Episode 226
Lee Jae-hyung had an inferiority complex towards his older sister, Lee Jae-hee.
‘On the outside, it looks like we’re on good terms, but it’s just a strategic alliance.’
If either of them found a loophole or became useless, they would bite each other’s throats mercilessly. The reason they left Lee Jae-heon in the position of manager of Ohsung and left him alone was because they had their own affection for their youngest child. It is a kind of unconditional love.
However, Jaehyung Lee and Jaehee Lee had different stories. When he was young, Lee Jae-hyung was not as smart or as old as Lee Jae-hee, so he received less trust from his parents than Lee Jae-hee. Since they both know it, Jae-hee Lee acts like she is not and Jae-hyung Lee gets stressed out about it. Although I tried hard to hide it, it was a clear feeling of inferiority.
‘In order to coax a guy with such an inferiority complex…’
As I kept saying, it was necessary to fit that fantasy.
To some extent.
* * *
“…but that’s right.”
Jaeheon Lee’s expression subtly changed along with that tired muttering. Although it was very subtle, the overall change was noticeable even to Lee Jae-hyung, who does not have very good eyesight.
“I really didn’t have any special intentions…”
Eyebrows calmly lowered into a straight line and gaze secretly averted to the floor. A brow that is not excessively frowned. The embarrassment, which had been so shallow as to be vague, became deeper, the voice, which was so dry as to be unrealistic, gradually wavered, and the strangely excited lips were covered by Lee Jae-heon’s raised hand. He was feigning ‘embarrassment’.
It’s a lie no matter who sees it, but at the same time, it’s a façade that’s put so much effort into it that it doesn’t feel like a lie at all.
“….”
“You put this here because it’s useless, right? “I was just surprised.”
“okay.”
“It’s just… I really didn’t plan on doing this.”
“Okay, it’s okay.”
“are you okay?”
“Because they were all guys that I didn’t mind searching for.”
Lee Jae-hyung smiled happily at that sight.
“…You weren’t that stupid, Jaeheon.”
Then he hugged his younger brother.
“Wow, are you really surprised?”
“…Sir, really! “How many times have I told you not to play around like this?”
“I’m sorry, kid.”
Jaehyeong Lee muttered to himself as he comforted his younger brother, who still remained immature even after becoming an uncle.
‘Where did he learn this?’
His eyes fell on the corpses lying around.
The ‘prank’ that Jaehyung Lee was playing was nothing special. I was just trying to inform Lee Jae-heon of their danger, who did not know how scary the world was and contacted the errand boy without his brother’s permission. Even if a little of my brother’s blood was shed in the process, I thought it was a good business considering the future. If Lee Jae-heon learns how to use a private company, he will feel at ease as an older brother.
In fact, I would like to add that there was also a bit of annoyance.
“huh? “I did it because I was angry because you had no fear and were looking for an errand boy.”
“I told you not to do background research like that…!”
“No, but man. uh? Who was the person who introduced these bastards? Isn’t this your brother? Knowing where your information would be sold, you contacted a private company on your own. “Do you know how shocked I was when I heard that story?”
That kid is so arrogant.
Lee Jae-hyung swallowed his words and let out a low laugh. If I had said this to my younger brother, who was already upset, he could have run out of the house like before. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a new side of my younger brother. Even though I feel bad that he deceived me, I was planning to let it go quietly this time.
Of course, you have to ask what you want to ask.
“But… who did you learn this from?”
“….”
“Weren’t you scared of something like this? huh? Our Jaeheon was quite clever. I hid this dexterity from my older brother… Do you know? The lady and the old man. “Maybe I was the only one who did this without knowing?”
“Oh, I don’t know.”
Seeing as they continued to remain oblivious, it seemed like other family members probably didn’t know either.
‘Yes, this is what I noticed first.’
It seemed like my already twisted mood was getting slightly better.
Lee Jae-hyung, who was calculating the benefits and losses that would come to him if he told his family about this, burst out into a frivolous laugh at the sight of his younger brother showing signs of discomfort in his hug. Lee Jae-hyung grabbed both arms of the younger brother he was hugging and pulled them away.
“Okay, okay. You look tired? “The baby is weak.”
Looking at the neat corpses scattered on the floor, he didn’t seem very weak, but he couldn’t reveal that thought, at least out of pride as an older brother. It was also to hide the fact that my heart sank and my face turned blue without me even realizing it because of my younger brother’s amazing skills.
“Tell me just one thing instead.”
