Lim Cheol-hyeon did not want to let Hwang Yong-nam into the house, the space for his family.
“Yes? Then there’s nothing we can do about it. Then, there’s a bar I know well, shall we go and have a drink there?”
“Information…”
“Yes. Speak comfortably.”
Hwang Yong-nam’s expression brightened at the word information.
“I have nothing to say.”
“Really? I didn’t come here for that, so let’s have a drink comfortably.”
Lim Cheol-hyeon cursed inwardly.
‘How can I drink comfortably when the atmosphere is like this?’
***
While in New York, he also went on a date with Elisa. I’m quite used to dating in New York now. It was normal to hold hands while walking through Central Park or to kiss each other while eating at a hotel restaurant.
[(I’m really looking forward to going to Bali with Jaegoo.)]
The words Elisha left still lingered in my ears. Ha-yeon would go with her, but since the child would go to bed early, there would be time for a date.
‘ah. I want to go on a trip soon.’
Now I’m used to living in a security mansion. I ate with my family under the warm sunlight and watched Ha-yeon play with Happy. It was nice to see Han Kyung-ah as well, as she seems to have blended in well with the family.
‘Han Kyung-ah’s program is still in its infancy, but it’s definitely effective.’
I selected the messenger’s conversation with the program she sent me. Except for simple greetings, it was a program that emphasized frequently mentioned words.
There were still few sentences that were excluded, but that alone could relieve Choi Ji-hoon and Han Sung-min of their work.
If more sentences could be analyzed in the future, the program would become increasingly useful.
‘I want to stay at home forever.’
I wanted to live a life of having fun with my family and going on a date with Elisa in the evening. It was the best life if there were no forces to keep me in check.
‘But I can’t stay in New York forever.’
It was my grandfather who gave me this wonderful life. So I had to visit my grandfather often. My grandfather liked Korean culture, so I couldn’t completely leave Korea even if I wanted to repay the favor.
Even now, in Korea, they must be making a fuss to somehow bring me down. I didn’t want to be an embarrassing father in front of Ha-yeon.
‘But the mayor of Seoul is in one piece…’
My head ached as to how to defeat an opponent who included several conglomerate groups such as the Dokgo Group and the Hwangryong Group in the Seoul market.
‘Should I make an alliance too.’
It seemed daunting to deal with alone. I needed people by my side to hold my hand.
‘Chairman Cheol-hyun Lim of Taesan Group or Ho-jae Han, CEO of Daehan Market, would help, but…’
Compared to his opponent, his weight class was too small. I didn’t want to do anything to drive them to limb.
‘I need at least a similar weight class.’
Suddenly, a handgun passed through my head. I thought that if it was his personality, he wouldn’t have said he would stick with me just by looking at me.
It seemed that he was trying to join because the Carver Group was behind him, but Alec Carver was not interested in the fight for equity in Korea at all.
The reliability of the single glove is 67%. It was an ambiguous number to believe, and an ambiguous number to think of him as a traitor.
‘There was a saying to keep friends and enemies close.’
If it wasn’t a direct threat to me, I thought it would be okay to build a cooperative relationship with a single person around.
At least until we defeat Dokgojin’s alliance, our understanding will be the same.
I don’t know much about Dokgo Gab yet, but it seemed like we would learn more about each other while working together.
Hayeon was sitting on the sofa and dozing off. Happy was also sleeping next to me, but it was so cute that I captured it in my camera.
He was a cute kid who wouldn’t hurt even if he put it in his eyes.
‘Didn’t I ask you to play Princess Pretty Ara tomorrow too?’
The role of the monster was taken over by the bodyguards, and I was always a hostage held by the monster. It was to the point where I was worried about whether I should like it or not because I didn’t let the monster do it.
‘Umm…’
I wanted to run away before playing.
***
“Dad! Have a good trip!!”
Thanks to playing Princess Pretty Derby in the morning, Ha-yeon’s face turned bright. This time, the family also came to the airport to see them off.
“Dad, I’ll be back soon.”
“How many nights are you sleeping?”
