“Hey! Inmate 6842!”

Hyunja nudged the woman with his foot, waking her up. The two, who had been fighting fiercely all day, suddenly entered an unspoken truce. However, Hyunja was breaking that rule.

“Hey. Get up!”

After playfully poking her, Hyunja suddenly kicked her with force. Thud!

“Oof!”

“I told you to get up when I say it.”

With forced effort, Ji Hyeon-jeong got up, her eyes filled with venom. Now, Ji Hyeon-jeong didn’t pretend to be elegant against her will.

A few days ago, both Na Doo and she heard the rumors. Instinctively, they sensed the end.

“You’re quite impressive.”

Hyunja grinned. Sitting in the representative’s seat, he openly mocked her, saying she did everything from embezzlement to extortion and even attempted murder. Unable to bear it, Ji Hyeon-jeong rushed at him, grabbing his hair.

“Hey! Didn’t I tell you not to mess with me!”

“Where is this coming from?”

Thud, thud.

No one stopped them.

Ji Hyeon-jeong attacked until her eyes swelled and her nose bled. Even when she fell, she got up, and even when her head was battered, she gritted her teeth and fought back. Later, when Hyunja tried to withdraw, she clung to him even more.

It seemed like she wanted to be hit.

“Hey! Let go of this! You’re completely crazy!”

“Yeah! I’m crazy! You’re going to die today!”

“Ack! Excuse me! Look here. Please dry this!”

The fight didn’t last long. The guards quickly subdued them, and they were taken to different places.

Walking through the long corridor, Ji Hyeon-jeong suppressed her anger. Only now did her head feel throbbing, and her cheeks felt numb. Her arms and wrists were warm with heat.

Still, after venting, it felt like she was alive. The stifling feeling in her heart had somewhat eased.

She arrived at the visitation room. It seemed like she would be scolded after the visit was over. A law firm lawyer was waiting.

“Yeah. Let’s consult with the lawyer. Since a tremendous amount of money was invested.”

Ji Hyeon-jeong thought.

“I’ll sue for extortion, defamation, and attempted murder. Seo Taeseok. How dare you ruin my life like this.”

“We’re here to help until today.”

Driven by revenge, Ji Hyeon-jeong faced another fall. It kept going down, and she couldn’t see the bottom. She thought it was the end, but it kept falling.

“Why?”

An absurdity crossed Ji Hyeon-jeong’s face as she sat in front of Lawyer Kim. It seemed like he thought she was asking a stupid question. Well, at least, shouldn’t he make an effort to hide his facial expression a bit? It was bitter.

“The public opinion is too negative. We’re getting a lot of criticism for being the law firm defending Ji Hyeon-jeong. I believe you, as someone who has run a business, would understand. We need to make a living too.”

Lawyer Kim beautifully wrapped up the phrase “I’ll lose all my senior clients because of you.” In simpler words, it meant termination. Ji Hyeon-jeong’s expression froze horrifically.
She hadn’t felt the rumors concretely. Despite feeling embarrassed about various things, she thought that by fighting with the law firm, she could at least scratch Seo Taeseok a bit.

She had planned to carry out the ghost strategy to the end. As long and messy as possible. However, instead, Ji Hyeon-jeong was being abandoned.

Now, the fear of what extent the rumors had spread rushed over her.

Without realizing the passing days, even though she was confined, there was a vague hope that she could counterattack until the end. However, even that disappeared like dry leaves.

“Am I… Am I receiving a lot of criticism? I am preparing to sue for defamation.”

Despite trying not to, a voice full of discouragement came out.

Lawyer Kim responded in a somewhat business-like manner.

“We agreed to help until today, so I’ll explain. Yes, legally speaking, there are quite a few things we can try. Things like defamation with realistic evidence, the Protection of Communications Secrets Act, etc. It’s possible. But, Representative Ji wouldn’t want to spend her life in prison, right? Considering public opinion, it might be better to do nothing.”

At the end of the contemplation, he added one more word.

“You’re being treated almost like a murderer. By netizens.”

“Hello. Peek-a-boo. It’s me, your aunt.”

Youngi greeted Summer’s belly with her eyes shaped like crescent moons. Even though it was still early in the pregnancy, she greeted it as if something could be seen, making Ji Hyeon-jeong laugh.

“You’ll be a great mom. Of course. Because you’re Choi Yeoreum.”

Youngi said with confidence.

Then she looked at Summer and said she could see the kind smile of a generous mother. It was the same expression as usual, but for some reason, when she heard that, Summer looked at herself in the mirror. I don’t know. But overcoming a hurdle once, she felt like she had become stronger in some way.

“I wanted to eat mango, so I bought it. A good one. Apple mango. Apple mango is good for pregnant women, they say.”

She cut it into neat slices on a plate and brought it to the living room, handing Youngi a fork.