What are you thinking?
"I'll go back now."
I said to Boshirai who was next to me.
"Are you leaving already?"
"I'm sorry for ruining your mood. Let's meet again in a few days and talk about the business we didn't finish."
Boshirai nodded slowly.
"Okay, I'll make room for you later."
After exchanging greetings with Boshirai, I walked towards Cheon Ji-yeong, who was raising up the righteousness.
"That's enough. You can stop apologizing."
"Thank you. I won't come near you again."
As I got closer, the conversation between the two people became clearer.
I looked down at Wijeongseong and lightly patted Cheon Jiyoung's shoulder, who was just rolling her eyes in embarrassment.
"If you're done apologizing, you can go now."
Wi Jeong-seong quickly got up, glanced at me, and then left the party.
Cheon Ji-young, who was looking at the scene, asked in a dumbfounded voice.
"Brother. What the hell is going on?"
"I just asked you to apologize. But is this all you can forgive me for?"
Cheon Ji-young nodded and said.
"Yeah. Well, it's not like you deserve to die if you like me. You just did it the wrong way."
I was momentarily speechless at the insignificant answer. How on earth could someone think that way?
Even though I had a scary experience in an unfamiliar place with no one to help me.
"But what did you say that made that person do that?"
"You don't have to know."
"What is that?"
Cheon Ji-young opened her eyes wide and glared at me, but I quickly changed the subject.
"So you're staying? I'm going back to my dorm now. Where is your dorm?"
"You're leaving already?"
"That's right. Let's cancel our accommodations and go together so we can talk for the first time in a while."
"Umm······."
Cheon Ji-yeong looked embarrassed as she looked at Ye Xiaotong behind her.
Yeshaotong nodded, still smiling like a picture.
"Don't worry about me, just come with me. It's been a while since I've seen you."
"Sorry, Sister! I'll contact you tomorrow."
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Cheon Ji-young, who had honestly apologized, quickly linked arms with me and said.
"Let's go! I'm hungry! Buy me something delicious."
I'm old enough and have a fair amount of social experience, but why do I still act like a child?
He shook off Cheon Ji-young's arms and looked at her with pitiful eyes.
"Pay me some money."
"What? What's wrong with my age? I'm at the perfect age to get something from you."
Cheon Ji-young, who had uncrossed her arms, glared at me while making a joke that wasn't even funny.
At that time, Ye Xiaotong came and spoke to me.
"President Kim Mu-hyeok."
I quietly looked back at her as she called me with a hoarse voice.
"I wish we could meet separately sometime······."
"Is there something I need to see you for?"
"It will be good for both of us."
I swallowed my saliva and asked her to find out what was on her mind.
"Did you approach Jiyoung to approach me?"
"Brother!"
At the rude question that was blatantly asked, Cheon Ji-yeong hit my arm and looked at Ye Xiaotong's expression.
But Ye Xiaotong smiled indifferently and shook her head.
"Haha. I found out later that CEO Kim Mu-hyeok is Ji-young's cousin. Ji-young brags about it so much, how could I not know?"
Her soft-spoken face was filled with composure.
"Please contact me. I will be in Shanghai for a few days."
Yeshaotong took out a fancy business card from her wallet and handed it over.
I looked at the business card silently and accepted it.
'I guess we should meet up and find out what's on his mind.'
As I was putting the business card in my pocket, Ye Xiaotong suddenly reached out his hand.
"Boss, aren't you going to give me a business card?"
Yeshaotong confidently asked for my business card.
I debated whether to give him mine or his wallet, but I ended up taking out my business card holder.
Then he handed her a business card he had made specifically for use in China.
"Oh, your business card is pretty."
As expected from a Chinese who especially loves gold, she accepted the gold business card and smiled.
"I'll wait for your call. If not, I'll call you first."
She smiled at me and said to Cheon Ji-young.
"Let's have lunch together tomorrow, Jiyoung."
"Yeah, sis."
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Having achieved her goal, Ye Xiaotong turned around without any hesitation and disappeared into the crowd.
"Brother."
As I was quietly watching where Yeshaotong had disappeared, Tian Zhiying called out to me.
"Oh, sorry. What do you want to eat?"
"Something expensive. Something expensive and delicious."
I left the party with Cheon Ji-young.
Since it was early in the morning and there was no restaurant to go to, we ordered room service and chatted while eating in the hotel suite we had reserved.
"How did you meet Ye Xiaotong? There's a big age difference between you."
"Huh? Sister? You were an investor in the movie I appeared in."
Starting with those words, Cheon Ji-yeong began to tell in detail how she became close with Ye Xiaotong.
