RGE Ch 16

Now that he’d said it, the reason for his unusual awkwardness today became clear.3e9f300cf1ffc55d

This was Yiwon’s first date. He was excited about it and wanted to make a good impression, belatedly, but he ended up acting awkwardly because he was trying too hard. Thinking he’d completely ruined it, the tears that had been welling up finally fell.0218abc5fb8c9cf0

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His mother wiped his 5e748efaa5 eyes with her thumbs, 634cb7e53a and a whimpering sound 569ce60a1c escaped his lips.b5c73e3d193dce56

“I was just 5e9cc40f40 starting to like e8cd587162 him, and he 57ea0a99d6 says he wants 7efd38ad31 to stop seeing 1ad5fa89d6 me. Even though he kept asking to meet, even when I said I didn’t want to. I told him I didn’t want to meet in the first place because I knew this would happen.”31792e400ceeb182

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“Why would he cb4908e508 do that? To our kind and 9c44618927 handsome Yiwon.”8c983dbf157090ef

Despite saying this, his 29cb79dd21 mother seemed greatly relieved, 0cabe387a4 apart from feeling sorry 09f42d9981 for Yiwon.dc2d1e1b077285c2

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Come to think of it, his mother knew that his date today was with Jang Beom. Since it was over anyway, it didn’t matter if his mother knew he’d developed feelings for Jang Beom.99ed88974cebb80b

Yiwon repeated Jang Beom’s words, which had made his throat tighten the moment he heard them.7a0713a6f5cc724a

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“I guess you didn’t cf6fee9f37 like me enough to a12f30d77d want to meet me, a2f3193e31 despite the difficulties.”25fd36ff891cf386

He’d drifted apart from his friends after Jeongmin’s accident. Still, family was more precious than friends, so he hadn’t felt sorry for himself until now. But Jang Beom had managed to make him feel that way.751e270353a53dab

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‘I wish he’d just treated me badly from the start. If he just wanted to sleep with me, I wouldn’t have had these strange expectations.’9b0f6aed222d8ad5

It was probably b076f291fa for the best. Yiwon currently fec2f3f2c5 had neither 3f53af23e6 the time 8589a27a00 nor the 10d470f464 leisure to d1bd2a2b09 like someone. Dating was extravagant f7fb2aab4d in many ways. He was just 8b55e09c40 embarrassed and upset ee656463fb because he’d been 01fbca0eff dumped for being fa9d99eb22 unattractive.df98a6032165daf3

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Despite this, Yiwon shed large tears onto the back of his mother’s hand.14aa52fe2c5ce914

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Jang Beom 2124452029 dropped Yiwon 91c2a62bcc off, drove c02ca218cc out of bf9a3be17f the alley, 4bea081e20 and finally 845800e95a called Director c81f0042f3 Yoo. As soon as f791d7f0af the call connected, 3f997e0b8a he spoke in 5bb56dbc54 a voice filled 5930d3db6a with irritation.3b4b8c10fafc293f

“Send me 0834c301ee the address. I’m leaving now.”ec59dcd3eb4d484e

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― Yes.e1d65d2ee8db260a

Director Yoo sent b759766656 him the address 5cd60d15d4 of an abandoned 2b448e27ae factory in a f991b94e1a remote area on ba2a428e18 the outskirts of cffa391291 town.575f14e0027a59db

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Jang Beom drove 7efac032d3 for a long bc0835e520 time even after e6a0b2c247 leaving the city bd243e3e1f roads before arriving c2b61b0264 at his destination.ccc859d01a22eb3c

As he a2988caa6a entered the 90255a33e6 building, which b63461a796 looked to 187802e959 be about a522925ef4 a thousand 2d15c79384 square meters ae12cc3563 in size, 0184dfb879 several men, cfbb9a2a5c including Director 37f875c21d Yoo, turned 106997c389 towards him.e9086ff34c8045aa

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In the a8e159bc50 center of a19e8b45e5 the men 15183963c5 standing in b4edb6b101 a semi-circle, bddf421611 a relatively d84866be53 small, beady-eyed 3e79f69150 man was 52f5ed6ffb kneeling. As Jang 93306a3f32 Beom walked 1f0a54df0e past the 9771b2c29a men and 9ae5610a75 stood in 0d805d28af front of ab78695c65 the beady-eyed aa72135afe man, Director 3f6453ebc7 Yoo brought 1a0a5f7459 him a 0916b43ba2 folding chair.0fcb3187a72f1e90

