"Keh."
But the best part?
The massive cock that caught my eye while pissing.
Bigger than mine even soft.
Hard? Probably over 20 cm.
"Insane. For real."
This was peak alpha male.
What kind of world had I landed in?
CEO of a company with over a thousand employees.
With a perfect woman like Yoon So-yoon at his side.
"Thanks to you."
His suicide let my soul in.
God's pity for the poor guy?
Who knows if the shared name brought this luck.
"......"
I stared at my reflection.
Not my old face.
But no regrets.
Not the scrawny, grubby me.
Now I was Jang Min-hoo, the one everyone admired.
A chance to ditch the pushover life and start over.
"Time to live how I want."
Damn right.
For recompense on my past life.
From now on, the life I truly desire.
No more disdain.
No more contempt.
Instead, boldly. Confidently.
Suddenly, faces of all who'd treated me like a pushover flashed by.
"This'll be fun."
Once colleagues, bosses, juniors.
Now all my subordinates.
The thrill of toying with them as I pleased.
My faint smirk widened.
"Fuck. They're all screwed."
A sinister, malicious grin formed.
But.
Since waking up.
Sparkle- sparkle-
A white window kept flashing in my vision.
Like a game window, it wouldn't leave my sight.
Kim Gi-woo and Lee Se-jeong seemed oblivious.
What the hell was this window?
Then. My thought appeared as text on the white window.
⚙ AI SEARCH SYSTEM ⚙ [What the hell is this window really?] [Search Result] I am a unique AI Search System permitted only to you. I reveal the past and present, even the future. Hidden truths and undisclosed information, all of it. ▷ Current Level: 4 ▷ Daily Questions Allowed: 20 ⚠ Restrictions - Questions about your future or fate are not permitted. - Vague or overly broad questions will not be processed. - Clearer questions yield higher accuracy. - Question count resets at midnight daily. "Wha, what the fuck."
I jolted at the text below the white window and the accompanying voice.
AI Search System?
Tells past, present, even future?
Insane.
Jang Min-hoo had this the whole time?
The secret to growing the company in just five years?
CEO Jang Min-hoo had been sucking honey with this.