Vol 4 - 14

Vol 4 - 14

"Ilay is the son of this family, you don't know?"

"I know, but why ask him?"

"I've heard you say before that if you see a prototype of a product manufactured by a company and not yet launched on the market, you can try it first. That means you can take it out first, right?"

Before my words, Maurer looked at me reluctantly and seemed to be deep in thought. I frowned and looked at him intently. This is a joke but it doesn't seem like much of a joke.

After pondering for a moment, Maurer looked at Taeui with a serious expression and asked again.

"But telling that crazy guy to give me his gun first would be more difficult than going to heaven, wouldn't it?"

".....It's really difficult.....but you look like you really want that gun."

Jeong Taeui said with a gloomy expression. Normally, as long as it's a place that smells dangerous to my life, I wouldn't be foolish enough to go near it, but if I see a gun that I really like, I probably won't mind because I covet it.

I watched Maurer groan and get himself into a mess again and then offered more practical advice.

"If it were me, I would convince Kyle somehow. Even if it's a test version, I have to have it at all costs and won't let it slip into anyone's hands."

"Of course! How could I let such a lovely and beautiful thing slip into someone's hands! Nonsense!"

Maurer angrily shouted in front of Jeong Taeui. Jeong Taeui looked at him, seriously thinking that this crazy guy should be beaten really hard to wake up.

"If you want that thing so much, try convincing Kyle. Compared to going through the back door with Ilay, this method is a hundred times more likely."

​"No........it's the opposite."

Faced with Jeong Taeui's grumbling words, Maurer shook his head sadly. When Taeui looked suspiciously at him, Maurer desperately ruffled his hair.

"I also tried it once before...7 years ago, before Sonya was released to the market, I fell in love with her at first sight. I slept and lay in front of his office for a week. Even after being pulled out by the security guard, I still stubbornly refused to give up and lay down to defend myself. Whenever I saw Kyle, I would not give up. I clung and cried bitterly in the living room of this house. I even threatened to cut my wrists and commit suicide in the bathroom. I mean... but Kyle said no, and he really didn't give her to me."

I didn't know who Sonya was, but when I thought that it could have been a gun, I was shocked by Maurer's next words.

This guy is truly out of his mind.

But Kyle was also very determined. He did not hesitate to deal with this pervert's tricks for so long.

I want to smoke. I searched in my chest pocket, but only found a cigarette that was soaked in water.

**************

Summer is really hot. Moreover, this year is still unusually hot with frightening temperatures.

Even now when the sun was starting on the slope down the mountain, the sunlight was still so bright that Taeui felt dizzy.

I sighed to my steaming head as I walked through the only shade here, not to mention my still throbbing ankle. It wasn't too far to the clinic, so I refused when Kyle said he would prepare the car in the morning, but when I got here I regretted it a bit. In fact, even if Kyle offered it again right now, I would probably still refuse. But the reality is that it was very hot and I had to walk about 20 minutes to the hospital with my damaged leg.

After arriving at the hospital, removing the bandage and re-wrapping it with limping steps, Jeong Taeui sighed.

It was my fault as I was the cause of this, I shouldn't have tried to throw Maurer into the pool.

....But I'll probably go crazy if I have to continue listening to that nonsense.

At that time, I got out of the pool and changed my clothes but didn't know what to do with this pile of wet plaster covering my feet. Even though it's been soaked in water, I think it's best to just let it dry. I also used to dry it in the sun, but a long time ago when I was in art class in elementary school, if I made something with plaster and clay I would dry it in the shade, before nightfall. The plaster on the feet has dried, but the inside is still uncomfortably wet. But anyway, I'm no stranger to this thing anymore. I thought to myself that it could be cured without having to go to the hospital to have it removed and then put it back on again.

But this morning I changed my mind. It wasn't exactly that I changed my mind, but Rita forced me to change my mind.

"Will it smell? Besides, keeping it wet like that is absolutely not good for cleaning it, so please go to the hospital and get it bandaged."

As soon as Rita woke me up, lying lazily on the bed, Rita's dark blue words hit my ears.

I looked at Rita blankly and realized that my feet were also really smelly. It's summer and it's very humid. Probably because people tend not to recognize the smells emanating from their bodies. If everyone could sense their own smells, it would probably be quite terrifying.

I scratched my head, changed clothes and had breakfast. Kyle and Maurer are sitting with a "new face" who arrived yesterday.

If i think back, although the number of visitors here is always changing, the number seems to always be maintained. Is there a reservation system here? As I sat down in my usual seat, Maurer suddenly blinked and grinned next to me.

