TTD Ch 84

Wang Lun was carried into the operating room on a stretcher and looked like a corpse. His entire body was pale due to the blood loss, and he did not move at all. If Wang Han, who found him first, had not given first aid to the stab wound, he could have died on the spot.

How the hell did these guys know? The only people who know the work schedule were the three and Kang Il-hyun. In case they would attract attention, only three of them moved without Kang Il-hyun’s subordinates that day. But how did they know in advance that they were even waiting there? No matter how much Ja-kyung thought about it, he didn’t know.

People dressed in scrubs rushed in with several bags of blood. Ja-kyung, who was standing there nervously, glanced through the crack in the open door at Wang Lun. Ja-kyung couldn’t stand it when he saw his droopy arm and turned around.

Wang Han was sitting in a chair in front of the operating room, half-fazed. Ja-kyungg took a seat next to him and waited for the operation to be completed safely. Every time the door opened, his heart skipped a beat. Wang Han raised his hand and stroked Ji-kyung’s head.

“He’s gonna be okay. He’s a terrible bastard, so he’ll definitely live.”

Ja-kyung bit his teeth. As a child, when he was anxious, Wang Han always told him it was okay and reassured him that it would be fine. And then, mysteriously, he would be fine. He could only hope it would work this time.

On the one hand, he felt guilty. If he had taken good care of his night vision goggles, Wang Lun wouldn’t have looked away, and even if he was attacked by surprise, he wouldn’t have been one-sided. Wang Han patted him on the back as if he had noticed that.

Time passed very slowly. An hour passed, and then it was two hours, Wang Han went out to talk on the phone. Left alone, Ja-kyung wandered in front of the operating room again and took out his cell phone. After finding Kang Il-hyun’s contact number, he hesitated for a while. He should be sleeping by now. He shouldn’t call him.

Wang Han, who had gone to talk on the phone, returned just in time. He thought he should notify Wang Lun’s girlfriend, so he called her, but the phone was turned off. Even before he began working on it, he saw with Wang Lun was on the phone with her

Time passed and the waiting room door finally opened. Wang Lun’s face was as white as a sheet of paper as he wheeled out on the bed. A number of intravenous lines were hung over it and swayed.

Wang Han urgently held on to the doctor.

“What happened?”

The doctor lowered his mask.

“He’s lost a lot of blood, but fortunately, it’s not life-threatening. You were quick with the first aid. I think we’ll just have to keep him stable and watch him for now.”

Thank you, sir. Wang Han held the doctor’s hand and bowed down. After Ja-kyung said thank you, the two exchanged glances and let out a sigh of relief.

“You were worried for nothing.”

Ja-kyung smiled.

“You are the one who said that he would live because he was a terrible bastard.”

“I know you’re worried about him. I was worried because if there were only the two of us working, there would be no one to fetch weapons.”

The two relaxed and laughed and exchanged jokes. They walk to the hospital room, guided by the nurse, but Ja-kyung’s phone rings. A message arrived from a number he had never seen before.  Ja-kyung stopped walking as he opened it to check.

In the photo, Park Tae-soo was meeting Wang Lun’s girlfriend, Yoon Mi-ra.

“…”

The next picture was the scene where Park Tae-soo hands over a black bag to Yoon Mi-ra. It was a situation he didn’t understand. What is this? Why were they meeting?

Wang Han, who was walking ahead, looked back.

“What’s wrong?”

Ja-kyung quickly put the phone in his pocket and approached Wang Han.

“Do you have a Lun hyung’s cell phone?”

Wang Han took out Wang Lun’s cell phone from his pocket and handed it to Ja-kyung. They always carried two cell phones, one for work and one for personal use. For everyday use, he usually used the most recent model with the best performance, and for work, he mostly used an old folded phone that was difficult to hack.

Even the three of them contacted each other and shared schedules for work only.

However, Wang Lun communicated with his lover on a regular basis, even on a work phone, so this was not the first time Wang Han constantly complained. Ja-kyung entered the password to unlock the phone and called Yoon Mi-ra right away.

As Wang Han mentioned, a message appeared indicating that the signal had been turned off. Ja-kyung’s eyes shifted subtly. The same can be said for walking again. When he looked through the messages Wang Lun had recently exchanged with her, he noticed that the majority of them were short expressions of affection.

Ja-kyung tore off the back of the phone to remove the battery, and when that wasn’t enough, he slammed the phone into the wall. Crack, when the cell phone was smashed and a gap opened, he forcibly pulled it to check the inside. Ja-kyung’s eyes as he looked inside changed sharply.

Wang Han, who was in front of him, approached right in front of him, found a chip smaller than his thumbnail, and let out a sigh. He knew at a glance that it was a wiretapping machine. Since when was it? Even now, the conversation between the two will be passed on to the other person.

Ja-kyung stared at the chip before breaking it into his mouth and chewing it with his molars. It scraped the tip of his tongue and smashed it until blood came out, then spat it out in the trash. After wiping the blood from his lips, the two sat on chairs on the side of the road, unable to go to Wang Lun.

