Yeonjun was dragged outside the room as the guards were pulling him out of the school while he was fighting with all his might to exceed himself. At that time, Hueningkai came to rescue Yeonjun.
"Ah! Guys! Pardon his rudeness! But, he's my man." He said very gently with a big smile. As soon as they heard Hueningkai, they left Yeonjun and moved after bowing.
"Hmph!" Yeonjun brushed off his shoulder as if it got dirty by the men.
"Hello! You may not know me, but I want you to come with me." Kai said with a soft and cute voice.
"I know you. You're Hueningkai, right? You're the one who was inside that fucker's room a while ago." Yeonjun said angrily. He remembered Soobin mentioning this guy as his underclassman.
"I beg your Pardon?" As Hueningkai didn't know what was going on, he was confused.
"Leave it! Tell me what you want to talk about." Yeonjun said, furrowing his eyebrows.
"Let's go to a private place first." Hueningkai smiled and started walking as Yeonjun followed him. Curiosity as well as anger took over him and he couldn't be calm at all.
"So, how do you know Soobin hyung?" Kai asked, sitting on a bench in a park behind the school.
"That's a long story. Moreover, why should I tell you?" Yeonjun was still pissed off. He couldn't forget how the principal talked about Soobin.
"Why? Because I'm a cop!" Hueningkai smiled at Yeonjun, gesturing to him to sit beside him.
Yeonjun was flabbergasted when he heard Kai.
"W-what?" Yeonjun was astounded.
"Don't be kidding. You're clearly a student." Yeonjun didn't give Hueningkai a chance to reply and continued as he disbelieved him.
"You can say I'm on an undercover mission." He smirked.
"Huh?" Yeonjun was surprised and curious at the same time.
"I asked you before, but here I am answering you. Now, tell me the details because I'm investigating Soobin hyung's matter." Hueningkai said.
"What details? What are you saying? Why are you investigating it? What's your real purpose?" Yeonjun couldn't believe Kai fully. In reply, Hueningkai took out his phone quietly and showed Yeonjun a picture of the guy he was looking for.
"You came here for him, right?" Hueningkai seemed confident in himself.
"Yeah! Do you know where I can find him?" Yeonjun looked at the picture, furrowing his brows, he asked with a low voice.
"Do you think I'm sitting back if I knew?" Kai replied.
"You're here to catch this guy as well? But, Soobin didn't report him!" Yeonjun was puzzled.
"Because Soobin hyung wasn't the only victim." Hueningkai said with a serious face.
"What?" Yeonjun was astonished as he didn't have any idea about what kind of guy he was.
"Hm. His full name is Xyan Ming. His father is from China. But before he was born, he moved to Korea and settled down here. He used to live in a rural area near Gangnam and worked in ZM Girls High school for almost five years. He had a wife, but they didn't have any children. He also had a mother, but it seems like she's no more. What we came to know by investigating is that, he started to prey on the students of his class after a year he joined the school. At first, he just tried to touch them in a dirty way. Later, he started to fix his prey on single girls and tried to harass them. After he tried to assault a girl, he became obsessed with it and couldn't stop himself.
There were several cases like that and he was reported. But there were no criminal records written under his name though the school committee fired him. Later on, nearly five years ago, he moved to Seoul and joined this school. After a year, he did the same to a girl in this school. The girl's parents reported him, but couldn't show any solid evidence. So, instead of looking into the matter, the school chose to believe in his lies. He was saved, but the girl dropped out and had a mental breakdown. I couldn't get much information on her. But I heard she got better after taking psychological therapy.
After the incident, he didn't cause any trouble for two years. It might be because of his sick wife or not. I heard he took four months of leaves to take care of his wife. Eventually, she died and after a while, he came back to school and put his eyes on a male student for the first time. As we have no information about him harassing another male student, I'm not sure whether he did it to a boy before. But this time, as you know, the victim was Soobin hyung. I've read all of the reports against him and I can say this time, it was the most heartbreaking. What he did to other girls and what he did to Soobin hyung was completely different.
As you know, Hyung broke his head and he was taken to the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital while Soobin hyung was in custody. The other teachers' bailed him out as he was the favorite student of all the teachers in this school. That was when they assigned me to investigate the case...." Hueningkai sighed before he continued.