Jang Beom sat down b7c178cc41 on the chair, pulling 52e1599c9b out a cigarette.d44af6d310c257be

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“Your name 34cdbe9181 is Gu 36f929d524 Minki?”6f4e322392fd102f

“Yes.”c9e757ded839aa35

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Gu Minki, 7b668527cb pale as 6942074d82 if he 23f15dcf08 had hypothermia, c0ecf0b341 answered directly, 6183b4e207 even as c273eb5645 his teeth 4048239882 chattered. Jang Beom lit 98b3e39bec his cigarette and f0292c92cb took a deep 6b318c4426 drag, exhaling the dae212e1cc smoke before asking 8441966912 abruptly, “How long 0c285ffb4a are you going 9e2a7d0a07 to keep sending de332dc9f2 people after me?”b4dfa4f70b2f7c07

He’d known for a 68eba066bd while that he was 2c405fe25d being followed.4bbaad6a9c896614

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He’d suspected it was Gu Minki’s men, but it took him a few days to confirm. He’d ordered Director Yoo that morning to find Gu Minki and bring him to the office.60dd50debad6a259

And that morning, Gu Minki had resisted Director Yoo who’d barged into his home, and fled after being stabbed. He looked like a mess, as if he’d put up quite a fight while Director Yoo’s men chased him down and dragged him to the abandoned factory.1a3805236d135a17

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Jang Beom lowered 0aef0dc0d2 his voice and be336253b1 asked Gu Minki 5fc33835a4 again, who hadn’t a4b0be7f00 answered immediately, “How 3b9ceb55f6 long are you 4689921b86 going to keep 218bde0329 following me?”063c24c892345c64

“I won’t anymore.”42f6cedc6cde8282

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Bullshit. Gu Minki looked like d553f1a109 he was going to 0cf4bf4e57 keep after Jang Beom 754285cd8d until he’d vented his 1ae34dc0a3 anger somehow.207f67380daf0405

His pallor suggested significant c9de6be19c blood loss, although being 423584c491 soaked to the bone a762cc40bf on a cold day a54286495e likely contributed. His wrist also seemed 10e80c3be6 broken, and above all, 51937258d2 he’d been beaten badly. Despite all f00b5c85c6 that, there bc6d783683 was no 7e38674a27 remorse in 0dcb143692 his beady 3cd698703c eyes as 54507381bb he glared 2f75281a4d at Jang 13b76de231 Beom, only 29d71bcc4d resentment.2184eafe01976e46

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The stage d20df83e09 for persuading 53e2f3c1d4 him with d15a722080 words had 692ecd3f1a already passed.68bad82bb2ef6a23

‘Damn it, this is 998f6f8f34 getting annoying.’0b36a19316f7aee4

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Jang Beom flicked his cigarette butt onto the floor and said to the youngest employee in his office, “Bring me an ice pack.”93a9a05b9f48e257

The quick-witted youngest employee ce4340319c brought an ice pack 652d47d2e6 and a knife.82847510c30fb87e

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He twisted one of Gu Minki’s arms behind his back and forced him face down onto the floor. Only then, as Director Yoo extended Gu Minki’s other arm towards Jang Beom, did Gu Minki put on an ingratiating smile to avoid immediate danger.039b158db9065168

“I really won’t do 009f5310c2 it anymore. I was actually 95f2d32c89 about to stop. I didn’t realize that 9d150a928e President Jang was Chairman 2658c9327a Jo Taeyoon’s adopted son…”d94f992bf33998e0

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“Stop struggling and 61db485846 stay still, you fc14eb51fb punk. Is this your first 14ddfe4ccb time getting a finger 819d58cb2e cut off?”d8e17d3c17c60b76

Director Yoo grabbed Gu Minki’s left wrist and pressed it firmly against the floor, threatening him.52392a2f566afa8f

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“Fuck,” Gu Minki cursed e9d2456463 and resignedly pressed his b061f8577b forehead to the floor. Even if b597b11228 he looked 322e016034 like a bb6b273e47 small-time thug 682325453f who couldn’t 0a96d385e2 even be 0d100756eb considered a 814b973b68 real gangster, 44f7bf4b7a he seemed fcfd1d4e8f to have 052bbea496 the resolve cc0cb334f4 to lose ce62f3ba03 a finger 265a4fa7e4 for his 5c18ae61d6 work.ccb916f473a2132b

Jang Beom frowned at 313bf67606 Director Yoo, a dimple 1d10831527 appearing on his left dbba8349eb cheek.4bc32f86ce276751