"I heard it while I was in the room. She said you smelled like a cast. Haha, you need to go to the hospital to get a check-up. I heard that the weather is extremely hot today, but you probably have to endure a bit to get that disabled leg to the hospital."

After that, Kyle turned around while talking to the "new face". He said excitedly.

"It would be very inconvenient. I'll ask Peter to take you by car."

I brought my still good leg back and kicked Maurer's leg. I smiled at Kyle and waved my hand.

"No need, it's right nearby. I can walk there quickly. I can also take advantage of a little exercise and come back."

"Okay, but just tell Peter first. If you change your mind, you can tell him at any time."

"Yes, thank you."

I said smiling and gently removed my foot from Maurer's struggling foot.

Looking at this gentle host who was smiling generously, Jeong Taeui suddenly remembered what Maurer said yesterday.

"I threatened to cut my wrists and commit suicide in the bathroom, but I mean...he still said no."

Thinking back, he was also very persistent. But it is Kyle who is not easy to deal with.

Of course, I feel that he has an interesting but also very sharp soul. To lead a company of this magnitude at the age of U40, still so young, there is no need to be friendly or kind at all. Furthermore, it was rude for Maurer to make such a childish threat.

However, Taeui still felt strange. Maybe it's because Kyle has never shown such a side in front of Jeong Taeui. I finally have a topic I can talk about with my uncle after more than 20 years. If my uncle had to listen to such threats, he would probably be angry. I tore off a piece of bread and put it in my mouth.

"By the way, Maurer."

While I was eagerly chewing on a piece of bread, Maurer, who was holding butter on the bread, raised his head when he heard Kyle's call. He had been thinking all night long just thinking about one problem, "How can I get her now? How can I achieve my love?"

When he heard Kyle calling, he looked at him with an expectant expression even though that was clearly impossible.

He's a pervert but it's also pitiful to see him looking like a puppy wagging his tail... I thought while chewing my bread. And then I rolled my eyes at Maurer. At first I didn't really like buttered bread so I didn't get the butter, but Maurer seemed to have misunderstood something and picked up the butter himself. Instead of being afraid of it being taken away, he made an extremely childish gesture.

"You don't eat it."

Alright. Just eat it all by yourself

"Are you a member of the UNHRDO Asia branch? Do you know someone named Jeong Tay?"

Damned. Jeong Taeui was speechless.

Suddenly, the bread seemed to get stuck in my throat, making me feel suffocated. Jeong Taeui appeared extremely calm.

I put my hands on my face, gently picked up the glass of water and quickly drank the water to free the stuck piece of bread. I could feel it slowly sliding down my esophagus. I nervously looked at Kyle, pretending to be interested in a topic that had little to do with me. Jeong Taeui is really curious. Why did my name suddenly come out of Kyle's mouth?

Maurer stopped his hands spreading butter on the bread and blinked in bewilderment, then slowly looked back at Jeong Taeui.

You ignorant bastard, what if Kyle sees something!

I screamed in my heart and stared at Maurer.

"Huh? What's wrong?" I tilted my head as if wondering why he was looking at me like that. Maurer then nonchalantly brought out the bowl of butter.

"Nothing....Come on, it looks like you want some butter? Look at your grumpy expression. — – Who is he? Jeong Tay? oh, I know I know. But he's not on the same team as me so I only know his name and face.

Maurer deliberately gave Jeong Taeui the remaining butter and said. Then he turned back to look at Kyle.

I pretended it was nothing, and also pretended to butter the bread and make loud sounds to soothe my pounding heart. However, it seems that Maurer does not intend to expose Jeong Taeui here in such an obvious way.

"That guy, is he any different or something like that?"

"How do I know..., the rumors haunt me. But there's not much news about him, so it seems like he's okay. If I have to talk about what makes him different from the others As for the other member, maybe it's just the fact that he's instructor Jeong Changin's nephew? Oh, that's right. He is also the younger brother of researcher Jeong Jaeui. But he looks so normal that it couldn't be more normal. He looked so stupid that one had to wonder if he was really the younger brother of that famous genius. His personality is also very annoying, and he doesn't know how strange he is..."

​Maurer's words spewed out one after another mixed with Jeong Taeui's sense of urgency. I chewed bread and felt like I was being bitten by a dog.

But why did Kyle suddenly ask about me like that? It's not Kim Young Soo, but UNHRDO's Jeong Taeui.

Jeong Taeui of UNHRDO, is probably the only thing Maurer knows.

The information that Kyle has is sometimes even more than Maurer. Taeui's relationships, family, age, background, school, etc. So maybe what Maurer said wasn't what Kyle wanted to know.

Kyle thought about something for a moment then nodded before asking again.