“what.”
“Have you ever had an accident?”
At that moment, dry eyes stared at Jaehyung Lee.
To be honest, it didn’t particularly feel like human eyes. Should I say that the eyes don’t seem to explode even if you poke them? The eyes of a marble statue would be more vibrant than these. Lee Jae-hyung smiled deeply at the cool gaze of his younger brother, whom he was seeing for the first time in his life.
“Did you clean up after it properly?”
Jaeheon Lee blinked slowly at that question. The cold, dry gaze clearly showed the process of embracing the ’embarrassment of the depressed younger brother’ again.
Lee Jae-hyung was secretly impressed.
‘I didn’t know… but you’re good at acting.’
How did they hide this face?
There was a high probability that his current sulking appearance was something he had made up. It’s a bit awkward to say that I ‘pouted’ after seeing a man in his 40s do something, but it was inevitable that I would back down from my youngest brother, whom I had cared for since childhood. It’s true that he was usually the most harmless of the damn Lee family.
However, the problem was that Lee Jae-hyung, who thought it was ‘harmless’, was wrong.
“…There was no problem.”
“Well, I didn’t know either. “Where on earth have you been hanging out so you haven’t heard any news?”
“Your brother probably doesn’t know about this place.”
“That’s right, you crazy bastard. “It makes things sound weird.”
Look at that pitch black gaze. How can you tell that it is harmless?
Regardless of Lee Jae-heon’s skill, the mess his harmless younger brother made was terrible. Isn’t he busy making up his own face even after killing five healthy men? Although he had a perplexed expression, he was only embarrassed when his shoes got dirty from stepping on bugs, and he showed no aversion to murder at all.
On the contrary, he seemed to be in a good mood, so Lee Jae-hyung had no choice but to look at Secretary Jeong.
‘Maybe he’s similar to the people in that industry…’
It’s not like he has obvious tastes, so it was understandable why Lee Jae-heon hid this type of personality. If these tastes were revealed, it would be detrimental to the company’s image, so they must have tried to keep their mouths shut. I thought he was just a normal puppy, but it’s a bit annoying to see that he turns out to be a wolf cub…
“Why did this kid hide such an important fact from his brother? You know that if evidence comes out that it’s you, things will be a headache. “Even the chairman won’t leave it alone.”
“For you to say that, you don’t seem to know much.”
“…Don’t misunderstand, I wasn’t spying on you, I was protecting you. huh? know? The Chairman and I have a lot to grudge about. “You’re not easy either.”
“understand.”
“Are you tired? My hands hurt too. “You can take sick leave on Monday and rest.”
“I was planning on taking a break…”
Jaehyung Lee’s eyes fell on his younger brother’s abdomen as he frowned.
“…Did you get stabbed?”
“Fuck, even if I really try not to swear.”
“Oh, why is my calf like that again? Uh huh? Hey, your arm hurt too? “Give me your hand, are you hurt there too?”
“I got swept because the floor was dirty.”
“Oh my gosh, there’s a mark on my wrist. “These bastards told me to tie them up gently.”
“No, who gave that order?”
“The older brother who loves the younger brother?”
Lee Jae-heon’s face changed very subtly. What should I say? I have a lot to say, but I have a face that says I will endure it? No, his face said he couldn’t do it because he was tired. This was a reaction that Jaehyung Lee could often witness, so he was able to easily guess his younger brother’s intentions.
Lee Jae-hyung, who was back to his usual easy-going self, smiled mischievously.
“I knew this would happen and prepared to be a doctor.”
“Did you know it would be like this?”
“…I didn’t know, but Mr. So why did you move so suddenly? If I had stayed still, it wouldn’t have ended with my fingernails. “I don’t have to pay damages to those bastards either.”
“Who started first…!”
“Oh, okay, I understand. “I understand, so go and get treatment.”
“A real bastard….”
“You’re acting like you’re not losing?”
Lee Jae-hyung smiled slyly and pushed Lee Jae-heon out the door, and the doctor who had been waiting restlessly in a corner of the boat rushed out. Jae-hyung Lee quietly closed the door as he looked at Lee Jae-heon, who was shocked and embarrassed at the sight of him sticking out in red.
he asked, looking at the shaking doctor through the glass window on the door.
“…Where did you get that from? “It’s so unreliable.”
“It’s a talent we have raised, so we won’t be able to reveal it anywhere. How many mouths does it have? “Unless you want to cut them all up to be salmon food, you can control their mouths.”