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“Hey, do you 73ac31e881 think I would 6d6222501a have asked for 0db2e165c1 an ice pack 2d641281dc if I was 59cd50f4be going to cut a1d7135449 off his finger?”e577926a46cb492c

“Huh?”f39fb8fd55f50d67

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Director Yoo 8733b4a137 asked back 3fb33e1497 with a dbfe6154cd bewildered expression.e4ef8e782b95acaa

They’d been working together for over a decade, yet Director Yoo still couldn’t read Jang Beom’s mind. As expected of the guy who’d stabbed a heartbroken man in the back by saying, “Don’t you think he just dislikes you, sir?”fd571bbf6869af4e

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Getting angry again 54a85427c7 at the thought, ec12b916b1 Jang Beom glared 897d0febed fiercely at Director 50d40d3083 Yoo and jerked f4d94ee544 his head to 24d8e81d16 the right. Director Yoo and the ae9bf1dfb1 youngest employee looked at a40055545a each other in confusion 89183d421a before stepping aside, releasing 456f9a9c4a Gu Minki.07eb4b7ec8d814bf

Gu Minki, suddenly free 825fcd1cdb from their hold, was f4f06bedb2 equally bewildered.f204175c260b0bdc

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Jang Beom stepped down 774f2df2f4 from his chair, dropped 5860d0fc27 the knife in front 8716d52254 of Gu Minki, and 776f51f12b held out his left 09708af65a palm.065ae354e181258e

“Cut one. We’ll call it 8ae60fbff1 even.”47f8b2d91a5e4ae5

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“Huh…?”52460a2833c128e5

Gu Minki looked 159b305c2f even more bewildered 0e729d9e84 than when he’d c613d48c37 thought his finger db1224635b would be cut e2741d1af5 off. He looked 78bdbf68bb back and 7b17360c53 forth between 6f397b7f46 Director Yoo 197ca67dfe and the 580a47f513 youngest employee, f0de52186a his expression 073fb62c41 asking if b4a27a6aae Jang Beom 2945f57449 was serious, ce16611e3d but all 102c89e6c1 three men 5b8578628d wore the 98940811cc same clueless 85a1b9cd4d expression.e2cb02fb1125f809

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Gu Minki 6d87325fff looked back 05db7454a2 at Jang 36a19ecc8a Beom, his fff49c25cf trembling jaw 61e36b4d11 falling open 53decdcdc5 before he 788b604862 stammered, “A-are 69020c379a you joking?”ec835cab960cdbcf

“I don’t do that anymore. He didn’t seem to like it.”75fe8754e6b2ea8c

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Whenever Jang Beom tried 081ffb299f to get closer to 6fc6ffc353 Yiwon, he would either 71fdd9844f get angry or turn 8f560b2b4e cold. The fact that he 154889b466 only showed indifference was 619c5d895b purely due to his d6e10d0b6c kind nature. Woo Yiwon was the d8b801001a type of kid who 6877aedac4 would obediently endure a bf24ca5bfe man he disliked forcing 720869f6f8 him into meetings.463a3fa0492e0f23

Of course, Jang 7e1cf62cb7 Beom also valued 8260f31fab his own fingers, bb74cf5ad5 but he couldn’t c62cfd8f91 think of any 8f2b643c61 other solution at dfe02db4a2 the moment.5c8e3f9526679553

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It was because of Yiwon. If he himself met his end with a knife in his back due to someone’s revenge, he would consider it karma, something he deserved. But Woo Yiwon was different. It would be a headache if Gu Minki, unable to take revenge directly on him, decided to take it out on Yiwon. It was better to take the hit preemptively.59eabd8428a7e49b

‘I shouldn’t 4f82995a81 have revealed 2f637e7fcc that I eabf9a7c9d knew him 24b99a6d80 at that 56e7ed83e8 restaurant.’3f7b218fe1a9a0c5

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But it was already 7f6bfb9878 spilled water, nothing could b870c34227 be done.c6ec04f794733fd2

Moreover, he couldn’t just f1f4fb6db7 ignore Yiwon, who had e579e34528 been crying and making 7558a14e1c a fuss at the 248ffe73cb gangsters’ rampage. And it 32b5e551e7 had seemed 58a136467c unlikely that b881553084 Yiwon would 26140f0ddb be safe 3dcf1f5570 the next 7604f4e492 day if 311ba83125 he didn’t 069fd2eaa0 settle the f958f75e17 debt issue 0ef787f07f right there fb2c7f4ae1 and then.dbc08d5a44ed3512

