Eun Seonmyeong didn’t know much about the Hyeon family. When he was born, the Hyeon family had already been closed for a long time, and he’d only heard a few things from his father.
‘Was what happened to Lee Seonghun the Hyeon family’s doing?’
Eun Seonmyeong looked down at Lee Seonghun groaning in pain with cold eyes. Was the Hyeon family still active? He hadn’t heard that they’d hung their family sign again, so if they were active, they’d be active in the shadows.
“What are you talking about?! Can you save my child? Say something!”
Chairman Lee, who hadn’t heard the conversation between Eun Seonmyeong and Shim Iyul, spoke in frustration.
“And don’t just watch—do something!”
Chairman Lee’s face, speaking as if threatening with a flushed face, looked just like a loan shark coming to collect debts.
“I think I said ‘Let me at least see him.'”
“What do you……”
“Without keeping any of the conditions I stated, demanding I do something unconditionally like a debt collector, Chairman Lee. Do I look like a charitable businessman? Do I look that merciful to you?”
Eun Seonmyeong sneered while looking down on Chairman Lee. If he didn’t want to kneel, he should have at least handed over money and asked earnestly. It was absurd that he still hadn’t abandoned the attitude of threatening as if ordering subordinates.
Of course, today he hadn’t planned to make Chairman Lee kneel since Ban Hanseong wasn’t here. However, the attitude of trying to make him work without money, the impudent and arrogant attitude of ordering subordinates, sparked anger.
“Mo-money, even now……”
At that moment, Lee Seonghun opened his eyes while making a groan.
“Ah, it hurts!!!!!”
“Seonghun!”
Chairman Lee immediately grabbed Lee Seonghun’s hand.
“Fuck, I said it hurts like hell! Do something somehow!”
Lee Seonghun shouted in desperation and flung away Chairman Lee’s hand. Then he rolled his eyes and spewed all kinds of curses.
Eun Seonmyeong and Shim Iyul watched Lee Seonghun writhing like spectators. Not only Eun Seonmyeong, but Shim Iyul’s expression also showed not even a speck of sympathy or pity.
Feeling playful, Shim Iyul touched Lee Seonghun’s toes and let yogi flow in to stimulate the Goljinchung. When the Goljinchung, sensing the yogi, moved more violently than usual, Lee Seonghun trembled as if having a seizure. Perhaps when pain reached its peak, even groans couldn’t come out—he trembled while drooling. Even his eyes rolled back. Eun Seonmyeong, who had been watching Shim Iyul’s actions with a sidelong glance, ended up laughing.
Shim Iyul, finding the intense reaction amusing, stimulated the Goljinchung with yogi two more times, making Lee Seonghun suffer pain worse than death. Then he giggled as if dying of amusement.
“Fu-fuck, when is that ex-exorcist bastard or shaman coming?!”
Lee Seonghun, who had suffered pain to the point of unknowingly wetting himself, shouted at Chairman Lee.
“He’s right there. This father brought him.”
Chairman Lee pushed back Lee Seonghun’s hair drenched with sweat and pointed at Eun Seonmyeong. Lee Seonghun, who barely raised his head to look at Eun Seonmyeong, didn’t recognize him at first.
“Hurry and do a ritual or whatever instead of just standing there?! Fucker, right now do something to cure me…… you?”
“Should I greet you saying it’s been a while?”
“Fucking shaman bastard. Your name is…… Eu, Eun Seonmyeong?”
Unlike Chairman Lee, Lee Seonghun, who had at least attended school together, quickly remembered Eun Seonmyeong’s name. No. It wasn’t because they attended school together, but because he’d gotten beaten that he remembered.
“Nice to see you. Lee Seonghun. Very much so.”
When Eun Seonmyeong smiled mockingly by lifting the corners of his mouth, Lee Seonghun’s face contorted.
“You know each other?”
“Of all people, you brought this bastard?! Don’t you remember? This bastard beat me so I was hospitalized!”
