The next day, the servant went to Je Guk’s study after work as promised. Seeing Ha In, Je Guk welcomed her with a bright expression.

Ha In’s arms were full of documents. They all seemed to be Ha In’s tasks. Je Guk guided Ha In to a seat.

It was a wide and heavy wooden desk.

“How is it, do you like it?”

Ha In nodded and sat down. Je Guk tried to go to his seat so as not to disturb Ha In.

“Sir.”

At that moment, Ha In called Je Guk. When Ha In called in a serious voice, Je Guk became tense.

“Soon, I will summon Chairman Lee.”

Summoning Chairman Lee itself was not a big problem.

The biggest problem was the situation where the case of Lady Yoon Joo Hwa handed over by the chief prosecutor had to be used as a pressure card.

What Ha In could do was to ensure that the chief prosecutor did not overuse the card he told her to open in the wrong place, but used it precisely in the right place.

If Ha In did not handle that case, it was also uncertain how the chief prosecutor would use it.

“Why are you talking about such a thing so seriously?”

Ha In could not tell Je Guk what she was going to say to Chairman Lee when she called him.

It was obvious that it would be too big of a wound for him, so she couldn’t open her mouth.

If the relationship between Chairman Lee and Hyun Baek Hap becomes strained after the summons investigation, it would be the best development, but even if not, Chairman Lee would feel a great burden.

But if Je Guk found out about that fact, he would be greatly saddened. That was what Ha In was most worried about.

There was absolutely no way Chairman Lee would blabber about it, but Ha In was worried because it seemed that nothing was not reported to Je Guk in the investigation of Cheonha Group’s legal risks.

“You don’t have to tell me such things one by one.”

“Still……”

“Let’s trust each other to that extent.”

Those words of trust made Ha In feel embarrassed. The words that she didn’t have to talk about it did not lessen the burden on her mind.

* * *

Hyun Baek Hap went all out to cover up the accident caused by Lee Je Ni.

However, unlike before, the incident was not covered up with a single word. It was not out of maternal love.

She was just doing her best in case it would be caught in the succession later.

In the midst of that, another summons was a great burden to Hyun Baek Hap. But it was not wise to resist and not go.

Summoned again as Ha In intended, Hyun Baek Hap had a less relaxed expression than before.

Ha In arrived at the statement recording room a little later than Hyun Baek Hap.

Seeing Ha In, Hyun Baek Hap forcibly smiled.

“Meeting so often like this is really uncomfortable. Right, Prosecutor Cheon Ha In?”

Ha In, who did not want to answer such useless words, started the investigation according to the procedure as usual.

The legal team consistently pleaded ignorance of Hyun Baek Hap’s stock price manipulation.

Ha In did not ask them expecting they would answer either. She already had evidence, so it was just a confirmation process.

There was another reason why Ha In called Hyun Baek Hap again.

It was because she thought that the card handed over by the chief prosecutor might not just be a pressure card, but could determine Hyun Baek Hap’s fate.

“Is there a reason you started living abroad?”

Ha In’s investigation started again from Hyun Baek Hap’s life abroad.

“For art. To study abroad. There were also issues with my child’s education. There are too many reasons.”

“I ask again because I can sufficiently know through the data that it’s not that.”

Just looking at the degree acquisition process or Hyun Baek Hap’s career, one could tell.

Hyun Baek Hap did not engage in any notable art activities while living abroad. There were also circumstances that she obtained her degree from a domestic university by paying money.

“The reason I went abroad, don’t I know that best?”

Hyun Baek Hap was very confident about the time that had already passed.

“By the way, who would know what I did there? Too much time has passed.”

“Someone does know.”

Ha In said as if pouring cold water on her arrogance.

“Right. I’d like to know who knows too. Did you make some great witness?”

Hyun Baek Hap showed a very relaxed attitude.

“You lived together with Lee Je Ni abroad, right?”

Hyun Baek Hap said with her own mouth that she went abroad for her child’s education.

When Lee Je Ni’s name was brought up, Hyun Baek Hap’s face hardened.

Ha In knew very well that the thoughtless Lee Je Ni would be Hyun Baek Hap’s Achilles’ heel.

“Prosecutor, I didn’t think so, but are you threatening me with my child now?”

“Ah, I guess this remark feels threatening enough to be perceived as a threat.”

If she felt that way, Ha In had achieved her goal.

“I want to take a break for a bit.”

“Go ahead.”

Hyun Baek Hap wanted to sit alone and rest for a while, so she dismissed all the lawyers.

No matter what Hyun Baek Hap did, Ha In copied the data she was going to review onto a USB and got up from her seat. At that moment, Hyun Baek Hap called out and stopped Ha In.

“Prosecutor Cheon Ha In.”

The Hyun Baek Hap who was acting noble until a while ago was nowhere to be seen.

“Do you have something to say?”

Ha In said, staring intently at Hyun Baek Hap.

“Tell me what you really want. You persistent leech.”

Hyun Baek Hap said quietly, gritting her teeth.

“Tell me why you’re provoking people. Prosecutor Cheon Ha In.”

This was not a problem that would end with just getting provoked, but Hyun Baek Hap was still under the delusion.

