35. The price of a past life (5)
Hyunmin Yoon returned to his seat and collapsed into his chair as if collapsing.
dump.
The sense of reality faded.
My father’s words echoed in my head.
[Heaven has betrayed you.]
It was shocking.
While forming a group called the Golden Circle, the people to whom Yoon Hyun-min put the most effort were Cheon Sang.
They created an ideal synergy that pushed and pulled each other as a kind of cartel, not just a simple relationship. As time passed, the number of people who wanted to enter heaven increased. Even within the Golden Circle, there are people who dream of ‘moving upward’ and people from outside who flock in after hearing rumors. They actively waved bundles of money, but Yoon Hyun-min drew the line that this is not a world you can enter just because you have money.
Heaven is.
It was an iron fortress to protect itself.
Under the name of the Golden Circle, those in power are intricately intertwined, creating a safety net that will firmly support the throne.
Therefore, he revealed his identity to some, and when the Golden Gate broke out, it actually had the intended effect. No matter how many forces came from all directions, they could not overcome Cheolongseong Fortress. Not only did it somehow prevent those in power belonging to heaven from reaching Yoon Hyeon-min, but each of their names could be called dark, making it suitable for cutting off their tails.
So I believed it.
It wasn’t exactly that I trusted people, but I thought that this solidly built structure wouldn’t collapse.
‘But it’s betrayal.’
It was an unbelievable result.
If his identity is discovered and the structure of the Golden Circle is exposed, eventually all people belonging to Heaven will inevitably fall together. People who had to risk their lives to avoid mutual destruction pointed their swords at each other as a group.
I got goosebumps.
I realized Kim Hyun-sung’s ‘intention’ late.
‘Kim Hyun-seong had no evidence to identify me from the beginning. Convinced that I wouldn’t have left anything like that behind, they attacked the people around them and caused chaos. So that heaven can no longer trust me. To make me doubt that protecting myself is the best outcome. The only way to bring me down was, ironically, to heaven, which I firmly believed was Cheol Onseong.’
It was clever.
When I took a closer look at Kim Hyun-seong’s plan, I belatedly found out what he was aiming for.
There was no turning back.
While running the Golden Circle, Hyunmin Yoon did not show mercy to failures, and when he first faced strong external attacks, he chose to cut off the tail. He decided it was best at the time. Not knowing that the attack of just one high school student would burn down the entire Golden Circle, he made the most appropriate decision at every moment.
That was a defeat.
Beneath my feet, out of sight, the snake slowly climbed up my leg and was already strangling my neck.
Snapping.
I gritted my teeth.
Feeling defeated.
Feeling betrayed.
Anger, etc.
Complex emotions were tangled.
If he were the usual Yoon Hyun-min, he would have thoroughly punished the traitors in this absurd situation.
Not now.
I was pushed to the edge of a cliff.
His father made him realize that he was only the heir, and from now on he had to come down from the throne and somehow change the hearts of his subjects. To suppress this rebellion. Even though it may never be possible to return to the old relationship again, it is only possible to plan for the future if one survives.
I held back.
Yoon Hyun-min swallowed all the emotions that were about to come out with his red, bloodshot eyes.
“… … “I won’t die like this.”
Beep.
I called the secretary.
and.
“Get the car ready right now.”
Yoon Hyun-min came down from the throne on his own.
* * *
First, I moved the car.
Although the destination has not yet been decided, Yoon Hyun-min contacted somewhere else.
[What’s going on?]
The person on the other end of the phone.
It was Park Jeong-hak.
Hyunmin Yoon spoke in an unusual voice.
“Let’s meet sometime. “I have something else to tell you.”
[…] … Is it really necessary? I told the Chairman, but I think our relationship is already over.]
“I know very well where everyone felt uncomfortable. I was short-thinking. In a situation where the Golden Circle was being maliciously attacked, I thought that I had to secure my own safety so that everyone could be safe. Let’s meet and talk first. If there is a mistake, we will admit the mistake, and if improvement is necessary, we will actively accept the areas that need improvement and resolve the problem. “There has been a relationship for a while, but it doesn’t end like this, right?”
