148. Eight on fifty seven
Yeon-ji suppressed the urge to run right away and thrust the sword. Because if the man from Room 703 doesn’t go to work, the company will start looking for him.
The man got into the elevator and the moment the door closed… Rouge drew the blade over the index finger of her left hand.
Red blood dripped from Rouge’s white fingers, but Rouge didn’t care, wrapped the knife in newspaper and put it back into his handbag, took out a bottle of water, opened the lid, and started pouring water from the bottle little by little on his head.
Suddenly, Rouge’s hair was wet like someone who had just taken a shower. Finally, Roe Ji took out a green juice bottle from her handbag and went down the stairs and pressed the elevator button.
Security Office in Sigma Apartment Building 103.
Yeon-ji said to the security guard who was wearing pink slippers and rolling her feet.
“Have you just left, Century Oppa? I need to bring this green juice, what should I do?”
“I… I’m sorry, but with a reporter… how… Are you?”
At the security guard’s question, Yeonji said with a slight blush on her face.
“ah… ! hello! I’m Segi’s brother’s fiancee. I’ve been living in room 703 since last week, and I haven’t been able to say hello yet.”
Yeonji bowed her head to the guard and continued speaking.
“My name is Yeonji Lim. Please.”
As she lifted her head, the strong scent of shampoo rose from her wet hair.
The guard said, pointing to the guard’s phone.
“Call a reporter. I wouldn’t have reached the subway station yet… .”
Yeonji shook her head with a sad expression.
“I had an important meeting in the morning, and I said that I was very late. So I think I forgot this green juice too. after-!”
Yeonji let out a long sigh, and as if remembering something, held out the bottle of green juice to the guard and said.
“ah… ! Please eat this, Grandpa.”
“Gosh! no. it’s okay.”
“I have another drink at home. ah… ! By the way, starting tomorrow, I will make a little more and prepare something for my grandfather.”
At Yeonji’s words, the guard smiled brightly.
“Heh heh-! it’s okay. I’m really grateful just from my heart.”
Rouge said as she clasped the bottle of green juice in the guard’s hand.
“no. You work hard for us, and we have to do this.”
The guard said with a surprised expression.
“Ouch! What’s with your hand here? You must have been seriously injured!”
Blood was dripping from the index finger of her left hand.
“Oh my goodness-! I cut a little bit while slicing vegetables earlier, but I didn’t know it hurt so much.”
When Yeonji frowned slightly, the security guard said with a worried expression.
“Hurry up, go home, disinfect well, and apply ointment to make it look less ugly.”
“all right. Then, have a good time at work.”
After a while, Yeonji became crying and went back to the guard room.
“I… I think I lost my key, did I leave it here? It’s a keychain with a yellow doll… … .”
The guard looked around the guard room to find the key, and when he saw Yeonji’s left hand, he thoughtfully said:
“Ouch! look here! My hands are all covered in blood! Come in.”
Yeon-ji said to the security guard who was hurriedly looking through the first-aid kit.
“grandfather. I’m actually more… .”
“why? What’s going on?”
“I just got out of the shower and it’s a bit cold, but… Is there any shop in this town that can open locked doors?”
“There, there! Wait, I’m stopping the bleeding with this gauze. I’m going to call the hardware store boss, Kim.”
That evening at 8:20.
Sigma Apartment Building 103, Room 703.
The whole living room was a mess.
Yeonji said while twitching her left eyebrow, which had red bruises.
“You wonder who I am?”
Yeonji continued, wiping the blood flowing from her lips.
“Perhaps… Remember this comment? An expert in plagiarism. Baby, do you eat rice? Shitty yellow journalist hansekki, lol.”
When Yeonji finished speaking, the eyes of the century turned round.
Segi Han tried to say something, but only a mumble was heard because of the duct tape on his mouth.
The arms of the century were firmly fixed with duct tape on the armrests of the chair, and his torso and two legs were also wrapped around the chair. And his neck and forearm were stained red with small cuts from the blade.
