episode_0275

The interview room was exactly like what you see in movies and dramas.

There is a transparent partition in the center, with a chair on each side.

Since we, the visitors, came in first, Yunji sat down and took a deep breath while waiting for her father.

One thing that is different from what I saw in the media is that there are no prison guards entering the interview room.

Although I thought that they were surprisingly allowing us to talk separately, I could easily figure out that they were probably recording the inside of the interview room.

Squeak!

The door opened and Yunji’s father came in.

The name is Oh Cheong-min.

Age: 56 years old.

A man who committed the Deungbaesan serial murders, which shocked the nation and left many victims.

He appeared to be rather thin and did not have an evil impression.

He probably became more haggard and older while living in prison.

If not for that, he had the appearance of someone who would be called a middle-aged man outside.

The moment she looked into her father’s eyes, Yunji’s eyes trembled.

It seems like he is trying hard to organize and chew over the words he wants to say.

“Ah, Father.”

Those were the first words that came out of my mouth.

father.

Yunji calls someone that for the first time in her life. Amidst the trembling and emotion, Oh Cheongmin’s eyes blink and he stares at Yunji.

And then.

“Yes, you are my daughter?”

He looks at Yoonji with his mouth open in disbelief.

“Ha, hahaha. So, you’re my daughter?”

Father welcomes Yunji with shaking shoulders. Then, as if he understood something, he nods his head.

“Yeah, yeah! I thought something was strange! I wondered why you suddenly stopped contacting me! There must be a reason!”

“… … Yes?”

“No, no! It’s nothing! Oh my, my daughter! Who would have thought she would grow up to be so pretty!”

what.

I think you glanced in my direction for a moment.

Father wanted to hug Yunji with a bright smile, but of course it was impossible because of the curtain.

“I came here to ask you something.”

“Hmm? Do you want to ask?”

My father, slightly embarrassed, coughed a few times and then nodded.

“Yeah, yeah! Ask me anything!”

“… … .”

I know what to ask.

Why did you do that?

What was the reason?

Do you regret it now?

Do you want to ask for forgiveness?

etc.

There must have been countless questions on her lips, but she couldn’t spit them out.

It seems that he was afraid of what kind of answer he would get if he asked his father.

“Hmm? You have something to ask?”

Even though her father asked her again, Yunji was unable to answer.

Instead, my father smiles and asks the opposite question.

“How old are you, my daughter?”

“Twenty, one.”

“Ah, it’s that time! Haha! I’m sorry, Dad. I couldn’t even see you and came to a place like this.”

what.

“So what are you doing now? Are you going to college? Are you going to a good college?”

“I’m Hyundai. But I’m on leave now and working. It’s called MCN, which manages internet broadcasters… … It’s like management.”

“What? Haha! Dad doesn’t know much about that!”

“You can think of it as something like the president of a planning company.”

“… … !”

My father’s eyes opened wide, he hit his forehead, and burst out laughing.

“No! My daughter is like that?! Yes! I said so! It’s not that I’m weird! I’m just unlucky, I’m capable.”

My eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.

What did this person in front of me just say?

I almost got angry and said something, but I didn’t want to waste Yoonji’s time.

“Then you’ll make a lot of money! Oh my, then put some food and stuff in here often!”

“I can’t give you food anymore. The law has changed.”

“Really? Your mom used to come here and put it in for you often.”

“Mom… … ?”

It was the first time I heard that.

I heard that Yunji’s mother went down to her hometown in the countryside and lived there, tending to a vegetable garden.

“Yeah, he came and put this and that in. It was really good. At that time, I also used to lean on the bread people’s shoulders.”

Then he looked at me again and asked with a cough.

“Is that your boyfriend next to you?”

“No, just friends.”

“Oh, really? Then can you… … move over for a moment?”

“Yes?”

When I frowned, wondering what he meant out of the blue, my father just laughed.

“There’s something I want to talk about with my wife.”

“Just a moment longer than that.”

My father seemed to be uncomfortable with my presence.

As the conversation continued, Yoonji must have calmed down and looked at her father while catching her breath and asked.

“Back in the old days, when you came in here.”

“… … .”

“You killed a lot of people… … ”

Yunji, who couldn’t speak properly, clenched her fists while catching her breath.