"Though Soobin hyung never told us what he did to him, a clip went viral among the school's online platform. And when Mr. Xyan gained his senses and heard about him being reported to the police, he fled from the hospital. Since then, we've been searching for him and found no clue. We even visited the hospital his wife was admitted, but they didn't have any crucial info either." Hueningkai stopped as Yeonjun kept listening attentively. His rage went up as he understood how vicious the guy was.
"Are you referring to the clip…of…. S-Soobin?" Yeonjun was really hoping for a negative reply.
"Actually, the victim's face was blurred in that video. But as a picture was also leaked the day after the incident, so...we know it was him." Kai sighed.
"What? Which picture? And his face was blurred? What are you talking about?" Yeonjun was trying to connect the dots.
"The picture was uploaded from the school's computer so it's been removed. As for the clip, it was uploaded from a private account and we couldn't remove it from every platform as it's been shared more than enough times. The guy who owned the account doesn't know where and how the clip was uploaded. So, we couldn't find who was behind it. But, don't worry. The video has been removed from the main account and except for some people in his class and teachers, nobody knew it was him. Moreover, Mr. Xyan's face was visible clearly so I thought at least someone would recognize and report him. Unfortunately, there was none." Kai said in a disappointed face.
"But, I saw a video last night and there…" Yeonjun gulped as he didn't want to say more.
"What?" Hueningkai was curious and asked.
"Soobin...his... face was clear in that video." Yeonjun held his tears back while saying.
"What?" Hueningkai was astounded.
"And it was in his mail. Someone was threatening him continuously." Yeonjun said and sighed.
"It must be him! Can you show me the mail?" Kai asked. Yeonjun took a long breath as he didn't want to show him the video. Unfortunately, he had no other choice because he needed help from that guy. He took out his phone and showed all the mails as he transferred them to his phone last night.
"How crappy! I should've asked him earlier. He was dealing with all of these all alone." As Hueningkai browsed through the emails, he felt gloomy and disappointed at himself because he thought he should've caught him.
"I'm transferring these emails to my phone. Give me a couple of days and I'll find out where these emails came from." Hueningkai said while focusing on their phones.
"Please call me if you get him." Yeonjun requested as he really wanted to encounter that guy. He had a mixed feelings about the matter as everything related to Soobin, was his priority.
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Yeonjun returned as quickly as he could. Not finding Soobin in the house, he rushed outside to search for him, panic rising as it always did when Soobin went missing. He checked his phone; having enabled the GPS on Soobin's phone the previous night, he saw that Soobin was nearby. As he searched, he spotted Soobin wandering in the field where they had first met. Yeonjun grinned in relief. From a distance, Soobin saw him and stopped, waving with a smile. Yeonjun's face lit up with joy, and he nearly ran to him. He spread his arms and embraced Soobin tightly. Soobin was a bit surprised, wondered why Yeonjun was so elated to see him.
"When did you come back?" Soobin asked.
"Just now." Yeonjun gleamed and replied, detaching himself from Soobin.
"Aren't you hungry?" Yeonjun asked.
"Um-hm." Soobin shook his head.
"Then, let's go and I'll show you around." Yeonjun smiled brightly, facing Soobin and started walking backwards.
"Be careful!" Soobin chuckled and followed him slowly.
"These are all my land. Do you remember this field? The first time we met was here." Yeonjun said and looked at him. They were strolling around, right beside each other.
"Was it the place? No wonder it looked familiar! Then, where did the banana trees go?" Soobin asked as remembered clearly.
"Ah! They died! So we cut off the trees." Yeonjun replied normally.
"What? How?" Soobin was shocked.
"Because they had their fruits. Don't you remember I fed you the banana?" Yeonjun asked. He found Soobin so cute that it was hard for him to remove his eyes from him.
"You know, banana trees die once they bear their fruits. So, we need to cleanse them more like cut the trees so that new ones could be born from their roots." Yeonjun grinned while Soobin listened to him attentively.
"Is that so?" Soobin nodded slowly as if he gained some knowledge.
"Let's go! I have many more fields and gardens to show off!" Yeonjun's bright face made Soobin delighted and he couldn't reject him. While walking right beside him, Yeonjun really wanted to hold his hand. But he was afraid Soobin wouldn't let him. He stared at Soobin's hands and tried to brush his hand on him lightly, but backed off. Soobin noticed because he was quiet for a while. He took Yeonjun's pinky finger and crossed it with his. Both glanced at each other and looked away as they were embarrassed. As Soobin initiated it, Yeonjun finally took the chance and held his hand tightly. Their faces were fully red as if two tomatoes were roaming around in the green field.