“If only you sacrifice, our family can live like before! Okay?”
Then, Jio nodded as if agreeing.
“Yeah, me too! Just do as they say.”
The two pressured Do-hwa like water ghosts, urging him to accept quickly. After watching this scene, Koo Jong-pil grimaced and even tore off the tape stuck to his father’s mouth. To his surprise, his father echoed the same words with the same expression as the two.
They had been ignoring and rejecting him all along, and now they were cruelly pressuring him. They weren’t the people he had hoped for, with simple affection and modest expectations, but still, they were family, so he had been willing to sacrifice, even giving up college.
“Do-hwa, please. Listen to Mom?”
Especially when his own birth mother appeared like this, it felt like a fall. He always knew Jio came first, but an unbearable sense of betrayal overwhelmed him. His wet eyes turned into tears, streaming down his cheeks.
“Isn’t everyone being too relentless towards the youngest son?”
Koo Jong-pil, who had created the situation, chuckled as if he were watching an interesting drama. He then looked at Do-hwa, who was crying. He reached out with a strange touch and grabbed his chin.
“It seems like it would be best for Do-hwa-ssi to listen to the family. But before handing you over to my brother, I think I should taste you first, shouldn’t I…?”
“Let go!”
Do-hwa hit Koo Jong-pil’s wrist. He didn’t want to be here anymore. As he tried to run towards the factory exit, Koo Jong-pil grabbed his hair. It was at that moment.
*Bang!*
With a sound, blood splattered from Koo Jong-pil’s forehead.
“Damn it! Who’s there?”
He simultaneously screamed and rolled on the ground.
“Hyung-nim!”
The men surrounding them also turned towards Koo Jong-pil. Do-hwa stopped his burst of tears and stepped back from Koo Jong-pil. With the sound of a door opening, the presence of several people was felt. A large shadow eventually revealed itself.
They were foreigners dressed in suits. Some were holding guns and aiming them, while others carried metallic briefcases.
“What’s going on? Who are these guys?”
“No, something else is happening. Why are they here?”
Koo Jong-pil’s lackeys widened their eyes in confusion.
“Have I arrived too late? Seonbae.”
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In the frozen situation, Min-jun gestured towards Do-hwa’s parents.
“Are these seonbae’s parents?”
No one answered Min-jun’s question. No, they couldn’t.
Koo Jong-pil was writhing in pain, and the men were busy escorting him, which made it impossible to calmly introduce themselves in such a situation. But Min-jun, as if understanding everything, bowed to Do-hwa’s father and mother.
“Hello. I am Cha Min-jun, who is in a relationship with seonbae.”
As if conducting a formal greeting, he was remarkably polite. But why was it that Do-hwa sensed life in his courteous demeanor?
“Hey, you, Anki! What are you doing right now?”
One of the men following Koo Jong-pil wielded a knife and rushed towards Min-jun.
“Watch out!”
Do-hwa shouted and ran to protect Min-jun. Meanwhile, Min-jun reached into the pocket of his suit jacket and pulled out a gun. He aimed at the man’s chest without hesitation and fired.
*Bang!*
With a sound, white smoke spread, and the man groaned as he fell. However, seeing no blood spurt, it appeared he was wearing a bulletproof vest.
Do-hwa became even more curious about Min-jun’s identity. His skilled handling of the gun suggested he wasn’t just trying it out for the first time. Other men also eventually brandished weapons and rushed towards Min-jun. But this time, the foreigners accompanying Min-jun swiftly subdued them.
Min-jun approached Koo Jong-pil, who was left alone, treating their fight as if it belonged to another world. Even though Min-jun wasn’t pointing the gun at him, Koo Jong-pil seemed terrified, as if he had seen a ghost.
“Get lost! You bastard!”
Despite Koo Jong-pil being heavily agitated, Min-jun remained very calm. He almost felt as if he were just here for a peaceful negotiation.
“How much is the debt of seonbae’s family?”
Koo Jong-pil spat out the amount with venom in response to Min-jun’s question.
“Why? Are you planning to pay it off?”
“Yes.”
What? Do-hwa’s mind reeled, wondering if he had misheard something. The amount mentioned seemed like something he would have to work himself to the bone for, through several lifetimes. Of course, he knew Cha Min-jun wasn’t exactly wealthy, but wasn’t this too much…?
Min-jun gestured towards the foreigner holding the metallic briefcase, like a butterfly fluttering its wings. They approached Min-jun and opened the lid of the briefcase. Inside, it was packed full of dollars.
“I wasn’t sure exactly how much needed to be discounted, so I prepared money generously. It’s a little extra on top of the amount you mentioned.”
“Wow! How much is this?”
Koo Jong-pil, who had been trembling with fear, greedily reached for the briefcase.
“This isn’t counterfeit money or anything, right? No, no, it isn’t.”
