episode_0584

584

“So, Ms. Yu Ye-na sent a slave rental contract and an obstetrics and gynecology fetal photograph via text message…”

“And your dad’s name is written on the lessee list in that rental contract?”

“And the words ‘miscarriage’ and ‘failure’ are written in the remarks column?”

Si-woo asks with a puzzled and bewildered expression, as if recalling the new clues and information that Cheol-jin conveyed.

Cheol-jin wore an expression as if he understood the bewilderment and embarrassment that appeared on Si-woo’s face.

“Yeah! There were a total of three rental contracts… When I tried to enlarge the rental contract and check it in detail, the names of the parties had been erased…”

“Ms. Yu Ye-na wrote in the last line of the text message window that it was information about the meeting participants, so I could assume that it was the rental contract of the mothers or families of the meeting participants.”

Cheol-jin calmly confirms the new information he just delivered to Si-woo, as if organizing it once again.

“If there are three participants, are you talking about those older guys who came to the meeting…?”

“The rental contract that Ms. Yu Ye-na sent is for the mothers or families of those older guys?”

“Why is your dad’s name in there?”

Si-woo was still asking Cheol-jin as if he didn’t understand the rental contract with his dad’s name on it.

“I was a bit embarrassed too. I checked the lessee list in case there was a name I knew, just in case…”

“Among the names of the various lessees, your dad’s name was really there.”

Cheol-jin told Si-woo as if confessing that he was also surprised to see Si-woo’s dad’s name in the rental contract.

“Your dad’s name was written on another rental contract besides the first one I saw?”

“I immediately checked the date because I thought your dad’s rental period might overlap with the year those older guys were born.”

“But when those older guys were born, it was a period when they were rented to other people, and your dad rented them later…”

“Your dad was registered as the last lessee with ‘miscarriage’ and ‘failure’ written on it.”

“It seems that they didn’t rent it to anyone else after the ‘miscarriage’ on the contract…”

Cheol-jin continued to tell Si-woo in detail about the items he had checked in the rental contract he received from Ms. Yu Ye-na.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the older guys who came to the meeting didn’t seem to be related to Si-woo’s dad.

However, Si-woo is still quite concerned about the obstetrics and gynecology photo and the record of ‘miscarriage’…

“What’s the obstetrics and gynecology fetal photograph? Is it related to my dad?”

Si-woo was immediately asking Cheol-jin as if confirming the parts he was concerned about.

“Yeah. I think it’s related. Judging from the fact that the rental period your dad received and the shooting date written on the ultrasound photo are not far apart…”

Cheol-jin nods slowly in response to Si-woo’s question.

“But do you know what’s interesting?”

Then, Cheol-jin immediately brings his face closer, widens his eyes, and speaks as if he is about to reveal a secret story…

“What, what is it?”

Si-woo asks back as if he is embarrassed by Cheol-jin’s sudden change in tension.

“The rental end date and the date the obstetrics and gynecology photograph was taken do not exactly overlap!”

“Looking at the expected date of delivery written on the photo, it certainly looks like she was pregnant during the period your dad rented her!”

Cheol-jin speaks as if conveying to Si-woo the important clue he found in the documents and photos.

Si-woo was making a bewildered expression, as if he didn’t understand what Cheol-jin was saying right away.

Looking at Si-woo’s bewildered expression. Cheol-jin smiles contentedly as if it is natural.

“Si-woo, as you know, the period that my mom was rented to your dad includes everything from before she became pregnant to after she gave birth.”

“It’s a long-term rental for over a year, and it says twins, so of course, the ending should be considered a successful birth.”

“The fact that Seul-gi and I were born is the proof…”

Cheol-jin was recalling the items written in the remarks column of Ms. Gyu-ri’s rental contract and explaining it to Si-woo as if uncovering hidden secrets.

“Looking at the contents of the rental contract that Ms. Yu Ye-na sent, it seems that all three of them succeeded in getting pregnant in a state where they were contracted to become pregnant.”

“If they got pregnant and gave birth normally, the rental period would probably continue until after the birth.”

