“Perhaps, are you worried about your safety?”
It’s possible.
There might be more concern about the cheap scandals that could befall Yoon Dajeong’s wounded heart than his own. He had long discarded the misconception that her feelings would be similar in size to his own. Dajeong had decided not to presume his feelings.
“I’ve said it once. It seems like someone is around the pension.”
So, take care of yourself, precious you.
“Goodbye.”
Dajeong opened the door. The man called once more, but she didn’t look back and left the room.
Jaeho’s perfect world collapsed.
One truth she should never have known surfaced. A crack appeared in this happy fairy tale where you meet your favorite, fall in love, and get married. If the fact that she was Kim Seonghyun were revealed here, the fairy tale would eventually shatter into pieces.
Her mouth was parched. It must not be revealed. How did they find out, and how much did they know? Anxiety overwhelmed her, making it impossible to breathe.
Director Jeong received a report from a subordinate, his expression serious. He nodded several times while reviewing the data in front of him.
“I thought it would be a failure again…”
“There is a reasonable possibility.”
Min Hyunsoo, the most outstanding among the guards, inserted a photo between the documents and placed it in front of Director Jeong. It was a photo from the CCTV data with the closest shot of a face.
The image quality couldn’t be considered good, but it wasn’t entirely bad either. It was good enough to confirm a person’s appearance to some extent.
Deep wrinkles formed on Director Jeong’s forehead as he alternated between the montages on the office wall and the photo.
“Quite similar.”
“Even the stature, not exceeding 170cm, is very similar.”
“But why is he wearing a patient gown? Is he injured? Did you check the nearby hospitals?”
“There are no other hospitals nearby, but there is an old mental hospital.”
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Director Jeong nodded his head, tapping the desk with his fingers. He couldn’t make a hasty judgment, but if this person was really Hajaewoo and a patient in that mental hospital. Assuming he had been in long-term treatment, the lack of any reactions to daily life could be somewhat understood.
“But can he be hospitalized for over ten years?”
“If there is consent from the guardian, it is possible.”
“But Hajaewoo doesn’t have any family.”
“That’s correct.”
It was suspicious. His keen intuition detected an unusual smell. What to do. If he really was Hajaewoo and a long-term patient, it wouldn’t be his own will. Who would want to live locked up in a hospital?
And he disappeared again.
“Explain it once again.”
Min Hyunsoo spoke up.
“About two years ago, our guys sprayed montages of a nationwide violent organization. Someone might remember the face in the picture. Well, actually, they probably remembered the bounty more than the face.”
“Right.”
It was a whopping 10 billion. Director Jeong smirked. In any case, Jaeho’s money issues needed to be taken care of.
“Anyway, it seems that person quit the organization and is living in Gangwon Province, hunting wild boars. On the day in question, he came out as early as dawn to climb the mountain, and it’s said that he met Hajaewoo at a supermarket at the foot of the mountain.”
“Met? Did they talk?”
“He asked how to get to Seoul and if he could give him a ride. However, since it was a mountain trail, he declined. After thinking for a while, the informant reported that his face looked like the montage from back then.”
The pitch-dark mountain village had unremarkable CCTV. There was only one at the three-way intersection at the beginning of the hiking trail. Hajaewoo, who was wandering around the vicinity, concealed his tracks an hour later.
“He wanted to come to Seoul.”
“That’s right.”
“If he’s very lucky, he might have come to Seoul.”
“Well, I’m not sure. In this day and age, it’s not easy to give a ride to a suspicious person. Moreover, he was in a patient gown.”
Min Hyunsoo carefully conveyed that it would likely be a failure.
Director Jeong’s gaze once again fell on the data. Pointing to the hospital located in the center of the map with his finger, he said:
“What’s there?”
Naturally anticipating that they would have checked the hospital, Director Jeong asked.
“Well…”
Min Hyunsoo’s expression darkened.
“We couldn’t even go in. Uninvited guests without a reservation are not allowed to enter, they say.”
If they were determined, they could have infiltrated secretly, but judging that it wasn’t the case, he rushed to report to his superior. Director Jeong praised him for not acting unilaterally.
“Well done. We’ll see about entering the hospital gradually. But these guys are funny. Does it make sense for such an old hospital to have a reservation system? It’s the same as saying they won’t accept patients at all.”
“Yes. That’s what I think too. Their passive stance towards business is very suspicious.”
Mental hospital. And Hajaewoo.
He felt he couldn’t just let it go.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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