Yeonji brought a table chair and sat facing the century.
“My name is Yeonji Lim.”
Yeon-ji looked into Han Century’s eyes and continued.
“You don’t know who I am? Hmm… On December 17, 1994, this article appeared in the Korean newspaper. ＜Is the main exam for each university really necessary? Do you remember the article titled “The entrance exam system that gave birth to monsters?”
As Han Segi shook her head with an eup and eup sound, Yeonji opened her big eyes and said:
“No, you have to remember. It’s the article you wrote. I remember every word of that article. I’ll read the full article now, so think carefully. If you can’t remember… .”
Yeonji continued to speak, holding up her sword and aiming at Han Century’s neck.
“Because I might kill you now.”
“Eupe—!”
After clearing her rough breathing, Yeonji said with a cold smile towards the century.
“The article starts like this. Moyang Lim (14), a first year student at Namseo Middle School, was caught cheating at the National Math Olympiad held in the auditorium of Korea University on the morning of the 16th. The ‘Mathematics Olympiad’, which may sound unfamiliar to many, is not an entrance exam. However, it is not an exam with a certificate or prize money. It is just a place for young students who like math to gather and check their skills. This is where so-called cheating, or cheating, occurred. Why did this student commit such cheating? To find out why, this reporter asked Kim Ki-ha, a math teacher at Namseo Middle School… .”
“Eupeupeup—!”
As Han Century nodded violently, Yeonji exuded a cool energy from her large eyes.
“Now you remember. I’m really happy. I was worried about what would happen if I couldn’t remember.”
“Eupeup—!”
“yes that’s right. I am the one who committed the cheating. The article came out that day… I was beaten to death by a man called my father.”
Rouge continued, pointing to the bruise marks on her left eye.
“That little body had all these colors except for the face and hands.”
As Han Century’s eyes changed, Yeonji smiled and said.
“why? Are you sorry? You haven’t even started the main topic yet, so don’t make that kind of expression already. Because I can see you acting.”
“… … .”
A cool energy lingered again in Yeonji’s eyes, and she slowly opened her mouth as she held out her sword in front of the century’s eyes.
“From now on, I will tell you… Stay alert and listen. Don’t miss a word.”
Han Segi nodded her head, breathing heavily, and Yeonji started talking about what happened after the article of Han Century was published in 1994.
He left school and went to America as if he was running away with his mother, that his father quit the company after his article spread to the company where his father worked, that the hard life in America that began when his father stopped supporting him, and as time passed, he became stable in life in America. By the time this comes… .
An acquaintance of her mother came to visit her with an article from a reporter from a century ago, when she lured him to ask for sex with threats and stabbed him with a knife, when he was sentenced to life in a federal prison for attempted murder, and The story of my mother, who died a month ago, continued.
Talking about her mother’s death, Yeon-ji continued, staring at a century with a sad, blue-eyed look.
“You know what my mother said over and over in her coma before she died?”
Han Segi looked at Yeonji and shook her head slowly, and Yeonji opened her mouth with a dry voice.
“You are a young journalist who specializes in plagiarism. Baby, do you eat rice? Shitty yellow journalist hansekki. Laugh out loud.”
When Yeonji finished speaking, Han Segi made a sound with a frightened expression.
“Eupeupeup—!”
“Are you sorry?”
Han Se-gi nodded his head harshly, and Yeon-ji said with a smirk.
“Looks very sorry for that. If you’re so sorry, would you like to do one thing?”
Segi Han nodded again, and Yeonji got up from her chair and opened the bag Han Segi had brought home from work.
Yeonji took the laptop out of her bag and put it on the lap of the century. And he untied the duct tape on both wrists of the century.
Since the elbows were still tied tightly to the armrests of the chair, a century’s two hands could barely reach the keyboard of the laptop.
In an instant, a cold blade slid down the century’s neck.
“From now on, I will write an article.”
As Han Segi looked at Yeonji with a curious expression, Yeonji opened her mouth with a dry expression.