“Ten nights?”
“too long!”
Hayeon pursed her lips. But ten nights were not enough to build new relationships with new people there.
He stroked the child’s head and made eye contact.
“I’ll just sleep ten nights and come back.”
Ha-yeon uhm… I muttered and fell asleep in thought. After a while, the child smiled and said.
“Yeah! I’ll wait ten nights.”
Within ten days, I had to form an alliance with Dokgo-gap and check things in Korea.
‘I can’t do this once.’
What is the boss’s purpose?
I couldn’t sleep a wink on the plane due to the stress of holding hands with my father-in-law.
‘Can I do well?’
Although Dok-go-jeong and Dok-go-eul were sent to prison, it was an achievement achieved by exposing their crimes.
Dokgojin and Dokgogap did not leave enough clues to catch their tails, so more information was needed to find their backs. It was definitely different from Dokgojeong and Dokgoeul, who had lower levels.
‘To think I asked to meet with Dokgogap myself.’
The other party was the heir to a chaebol company. While we were talking, I was afraid that I might be dragged by his tongue and handed over information.
I was very nervous at the thought of meeting and talking with him. Benjamin Chung will guide you by your side, but it won’t be easy as the opponent is also a veteran.
‘It would be fine if it was really on my side.’
Could he take my side over my father?
‘If it’s a chaebol family, they might be competing for management rights…’
If Dok-go-jin becomes Naga-ri, Dok-go-gap is the only one left in society in the Dok-go family. Even if he went to prison, he could have had to hand over his rights to some lonely fathers in order to have real power.
Maybe Dokgo Gap is aiming for that and says he will join my side.
‘I’d rather do that.’
At least until the relationship with the coalition to which Dokgo Group belongs is clearly sorted out, it seemed that things would be easier if it was a clear alliance.
When I returned home, I saw three people putting their heads together in the living room. Seo Kang-jae must have been waiting upstairs and came down the elevator.
“Boss. Have you been?”
“Yeah. Is work going well?”
“I haven’t finished it yet.”
It was not an easy task to find a meaningful message in the flood of countless conversations and infer the message.
It could have contained a code, so he said he read it over and over again.
“Mr. Benjamin Chung. Are you busy tonight?”
“The boss schedule is my schedule.”
“I’m going to meet Dokgo Gap, so let’s go together.”
“Should I remove the watcher before that?”
Seo Kang-jae asked. He already knew that there were people watching around the house. However, when I removed one person, another person joined, so I usually left it unorganized.
“Yes. Please sort it out.”
“Okay. Boss, but…”
“Ha-yeon said thank you.”
“Right? This uncle knows Ha-yeon’s heart.”
A blush flashed across his face.
It’s what I felt after living with them for a long time, even the blunt-looking bodyguards were all human when you peeled off one layer and went in.
Among them, Seo Kang-jae gave Ha-yeon a lot of affection.
“Then what time shall we get it sorted out?”
“Please clean up at 9:40.”
“Okay. Do you have any other instructions?”
“Please select only 7 elites.”
“Yes sir.”
He gave a gallant salute and left to give instructions to his bodyguards. Benjamin Chung organized the papers and set them down on the table.
“Would you like to receive an intermediate situation report?”
“yes.”
“As expected, he was correct in referring to member of the National Assembly, Yu-san Lee.”
What I hoped became a reality. I didn’t want to pretend to be with a mogul like Mt. Lee, but…
‘It’s not a series of sausages, so it’s going to be bigger than I thought if I was to handle it properly.’
When I was a commoner, big figures that I never thought of came out one after another. It was as shocking as when I heard that Seo Eun-chae’s husband was single.
Because at that time, I couldn’t even think of revenge. I just wanted Hayeon to grow up well.
‘no. It might be better to use this opportunity to cut out the rotten layers and reform the Republic of Korea.’
I don’t know if I can do it, but it’s worth a try. It was necessary considering Ha-yeon, who will live happily in a cleaner country. And for a society where there are no more unfair people like me in the past.
‘I got rid of the dirty guys, but they’re not coming in again, are they?’