It wasn’t like Yoon Hyun-min.
The tone of voice was not coercive, and I tried to coax and soothe the other person as much as possible to bring about a meeting.
[You are truly amazing. They used to draw a line by saying that when they want to communicate, they should speak through an ‘agent’, but now they are so generous that they seem to accept anything. Director Hyunmin Yoon. No, Hyunmin. Speaking from the perspective of your uncle, who has watched you since you were young, timing is more important than ever in a relationship without trust. Depending on when and how you say it, your words may or may not work.]
“… … Please give me a chance. “I will make up for it.”
[Tsk tsk. Why did you act so stiffly about something like this? I’m sorry, but I have nothing to talk to you about.]
Tuk.
The call was disconnected.
In a humiliation he had never experienced before, Yoon Hyun-min’s face turned red, as if he was going to burst at any moment.
“… … 이 개새끼가.”
My teeth were grinding apart.
He is the successor to the Taeyang Group.
He is not a person who should be treated like this, even excluding the Golden Circle, but Park Jeong-hak’s attitude was very wrong, even if it was wrong.
Why?
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It felt like the driver was glancing at him in the rearview mirror.
Normally, I would have cut it off right away, but now it seemed like the moment I expressed my anger, it would go out of control.
Hyunmin Yoon swallowed his emotions and hung up the phone.
I contacted Park Jeong-hak several times again, and when he did not respond properly, I also contacted other members of Heaven. Park Jeong-hak was, at least, a nobleman. Most of the calls were completely blocked. Although the car drove around Gangnam for more than a few hours, the car carrying Yoon Hyun-min could not find its ‘destination’ and just wandered around.
And eventually.
Finally, one person agreed to meet.
* * *
Hyunmin Yoon arrived at the meeting place first.
It would have been unthinkable in the past, but Hyunmin Yoon was able to meet his partner only after an hour had passed.
“Thank you for agreeing to meet us.”
“no. “How difficult can it be to even meet someone?”
Hyunmin Yoon stood up.
When Hong Dong-young raised his hand with a calm face, a picture was created as if a superior was dealing with a subordinate.
Rumors have already circulated.
Yoon Hyun-min’s immediate movement as soon as Kim Hyun-seong visited the chairman meant that Kim Hyun-seong’s threat had worked. In fact, he was anxious, but he was confident that he would succeed. The plan that Kim Hyun-seong came up with was so complete, and above all, the value of the name Heaven was sufficiently threatening.
“so. “Why did you ask to meet me?”
“I’ll tell you straight. “If you will retract what you said to my father, I will grant any request you may have.”
“Oh, really?”
Hong Dong-young laughed.
It was a fun picture.
There was a reason why he was willing to come here at a time when everyone was refusing to meet.
“In fact, for my own safety, I should not have received any contact from the director. But do you know why I appeared here?”
“… … “Isn’t it to hear the story?”
“Oh, no.”
Our eyes met.
I forgot.
Hong Dong-young was a major politician.
The cool emotions revealed beyond the eyes were anything but favorable.
“Perhaps the reason Director Hyun-min Yoon is acting so hastily is because there was a disapproval from the Chairman. By the way. People are so petty, no matter how much you end the relationship, it can’t go back to the way it was before. This means that even if you pursue peace on the outside, you cannot give up your sincerity. That’s our choice. Even in a situation where National Assembly member Lee Gyeong-cheol was fired and countless people were sacrificed, the reason he ruled out the option of betrayal was because he knew better than anyone else that it was an irreversible river. Director, you pushed us over the edge.”
“I know. But if you give me a chance… … .”
“So, Mr. Director. Have you given enough opportunities to those who have failed?”
My heart sank.
Hyunmin Yoon was a person who was more determined than anyone else to face failure.
The life Hyunmin Yoon lived and the attitude he had towards people came back like a boomerang.