While Koo Jong-pil had been using informal language a moment ago, he now even uses formal language as his eyes are glued to the money briefcase. After watching him, Min-jun subtly raised the corners of his mouth. His expression was kind and clean, but his hands were not. His claw-like fingers roughly grabbed Koo Jong-pil’s hair and slammed him to the ground.
“Ugh!”
A sinister, crashing sound echoed through the factory. Do-hwa had never heard such a sound coming from a person’s head in all his life. What was even more terrifying was that Min-jun’s expression was unchanged. He looked kind and gentle, as if nothing had happened.
“That… crazy…”
Koo Jong-pil groaned as he writhed on the ground, trying to get up. Blood streamed from his forehead, and his nose was twisted. It was a sight so gruesome that Do-hwa shuddered violently.
“Now, what do we do?”
Min-jun looked around with an intrigued expression. Then he found something and grinned broadly. He picked it up without hesitation.
“Argh!”
Do-hwa couldn’t help but let out a groan after facing such a sight. It was a heavy-looking metal chair. Without hesitation, Min-jun brought it down on Koo Jong-pil’s body. A dull thud began to ring out. Koo Jong-pil’s body slumped like a paper lantern, unable to resist, taking the full force of Min-jun swinging the chair.
“Do I look like someone who deals with counterfeit money or cheap stuff like that?”
Even in such a situation, Min-jun’s voice was so calm that it was unsettling and felt alien.
“N-No… aah!”
Koo Jong-pil’s groans echoed. He was crouching like a dry shrimp, futilely trying to protect himself. There were also sounds of something hard breaking amidst the thumping of flesh. It was probably his bones, one could guess.
“Stay still. You might die if I hit you wrong.”
Min-jun sounded concerned as if he were a doctor, yet his hands were soaked in violence.
Do-hwa’s mind was clouded over with horror. He recalled how he had mercilessly beaten people at the hotel not long ago. It would have been less terrifying if he had shown anger or aggression while attacking, but the fact that he was smiling made it even more chilling. He was truly insane.
After seeing Koo Jong-pil, now a bloody mess, it was evident that he had pushed things too far.
“S, stop, Min-jun!”
Do-hwa pulled Min-jun back from behind, feeling it was getting out of hand. At that moment, he felt a pang of regret. He was afraid that he might explode too if this continued.
“Alright. If seonbae wants me to stop, then sure.”
Fortunately, Min-jun stopped swinging his hand. He gently placed the chair back on the floor.
Koo Jong-pil, now a pitiful sight, foamed at the mouth. Even though Do-hwa was already aware of his madness, facing it head-on made his breath catch. But why? It was definitely scary, yet he didn’t dislike it. Instead… His heart raced.
“Seonbae, you don’t have to suffer at the hands of these bastards anymore.”
Min-jun turned smoothly, who had been supporting Do-hwa. Their eyes met. Do-hwa, who had been intoxicated by a strange sweetness, suddenly snapped back to his senses.
Min-jun’s offer of help felt overwhelming to Do-hwa. They weren’t even in a romantic relationship, yet he was willing to pay such a large sum of money. Do-hwa felt a heavy burden on his shoulders.
“M-Min-jun, why are you giving me the money?”
“Because I really like seonbae.”
“Even so, it’s too much. It’s a huge amount of money!”
In the world, what you give is supposed to come back to you. But this situation seemed to completely reverse that rule.
“Actually, I have a favor I want to ask seonbae.”
“What kind of favor?”
He wondered if this guy, like Koo Jong-pil, was going to sell him off somewhere or cut him open to harvest his organs.
He felt like a fool for having even momentarily felt excited. But what he said next was completely unexpected for Do-hwa.
“Should we push our wedding date up a bit?”
“What? When did we even promise to get married?”
Do-hwa’s mouth fell open in surprise as his eyes widened.
‘We were meeting on the premise of marriage, and we were supposed to have a ceremony when you graduate.’
Do-hwa remembered Min-jun’s response when he returned after claiming to have amnesia at the hospital last time. It was bewildering to hear him spouting such nonsense again. Do-hwa was so shocked that he just stood there with his mouth open as he was frozen.
Meanwhile, Min-jun looked embarrassed amidst it all.
Min-jun probably planned the whole ordeal to make doh-wa marry him😆😆
+1 now Do-Hwa can see his options a psycho Min-Jun who seems sincerely kind & likes him, cons are hes scary, totally obsessed with him but violent only to others; or his shitty family + the loanshark who if not for MJ almost made a bad move on him then will sell/marry him off to his alcoholic borther in rut that has violent tendencies for a forseeable lifetime of misery for his stepfather’s debt
Yes. He leaked the location of the family. Crazy guy.
HAHAHAHAHAHHHHSHS I luv him. He’s truly insane
I can’t wait for more chapters 😖😖
I need moreee please😭
Go go go go my man!!!