of Episode 259
, the direction of the Park siblings’ actions was clear. He was protected by never truly trusting others, not helping anyone easily, and never taking action recklessly. Thanks to this quiet will, the Park siblings were able to survive for a long time.
However, now that they met Lee Jae-heon, who remembered their past lives, the Park siblings had changed a little.
“It’s no use talking to uncle.”
“I think it would be quicker to sanction behavior than to make people realize what is wrong.”
The adults nodded at the two students’ active arguments. It was easy to exchange opinions because Yoon Garam escaped while holding Lee Jaeheon and was talking among ourselves.
“I’m not saying we should give up like this, but… the situation is the situation.”
“In a world where you never know when a monster may strike, it is difficult to correct each and every twisted common sense. As student Da-hoon said, it is better to make another excuse to catch him.”
“But we said, ‘Ah! What should I do if I think, ‘I can do this!’?”
“Is the manager really not a child and would think in such black and white terms?”
“I could…”
“…like this.”
Ha Seong-yoon lowered his hand from touching his earlobe and muttered in a soft voice.
“It’s really varied. “It’s not like we’re educating kindergartners… Minhong and Seoah will be able to communicate better than that guy.”
“It’s sad that I can’t deny it.”
Since the commonality of the survivors who enter the underworld is that they are ‘highly likely to be insane’, the current survivors knew that Min-hong and Seo-ah were different from the average children. Nevertheless, the two children looked really ordinary on the outside and were just receiving affection from adults.
But what about Jaeheon Lee? What about the man who said he was 40 years old?
“Even if the way of thinking is the same, isn’t what you do wrong?”
“Even if you tell me not to do it, they won’t listen….”
“I really didn’t know that telling them that they were sick when they were sick was that difficult.”
“If you just kept your mouth shut, it would be half less obnoxious.”
“It’s not even stupid, but it also digs into people’s near misses.”
The faces of the survivors were filled with fatigue as they released one by one the things that had accumulated over Lee Jae-heon. These were the faces of those who were tormented by an insane but capable troublemaker.
“I feel like scolding him and saying, ‘If you’re going to do that, you can take care of it yourself!’ But the manager really seems like he can take care of it on his own, so I can’t even get angry at him.”
Even if you get angry, you have to understand and respond back from the other side to make a sound. Lee Jae-heon doesn’t understand why the other person is angry, and even if he understands, he says, ‘Oh okay. “Don’t worry,” he said. He was a man who had gone off somewhere and his life or death was unknown. His self-esteem was so low that he didn’t seem to recognize that the other person was angry because he was worried about him.
Moreover, it was true that Manager Lee Jae-heon’s environment was too problematic to be angry about something like that.
“…I guess that’s real. The family environment is a bit…”
“The fact that Lee Dang Group combined with an illegal loan company during Lee Jae-heon’s parents’ generation is information that can be found out if you pay a little attention. So, they are commonly referred to as private loan sharks. Even if you have always managed your image, the essence of it will not go anywhere, so you may be familiar with illegal elements.”
“It’s not that we don’t know, it’s almost certain, isn’t it? “What kind of brothers would do something like that just because they raise their voices to each other?”
Ha Seong-yoon nodded at the sight of Jeong In-ho, who could not bear to say the word ‘torture’.
“The manager himself knew that it was a strange thing, but he didn’t seem to know how scary and dangerous it was. Would the misunderstanding have been easily resolved if Lee Jae-heon had not been royal? “He seems to think that this difference in common sense arose because he was born into a wealthy royal family, unlike most families.”
“If I hadn’t been Royal in the first place, I might never have been in that situation.”
“Now that I think about it, Detective Hong Gyeong-jun seemed to already know something. “Is it true that you meet often without us knowing?”
In response to Ha Seong-yoon’s question, Hong Gyeong-jun tapped his forearm with his fingers crossed. He distinguished between what could be said and what could not be said and answered Ha Seong-yoon’s words in a natural tone.
