Upon hearing Chairman Cho’s words, Heo Kyung-jun remembered that the vehicle involved in the accident was, in fact, Chairman Baek’s car.
On that day, precisely because Baek’s mother’s car had broken down, and she needed to take the children to the academy on time, she had driven Chairman Baek’s car herself. And Chairman Baek had moved with another company vehicle.
Even when reading the report directly, Heo Kyung-jun never thought that the two deaths might have been swapped because of this.
“Innocent woman and child are the ones who died.”
Heo Kyung-jun’s voice, learning the truth, trembled quietly.
Suddenly, Chairman Cho in front of him looked unfamiliar.
“Choi Cheol-ho never knew who the target was from the beginning. He only knew the license plate number of the vehicle he had to hit. It was better not to know much so that even if Choi Cheol-ho changed his mind, he wouldn’t spill everything. But who would have known she would change the car and come out? She expedited her own destiny.”
In Chairman Cho’s cold voice, Heo Kyung-jun swallowed dry saliva with difficulty. And a question arose here.
Chairman Cho, he knew, was never a person to give up easily. If the original target was Chairman Baek from the beginning, he would have attempted murder until he achieved his goal.
But didn’t Chairman Baek recently die from battling cancer?
“However, why did you keep Chairman Baek alive? If Chairman Baek was the target from the beginning… You could have tried again if you wanted to.”
“I intended to. But there was no need. After that accident, Chairman Baek, who lost his wife and daughter, was suffering more than I had imagined.”
“……”
“I knew it then. Revenge is more satisfying than killing.”
Chairman Cho’s eyes, reminiscent of that time, became faintly joyful.
Watching that scene, Heo Kyung-jun tightly clenched the hands placed on his knees.
Since both of them knew each other’s flaws, betrayal was out of the question. However, Chairman Cho’s unfamiliar appearance made Heo Kyung-jun feel regret.
At that time, blinded by success and money, he couldn’t see anything.
If he hadn’t joined hands with Chairman Cho, could he have reached this position now? Or could he have accumulated such wealth?
The years gone by flashed through his mind.
He had thought he had lived a well-rounded life, but meeting Chairman Cho revealed the hidden side of his life.
He thought Chairman Cho was a monster.
A human who wouldn’t hesitate to commit murder for his own benefit.
And he had helped such Chairman Cho merely cover up what had already happened. Still, the murderer was Chairman Cho, not him.
He thought no matter how hard he tried, the dead would never come back to life, so taking a little advantage of it was only natural in an infinite competitive society.
However, such thinking was thoroughly wrong.
Confessing the past murder without a hint of expression, Chairman Cho’s appearance was like looking at himself reflected in the mirror.
It was bitter.
But there was no way to escape.
They were in it together, whether they lived or died.
“The past is the past, but now that they know about that past, they won’t stay silent. The opposing party is James Kang and Baek Seo-rin. It won’t be easy.”
So a solution must be found to escape from here. If Chairman Cho falls, Heo Kyung-jun will also sink with him.
They had to survive together somehow.
“I didn’t say it was easy. And there has never been an easy moment in my life.”
“……. ”
“But it’s okay. There is a solution.”
Chairman Cho responded indifferently while emptying his glass again. Despite his nonchalant face, which seemed to say it was nothing significant, Heo Kyung-jun didn’t show any reaction.
Still, it was fortunate that there was a solution.
Perhaps seeing Taehoon’s face today made him think that this might be the end.
“A solution? A solution, you say. Is there a sharp method?”
Heo Kyung-jun whispered urgently. At the moment, he truly wanted to catch at least a straw.
Chairman Cho, rolling the underrock glass in his hand, opened his mouth slowly as if to savor the moment.
“When that mother died, she desperately called her son’s name. What was the name again……”
‘Our… Taehoon… Taehoon… Ah.’
“Taehoon?”
Almost chillingly, Chairman Cho recalled the moment when he strangled Jeong Oksun while uttering Taehoon’s name.
“Her mother was so desperate to find him. You should let them meet.”
“No way!”
Heo Kyung-jun’s surprised mouth hung wide open.
The solution Chairman Cho was talking about… was another murder.
“No more murders. It’s impossible to cover up! Besides, this time, it’s not just one but two! What about Baek Seo-rin?”
“Ha… If only the head of the police agency weren’t so small.”
Chairman Cho, looking dissatisfied, clicked his tongue, but Heo Kyung-jun continued to plead.
“It’s not allowed. It’s difficult for both of them. Eliminating both of them at once carries too much risk! Do you know how hard it is to cover up a murder?!”
Heo Kyung-jun burst out, but he couldn’t change Chairman Cho’s mind.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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