“I told you. I can’t stand it anymore that Sehee is having difficulties because of you.”
Black eyes that seemed cold, or perhaps indifferent, looked at Seungyeon. Go Won liked Baek Sehee, and Baek Sehee was in trouble because of Seungyeon. He understood that far, but then what? Did he really come to bury me alive somewhere or beat me up?
Seungyeon slowly stepped back. He hid his body behind the clueless ahjussi, using him as a shield. With the increasingly stronger hiccupping sounds as background music, Go Won opened his mouth.
“I understand what you’re worried about, but no matter what, would I really hurt Sehee’s younger brother? Of course, it’s a bit regrettable to choose the second-best option when there’s a perfect solution.”
A perfect solution. Does he mean it’s regrettable that he can’t perfectly kill me? His mouth went bone dry. Whether knowing Seungyeon’s mind or not, Go Won muttered for a while as if pondering something.
“It’s troublesome that even after warning you with words, you blatantly give me the finger. Either stop making me worry, or don’t be so visible. You keep causing accidents in plain sight, so my eyes keep going there. I’m wondering if it’s because you don’t have money……”
“Goodness, what do you take me for……”
That’s harsh. Seungyeon protested quietly. There was no reason to hear such words from Go Won, unlike from Baek Sehee. First of all, they hadn’t encountered each other many times, and the watch incident would eventually be resolved well anyway. Since he’d confirmed the scene where Baek Sehee met the male lead Tae Jeyoung and came back, all that remained was to watch over time so things could continue according to the original story’s flow.
The elevator that arrived at the first floor stopped with a ding-dong mechanical sound. Just before the door opened, Go Won snatched Seungyeon’s shoulder and pulled him back.
His tilting, disheveled body bumped into Go Won without resistance. His low voice reached Seungyeon’s ear.
“If it’s about money, I’ll do it for you.”
“……What?”
Seungyeon’s face crumpled in an instant. What does he mean he’ll do for me? He couldn’t help but glare at him, forgetting the fact that he usually feared him. The hand gripping his shoulder slipped to Seungyeon’s face with a slightly more secretive nuance. He grabbed his chin to fix it in place and whispered quietly.
“I’ll be your sponsor.”
Go Won’s grinning face looked more pleased than ever.
“Spon…… what did you say?”
Seungyeon asked back with a dumbfounded face. Go Won lightly touched Seungyeon’s cheek.
“Or should I say sugar daddy?”
Go Won didn’t really care how it was expressed. The essence didn’t change, and what he wanted was one thing. To appease the shameless Baek Seungyeon in a way befitting that manner.
That was also a respectable and peaceful method that Go Won had never experienced before. Give Baek Seungyeon what he likes and suppress his freedom. Wouldn’t it be a not-bad transaction for each other?
“Wouldn’t I be better than appeasing a kid? You should know how to play more like an adult.”
Speak of the devil—Jung Sanho could be seen gasping for breath in front of the elevator door. Whether he’d hurriedly come down the stairs in the meantime, sweat was drenched on his forehead. At Jung Sanho’s glaring eyes as he breathed heavily, Go Won held a sneer.
“Contact me.”
After patting Baek Seungyeon’s shoulder, he withdrew his body without regret. Go Won, who struck Jung Sanho’s shoulder blocking his way and passed by, lightly straightened his disheveled clothes.
Seungyeon desperately held back Jung Sanho who was trying to follow him. At the continuing curses of “fucking bastard” and “son of a bitch,” a smile hung on Go Won’s lips.
‘Cute, and cheeky.’
Go Won knew Jung Sanho’s face too. There were originally many people entangled with Tae Muhyuk, and also because Jung Sanho’s hyung, Jung Seyeong, was quite famous in this area.
Yujeong Group, that is, Jung Sanho’s family was also as dog-like in temperament as the Tae family. Though all chaebols were said to be similar, when you heard what Jung Seyeong did, even Go Won, who was a gangster, would click his tongue. If he shared blood with such a thing, Jung Sanho would know too.
When he approached the sedan parked at the apartment entrance, his subordinate opened the door for him. Go Won, who sat in the back seat, gave a short order.
“Contact Jung Seyeong and set a date.”
“Yes, understood.”
To firmly hold onto Baek Seungyeon, he needed to clean up around him too. Go Won rubbed his chin while looking at the apartment complex growing distant beyond the car window.
“Baek Seungyeon……”
Baek Sehee’s younger brother. Why is he so annoying when he’s nothing besides that title?
