The Country Life Diary of a Gangster's Secretary - c59

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[Attention passengers. Flight A308 to England is expected to be delayed by about 30 minutes. We apologize for the inconvenience and…]

The announcement echoed loudly in the airport lounge. Ihyeok clicked his tongue irritably after checking his ticket. It was the plane he was supposed to take. Starting tomorrow, there were important meetings related to the UK hotel construction project. Ihyeok sat in the lounge, looking out the window with a coffee in hand.

While leading the TF team, he had delegated most of the work to Seongjin, but this was quite an important business issue, so Ihyeok had no choice but to go. Secretary Han had taken an early flight, and Ihyeok had just arrived at the airport after handling work related to the Haein redevelopment in the afternoon.

It was his second time going to the UK, but he still felt very uncomfortable. Last time, he was with Hyeseong. The memory of enduring the long flight while watching Hyeseong, who was amazed by riding in business class for the first time, was still vivid in his mind.

It was regretful that he couldn’t enjoy personal time with Hyeseong because the schedule that day was too packed. Moreover, on the last day, an unexpected rut came, so there was even less time to do anything. Out of regret, he had made a resolution to take Hyeseong on an overseas vacation someday, but…

“…”

The empty seat next to him meant that dream had shattered and disappeared. Ihyeok leaned deep into the chair, downing the remaining coffee in one gulp.

At that moment, the cell phone in his pocket rang noisily. Is it Secretary Han? Ihyeok took out his phone, thinking he would tell her that the plane was delayed and he would arrive at the airport a little late.

“Park Dohyun?”

But the person calling was unexpected.

“Hello.”

Ihyeok answered the call, wondering why Dohyun would contact him.

– Huff… CEO!

As soon as he picked up, Dohyun’s panting voice came through. What is he doing? Feeling something strange, Ihyeok checked the phone screen once more and answered the call again.

“Why are you panting in an unpleasant way?”

– That, that’s not it! Haa…

“Why did you call?”

Listening closely, it seemed Dohyun was running. Why was he calling in the middle of the night while exercising?

– CEO, at that time… huff… you told me to call if something happened to Hyeseong…

What are you saying? Dohyun was so out of breath that he couldn’t even speak properly.

“I’m busy. Call back when you’ve calmed down. Hanging up.”

– Hye, Hyeseong is in trouble!

Dohyun held his breath and shouted. Ihyeok’s eyebrows instantly furrowed.

“…What do you mean? What happened to Hyeseong? Did he faint?”

Ihyeok abruptly stood up from his seat. The gazes of the people around him turned towards him all at once.

– No, that’s not it. It’s a bit strange. You see, today Hyeseong went out…  Ah, what should I do…

Dohyun seemed to be stammering, not knowing what to say, perhaps because he was too flustered.

“Park Dohyun, calm down and explain. Only then can I do something.”

Ihyeok clenched his fist tightly. He kept getting an ominous feeling.

– So, so Hyeseong had dinner plans today and went downtown, you know? He said he would be back even if it was late, so I texted him asking when he would come, and he clearly replied that he would arrive in about 20 minutes. But after an hour, he wasn’t coming back and not answering the phone, so I went out to check…

“But.”

Ihyeok, who was on the phone, was already leaving the lounge.

– Near the bus stop, Hyeseong’s wa-wallet was lying there, and there was bl-blood on it… CEO, what should we…

“What the…”

Ihyeok’s steps, which were leaving the airport, abruptly stopped. At the mention of blood, his whole body felt cold.

What is this? Blood? Could he have been robbed? But then, it didn’t make sense that his wallet was lying there.

Ihyeok gripped his cell phone tightly, then ended the call haphazardly and ran to the parking lot. Regardless of the reason, it was clear that something had happened to Hyeseong.

Ihyeok started the car quickly, turning on the ignition with his hand in a hurry.

Ihyeok had never felt a great sense of fear in his life. He knew he was strong, and his days of charging forward like a wild horse during his gangster days had made him that way.

He had survived on bloody battlefields and faced numerous bastards who stabbed him in the back with a knife.

But now, for the first time in his life, Ihyeok was feeling fear. The fear that something might happen to Hyeseong.

Ihyeok’s fingers gripping the steering wheel were trembling.

* * *

The dull pain kept pounding in his head. He instinctively wanted to hold his head, but his body wouldn’t move as he wanted. The only thing he could move were his eyes. Hyeseong opened his eyes hazily.

A dark space filled with damp and humid air.

The floor was covered with dirt, and old furniture and miscellaneous items were piled up around. Hyeseong, who had fully regained consciousness, looked around widely.

An unfamiliar space, the pain from the torn wound, and his arms and legs tied up so he couldn’t move.

He seemed to have been attacked and kidnapped. Then who? Where is this place? What’s the purpose?

It was then that an unbelievable sight caught Hyeseong’s eyes. In the corner, Lee Pilhyun was lying in the same state as him.

Hyeseong’s eyes widened. He wanted to speak, but it wasn’t easy because of the tape covering his mouth.

At the same time, he immediately understood this series of events. There was only one person who could do this to him and Manager Lee.

“Oh? You woke up?”

A familiar face entered through the door of what seemed to be a warehouse.

“Did you sleep too deeply? I was about to forcefully wake you up.”

It was Kim Doo-sung. He laughed unpleasantly and threw aside a bucket full of water. It seemed he had brought cold water to wake them up. He clicked his tongue as if pathetic, looking at Lee Pilhyun who was still unconscious, and slowly approached Hyeseong.

“Did you just wake up? Wondering what kind of situation this is? Huh?”

Doo-sung approached with a vicious face.