“I made a mistake, I regret it…right?”

Father’s eyes widen at Yunji’s trembling voice.

And then.

“Are you kidding me? It’s my fault?”

The atmosphere suddenly changed drastically.

“What do you know, and how can you talk about regrets? If you knew what those bastards did back then, you would have been stabbed to death too, right?”

“Ah, father-.”

“Shut up! Shouldn’t you know how to take the side of your family if you’re family?! I’m your father! Where the hell is this bitch taking the side of those fucking bastards!”

“Ah… … .”

“How much did those bastards not pay the deposit they promised!”

I hug Yoonji without realizing it. Before I knew it, Yoonji’s eyes had become blank and she suddenly became blank as if the ‘blackout’ I had mentioned had occurred.

But my father’s words were incessant.

“시발 년놈들. 지금도 그 새끼들 생각하면 속에서 천불이 터져요, 내가. 어쨌든 그 개새끼들 돈은 일단 쟁여둬서 다행이지. 어휴, 씹새끼들.”

“Stop it!”

“Where does a father interfere with his daughter’s discipline!”

“That, that, then!”

Yunji, who came to her senses because of her father yelling, asks urgently.

“Then what about the hikers?! Oh, oh, why did you kill the hikers who had nothing to do with it?”

“Oh, those guys?”

My father responded by tapping his forehead with his finger, smiling faintly.

“I’m so hungry I’m about to go crazy, but if someone is eating kimbap in front of me, I want to steal it.”

“For that reason… …because?”

Information not reported in the media.

I heard it was simply a random crime caused by mental illness and separation anxiety.

I think it would have been better not to come here.

The guard came in, either because the kid was screaming or because visiting time was up.

“Sleep tight! Not yet! There’s something I haven’t said yet! Money! Did you find the money?! That’s what I came to give you! Right? I came to tell you that I found it!”

money?

“Your mom! Jinmi-ae told you! That’s why you came! You found the money, right? Right? Right?!”

moment.

Yunji’s body starts trembling.

As I barely managed to catch her from the brink of collapse, Yoonji struggled to answer while out of breath.

“Woo, Lee… Mom is-.”

I tell the unbelievable truth with tears welling up in my eyes.

“Shin Yoon-ah.”

In an instant, the interior was enveloped in silence. Oh Cheong-min, who had been struggling to avoid being dragged away until just now, suddenly calmed down as if cold water had been poured over him.

“What is it?”

He answered coldly, as if spitting out the gum he had been chewing.

“You were Yuna’s daughter?”

But as I watched Oh Cheong-min leave on his own accord, saying he had nothing to do, my head started to heat up.

“Yoonji, let’s go out first.”

Right now, the priority was to pick up Yunji, who was not doing well in school.

* * *

Back in the car again.

I thought Yunji would cry a lot.

But I didn’t cry.

No, maybe she just didn’t want to show me how to cry.

I wanted to avoid the seat, but.

If I keep doing that, I feel like this child will break.

So I couldn’t leave.

Yunji, who was staring blankly at the prison, expressed her frustration with her heart pounding.

“Hoo, haa!”

She tried to catch her breath and then exhaled deeply.

“Okay.”

I consoled myself that it was okay.

“It doesn’t matter. I never thought about having a proper conversation with my father again. I was just curious about what kind of person he was.”

“Yoon Ji-ya… … .”

“Don’t worry. It’s Oh Yoon-ji. I was a little flustered earlier, but now that I know it was that much trash, I can shake it off without any regrets.”

“… … .”

“It’s okay, Woojin. Nothing has changed. Just go and wash up today and go to work tomorrow. I’m… …living well.”

Oh Yoon-ji consoles herself by saying so.

Yeah, that’s right.

She is achieving things her peers cannot and earning a lot of money.

Except for us, no one knows or cares whose daughter she is.

Okay, that’s it.

Okay-.

Woof! Woof! Woof!

Yunji’s phone rings.

“Hello?”

– Boss, now-!

The urgent voice of the employee strangely pierced my heart.

and.

I got a call too.

– Choi Yi-seo –

Yoonji is also on the phone, so she gets out of the car and answers the phone. Lee Seo’s urgent voice pierces her ears.

– Woojin, where are you now?

