“No. I trust Jiho, so I won’t ask.”
An exclamation of admiration poured from his lips.
“I’m at ease. I’ll hold onto Kim Yujun well.”
“Thank you. Really.”
That was all Lajin could say.
“Well, want me to buy you chocolate?”
“Chocolate?”
“I want to eat it with you on the day you come back. At our house.”
“Our house? The phrase, unfamiliar yet warm, melted Lajin’s eyes like strawberry chocolate.
“I’ll buy the most delicious chocolate and bring it. To our house.”
“I’m already looking forward to it.”
As his breath lightly trembled, the reflection of Lajin’s cheek in the transparent window was dyed like strawberry chocolate.
Obvious and shameless words, mundane stories of that kind. Lajin didn’t even realize how special they became when she was with him, Ha-eun.
After a few awkward coughs, Ha-eun finally turned around. Unable to keep Ha-eun any longer, Lajin whispered softly.
“I have to end it now. Take care.”
[Have a safe trip.]“I love you.”
[I love you more.]With those tender words, the call was disconnected. Looking down at the blackened phone, Lajin felt a lingering sense of regret. Why did she feel so disappointed? She sighed, longing to see him more.
“Unni.”
“Oh, Ha-eun. What happened to Kim Yujun?”
Lajin tightened her loosened heart.
“I got totally freaked out.”
“Why? What happened?”
“Only Myungjin employees are in chaos. Kim Yujun said ‘Thank you’ to the airport staff and just left.”
Maybe it was because there were too many eyes watching? It would have been easier to understand if he had shown anger or capriciousness. Lajin found Kim Yujun’s unpredictability frustrating.
“How was his expression?”
“Totally courteous, businesslike. And he had a sly smile.”
So, Ha-eun shivered, saying he seemed even more ‘psycho.’
Even if his personality was hard to understand, considering Kim Yujun’s nature, it would be normal to frown slightly. What on earth was he thinking? Lajin’s sweet world turned bitter in an instant.
Yujun couldn’t believe it.
It must have been something he expected to some extent, but it was his first experience, so he couldn’t even get angry. He had seen people tearing him apart and interrogating him from behind, but openly humiliating him like this was beyond expectation. After receiving a confident declaration of victory, all that remained was a bitter smile.
‘Kang Jiho. Kang Jiho.’
He turned his gaze towards the faintly visible sea in the distance. He had thought he was struggling far away in the fog, but now he had followed him closely, almost to the jaw… He tapped the car window with his long and smooth hands.
‘What should I do?’
Did he believe too much in the minister’s words that the special prosecutor’s investigation would eventually end, even if it was a big fuss? Or did he underestimate Prosecutor Kang Jiho too easily?
‘I should have gotten rid of Kang Jiho when my father was arrested.’
In reality, he had been careless.
Inflated with dreams of leading Myungjin Group in place of his father, who was fading away.
“Ugh, damn.”
In the silence of the car, Kim Yujun slammed the leather seat with his fist. His first expression of emotions, and even the driver and Director Hyun in the passenger seat didn’t make a sound.
In the midst of the suffocating silence, a vibrating sound emanated from Director Hyun’s jacket on the passenger seat.
“Yes.”
Unlike Director Hyun’s short answer, the caller’s enraged voice flowed out. What now? Kim Yujun’s gaze turned to Director Hyun’s neck.
“I understand. I’ll contact you again.”
As soon as the call was disconnected, Kim Yujun wrapped his forehead with his hands.
“What’s happening this time?”
“Director, the special prosecutor’s office has requested another round of witness interviews.”
“Right away?”
“Yes. There’s no justification for submitting another absenteeism notice. What should we do?”
“Are you going to come out like this?”
If he had to face Kang Jiho directly, there was no reason to avoid it.
However, even if he went, he had to pay back as much as he received. If it’s before a direct confrontation, that’s the fair way.
Kim Yujun lowered the car window all the way.
A warm wind tinged with salt danced like a typhoon. As the air inside the car rose all at once, small dust particles danced freely.
‘Dust, just dust…’
An annoying and lingering existence that clung to Kang Jiho. Irritating, but there was someone like that dust, useful at the moment.
Kim Yujun swept up his bangs fluttering in the gust. Then he closed his eyes tightly.
“Director Hyun.”
“Yes, Vice President.”
“We need to get Oh Jong-hyuk out right now.”
If they find clues from the special prosecutor, what if they turn the tables on Oh Jong-hyuk and cut off the tail? Keeping Oh Jong-hyuk by his side until now was both the reason and the last use for him. However, using the minister’s chance would be a foolish move. It had to be left as the last line of defense for a more decisive moment.
“How far has Oh Jong-hyuk’s defense attorney gone?”
“As reported, he is only accompanying the suspect during the investigation.”
“Foolish guys playing around with each other.”
With a sarcastic smile, Kim Yujun summed up the current situation in one sentence. Now was not the time to calmly accept an investigation. Oh Jong-hyuk, who seemed to have no thoughts, didn’t seem afraid of a prison sentence.
“Talk to the legal team and find a way to get Oh Jong-hyuk out within an hour.”
“Yes. But what about the witness investigation… what should we do?”
“Tell them he’s leaving. We need to know what Kang Jiho has against us.”
To gauge whether to step on Kang Jiho slowly or carry him all at once, they had to check it themselves.
If honor was more important than money, he could go for the shining position. If he whined about justice without thinking, it would be enough to send one suspect, who had suffered from coercive investigation, to the gallows.
‘The dead end choice of a suspect suffering from coerced investigation.’
If he roughly packaged it with a sexy phrase and spread it to the media, there would be nothing Kang Jiho could do. Kim Yujun was planning to prepare both a carrot and a whip for Kang Jiho.
On the way back to Seoul.
Yujun’s head, which had been like a back alley, began to clear gradually. Suddenly, there was someone who came to mind.
“Oh, what about Lajin?”
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
