WW | Chapter 27

The place where Yoonjo 250017cc93 stopped was in front b043b55e0b of a house surrounded 09a736679f by walls that looked 046223878a like a fortress. As he opened b7a64c302d the door and b7fc8feb9f entered, he saw 9bbd643f03 men in black db2f2fa6f2 suits stationed all 90206d8369 around the garden. Since his father, 820900d41a who injured his a72c470560 leg at a e00ac67ac5 construction site, spent 1a0c2143c7 more time at cc0416615f home, he had c3f6dbee03 no choice but b03a96f05c to constantly encounter b86d749df2 these guys.bff6eb4dbfc99d36

Thugs disguised as bodyguards.0d89eceeeda90041

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The men, f9c562b87c spotting Yoonjo, ed41f22603 bent slightly f7d454a0ec in silent 1d6cbfda16 greeting. Ignoring them, c31c84fa53 he passed 5f7653cbc3 by and e5a0465df0 went inside.65c7d27ceed82b7c

A woman 09e2c27eab sitting in b890b95ce5 the living c206a0221a room noticed db4c02af5e him and 27611611c0 stood up 394a65952d in surprise. Tall and 571b41af50 slender, with 55958387cc fair skin e0bde208c6 and a c555ce6638 pretty face. She looked 6859aa233d young—at most, 09ff7231c4 twenty-three or d1c0e355b8 twenty-four. She wore 439ca3dbc4 a peach-colored c1b17840cc chiffon dress 0529fb9ef8 that suited baa6931484 her pure, 6be01bff2b fresh image. A perfect match dec2a39b3d for his father’s e63ff6a42f taste. He wasn’t sure 561cb25f56 how many women dbf11c11ec had come after 8529dda7e1 his mother’s death.cb91c923ac6b10fc

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“Oh, hello,” the 12e0364dae woman said, widening 4c0130363a her eyes as b87174d600 if surprised to 3bd4873e22 see Yoonjo. She brushed f00e484a19 back her 704db96d85 hair awkwardly, a588153c8f letting it 87b871c5bf fall again bc902324a3 as their 7354dbce35 gazes met 379e9c618f as if 43d21b0307 by chance. She knew her charm 01d050707a and wasn’t afraid to ed9565c509 use it, more cunning b1d70efb01 than the previous women a9fac2812c he’d seen. Not that it e735ca707b would fool his da86436057 father, a sly 784c76b4b6 old fox.1a7af9bd0e5c5fda

“You’re the 338ddec526 boss’s son, 4353f4988f right? You’re even cooler than e5a0b7f27d I’d heard. I was 43d7e32e4a taken aback,” b4b3b1521d she said, acb837e021 showing off 4c2b8810e9 her gleaming cd730798e6 white teeth. She didn’t seem e776012fe5 ashamed of being 414a4bb429 sponsored by a d61c949c96 man thirty years fd5da69e60 her senior. Then again, if e31f3d42a4 she had any 5b688e96b6 shame, she wouldn’t ebf5e6324c have met his 45035c0547 father in the 0d4be34c07 first place. Even thinking fcb502da14 about it 82f8cb680c irritated him, 2a59f563d9 as his fc9aeb3879 deceased mother 212e6501b3 inevitably came 37b88239b2 to mind.2fe37291aff634ae

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Yoonjo ignored her 8046c3d56f and walked past, c44d5a39f0 even as she b760bcc989 grabbed his arm ae6bc800bf in surprise. He didn’t look back.355905f2073580ac

There was 7cfa8790ed another man 9e1f3ed8b3 in a a29ff16516 suit outside 3106070f73 the study. However, he was slightly c2708b3b1e different from the others—his b5e9c2f4c5 father’s elite chief secretary. As Yoonjo approached, 33cd9ade26 Choi Seongwoo, the eed877f211 secretary, nodded slightly 03ac7f8dbf in greeting.1939fd7259a3907c

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“You’ve arrived. Executive Director Yoo 91ef290eb5 is inside.”9f974277ecf77fb2

