episode_0435

Are you thinking of just listening to what they are saying?

Dangdeung tilted his upper body back and leaned back against the chair.

Dangdeung leans back on his chair…

Lime isn’t bad?

No, not this.

“First of all, the person I met was a man named Mo Yong-cheol. Well, I’m not sure if it’s a made-up pseudonym or a real name.”

Maybe it’s because I’m a little nervous.

With a slight shake of my head, I shook my head to shake off the petty thoughts that had been creeping up against my will, and started by revealing who I had met first.

At my remark, Dangdeung, who was leaning on a chair, instantly twitched his eyebrows.

It wasn’t just the party that showed a strong reaction.

Because Dangsoso also showed a surprised reaction.

“Is this Mo Yong-cheol? Are you sure?”

“···Was it a man with a black mark on his left cheek?”

“If I remember correctly, I think so…”

“Scar across the left cheek… It looks like it was really Mo Yong Sega.”

“So, why did Mo Yong Se-ju ask to meet you?”

He revealed his identity so confidently that I even thought that it might have been a ploy to deceive me… but looking at the two people’s reactions, it seemed like it would be better to discard that hypothesis.

That’s because, looking at the two people’s reactions, the probability that it was real seemed greater than the probability that it was fake.

“He was trying to get me involved.”

“Support?”

“Yes.”

“What is the price? What did you suggest?”

“It was the elixir and Lee Kwon. He also said that if I wanted, he could arrange a marriage with his favorite nephew.”

“Hmph, not the nephew you cherish, but the nephew you plan to cherish.”

After a while of being sarcastic, with one corner of his mouth slightly raised as if it was absurd, Dangdeung finally asked me a question.

“So? Did you refuse?”

It was almost at the same time that expectant looks began to come from Dangsoso, who was standing next to him.

Although I felt truly sorry for Dang So-so, who was looking at me with such expectant eyes… my answer was already predetermined from the beginning.

“No.”

“···What?”

“I said I would understand.”

Although he was the one who asked the question in the first place, no matter how high he was in the party, he couldn’t have expected that I would confess my betrayal so obediently in front of him, the chairman of the Sichuan Group and the head of the party family at the time.

Dangdeung’s eyes, which had narrow eyes reminiscent of snakes, widened slightly.

A reaction that could be seen by anyone as being agitated.

The reaction was very similar to what Tang Soso showed just moments ago, so I almost burst into laughter for a moment, but I held it in and maintained a serious expression.

This is why everyone says you can’t fool blood.

Anyway, considering what I just confessed(?), I was in a situation where begging as hard as I could right now wouldn’t be enough. Rather than doing so, I was so proud, so maybe I thought there was something there.

Dangdeung, who had returned to his usual snake-like eyes as if asking when he had opened his eyes wide, asked me.

What is the purpose of obediently admitting that fact in front of me right now?

” Even if I tell you that I refused, you won’t believe me.”

“So you answered that way? Because it’s obvious you won’t believe it anyway?”

“Well… it’s not something I’ve completely made up. Actually, I did answer that way on the spot.”

“On the spot, Ira. Are your true intentions different?”

“Yes.”

“Then why did you say it that way then?”

“It’s a waste.”

Did I not expect all the other answers to go as far as saying that it would be a waste to anticipate them?

Dandeung’s eyebrows twitched widely for a moment.

“···It’s a waste?”

“Yes.”

“Why is it such a waste?”

“First of all… As I listened to that, a thought suddenly occurred to me. I wonder if the Sacheon Group really doesn’t know that I’m here.”

“That means you suspected that I must have caught someone.”

“If possible, please say confidence instead of doubt.”

No matter how different it may be, isn’t the word ‘confidence’ better than the word ‘doubt’ in terms of connotation?

So, after saying that, Dangdeung stopped talking again to see if he was tired.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, I would have done that even if I were the chairman.”

“You cocky guy.”

“Is it possible for you to think that I am arrogant? Of course.”

“Of course?”

“Yes, a pretty and cute daughter like Soso says she is going to marry a man, but isn’t it natural to be worried that he might be a pretentious piece of trash?”

There is no parent who dislikes praise for their child.

No matter how strict a person is, a parent’s face will light up whenever he or she hears someone praising their child.

Since I had seen such cases more than once in my life, I thought that no matter how cool-headed and cold-hearted the chairman of a conglomerate might be, this would inevitably work, so I raised the party’s opinion as naturally as possible.

flinch…!

