#200. Genius, Reading the World. (Complete)
***
Jinwoo was walking down an alley. That only lasted for a moment.
I put my key in the shabby door located in the alley and opened it and went in.
A single bed in a very small yard.
The door leading to the room was also an old sliding door.
Knock knock.
As I pushed open the door and went in, a surprising sight unfolded.
There were dozens of monitors, and Jinwoo turned on the PC and connected his cell phone, which had a password.
This was Shin Jin-woo's hideout.
"Okay, let's get started."
Jinwoo's fingers, which were outstretched with their arms crossed, began to move.
Tata tata tak.
The keyboard clicked briskly, and numbers began to scroll frantically on the monitor.
It was hacking a locked cell phone.
Jinwoo muttered softly, crossing his legs.
"It'll be resolved in a little while."
Jinwoo turned his gaze to another monitor this time.
He kept pulling it forward and then back, as if he was watching old CCTV footage.
And then he slowly nodded his head.
Four middle school students entered a building.
Then, an hour later, a female student fell from the third floor, and five minutes later, three middle school students who had gone in with her came out.
But the guys' reactions are interesting.
Approach quickly and check if it's okay, then hesitate and show a freezing reaction.
That reaction meant that the girl who fell could be harmful to them.
After hesitating for a moment, one of the two made a phone call, and an ambulance arrived 10 minutes later.
-Tiring.
Jinwoo grabbed his phone at the notification that the hacking was over.
This cell phone belonged to one of the girls shown on the screen.
Jinwoo looked through the photo album and videos one by one.
That too for a moment.
I muttered as I looked at the numbers dominating the monitor screen.
“It seems like some videos and photos were deleted….”
Jinwoo smiled faintly and put his fingers back on the keyboard.
"You can just recover it."
Has it been an hour since then?
Jinwoo put on his bag and pulled out the USB.
“The puzzle was easily put together….”
Jinwoo left the hideout as is. No, he carefully opened the door and looked around.
I didn't know that Reporter Jeong might be there and that he might be looking for me with his bodyguards.
But this place was something I would never know.
But there's one person who might know, Dad.
Even if I left the country and destroyed all the clues, my father would still come back to that exact area.
"Even my dad gets goosebumps when he sees me."
Jinwoo rubbed his arms, which were giving him goosebumps, and left the alley.
***
What Jinwoo found was a six-person hospital room.
At the very end, a schoolgirl was lying down, her foot fractured and she was wearing a brace.
There were several bruises on his face and his lips were cracked.
But her pretty appearance couldn't be hidden.
Her name is Choi Seon-hee, and she is the owner of the empty seat where the chrysanthemums were placed in the classroom.
He's not dead, the guys were just playing a prank.
And the guys sent the photo to Choi Seon-hee.
When Jinwoo placed the high-calcium supplement on the table, Choi Seonhee spoke with a surprised look.
"you…."
Isn't that Shin Jin-woo who is rumored to be an eccentric?
It was also very popular.
That's also the case for Jinwoo,
I thought that ultimately, it was people who moved the world, and I realized from watching my father that in order to understand people, you have to listen.
Interpersonal relationships were essential there.
If you listen to what the other person has to say and encourage them to tell their own story, that's where interpersonal relationships end.
If you listen carefully to what the other person is saying, the other person will feel favorable towards you, and if you respond with sincere reactions that match what the other person is saying, the effect will be amplified even more.
It's like the feeling of someone laughing and accepting something that someone said on a TV show.
It means giving a reaction.
And to put these things into practice and equip yourself with them, you need to have a wide range of knowledge.
If I know what the other person is interested in, I can take the initiative and listen to their story.
But there was no need to do that to Choi Seon-hee.
"If your parents tell you to go eat something like bone soup because you have a fracture, it's better to go eat something else. Foods that are too salty are not good for your bones."
“Why are you here….”
This is Shin Jin-woo from the class next door.
“Just, what should I say….”
Jinwoo continued speaking with a sly smile.
"I used to find them annoying too."
Choi Seon-hee raised her upper body and sat down on the chair.
I had no idea what Jinwoo was talking about.
"It's a delusion to think about what they want to happen in the future. You and I, we're not born to be trampled on, are we?"
"that is…."
Jinwoo crossed his arms and shook his head.
"Keep in mind that excuses = helplessness. Ah, I came here to tell you this. Everything that happens from today on is a coincidence. It won't happen again. It won't happen again. There are no miracles. So."
Jinwoo smiled brightly.
"Good luck from now on."
After leaving those words, Jinwoo left the hospital room.
And the place we went to by taxi was a coffee shop.
It was a place where the guys often gathered.
As expected, two boys and two girls were sitting and chatting away, laughing.
"Hey, I really thought he was going to die?"
"Do people die that easily?"
"But aren't you going to report him?"
The boy chuckled at her worried words.
"Hey, don't you know that Sohyun's father is a member of the National Assembly?"
“Oh right. Cheat key….”
"Jo Hyun-ah, did you find your cell phone?"
Lee So-hyun said, looking at her fingernails here and there.
"No. You have to buy it. It's really awesome."
Then, a cell phone suddenly popped out.
"Find this?"
All four heads rose simultaneously.
Shin Jin-woo was standing.
Lee So-hyun asked with her eyes wide open.
"Why do you have this?"
