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Chapter 16 - Old friend

Mr Jung let's her in

Hae Won: How  was your trip

Mr Jung: Eventful

Hae Won:(smiling)  You didn't expect to see him did you

Mr Jung: No not at all.

FLASHBACK

He arrives and a chauffeur  is waiting for him at the airport.

Mr Jung :(scared)Where are we going

Chauffeur: To the boss' house.

Mr Jung: (confused) Which boss?

Chauffeur: You'll see .

They arrive at some mansion and he's escorted in by the help

Maid:He's on a call he'll join you shortly

Mr Jung :(frustrated) Who!

The maid just goes off without replying him.He sits feeling uneasy then he hears someone say "Wu Bin" making him look behind and he can't believe who he sees .

Mr Jung: (shocked) Ha-jun,....this can't be

Mr So:(teasingly) What's wrong old friend, you look like you've seen a ghost.

Mr Jung :(frantic) This can't be,you're dead.Have I really gone mad.(slapping himself)Get a hold of yourself Wu bin.

Mr So just goes and hugs Mr Jung

Mr Jung: (surprised ) You're real....This can't be ,I went to your funeral, I cried for months

Mr So:(smiling) I know you did

Mr Jung: (puzzled)But how

Mr So:You need to calm down first

Mr Jung:(mad) Calm  down !Do you know the guilt I've lived with thinking I was responsible for your death.Thinking that it was my fault I hadn't noticed you were suicidal. Thinking it should've been me not you.Being left all alone with just memories .Noo explain now.

Mr So:I'm sorry I didn't tell you I was okay earlier.

Mr Jung:(sad)Sorry!,whose grave have I been visiting for the last 10years.

Mr So:(sad)Wu bin ...

Mr Jung:No ,you have no idea how I felt.Even though I had money I felt too guilty to use it.I drive a rundown car which breaks down all the time,I still live in the same apartment and I even now have this personality complex since I had to act like you in the office because I always thought you were the reason for our success.

Mr So:(hugging him)I'm sorry brother.

Mr Jung:(crying) The worst part was I had lost my bestfriend and he wasn't coming back.

Mr So:(crying too)Come on ,you used to say man don't cry,what happened to my bestfriend

Mr Jung: I'm sorry, I'm just happy you're alive.

Mr So:(teasingly) I'm happy I'm alive too.

Mr Jung: (laughing) You haven't changed a bit.

Mr So :(smirking) You know I've always hated change.

Mr Jung: Come tell me what happened, I can't wait any longer .

Mr So:Okay take a seat.

They settle down

Mr So:You remember when we were still starting up and we had no sponsors

Mr Jung: Yes

Mr So:Then we pitched our idea at the convention and suddenly alot of people were interested

Mr Jung :Yes

Mr So:But then soon after everyone backed out and only one person was willing to sponsor us

Mr Jung: Yes Mr Lee

Mr So:But I always warned you he was up to something. And his terms weren't even fair.

Mr Jung: (sulking) Yeah I regret that deal now

Mr So:And why did you sign the papers

Mr Jung:Well because you had passed and the ship was sinking fast.

Mr So:That was his plan all along.He knew I wasn't ever going to allowe you to sign those papers so he had me kidnapped. They wanted to kill me but I managed to escape.I knew with how well connected he is that I wouldn't make it hiding in Korea so I took a flight to China.

Mr Jung :Omo

Mr So:I wasn't even safe there as he has friends there too. After almost getting caught I faked my death and fleed to America.I changed my identity and with that I continued to work hard and rebuild a former idea I had.That idea turned out to be golden and I ended up selling it for quite a good sum.

Mr Jung:(scanning his house)I can see that

Mr So:Life here was good so I wasn't going to bring Mr Lee back into my life .I watched over you from afar and lived my life in peace.

Mr Jung:Then what happened

Mr So:Well I have this  scholarship program for students from outside the country who want to study here but can't afford to. Then 6yrs ago some kid popped up on my radar when she won the chance to work as an intern at my company .She was excelling quite fast and her ideas were always top notch .Her name was Park Yeona, she was only in her second year when she interned here.She worked so hard and reminded me of you,I thought of being her mentor

Mr Jung: Wait she does tech,I though she did finance

Mr So:She studied  both .

Mr Jung: Wow,so how did she end up at my office pointing a gun to my head , talking about taking down Mr Lee.

Mr So:Well I told you I wanted to mentor her,but no-one knows my real identity only a few people have seen my face at my company . I wasn't going to come out to her without doing a thorough background check.

Mr Jung: And.....

Mr So:Well I used this kid called Ricky  ,he once managed to hack into some files of mine ,he even managed to find out my real identity but all he asked for was to work as intern here.He was still in highschool

Mr Jung: So he's super smart too

Mr So:Yes ,so doing some digging on Yeona was no big deal.But then he found out something, she had a fake identity too. Her real name is Wo Hae Won

Mr Jung: Mmmm

Mr So:(smirking) Sounds familiar right

Mr Jung:Yes I'm sure I've heard that name before.

Mr So:Let me give you a hint...,2 highschool girls...

Mr Jung:(thinking) Mmm 2 highschool girls....(recalling) Omo....Omo she was one of those girls who were murdered a couple years ago.....The other one was called.....Yumi

Mr So:Yuri

Mr Jung: Yes yes..The whole nation mourned their deaths.Wait how is she alive

Mr So:That's the interesting part.