“Based on the story I just told you… what did you do wrong… Why did you make such a mistake… How much my mother suffered because of your fault… how much it hurt… I am writing an article in which I sincerely reflect on that pain.”
After she finished speaking, Yeonji’s face was severely distorted, and she continued to speak while staring at her as if she was about to kill a century.
“My mother hated being in debt, but she also hated putting it into debt to other people. So pay off the debt you owe my mother.”
As soon as Rooji finished speaking, Han Century’s fingers began to move busily, and about 30 minutes passed… Han Segi looked at Yeonji and made a sound.
“Eupeup—!”
At the sound of Han Century, Yeonji looked into the laptop monitor. After reading the completed article to the end, Yeonji raised an eyebrow and said:
“Also… I am a person who makes a living by writing, so I am very good at writing reflections. I love it.”
The moment when an expression of relief crosses the face of a century… Yeonji continued.
“Now, please put this reflection letter on the Internet as an article today. So that as many people as possible can see it.”
“Eupeup—!”
Segi Han taps the keyboard of the laptop while making a sound with her mouth, and Yeonji checks the monitor.
– Articles are not something I can type alone.
“Really?”
Han Segi nodded quickly, and Yeonji continued speaking with an expressionless face.
“Then there is nothing you can do. If you can’t post this article… Unfortunately… I have no choice but to apologize to my mother by dying.”
Yeonji picked up a sword and pointed it at the head of the century and continued.
“Even if it hurts a little, please be patient. It will be over in a moment. My mother has been sick for 15 years.”
“town! town! town! town-!”
A century hastily shouted, and a century’s texts began to be written on the laptop’s monitor.
-Wait a minute! If it’s a breaking news article, I’ll be able to put it on the internet myself.
Han Segi logged in to her company’s editorial office system, and Yeonji stared at the monitor with a dagger at the reporter’s neck.
In the middle of entering an article, Han Se-gi tried tricks such as omitting his name or excluding the three major portal sites from where Internet articles were uploaded, but all of them were caught by Yeon-ji.
In the end, Segi Han entered the title of the article as Yeonji said, and the reflection he wrote was posted on the Internet as a breaking news article.
Yeon-ji put the knife on the table, took the laptop, opened the Internet window, and accessed the portal. Because it was a breaking news article, the article was at the top of the portal.
Yeonji clicked on the article and carefully read the contents, and also checked the comments on the article one by one.
-Crazy giregi Saebin haha What time is it that I got drunk from this hour so I wrote a breaking news in my diary hahaha
– But this is real. All the reporters these days are crazy about the number of views, so they don’t even write articles that are not provocative.
– A Korean newspaper reporter for a century? This person is famous as a pro-Japanese journalist.
– A pro-Japanese reporter? So, maybe this is a cipher text sent to the Japan Self-Defense Forces hahahaha
While Roe Ji was checking the breaking news articles and comments, Han Segi diligently moved her legs and forearms, and as a result, the duct tape tying her arms and legs began to loosen little by little.
After checking the breaking news article, Yeonji opened her mouth with a faint smile.
“I think my mother can close her eyes comfortably now.”
“Eupe—!”
“Do you want me to stop releasing it now?”
In response to Yeonji’s question, Han Segi nodded her head with a pitiful expression, and Yeonji shook her head and spoke in a low voice.
“My mom may forgive you, but I can’t forgive you.”
At the words of Yeon-ji, tension flowed on the face of the century, and Yeon-ji continued to speak with a cool energy radiating from her eyes.
“You don’t know how long I have waited for this moment since my mother died. not… I think I’ve been imagining this moment since the day that article was published on December 17, 1994. The moment you take revenge on your uncle.”
“town! town! town! town! town-!”
Han Se-gi made a desperate sound, and Yeon-ji picked up the gray knife on the table and continued.
“Still, don’t think too hard about it. ‘Cause you don’t die alone I will follow you soon.”
Han Segi, who had both feet removed from the loose duct tape, threw herself tied to the chair with all her might toward Yeonji.