‘what···?’

It was a bit strange that he came back in response to that.

What was that just now? That twitching that didn’t even seem like a body part.

‘···wait for a sec.’

This guy… is that really it?

A concept that pretends to be strict, solemn, and serious on the outside, but is actually a fool?

Surprisingly(?) there was enough possibility.

He still boasts such amazing looks, so what must he have been like when he was young?

It must have been a natural low blood pressure treatment that slaughtered the hearts of the adults around him and was also a baby generator.

So, even if he looks like that on the outside, he is a fool on the inside, but there is nothing strange about it…

‘Then shouldn’t I just be honest…?’

It’s not like the relationship between a teenage daughter and her father… they both seem to be very indifferent…

The possibility that suddenly presented itself crossed my mind for a moment, but I decided to wait and see without getting involved.

Not only is that just my guess, but the saying that there is no good result in a third party arbitrarily interfering in family issues is like an eternal truth that will never change.

So… I guess it would be the right decision to just stop worrying about that and mind my own business.

“Anyway, whatever the reason, I thought that they were definitely watching me, and in that case, I thought the right thing to do would be to pretend to be reluctant to the other party’s offer instead of refusing it and figure out what the other party’s intentions are and what their goal is. I did it.”

“So you accepted Mo Yong-cheol’s offer?”

“Yes.”

“What did you say?”

I guess you’re curious.

Well, regardless of whether you believe it or not, there is nothing wrong with listening to it.

“He talked to me about the tyranny of the party and the Sichuan Group and said that he would do his best to prevent the Sichuan Group from running away.”

“Reckless drinking, not solo?”

“Well, isn’t that what it is?”

“Hmph, this is ridiculous. The topic of Mo Yong-se is who sanctions whom…”

Does this mean that Mo Yong-se is not even possible?

Dandeung, leaning even deeper into the chair, snorted as if it was absurd.

“If it were only Mo Yong-se who stepped forward, then yes.”

“Um…?”

“They said that if they had to use their hands, there were many people other than themselves who would step forward.”

It wasn’t something I just made up.

Mo Yong-cheol must have been sincere in attracting me to his side, because during his conversation with me, he listed in detail which forces had decided to participate in the anti-party coalition.

I guess he acted like that because he thought that if he made me feel intimidated, it would be relatively easy to recruit me… but to be honest, it didn’t have that much of an effect.

As he probably knows, I know what it looks like and what I need to know to feel fear. As for the Moorim faction, there are only really famous places, so from my point of view, all the names that came out of Mo Yong Se-ju’s mouth were extremely unfamiliar.

But when I heard that, I thought, ‘Huh?! The oo faction decided to lend a hand to the anti-party coalition? and! How can you possibly think, ‘This is so, so scary.’

‘The only name that is somewhat memorable is…’

There was only one sect named Odogmun.

In fact, it wasn’t because it was as famous as the Sacheon Danga or the Namgung Family… it was only memorable because the Danga and the concept of ‘poison’ overlapped, nothing more or less than that.

Still, since they were people who might become enemies, I felt like I needed to at least listen to them, so it must have been a moment when I was listing the names of the clans I had heard about from Lord Moyong, including the Odogmun.

“···What did you just say?”

“Yes?”

“Did you just say that it was clearly a misreading?”

“Yes, but…”

What, why are you reacting like that?

Is this a surprisingly famous place?

“Ha… How dare these baseless evil sects of Sapa…!”

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It’s a misreading.

I never thought I would hear that name again.

Also… like this.

What do you think of what they did to Soso?

Even now, I was so feverish that my eyes were fluttering open even while I was sleeping.

However… the times at the time were so bad and there was no evidence, so we couldn’t do anything about them…

Thanks to you, I was able to save my ignoble life, and I will live my whole life in gratitude for that fact. How dare you try to mess with our party family and Soso again.

‘Come… If you want to come, please come as much as you want.’

This time, I will dry the seeds.

I will thoroughly dry the seed and erase the very name of Odokmun from this world.

‘by the way···.’

Did you say Yoon Soo-hyun?

Unlike most people these days, he seems to have a keen sense of perspective and is equipped with a mind-reading mind that will not hesitate to use any means to achieve his goal. It seems that he has the minimum qualifications to become the son-in-law of a party family.

···I hate to admit it, but I do.