TTD Ch 98

Rainwater poured in through the broken windows. Seeing dozens of gunshots, Ja-kyung was speechless. It was about to turn into a beehive. Kang Il-hyun, who was sitting next to him, also had a different expression than usual. Two armed men approached the car, standing on either side of it and pointing their guns at them.

As Ja-kyung tried to get off, Kang Il-hyun grabbed his arm first.

“Wait here.”

Ja-kyung bit his lip.

“But…!”

Il-hyun repeated.

“Don’t come out until I tell you to.”

With a determined expression on Il-hyun’s face, Ja-kyung reluctantly replied that he would.

Il-hyun opened the car door and looked back. Those who had been chasing from the cinema were stationed outside the venue. He turned around and walked slowly over to Chairman Kang. Rainwater poured down his head and face as he walked. Chairman Kang threw his cigar to the ground and greeted his son with a cold-blooded expression.

“Looks like I’m interrupted your good time.”

His mouth was smiling, but Il-hyun’s eyes were as cold as ice.

“If you knew, you should have come later.”

“I think this is going to be a long talk, so it would be better if we moved place?”

Il-hyun looked back once more. Lee Ja-kyung can be seen staring at this location from inside the wrecked car. He clenched his teeth so hard that his jaw stiffen before turning back to face Chairman Kang.

“Please let him go.”

“Why.”

“Let him go. Please.”

Either way, if they were caught, one of them would end up dead or spend the rest of their life in jail. He didn’t think Chairman Kang would have brought in this many people without that much determination. Il-hyun thought Chairman Kang wouldn’t be able to move because he was scared, but Il-hyun was mistaken. The foxy old man was just waiting for his son to show an opening.

“That guy is also part of this.”

“That’s why I asked for a favor.”

Chairman Kang’s wrinkled eyes narrowed and a strange smile formed on his lips.

“Well. Do you think he wants to go?”

“I’ll talk to him.”

There was silence between them. The rain, which had been pouring down so heavily that visibility was nearly non-existent, had suddenly thinned. The tension in the air seemed to have lowered the temperature. Il-hyun calmly waited for Chairman Kang’s permission. 

That brief moment felt especially long. After seeing Chairman Kang nod, he turned his body. Il-hyun strode to the driver’s seat and faced Lee Ja-kyung. He had a tense expression on his face and varied emotions in his eyes. If he wasn’t mistaken, there was even a hint of affection in there.

The day has been really long today. Il-hyun received an unexpected confession in the morning, then went to the neighborhood where Lee Ja-kyung lived, and even had an ordinary date like everyone else.

It was not a bad day for a gift before dying.

He looked at Ja-kyung affectionately and reached out his hand to caress his cheek. Ja-kyung didn’t even move, just stared at Il-hyun. As if he guessed what he was talking about.

“I think we should part ways here.”

Ja-kyung’s lower eyelid trembled.

“Go and wait for me. I’ll come back when I’m done talking to my father.”

“No, I don’t want to.”

“I’ll be back soon.”

“I told you I don’t want to.”

Il-hyun guessed that persuasion would not be easy, but Ja-kyung was more stubborn than he thought. Ja-kyung stubbornly shut his lips and even tried to open the car door. Il-hyun closed the door with more force. This time, he spoke more firmly.

“Please.”

Ja-kyung gritted his teeth. He couldn’t say anything because he saw the nervousness in Kang Il-hyun’s eyes for the first time. You, why? Why do you make such expressions? Just smile like you normally do, tell a joke or something.

Others might think that a father would never kill his child, but Chairman Kang had been there before. Ja-kyung was the one who had been ordered to kill, and he knew better than anyone that if Il-hyun was taken away, he would be killed.

The hand that had been touching his face now stroked his hair.

“Bye.”

After a short farewell with a smile, he turned and went to Chairman Kang. A man named Section Chief Kim used a detector to scan his body. They found a watch with a tracker on it, had it unlocked, threw it on the ground, and fired several shots.

A flash of light flashed in the darkness and the watch was smashed.  Il-hyun remained calm despite having his wrists tied behind his back with a rope.  Ja-kyung, who was staring at the driver’s seat, suddenly remembered something. He opened the dashboard and pulled out an old cell phone while the man beside him was distracted.

Ja-kyung hid his hand beneath the steering wheel, tore off the back of the phone, extracted a small chip, and placed it in his mouth. Gulp. He swallowed it, but the small pieces became lodged in his throat and wouldn’t go down. Then he called the man who was guarding the car.

Hey. The man approaches from about two steps away. The man’s face drew closer as Ja-kyung whispered inaudibly. Ja-kyung then grabbed the man’s head and slashed it with a knife in an instant, then quickly lowered it and removed the weapon. During the sudden uproar, guns and lights were all directed at Ja-kyung. He could see the blood draining from Kang Il-hyun’s face as he looked back.

