104 – Dongmin Lee (39)
Dongmin Lee (39)
I parked my car on the side of the road and ran to the scene.
Haerin was already standing beside him.
Her expression was insensitive.
“What?”
Baek Yoo-ram and Park Se-young followed us belatedly.
Several passing vehicles stopped nearby.
A thronging crowd.
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But no one thought to get close to the car.
“Haerin, it’s dangerous.”
I tried to stop her.
A second explosion may occur.
However, Haerin was not afraid to go near the small car that was burnt to ashes and looked at something about her.
Following her calm gaze, a burned and blackened corpse was lodged in the dented car body.
I also mustered up the courage to walk close to her.
“Hello?”
Park Se-young was calling from behind.
It seems to be calling 119 or 112.
“… Jeong Seong-min, that’s it.”
Haerin stood next to me and I said.
In the first place, the appearance of the vehicle that exploded was the same as the old small car he was riding.
I was dizzy.
Jeong Seong-min died.
Too vain.
Of course, since he’s a vicious perverted murderer, some people might think it’s not strange to pay for such a crime, but at least this wasn’t the ending I knew.
“… Did something change again?”
I muttered dumbfounded.
… Then, suddenly, my head started pounding.
“Haa…”
“Why is that?”
Baek Yoo-ram grabbed my shoulder and asked.
“… No.”
Something has changed.
… No, I was mistaken.
The original ending was like this.
The end of Jeong Seong-min.
He was removed by ‘someone’.
To anyone who knows of his misdeeds.
“……”
No.
It can’t be.
『Ilji』 Is a novel about Kang Hae-rin.
Then, is this Kang Haerin’s behavior?
“…Haerin, did you do this?”
I approached her and whispered to her.
Baek Yoo-ram, Park Se-young, etc. Will not listen.
She nodded.
“………”
I turned on my phone and checked 『Journal』.
Someone who knew the original source of the novel intervened.
I instantly thought of my older sister.
Is it because of the previous conversation?
‘… I’ll never see that.’
An explosion occurred at the perfect timing.
It was absurd.
A sudden explosion in the middle of Korea.
This is already a blockbuster.
In the first place, there is no way to get a bomb.
“………”
I shut up and speed-readed.
Now I’m trying to check if my ‘memory’ is correct.
I knew this ending.
Also, 『Journal』 Was realized in reality.
However, I don’t know if the original was implemented as it was, or if my memory was ‘changed’ after the incident happened.
[… “… Burns well.” A voice that sounds like singing. He was sitting alone in a dark room. He sat on the couch and watched the news of the car explosion on TV. The news had been being reproduced since morning. “That wasn’t the answer I was looking for.” He murmured. His chest seemed empty.]
The ending of Seongmin Jung’s episode.
I swallowed.
‘This is the end?’
The identity of the car bomber has not been revealed.
I said ‘he’, but it was more like an ambiguous personal pronoun than a man.
Of course, it is true that 『Journal』 Is in the form of an omnibus, but there is a context that revolves around Kang Hae-rin’s actions.
However, it seems to have been cut off in the middle.
It seems as if he will continue to appear.
… Was this a novel in the first place?
At the end of the episode, there was a scene where Kang Hae-rin was researching a car bomber with ‘Lee Dong-hyun’.
“………”
Lee Dong-hyun?
That must be me.
Did I appear in the main story of 『Journal』?
Although I’ve mentioned it before.
The situation started to get complicated with acrid fumes from the burnt-down vehicle, the police and ambulance that had just arrived, and the onlookers and reporters who had gathered.
It was not a situation to calmly think about a novel.
“Lee Dong-min.”
Baek Yoo-ram, who came to my side, grabbed his arm and said.
“What are you doing, let’s go quickly.”
“Sister, what are you doing? Come on.”
As if Park Se-young could not stand the burnt body, he grabbed Yu-ram Baek and tried to pull it towards himself.
“It’s dangerous. Seniors are coming too. Harin too…”
“………”
Haerin and I met eyes.
“… I will go with Haerin.”
I spoke to Baek Yu-ram and Park Se-young.
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But we couldn’t start right away.
119 And the police came one after another.
After answering a few questions, they got into Haerin’s vehicle, and Baek Yoo-ram and Park Se-young left by themselves.
“I will tell Hwang Ji-young and Kim Yoon-ah.”
Baek Yoo-ram said as he left.
“………”
The biggest problem has been solved.
Since Seongmin Jung’s threat disappeared, Haerin and I were able to return to a stable life.
“… I guess I should say this went well.”
Stuck in the passenger seat, I said blankly.
Jeong Seong-min died.
The lives of juniors who were in danger are now safe.
But what is this awkwardness?
I don’t know what’s going on.
I looked through 『Journal』 Again.
On the way home, quietly, almost without saying anything, I quickly skimmed through the latest updates.
Perhaps Haerin was also lost in her own thoughts, she just stared straight ahead without talking to me.
The development of 『Journal』 Was somewhat strange.
It’s twisted.
It wasn’t what I knew.
Hae-Rin Kang did not commit murder, rather she was chasing the villains of 『Journal』.
However, if that’s the case, all the stories behind it must be completely different, then the 『Journal』 I know is-
“………”
The novel, which was unfamiliar at first, gradually got used to it.