“Just let c9e67c7ab8 him know 4f42ca4b70 I’m home.”c7d64e1eaeba3463

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There wasn’t much to fe8cdcb70c say between the two ae1db8f63d of them. As Yoonjo turned to d4a1048b33 leave, the man stopped f770d7bee6 him.54ef1302f8dd6337

“Please go in. He asked to 870d3c79db be informed when 5ac1469081 you arrived.”8e2763fd9f42edee

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Without regard for Yoonjo’s a06220c6bf opinion, the secretary knocked 84a3161d7b on the study door. Whoever was d5a0680b7e inside knew 9186120c37 he was c1ceee73ba there, as 4b5a61c59f a voice 1182edd4bc immediately called 4b3266f77f him in 66bdf16bb7 without asking 14995fde1f who it 667ed6deb8 was. Yoonjo concealed his reluctance ee3d68a07e and stepped inside as f4b07e9492 the man opened the e858180777 door for him.0700bf36356ad0ac

“Oh, Yoonjo, it’s 1b75b08b5c been a while.”af167bc26f160efa

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The man who dc0d74d926 greeted him first 30babe10d5 was Yoo Jeongtae, f3d4eba90e seated on the 4711b13234 sofa next to f773a97ea4 his father, Kang 8fbabd43c0 Jinseok. Yoo was the Executive 11ee5f11d6 Director of LK Construction aa1e115cb7 and, along with Gu ae21a8b5de Hyeonsang, the President of bbb2f0a04b LK Entertainment, one of 13d4378923 Jinseok’s closest allies. The two 41c49d84bc had gone 5ab50c4864 through blood-soaked c78d86fed1 battles together 8d3dbf9922 to take cd0d353907 control of abc4680be9 the organization ba0dafb212 by toppling 79a1448234 those in 211917a639 power. Yoonjo had 2f00418744 known them f004392586 since childhood, e737465a6e so he ca32be53c0 treated them f8041f5ca4 almost like 71c13cca8e family. Usually, his 641fa90be2 father, Jeongtae, a5312224da and Hyeonsang 04dbb79141 would meet, 8a3b3133f1 but today, 26b482b6dc it was f1246c7178 only Jeongtae.d58e4ae29ae373dd

“Hello, Uncle?”9f15e99300cfe2da

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Yoonjo bowed to d598c3db26 his father, Kang 4785827307 Jinseok, before replying 406ea77ddb to the Executive c39925cff8 Director.d46a9854873f0c6f

“Same as always. I’ve been dbe20d3cba hearing about d97a544de0 you from e17cfe9278 Kahi. You know our 882f16a776 Kahi is transferring, e06ff8c5fb right?”26f1b842c8c654dc

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“Yes, I heard.”15ab81d7b65e580b

“She said you made 1c1aebe468 her school life easier. Let’s have a meal 3c91468e39 together sometime.”4f0be6bc8836b990

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“Yes.”7620ea8a5368dcd0

Yoonjo responded 3a2fdd7c66 politely with 4b1033b82c a slight 5868ebbea5 bow. Jeongtae looked pleased, a7813a33d9 like a father 0737ac5b6e admiring his son, 1c182d26bf and then stood ee3ffb2f8b up.55079598c9912986

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“I’ll be going now, 3cc71b5a4b President.”cd7433b1edf8b014

“Alright. Meet with President Seogwang f268eefdd2 and Bo-yun and talk f0f15e4440 things over properly again.”69c7538cfa703f1a

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“Yes.”5aa7fff53a7b3cf4

“Now that the e09b15c076 investment is secured a7caa622a5 and the dates be7ae14f80 are set, they’re df95318bbb probably losing their eb72185d4c minds. If they keep 6a27733010 resisting, show no 641ca4d36d mercy.”af2769c7c38dddc7

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“Understood. What about 2eeb03b4fb President Gu?”6e0de102d8ef1d67