“Isn’t it so unreasonable if the standards that are harsh for others are not applied only to oneself? I only agreed to the meeting to tell you this. Appeasement is impossible, so either accept Kim Hyun-seong’s proposal or not. “You can judge from the options we have given you.”
* * *
The day was over.
Yoon Hyun-min, who should have gone home, headed to the office with unsteady steps.
Okay.
I touched the nameplate.
When I first received this plaque as Director Hyunmin Yoon, I thought my success was like destiny.
however.
The ground beneath my feet was collapsing.
After an unexpected variable named Kim Hyun-seong emerged, life, which seemed to be going smoothly, did not turn out as planned.
‘How much did Kim Hyun-seong expect?’
I felt dizzy.
if.
When Kang Dong-cheol began a full-fledged investigation, when Lim Cheol-hyung’s revelations began to suffocate him.
If he had not chosen to resolve the problem by abandoning Lee Gyeong-cheol, as Park Jeong-hak and Hong Dong-young said, would Cheon Sang have tried to protect himself to the end? No, why did Lim Cheol-hyung choose betrayal in the first place? I heard the full reason on the phone with him, but even so, I couldn’t understand his choice to throw me into the gutter.
I don’t know.
I really don’t know.
Hyunmin Yoon thought he was brilliant and smart, but none of it fell into the category of common sense.
‘I don’t understand Kim Hyun-sung’s malicious intent in the first place. The eyes that looked at me, the words that were spoken towards me. Kim Hyun-seong doesn’t come out like this simply because I targeted him. It must mean there’s something I don’t know about.’
One thing is certain.
It was really dangerous.
Heaven’s threat was meaningful, and I didn’t know what would happen if I didn’t succeed in the mission my father suggested. When I look back on my life, there was no crisis. In most cases, the problem was solved by one’s own abilities or family background. As Yoon Hyun-min experienced a crisis for the first time, his heart beat uneasily.
Even so.
I couldn’t give up like this.
What is Kim Hyun-seong’s proposal, and what does his father’s shaking eyes as he looks at him mean?
As Yoon Hyun-min, who did not know the truth, he had to find a way.
Beep.
I called the secretary.
Because of him, people remained in the company, and they were the people who would become Yoon Hyun-min’s hands and feet.
however.
Beep, beep.
No matter how much you press.
Even if you try connecting the call directly.
The secretary who always came running did not show up.
* * *
Before leaving the office.
I told the secretary.
Find the right person to atone for your sins.
That was our last meeting.
Upon hearing that the secretary was nowhere to be seen, Yoon Hyun-min sat down and burst out laughing like a person who had lost his mind.
“Kkkkkkkkk. How dare you even ignore me.”
The secretary was quick to notice.
The fact that the situation is dangerous, and that Yoon Hyun-min, whose future was guaranteed, is now a rotten Dong-A-Jul.
And more than anything, I knew that the person suitable to cover up the filth included myself, who had handled everything as Yoon Hyun-min’s hand and foot. Of course, I didn’t intend to do that. The name of the secretary was so weak that it was not worth using, and it had no meaning unless the heavenly relationship was resolved.
Even after knowing that, I left.
It was only after falling to rock bottom that Yoon Hyun-min’s reputation was ruined and he could see his miserable reality.
“under-.”
I stared blankly at the ceiling.
It was dark.
Now that he was stuck at a dead end, Yoon Hyun-min’s eyes were shining dangerously.
“This is all because of Kim Hyun-seong. “In order to solve all problems, we have to first get rid of the guy behind it.”
There was no option to give up.
Hyunmin Yoon picked up his cell phone.
I’ve never had a case where I didn’t go through an agent, but now I’ve contacted a Golden Circle broker directly.
“Gather all the kids you can right now.”
It was the last time.
A final struggle to survive.
“And kill Kim Hyun-seong.”
Tonight.
It seemed like Yoon Hyun-min couldn’t sleep.
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