Almost reaching a consensus, Eun-soo suddenly protruded her lips, feeling upset because of Hyuk-joo’s sudden interference.
Hyun-su couldn’t casually reveal the fact that he had feelings for Saet-byeol. Therefore, Hyuk-joo had to focus on driving as if she were an oblivious person.
“Something seems strange…”
Upon hearing the news that Prosecutor Yoon Tae-jin was excluded from Oh Ju-hwan’s embezzlement and bribery case, Yeong-ran’s eyes were filled with suspicion.
Yoon Tae-jin didn’t start unaware that there was something fishy about him. However, when his corruption came to light at a delicate timing, Yeong-ran couldn’t shake off the strange feeling.
“Someone deliberately leaked it to the higher-ups, but who could it be?”
Yeong-ran thought, touching her forehead with her hand.
With the change of the prosecutor in charge, Yeong-ran’s plan went awry. She had tried to implicate Eun-soo in this case somehow. However, when another prosecutor took over the case, it all went back to square one.
It was uncertain whether that prosecutor would act according to her intentions.
While she was diligently trying to sort out the complicated situation, her phone rang. It was Yoon Tae-jin calling.
She debated whether to answer or not. Since he had become a useless card, it was better to turn away. However, if she did that, who knows what nonsense he might spread.
She had to express some appropriate regret about the recent events.
“Hello?”
— Chairman, it’s Prosecutor Yoon Tae-jin.
“Ah, Prosecutor Yoon. Why would a busy person like you call me?”
Yeong-ran responded as if she knew nothing.
— Due to some issues in the case I handled last time, I have withdrawn from Oh Joo-hwan’s embezzlement and bribery case.
“Oh, I see.”
— It will probably be news that will soon reach Chairman anyway, but I thought it would be better to tell you earlier.
“What kind of news is it?”
— The prosecutor who took over the case for me is Jo Sung-han, that friend.
“Jo Sung-han?”
Yeong-ran tilted her head. It was a familiar name.
Where had she heard that name before? While she was thinking for a moment, the face of a rude person she had encountered at a gallery flashed quickly in her mind.
“Isn’t Prosecutor Yoon someone who was said to have bad habits?”
— Haha, that’s correct.
Yoon Tae-jin sighed in response.
Yeong-ran unconsciously clenched her fist for a moment.
If someone like Yoon Tae-jin said he had bad habits, it meant he was a tough opponent who wouldn’t be swayed by persuasion or pressure.
And it had to be him who took charge of the case.
Yeong-ran’s head throbbed.
— Just in case, I’m telling you, Chairman.
“What are you saying?”
— Chairman, you have no connection to Oh Joo-hwan’s case, right?
“Why do you ask?”
— That son of a bitch Jo Sung-han, once he catches a whiff of something, he won’t let go till the end. If Chairman has even a little connection to Oh Joo-hwan’s case, it could be dangerous.
Yeong-ran bit her lower lip.
If Jo Sung-han delved into Oh Joo-hwan’s case, she could be in danger too. Unusual fund flows in one subsidiary were often related to other subsidiaries.
The knife that was supposed to push out Oh Joo-hwan and Eun-soo might end up pointing at her throat. Yeong-ran spoke with a deliberately calm voice.
“You’re busy, and yet you’re worrying about me like this. Prosecutor Yoon, thank you.”
After ending the call with Yoon Tae-jin, Yeong-ran tapped her desk with her fingers.
For a while, she sat with a hardened expression, but soon she put on a nonchalant look.
“You just have to roast Jo Sung-han.”
Everyone had weaknesses. If it wasn’t a weakness that shook their beliefs, there was a way to offer them money they wouldn’t touch in their lifetime.
No matter how bad Jo Sung-han’s habits were, it was a matter of shaking enough money for non-existent habits to develop.
Yeong-ran’s lips twisted.
Sorting out her belongings in the condo room, Yeon-ji put a crocheted hat in her handbag.
Yesterday, she managed to extract information that Hyuk-joo would start working from today by persuading the resort front desk staff. To meet Hyuk-joo, who had blocked her calls, she chose to go directly to the resort.
“How should I shake off Ma Sam-seop?”
Whether he had a tracking device attached to his body or not, Ma Sam-seop mysteriously knew and followed her.
Seeing someone like Ma Sam-seop with her, Yeon-ji was sure that Hyuk-joo would have strange thoughts. She had to somehow separate Ma Sam-seop and meet Hyuk-joo.
“What should I do?”
After much thought, a smile appeared on Yeon-ji’s lips.
Leaving the condo, she stood in front of the room where Sam-seop was staying.
“Oppa, let’s go eat!”
Hearing Yeon-ji’s voice, Sam-seop opened the door. Whether he had just woken up or not, Sam-seop kept yawning.
“You want to go out?”
“Yeah. There’s a place nearby that makes excellent cutlassfish stew.”
“Cutlassfish stew? Don’t you know I don’t like fish?”
“Still, since we’re in Jeju, we have to eat cutlassfish.”
Yeon-ji grabbed Sam-seop’s arm and even made a fist. At the sudden kindness of Yeon-ji, Sam-seop squinted his eyes suspiciously.
He wondered why she was doing this. Yeon-ji used to act like this whenever she wanted something she desired.
It was suspicious, but Sam-seop couldn’t resist the kind Yeon-ji and followed her, pretending to be unable to resist.
The cutlassfish stew restaurant Yeon-ji mentioned was supposed to be in a quiet place, but it was in the middle of a bustling area. Fortunately, they sat down without waiting for a long time, and as soon as the food arrived, Yeon-ji spoke.
“I’ll go to the restroom for a moment.”
“You’re going again?”
“Yeah. There’s a place that makes great cutlassfish stew.”
After glancing at Sam-seop eating cutlassfish in the stew, Yeon-ji quickly got up from her seat.
She went to the restroom with her bag and, after a while, peeked her head out. Checking that Sam-seop was absorbed in eating, Yeon-ji quickly left the restaurant.
She hailed a taxi and asked the driver to quickly take her to Myung-jin Resort.
“After getting money from Hyuk-joo oppa, I’m going to get rid of that Ma Sam-seop brat first.”
Yeon-ji, sitting in the back seat of the taxi, murmured quietly.
Even though she had checked if the crocheted hat was well inside her bag, she fidgeted with the hat with her hands until she arrived at the resort.
It was like the last lifeline.
Arriving at the resort at last, Yeon-ji got out of the taxi and rushed to the front desk.
“I’m here to meet Vice President Moon Hyuk-joo. You should know me if you mention Seo Yeon-ji.”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