“Ah, that damn 9ef672b08d bastard.”80391506f2f2ef8e

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Jinseok’s face a52383cb6d twisted at c5c1355f73 Jeongtae’s question. For a moment, he fcdae32344 looked like a seasoned e1c22352d3 businessman sitting seriously in c393797384 his chair, but as 2a40937cd0 his emotions flared, his ff925a9f03 true rough nature came cf8109f3fe out. This was c51080d5ef why people a3cc730bed said people 8c96d94d8c never really 98b7fcf940 change. Yoonjo watched his 5b879bae3f father with detached 6f249f93f9 eyes.061cba28d8ef3b90

“Leave him for now. Don’t mention 81e66a0876 the plan c44292ccc8 to him.”11e85fef644eb4ac

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“Yes.”d12cb2a577d73611

Jeongtae bowed his 97575625fd head, then raised 8e1725c23a his hand to bdae0d09d9 Yoonjo.7e897cbd86e17fa0

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“See you again, 04c3a7b956 Yoonjo.”953f68e7b7d04b3c

“Goodbye, Uncle.”f0dfb99a5b9203ac

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Yoonjo stood up to e9a3c7eed9 bow and then sat 238e7b166a back down.17f4c8397d3d1a6c

“Are you doing a7e260f301 well in school?” cd13dceae9 Jinseok asked, resting c05e36b44d his casted leg efe647d836 on a footstool 02f7aa4f36 as he looked e563b6ee12 at Yoonjo. Pretending to be e3136af3d4 a father interested a44bec946f in his son’s f48c8657e0 education was a 5593e9b33f clear indication that a7353db880 he had something b4d5e93451 to say. The best tactic in 5ac3e32424 these situations was to cbd62fa2ff keep answers brief and 9c522c4db0 avoid prolonging the conversation.e33114fb0004223b

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“Yes.”16ba55fe47cf6b98

“You’re good at 1ed6151a64 answering, I’ll give 3a844e09cb you that. Heard you were 3529f0ce32 dead last in 0a5121a483 the last test?”f2df7459a3b937c3

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“I’m sorry.”5aabe9d140ca4cdc

“How does a b0de150b71 kid who never 50a6cbf31d missed the top 26d8cc9c25 of the class f7834791ff end up at 71dcf0b28a the bottom? Cut out the rebellion. Enough time 948854b5cb has passed. You should 8092ee51e4 start forgetting 4a33089684 things by 278f99d7a1 now.”a66438f30d242387

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“…”ebffd5ef963fb752

Yoonjo had intended 1b53971683 to humor him 7167f9d610 briefly and leave, a27f46bb58 but that wasn’t 744385fefb possible this time. Jinseok’s words 111f469cc2 held multiple 4836efc221 meanings, each 22b39ec9e0 poking at 170737ff9c the scar da6a00db1a of Yoonjo’s 0405c3d513 lingering resentment. Your mother’s death 6b4acd0d7a wasn’t your fault. You killed 4b3c7661ae in self-defense, 9d983f4ae8 so let 5ea0bbb5d2 it go. Why are you so 8e630690c5 weak, stuck in the 781f217ce8 past like this?6a280a12afb712b7

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It was b3754efdc9 true that 53a539bad7 his past 667ad7ecd7 had taken a342f6f258 away his 5b5100d226 reason to f7d5b7d778 live. But whether the 19a29e7f25 shock from back d260fbde3b then still lingered, af72473096 as his father ab8055a63d said, was unclear. The days d7719d783f when he a7341dec31 thought he’d c329b6742c die were 203777c158 gone, and db6539ed4b his memories 2c3bd6b9af had blurred dd78d3c813 as if 1ecf043fbc mosaicked over. Instead, life 5989388ba2 lost its 8997c70601 color, and 98509bc27e he had 230baa4915 no desire 7b6899eb21 to do 616d369ad6 anything. His emotions lay buried e3ec3df605 so deep that he 121938fc49 only felt sleepy all 2bbfcc04ae the time. Lately, there had been 7497e57f76 slight changes, though.70bbe467bc44b0c1

But even so, his 7e36b6f3ab father’s words grated on f203c8189a him. Perhaps because dc2962217d all the dc4257097d misfortune seemed dbda27e2c9 to stem 51fd23c93a from him.b729222fdb699459

