“I don’t know what to say. I’m sorry.”
Hyungman said with difficulty.

Yeongwon pulled out a tissue and handed it to Taein as she wiped her tears with the back of her hand.

Taein blew her nose with that tissue.

“I didn’t come to blame you.”
Taein responded in a congested voice, then pulled a business plan out of her bag and placed it on the table.

“If you truly feel sorry for me, please consider this positively.”
“……It’s been a long time since I quit my job, I won’t be of much help.”
Hyungman scratched his head as he spoke.

Taein stared at Hyungman.

“I thought everything was taken away, but it turns out that the Mars factory is still mine. It may take some time to restore it due to the fire, though.”
Hyungman’s pupils shook at her words.

In order to shake Hyungman, she had to make the proposal that he would find most attractive, not flattery.

He had a special attachment to that factory. It was where he spent his youth. He had met his wife there and got Yeongwon and Heewon.

“I’m confident.”
She didn’t just say it.

Taein was good at business. She was a terrible workaholic and, above all, she had an excellent eye for merchandise. She didn’t have an eye for people, though.

“I have a contract, so take a careful look.”
Taein told Heewon and Yeongwon.

“Us too?”
“I must have wasted my life. The only people I can trust are my uncle and you two.”
Suddenly, the atmosphere became solemn.

“Okay, have some food before you go.”
Taein sidestepped her eyes at Hyungman’s words.

“Are you going to do it yourself?”
“……I’m going to grill some pork belly.”
Only then did Taein smile.

Taein and Heewon picked lettuce on the rooftop, while Yeongwon and Hyungman grilled meat on the wooden bench.

“Hey, but we can’t report this to the police?”
Heewon, who had been quietly picking lettuce, suddenly asked.

“There’s no solid evidence. If I don’t get them properly, I’ll be killed.”
Taein, who was crouching and picking lettuce, stood up and tapped her waist.

“What kind of melodrama is it to threaten to kill someone if they waver? How have you survived in that house so far?”
“I tried to live fiercely, but it didn’t help much.”
“Right, to deal with bad guys, you have to be a little crazy.”
As Heewon stood up and patted Taein’s shoulder, Taein made a face as if she was suspicious.

“What, it’s awkward.”
“It’s a mess even when you try to help.”
“Shamefully, you didn’t even give me food.”
“You’re being backstabbing, Seo Taein? Give back the condolence money?”
“I didn’t receive a penny, what are you talking about?”
Hyungman couldn’t help but smile as he watched the two bickering like old times.

“The meat is all cooked, let’s eat quickly.”
As Taein and Heewon sat on the wooden bench, Hyungman took out some soju.

Taein, with a mouthful of cooked meat, stared blankly at the soju.

She was planning to abstain from alcohol for a while.

Remembering the night she was drunk and had passionately kissed Nok Hyun and stripped her clothes off, Taein hesitated

“What, do you only drink expensive liquor?”
“That’s not it……”
Because every time I drink, I turn into a dog.

At Heewon’s criticism, Tae In let out a sigh instead of responding.

“If you don’t drink soju with pork belly, you’re a sociopath.”
Heewon placed a shot of soju in Tae In’s hand and poured the soju.

Four full glasses clinked in the air.

I don’t know. Just drink moderately.

Tae In unwillingly sipped the soju.

Jeha led Nok Hyun into the room.

It was a room used as an office. Nok Hyun naturally flipped the whiteboard on the wall.

As expected, things about Tae In were written all over.

To be exact, it was information about the Tae Gang family.

“It’s not precise. It’s just my speculation. Take it into account.”
Nok Hyun sat on the desk and slightly nodded his head.

“Currently, Chairman Seo Jeong Gyu would be Seo Hong Gyu.”
“Seo Hong Gyu?”
“He’s Chairman Seo Jeong Gyu’s twin brother. That’s why he came out as not the biological child.”
“Yes.”
“I don’t know what happened, but only Chairman Seo Jeong Gyu was raised in the Tae Gang family. So he married Eun Seon Lee and gave birth to Tae In Seo. But suddenly Eun Seon Lee left.”
“There were no records of her leaving the country.”
“……You seem to know. Although it’s drastic, I think like this. For some reason, Seo Hong Gyu, who held a grudge, murdered Eun Seon Lee and Chairman Seo Jeong Gyu and went home pretending to be Chairman Seo Jeong Gyu.”
“And so.”
“Or Jo Young Gap removed the chairman couple and set up Seo Hong Gyu as a substitute.”
At the name Jo Young Gap, Nok Hyun visibly frowned.