“If the reason for the termination of the rental is a miscarriage, shouldn’t the miscarriage be considered to have occurred before the rental termination date?”

“But the obstetrics and gynecology ultrasound photo shows that it was taken long after the rental was terminated.”

“Then there are only two possibilities. Either the obstetrics and gynecology photograph was manipulated, or they pretended that there was a miscarriage even though there was no miscarriage and terminated the rental.”

Cheol-jin continues to explain to Si-woo, as if unraveling the clues to a vast case.

Si-woo stares at Cheol-jin with a blank expression for a moment, struggling to process the embarrassing information that has entered his head.

“Do you know what I’ve been thinking is strange since I found out that your dad got my mom pregnant?”

Cheol-jin suddenly narrows his eyes and asks Si-woo in a meaningful tone, as if changing the subject for a moment.

“What, what is it?”

Si-woo shrinks his body slightly and answers as if he is intimidated by Cheol-jin’s question.

“My dad has never gotten my mom pregnant…”

Cheol-jin was speaking to Si-woo with a confident expression, as if he had roughly grasped the context and details of the case.

Si-woo suddenly recalled what he had heard from Ms. Gyu-ri.

Because Cheol-jin’s dad is infertile, if he has an affair with Si-woo and has a child, he won’t be able to hide it.

“I was thinking that this rental contract shouldn’t be dismissed as just an extension of simple master-slave play.”

“That’s what I thought from the moment I saw the lessee list on my mom’s slave contract.”

Cheol-jin continues to tell Si-woo as if he is trying to convey the seriousness and importance of the matter.

“I was thinking that there must be a clear price or purpose for renting out a slave.”

“I think the purpose was probably to get them ‘pregnant’.”

“Success or failure, and the fact that it says twins as a special note, are all related to whether or not they are pregnant.”

Cheol-jin emphasized the word ‘pregnancy’ once again and revealed his thoughts on the rental contract to Si-woo.

“After looking at my mom’s rental contract and later learning that Seul-gi might be my twin sibling, there was another thing I was wondering about.”

“If I was really born as a twin with Seul-gi, why am I the only one living with my mom now?”

“In a situation where my dad knows that neither of them are his children, there would have been no reason for him to pick only one of them to raise.”

Cheol-jin then begins to talk about the questions he had regarding his mom’s pregnancy and rental contract.

“It’s not like they can’t afford it, and from my mom’s perspective, it would have been the same as saying goodbye to her daughter almost immediately after giving birth.”

“It’s not like your dad, who is the biological father, took Seul-gi and raised her in your house either.”

“I’m guessing that these regulations and details may have been omitted from the rental contract.”

Cheol-jin was explaining his own speculation about the hidden regulations in the rental contract.

“In the rental contract that Ms. Yu Ye-na sent, it is clearly recorded that there was a miscarriage during your dad’s rental period and the birth failed…”

“But what if it turns out that they only terminated the rental contract without a miscarriage…?”

Cheol-jin returns to the topic and asks Si-woo as if pointing out the contradictory points between the rental contract and the obstetrics and gynecology photograph, and the intended deception contained therein.

Si-woo makes a surprised expression as if he understands what Cheol-jin is trying to say.

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“Let’s assume for a moment… It seems that the side that rents them out clearly wanted them to get pregnant and have children.”

“Because of the husband’s infertility or sexual dysfunction.”

“Just looking at what my mom and dad are doing at home, it’s suspicious enough, right?”

“But even so, why would those women who were rented to your dad try to deceive Yu Ye-na by pretending to have a miscarriage?”

“If we assume this based on the revealed information, it seems that the ownership of that child was determined from the beginning by distinguishing between sons and daughters.”

“Like the inheritance clause in the slave contract, the son inherits the rights, and the daughter inherits the status of a slave.”

“So, if you get pregnant with a daughter during the rental period, wouldn’t the ownership belong to the lessee or the academy that rented the slave?”

“If they didn’t like that, then those actions would be somewhat understandable.”

Cheol-jin’s eyes twinkled as he conveyed the presumptions and hypotheses he had come up with to Si-woo, as if he were untangling a skein of yarn.