“Ah…. are you doing this because of your mother now?”

Hyun Baek Hap spoke in a very small voice that only Ha In could hear.

It was a story that was too painful for Ha In to even bring up. But Hyun Baek Hap threw out that story as if it was nothing.

The stock price manipulation case was just a means to bring down Hyun Baek Hap. The price she had to pay for her sins was separate.

“Why are you doing this to an innocent person? Prosecutor, you’ll be punished for this. Does being a prosecutor make you almighty?”

Seeing Hyun Baek Hap acting so confidently, Ha In suppressed her anger inwardly and steeled her resolve.

“If only the dead person would come back to life by doing this, how nice would that be?”

Hyun Baek Hap said what Ha In wanted to say. Ha In wanted to hold her heart that was shaking with anger.

It seemed that even if Hyun Baek Hap was struck by lightning and died right in front of her eyes, it would not be satisfying enough.

“Prosecutor, please be sure to reveal the truth. I can’t live because I’m falsely accused.”

Hyun Baek Hap spoke as if mocking Ha In. Then she lowered her voice.

“Whether it’s then or now, you just have to sit there and take it.”

Hyun Baek Hap’s voice, muttering softly, was clearly etched in Ha In’s ears.

For a moment, Ha In felt suffocated as if she were trapped inside the antique furniture in the warehouse of the old Cheonha Group mansion.

Ha In came to her senses and looked at Hyun Baek Hap.

“Before I do anything, you will strangle yourself.”

“Look at this? How naive. What will change because you do this?”

“First of all, it will make you feel the loneliness of the whole world abandoning you.”

Ha In had the card in her hand to make that happen. Hyun Baek Hap also felt at that moment that it was not just empty words.

“I’ll make it clear. You’ll have to run away with all your might. Or stake your life and confront me.”

Hyun Baek Hap closed her eyes tightly and opened them.

“Okay, fine. Let’s do it. Let’s try it once.”

At that moment, a messenger popped up on Ha In’s laptop monitor.

– Lee Je Ni confessed that the former Prosecutor General, who had been watching her back, was in communication with her mother, Hyun Baek Hap.

It was a messenger from Gang Jun. At the same time, in another place, Lee Je Ni’s investigation was taking place.

“Already, one world has abandoned you?”

Ha In watched Hyun Baek Hap with eyes that sparkled piercingly.

Hyun Baek Hap sensed that although she didn’t know exactly what those words meant, it was not a situation favorable to her.

“There’s no need to ask or say anything more. You’ll only spout lies anyway, so I’ll reveal your crimes myself. You may go back today.”

Even when told that the investigation was over, Hyun Baek Hap felt uneasy.

It was when Hyun Baek Hap got up from her seat.

“Ah, there’s one thing I forgot to mention. The next schedule is not a summons investigation like this, but an indictment.”

Ha In declared war on Hyun Baek Hap with a strong voice.

“What?”

At that sound, Hyun Baek Hap’s face turned pale.

“For your information, I will summon Lee Je Ni and Chairman Lee. It seems likely that Lee Je Ni will come first. If you don’t like that, try pushing Chairman Lee’s back.”

Ha In said that in case Hyun Baek Hap interfered with Chairman Lee’s attendance.

Hyun Baek Hap froze on the spot. Ha In turned around coldly and left the place.

* * *

When the car Hyun Baek Hap was riding in had almost reached the mansion, a text message came in.

It was the news of the notification of Chairman Lee’s summons investigation.

Things seemed to be progressing as Ha In had said.

“Madam, we have arrived.”

Not even aware that the driver had opened the car door, Hyun Baek Hap blankly stared at the content of the text message. The driver could not ask Hyun Baek Hap to get out twice.

Ha In’s image flashed through Hyun Baek Hap’s mind. The resentment was so intense that it was unbearable.

Half dazed, Hyun Baek Hap got out of the car and walked into the house, suppressing her anxious heart with difficulty.

Hyun Baek Hap waited anxiously for Chairman Lee to return.

Chairman Lee’s face, who returned to the mansion, showed more than displeasure.

Hyun Baek Hap greeted him with a rather tense expression. And she pretended not to know anything about Chairman Lee’s summons investigation.

“Honey, did something happen today? Your complexion……”

“That crazy bitch Cheon Ha In! How dare she call me!”

Chairman Lee spat out his rage. Hyun Baek Hap already knew everything, but pretended not to know anything.

“Oh my, she’s not satisfied with just what she did to me? She seems vicious.”

“I should have dealt with that bitch properly back then, I never thought I would regret not listening to you like this. Whew.”

“Chairman, how could that be your fault?”

Even at the sound of Hyun Baek Hap defending Chairman Lee, his anger did not subside. He even shook his head and regretted the past.

“How…. will you do it? Will you go?”

Hyun Baek Hap carefully asked, looking at Chairman Lee’s mood.

Hyun Baek Hap knew that it would be problematic for Chairman Lee to go, and problematic not to go.

It had become a situation where she could not do this or that, like holding a hot potato in her hand.

Moreover, she kept getting the feeling that Ha In was aiming for a case other than the stock price manipulation case.

If so, the situation became much more serious.