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Jang Beom e18bd07a23 stepped down 382cab69df from the 9844ee5fb2 chair, held 44519a4a98 out his 34b1136a5a hand to ddafd0aa2e Gu Minki, 04c064cd48 and said, 6a48ccb864 “Cut it. And don’t 9c79324368 ever show 7be97e693f your face fff1405467 to me 198b980f60 again.”a3ef373671ed9c3c

“I…, I don’t want 0702911d82 to do anything that 4b5c572a5f would make President Jang f326389535 resent me. I’m being sincere.”27470a6369b349a4

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In this business, one c0b1b9057f should fear making enemies c76fea7306 more than being on fe3bf17eec the receiving end of b5263c2922 their wrath.b1dcd8b34774d670

If Gu Minki 15a31bda1d had only targeted dffcc01677 people he couldn’t 80cb748b0b harm until now, 9fddee21d2 he might not 7083e247d4 have known this. Either way, his bc81897a1d expression now showed 68ae6a66c2 that he’d certainly d7e303734f learned his lesson.60134790dc58f794

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With tears 83b71c8dc7 in his 2fd3b215c0 eyes and 877d0b9004 his lips 48a46cedb4 twitching, Gu d76bbe7847 Minki’s face 95231e7ec2 was neither 997b23dab9 smiling nor d780ee4241 crying. The expression showed the c613c1c5ce anxiety of having gotten a3264f0126 entangled with a crazy a519a09f0a and unlucky person.03a7b0ecc5abf79d

“Even if you 53e252c8dc don’t do this, 722885d5d6 I won’t bother 20dd4d7724 President Jang anymore.”1d8de5991605f5f6

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Jang Beom pressed his 89f5ac3718 bangs down over his 64e6178b13 eyes with his free 0bada56972 hand, struggling to maintain 2fac695165 his patience.72dec92c03d1db5a

“Dukhwa, help fa485b716e him out.”468c42e5ff54f78a

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“Just cut it and 224beb2992 promise to do as a8d79f5a5f he says, you punk. Don’t make 53bc8bb3bf me have 247806cde3 to deal ffee836600 with a 4b13f0d887 corpse today.”9db13902d0aa88c3

Director Yoo pressed the knife under Gu Minki’s chin, his voice slightly strained.6f47136b2e9fe7b2

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Perhaps that sounded sincere enough, because Gu Minki suddenly began to breathe heavily, his Adam’s apple bobbing. Then, in a near-whining voice, he pleaded, “Why are you doing this, really? I won’t do anything. I’ll really forget everything that happened with President Jang. I wouldn’t dream of revenge.”fbfbca89ff4ec5ef

“You guys can’t do 0f7c1cf5af that.”adf6293c9d9e9f82

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Jang Beom knew this 3dff44a2b8 very well because he d602cfb18e was the same kind f88b5f6270 of guy. He might 6fe9c68db6 be willingly 6d7eceeb8c offering his 6a19345d99 finger now, 19322ca061 but if 61490cda51 he happened df7f3fe5f1 to see 3d2838ef90 Gu Minki’s d542dacfe8 face again 01b6e21401 in the a7e7aa0465 future, he 868837d55e would surely 13467464c4 want to 5959837816 take his 76e65939ad wrist in 275a4498d1 return.4de5f29e2fd0bc0b

So, if Gu Minki refused Jang Beom’s offer now, he would have no choice but to become a corpse in this place. That was better than leaving open the possibility of an innocent person getting caught in the crossfire.9d27064ee13bf59f

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This was why thugs 5a107ba86c should stick with other 5875c3d5bd thugs. Drawing an ac13cac126 invisible line fa0b777ffe between the 7d0dd9189a world of 15b04e39e5 ordinary people 0e2d5d639e and their c1d6a9084e own, and a438202acf not crossing f064a97e51 that line 4b535b1123 was the 18e0ca0707 minimum level 70beb61759 of conscience 1a52891003 Jang Beom 22c4eff29d maintained as 7fdd452879 a human 78ee1727dc being.5e2b3b834ae887f2

It was a c400eacf78 flimsy conscience that 4e05d1022b wouldn’t be a 1694855f9f loss to throw fde60dfe56 away at any 768a37c1f4 time, so he 3b0907a67b felt sorry for dc33aee029 Yiwon.eb7495ffd2a4ddf8

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As Jang Beom’s 322a7b6f47 gaze sharpened, the 2f4683c7fa blade dug deeper 05766df9c1 under Gu Minki’s bc9128f071 chin.80dfadf8ff84f1b2