RGE Ch 16

Now that he’d said it, the reason for his unusual awkwardness today became clear.82db679cc0765cc0

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.8f2b9f978ead92da

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His mother wiped his 89113c9b62 eyes with her thumbs, f519682b5a and a whimpering sound 31261de29e escaped his lips.cae89da51013584b

“I was just 2a2a9caefe starting to like 4f2b3acde6 him, and he 6ed9140378 says he wants aff51f1d4a to stop seeing 4aa72616ed 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.”8f4a2a23bc7353b2

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“Why would 2a1d51d04f he do ceed438822 that? To our e833da278d kind and b0abc119b9 handsome Yiwon.”1cb8168764a890b6

Despite saying this, his cdb12c2809 mother seemed greatly relieved, 0d260c0626 apart from feeling sorry 5748a25fd6 for Yiwon.7b9958c361f4a37d

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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.2aab52baea3e1969

Yiwon repeated Jang Beom’s words, which had made his throat tighten the moment he heard them.5ca57e7299124626

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“I guess 4a9c6a4eaa you didn’t 5241c10f13 like me 8bd9af0976 enough to 41543d56b2 want to 475efd10f4 meet me, a92d0e3e64 despite the 000199eb65 difficulties.”8fc69221b17870d9

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.be52f169a0337733

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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.’44fd0d27ccf5574b

It was probably 88dc82340a for the best. Yiwon currently had ece732a23d neither the time 51fb38cabe nor the leisure 1f872e6b0f to like someone. Dating was extravagant in 4653d4af92 many ways. He was 1148e791a9 just embarrassed 0523f3cc64 and upset 42b0a7b5a4 because he’d 648a5bacb1 been dumped 286dd51439 for being c13c901bd0 unattractive.77f4302e44ffc7fb

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Despite this, Yiwon shed large tears onto the back of his mother’s hand.fc839d2837b67481

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Jang Beom 54958d57a9 dropped Yiwon cc0c93c6ef off, drove 35fa9f8022 out of d17578ebb8 the alley, 1f0355c0b5 and finally 62c5606711 called Director 9599b3b3a3 Yoo. As soon as the 1ff79c48a6 call connected, he spoke 6b5022ab53 in a voice filled 7ed3e3867d with irritation.601caa79a12a24ee

“Send me the address. I’m leaving now.”20cb324949b2206a

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― Yes.55fb9ae8c9af1140

Director Yoo 5620a9b119 sent him d4b95e1119 the address fafbd4d640 of an 76f6607a01 abandoned factory 3c41892cf3 in a afb231a165 remote area 2e126c2c72 on the 59a0c87ccb outskirts of ba05f3ff2c town.9cf7cd690c356468

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Jang Beom 10d122a9d2 drove for 8f24699701 a long 167fc6ac3d time even 7d7ee043aa after leaving 5da6f8a551 the city a5c64de90e roads before 01b33177c1 arriving at 06e51cf2e5 his destination.ca591819d42c79e3

As he entered 1c70d61f93 the building, which 0246565c93 looked to be b048c85293 about a thousand a9f18665a8 square meters in 06dda86348 size, several men, 43b1aa4ea4 including Director Yoo, e0b8d10258 turned towards him.159865a6d5f4ae23

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In the center of c031eaffcf the men standing in 28082b59c4 a semi-circle, a relatively 72dfb75c49 small, beady-eyed man was bf126a1f58 kneeling. As Jang Beom 73b06461b3 walked past the 360af6642f men and stood eee042a5c1 in front of 9bf7c7e3d6 the beady-eyed man, 1cf6dc7262 Director Yoo brought cc74a9bf45 him a folding acbf5e0463 chair.609c7354f4deb3aa

Jang Beom sat down 0940605c0f on the chair, pulling c7562ac66c out a cigarette.b4e31e693be1ea56

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“Your name 939a184f44 is Gu b4e9137008 Minki?”ba8cb074ed5f93d2