“Ah, no. Our smart Cheon Hyeseong knows it all, right? What kind of situation this is right now?”

His face came into view under the moonlight seeping through a small crack in the warehouse roof. Hyeseong’s eyes widened again.

Above his right eyebrow, there was a huge wound. A grotesque and large wound. With that extent, he probably wouldn’t be able to use his right eye anymore.

“Ah, this? Surprised? But it’s too early to be surprised. You think this is all?”

Kim Doo-sung raised his right hand. He only had three fingers, missing his index and middle fingers. It was clear that he had been properly punished after being dragged to Seohyun.

“I didn’t know having fingers cut off would hurt so much, Hyeseong. Thanks to you, I know now.”

Kim Doo-sung squatted in front of Hyeseong and removed the tape on his mouth.

“Ugh…”

Hyeseong frowned for a moment, then glared at Doo-sung with his eyes raised.

“What are you doing now?”

“What am I doing?”

Doo-sung grinned and slapped Hyeseong’s cheek hard.

“That’s what I should be asking. You bastard. Wow, you’re amazing. I never thought you would seduce Manager Lee and stab me in the back.”

Kim Doo-sung sat down on a chair he brought over, letting out a cold sneer. Perhaps due to his heavy body, the chair creaked and made a strained sound.

“You figured out that it was a plan I devised, even though I thought you were stupid? Then were you the one who had been tailing me all this time?”

Hyeseong spoke, barely enduring his stinging cheek. Doo-sung laughed unpleasantly as if to affirm those words.

“Damn, at first I thought I got caught because I was stupid, you know? But shit, no matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t make sense. I had been hiding it so well all this time, but suddenly getting caught!”

Doo-sung abruptly shouted. Doo-sung, who had been dragged to Seohyun, paid for his sins, and was thrown onto the street, was so afraid that he didn’t even leave the house and just lay down. But as time passed and his reason gradually returned, he smelled something about everything that had happened to him.

He ran around to investigate, but it wasn’t easy, and Doo-sung finally succeeded in obtaining information by begging a low-level employee at Seohyun Industries with whom he had been close in the past.

“I kept pestering him, and he told me. That you and Manager Lee plotted this together. Shit, I knew it.”

Doo-sung took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

“So you’re going to take revenge on me?”

“You know it well. I thought my eyes were going to roll back when I saw you and Manager Lee meeting and chatting happily.”

Doo-sung got up, holding the cigarette in his hand, and kicked Hyeseong’s abdomen hard.

“Ugh.”

Hyeseong coughed and spat out saliva. It was a tremendous pain as if his insides were twisted.

“Hey, you’re too much. You ruined my life twice. Huh? Are you even human?”

Doo-sung threw the cigarette to the side and grabbed Hyeseong’s hair, lifting it up.

“Are you a human being? Huh?”

Doo-sung raised his hand and slapped Hyeseong. The white cheek swelled up red in an instant.

“Using someone’s weakness and exploiting it to make them shed tears of blood, haa… I think I’m much more human than you.”

“I was just trying to live quietly, you know? But when I found out it was your doing, I was so twisted up inside that I couldn’t live.”

“Then why do you bother someone who’s living well? I’m sorry, but Manager Lee got involved in this at my request, so just let him go.”

“What a damn strong loyalty.”

Doo-sung grinned and brought over a piece of lumber from the corner.

“Today is the day you die and I die. Instead of making such a request, why don’t you worry about yourself?”

Doo-sung raised the lumber high and started striking Hyeseong with all his might.

With a dull sound, the merciless violence continued. Hyeseong curled up his body as much as possible, but his mind gradually became hazy from the pain he felt.

What should I do? How do I resolve this situation? My hands and feet are tied up, and I don’t even know where this place is. Moreover, my head isn’t functioning due to the pain.

“Mmph… mmph!”

Then a groan was heard from the back. The awakened Lee Pilhyun was writhing as if telling him to stop. Doo-sung turned around once and raised the corner of his mouth coldly.

“Oh, Manager Lee, wait. This bastard has done a lot to me, so let me deal with him first. You’re next, so just sleep for a bit.”

Kim Doo-sung’s eyes were already filled with anger. He threw the lumber he was holding onto the floor. He had beaten Hyeseong so much that the lumber broke into two and scattered.

Kim Doo-sung went to the side of the chair and picked up an object, then approached Hyeseong again.

“I want to beat you to death, but I can’t do that.”

Biting his blood-soaked lips, Hyeseong barely lifted his head. In Doo-sung’s hand was a sashimi knife.

“You should feel the same pain as me to be fair, right? Huh? Where should I cut first? Eyes? Fingers?”

“Haa… then do you think I’ll stay still? Do you think you can’t beat the opponent who has already beaten you twice a third time?”

Hyeseong’s eyes were directed straight at Doo-sung. He gritted his teeth and grabbed Hyeseong’s hair again, lifting it up.

“Let’s take out your eyes, Hyeseong.”

Doo-sung raised the knife straight and placed it on Hyeseong’s smooth forehead. The feeling of the cold blade sent shivers down his spine.

“What a pity to ruin that pretty face. You should have behaved moderately!”

As Doo-sung applied force to the handle, blood began to seep out as Hyeseong’s smooth forehead was cut. From behind, the sound of Pilhyun struggling like crazy could be heard. Hyeseong closed his eyes tightly.

Bang!

That’s when it happened. The huge door of the warehouse flew off, and dust rose.

“Shit, what the!”

“Ha… haa…”

Hyeseong also opened his eyes. Although his vision was blurry due to the blood flowing from his forehead, it wasn’t a problem.

“…Cheon Hyeseong.”

Hyeseong could easily know that the person who had come to save him was Ihyeok.

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