It was at this point that I had to intervene in politics.
“And this is a list of the members who have been revealed so far. The first messenger conversation investigation has been completed up to this point, and these people only downloaded the conversation. And these two are new this time…”
Benjamin Chung explained the current situation. A couple of them got jail-worthy charges, but finding evidence was another story.
‘Currently, the fatigue of the public is considerable, so even if I play the press for a while, it won’t have much effect.’
If too many chaebol groups become suspects at once, the public quickly loses interest. And, as always, ‘Those who have it do more’, with one word, and it goes away.
Fatigue from the continuous pouring of events would reach its peak. Now, public opinion continued because the target was narrowed down to one Dokgo group, but…
‘First of all, I’ll have to meet Dokgo-gap and talk.’
***
“You’ve come a long way, and I’m sorry I can only treat you like this.”
As Dokgo-gap said, it was a really modest treatment. We met at a small cafe in Namyangju. A cup of coffee was all I had in front of me, but it wasn’t uncomfortable.
‘It’s not even an alliance yet, so I’m more concerned about eating what they give me.’
Because I had no intention of eating it anyway. The four bodyguards waited outside, and the blue team led by Seo Kang-jae waited further away.
Only four people, including Benjamin Jung, came inside, and Dokgo-gap was accompanied by bodyguards according to the number of people on our side.
he opened his mouth
“Have you thought about it?”
“yes.”
“I hope it’s a positive answer.”
It was still an unknown face.
“There’s something I’d like to know before holding hands.”
“What is?”
“Why are you requesting an alliance from me? Isn’t it the alliance that your father, Chairman Dokgo Jin, belongs to?”
“That’s why.”
“So what?”
“Dokgo Group is too noisy because of my father. I don’t want to be in the spotlight like this.”
He was resolute in spite of gossiping about his family. He was still an unknown man.
“Can you say it’s for succession?”
“It’s time for the Dokgo Group to abandon the old methods of the past and move forward. The only way left is to fall if we are caught up in this way.”
“If you say it’s the old way.”
“Don’t you know. All of the things CEO Kim Jae-gu sniped at.”
It was clear he was talking dirty things like killing teachers.
“The first step is important in everything.”
He made eye contact with me.
“My father made the wrong first step in their relationship. You can’t let go of the hit man position.”
“Hitman sounds like something that took care of their work for them.”
He shrugged his shoulders wordlessly. I decided not to deny it as a positive meaning.
“I can’t move forward without severing ties with them. I’m sorry father, but I can’t see the way forward without him coming down.”
“If Dokgo-jin comes down, wouldn’t Dok-go-gap be a substitute?”
“As I said, it’s a law to put the first button well. And I don’t think President Kim Jae-gu’s power will be pushed by them.”
If it’s my faction, you’re talking about the Carver Company. I’m sorry, but Alec Carver was not at all interested in what was happening in Korea.
“Where is my power?”
“If you want to keep it a secret, you can. And one more thing, I never ordered a murder teacher.”
“Suddenly, what do you mean?”
“Because I don’t like killing people. So you won’t get any useful data even if you go after me.”
If you believe everything they say, you’re a hogu. The investigation into Dokgo Gap was intended to continue.
“What would you like to do? Would you like to hold my hand?”
“Let’s talk about the purpose clearly. What is the purpose of President Dokgo-gap?”
“What is the purpose of President Kim Jae-gu?”
“I asked first.”
“·······.”
He was silent for a moment.
“I want to normalize Dokgo Group.”
“That could not have been possible without my help.”
“It’s only possible when my father steps down from the front line and President Kim Jae-gu’s media play stops.”
I firmly believe that I did the media play that put my younger siblings in prison, so the excuses didn’t seem to work.
I have no reason to tell you that.
“So what?”
“I want my father to rest and join hands to inherit the group.”
It was a clear goal.
“What is the purpose of President Kim Jae-gu?”
my purpose? I wanted to say that it was about creating a peaceful Korea, but it wasn’t something grandiose. The safety of me and my family in Korea was completely guaranteed.