Seonbae (Yudong) – Foxes Are a Bit Much

* Seonbae (Yudong) – Foxes Are a Bit Much (5)

“Look at the stars, it’s a perfect night for stargazing.”

Before Junseo’s heart could calm down, a bomb goes off. He wasn’t in the mood for it today, having covered his tattoos with workout clothes and walking the dark night streets with a woman in a suit, but he keeps looking up at the sky, completely absorbed in the stars.

“We’d see them better over there. It’s in the mountains, so the air will be cleaner. But to be dragged in there and become a sex slave again, life is so damn twisted. And to be treated like my younger brother’s sex toilet.”

“…………”

“Hah.”

The woman in the suit who followed him doesn’t seem to want to talk to Haeun, her mouth firmly shut. He doesn’t like that, so he turns his eyes away. He’s become close enough to talk openly with the merchandise, but Munyeong’s subordinates seem intent on sticking to their jobs, drawing a clear line, and even now, they’re not sticking close but keeping their distance.

“Something’s up, isn’t it?”

“Nothing happened.”

“If nothing happened, Munyeong wouldn’t have assigned you to me. Did someone die? You were acting crazy, snatching Junseo’s phone earlier.”

“Nothing happened.”

“Aww, don’t be like that, just tell me. I’ve always been good at keeping secrets, so I won’t spill it to Junseo right away. As proof, you only found out about my tattoos recently, right? I’ve got a track record, so don’t be so standoffish. It’s my business, how upset do you think I’ll be if I don’t know?”

“Tsk…”

The woman guarding Haeun clicks her tongue as if annoyed. Haeun’s brow twitched very slightly at that attitude, but it wasn’t visible to the other person because it was night. If she didn’t speak, he was planning to show his true colors right away, but fortunately, she seemed to have caught on to Haeun’s personality to some extent, and didn’t seem to have any trouble opening her mouth.

“I’d like to say in advance that this is not something to tell Doryeon-nim. You mustn’t tell Munyeong Agassi that I said this.”

“I really won’t tell. What is it?”

“Two days ago, someone came near this apartment. Probably to visit you in the hospital. We’ve confirmed that it’s an acquaintance of Doryeon-nim.”

“Out of the blue.”

Are Munyeong’s subordinates all like this?

Before he could voice that question, she spoke again.

“That acquaintance of Doryeon-nim was kidnapped near here. I heard they caused a commotion with sexual assault or something and were dragged away by women. Of course, the police didn’t come, and they disappeared. Jang Mun-sang-nim was tracking them down and found them today.”

“Wait, why hide that from Junseo? Is he Junseo’s friend? If he’s visiting him in the hospital, he could be a classmate from the same school, right? If Junseo finds out about that later, he’ll go crazy?! Can you handle that?!”

“He hasn’t known Doryeon-nim for a long time. They’ve only known each other relatively recently, so they must have decided it was okay to hide it.”

“Could it be Kim Yudong?”

“…………”

Silence again.

But that’s as good as giving an answer.

“Hey, this isn’t a joke…”

“Didn’t you dump him? I don’t know if it’s because you didn’t want to date a regular person, but it seems you still had feelings for him?”

“I’m only loyal to Junseo. But I know he’s someone Junseo is close to. It’s not too late, so you better tell him quickly. If he gets turned off, you won’t be able to handle it later. He already has bad feelings about your village because of us, what are you going to do?”

“There’s no problem. Munyeong Agassi has already received Doryeon-nim’s seed. We have no intention of mistreating Doryeon-nim, but if the number of children increases, the village’s unrest will subside. After that, the villagers won’t care what feelings Doryeon-nim has for the village.”

“That fucking consideration doesn’t include my younger brother’s feelings?”

“Wouldn’t it hurt his feelings more if he knew? It’s better if he doesn’t know. At least for now, it’s better for him to stay quiet. Until we enter the village, we have no intention of letting any commotion reach Doryeon-nim’s ears. This is our consensus.”

“You’re going to hide everything to the end? Including that car accident?”

“Munyeong Agassi revealed everything about that accident, but as long as the same accident doesn’t happen twice, we can conclude that the accident was accidental and the surroundings are peaceful, right?”

He smacks his forehead at those words. No lie in the world lasts forever. Like he did, the truth will be revealed someday.

“Do you really think that’s possible?”