Only then did Chairman Lee stare intently at Eun Seonmyeong’s face and seemed to search his memory for a while, then pointed his finger and shouted “So you’re that bastard from back then!” The bastard who had dared swing his fist at his son Lee Seonghun. It was more than ten years ago, so he hadn’t recognized the face.
“Your memory is terrible. I recognized you immediately.”
“You, you bastard!”
Chairman Lee’s face turned red and blue. Only then could he guess why that young bastard had gotten on people’s nerves by being impudent, saying things like kneeling. He must have harbored resentment from the old incident. For Chairman Lee, it was rather unfair that he couldn’t punish him more severely—the poor, lowly bastard was just let off with expulsion, yet he dared harbor resentment?
In fact, at that time, Chairman Lee had tried to completely bury Eun Seonmyeong in the gutter. He thought mere expulsion wasn’t enough as payment for laying hands on his precious son’s body. He planned to kidnap him and sell him as a slave or cripple him. But the reason he couldn’t do as he wished was because of a large, bear-like, fierce-looking man who came to see him. That man came to Chairman Lee and threatened, ‘End it here. If you try to do anything more, I’ll kill your son so no one knows. If you follow me, I’ll kill your son too.’ It wasn’t just verbal threats—he truly seemed ready to kill his son. The bear-like man showed Chairman Lee a handful of his son’s hair, as if to show he really could kill his son. Rushing to the hospital in surprise, he found wounds on his son’s neck. Even though he’d stationed bodyguards in front of the hospital room 24 hours a day. Feeling chilled, Chairman Lee had no choice but to be satisfied with just expulsion and hurriedly sent him abroad as soon as he was discharged. His son’s life was more precious than his pride.
Thinking about it now, he didn’t know why he’d been so scared. He should have just crushed that bear-like man too using all his power and authority.
Anyway, as time passed he’d forgotten about the old incident, but they ended up reuniting like this.
‘Of all people, that lowly bastard is Seonghun’s only hope.’
Chairman Lee glared at Eun Seonmyeong, who was just watching Lee Seonghun alternately spewing curses and groans with an indifferent attitude of ‘what are you going to do now?’ He wanted to kick him out right now saying he didn’t need someone like him, but for now, Eun Seonmyeong’s help was desperately needed. No matter how much he searched and searched again, Eun Seonmyeong was the only person who could help his son currently.
“Add 500 million more to make it 2.5 billion! I’ll give it in cash.”
Chairman Lee, who had forcibly swallowed down his resentment, showed five fingers. Eun Seonmyeong glanced at Chairman Lee.
“……”
“I’ll kneel too. If I kneel now, will that do?”
“Father!! Kneeling to that bastard…… Uut!! Ah, it hurts!”
When Lee Seonghun was shouting angrily after hearing Chairman Lee’s words, Shim Iyul snorted and injected yogi again. Naturally the Goljinchung convulsed, and Lee Seonghun also suffered as if dying.
“Are you o-okay? That bastard wanted money and kneeling as payment for treating you. For your sake, I can kneel two or three times.”
Speaking with a face ready to sacrifice anything for his child, Chairman Lee was inwardly grinding his teeth, thinking ‘But just wait and see. This time I’ll definitely bury you in the gutter. I’ll stake everything I have!’ He’d thought he could somehow persuade or coax him, but once he knew who Eun Seonmyeong was, he realized there was no room for compromise. But having lived his whole life lording over others, he wasn’t the type to swallow humiliation, so he resolved to first save his son then repay him several times over later. He’d thoroughly crush him, adding the old debt too.
Eun Seonmyeong wasn’t one who couldn’t guess such feelings from Chairman Lee. He didn’t feel scared or afraid at all. Rather, he found Chairman Lee laughable.