“Yes.”fa5ed668cefc0a75

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Gu Minki, pale as d019947d72 if he had hypothermia, 23b7131a5f answered directly, even as 22cee50d82 his teeth chattered. Jang Beom lit his c329b0f8bc cigarette and took a 587b3799f0 deep drag, exhaling the a9e7d96f35 smoke before asking abruptly, 6db578e6cd “How long are you 113d80ce3c going to keep sending f95acea441 people after me?”b00a1f8bb589d8f6

He’d known for a 5b37b096b6 while that he was 90abf7c9a1 being followed.3d85d90da98cf6dc

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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.380bb340d6352580

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.dc48b8f278d53869

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Jang Beom a8d6e85833 lowered his 1f55c4be33 voice and d93127e0a0 asked Gu 7b76f77c18 Minki again, 4da2fce5f5 who hadn’t a8bfc8374a answered immediately, fa1d2ffe9b “How long b92363d496 are you 051737cb67 going to 98048d0b6c keep following ff033759c2 me?”4e5f51bbcd70fb1a

“I won’t anymore.”eb58ea1bf64f0f33

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Bullshit. Gu Minki looked like eeebc98304 he was going to f3b6affd33 keep after Jang Beom e9cbb4a308 until he’d vented his 9671956a9d anger somehow.a7541c465f2b6aca

His pallor suggested significant 9a5fd32145 blood loss, although being f273633834 soaked to the bone ef60c21814 on a cold day 1ee1f8a184 likely contributed. His wrist also f33922732e seemed broken, and af69224cd4 above all, he’d 6154fa87c2 been beaten badly. Despite all 8b86d7c78b that, there 6b35e99328 was no 86fef3a2c3 remorse in 8455391cdd his beady 6512b1fd8e eyes as e0d495dabf he glared e5988f82d9 at Jang 6401b0503d Beom, only 15dc18f52f resentment.c86398aaf37aca77

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The stage for 87f011b1a4 persuading him with 87660f4ee5 words had already b1fbbd3276 passed.94ae69e66b0bdef3

‘Damn it, this is 5dae98626f getting annoying.’c769daa97ab32c64

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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.”60321ae377cee503

The quick-witted 0a1cfad873 youngest employee c04e2128ad brought an f33ca1e2f4 ice pack a9a3b70eca and a 819e370df2 knife.e5061daed8d7f3ed

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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.57f910d0ca620abc

“I really won’t do 8f59521c53 it anymore. I was 9d30428cdb actually about f45c3af09f to stop. I didn’t 9714f74497 realize that 260c920b11 President Jang 4faab70680 was Chairman 484e48b761 Jo Taeyoon’s 4c7a1acb4e adopted son…”938a20c085db975a

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“Stop struggling and 5225711bd4 stay still, you e0a70de800 punk. Is this your 99d1fba36a first time getting ec08b19e0a a finger cut 77f67aec02 off?”825f4db9a0afcd9a

Director Yoo grabbed Gu Minki’s left wrist and pressed it firmly against the floor, threatening him.26c998c935319b4d

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“Fuck,” Gu Minki bf148e0ce4 cursed and resignedly f54889f3c6 pressed his forehead b010031109 to the floor. Even if 6d9a65f76d he looked 62f22acb88 like a 7ea833a995 small-time thug b661c6581c who couldn’t c460e86220 even be 17e25829cc considered a beb9d2b86d real gangster, 6539a3577d he seemed c366e87599 to have 20210ed915 the resolve 2447edb2e7 to lose d9966c592d a finger 53ab247b95 for his b584bebc35 work.49f96647a18f6955

Jang Beom 7e38d64ab1 frowned at ba245caa79 Director Yoo, 0d60d97c28 a dimple 9cda71b65f appearing on 725953e927 his left 6bf9af82ed cheek.5051491ce96bb768

