103 – Dongmin Lee (38)
Dongmin Lee (38)
“…Now? Will the bus be safe?”
Hwang Ji-young and Kim Yoon-ah looked at me with a mixture of fear and trust.
I am not familiar with receiving someone’s trust or meeting fearful eyes.
But this is not the time to talk about familiarity.
They know that they are being targeted by Jung Sung-min, and they know who Jung Sung-min is.
That’s why I feel fear.
I paradoxically feel a sense of trust because I know that I am the author of the novel.
I felt more responsible.
“…Is this the best? How about taking a taxi?”
Hwang Ji-young asked, her voice trembling.
“Oh, or counterattack is also a way. They’re bad people anyway, and they know they’re going to attack, so we’re preparing something like a weapon…”
Kim Yuna said bravely.
But there was fear on his face.
I shook my head.
“…What if we fight back. Are you going to kill me?”
They shut up at my words.
“I still committed enough of the ambiguous determination to attack. Will Jung Sung-min stay still if he is attacked?”
“Then the police…”
“Stop it.”
I said firmly.
“You know that not all answers are correct.”
“………”
“Run away for now. We’ll take care of the rest.”
Of course, it’s Haerin and I talking here.
Haerin, who had taken a step back, nodded.
“… We have an idea too. First, you guys sneak out through the back door. If everything is going according to the novel, Jung Sung-min will keep an eye on you and follow you. You can’t use traceable means. Blend in with people and run away.”
Hwang Ji-young and Kim Yoon-ah seemed unsure.
“… What if you get caught?”
“If we get caught moving by ourselves, surely…”
Jeong Seong-min is a pleasure killer.
No, that’s how it was supposed to evolve.
I haven’t awakened as a criminal yet, but if I follow the framework of the novel, this will definitely be an opportunity.
And as described in the novel…
[… Through the pale moonlight, the bare buttocks of a man were visible. He panted like an animal and coveted the woman. The woman, however, laid her head to the left, as if her resistance had long since been given up. A tear ran down her left cheek. The man…]
A disgusting scene is created.
… Of course, I don’t know if this is a ‘real’ scene.
Confused.
One of the scenes from 『Journal』 That I now remember may have been altered to some extent.
Also, the content may change like a lie.
I misunderstood the contents again…
… Because of this, it was meaningless to know about novels.
Still, I have no choice but to do it.
I encouraged them.
I shouldn’t show myself shaking.
“Trust me. I will make sure not to do that. I’ll get your attention. So there will be nothing dangerous.”
Hwang Ji-young and Kim Yoon-ah exchanged glances.
I don’t know if something in my expression convinced them, but they nodded.
“Thank you!”
“No, I am sorry.”
“No. We’re sorry. I just stepped out…”
“… I think you guys were brave.”
I said.
“…I did it because I felt sorry for the woman who was going to be sacrificed by Jung Sung-min. It’s something I wouldn’t have done.”
If Hwang Ji-young and Kim Yun-ah hadn’t intervened, Baek Yu-ram would have been targeted by Jung Sung-min.
In that case, there is a possibility that another woman who would be the target of Jung Sung-min may have intervened, but that is uncertain.
Those two were just gathering courage.
However, to scold harshly is to be scolded.
“…Don’t do anything dangerous in the future. You can’t deal with monsters by knowing the contents of the novel. And now you know The novel is not original either. So there is no point in following it.”
“I’m sorry.”
They apologized again.
I saw them off.
“My heart is beating so fast right now. Oh my god.”
“Adrenaline is crazy…”
Two people looking at each other and laughing.
“………”
Although I deliberately laughed and spoke boldly so that they could feel at ease, it’s not something that will be released so soon.
Hwang Ji-young and Kim Yoon-a left the ceremony.
“…It’s a relief.”
Perhaps it’s because of my position, or I’m deliberately pretending to be calm to encourage each other.
“Can this be enough?”
As I watched the two get into a taxi to head to the bus terminal, I asked Haerin.
“Yes.”
Haerin said expressionlessly.
“Because I bought time with this. It will be enough for us to keep an eye on Jung Sung-min, and…”
Listening to her plan, we went to Baek Yu-ram.
She was getting ready to leave.
Perhaps it was because of Seongmin Jeong, his complexion was not very good.
She looked even more impatient that she found out what almost happened to him.
She is usually cynical, but she couldn’t be as bold as she had read her novels.
“Do as I said earlier.”
I told her and Park Se-young.
