[A few minutes earlier…]
"THIS IS WHY you should have taken care of your reputation, my dear dongsaeng."
Nikolai rolled his eyes. "It's already too late for that, Hyung."
Rufus just laughed, and then he turned serious. "I already did my job. It's your turn to punish Liam Yoo your way, Nikolai."
Oh.
Nikolai's way would be using his resources to dig a person's dirt and use that weakness against them, of course.
Right.
[Violence isn't the only answer here.]
"Hyung, you really seem mad at Liam Yoo," Nikolai commented, knitting his eyebrows. "Is there something else that I should know?"
Rufus fell silent for a moment. "Liam Yoo is using his kid to mess with our kids, Nikolai," he said in a serious tone. "As a father, I can't let him use his child to do unsavory things anymore."
"Our kids?" Nikolai asked nervously. "How is Liam Yoo messing with our kids, Hyung?"