“Huh? I’m… … .”

– Are you with Yoonji by any chance?

“Uh, uh.”

I thought I was going to get scolded, but that wasn’t the case.

-Take Yoonji’s phone away! Right now!

“What?”

I wondered what this meant.

But Choi Yi-seo’s urgent voice opened the car door.

Before she knew it, Yunji was looking at something on her cell phone.

A man’s voice, unfamiliar to her, came from her cell phone.

– Is this true? The murderer’s daughter lives a luxurious life off the money her father earned, and she even founded a company and is the president of it.

– The victims’ families still cry every day because they are traumatized and cannot forget the deceased.

– Is this justice in Korea? Is this right? There are even rumors that she has connections with some big companies.

– Surprising fact. The company she started is one that has famous internet broadcasters we all know working for it!

sudden!

It’s late.

I should have grabbed my phone right away, but my timing was bad as I had just gotten out of the car.

But Yoonji took my phone away from me without any resistance.

Still frozen in place.

Without saying anything.

To the point where I don’t even know if I’m breathing properly.

It was quiet and my eyes were closed.

* * *

Inside the hospital room.

Looking down at Yunji, who had not yet regained consciousness, I was watching a sniper video uploaded to YouTube.

I turned off the sound and only left the subtitles on, in case Yoonji heard.

– Is this true? That a death row inmate and his daughter who stabbed someone and took their money are living much better than the vast majority of us middle class people who work hard?

– Even many broadcasters we know are acting cute towards him and calling him boss.

– As someone in the same industry, I’m really ashamed. Haven’t you ever listened to the victims’ voices? How can you be so shameless?

– And finally, you. Ha, originally I wasn’t supposed to reveal my real name, but today I’m speaking my mind.

– Oh Yoon-ji! Are you that confident? You did that with the money your murderer father Oh Cheong-min scammed!

Hold on.

“After.”

I couldn’t see it anymore.

According to the doctor, Yoonji temporarily lost consciousness due to extreme mental stress.

At least you said you’d wake up soon.

Even when I wake up, there’s still something waiting for her.

His company, which was forced to shoulder the sins of a father he didn’t even recognize.

I slowly walk out of the sickroom.

I closed my eyes tightly, took out my cell phone, and made a call.

The other party received it shortly thereafter.

– Why again? Because of the event?

James asked with a deep sigh.

“You know, there are some kids who do background checks.”

– ……what’s the matter?

“Among your wealthy friends, there must be some who deal with people like that often.”

– Yes, is it long?

◦Send %◦number.”

– Why are you doing that? I know someone else too.

“Send whatever it is.”

– Oh, I see.

Stop.

Then, immediately connect the phone.

– Hello? Uh, Woojin! Are you okay? The woman who came to the house last time-!

He interrupted Choi Jin-ah, who was continuing to talk, saying that she was surprised and asked something.

“Jin-ah, you appeared on a variety show last time. You often do interviews and documentaries at broadcasting stations, so I heard you’re close with people there.”

– Oh? Yes… … Right?

“Please help me.”

– Yes? Suddenly?

“I’ll go home and talk to you. Before that-.”

Let me explain briefly. Choi Jin-ah swallowed and answered.

– I’ll ask first.

“Please.”

My phone is busy today.

I called again right away.

This is the last time.

He was the older brother.

– Woojin.

As I already knew, my older brother’s voice wasn’t very good either.

“Brother, help me.”

So I asked him bluntly.

– Ha, I want to do that too. But luck is on the line. The company’s image itself is now being claimed to be supporting a murderer.

– It’ll probably get worse. From our perspective, we need to get it done quickly.

“I’ll take care of it, so please. You need to help me, hyung.”

– Woojin… … .

“Regarding Yoonji, please remain unresponsive.”

– That also has its limits. If you keep your mouth shut, rumors will start to spread on their own.

“It’s okay.”

– I really want to take your side.

“I know.”

– But… … Even if I decide to do so, my father will not allow it.

After all, the chairman is the father.

but.

“Give me a chance, bro.”

My whole body is tense, and my head works strangely quickly.

“In the end.”

At the end of it all.

“Father will personally protect Yunji.”

The person who threw the child away will step forward to protect that child.

“Because I’ll make it so.”