Ja-kyung stood in the pouring rain and firmly pointed his gun at Chairman Kang.

“You can’t go!”

The shout echoed down the empty road.

“Take me with you. Or we can die together right here!”

Chairman Kang’s subordinate, who was behind Il-hyun, received instructions and smashed his head with a bat just as Il-hyun was about to approach Ja-kyung with an angry face. Kang Il-hyun collapsed to the ground. Chairman Kang pressed his cane against his back as he groaned and tried to stand up. The blood that poured from his head mixed with the rain, turning the road red.

Ja-kyung watched the scene while gnashing his teeth. The finger on the trigger twitched. Chairman Kang laughed like a devil. He looked similar to Kang Il-hyun, yet so different.

“If you insist, I’ll take you.”

Chairman Kang’s subordinates surrounded Ja-kyung as soon as he gave his orders. He put down his gun obediently, and they tied his arms behind his back and covered his head with something. Everything became dark. And soon followed by a hard blow to the head.

His legs gave out and he lost consciousness. Was this a good thing? Was this the right thing to do? No matter how hard he think about it, he didn’t know the answer. But he couldn’t let Kang Il-hyun die alone.

***

Wang Lun, who was sitting in the back seat, looked out the window and felt depressed as he thought about his treacherous lover who had abandoned him. The wounds in his heart do not heal easily, no matter where he goes or how beautiful the scenery is. In addition, Wang Han, who was sitting next to him, was restless while holding onto the phone while moving to the lodging.

“It’s kind of strange.”

Wang Lun asked with a nonchalant face.

“What.”

“I think something happened to Wei.”

Wang Lun sighed quietly at this. If anything happened to Wei, it had to be a broken back or a crippled hip. He couldn’t say anything because Kang Il-hyun’s subordinates were in front of him. Even so, another security car was following close behind. Il-hyun seemed to have fallen hard for Lee Ja-kyung, judging by the fact that he was accompanied by a doctor on his journey.

“The two of them should be having a good time by now.”

“I guess so.”

“Hyung, that’s the problem with you. You think he’s still a ten years old.”

“But…”

“And you don’t care about this heartbroken second brother.”

When Wang Lun secretly expressed his disappointment, Wang Han smiled awkwardly. He wasn’t playing favorites, but he couldn’t help but be concerned about Ja-kyung. He was much older than him, and it may be more because he have taken care of him.

Still, something feels strange.

“I don’t think he’s ever gone this long without calling…”

A call did come, but it was received by the subordinate sitting in the front seat. He spoke in a very polite manner. He quickly returned the phone. Wang Han was relieved to learn that the other person was Secretary Park. The more he spoke, the more solemn his expression became.

After hanging up the phone, his face was pale.

“What’s the matter.”

“Abou Wei… They said he was kidnapped.”

“Who is Wei kidnapping?”

“That’s not it! He’s been kidnapped!”

“Don’t joke around.”

“I’m serious. Kang Il-hyun’s father took him away.”

Fuck! Wang Lun, who had been sitting motionless, jumped up and hit his head on the car’s ceiling. It would be normal if Lee Ja-kyung kidnapped someone, but he was not one to get kidnapped. That meant Ja-kyung was in real danger. Before the employee in front of them even asked what they were going to do, the two urged them to turn around quickly.

After speaking with Park Tae-soo, the employee reversed the car, and Wang Han tried to contact Ja-kyung again.  It simply states that the phone has been turned off. Ja-kyung had a small tracker attached to his work phone just in case. He made it so Ja-kyung could swallow it just in case, but he had to go to Korea to check it out.

Please be safe. Until we get there, please.

***

It was very dark. Ja-kyung awoke with only darkness in front of his eyes. A damp cloth clung to his face with each breath and then fell off. Even if he tried to move his hands, he was restrained as he was tied behind his back. The cloth was then removed from his head. A bright light flooded his vision.

He took a deep breath and scanned his surrounding. An unfamiliar place, unfamiliar people. Ja-kyung was sure it was inside the building, but one side was completely open.

Two men stood in front of him, looking at Ja-kyung strangely and laughing among themselves. One of them moved his hips while acting like holding his dick, while the man in front of him, smoking a cigarette, smiled at what he was doing.

Ja-kyung gnashed his teeth as he realized they were mocking him.

“Where is Kang Il-hyun?”

One of the men came up and flicked the cigarette he was smoking into Ja-kyung’s face.

“You cheeky bastard. Is CEO Kang your friend?”

“I asked where is he, bastard!”

The man walked right up to him and smirked as his hand on the buckle of his trousers.

“Do you want to suck it up? I might tell you if you suck it well.