"I heard he's a lieutenant of Ilay...will he have any trouble with my younger brother?"

"Let's see, I don't know. I don't know about those personal things, and he doesn't bring those things up. It's more like that crazy guy...–oh sorry. Everyone said that he must be able to endure steadfastly under Rick's unusual personality."

Maurer, whether it was out of his mind or not, casually called Ilay a madman in front of his brother. Hearing the word "crazy man" pronounced so randomly, Jeong Taeui didn't think it was just a "slip of the tongue".

"I don't even know anything else about him, I've never heard him say anything like that, so I don't know anything." Maurer added.

And being next to him, Jeong Taeui suddenly felt a little grateful. He kept his promise and didn't mention my story anywhere. Even if it's because of the beautiful guns that are hidden all over his room.

Jeong Taeui pretended not to know anything and asked vaguely while cutting the newly steamed fish with a knife.

"Something must have happened to your brother."

After that, Kyle frowned slightly and shook his head.

"I don't know why, he said to find someone not long ago. And he also seems to be considering searching through other information agencies besides my family's company. But when I asked him why he had to do that, he didn't answer, he only knew that he had to find him at any cost. His whereabouts have not been found yet."

That's why he asked Maurer if he knew him, Kyle said. Jeong Taeui smiled back at him. I could also feel Maurer's gaze lingering meaningfully on me. Jeong Taeui steadfastly pretended not to know anything, but those eyes still showed no signs of leaving. I looked at Maurer and smiled again before asking.

"Huh? What else?" Taeui whispered.

At that moment, Maurer slowly turned his head away.

What did I do to Ilay? I just tied him up and ran away. Hit him, slap him on the cheek, curse him and then throw him there. It would be great if I could say all these words, but even if I pried my mouth open, I still wouldn't be able to say anything. Because the moment I uttered those words, the thought of Ilay suddenly appearing from behind haunted my mind.

"Furthermore..."

"Hit someone and run away is not something to be proud of to show off to anyone." Jeong Taeui sighed and muttered.

Soon, several buildings appeared before my eyes. On this burning road with hobbling legs, I feel like no matter how long I walk, this road will never end. I was limping with crutches on my hands, I recovered quickly, so I consoled myself that I would feel comfortable soon if I endured a little more. I might recover by the end of this summer, the doctor said so in the hospital.

Then I'll go out to find my brother? Before it was because of my uncle's request, but now it's because of myself. Because I also want to meet my brother. Actually, I could go back home first, but I'd rather go find him than wait around even though I don't even have any clue as to where he is. Until my ankle heals, I'll just sit quietly in that house and read a book.

Jeong Taeui continued walking towards the house.

Then, suddenly I tilt my head.

A car was coming from across the street from Kyle's mansion. The road is wide enough for a few cars to pass but not very wide. However, this place only has one mansion so there is rarely traffic jam.

Once while talking to a gardener, I heard that when the owner of a house recently passed away and their family had a funeral, the road was congested.

In the middle of the day on a weekday like this, there was no sign of any car on the entire road.

But, there was a car rushing towards the road.

Jeong Taeui thought for a while. Strange.

Just now, this car was parked at the end of the street, I didn't pay much attention, but I don't think anyone got in or got out of that car. The parked car began to move as Jeong Taeui approached the house.

Maybe it's just a coincidence.

But as that car came closer and closer, the suspicion that arose in me grew stronger. It was a silver van. The car can comfortably seat five or six people and can carry quite a bit of luggage in the back. Furthermore, from the outside looking in, it is impossible to see through the glass.

It looked like a car that celebrities often drive, but there was something strange about it, and when I tilted my head to consider where that strangeness lay, I realized it the moment my eyes landed on it man is sitting in the driver's seat.

That man was looking intently at Jeong Taeui. The man sitting in the passenger seat next to him also looked intently at Jeong Taeui. And neither of them said anything.

"... -!"

At that moment, Jeong Taeui realized what was strange here.

The car rushed towards me. It wasn't a car that just happened to pass by, it was clearly approaching with the exact target being Jeong Taeui.

Really unlucky. For a moment, that thought crossed my mind. First, from the eyes of the man who was still staring at me, cold and without a smile.

I ran away in an instant.

The weight on my ankle made it feel like it was about to crumble as soon as I took my first step on the road with the help of the crutch. A groan escaped my mouth. But this is not the time to rub that sore leg.

The car traveling on the other side of the road crossed the road markings and quickly approached the sidewalk where Jeong Taeui was running. Then, the car stopped in front of me, and the man sitting in the passenger seat immediately jumped out of the car.

"What are you guys doing?!"

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