***

Il-hyun smoked a cigarette in front of the railing on the hotel terrace early in the morning. Protesters in front were shouting slogans violently. They claimed to be a private environmental organization, but it was an act and they were a bunch of hastily assembled thugs.

It was obvious that they were paid as they appeared out of nowhere and disrupted work. And, of course, this was at a time when Lee Ja-kyung was jealous. He got on the plane without being able to suck his dick a few times as a result, so he wanted to tear them to death.

Il-hyun smiled viciously as he chewed his cigarette with his teeth.

“Fuck. I want to pour oil on them and fry them all.”

The fight had gotten so bad that the lawyers had come down and were at the police station, but the construction company was the one who assaulted them first, so they were at a disadvantage now. According to the team leader, the man who was the head of the organization was arguing with him, bringing up his dead parents. In other words, he intentionally provoked them, and they fell for it.

Il-hyun lit a cigarette and put both hands in his pants pockets. There were tons of things he didn’t like.

Tsk, he clicked his tongue and stared down, but Tae-soo opened the terrace door and entered.

“Sir, you should answer the phone.”

His voice was the same as usual, but his speech sped up a little. It was a very rare case, so Il-hyun took the phone to his ear as soon as he was handed it. It was a call from an employee in Seoul. He was entrusted with protecting Lee Ja-kyung while he was away.

Il-hyun’s expression hardened as he listened to the story.

“Where?”

Behind the receiver, he explained the location of the hospital. First, he ordered them to move to the hospital and hung up the phone. Still, slogans and cries against environmental destruction could be heard from below. Il-hyun fixed his gaze there and called for Tae-soo.

“We should probably head up.”

“Yes.”

Il-hyun stubbed out his cigarette and gritted his teeth. It was obvious who had done it. How did they know beforehand? He tried to contact Lee Ja-kyung, but he didn’t answer. They said that there was no danger to his life and that the bullet just grazed his arm.

My cat, what a surprise.

I have to go and comfort him.

***

Ja-kyung, who had been smoking in a smoking booth near the hospital, came out. At dawn, the sky was pouring down with rain, and now the sun was scorching his head. He hadn’t dried his wet clothes from the night before and was still wearing them.

He kept calling Yoon Mi-ra, but in the morning it came out that the number was unavailable. As the things they feared gradually became reality, Ja-kyung and Wang Han became frustrated and worried about what to tell Wang Lun.

Wang Lun opened his eyes once in the middle of the night, but he wasn’t fully awake because of the medicine.

Ja-kyung sighed and began to walk, but he was cut off by a black car. He was about to move out of the way and turn around when the front passenger door opened and a tall man stepped out, blocking his path.

“Mr. Lee Ja-kyung?”

Ja-kyung, who was looking at the ground, raised his head and stared at the man. The man looked familiar, but it wasn’t until later that he realized he was Chairman Kang’s secretary. As he stepped back and stared at the man, the back window of the car goes down. Ja-kyung’s expression hardened.

It was Chairman Kang. Seeing him after a year, he still showed a beast-like side in his eyes.

“Get in. I have something to say.”

Ja-kyung stared at Chairman Kang.

“Shouldn’t we go to the funeral home of Kim Dong-myung, who died, rather than here?”

“I don’t know what you are talking about.”

“Keep pretending. That’s the Chairman’s specialty.”

“Do you think I did it?”

“Then who did it? Kang Il-hyun?”

The chairman didn’t answer, and Ja-kyung snorted. He sent a picture from somewhere and tried to put the blame on Kang Il-hyun. Ja-kyung didn’t fully trust him, but he didn’t think Il-hyun was a crazy person who would sprinkle ashes on his dinner. He had no reason to do that.

So, Chairman Kang is most likely the one who initiated it. He’d shoot a hole through the old man’s head right now if he had a gun. Fuck. Ja-kyung clenched his teeth and smiled crookedly at Chairman Kang.

“Please take care of yourself. I’m going to pay off yesterday’s debt.”

“You speak carelessly.”

“Because you’re not my customer anymore.”

Ja-kyung was about to pass by after arguing, but Chairman Kang called him again.

“You and CEO Kang are in a relationship, right?”

Ja-kyung frowned. He wonders if he’s asking if they’re having sex.

“Do you know what happened to the people who met with CEO Kang in the past?”

Ja-kyung turned around with an annoyed look on his face.

“Do I even need to know Kang Il-hyun’s love history?”

Chairman Kang laughed as if he had heard something funny.

“Aren’t you curious? What happened to those people?”

“…”

“Whether they’re alive or dead.”

The nuance was odd. Chairman Kang smiled with an inappropriately gentle face as Ja-kyung did not respond.

“It would be great if you were mine.”

“Dream on.”

“I will. But don’t trust him too much. When the moment of crisis comes, CEO Kang will be the first to let go of your hand.”

Before Ja-kyung could say anything else, the window rolled up and the car pulled away. Ja-kyung stared at the car as it drives away and gritted his teeth. At this point, he really started to feel sorry for Kang Il-hyun. That old man was desperate to catch his own son.

Fuck. That was why his kid became crazy.