“Ah, you have a hostage?”
“I think it’s okay to understand it that way.”
Jae-hyung Lee looked at Jeong Eun-woo, who was rummaging through the scattered trash one by one, with a faint smile on his face, as if he had seen something truly bizarre.
“…what are you doing?”
“Excuse me. “Enough to admire my younger brother’s skills.”
“Oh, that’s worth it.”
Lee Jae-hyung wiped the smile from his face and muttered slowly.
“I got hit in the back of the head really hard… this.”
Cool expression.
The face, with its frivolous smile gone, was relaxed but still filled with the annoyance typical of someone with distorted judgment. As Lee Jae-hyung, the fact that his younger brother, whom he trusted, was hiding such an important fact from me was extremely unpleasant and irritating.
Seeing Lee Jae-hyung like that, Jeong Eun-woo smiled faintly and thought.
‘I guess my pride was really hurt.’
I realized that the person I thought was weaker and more foolish than me was actually deceiving me. It was not strange that Lee Jae-hyung, who always had an inferiority complex even if he pretended not to, felt threatened by his younger brother’s sudden talent. Because he knows that fact, he cannot hide his annoyance.
Lee Jae-hyung slowly put an unlit cigarette in his mouth and muttered.
“…That bastard isn’t interested in the chairman position, right?”
“I think you would have made it clear if you wanted to.”
“It’s true that he doesn’t have a desire for power, seeing as he continues to stay in the position of a manager rather than an executive, but… hmm, it’s a pain in the ass. Should I tell this to the chairman?”
“haha.”
“Well, seeing our Secretary Jeong like this, I guess it’s natural to hear this, right?”
It was literally like that.
The current chairman of Lee Dang Group was Lee Jae-hee, the older sister of these two brothers, and Jeong Eun-woo’s president was from Lee Jae-hee’s side. This was also the reason why Lee Jae-hyung couldn’t keep putting Jung Eun-woo in the secretary’s position just because he wanted it. Of course, I will also report on Lee Jae-heon’s unique features that I have just discovered.
“But why did he make such a fuss at the place I called him?”
“It seems like it was intentional.”
“There’s no way it’s not true. It’s a taste I’ve been hiding without saying a word to this older brother.”
Both Lee Jae-hyung and Jeong Eun-woo remembered the smile Lee Jae-heon had as he put the knife in the employee’s neck.
‘It was artistic.’
It was so sad that only I and Lee Jae-hyung were able to appreciate the sight of him smiling leisurely and showing his teeth like a predator catching his prey.
The skill of inserting the sword exactly between the neck and the shoulder, and then the way the blade is pulled out by turning it around in a graceful manner. The blood drops scattering into the air like that are comparable to rubies. The eyes were staring straight at the blood, but there was no unpleasant desire in them. Those were the eyes of someone who knew what he was doing, so his movements were restrained. The smile of someone who knows themselves well is beautiful.
‘Considering his skills and tendencies, it seems like it would be useful to have kept it hidden so far.’
Even though it was hidden so much, there must have been a reason why I saw the blood here. After finishing viewing the corpse, Jeong Eun-woo stood up and said.
“You said it was a mistake, but it probably wasn’t a mistake.”
“…Are you telling me to look at you? “No, what did I do so wrong?”
“I don’t think you meant to be angry, but…”
Jeong Eun-woo continued, blinking his eyes while maintaining a smile.
“I told you that you’ve been meeting a lot of different people lately.”
“yes.”
“It doesn’t seem like you’re particularly hungry for affection.”
“…aha.”
Judging from the nuances of the conversation they had just had, it seemed like Jaeheon Lee had already known that he had eyes on him. You also know that Lee Jae-hyung crossed the line by giving money to an errand boy and trying to smuggle it overseas and by investigating so many people. That also means that he guessed that Lee Jae-hyung would ‘educate’ him.
So who are the employees who will be receiving ‘training’ from Jae-Heon Lee, who has recklessly dabbled in private companies? Jaeheon Lee would have known what kind of work the employee did and what his personality was. I’m sure you would have been interested in that.
Lee Jae-hyung’s eyes scanned the corpse and then landed on Secretary Jeong.
“Please introduce yourself?”
“It seemed like you knew roughly what we were doing…”
“That’s because I saw it often when I was young. Of course I know what you do for a living. “I thought you didn’t know, but looking at it now, I guess I figured it out well when I was young.”
“Is that so.”
