#164. One, two. 7
Kim Tae-hyun couldn't help but smile bitterly at Woo-jin's words.
Kim Tae-hyun, who was thinking about what to say while looking at Woo-jin, soon turned his head and spoke.
“Auntie! Can I have some soju here too?”
Kim Tae-hyun turned his gaze to Woo-jin again.
“You were wrong, hyung. No matter what your past is, the fact remains that you are Shin Woojin. You are my handsome and smart younger brother.”
When the employee brought the soju, Kim Tae-hyun turned the lid and handed it to Woo-jin.
“Well, shall we have a drink?”
Woojin received the drink and Kim Taehyun raised his glass.
“Okay, done.”
"wait a minute."
Woojin started making ssam.
Kim Tae-hyun looked at the sight with a smile.
Yeah, Woojin is Woojin.
“Detective Kim, you should have a go at it too.”
“I wonder?”
The two made ssam according to their own tastes and soon raised their glasses.
Kim Tae-hyun opened his mouth as if giving a toast.
“For a better future for us.”
“Cheers.”
Woojin, who drank soju, put the ssam straight into his mouth, and Kim Taehyun.
“Ugh… … . I’m running out of alcohol today. It’s sweet.”
“It’s probably because of the hormones. Alcohol isn’t sweet. In other words, it’s because of the mood.”
“Is that so? Hahaha!”
* * *
Kim Tae-hyun, who broke up with Woo-jin, was sitting across from Kim Man-pal in the interrogation room.
Kim Tae-hyun's gaze looking at him was colder than ever.
“Name: Kim Man-pal. Age: … .”
“That bastard imprisoned me? He said I committed a crime!”
Kim Tae-hyun closed his mouth and looked at Kim Man-pal quietly.
“Detective, can’t you understand what I’m saying?”
A long breath escaped from Kim Tae-hyun's mouth as he closed his eyes.
“Look at this. Detective… … .”
Once again, Kim Tae-hyun's eyes opened slowly.
“Shut up, you crazy old lady.”
"what?"
“There is a witness who saw you abandon the body.”
“What are you talking about?”
“The victim, Shin Woo-jin, is that person a witness? He abandoned him in a nearby mountain, right?”
Kim Man-pal frowned.
“Do you believe that crazy guy? A guy who talks to himself and mutters?”
Kim Tae-hyun held out a folded A4 paper from his arms.
It was a map drawn by Woojin where the body was abandoned.
Kim Tae-hyun said, pointing to the abandoned place with his finger.
“20km from your house. Do you remember now?”
Kim Man-pal, who had been silent for a moment, opened his mouth.
“Me? Ha, let’s go and see if that crazy guy is right or not. It’ll be a waste of time.”
At that moment, Kim Tae-hyun's cell phone vibrated.
It was Choi Gi-cheol.
Kim Tae-hyun brought the cell phone to his ear and spoke to him.
“Is that really so?”
-Senior, I found it. It's in the exact same location.
It was a place where the wooden surface was curved like a human face.
The bend in the tree was a sign that Woojin had made to grow up that way so that he would not forget, even though he was young.
After finishing the call, Kim Tae-hyun opened his mouth in a calm tone.
“I found it exactly at this location.”
“I have nothing to say.”
“Really? Then just listen to me.”
Kim Tae-hyun, who had clenched his teeth so hard that he could hear them grinding, spoke again.
There was anger and weight in his voice.
“I’m going to fuck you up. I’m going to fuck you real bad. I’m going to make sure you never go outside again. If I can’t do that, I’m going to beat up a detective. I promise.”
It was not a promise with Kim Man-pal, but a promise with himself.
* * *
A few days later.
The media, without hesitation, told the people that Kim Man-pal had been caught.
Of course, in addition to the kidnapping, it was also mentioned that the skeleton of a person believed to be 9 years old was found along with eyewitness accounts.
Woojin, who was sitting in a coffee shop and reading the articles, nodded slightly.
I couldn't find a single line that seemed to reveal my identity.
Woojin also checked the comments.
-Detective Taehyun again.
-Detective Kim Tae-hyun did it again.
-Isn't this a hero? LOL
-It seems that Detective Kim Tae-hyun has a GPS that can locate the criminal.
-Detective Kim, there is a wiretapping device in your ear… … .
"What are you doing?"
Woojin raised his head at the familiar voice.
It was none other than Lee Hye-rim.
“Are you here?”
Lee Hye-rim smiled faintly and sat down.
“You’re here early?”
Woojin had been out 20 minutes earlier.
“Congratulations, Hye-rim.”
Now she has become the largest shareholder of SH Construction.
This was because Prosecutor Kim Cheol-woong passed the case to Prosecutor Yang, and Prosecutor Yang, under the order of the chief prosecutor, drove the case to probation.
Although Lee Jeong-mi drank water and did not contact the chief prosecutor at all, the chief prosecutor, who did not know her circumstances well, insisted on the suspended sentence that Lee Jeong-mi had initially proposed.
Of course, it was an act with the intention of gaining something, but even if Kim Dae-han were given a suspended sentence, it would not be in the hands of the chief prosecutor.
In any case, the promise with Kim Dae-han to give him a suspended sentence was fulfilled.
“What should I say… I can’t believe it? I’m still dumbfounded.”
I just followed what Woojin said.
'I followed the words of a student from S University and became the largest shareholder.'
It was a story that no one would believe if they heard it.
But Woojin made it so that it had to happen that way.
“I’ll go order and come back. Do you need anything?”
