#62
The meaning of 1 day… So in the end, was he asking to date again?
Yeoul felt his cheeks flush hot with a ticklish feeling. Why did he keep doing this to him? It was confusing. Eun Sajun, who had been staring at Yeoul’s expression like a snake, leaned back in his chair. His face was full of regret.
“Actually, when I confirmed through CCTV that Yeoul-ssi came into the hospital room with a knife, I was so shocked.”
“Ah…”
So he did check. Yeoul felt deep guilt and continued speaking.
“I’m sorry. But… I really didn’t intend to harm you, CEO. I just couldn’t do it… So…”
“That’s right. When I saw you dealing with that man on the rooftop earlier, you were very delicate.”
What? Delicate? Of course, Yeoul hadn’t cut off Shin Taeon’s breath, but he had struck his head with a broken glass bottle and even stabbed his thigh. Rather, Yeoul was troubled by his awakened violence. Was it irony? But his expression showed no pretense.
By the way, what happened to Shin Taeon? He had been in a nearly dying state.
With both what he had done and curiosity, he began to ask a question.
“Did Shin Taeon go to the hospital?”
“Yes. They said the surgery went well. You don’t need to worry.”
“That’s a relief.”
In this situation full of anxiety, it felt like he could finally breathe a little.
“Look at this. You’re being kind again.”
“What’s kind about it?”
“You’re worrying about Shin Taeon.”
“I’m not worrying…”
Yeoul was just curious about the condition of the person he had harmed with his own hands.
“So I never thought Yeoul-ssi would do anything to me with that knife.”
“……”
“It’s just that if it was that difficult, you could have confided everything in me and relied on me, and that’s regrettable.”
“How… how could I do that?”
It wasn’t a deep relationship, just a connection that had led to a pregnancy contract from a position he had taken in place of his younger brother. Strictly speaking, it was nothing more or less than a business relationship.
“You can rely on me.”
There was determination in Eun Sajun’s eyes. Yeoul felt thrilled that he seemed to think of him more closely than expected. But he also felt guilty, wondering if he should feel this emotion.
“But what should we do.”
Before he knew it, Eun Sajun’s eyes had cooled coldly.
“Shin Taeon. He wasn’t part of the unit I was active in.”
“Pardon?”
His head rang as if he’d been hit in the back of the head with a large hammer. Yeoul hurriedly continued questioning.
“Weren’t you two friends?”
“Absolutely not. That person lied.”
“Huk… How could that be…”
“Shin Taeon was a member of a terrorist organization called Larco that our team dealt with.”
Larco? At the familiar name he seemed to have heard somewhere, Yeoul’s brow furrowed momentarily. Where had he heard it?
“Ah!”
It was the terrorist organization that had invaded the mansion last time. At that time, Song Hobin had clumsily tried to protect him and fainted in surprise at the gunshot Yeoul fired, and Yeoul ended up dealing with those terrorists. It was so surprising that those men were the same gang as Shin Taeon.
“Shin Taeon was active there, then quit and came to Korea to run a private lending business. But it seems he continued communicating with Larco. The funding for the capital office he’s currently running seems to have been supported by Larco.”
“My goodness…”
He had been completely deceived. Actually, he couldn’t help but be deceived. Living as an ordinary citizen, how could he have known about such units or terrorists?
“Why did that person specifically lie about being in the same unit as you, CEO?”
Eun Sajun also asked back as if reasoning through Shin Taeon’s thoughts.
“What exactly did Shin Taeon say to Yeoul-ssi when he told you to find out the code?”
When he had explained earlier, he had only vaguely mentioned that he found out the code due to Shin Taeon’s threats, so it seemed he wanted to know the more specific situation.
“He said that you, CEO, found out the code of the explosives manufacturing laboratory, then betrayed the unit and ran away.”
“As expected. He made me the traitor and became the victim himself, so he could easily gain sympathy by asking for help.”
Thinking about it now, that might have been true. Although Shin Taeon was unpleasant, he was still in the position of being betrayed, so Yeoul might have been more easily persuaded by him.
“Shin Taeon was probably asked by the organization that was funding him in return. But what should we do, I don’t know such a code.”
“Pardon? You don’t know the code?”
Yeoul’s eyes widened as if they would pop out. All the hardships he had endured until now flashed by like a revolving lantern.
At the same time, Eun Sajun smiled with his eyes as if something was amusing.
“No. Actually, I do know. But it’s not a simple number like what’s engraved on my dick.”
“Ah… I see.”
Thinking about it again, 20240401 was too simple to be called a code. But since he didn’t need to dig deeper, he didn’t ask further.
“Then. What Yeoul-ssi is most curious about now is your younger brother’s whereabouts, right?”
“Yes…”
When Yeojin’s story came up, Yeoul’s heart became heavy. Under Shin Taeon’s surveillance, was he eating well, was he injured anywhere… He was anxious.
“Since he took him as bait to use Yeoul-ssi, he wouldn’t have touched him carelessly. Don’t worry too much.”
“Then… that’s a relief.”
He said he would be fine, but the anxiety didn’t easily subside. Eun Sajun looked at Yeoul meaningfully and then stood up.
“For now, drink some tea and rest. I have something to do, so I’ll be going.”
“Pardon? Work?”