“Then the question is… why do you want to contact people in your industry now?”
The reason Jaeheon Lee has kept his tendencies hidden so far is most likely due to the gaze and social conditions around him. Actually, if I had shown this tendency when I was young, both the lady and the old man would have been in trouble.
‘Now that you’re older and both of you have retired from the front line, I’ll leave you alone.’
They are not petty enough to interfere with the hobbies of their son, who is over 40 years old.
But even so, if he had more serious ambitions and hid them, he wouldn’t have stayed in the position of manager. Since you have money even if you don’t work, you could have gotten a job in Jung Eun-woo’s industry depending on your aptitude…
“…Oh, that’s right. Is that it?”
“May I ask what it is?”
“Didn’t you say that there are a few kids in that industry that you sponsor for entertainment or enjoyment?”
Jung Eun-woo smiled roundly at those words.
“How dare we sponsor them. “The broker simply recruits and connects writers with desired tastes as requested by the customer.”
“That’s it. “Most of them communicate through you guys.”
“There are often free-spirited writers, so we control information as much as possible. But why the sponsorship…”
“Haven’t you ever seen that free-spirited writer do anything?”
“….”
Jeong Eun-woo blinked.
“Our work is done neatly, but sometimes it leaves traces. There are quite a few people who touch animals for practice rather than humans, but it is difficult to manage such things individually. Especially in the case of foreigners who did not enter the country through a legal process…”
“Look at it. I didn’t even know that our Jaeheon had a problem until now. What do you think about colts like that? huh? Mr. Eunwoo Jeong.”
“We promise to handle things more neatly in the future.”
“Anyway, that’s what I’m saying. Jaeheon might have the soul of art or something…”
“Shall we find out?”
At those words, Lee Jae-hyung looked at Jeong Eun-woo with tired eyes.
“You… you, you, are you going to get paid for this again? Because I’m not a secretary anymore. is not it? Wouldn’t it be better to have money instead? “There is no way they will provide it as a service.”
“Anyway, the boss called me… After today’s work, I won’t be the director’s subordinate, so I can’t provide that service for free. “If it gets to the boss’ ears, I’ll be boiled alive before I’m even thrown away as a stray dog.”
“Ahh…! The boss you’re talking about is directly under our chairman! It will also reach her ears. Then I’ll break too! It’s going to be ripped apart like no joke! “Oh, I can’t believe there’s no one on my side in the world.”
Lee Jae-hyung scratched his head and shook his head.
“Oh, that’s it! Chairman Oh Seong also knows what price he will pay for this chaotic situation… and he does not do it. “Everyone in the world knows that my sister is scary.”
“haha.”
“The process isn’t important anyway. “No matter what Jae-heon suddenly did, if you just know the purpose, you won’t have any strange accidents in the future…”
Lee Jae-hyung muttered, taking the cigarette out of his mouth and blinking exaggeratedly.
“Oh right. “You’re going to touch the delivery food you said you’re meeting now, right?”
“well.”
“…Aissi, I will only look at it up to that point. “I think I can play kava at that level.”
Although he said that, it was to put a leash on a dangerous person named Lee Jae-heon.
‘I don’t know where it will fly.’
I’m sure my good little brother wouldn’t point a knife at you, but there was no one in the world you could trust. Even Jaehyung Lee was stabbed in the back by that kind younger brother just a moment ago. As he watched Lee Jae-heon’s wild tail, he felt what it felt like to have his heart drop. There was no way I wouldn’t feel offended even after seeing that.
However, it has become quite harmful for Lee Jae-heon to openly show such anger. It was a joke, but the artist’s spirit could really enter and cause an uproar, saying, ‘I want to see my family’s internal organs!’ Lee Jae-hyung was so irritated that his backbone felt hot, but more than that, he felt a sense of crisis.
“….”
Even in his opinion, the ‘education’ he had been doing up until now was not normal.
“…Jeong Eun-woo.”
“Please speak.”
“He’s not mad at me, right? Well… you want to kill me… wasn’t this a declaration? really?”
“…That can’t be right.”
“I’ve been doing this and now I have to look after my younger brother.”
Seeing Lee Jae-hyung’s appearance like that, Jeong Eun-woo muttered inwardly.
‘… I don’t think I can ignore this person’s share of my brother’s tendencies.’
In fact, the perpetrator tended to rationalize it without knowing that he had committed a crime. Even if the victim was his own family member.
Jung Eun-woo, who had nothing to say, just smiled.