“If I had to name something, pancakes?”
"okay."
When Lee Hye-rim returned to her seat after ordering, Woo-jin spoke.
“Hye-rim, the reason I asked you to meet today is because I wanted to ask you something.”
“What is it?”
“I think you’ll be able to get the Shinwha Group affiliates sooner.”
"hurry?"
Woojin nodded his head slowly.
And he said it bluntly.
“There are two ways to acquire shares in Shinwha Group. Both have the same meaning, but the methods are different. You either acquire shares quickly or slowly. That’s the only difference. Which method do you think would be better, Hye-rim?”
If it were anyone else, they would have obviously chosen the former.
As Woojin stared blankly at her, Hye-rim quickly answered.
"well……."
Woojin read the hesitation on her face.
At that moment, a vibration sounded indicating that the drinks and cake I ordered had arrived.
“I'll bring it.”
"huh."
Woojin turned around and looked at her back as she walked away.
How to get equity fast, and how to get equity slow.
Both of these would have been curious.
"ruler."
As soon as Hye-rim Lee put down the pancake, Woo-jin immediately touched the pancake with a fork.
“Oh my… … How did you make it? It looks so moist.”
Woojin immediately cut a piece of pancake into bite size pieces, dipped it in honey, and put it in his mouth.
Then he shook his head as if savoring the taste.
“It tastes like the other world… … It’s a taste that I want to save.”
A smile appeared again on Hye-rim Lee's lips as she looked at Woo-jin.
The amount of money Woojin has is now beyond ordinary.
He could have eaten pancakes until he was sick of them, or he could have only sought out expensive restaurants, but Woojin was consistent like that.
“Hye-rim, I met Chairman Lee’s doctor last time. I asked him and he said he was fine.”
“You can tell from the outside. I’m glad you seem healthy.”
Woojin put down his fork after eating half of the pancake.
The rest was up to her.
“But there was one thing that the attending physician missed.”
“You missed it?”
“Yeah, dementia.”
Her eyes widened at Woojin's unexpected words.
“Tch, dementia?”
Woojin nodded, bringing the caramel macchiato to his mouth.
“All the early symptoms of dementia have appeared.”
It was subtle but clear.
Lee Hye-rim couldn't erase the surprised look on her face.
Sometimes it's so scary, and it's amazing how someone who seems healthy has dementia.
The reason Hye-rim Lee trusted Woo-jin without any hesitation was because of her experience.
Woojin continued speaking.
“It won’t stop. It’ll just keep going.”
"how……."
“Chairman Lee’s dementia. If we use this first, we can secure Shinwha Group’s shares more quickly.”
Woojin was treating dementia as information.
“If you don’t use it, it will be secured slowly.”
Because it takes time to break them down one by one.
Lee Hye-rim's eyes trembled as she understood Woo-jin's words.
And then a thought came to mind unconsciously.
'You have to be someone else. Someone else.'
Only by becoming a cold-hearted and heartless person can you stand in a position to look down on everyone.
“Using it is simple. It’s controlling this chairman who is suffering from dementia.”
I want to go back to the happy times of the past.
The unconsciousness is the basis, and as the disease progresses, the brain regresses and regresses again, gradually reversing its age.
Therefore, as dementia progresses, it may distort memories to the point where it is difficult to distinguish between past events and present events.
He may even make you believe that he is your dead son by associating you with baduk.
As Woojin continued to speak, Lee Hye-rim was unable to say anything.
It was because I was obsessed with the idea that it was against moral principles, even if I had to be cold-blooded.
Looking at her like that, Woojin nodded his head.
Such hesitation could also be explained as human desire.
Human needs can be broadly divided into five levels in a pyramid structure: physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs.
Once physiological needs are met, we desire safety needs, and then the next needs.
At this stage, it could be said that Hye-rim's desire was a social desire.
Most people tend to stick to the moral side.
That's common and social.
Humans have a tendency to form groups, where they find stability and comfort.
That's why they try to adapt to the overall social atmosphere.
Hye-rim Lee is now in a similar situation.
I could understand that the hesitation was a natural result.
But when people experience these situations, they are not very conscious of why they are hesitating.
That is to say, they do not recognize the social need, let alone the moral one.
“You don’t have to decide right now, but the sooner you decide, the better.”
Lee Hye-rim bit her lip.
Taking advantage of my grandfather who has dementia… … .
You have to be a cold person… … .
These two thoughts continued to grow, fighting each other.
Woojin spoke again as if he was considerate of her.
“Now that I think about it, it might not be a wise decision to make now. I think it would be better to think it over carefully before making a decision.”
Lee Hye-rim nodded, accepting Woo-jin’s words.
* * *
Chairman Lee, looking at the Go board, burst into laughter even though he was in a disadvantageous situation.
“I thought you’d think of this number. How many numbers did you think of?”
Woojin answered, his gaze fixed on the stones.
“I thought of three numbers.”
The three numbers were a lie.
I tried to provoke a fight by repeating the same moves I had made before, and the outcome was not much different from that time.
The chairman's condition was being checked and checked again.
I mean, everything, from his speech to his actions.
At that moment, Woojin's cell phone vibrated in his arms.
It was Lee Hye-rim.
“Sir, may I take a call for a moment?”
“Okay, okay. If possible, do it for a long time. Think about it.”
Woojin immediately brought the cell phone to his ear.
And then he opened his mouth while looking at the chairman who was fixing his gaze on the Go board.
Like a business call.
“Have you decided?”