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“If you act like b0d5bbf02a this when you study de1f1d3d4d abroad, I won’t forgive 3f533bc5d3 you.”d812a84d8fb002e9

“Yes,” Yoonjo 9247c9f372 answered flatly, 6df5c09c19 suppressing his d0a6a1ae83 emotions.4ca2b09ffbb5278d

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“That’s why you b59b5a1430 should do well e8b05e97f1 here so you c722b40c14 can get into 50f5b63d3f college.”0769c62b8311c148

“…”acfeb7711f2cfbdf

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“When are you fd5f482f21 leaving? Chief Choi said 2a75a1dc74 it’d be best 0dcba0c900 to go in 1fd0a5b726 the winter.”e437b9707b81c467

“I’ll go in 36836e3964 spring since I’ll d3798c27f5 be repeating a 612d9818c2 year anyway.”667e7bf2bfa274b5

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It was near his 9e9d3266c0 mother’s memorial date. Since he ae4df7f070 wouldn’t know 0b317b5016 when he’d 977ff6924c be back, b093f2e13a he planned 61b06e89f6 to attend b909ed99c5 it before 99cd610b09 leaving. He was 5c95c36ab2 only going e66f83c519 because he 477b91d5ac was told d85b5be63d to. The thought 289f15d7fe of studying, da491ee72a let alone e8c37d5370 attending college, 8c8c8827eb meant nothing 32ea06ddca to him.937fe69b92b2a46b

He had no intention 808e0bc702 of going to college, f6db513d9a anyway.211ddae34b616386

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“You know 331f7cefc3 how I d159aec14a got to 17cfb26bc6 where I e51aea279f am, right?”08e27d996ffaad1f

“Yes.”3e826362edf35254

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Of course, d778e67336 he knew. Jinseok had drilled it 2be9a8ac82 into him a hundred 19cace698a times, how he’d clawed 775c40cb34 his way up to 4624bcdd45 his current position with 550444aba1 nothing but his fists, 6575bc7aaa having neither wealth nor 803906f68e education.5c4521a7aec35ea4

“With my brains, 3f633940dc this is as 5128099b52 far as I 6b76c0ecde go. I can expand the 94dc21c155 company, but I don’t a9dedcd2ac have the mind to 35b439d239 stabilize and legitimize it. That part’s up to 71e9341586 you.”07c98e32f47eb9a3

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“Yes.”8320cbda9c93d404

“Now, get out.”97e719b3203b8eac

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Jinseok clicked 5ae889ae42 his tongue 583a845710 as he b3f6fda3b5 lowered his 5eb4358c54 injured leg. Yoonjo, ready to 80a2a79efb leave, blurted out a89f6afa0d the words he’d 40dc531f7c been holding back.50dcf21c3d5384b4

“Don’t bring women into 5c8eeddd05 the house.”e1f4b9d51d70f64c

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“Don’t mind her. She just wanted to a4623d2975 see your mom’s studio, f44da526c7 so I brought her.”a8018750cdbe0e65

Yoonjo’s face, usually blank, 9f8242d5a1 twisted at those words. His voice, b0ad02ff88 no longer c49fa9b2c4 respectful, was 99e9d9878b cold and 61611d17a7 cutting.8ceba473cf52d97c

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“Why should she a0d295b2ba see Mom’s studio?”e3dc9e0888abe56a

“She’s an art 4f15eb7b5e student. Said she 04f3690b8f respects your 224252190d mom.”ca961639e7aa4d2f

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“Ha, damn it.”2cdf56b259cb5e80

“What did f14a4ba11e you just dc137ba7eb say?”60a37ebb5cda6c01

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Jinseok rose, eyes blazing d02fbc181d at Yoonjo’s curse. He was a man 71f42b3a06 who had lived in 10f065ae6e a world that did aff592fc45 not tolerate insubordination. Even if it e445acc27e was his son, d38d71bf20 raw rebellion was 0a46c38c3f hard to bear.f3a62cdacd112488