He had just proposed dating for 1 day and hadn’t even gotten a clear answer yet, but suddenly he was leaving? Yeoul was flustered. Really, this person’s thoughts were unpredictable.
“Yes. I forgot but suddenly remembered.”
“Yes… Take care.”
“It won’t take long. Let’s have a meal together when I return.”
“Yes…”
Actually, perhaps because he had gone through such a big ordeal, even though he hadn’t consumed anything, he felt full. Rather, he felt drowsy now and wanted to lie down. He really didn’t know why his body felt as heavy as if soaked in water in this situation. Yeoul headed to the bedroom, thinking he might sleep here.
* * *
Eun Sajun came out of the mansion. Unlike when he was dealing with Yeoul earlier, his eyes were now as cold as if he had a blade in his mouth. Getting into the sedan, he looked at Secretary Kim seated in the driver’s seat.
“What happened to Shin Taeon?”
“He’s currently awake in the recovery room.”
“Did you interrogate him about where Geum Yeojin is?”
“Yes. He spilled everything right away when we broke his index and middle fingers.”
Secretary Kim answered as if handling his usual duties. Eun Sajun was the same.
“Where is that hospital?”
“It’s near here. I’ll depart immediately.”
Secretary Kim immediately started the engine and drove off.
* * *
The hospital where Geum Yeojin was said to be wasn’t far from the mansion.
“This is the room.”
The two stood in front of the hospital room door. And Eun Sajun raised one eyebrow. Since Shin Taeon had kidnapped Geum Yeojin, he thought he would have confined him somewhere without even a window, but it was unexpectedly luxurious. Soon Secretary Kim opened the door.
At the same time, white smoke leaked out.
“Huk. Cough cough, what kind of hospital has cigarette smoke like this…”
Secretary Kim coughed violently. In contrast, Eun Sajun boldly entered regardless of whether there was smoke or not and examined and searched the interior. He rummaged through the bed, storage cabinet, dressing room, and even the bathroom. But there was no sign of a person anywhere.
Secretary Kim also examined the hospital room while covering his mouth and nose with his hand, looking bewildered.
“Ah… there’s no one here? Is this not the right room…”
But Eun Sajun maintained an expressionless face. Like a merciless robot without a trace of emotion. His gaze, which had been scanning the hospital room, focused on one place. It was a laundry basket in the corner of the room. Blankets, shirts, towels, and such were piled up like a mountain.
“Secretary Kim, could you step outside for a moment?”
“Pardon? Ah… yes, yes.”
Seeming to sense something unusual, Secretary Kim carefully exited.
Left alone, Eun Sajun soon approached the laundry basket he had noticed earlier. And without hesitation, he kicked the basket.
“Ugh.”
A low groan flowed from inside. At the same time, Eun Sajun delivered another kick. This time the force was quite strong, and the basket swayed and toppled over. And along with the contents inside, Yeojin’s figure, his body crumpled up, was revealed.
“Ah shit. That really hurt… Haa.”
Yeojin, who had let out a groan, carefully looked up at Eun Sajun. The two’s eyes met. An atmosphere colder than ice and sharper than a smoothly forged weapon filled the hospital room.
“Did you think no one would know you were hiding there?”
“Ha.”
“You should have held your breath properly. I almost went crazy hearing your dirty breathing in my ears.”
Soon Eun Sajun forcefully grabbed Yeojin’s collar. Yeojin, who had been stuck to the floor, floated up in Eun Sajun’s grasp.
“To think you’d try to deceive even this, it’s really disgusting.”
“Deceive? What did I deceive?”
Yeojin raised his shoulders with wronged eyes. Eun Sajun looked down at Yeojin.
“You’re the one who registered Geum Yeoul’s secondary gender as extremely recessive omega 6 years ago, right?”
“What… what bullshit are you talking about?”
Yeojin shook his head violently with a pale face. But Eun Sajun’s eyes gleamed with an eerie light as if he had caught his prey.
“I’d like to kill you, but if I did that, Yeoul would be sad.”
“Right. He’d be sad. Yeoul trusts me a lot.”
“It would be exciting to see Yeoul cry though…”
Hot energy swirled in his eyes.
“How thrilling would it be to shove my dick into that mouth hole while he’s bawling.”
At Eun Sajun’s vulgar thoughts, Yeojin’s expression became extremely disgusted.
“Hey, fuck. What crazy shit are you saying right now? Are you really insane?”
“Haha… You know well that I’m a crazy bastard.”
“Even so, that’s not right.”
Yeojin looked disgusted at Eun Sajun’s slimy desire. Eun Sajun smirked and looked down at Geum Yeojin.
“Then, from now on, do as I say.”
“What do you want me to do…”
“Act like a good younger brother in front of Geum Yeoul. Our baby needs to find as much stability as possible right now.”
Yeojin frowned. He had an expression of completely not understanding why Eun Sajun was acting like this now.
“Do you perhaps like Geum Yeoul?”
“……”
At his question, Eun Sajun didn’t answer further. His eyes, which had been heated up, sank as if facing a cliff.
“He’s pregnant right now.”
“Who… who is?”
“Who else but Geum Yeoul.”
Eun Sajun’s eyes were full of satisfaction.
Author: Hyacinthus B
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