Although he felt unwilling to face it anymore, Taejun patiently brought up one more thing.

“When Han Soeun left the K Group family 20 years ago, her aunt brought her. At that time, who was contacted to bring Han Soeun?”

At Taejun’s question, Lim Soonmi’s eyes sparkled as if recalling a revered figure.

“I don’t remember that well. It was the first time I saw such a high-profile person since I was born. You know, the daughter of the K Group chairman.”

“…….”
“I saw her on TV, and she’s quite old now, but she was really beautiful back then. And that was the first time I saw someone so polite and elegant. Even though her brother became like that because of Soeun’s dad, he never said a single bad thing to us until the end. He even greeted us several times, asking us to take good care of that child.”

It was Aunt Kim Sukhwa.

If Lim Soonmi’s words are true, then it’s certain that Aunt lied to her 20 years ago. But this time?

Aunt claimed she had never met Han Soeun. Taejun also somewhat trusted Aunt’s words. Aunt was not a cunning person like her grandfather.

Her grandfather was much more cunning.

A person who kept the closest eye on CEO Kim Sangdeok, waiting for the right time to quietly cut ties. A person who never revealed their true feelings to anyone. Someone deeply rooted as the chairman of a large corporation.

After parting ways with Soeun’s aunt, Taejun, returning by car, opened the black box video he obtained in front of Soeun’s house. The video contained only one week’s worth of footage up to the current point, and the car had not moved at all from Friday to today, making it a good tool to investigate the situation in front of Soeun’s house.

Fast-forwarding the video, he saw himself arriving at her house on Friday night.

On Friday night, when he arrived at her house, Taejun went straight inside, took Soeun’s bag, and came out. Soeun followed behind him.

Taejun choked up again when he saw Soeun’s appearance.

Han Soeun. This fierce woman left before unlocking her phone’s screen lock, deleting all my photos, and left. It meant not to think about her alone. He clung to the small traces she left behind.

Taejun recalled the situation at that time. The bag he received from Soeun was very light. It seemed to be the weight of only a few sets of clothes. It was too light for her to leave for somewhere.

Even if she left as if running away, there must be some things she needed, some things she had to take. It would be difficult to go shopping whenever something was needed. So, she probably had another bag. She would have come back to get that bag. Then he could see her face again.

He wanted to see how hesitant Soeun was before leaving her home, how difficult it was for her.

While watching the video for a long time, he received a call from the counselor. It was a message that he had sent a detailed report on Yang Heewook’s movements.

Taejun set the video back to normal playback speed and quickly skimmed through the document the counselor sent on his tablet.

Heewook had been traveling around taking care of his father’s death and moving. Everything else made some sense, but there was one strange place. Ten days ago, on the day Taejun left for a business trip to the Philippines, Heewook suddenly went down to Cheonan alone. Without a car, he arrived in Cheonan by taxi and public transportation, then went into a department store in Cheonan, hiding his appearance suddenly.
Yang Heewook was aware to some extent that someone was tailing him, so he moved quickly and alertly. Taejun paid attention to an event outside the department store. It didn’t take long for him to discover that a government-sponsored event was held in the park near the department store. His grandfather, Chairman Kim Jaepil, had attended the event.

Yang Heewook went to meet Jaepil.

After confirming Jaepil’s schedule, Taejun was convinced of their meeting. Meanwhile, in the black box video that was playing, a tall man carrying a large bag was seen coming out of the entrance of a one-room building. He was the man who exchanged greetings with Taejun only once when visiting Jaepil’s office.

After Yang Heewook went to meet his grandfather, he learned that his grandfather had found out about the relationship between him and Han Soeun. Thus, he started investigating Soeun and, after confirming that she knew nothing about his father’s affairs, directly told her the truth.

As Taejun pieced together the clues in his mind, the puzzle seemed to fit. After checking Jaepil’s schedule, Taejun headed straight to the Kei Group headquarters.

No one could easily stop the sudden appearance of the chairman’s son-in-law. Jaepil’s secretaries were in a hurry to follow Taejun as he entered the chairman’s office, looking helpless.

“Director, Chairman is currently in a meeting with the newly promoted personnel from the New Business Division Research Institute.”

“I’m aware.”

“Oh, yes.”

The female secretary who was at the forefront trembled under Taejun’s sharp gaze and averted her eyes. While Taejun was about to open the office door, he turned his gaze to a tall man at the edge of the secretaries.

“Director Lee Hansung.”

Surprising Lee Hansung, Taejun moved his long legs forward.

As soon as Taejun grabbed Lee Hansung’s collar without warning, everyone was horrified. Although his hand quickly let go, they all exchanged fearful glances.

“Director, do you do everything the chairman orders?”

Taejun asked sharply, as if squeezing out the harsh air. Now, it didn’t matter what the world thought of him. The only secret he had to carry with him forever had finally come to light.

After briefly watching Lee Hansung’s face gradually turning red, Taejun turned straight and opened the door to the chairman’s office.

It was a leisurely tea time.

With no notice of the son-in-law who suddenly appeared without a call, Chairman Kim Jaepil showed no signs of being flustered. While the young talents gathered in the office were puzzled, Jaepil casually introduced Taejun.

“Let me introduce everyone. This is Director Kim Taejun, currently working at the central headquarters of Kei Electronics Service.”

“Where is Han Soeun, Chairman?”

However, Taejun ignored that courtesy outright and stated his business. Now that the reputation of the world didn’t matter, the only secret he had to carry forever had finally been revealed.

Without waiting for the chairman’s reply, Taejun directly asked, “Where is Han Soeun, Chairman?”