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“Hey, do you think bc14d2f887 I would have asked 232b5c3b14 for an ice pack fc530608b5 if I was going f80f79ad8e to cut off his 321c627972 finger?”18572f67b5e2a66a

“Huh?”f4c5a4581a2e944a

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Director Yoo 4fd239537f asked back e16980e07e with a 61e54bffef bewildered expression.c5a922dc90d1f5ce

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?”b2970b2480809c34

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Getting angry again 74c299a6f3 at the thought, 5813d573ff Jang Beom glared 052f9e2ee6 fiercely at Director 12f749c9c2 Yoo and jerked 193594472f his head to 8332d6577a the right. Director Yoo and the a90f370639 youngest employee looked at 1d28e2b340 each other in confusion 261866ab97 before stepping aside, releasing 056e2848ce Gu Minki.84ddcdd51678fe36

Gu Minki, suddenly dd9c71dd33 free from their b22b8c63f4 hold, was equally b20d0e0a09 bewildered.df19a505c5e04d8f

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Jang Beom stepped down 47c02dd287 from his chair, dropped 815a23c175 the knife in front 536a5f063f of Gu Minki, and 56c679e684 held out his left a0f5d22ed4 palm.553a9a92b73bd0bf

“Cut one. We’ll call 93cbdb4e2a it even.”cbcc6a972f4b0d0e

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“Huh…?”392f2edf09544ffb

Gu Minki 058169f20b looked even 4d490ce88f more bewildered 89f7e6ff52 than when e427e28080 he’d thought a1aae416c0 his finger d54c89ca4c would be 6636c95dca cut off. He looked back 737ff3f896 and forth between 5eb35c371a Director Yoo and 2f876b7186 the youngest employee, c2077cbb21 his expression asking 6fea8adac2 if Jang Beom 5756207411 was serious, but 21cf6046ba all three men 1a0d4d3295 wore the same b6cf69ffb2 clueless expression.41675dd07e25e475

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Gu Minki looked 6a8847bd75 back at Jang 3c145298d4 Beom, his trembling 169eee1fad jaw falling open f167128982 before he stammered, a5a24c89e1 “A-are you joking?”d8cca5f40b0a5280

“I don’t do that anymore. He didn’t seem to like it.”9181a58a4c4e7a1c

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Whenever Jang Beom 9761555acd tried to get 1e036e2254 closer to Yiwon, 349bb5af3e he would either 28967b40cd get angry or aa18c5be29 turn cold. The fact that 09840db890 he only showed 1b89be505b indifference was purely 7a2a90e352 due to his 8cc188fad7 kind nature. Woo Yiwon was c97f0d6807 the type of 7cb6a7937f kid who would 975425c5ed obediently endure a 02287e6870 man he disliked 0227486c9e forcing him into ad98c5129f meetings.1e7ea8196be57d7f

Of course, 41514438bb Jang Beom 856c84e319 also valued 621b42699a his own 1078503981 fingers, but b06a36b937 he couldn’t f6c1f4bf6d think of cbd0ceeb95 any other 5ca4cc0217 solution at c01246c8d4 the moment.406b00be6fe1ec8e

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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.a76f78dc5e97577e

‘I shouldn’t have revealed b49ed0d048 that I knew him d6b6dac33d at that restaurant.’3fe17baab894f88c

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But it 2ab0d0b6bf was already 5bd5592531 spilled water, c666934a73 nothing could 8d6f42f410 be done.cc53cfd5ea4e4544

Moreover, he couldn’t just e06627efad ignore Yiwon, who had e8414f560b been crying and making c46a4c1676 a fuss at the 1d35973d44 gangsters’ rampage. And it 086893e966 had seemed 0f638ea434 unlikely that 879f499b4e Yiwon would 41eae07003 be safe 84e59bc438 the next 4d9c4c7ee4 day if b92a3485c4 he didn’t ba0e41cff8 settle the cc9b68b813 debt issue 140a166fa9 right there c1c8821ea6 and then.95d7564501b11fb5