At first, he thought it was simply because of his face. It was interesting that he did completely different actions with a face that looked exactly like Baek Sehee. Like defective food packed tightly inside a carefully wrapped gift box, Baek Seungyeon was stimulating and colorful. Regardless of whether it was favorable or unfavorable, the fact that he caught his attention was clear.
Actually, getting rid of Baek Seungyeon would be no work at all if he set his mind to it. Burying one person disguised as an accident was easier than eating cold porridge. Remove it if it’s annoying. To Go Won, who had lived his whole life like that, it was a very natural solution.
If Baek Seungyeon disappeared, Baek Sehee’s worries would be cut in half. Though she might grieve over her brother’s disappearance or death immediately, sadness had an expiration date. He was confident Baek Sehee would quickly adapt to a new life. It was a clean and familiar method where no one would lose out.
However, Go Won soon changed his mind. It wasn’t because he was worried about Baek Sehee getting hurt. Rather, it was for a much more personal and impulsive reason.
When he encountered Jung Sanho in front of Baek Seungyeon’s house, Go Won intuited many things from that nuance and atmosphere. There was no need to chew over Baek Seungyeon’s rumors and Jung Sanho’s background. And that was annoying enough to ruin his mood.
Tap tap, the fingers tapping the seat moved rhythmically. The deliberation was short and the conclusion was simple.
If it’s annoying, eliminate it. However, if it’s hard to eliminate, there’s no choice but to keep it nearby and watch. Though he’d break and destroy it, first he had to capture it. Possession and control were means very familiar to him. So he should capture Baek Seungyeon too.
“As expected, it’s better to get him in hand.”
He lowered his eyes while pondering how to clean up the things being annoying around Baek Seungyeon. He was confident that this too would eventually flow according to his intentions as always.
***
“A sugar daddy is an older man with economic capability who forms an intimate relationship with a young partner in exchange for financial support……”
He stopped reading there and shut the laptop with a thud. Seungyeon, who pressed hard between his brows, suppressed a sigh. He’d even searched the internet thinking perhaps he’d misunderstood the meaning, but the result didn’t change. Go Won’s “sponsor” proposal meant exactly that.
“Ha, this is really absurd……”
How does his head work to conclude with a sponsor proposal? It was to the point where he wondered if there was any basis for the other party to have such a misunderstanding. However, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t understand Go Won who made such an absurd proposal. Seungyeon retraced his points of contact with Go Won again.
First, their first meeting. He was completely humiliated at the department store.
“From the first meeting, it could be this terrible.”
Was the second time at Baek Sehee’s house? At that time, Go Won seemed to have helped slightly, indirectly. There wasn’t any special incident, so it was actually vague. Just saw faces, exchanged greetings, was seen home, and that was it.
The last time they met was similar too. He received Baek Sehee’s watch that Go Won had. His memory was hazy about what they talked about then. Though he did briefly think in the car that he was handsome for a gangster…….
“Get a grip, Baek Seungyeon.”
Seungyeon slapped his own cheeks. I can’t fall for the handsome type. What does it matter if his face is handsome? That guy was a gangster and also someone with a connection to Baek Sehee. It was ambiguous to treat him carelessly, but anyway, there were many things that bothered him about getting close.
“But why would he want to sponsor me? Is he crazy? Is the world going crazy?”
Was it a gay love triangle drama instead of a makjang drama? Otherwise, how could it be plausible that not one, not two, but three people would stick to him!
Seungyeon took a deep breath with his forehead pressed against the desk. Because of Go Won’s storm-like appearance, his head was a complete mess. Since it took a long time just to coax and soothe Jung Sanho possessed by an evil spirit, both his stamina and mental strength converged to zero.
At least it was fortunate that Jung Sanho couldn’t properly hear the bullshit about sponsors and whatnot. Otherwise, who knows what he would have done. Since Jung Sanho always showed reactions that transcended imagination, Seungyeon treated him as carefully as handling sensitive chemical substances.
Only after repeatedly explaining that Go Won was noona’s friend, not a threatening person, and seemed to have come to confront him about losing the watch, did Jung Sanho also calm his anger. Only after pushing his back saying he was fine now so please just go, almost begging and pleading, did Jung Sanho disappear from Seungyeon’s sight. Seungyeon, who returned home like that, thoroughly locked the door first.
Anyway, the more he became alone and chewed over what happened earlier, the more absurd, outrageous, and infuriating it was. With just Jung Sanho and Yoon Taerim alone, he was already dying from headaches, but now Go Won was suddenly going on about sugar daddies and whatnot, so it would be stranger not to be stressed.