"From then on, whenever I came to China, we went shopping together, ate together, and became close friends. Sometimes we even went on yacht rides······."
I nodded slowly, gathering my thoughts in my head.
An actor who becomes friendly with investors. In some ways, it was a very common occurrence.
"But why are you asking that? Surely······?"
Cheon Ji-young stopped talking and dug into the meat with her fork. Then she looked at me in astonishment.
I can tell what you're thinking. He responded indifferently and pushed the meat a little more towards Cheon Ji-young.
"What are you thinking about?"
"No? You're much older than me."
"I know. Stop talking nonsense and just eat."
I chewed my steak and collected my thoughts again.
According to Cheon Ji-young's words, he may not have approached her intentionally.
But there is no such thing as coincidence in this world.
Was it a coincidence that on the day I visited China for the first time in a long time, Ye Xiaotong and Tian Zhiying came to the party and made a connection with me?
I don't know when or where the plan started, but Ye Xiaotong must have planned to approach Tian Zhiying.
As I was chewing meat in silence, Cheon Ji-yeong asked me.
"What's so serious? Is it a problem that I'm close with Sister Ye Xiaotong?"
"No, that won't be a problem. But what do you do? Are you a businessman?"
"Yeah. I heard you're doing some business? Why? Is that someone you knew?"
"I've only heard the name. You've never asked about me?"
"I was the one who told you about me first. You never told me about me even once."
I may not have mentioned it intentionally so as not to give the impression that I was the target.
The more I thought about it, the more complicated it became.
"Okay. You'll know when you see me. Finish eating. Take care of yourself and eat well. You're not a skeleton, so don't be so skinny······."
"Oh, you really are like an old man. I've gained weight recently and I'm stressed out, what can I say, really."
Cheon Ji-young put down her fork with a clank and narrowed her eyes.
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This also has a teasing taste.
"If that's fat, then everyone else is pigs?"
"Ah, oppa, please!"
Cheon Ji-young opened her eyes wide and glared at me, and I ended up laughing out loud.
* * *
Back at his home in Shanghai, Wei Zhengcheng thought back to what had happened that day.
The fear, humiliation, and insult he had never experienced before - all of it came back to him vividly, and his face contorted like a demon.
"What the fuck! Me! Me!"
Although there were many servants, they paid no attention to the order and started destroying everything in the living room.
The servants were unable to stop such presumptuous behavior and were just shivering in the corner.
There was a person who came to see Wijeongseong, who had been venting his anger for a long time.
"Authority."
Wijeongseong turned his head at the familiar voice.
"Yeshaotong! We made different promises."
The person who came to find the righteousness was Ye Xiaotong.
"Promise? What promise? I just told you that I would attend the party with Cheon Ji-young. What on earth did I promise?"
"What the hell were you doing, not even stepping forward while I was being humiliated like that!"
"What will change if I step out there?"
Ye Xiaotong, who only smiled in front of Cheon Ji-yeong, was extremely cold in front of Wei Zhengcheng.
Wei Zhengcheng sighed and said, flinching at Yeshaotong's sharp gaze.
"So why did you come here today?"
Looking at the messy living room, Ye Xiaotong shook her head.
"How about we move for now? What kind of conversation are we going to have here?"
Wijeongseong nodded and spoke to the servants.
"Clean everything up here."
Wijeongseong turned around and walked towards the bedroom.
"Where are you going?"
"You said we could talk quietly? A place as quiet as a bedroom······."
"Don't be a dog."
At the sharp reaction of Ye Xiaotong, Wei Zhengcheng awkwardly guided her to the reception room.
"What on earth happened that made you get on your knees and beg? Tell me."
As soon as she sat down on the living room sofa, she crossed her legs and asked.
Yeshaotong knew the truth very well.
Wi Jeong-seong was known for his arrogance even within the crown prince's party, relying on his father's support.
Also, I knew very well that he was a lecher.
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It meant that it was a perfect pattern to see how Kim Moo-hyuk would move if Cheon Ji-yeong was in danger.
He leaked the news of Cheon Ji-young's attendance to Wi Jeong-seong and intentionally showed up late to the party.
But I never expected that I would witness the results I had never expected.
The mighty power of the world kneeling and asking for forgiveness. It was truly a turning point in the world.
So, as soon as Kim Moo-hyeok and Cheon Ji-yeong left the party, they went out and looked for Wi Jeong-seong.
"······Boshilai said he would cut ties with me. That ungrateful bastard! Just because of a Korean."
"Are you someone who would kneel down just for that? Tell me the truth."
Even if Boshirai were to cut off the power, the person who wouldn't even snort is Wi Jeong-seong.
"······."
"What the hell is going on that you can't even tell me?"
