Jihan’s gaze shifted and met mine.

At first, his eyes wavered, perhaps not expecting me to be in the studio.

Then, as he realized it was a live broadcast, he quickly erased his surprised expression.

‘He must have been quite surprised because of me.’

Since Seryn’s arrest, Jihan had continued to contact me.

I didn’t know the reason for his calls, but I ignored them, assuming they weren’t good news.

However, it was quite surprising that he found the studio where I was first.

While interacting with the participants, Jihan occasionally glanced at where I was.
[President, I heard that Hojin Group is undergoing a new business restructuring. Can I ask you in detail about the news of the merger with Intech?]

Jihan began talking about the merger at the question from Senior Yeongjun.

When Jihan was caught on camera, the surroundings became restless.

Looking at where the conversation sound was coming from, staff members were gathering and talking to each other.

“But, is it okay for President Seo to come out as a guest like this?”

“Yeah. Well…, you know. My family is in chaos right now. The person who’s going to be the president’s wife requested a contract murder.”

Even though Seryn, who was in a common-law relationship, was arrested, people looked disgusted seeing Jihan talking on the broadcast.

“He originally refused to appear but suddenly accepted recently. However, after Caster Chae Seryn was arrested, there were many rumors. It seems like there was pressure from the Hojin side to have him appear. He’s the major shareholder of our broadcasting station. The upper management couldn’t help it either.”

“Yeah, I heard President Seo pushed for it urgently.”

It was a pretext created by Jihan to gain recognition for the Intech merger.

“It seems like the viewer bulletin board will catch fire today… Is it okay?”

The staff’s worried gaze reached Jihan, who was continuing his passionate explanation.

[Hojin aims to expand its business into the construction machinery industry and leap into a global company through the merger with Intech.]

Whether he felt the gazes of those people or not, Jihan was passionately talking about the ethical management of Hojin Construction.

‘Ethical management?’

Unintentionally, I snorted.

If Jihan knew the upcoming articles, he would never have appeared on today’s broadcast.

‘How foolish.’

When Seryn was arrested, Jihan boldly cut ties.

He quickly explained that it had nothing to do with him, and Seryn acted on her own.

Thanks to that, Hojin Group didn’t become a target of criticism, but Jihan still couldn’t escape people’s blame.

Because it was a mess he created.

Now, it was the moment just before the articles would be uploaded, and I was looking at my wristwatch.

Even though it was a live broadcast, the studio began to buzz.

“What’s going on?”

“Did you check the articles just now?”

Everyone stared at their phone screens.

“It’s incredible. There’s an article about Intech stealing technology!”

The staff couldn’t close their gaping mouths.

[Dash] [It has been revealed that Intech’s outstanding technological capabilities, the current chief researcher, stole the ‘core technology’ of the U.S. company Tesla.]

Just as Jihan mentioned ethical management, now there was a technology theft article.

People’s faces alternated between looking at Jihan and the article, filled with astonishment.

[Therefore, through this merger with Intech, Hojin will practice ethical management…]

The PD, whose face turned red, approached Jihan near the camera and gestured for him to stop while he was still speaking passionately.
Jihan’s face stiffened, as if he sensed the changed atmosphere among the staff, realizing that a problem had arisen.

Jihan seemed to have an intuition that something had gone wrong. His eyes, as if searching for something, were busy moving around before landing on me.

‘Not good. It seems like he intended to catch at least a straw.’

Jihan despised putting his face on TV. Just by appearing on a live broadcast, one could sense how desperate the situation was. Perhaps it was for image recovery, but he probably didn’t know it would backfire.

Smiling sarcastically at him, who had become a laughingstock in an instant in front of the whole nation, I spoke.

“Yes, President, well done. After a short commercial break, we’ll move on to the next segment.”

Senior Yeongjun understood the urgent sign from the PD and promptly concluded the guest introduction segment.

During the brief pause in shooting, Jihan walked out of the studio. Belatedly checking the breaking news related to Intech, his face contorted without reservation.

Facing the PD who asked how this happened, Jihan pulled off the microphone attached to his clothes and threw it away.

Watching Jihan’s actions, he turned away calmly.

He was getting closer to the end of the revenge he had so desperately desired.

You betrayed me, taking away everything from me and leaving me in misery.

I died because of you two.

And my death could not be compensated for by anything.

‘So now, you must lose everything too.’

Jihan, who had never shown emotions in front of others, expressed his anger. The thrill that ran through my body was enough to make it shiver.

‘Now it’s your turn.’

Standing in the imminent future, my heart began to beat rapidly.