“Did I read it after a long time…”
“What?”
Haerin asked me if I had finished thinking at the same time or if I had been waiting.
“… It doesn’t seem like the 『Journal』 I knew.”
“It’s good to be suspicious.”
“Huh?”
“The printout of 『Journal』 I gave him. It seems likely that it is not original.”
“…Really?”
“I guess.”
Haerin’s lips were tightly closed.
“As you can see, I am driving, but can you explain what has changed?”
“Ah… I don’t know. I think it’s changed too much. So it’s kind of hard to pinpoint one. First of all, it is ambiguous whether the concept of 『Journal』 Was like this. This is why it is not a novel, but it seems like we just copied our appearance.”
I said honestly.
Even after Seong-Min Jung’s episode, episodes with Jang Hye-Ok continue, and no matter how omnibus a novel is, if there is a main character that penetrates it, it will continue.
It is impossible not to be completely unaffected by the previous episodes.
Kang Hae-rin continues to pursue the villains of 『Journal』.
She will do anything for Lee Dong-hyun.
“……”
Haerin was silent.
I asked, feeling confused.
“How is it? What do you think is the original?”
“Okay.”
With Haerin behind the wheel, she continued driving at her slow speed, staring straight ahead in silence.
“I don’t know either.”
“… Haerin, then…”
I said.
“…Why was I afraid of you?”
“Is that so?”
Haerin looked back at me.
For a moment, I was afraid that I had made a mistake, but I soon forgot the reason for my fear.
This is a strange thing.
There is no need to be afraid of Haerin.
“It’s not scary… But I think there was something embarrassing about it. Why?”
“Do I really need to think about it?”
Haerin smiled and said.
“Even that feeling cannot be called the truth.”
Haerin’s words calmed my anxious mind and made me feel comfortable, but not completely.
The sense of incongruity remained.
“… I think we’re in a serious situation.”
I said.
“We don’t even know what we are doing or what situation we are in, so what are we going to do in the future?”
I feel like an idiot in an instant.
I couldn’t remember what we had been doing or what we were struggling for.
What vaguely comes to mind is-
My sister’s persistent notice that she will take over me.
And…
And a laptop.
‘I remembered.’
Haerin jumped out of her novels.
So I was afraid of her.
She is not a real person.
She is the heroine of a novel I wrote.
Perhaps the content is-
[… Kang Hae-rin hugged Lee Dong-min’s body. It felt like her heart was breaking. She couldn’t believe what she had done. “… I had to.” A suppressed sound came from her mouth. “You didn’t love me. I love you so much.”]
[… The blood that flowed from Lee Dong-min’s neck soaked her legs and her hands. At the same time, Kang Hae-rin’s eyes, looking at him, were filled with tears. She continued to speak to Lee Dong-min, who had already died. Even though he couldn’t hear it, I kept saying that I love you, words that have now cooled down, hoping to hear them.]
[… The large mansion was quiet except for Harin’s sobs. Where her gaze landed, a red wine-colored notebook was showing his novels that had been written so far. Lee Dong-min’s legacy. And in it, Kang Hae-rin and his story are written.]
[… “I was wrong.” Sadness now burst out of Kang Hae-rin’s mouth out of control. Her raw cries poured out to the extent that she herself was surprised, and to the extent that she could not imagine that it was her sound coming from her numbness. She killed her lover She stabbed her creator and only love in the throat.]
[… I had no choice but to do that. Because he didn’t love her. Then she had no reason to live for her either. Inconsistent words came out of her mouth. “Sorry. She was like this to her… It had to be like this. You deserve to die sorry.”]
[… As the night progressed, Haerin felt Lee Dong-min’s skin getting colder. She couldn’t realize the consequences of her actions. Her incomprehensible powers led her to kill him. Kang Hae Rin is now a lowly murderer whose only thing she can do is grieve over the loss of the man she loves.]
The pieces of information were put together one by one.
The night Haerin came to visit.
Her red wine-colored laptop arrived by her overseas shipment, and as soon as she turned it on, she got a call from her.
And that scene was a prequel to 『Journal』.
What’s happening right now will be the ‘main story’ that deals with the content since Kang Hae-rin appeared.
“Looks like the puzzle has been put together, right?”
Haerin said.
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“Yes. It’s still unclear how far this story will go, but I can understand why Haerin was afraid of you. Before she wrote 『Journal』, She wrote a death novel for you. Maybe that’s the effect.”
“I know.”
“Oh, did I mention that?”
“Sure.”
“Haerin, you don’t know how far the main story is, right? The reality and the novel almost coincide, but I probably wouldn’t have written this as if I was predicting it.”
“Unfortunately.”
“… I probably didn’t write my sister doing this to me. Because there is no such fantasy.”
While we were talking, we arrived home.
Put the car in the parking lot.
We climbed the stairs and entered the cozy living room.
Until a few months ago, I felt happy living alone, but I wasn’t used to living in a big house like this, and that thought was very colorless.
Maybe it’s because the great stress has disappeared.
I was secretly excited.
So I hugged Haerin.
She opened her eyes wide in surprise.
I laughed because it was cute.
Come to think of it, it seemed like the first time I had skinship.
Haerin soon regained her composure and she hugged me around the waist and lifted her heels.
We kissed.
She entangled her tongue with mine.