“you’re right. We first met at a park, and then we were invited to Jaeheon Lee’s home and we talked. “At his request, I went to visit the survivors.”
“I don’t think you’ve ever come to see us.”
“Mr. Lee Jae-heon had already figured out that you were all fine. Anyway, we met often… and one day, when I went there, I noticed that there were some rags on it.”
The survivors did not deny the word ‘rags’, which clearly referred to Lee Jae-heon.
“The condition was serious, but I was asked not to talk about it, so I kept my mouth shut.”
“What if you really tell me to keep your mouth shut? “People have gotten to that point.”
“Personally, I said that a doctor called from my family would come to visit me, and I thought that I would be found out at some point. As you said, if a person is that bad, wouldn’t it be noticeable? Considering that, it seems like I was caught a little late, so I’m embarrassed, but…”
At Hong Gyeong-jun’s expressionless words, the survivors’ eyes focused on Ha Seong-yoon.
“…Doctors are not gods. How do I know what wounds the patient deliberately hid?”
“With a doctor’s intuition?”
“As you said, intuition is important for a doctor, but the most important things are evidence and logic. My hands were such a mess, but would I have guessed that other places would have been injured again? Not even in the underworld, but in reality? Of course, I will admit that I looked down on Mr. Lee Jae-heon too much.”
In a rare case, Ha Seong-yoon’s face showed an expression of disgust.
“But think about it. Aside from being tortured, didn’t Jaeheon Lee say that he went to work on his own feet? Unless Mr. Lee Jae-heon did something to all the torture technicians and ran away, it means that the other party obediently let Mr. Lee go. I decided that the latter was more likely. “Illegal loan companies have a lot of manpower, and no matter how strong Jaeheon Lee is, there will be limits.”
“…I guess so?”
“Furthermore, Jaeheon Lee could not deny that the other person was a known criminal. Considering the above circumstances, I hate to say this, but there is a high probability that the other person’s purpose was not to capture one person, but simply to cause pain. It is said that they tortured Lee Jae-heon by taking care of him. As you said, from their point of view, it may have been a way to vent their anger at the really loud comments.”
“So…?”
“Of course, the hand is a dangerous area if touched incorrectly because all kinds of nerves are concentrated there, but the torture technician was so good that he did not touch any truly dangerous parts. But are there more injuries besides your hands? Not only was it not an area I looked at, I thought it was strange. What can be looked at also depends on the area. “How can you take care of something other than your hands if it’s damaged?”
“…Umm….”
“Even the abdomen and calves? How many organs are packed in the abdomen, so why bother touching them? If you were planning on destroying that place, it means you would just kill one person. In a similar vein, calves? We need to put Jae-heon Lee back in his position as manager of a large company, but are you asking for trouble? If they do, their crime will be discovered, so why would they destroy the bridge? “Nothing is more likely to reveal health problems than your gait.”
“….”
“Would I have ever imagined that the skin would be torn to that extent? Even if they were connected to an illegal loan company, how could they have expected that the family environment would be such a mess? Do you think Lee Jae-heon would tolerate it without saying anything until he becomes such a slut? There are many people who can’t come to their senses for a few days even if they are tortured by a finger. It wasn’t just my nails that were missing, but I thought that would be enough to make me feel hot and tired. “Even if his abdomen and legs weren’t in that bad condition, the hand injury alone would have been an understandable situation.”
“…we are sorry.”
“You have nothing to be sorry about.”
With those words, a soft smile appeared on Ha Seong-yoon’s face again, but you could tell how angry he was through his strangely heated gaze.
“I’ll have to think a bit more about how to roast and boil Lee Jae-heon.”
“Just looking at your expression, it looks like you’re literally going to be boiled.”
“He is a doctor with a reputation, but would he commit such a barbaric act? Even the original joke.”
“It wasn’t a joke, but…”
Jeong In-ho continued, blinking slowly.
“If possible, I would like the manager to just sit quietly, but is there any way?”