"I picked it up at the playground."
"playground?"
Lee So-hyun snatched the phone back as if snatching it away. That action was fleeting, and she soon smiled brightly.
"Thank you Jinwoo, I took so many pictures that it was a shame to waste them."
"Really? I knew you'd do that, so I restored the deleted ones too."
"restoration?"
"Yeah. Video too."
Lee So-hyun's eyes widened. At the same time, she quickly checked her cell phone.
The deleted video was actually restored.
Lee So-hyun touched the video as if to confirm.
-Climb up to the railing over there, and if you just walk over there, I'll let you go home today.
-If you fall… .
-It's only the third floor.
-Hahaha! Look at him. He's scared, he's scared.
-Oh, it's going up.
Jinwoo frowned and looked at Lee Sohyun, who was staring at her phone like a stone statue.
As time goes by, unlike before, bullying and ostracism have moved to social media.
Even when I'm away, I'm harassed, and even when I'm sleeping, I'm made to react to notification sounds.
Those who haven't experienced it don't know how cruel it is.
At that moment, Lee So-hyun's head rose sharply.
“You… we were just playing around and you got up and fell.”
"Did Choi Seon-hee pour the cola on her own head?"
There were so many more besides that photo and that video.
“That’s… a game! I lost the game….”
"You guys are being childish, but you made a lot of copies. I'm going to take it to the police station right now, and the man I know is quite high-ranking."
One of the male students who had been silent stood up from his seat.
"Hey, Shin Jin-woo, no matter how much money your mom has, she's making a mistake now. Don't you know? Lee So-hyun's father is a member of the National Assembly?"
Shin Jin-woo shook his head.
“Hey… I’m the same age as you guys, but how can every word I say be so childish and simple?”
"What? Say it again."
"Anyway, I'm going."
Shin Jin-woo turned around and walked away.
At that moment, Lee So-hyun made a hasty phone call to someone.
As Shin Jin-woo was leaving the coffee shop, a man in a suit blocked his way.
"who are you?"
"The young master of Shinwha Group?"
Jinwoo lifted one finger and scratched his head.
Well, it was a label that followed me wherever I went.
"What, so?"
“Our young lady said she had something to say quietly….”
Lee So-hyun was already outside.
Shin Jin-woo, who was looking back and forth between the man in the suit and Lee So-hyun, picked at it and laughed.
"Would you like to ride?"
As the man in the suit opened the back seat, Shin Jin-woo nodded and obediently got into the car.
The same was true for Lee So-hyun.
Boo-
As the car started, Shin Jin-woo asked.
"Where are you going?"
At that time, Lee So-hyun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, spoke up.
“If you pretend I never saw it… money….”
She kept her mouth shut.
If you think about the guy's mom, she must have a lot of money.
She spoke again.
"What do you want?"
"It's a little embarrassing to say something so comical with my own mouth, but are you guys going to pay the price for your sins?"
"I told you it was a joke."
"This is a world where people die because of that prank."
Lee So-hyun bit her lip at the sight of Jin-woo not giving up on his thoughts.
And then he brought the phone to his ear.
"dad…."
Shin Jin-woo couldn't help but chuckle once again.
And then I tapped the console box next to it with my finger.
“Dad, Chance, I’m going to use a cheat key….”
***
Shin Jin-woo was sitting in the office facing a man who looked to be in his mid-50s.
Lee So-hyun's father was National Assemblyman Jo Jeong-hwan.
"Yeah, our Sohyun is the classmate next door?"
"We're not friends."
His brow furrowed at the sight of Shin Jin-woo drinking orange juice while speaking confidently.
And what he says is.
"The juice is bitter."
"After listening to your story, I think you've misunderstood something."
"It's not a misunderstanding. I checked the CCTV and also directly checked the video saved on Lee So-hyun's cell phone."
He looked at his daughter, who was sitting there with her brow furrowed, as if she had died.
You looked at the CCTV footage? That little guy?
“Your name is… Shin Jin-woo?”
It wasn't an unfamiliar name, but I couldn't seem to remember it.
"Jinwoo, you can handle it among friends, and you can become close again. At your age, everyone is like that."
"I don't know about that. I want Lee So-hyun to be punished."
His eyebrows twitched.
"Then your parents will really hate it. You might get into trouble."
"Is it power or something?"
He nodded slowly, looking at Shin Jin-woo as if he was going to eat him.
If this fact had become known to the world, it could have been the end of his political career.
"Okay, before your parents get in too much trouble, can you give me back the copy? I'll tell So-Hyeon to go apologize to Choi Seon-Hee, who fell while playing around."
At that moment, a slight commotion was heard outside.
Jinwoo spoke up.
"Sohyun's father. Do you know that by any chance?"
"what?"
"Sohyun brought a bomb."
That bomb was Shin Jin-woo, himself.
“What kind of nonsense is that….”
moment,
The office door opened wide and someone came in.
"You must not enter!"
The secretary followed him in a hurry, but he came into the office, approached Jinwoo Shin, and playfully ruffled Jinwoo's hair.
The person who touched that hand was none other than Woojin.
The congressman looked at Woojin with surprised eyes, and Woojin, who had been staring at the congressman, opened his mouth.
“Anyone who touches my family….”
Shin Jin-woo felt his father's touch and opened his mouth as if speaking for his father.
"Boom!"