“Jiyoung and Yoona got into the car first. She just needs to be told that way, right?”
Baek Yu-ram and Park Se-young went back to the wedding hall.
They had to postpone our order.
Meanwhile, I got her keys from Baek Yoo-ram and got into her car, and Hae-rin got into her sedan.
And after a while, Baek Yoo-ram and Park Se-young, who had spent enough time, returned from the ceremony and got into the vehicle.
Looking out the window, Jeong Seong-min sneaked out after her.
He got into his shabby car and started it.
But it doesn’t start right away.
“Waiting for us to depart.”
Baek Yu-ram, who looked at the car behind him in the room mirror, said.
“Crazy bastard.”
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She spat out her curse words and asked me.
“Shall we go now?”
“Yes.”
I replied.
I saw Haerin preparing to leave as well.
From now on, it’s a chase.
“Thanks for your help.”
Baek Yu-ram and Park Se-young fasten their seat belts.
I told them.
“Thank you. Rather, we are grateful. She’s terrible what would have happened to her sister if she wasn’t a senior.”
Park Se-young said.
… Of course, I didn’t feel comfortable thinking that all of this was because of my novel after all.
So I didn’t say anything.
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Three cars went in a row on the road.
The black Avant we rode ran in the lead, followed by a small car of unknown model.
Haerin was supposed to be following behind him.
“Hyejeong said she would come separately. Because she knows someone.”
Breaking the silence, Baek Yoo-ram spoke.
Come to think of it, when she came to the ceremony, Kim Hye-jeong said that she came by car with Baek Yu-ram and his party.
I’m glad she didn’t burn.
She’s already had many misfortunes.
From her sister to her close brothers.
She may be the worst human being to me, but she may have been a decent person in her own way.
“…Are you okay?”
Baek Yoo-ram glanced in my direction and said.
I guess he got worried when I didn’t say anything.
Now I was sitting in the back seat, rummaging through clothes that would look decently feminine in the dark.
I’m not very strong, so if I crouch well, maybe I can camouflage it.
It is a kind of decoy operation.
I even changed my coat with Hwang Ji-young for this.
I even staged it very briefly as she got into the car at the ceremony, as if she was getting into the car ahead of time.
Looking at Jung Seong-min following him, it seems like he was tricked.
… I honestly didn’t expect it to work out this far.
It looks as if someone is helping.
Anyway, if the situation supports me well, Haerin will be able to subdue Jeong Seong-min, who is trying to ambush me.
After that… I don’t know.
First of all, subdue him.
Haerin innocently said that if he couldn’t kill him, it wouldn’t be okay to imprison him in an underground torture chamber, but I don’t know what that would be like.
It was embarrassing, but the method of waiting until Jung Sung-min commits a crime and then catching him as a red-handed criminal, as before, is the same as neglecting the victim.
I think it would be better if a writer like this would go around and cause trouble to many people.
Let’s lock it up.
Around the time I started thinking that it would be better that way-
“Did Harin manage to give you permission?”
After getting into the car, Baek Yu-ram seemed to have calmed down a bit and returned to his usual cynical tone.
“I was trying not to be far away.”
“Because now the situation is the situation.”
I said calmly.
“The situation is the situation. But isn’t the strategy of using Lee Dong-min as bait too bold? Haerin Kang thinks of you almost as if she were her own body.”
I tried to say that I was exaggerating, but I gave up.
My mouth hurts for nothing.
Baek Yoo-ram’s attitude toward me seemed a bit similar to mocking Mama Boy.
I honestly have nothing to say.
“…….”
Meanwhile, I quietly looked at my phone.
Several conversations with my sister.
I called her on her phone, but she didn’t answer.
I left a message, but the response is still slow.
If the concept of confinement or disappearance was abandoned, there would be no reason to receive it this late, but it was frustrating.
But I figured it would be better to ask him directly what he wanted in order to keep being swayed like this.
I haven’t been able to answer because of the ‘missing concept’, but the answer has been coming back quite a bit.
That also ran into difficulties-
In the meantime, I was lost in thought.
The words that came out of Harin’s mouth before that.
It seemed that she was already having some sort of brain fight with her sister behind my back.
My sister suggested her deal to Haerin.
‘Leave if it’s for Dongmin.’
I thought I could use that.
If I meet my sister and have a clear discussion, won’t the problem of living with Haerin go away?
She said that I would forget Haerin if I lived with my sister, but I couldn’t.
Do you think I’ll even live with my sister?
Of course, originally I was going to save money and live in the same house with my older sister, but I don’t intend to do that anymore.
