Chapter 144 – Chaos – Part 4

Chapter 144 – Chaos – Part 4

Lee Siyoung, looking at herself in the mirror at home, had a very satisfied expression.

She had borrowed more money to buy GH shares, and although the stock price was fluctuating, it was on an upward trend.

Lee Siyoung smiled faintly, briefly recalling Woojin.

Woojin wasn’t wrong, but wasn’t her own decision to push forward yielding better results than Woojin’s?

Soon, Lee Siyoung called Woojin.

The dial tone in her ear even sounded like a song.

“Yes, it’s me. Have you seen GH Construction’s stock price?”

– I was checking it. It’s gone up too much. You sold, right?

“No? I’m still holding it? I think it’ll go up a bit more.”

– If money has come in, you should put it in your pocket and keep it safe. You shouldn’t bet with that money again.

Lee Siyoung disregarded Woojin’s words.

“What are you doing later? Let’s go eat something delicious.”

– Let’s eat next time. Sell that.

“You said the choice of investment is your own responsibility, Ira? Watch. It’ll go up more.”

– Alright.

It was as if Lee Siyoung’s competitive spirit was strangely activated.

Then Woojin’s voice was heard again.

“I’m in the middle of important work right now, so I’ll call you later.”

As Woojin hung up, Lee Siyoung chuckled.

“We’ll see.”

Even a Super Retail Investor wouldn’t be able to compare to himself, who received high-level information from experts who were said to be the best.

Lee Siyoung smiled softly again.

“I wonder what kind of expression he’ll make later.”

Woojin, who was in Lee Siyoung’s thoughts, was in the kitchen.

Next to him, Bomi blinked and asked.

“A dish you learned in the military?”

“Yes, it’s an amazing dish.”

“Do you need anything else?”

The ingredients were simple.

Rice, tuna, seaweed, and Matdasi that Woojin brought from the military.

“Are you going to stir-fry it?”

“No. Like this.”

Woojin poured the rice into a plastic bag, then added tuna, Matdasi, and crumbled seaweed.

And he kneaded it together.

That sight was clearly captured in Bomi’s eyes, and her face unconsciously wrinkled slightly.

It was because the color was strange.

“It tastes better if you put it in a plastic bag and knead it like this.”

The color became even stranger.

It was reminiscent of vomit…

“Finished.”

Woojin put on plastic gloves and rolled the finished product into bite-sized balls.

Then he offered it to Bomi.

“Here. Open wide.”

Bomi hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to eat it or not, but it was only for a very brief time.

Because it was food her older brother had made.

But she couldn’t hide a slightly contorted expression.

“Ah…”

As Bomi opened her mouth, Woojin also slightly opened his mouth and put it into his sister’s mouth.

Bomi, who was chewing with her mouth as if she had put something inedible in it, tilted her head.

Then, unlike before, her expression smoothed out as if it had been ironed.

“What? Why is this delicious?”

“You admit it?”

“Why is it delicious…?”

Woojin took a bite himself this time and said,

“I think it was a good thing I went to the military. I learned so many amazing things. Like Wasted Effort. And this too…”

He also learned the skill of narrowly escaping like playing hide-and-seek to avoid the Administrative Officer.

Woojin had even climbed a tree to take a nap.

He had also learned a wide range of incredibly harsh curses that he had never seen on the internet.

“Want another bite?”

Bomi smiled and opened her mouth.

“Ah…”

Woojin made another piece of appropriate size and put it into Bomi’s mouth.

While Woojin was having such a peaceful time, others were moving around on edge.

The CEO of GH Construction was one of them, and his expression remained grim.

His Chief, who usually assisted him, spoke again.

I did ask again, though.

The CEO massaged his brow as if he had a headache.

Who saw it?

Only one laborer and the excavator operator.

Did you make sure they kept quiet?

Yes. I gave them some money. Given that they buried it immediately upon discovery, it seems they know how to use their heads.

The construction can’t stop.

Hundreds of billions, even trillions, of won have been invested.

If construction stopped, GH Construction would be in jeopardy.

They had received the most bid sites compared to other companies, and more money had been invested.

Keep going. Especially at the site where the Artifact was found, clear it out even faster.

Understood.

After the Chief left, the GH Construction CEO looked at his Handset.

He didn’t know how much money he’d stuffed into the mouths of those higher up to get the bid for the site.

But an Artifact appeared.

The CEO, who was considering briefly informing them, soon looked away from his Handset.

It would be fine if it was handled without anyone knowing.

If it was found, they’d just bury it, or destroy it.

How great could a rusty old Artifact be, anyway?

–

In Deputy Division Chief Prosecutor Kim Cheolung’s office, two people sat facing each other.

Prosecutor Kim Cheolung clasped his hands and spoke to the man who had been transferred to the Prosecution.

You have three prior convictions, and a civil lawsuit for fraud, don’t you? And this time you’re arrested for Aggravated Injury.

I’m sorry.

Oh, Director, you shouldn’t be sorry to me. You should be sorry to the people you harmed.

I heard you don’t have money to settle. And the Victim doesn’t seem to want to either.

“That is……”

“People like you go in and out of jail for a short time and are proud of earning your stripes, aren’t you?

I will award you a big star for 10 years on the Righteous Path this time.”

His eyes widened.

“Hey, Prosecutor.”

“What?”

“I, I am sorry. I……”

Kim Cheolung got up from his seat and approached him.

And he poked his shoulder with his finger.

“My man, you should apologize to those people, not to me, I tell you!”