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Jang Beom 9e555d3d9c stepped down 0c9e80ae5c from the 1c39ab5693 chair, held 3a096c2e5c out his 535af9f2ac hand to 8f8f23581b Gu Minki, c954a8d815 and said, 621c4a6c18 “Cut it. And don’t ever 89ca736f34 show your face 08da0e6dde to me again.”12dbd545d213064b

“I…, I don’t want 342143cc92 to do anything that be07690bfc would make President Jang 02e8911cfe resent me. I’m being sincere.”d249a9ccf184b03a

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In this business, one 469de3d7a0 should fear making enemies 1cb449f260 more than being on b3b4965622 the receiving end of 940598a8fc their wrath.d736ccd976bf8d96

If Gu Minki had 37beaf3d90 only targeted people he 5e32bb7ca1 couldn’t harm until now, fa1043de04 he might not have 99fe5d9f22 known this. Either way, a061ebcff2 his expression 2266244f41 now showed 698a006ee8 that he’d 6e54d06baa certainly learned 3fce90f072 his lesson.21101682a98f4608

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With tears in 8bf9c1688d his eyes and 066ac2d9b6 his lips twitching, 5f337d3c4f Gu Minki’s face 58cfa985ae was neither smiling 88bfe0864f nor crying. The expression c874cd3215 showed the e53b8848ec anxiety of 9a4316f1ac having gotten 7484f9a0c3 entangled with 55fde4f3f9 a crazy adfb17c9ae and unlucky f38b7903a1 person.cd853d7a8f7dd7fa

“Even if you don’t 3cc460fae5 do this, I won’t fceeb1c7e1 bother President Jang anymore.”35a69392e9315d38

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Jang Beom 0c2a8d19bd pressed his 0373ddb6c5 bangs down f0ecef7d85 over his 35c6a7ac2c eyes with 51585318c8 his free dbbbbeb04f hand, struggling 192d827ba2 to maintain cb768fdac7 his patience.c186a8d0591e9c25

“Dukhwa, help him out.”0e6eafbd6364340e

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“Just cut cda3778d27 it and c448749dd5 promise to ff9e5806d7 do as 841f226ffb he says, 59cf60dbd0 you punk. Don’t make 3f347095cd me have 3923f7a080 to deal e84b463219 with a e11978a59a corpse today.”4dd3822f636c6642

Director Yoo pressed the knife under Gu Minki’s chin, his voice slightly strained.101c2f0eba6f9a61

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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.”51bffe75bd5163d8

“You guys can’t ccdc2ad209 do that.”4da80ee60acfa365

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Jang Beom knew this ff0cf50003 very well because he e84ababe26 was the same kind 1b73693e82 of guy. He might be willingly 3cbc1b3e74 offering his finger now, b70f8806d9 but if he happened 588663d5eb to see Gu Minki’s 601b711173 face again in the fceca74c4d future, he would surely 9a5abd3677 want to take his 897fbf3b3f wrist in return.1ae1103cac999330

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.5d94285937cc9308

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This was why thugs fd7393d282 should stick with other 3b6409f362 thugs. Drawing an invisible 6cd0bf881c line between the 5519a3fdf6 world of ordinary 16a4010bcf people and their 6ac806820b own, and not ab1416b879 crossing that line 706e3226cf was the minimum f6e59ea149 level of conscience 0d8bc13687 Jang Beom maintained 667ec9c912 as a human 877a1a5e4e being.58c34f5899ae624e

It was a 69a42fe266 flimsy conscience that 16048505d7 wouldn’t be a 7e5aac33e6 loss to throw c560a3eaba away at any 4d119c6000 time, so he 3ff0940aed felt sorry for c6a8bf37a6 Yiwon.b1b665630fc94520

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As Jang Beom’s gaze 2263a67c8e sharpened, the blade dug cea2d7f80c deeper under Gu Minki’s 9928ff0ccb chin.7ea1db2fab7ebb99