My sister’s strange interest in me.
Because of that.
That’s why I suggested it to Haerin.
When my sister comes back, she will definitely clean up.
But-
‘That’s not the correct answer.’
‘Let’s pretend we didn’t talk about it today.’
… That wasn’t the right answer?
Haerin’s words seemed to mean that bringing up a conversation related to my sister was a test to get my intentions out.
What answer did you want?
I was terrified to see her expression change instantly, but I was also curious about her inner thoughts.
I didn’t say what to do with me or treat me as a strike.
Wow.
A reply came from my sister.
[… I guess Mr. Harin said everything.]
[I would have told you never to do that.]
I replied.
[Of course. What are you thinking?]
[It’s not fun at all, so just come back. I won’t say anything when I come back.]
I heard your sister said she likes me?
It’s disgusting, so stop talking like that.
… I decided to put up with words like that.
Let’s pretend we don’t know for now.
She might just mention it and run away again when she’s not ready.
First of all, when my sister comes back, I just want to see the opportunity and ask her what the hell she is thinking.
And I will definitely convey my intentions.
[If I don’t break up with Haerin Kang, I won’t go back. That woman will kill me She’s at her best right now.]
“Ha ha.”
I sighed.
Baek Yoo-ram in the driver’s seat looked at the room mirror, and Park Se-young turned her head to look at me.
“Oh, sorry…”
I replied to my sister again.
[Stop being overbearing. Doing so only makes the situation more difficult. Noona, if you think of me, please cooperate. Help me, help me deal with those monsters.]
… Just don’t interrupt.
I bit my lip and thought.
[Are you going to marry Haerin?]
A reply came from my sister.
The speed is getting faster.
[What nonsense.]
Naturally, I was incensed.
[Come soon.]
[Where are you now?]
[Answer my question. Will Haerin and Oh Soon-do live well after giving birth to a child? Leave your sister alone?]
My heart started to feel tight.
Was your older sister really this stubborn?
[If I go back to you, Haerin Kang will kill me. Still go? Between the two of them, what am I to do?]
[What do you mean?]
I replied.
[Your sister is my older sister. The person who has been watching me since I was young and the person I cherish. My sister likes me, and I like her too. Didn’t that happen then? Harin is the person I should be responsible for. You know.]
[Do you love Haerin Kang?]
We used to be evaluated as close brothers and sisters, but we can never have a conversation like this because we are shy.
At least I can’t see the face.
It was frustrating and annoying.
It’s not that I don’t understand my sister’s feelings.
I also thought that if my sister got married, it would be lonely.
But that’s just imagination.
Can’t my sister and I get married?
Perhaps because I listened to the conversation between Haerin and my sister through the laptop, that obsession felt disgusting to me.
[Me?]
I received a message like that before long.
“………”
At that time, I got a call from my sister.
My heart beat fast.
It was a voice I heard often a few months, no, until a few weeks ago, but it was too sudden, and I felt dizzy for a while amidst the rapid development of the situation.
“Hello?”
As soon as I answered the phone, Baek Yoo-ram and Park Se-young, who were talking in front of me, glanced at me again.
I lowered my voice.
[Kang Hae-rin, I asked if I love you.]
My sister’s voice, which I haven’t heard in a while, was more calm than usual, and somehow trembled.
It must mean that your emotions have intensified.
“It doesn’t matter if you love me or not. Harin is the person I made. I have to take responsibility.”
[If you marry Kang Hae-rin, will you have a child?]
“Hello? Sister? Are you listening to me?”
[Aren’t you going to have children?]
… A conversation that makes no sense.
My sister didn’t seem to be normal right now.
I don’t know what the hell happened, but I’m pretty emotionally cornered.
What on earth made Noona like this?
“Baby, don’t give birth! Now is not the time to think like that. Are you listening Come back quickly!”
I said urgently.
“It’s not the situation to talk about things like this with my older sister. Let’s be like we used to be Harin will help too. We can live happily together, why-“
Not paying attention to the fact that Park Se-young and Baek Yu-ram were listening in front of me, I spoke quickly.
My emotions went wild as well.
However, the older sister continued her words.
[… I’ll never see that.]
The phone was disconnected.
And the moment-!
Puuuong!
There was a huge explosion behind my back.
Baek Yoo-ram was surprised and hurriedly turned her steering wheel, but she barely returned to the original lane.
Park Se-young and I looked back.
“………”
A burnt vehicle was driven into a median strip.