Like a paused frame, Ji-ho was lost for words at Ra-jin’s smile. How could someone be so perfect at every moment? Her extraordinary presence was simply astonishing.
“Prosecutor.”
“Yes.”
“You asked me for help.”
Suddenly, Ra-jin brought up the topic of her previous refusal to help, along with an apology. Ji-ho’s scattered thoughts immediately snapped back into place.
“Actually, Kim Yoo-jun came to my house yesterday.”
Her explanation of being the first time triggered a spark in Ji-ho’s eyes. He was appalled by the audacity of Kim Yoo-jun, who even had a fiancée. Did he come with his bodyguards again this time?
“Was everything okay?”
After sighing, Ra-jin described the unpleasant encounter with Kim Yoo-jun. Unlike before, she spoke calmly.
A story neither too long nor too short.
Ji-ho listened like a confessor, not asking any questions and waiting for Ra-jin’s next words.
“Do you mean to cooperate to get away from Kim Yoo-jun?”
How much she must dislike Kim Yoo-jun to go this far. The desperate situation she was in seemed pitiable. Ra-jin’s decision was welcome, but it might not have been for her.
“Kim Yoo-jun said he would sort everything out by the end of this year. That’s why I’m trying to do something.”
“Will you be okay?”
“Even as I’m talking to you now… I’m not confident.”
Ra-jin said, her head lowered.
“I might just quit soon. I’m honestly scared.”
“You can stop anytime.”
Ji-ho had no intention of demanding public interest from her, who wasn’t even a prosecutor.
Ji-ho only had one wish.
A small clue to guide him was enough. Too much information could be overwhelming for Ra-jin and could even put her in danger.
“Kim Yoo-jun will be held accountable in any case, so don’t worry.”
Relieved to hear the desired answer, Ra-jin sighed. Then she hesitated again.
“I might disappoint you, though.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t know much.”
She said she had overheard things but never paid attention. She might not have the information he wanted, but she was willing to try. Ra-jin blinked her big eyes earnestly and made a credible promise.
“What should I start with?”
Despite her earlier claims of being unhelpful, she seemed ready to spring into action immediately.
Ji-ho, with a light smile, brought over a bottle of water from the table. Thinking that he should give her a moment of respite amidst her anxiety, he handed the water bottle to her left hand, buying some time to think.
Gulp, gulp. As he heard the sound of her hurriedly swallowing, Ji-ho had only one thing prepared to say.
“TJ Pictures.”
“……!”
“Have you heard of it?”
Amidst the mountain of documents, Ji-ho’s gaze sparkled.
“Look here, Ho-jin.”
Ji-ho flicked his finger, tapping on the documents. Sensing the unusual atmosphere, Ho-jin moved right next to Ji-ho.
“TJ Pictures, Pine Corporation, Max Factory, SX Plus.”
“They are all diverse in location and type, but all closed down within three years.”
“The biggest losses among the companies invested in by Myungjin Securities, excluding cryptocurrency.”
As Ji-ho flipped through the documents and explained the complex corporate structure, Ho-jin nodded continuously.
“Among these, the ones Ra-jin knows are TJ Pictures and Max Factory. Just these two.”
“Hmm.”
“TJ Pictures specializes in investment distribution outside of North America, and Max Factory is…”
“An importer of overseas rights.”
These were companies that had certainly existed on paper.
But now closed, leaving no connection to trace. Ji-ho tapped the desk.
“If the agency’s CEO, Oh Jong-hyuk, was involved, he surely used it for money laundering.”
With something like production or rights distribution, it was easy to manipulate sales and expenses with just a few documents. If the companies Ra-jin knew were made for illicit funds, they would have hidden it even more skillfully.
“If you only consider the revenue of these four companies before closure, it exceeds a hundred billion.”
“If all that money from non-existent transactions went straight into Kim Yoo-jun’s pocket…”
With a deep sigh, Ho-jin sunk into thought.
Grand embezzlement, and tax evasion on top of that. The crimes were numerous and serious.
“Should we set a summons schedule?”
“Not yet.”
Summoning Kim Yoo-jun was for when the case had sufficiently developed. For now, they would start with his cronies.
“He might suspect there’s a mole cooperating with the prosecution. Let’s start with Ra-jin’s agency.”
“We’ll need to shake off the dust a bit to entangle them properly.”
Having known each other for a long time, they worked seamlessly together.
“Oh Jong-hyuk was investigated for violating foreign exchange laws, right?”
“How do you remember everything from that taxi ride?”
That day, that event, how could he forget? Ra-jin’s first impression was too strong. Ho-jin shook his head, unable to compete with Ji-ho’s memory, but a bright smile was on his face.
“If there’s a violation of foreign exchange laws, we should start with checking overseas gambling. Shall we fix some bad habits?”
“We need to make a public interest report, something decisive.”
Ho-jin chuckled and stood up briskly.
“I’ll handle it right away, with the International Crime Investigation Department and the National Tax Service.”
“Alright, good work.”
The scattered puzzle pieces seemed to be fitting together. Ji-ho waved his hand leisurely for the first time in a while.
“Oh! But, what happened with the goddess yesterday?”
Ho-jin’s intuition was spot-on. Ji-ho clicked his tongue inwardly and shrugged his shoulders, pretending ignorance.
“I mean, you were so gloomy when you went to meet the goddess, but then you appeared all fresh-faced as if you had spent the night in a sauna.”
“When did I…”
“The atmosphere was serious, but there was a warm wind blowing.”
Ho-jin’s instincts were incredibly sharp, repeating ‘strange, strange’. But Ji-ho deliberately deepened his voice, refusing to get involved.
“Getting bored again, huh.”
“Hey, when do I ever have time to be bored? I’m working this hard.”
Ho-jin smiled broadly, stretching his finger out long.
“Senior.”
“Why?”
As Ji-ho gestured with his hands to indicate that he should leave, Ho-jin picked up the phone lying on top of the documents.
“You have a call.”
Ji-ho’s body turned instantly.
Could something have happened to her?
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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