“Good. 2.5 billion. Prepare it in cash. Exercise your knees well too. Take nutritional supplements in advance. For an old body to kneel. You’ll have to kneel for quite a while—can your joints hold up? You’d better eat plenty of joint supplements in advance too.”
At the words full of mockery and contempt, Chairman Lee gritted his teeth. His insides boiled.
“The money…… I’ll have it prepared right away.”
“To start work I need preparations, so I’ll contact you again soon.”
“You need preparations!”
“Do you think I’m a magician? To finish work with just my bare body without any preparation. I’ll contact you when everything necessary is ready. I’ll be leaving for today.”
“Surely you’re not harboring ill will toward us and deliberately dragging your feet?! Didn’t I say it was urgent!”
Chairman Lee, suspicious of Eun Seonmyeong’s attitude, asked fiercely.
“If it’s urgent, why didn’t you follow my demands from the start? Wasn’t it your side that made us come to today by refusing my demands?”
In fact, it was true that he’d deliberately dragged out time by making demands Chairman Lee couldn’t easily accept, but he wasn’t foolish enough to readily admit that. His conscience didn’t hurt either. These father and son deserved more.
“……”
Chairman Lee glared at Eun Seonmyeong while breathing roughly.
“Anyway, I can’t do it now. I’ll contact you as soon as it’s ready.”
Eun Seonmyeong sneered at Chairman Lee, who was silently bursting with rage, then turned around.
“Hey! Eun Seonmyeong you son of a bitch! Can’t you come right now and fix me?! You fucking bastard! Come back right now……”
Lee Seonghun’s curses poured out behind him. Eun Seonmyeong, with an expression wondering if a fly was buzzing around somewhere, turned back, showed Lee Seonghun his middle finger, then walked again.
“You fucking bastaaaaaaard!!!”
Lee Seonghun’s desperate scream followed.
As soon as they left Chairman Lee’s house and got in the car, Eun Seonmyeong laughed briefly and looked back at Shim Iyul. Then he praised him.
“Good job.”
“Huh?”
“I saw you pour yogi into that bastard Lee Seonghun. Good job.”
“……I didn’t do it to get praise from you.”
Damn, what a surprise. Suddenly praising me when it doesn’t suit you? He was shocked since he’d never dreamed of hearing “good job” from Eun Seonmyeong. Still, it didn’t sound bad.
“Anyway, good job.”
“I said I didn’t do it to get praise from you, right? But in a capitalist, materialist society, do you only praise with words? You lack basics.”
Shim Iyul, who crossed his arms, spoke in a lecturing tone. Human society was fundamentally capitalist and materialist. Just brushing it off with words was almost the same as saying he lacked basics as a human.
Eun Seonmyeong briefly looked at Shim Iyul’s prim expression. Did he mean to give him money? Being a fox steeped in worldliness, it was plausible enough to think ‘If you’re going to praise me, do it with money.’ Thinking ‘Do I have cash in my wallet,’ Eun Seonmyeong’s eyes stopped on Shim Iyul’s lips. The bright red lips as if colored looked sensual in contrast with the exceptionally white skin. Looking steadily, his body heated up. Even though the heater wasn’t on, his skin was hot as if sitting in an ondol room. His heart rate quickened, and his body temperature rose sharply. The thought of devouring Shim Iyul’s lips came strongly. Eun Seonmyeong didn’t bother trying hard to suppress his lust raging like an angry wild beast.
Fuck, we’ve already mixed bodies twice—there’s no reason to hold back.
“Yangga……”
A tongue entered the mouth of Shim Iyul, who had been agonizing over deciding not to brush it off with words but to ask him to buy food and was about to say the menu he’d decided on. Shim Iyul’s eyes that had widened in surprise narrowed. Eun Seonmyeong bent his body completely toward Shim Iyul and poured out a deep kiss while pressing their chests together. In the quiet car interior, only the sticky sound of tongues entangling rang out. The air inside the car heated up with the heat rising from the bodies of the two whose temperatures had increased.