“Even if it’s discovered, things will stabilize once the child is born. Raising a child isn’t easy, and they’ll grow up quickly. In the meantime, we can catch and kill those damn bastards who caused the car accident, and then everything will return to normal.”

“You call my younger brother Doryeon-nim but treat him like shit. Once the child is born, that’s it. You call the ornament Doryeon-nim and pretend to treat him well.”

“Everyone, including the colleague who came with me, is from the village. Our respect for Doryeon-nim is genuine. Munyeong Agassi certainly feels that way too. So we hide everything and handle it ourselves, is that a bad thing?”

“It’s very bad. It’s fucking awful.”

“I don’t want to hear that from a slave. A bitch who only spreads her legs at home is looking down on someone who works outside. If you’re so upset, you can reveal what happened last time to Manim?”

“With that personality, why haven’t you revealed it yet?”

“Because the next village chief is Doryeon-nim. Manim will step down soon, and Doryeon-nim can take everything right now and she won’t be able to say anything. In the first place, Manim herself isn’t even treated as the official village chief. The village has been traditionally led by men since ancient times.”

“Flattering.”

“I don’t want to hear that from you either.”

Even though she says that, she doesn’t seem to want to fight openly and moves away as soon as she finishes speaking. They don’t seem to want to mix words any further because their ways of understanding each other are different, but Haeun ends up throwing one last word.

“Is he dead?”

“Who?”

“Kim Yudong.”

“He’s alive. He was treated badly, but there’s no problem with his life.”

“How severe was that bad treatment?”

“I will remain silent.”

“Why?”

“Do you really want to hear it…?”

He frowns at those words but doesn’t pry. He spreads out five fingers and wiggles them, warning, 「It’s better not to hear it」. Haeun, who already has trauma related to bugs, felt an unpleasant chill at the action that was somehow reminiscent of bugs.

“They’re really something. I thought they’d grab Junseo, but since that didn’t work, they grabbed another guy. How are they going to handle the aftermath?”

“I don’t know. But I heard the preparations for silencing are complete. It’s fresh information that just came in.”

He shakes the cell phone he’s holding. Considering the time, the conversation must have really just ended. Fortunately, he’s not dead and there’s no problem with his life, so he’s relieved about that.

“It’s amazing that they can silence it even after all that fuss. What conditions did they offer?”

“They just said they prepared a treatment worthy of it. They said the other side didn’t show any signs of dislike.”

“If you say it like that, I get curious…”

“They said I’ll find out later, so they told me not to say anything. So I didn’t hear it either.”

“I have a feeling I’m going to get backstabbed from an unexpected place.”

He can’t imagine that his premonition will come true later and looks at the lights of the mart in the distance. Now that things have gotten this big, he felt relieved that nothing would happen to him today. Of course, with Kim Yudong being found today, there was no way anything would happen right now.

“There are so many people, what could happen?”

“I think so too. I wanted to be near Doryeon-nim as much as possible…”

It was just as they were about to enter the crowd, spouting lines that the victims about to die in a horror movie would say. For some reason, he felt naturally unpleasant, and he heard an unpleasant woman’s voice in his ear.

“I know, right? We were surprised too. To push in recklessly and grab the bait. Thanks to that, all the people who were watching me rushed over there, making it easier to move.”

“Huh?”

Haeun and Munyeong’s subordinate get goosebumps belatedly as they are interrupted by the group of people. They saw the face of a fox-like bitch at the edge of their vision.

“Why is this Ajumma here… Jang Mun-sang-nim is…?”

“Since I’ve already been caught, why would I stay still? If you gave me a few days, but if you commit these things so quickly, I have to go wild too, right?”

“How many people are there, here right now?!”

“Shh.”

He says he doesn’t care about people’s eyes, and a car pushes in.

“You’re the most pathetic woman I’ve ever seen. I’ll save you.”

Before entering the crowd.

The road in front of the mart.

The timing when the two people were slightly apart.

The timing was perfect.

“You crazy bitch?!”

Enough time for someone to be pushed into the van. Munyeong’s subordinate belatedly threw herself, but there’s only so much one person can do. The women who were waiting pushed her back and boarded the van together, and the car started.

“Bye-bye~!”

“Aaaaaah?!”

The fox stuck her head out of the car and gave a spiteful middle finger.