Chapter 28 Why he shouldn’t be here b 1}
3:35 A.M.
Yoon-seok fled the hotel and took a taxi to his parent’s home in Sangam-dong.
‘It’ll be a little past 4 A.M. when I get there.’
Yoon-seok decided not to feel anxious. Even if Lee Chang-hoon’s last location were in Seoul, he wouldn’t have arrived earlier than him. That punk didn’t even know where his house was.
‘Doesn’t matter if he asked Kang Hyung-woo or not, he won’t be there sooner.’
Upon arriving at his house, Yoon-seok paid the taxi fee and entered the apartment complex.
–Ding! It’s on the 6th floor.
He stood in the elevator and reached the front of his house, but Yoon-seok didn’t go in. Instead, he used the newly acquired skill, Tracking.
‘Oh, so this is how it works.
His magic spread to fill a twenty-five-meter radius. Yoon-seok was able to see everything in the area as if he were looking at blueprints on a computer. There were two people in the house. Perhaps they were outlined in a vivid blue because they were living creatures, unlike the black and white background.
‘Seems like they’re still asleep.’
He wanted to enter and look at their faces, but he decided against it. Something troublesome might happen if they heard the front door open.
‘Let’s call first.’
Yoon-seok turned on the phone that was switched off. His number was suspended, so it was no different than an unused phone, but it was dimly connected to the Wi-Fi in his house. He checked the messaging app to see if any messages were sent to him in the past four days.
– Father: How are you? The discussion with the chairman ended well yesterday. The chairman said it was okay to hand Kang Hyung-woo over to the prosecution, but I still wanted to hear your opinion before deciding. Call me when you read this.
Yoon-seok was troubled after checking his father’s message. What Kang Hyung-woo committed was a serious crime. The moment he was handed over to the prosecution, the media would come rushing. Not only was he the main culprit in severe school violence, but he intentionally set fire to a factory? It’d be a bigger issue than just a second-generation chaebol committing subcontractor bribery.
Yoon-seok predicted that it would be enough to shock the whole country.
‘As expected, the biggest victim here is the president….’
JC Group was one of the biggest conglomerates in Korea. Their stock price would fall due to this incident, and the political community would start pressuring them, loathe to give up a golden opportunity to gain votes. Above all, the biggest problem would be the clean image of the chairman, which would be ruined.
He thought Kang Hyung-woo should pay for his crimes, but Yoon-seok didn’t want that to happen. Should he say that he didn’t want others to be troubled with what was his? The chairman and his daughter Kang Hye-in did nothing wrong, especially when they took great care of Yoon-seok and his family.
Other than that, if this incident went out to the media, the victim’s personal information would eventually spread, and gossip would emerge. It was always them who made the victims even more miserable.
– Me: Don’t press charges. Don’t get me wrong, though; it doesn’t mean I forgive him. I’ll be in contact soon.
After concluding his chat with his father, Yoon-seok opened the chat column below immediately. It was a text message from Kang Hyung-woo.
– Kang Hyung-woo: Yoon-seok-ah, this is all my fault. Please, can’t you say something to my father? I don’t even have a place to sleep. For real…
– Kang Hyung-woo: Did you block me?
– Kang Hyung-woo: Hey, please save me. I won’t ask you to forgive me in front of my father, but do something about Hye-in. That crazy bitch tells everyone around me about what happened between us; it’s driving me crazy. They think I’m a weirdo.
‘You are a weirdo.’
Was it normal that you’ve been bullying the same person for years because of an inferiority complex you had from a fight when you were young? Of course, that wasn’t why the people around Kang Hyung-woo avoided him. At least they still played together since birds of a feather flock together.
He could see it in their eyes. The reason why Kang Hyung-woo’s acquaintances kept away from him wasn’t because of his past, but he didn’t know the exact reason.
It was just because Kang Hyung-woo was thrown out by the chairman.
– Kang Hyung-woo: Fuck, was I that bad? Think about it. Won’t you get something out of this when I inherit the company later?
He wouldn’t even hope for it. He didn’t think Kang Hyung-woo would inherit the company in the first place.
‘He has a proud, well-grown daughter; why would he give the company to a failure like you?’
That jerk never changed. After reading through them, Yoon-seok didn’t bother to reply. The next few messages were from Kang Hye-in.
– Kang Hye-in: Oppa, I heard you went on a trip. I’m envious. Should I go on a trip too? Where are you? I’ll go!
– Kang Hye-in: Why aren’t you checking the texts T-T. Did you block me because of that bastard Kang Hyung-woo? No, right?
– Kang Hye-in: Kang Hyung-woo, that bastard went to the gym. Can’t tell if he’s trying to get revenge or what; it’s funny, lol. Oh, don’t worry. I went there with money to tell the director what kind of guy he is, and he was expelled the same day.
‘I think he did it for the money and not because of who he is?’
Kang Hye-in’s messages started regarding the small things that’d happened in her daily life; then, there were even daily reports on how much she’d bullied Kang Hyung-woo. Like a puppy looking for compliments.
– Me: I didn’t block you; I just don’t have a reason to look at my phone. Listening to Kang Hyung-woo getting punished by you makes me feel like I’m being rewarded. Thank you, I’ll contact you soon.
Yoon-seok left a reply to Kang Hye-in. For some reason, the text seemed likely to make Kang Hye-in’s bullying worse, but that was none of Yoon-seok’s business. Among the missed calls were a mix from his college friends and people he met in the military, but he ignored all of them.
He didn’t want to end all his societal relationships, but something else was more important right now. Leaving the messenger app, his eyes shined when he logged into his social media.
[Lee Chang-hoon, 15 minutes ago]
Looking at that punk’s account, he found a record saying that he accessed it fifteen minutes ago. He wasn’t sure if Lee Chang-hoon returned to Earth just for revenge. Maybe he wanted to end his life here before he died in the tower. Yet, after hearing Ragna’s words, he felt so anxious that he couldn’t stand it. Through this incident, Yoon-seok realized something new.
It was best not to do anything that might cause trouble, but it was wise to solve it no matter what if it happened.
‘In that sense, I’m glad it’s the weekend.’
If it were a weekday, his father would’ve prepared to get ready for work in the next hour, and his mother would’ve stayed home alone to do housework. If there were two targets to be protected, he wouldn’t know which of the two Lee Chang-hoon would target.
Yoon-seok sat on the dark emergency stairs until the lights turned off. He didn’t know if he’d plan revenge or not, but he could only hope not. That way, he would be able to shake off some guilt.
Whether he would come here or not, Lee Chang-hoon would die.
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