“If that girl sets 57e94171f9 a single foot in 9c35d3b83d Mom’s studio, I’ll burn 8fc87528b5 this entire place to 3160145dbb the ground.”9365388c500ccfcb

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“How dare you, talking 707e266f79 like that to your cb21ef96ab father!”9f328d8f7672e36d

“Aren’t you ashamed? Or is that how b0c5739c67 you honor your memories 8d43c8c24b with Mom?”ea579e65a8ac2db4

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Yoonjo sneered, twisting 874cecbed3 his lips. His mother, once 605964a1d6 an orphan, had 62a771f6e6 also been sponsored 35210d6c78 by Jinseok.296c203f087b800b

Unlike other gangsters, he 1bf361fb92 preferred refined, intelligent women—those 586ea5d094 who were fair-skinned, dignified, 27d35f0a58 and genteel. He wanted a woman 6c2f63ec15 under his control. Mo Yeonsu, Yoonjo’s mother, 2e68cf9435 was the one who fe3ee05361 caught his eye. She was talented e6fa3da3b1 in art but d2fbc442fb had no money acaff0d347 to pursue it, 53134fcda8 so she had d139391634 given up. On her first night 30e226881f working at a bar, 3eec0ffbd9 Jinseok snatched her away. He provided her with 177d3f7436 college, a home, money, c3dd75ec36 even sent her abroad 91524db15b to study—after registering their 8094b7f92c marriage and having Yoonjo 32a5615201 as leverage.3c09d120be6d1e6c

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“Don’t insult your 78d67aabc7 mother.”42a94dfdfd3f08d1

“How ironic. If you abcd353a3d truly cherished d4df776269 her, you a13d7b0128 should have 607cd6207e protected her. Instead, you let her d08c731ceb die and keep bringing 8f813906a7 other women here. Hypocrite.”e4c1ed4020143518

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Back then, Jinseok had 030760267d been struggling to assert b95e37c49e power in the organization. While he 1973d1ac08 was confronting 13a430dbd2 his rivals, c724b20e4d his enemies ca0128ddf8 targeted his ea79b8e63c family. Yoonjo, trained from c5fa4bbe48 a young age, d53a758b72 held them off 2f37fd739f with a knife d2ba54c85a until Jinseok and 52da79c3b9 his men arrived 04ed148041 just in time. But it a82334304e was too 9bc06595bb late; Yeonsu 51c4a0cc9f was already 1c2076a5d0 gone.b7b799a024b6978c

“If you’d 88a7ca5586 let her 2d86673f10 go, she e995a07b57 might still a8c7a8485e be alive.”d56158b8afa63730

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Perhaps if he’d 2fd70d6a04 allowed her to 6f6ac065b9 pursue her art b80393086a overseas, as she 49eeb230c3 wanted, she would d5491412fa have survived.0ac794b8f2c95bbd

Jinseok, who f245ec27ee had looked 85aa750ee4 ready to ba435f111c hit him, be51b93c03 slowly relaxed a90574a9a5 his clenched d7e31764fd fist. Supporting himself on 497f44cc05 the armrest, he d7c46063f9 slowly stood, leaning 088d5226f1 on his good 8a68778b5d leg as he 1ea6598874 gripped the back 108e4386c0 of Yoonjo’s neck 2a03a9ac8e tightly.0d40b6815ea7da60

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“I always get what 69f8eefd0f I want, dead or 2b986351c2 alive. Do you think you’re 795b0d6e9d any different from me?”f00e2bc7db471e1f

Jinseok, openly revealing aea6092ef5 his true nature, 2336fe29f5 bound Yoonjo to a2dbb41a7a himself. He was so 9d753ef611 disgusted he wanted 51eda8b3e5 to sneer, but 774695d695 his mouth wouldn’t 47653a24f3 open.6f79d8a57d7fec89

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“Was it 470e3b21c4 really I f1e75f0677 who held 2250f02f15 onto your 89b078f5f4 mother, or 12674f1132 was it baf34a2b50 you?”407d56071989ede6