“The simplest way is to put them to sleep with sleeping pills, confine them, or tie them up. Of course, since I am a detective and a doctor, I will exclude such coercive methods. “I don’t know what you think, Detective, but I am against it.”
“I heard you threatened to tie me up in front of the manager if I did anything.”
“That’s just what they say. And even if we actually use that method to capture Mr. Lee Jae-heon, it will only have the opposite effect.”
Hong Gyeong-jun, who had been twitching his fingers at Ha Seong-yoon’s words, opened his mouth.
“…Jaeheon Lee is very sensitive to situations where he loses his physical freedom. “When you’re in good condition, it’s not very noticeable, but…”
“That’s what I meant. Reactions vary, such as making an upset expression, stiffening up, or turning white, but what they have in common is that they panic and can’t do anything. “It means you can’t even get angry, so it’s an even worse choice in this side world.”
At those words, Kwon Yeon-hee’s face also turned white.
“…Manager, what should I really do….”
“Yeonhee.”
“I don’t know much about this… It’s my first time, so what should I do? “What will I do if the manager dies…?”
Seeing her shaking and muttering quickly, Kang Min-ah patted her and Park Da-young came over and comforted Kwon Yeon-hee. Kwon Yeon-hee’s face turned sour from the moment the topic of her home environment came up and she looked very frightened. Even if the harassment is not directed at you.
Park Da-hoon slightly tilted his head.
“….”
“Dahun?”
“Ah yes.”
When Da-hoon Park turned his head and looked at In-ho Jeong, who had called me, he said with a straight smile.
“You said you would go to the convenience store when the sun came up, right?”
“Yes, that’s true, but…”
“If possible, would you please stay with the manager? “With Dayoung.”
“Are we?”
“I thought having children next to him would limit the manager’s behavior. “Because it is harmful to minors.”
“Ah…”
Park Da-hoon nodded at those words. Lee Jae-heon tries to shake people off by acting needlessly sensitive, but he also knows that such acting softens in front of his siblings and kindergarten students. If I pretended to be scared and stayed close to him, he wouldn’t leave.
After thinking that far, Park Da-hoon opened his mouth.
“Okay. I think he would be against it if we told him we were going to the convenience store…”
“Okay, thank you.”
“But you know what? “Even if we stick around, we can’t catch them if the situation becomes dangerous.”
This was already proven when a green algae monster invaded the pavilion in the park. Even though Park Da-hoon and Park Da-young tried their best to block the way, Jae-heon Lee was the one who would leave without feeling sorry if he could save the others by replacing one of them.
Jeong In-ho, who knew that, also nodded obediently.
“So, I’m going to keep Garam Yoon next to me as well.”
“…great.”
Da-hoon Park thought that was a pretty good decision. This was because Yoon Ga-ram was very dependent on Lee Jae-heon in a different way than her siblings, and Lee Jae-heon also seemed to think of Yoon Ga-ram as a half-younger child. Moreover, unlike minors who did not have much power, Garam Yoon was actually a person with good abilities.
I don’t know the details of his abilities, but he can light something on fire, and although his stamina is mediocre, his strength is good. Although he was slightly insane, he was someone who could hold Jaeheon Lee back by force. Da-hoon Park was positive about Gar-ram Yoon joining.
“Of course, this won’t solve the manager’s fundamental problem, but…”
Jeong In-ho’s gaze fell on Kwon Yeon-hee, who burst into tears. I thought that the reason I looked so pale was probably because I was greatly influenced by the other side of the world. Doesn’t this mean that Lee Jae-heon’s home environment was shocking?
“…I have no choice but to do it like this for now.”
“…Yes.”
“I’m a little tired.”
Jeong In-ho and Park Da-hoon had a rough guess about each other’s family history. It was because there was a sense of kinship that only those who grew up oppressed by strong and violent parents could feel. Although no one ever spoke up first because they thought it was not the time to reveal such deep details.
The emotions they felt while looking at Lee Jae-heon were varied, but…
“…should I go in before the manager thinks anything more strange?”
It’s already too late.
For some reason, I always felt that way.