The more the situation became like this, the more curious Ye Xiaotong became.
"Would you, with your immense wealth, be worried that Boshirai would come out like that? You would find someone else to invest in. No? Tell me the truth. I need to know so I can help you."
Ye Xiaotong's connections were much better than Wei Zhengcheng's.
Even though she was a woman, she was a woman who used her connections to connect with high-ranking officials and enjoyed all sorts of special privileges.
Wi Jeong-seong, who had been hesitating for a moment, slowly opened his mouth.
"He said he was going to kill me. No, he came close to killing me."
As he spoke, Wi Jeong-seong recalled memories from that time.
That time when my throat was blocked and death was looming before my eyes at every moment.
He personally experienced the saying that a kaleidoscope of visions would pass by just before he died, and he trembled with fear without realizing it.
At the sight of such poise, Ye Xiaotong's eyes were filled with interest.
"You said you almost died?"
Wi Jeong-seong nodded and spoke as he was told.
"That guy Kim Mu-hyeok······. You said he was arrogant, but he really is fearless. I never thought he would try to kill you."
After hearing the whole story, Ye Xiaotong decided to revise her judgment about Kim Mu-hyeok.
And he decided to use his authority to further provoke Kim Moo-hyuk.
"So you're going to just sit there and let it happen?"
"What can I do against a madman? Against someone who already has President Hu Jintao firmly behind him······."
"Hmm······. I misjudged you. You're going to hide like a dog that got drenched in rain after being insulted like that by a Korean."
"What? You think I'm being sarcastic? Are you going to ignore me for four years?"
Wei Zhengcheng was angry at Ye Xiaotong's insulting remarks.
But the reaction was actually what Ye Xiaotong had hoped for.
"If you look at it that way, what are you going to do? Are you really going to just stay still?"
"······Is there a way?"
As expected, Wei Zhengcheng was just a simple man. The corners of Ye Xiaotong's mouth curved upward.
"I'll introduce you to someone."
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"person?"
"It's an organization that will do anything for money. If you have the money, you can even make ghosts dance."
"I know about the Triads too! But what can a bunch of thugs do?"
Ye Xiaotong laughed mockingly at Wei Zhengsheng's words.
"They're not just any thugs. They're a secret organization comprised of former special forces members."
"Special forces?"
Yeshaotong nodded with a secretive expression.
"Yes. Trust me and meet me once. You won't regret it. But you have to meet me in person. If you send a proxy, I'll come back as a corpse."
"what?"
"Because it's a secret organization. Even if I introduce you to them, they won't meet you unless you go in person. Because of the secret, the agent will die."
Wi Jeong-seong swallowed dry saliva at the murderous words.
"······What on earth do those kids do?"
"Don't just ask like this. Go and see for yourself."
Yeshaotong picked up the note on the table.
Then he took out a fountain pen from his bag and wrote down the address.
"Don't tell anyone, go alone. And tell them that I introduced you. Just take this business card with you."
Yeshaotong handed Wei Zhengcheng a black business card.
It was a different kind of business card than the one I gave to Kim Moo-hyuk.
Wei Zhengcheng, who had received the business card and memo, looked at it for a long time, then raised his head again and asked Ye Xiaotong.
"What if I fail? If they find out what I ordered them to do, I'm really dead. They really had eyes that could kill me. Especially the eyes of the bodyguard who strangled me······."
"Don't worry. Even if they fail, they won't know that you ordered them to do it. Why would they still exist? Because they won't reveal anything about their clients. Or would you not trust me, Ye Xiaotong?"
Only then did Wi Jeong-seong nod his head at her confident words and put the memo and business card into his bosom.
Ye Xiaotong, who had finished her work, stood up from her seat.
"I'll go and take a look. See you later."
After Yesao Tong left, Wei Zhengcheng was left alone and closed his eyes to collect his thoughts.
When Wi Jeong-seong opened his eyes again, they were strangely sparkling with madness.
* * *
"Nice to meet you, President Kim Moo-hyuk."
A few days later, I met Ye Xiaotong.
"Nice to meet you."
After shaking hands with her, I sat down. There was no one else in the spacious restaurant.
"There are no guests."
"Haha, I borrowed it all for the day."
So that's how much money you can afford. I nodded quietly and looked at the man standing behind Ye Xiaotong.
The man with the sharp features was guarding behind Ye Xiaotong with a blank expression.
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"He's my bodyguard. You can think of him as someone who doesn't exist."
I didn't like the way she spoke leisurely and lifted her wine glass, so I decided to give it a shake.
"Yeshaotong. Aren't you curious about who your father is?"
< What are you thinking about? > End
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