“What? What on earth happened!”
Chairman Jo, upon receiving the report, was furious to the tips of his hair.
Once again, just as before, he thought his son Minhyung would confidently walk out of the police station.
In fact, this time was even easier. The synergy created by Minhyung investing money in Sejiwon’s damaged image produced a plausible story.
However, despite being so confident in victory, Minhyung still couldn’t leave the police station. Moreover, now he faces the additional charge of habitual drug administration, and he’s currently undergoing a drug test.
Hong, the lawyer who was known for being successful, couldn’t understand what he had done to get into this situation.
“What’s Hong Byun saying!”
“Well… he couldn’t stop the drug test. The police have very clear circumstantial evidence.”
“What?”
“Another complaint was filed today, apart from Sejiwon, and it was an unexpected variable.”
“Another complaint? Oh, damn it! Who the hell is that?”
“Well…”
The head secretary hesitated without speaking openly.
“Who is it? Speak up!”
After Chairman Jo’s displeasure was expressed, the head secretary reluctantly uttered the name.
“It’s Director Baek Serin.”
“What… huh? Director Baek?”
So shocked that Chairman Jo couldn’t speak, he let out a dry cough. Just uttering the name felt like a curse.
“Director Baek not only filed a complaint but also collected all the evidence and submitted it. It’s so perfect that the police have nothing else to do. As a result, Executive Cho has to undergo a drug test…”
Chairman Jo gripped his hand on the desk with enough force to reveal the bones.
Seolin’s last warning passed through his mind.
[DASH]I can help you find all those victims and assist with the lawsuit. But it can also end within Chairman Jo’s realm. If he controls the trash well.Minhyung went beyond Chairman Jo’s control, and eventually, Seolin moved just as she had warned.
But this was an unexpected counterattack.
It felt like sitting quietly with eyes wide open, feeling helpless.
“Has Minhyung taken drugs recently?”
“Presumably so. Or maybe Executive Cho caused a scene at the police station, saying he wouldn’t take a drug test.”
“Ha…”
The future seemed pitch black.
Still, when he was young, Minhyung used to play in Chairman Jo’s palm. But now that he had grown up, Chairman Jo couldn’t control each grown-up son individually, so he let go for a while, and now things had escalated to this point.
Did I raise my only son too preciously?
No, it wasn’t that. Whenever Minhyung made a mistake, Chairman Jo protected him perfectly externally but internally, as a father, he inflicted punishment so severe that it seemed cruel.
Thanks to that, Minhyung was still afraid of Chairman Jo.
But where exactly did things go wrong?
Sometime, Minhyung began slipping out of his grasp. Although he claimed to understand, he did whatever he wanted behind his back.
Why, exactly…
“For now, Hong Byun is doing his best to defend, but I can’t guarantee anything. The evidence presented by Director Baek is too solid.”
“Let’s assume it’s drugs, what about the other things?”
“That doesn’t look good either. Until now, we pushed Sejiwon as the villain, but with Director Baek’s appearance, it seems the power is shifting toward Sejiwon’s side.”
Yes, that would be the case. That’s the value of Baek Serin’s name.
Even Chairman Jo, despite being his blood, had more trust in Serin than in Minhyung.
Even if her words were lies, the power of truth was embedded in them. So, it was obvious that those words would have an impact in court.
Seolin must never be seen in court.
“After the drug test, when Minhyung comes out, confine him to the office building, and monitor so he can’t go anywhere. And try to make contact with Director Baek.”
“Contact, with Director Baek?”
Secretary Jo stumbled over his words, as if Chairman Jo had demanded a presidential meeting. The head secretary knew Baek Serin’s personality too well, which was why he hesitated.
Of course, it wouldn’t be easy.
When Serin openly displayed hostility in this manner, it meant there was no longer any negotiation will.
However, Chairman Jo couldn’t give up.
Even if his troublesome son, Minhyung, was the only one, he was still Chairman Jo’s only flesh and blood.
“Yes. I must… meet that woman for sure.”
“Yes, understood.”
Even after the head secretary left, Chairman Jo couldn’t stop thinking about Serin.
Although he heard that there was a deep-seated resentment between the deceased Chairman Baek and her, why did Serin turn out so much like Chairman Baek in temperament? It seemed inevitable due to the bloodline.
A few years ago, when Minhyung announced his engagement to Serin, Chairman Jo welcomed it readily. Although it was difficult and challenging when they were enemies, it was more reliable than ten thousand troops when they were allies.
But now, as a greater enemy than the enemy, Baek Serin had become nothing more than a thorn in Chairman Jo’s side.
If possible, he would pluck out her eyeballs and eliminate her.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