He could not say anything.

“The Yeoksam-dong Million Room Salon incident, your superior ordered that too, didn’t he?”

There had been a fight among the gangsters, which was concluded by one person being arrested in a ‘cutting the tail’ fashion.

Of course, the prosecutor in charge of that case was not Kim Cheolung.

“No. I do not know about it.”

“Or did you order it?”

He opened his eyes wide and waved his hands vigorously.

“No! It was definitely not me!”

“Wow…… Seeing you react like this, it seems like you ordered it?”

“Prosecutor! What nonsense are you saying, I……”

“Nonsense, huh……”

Kim Cheolung chuckled and sat on the PC table.

At that moment, Kim Cheolung’s expression completely vanished.

“If I say it, it is right. You gangster punk.”

He fell to his knees.

Things were going wrong, very wrong.

If that incident was also pinned on him, he didn’t know how long he’d have to serve.

It could have been the prosecutor playing tricks to boost his performance, or it could have been his own organization pulling strings.

“Prosecutor, please save me! It’s absolutely not me! I’ll tell you everything! Everything!”

“I’m a busy person, I don’t have time to listen to you. My performance hasn’t been good lately, so this is perfect.”

He dragged himself on his knees towards Kim Cheolung and grabbed his pants.

Kim Cheolung frowned and looked down at his hands, and he quickly let go of his pants.

“Prosecutor, it’s true that Big Brother Choi Baekchul ordered that incident! It has nothing to do with me. Really!”

“Wow… Are you selling out your boss to save yourself? Right now? If Choi Baekchul hears about this, will you be okay?”

How many of Choi Baekchul’s followers are in jail right now? They’ll give you a warm welcome there.”

His eyes trembled like an aspen leaf.

He felt like he was trapped in a room with nowhere to escape.

Just then, Kim Cheolung placed a hand on his shoulder.

“Now, choose.”

“Yes?”

“I can arrange a settlement with the victim, and I can also reduce your sentence.

No, I’ll make sure you only serve the time you deserve. Let’s say you serve 3 years and get out, I’ll give you a billion won.”

His eyes widened at the mention of one billion Iraqi dinars.

“What do you mean by that…?”

Kim Cheolung squatted down, meeting his gaze.

“If you just listen to me, you’ll have capital for a business when you get out.

You should turn over a new leaf, shouldn’t you?”

“What exactly are you talking about…?”

Kim Cheolung grinned.

“You’ve seen artifacts at a museum, haven’t you? You must have seen them in books in elementary school, right?”

–

A few days later.

Lee Siyoung stared blankly at the stock price of GH Construction.

– As you can see in the video, this is the scene of re-burying the artifact. GH Construction stated that they would ascertain the facts…

Not only news reports but also articles poured out continuously.

[Yongsan New City Construction Halted Completely!]

[Was the Hiding of the Artifact Deliberate?]

[GH Construction Stock Price, How Low Will It Fall?]

[SH Construction’s Eastern Bid Site: No Issues. Construction Site May Change…]

The stock price began to fall like a waterfall, seemingly bottomless.

Lee Siyoung, incurring enormous losses, couldn’t sell even as she watched the stock price plummet endlessly.

She wondered if it was a dream.

Chewing her fingernails, she suddenly snapped out of it and frantically made a phone call.

“Sell everything right now! Hurry!”

Her face flushed red.

She couldn’t think of anything, as if her mind had turned completely blank.

No, it was as if she could hear Woojin’s voice.

‘You have to consider variables. Sell.’

The money she had invested after selling her hotel shares was also in the red, and the money she had borrowed from here and there had evaporated and disappeared.

“Screech!”

Lee Siyoung screamed and threw the cellphone she was holding at the mirror.

The mirror cracked like a spiderweb and shattered.

If her father found out about this, she might end up standing next to Lee Yohwan, who had left the country as if exiled.

Her pupils were shaking as if there had been an earthquake, and she didn’t know where to look. She picked up her cellphone again.

“Woojin… what should I do? What should I do?”

– You didn’t sell it.

“That’s not important. Is there anywhere I can get about 200 billion won? I’ll…

– I can’t get that much money either.

“Then can I borrow any money you have? I’ll pay interest…”

– I’m also having a hard time these days, you should have pulled it out when I told you to. Calm down and find someone to help you.

“Someone to help?”

– Look around. Since it’s you, there will be someone to help you.

Lee Siyoung said weakly.

“Okay.”

Lee Siyoung stood still, unable to move.

Someone to help?

Her siblings who would try to devour her if they saw an opening?

She was the same way.

“Someone to help… someone to help…”

Lee Siyoung couldn’t think of anyone.

No, there was one person.

That girl born from a lowly belly, that vulgar blood flowing through Lee Hyerim, wouldn’t she also have assets?

Isn’t it possible that Father secretly set aside assets for her without her siblings knowing?

If she were just a little more affectionate…

Lee Siyoung called Lee Hyerim without hesitation.

The first priority was to sort things out.

“What’s the occasion? You’re actually calling me.”

Lee Siyoung, looking at the broken mirror, spoke in a friendly voice.

“Does an older sister need a reason to call her younger sister? Shall we have a meal together after a long time?”

At that moment,

Woojin, wearing a candle-green tracksuit, was sitting on a bench near his house, talking on the phone with Kim Cheolung.

“The actor is ready, what about the timing?”

“I’ll let you know when I get the signal.”

GH Construction’s stock price had no choice but to rise again, like meshing gears turning.

That’s how it was designed.