Line summoned Na Song-rim again. Before the formal trial began, there were things to investigate, and perhaps the “prisoner’s dilemma” might apply between Geum Moran and Na Song-rim.
As Na Song-rim’s attorney, the director of the law firm still held his position. It was Chairman Na’s last mercy bestowed upon Na Song-rim and the director.
Na Song-rim had a bewildered look in his eyes. Then, he looked at Line and squinted his eyes in a strangely provocative manner.
“I hold a grudge against you for not killing me back then. A grudge…!”
“How many times do I have to tell you? If I had died back then, you wouldn’t be charged with attempted murder, but with murder.”
“Ha… Then how many times do I have to tell you? I said I would live my life as I pleased with my own money! What’s wrong with that?”
Although he felt like letting out his temper, Line suppressed it. With a clear goal in mind, there was no other choice.
“Most of the charges were orchestrated by Geum Moran, weren’t they?”
Line stared directly into Na Song-rim’s eyes. His gaze was filled with suspicion, and thorns were present in his eyes.
“Why don’t you ask Mom about that!”
“Well, isn’t that up to my heart? If I hear that I’ll prove your guilt, won’t it happen?”
Na Song-rim hesitated for a moment, then tilted his head. It was unclear whether Line’s words were meant to instill fear or if they were genuine.
“If you can’t trust me, ask your lawyer.”
Na Song-rim turned his head towards the director.
“The prosecutor’s determination is important.”
“Isn’t this coercion?”
The director remained silent.
“So, if you express what’s unfair about you and who did it, the investigation will flow in that direction.”
Na Song-rim became a bit more serious. With a pensive expression, he rolled his eyes.
“By any chance, did Na Song-woon or Mom say something about me? Is that why they’re intensively investigating me now?”
“Why should I tell you that?”
Na Song-rim raised his cuffed hands on the desk as if he were going crazy, striking the table with his foot.
“Oh right, I don’t know if this has been in the news. Geum Moran wasn’t kicked out of Taesung, was she?”
Line deliberately let slip that story. Na Song-rim looked at the director in surprise. It seemed like an outright lie.
“Director! Is this true? Is this fake news?”
The director couldn’t utter a word, avoiding Na Song-rim’s gaze.
If Chairman Na heard about what Geum Moran had done, she would have been kicked out without a doubt. Even the foolish Na Song-rim could guess to that extent.
“So, stop saying naive things and find a way to survive.”
Na Song-rim chuckled at Line’s words, lifting one corner of his mouth.
“Do you think I’ll give you the answer you want if I do this? I’m the son of our father. I’m his flesh and blood. Do you think Dad would abandon me?”
Because Na Song-rim was holding up quite well, Line found it a bit bothersome. He pondered how he could break Na Song-rim down.
Line quickly reached a conclusion. It seemed unnecessary to delve into overly philosophical considerations.
“Well, looks like you’re still worth saving. Have you been in solitary? I can’t just let it go that someone… gave you such special treatment. Go, think it over while you’re in there. If you ever want to spend even a day less in that hell, cooperate with the investigation anytime.”
With that, Na Song-rim’s return to solitary confinement was prevented. Instead, he endured a hellish time in a crowded cell, subjected to verbal abuse and assault. Eventually, he asked to be interrogated by Line himself.
Emotions clashed between Line and Na Song-rim as they faced each other again. There wasn’t a spot on Na Song-rim’s body and face without bruises. Line looked at Na Song-rim calmly.
“I’m busy. If you came out to fill your time…”
Line stood up from his seat.
“You ordered it! Those bastards! People who shouldn’t even make eye contact with me in society!”
It was a statement filled with anger towards the inmates who had turned against him. Inside, Line chuckled. He didn’t expect Na Song-rim’s spirit to be broken so easily.
“If you don’t have any additional statements, I’m leaving.”
As Line stepped away, Na Song-rim opened his mouth once again.
“Fine! It was all Mom’s doing…! She made me win the competition! She even got me into a good college! Satisfied!?”
Even with just this much, Line got what he wanted, but he wanted more.
“Embezzling company funds through the Future Strategy Office?”
“That…! I don’t know about that… Probably Mom did that too.”
The desired answer was obtained, but he was a vile person. He conveniently omitted the fact that he did it himself and hid behind Geum Moran.
“Alright. I’ll reveal that. Well…”
Line didn’t hesitate and walked away.
“Hey! I need to be moved back to solitary!”
“Why should I do that?”
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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