## Chapter 70 – 07. Mess Around and You’ll Regret It
Of course, attempting to get revenge on me is problematic in itself.
Looking at the ridiculous level of discrimination between direct and collateral lines within the main family, the entire line that attempted it might be ruined.
They probably know that too, so someone might be trying to interfere like this.
‘Or could the main family be behind this?’
It’s a slim possibility, but I can’t rule it out.
To put it simply, they might have eliminated him because he witnessed my murder.
Of course, if that were the case, I would have received some kind of report.
“No reports from Prestige, right?”
“Ah… no. Nothing yet, except for the inquiries about medication.”
“Then it probably wasn’t them…”
I tentatively conclude:
1. The guy who killed the Prosecutor General and plans to kill me did this.
2. Someone else killed the Prosecutor General to warn me that someone is planning ‘1’.
Roughly those two possibilities.
Digging any deeper might make my head hurt.
So,
‘Why am I even thinking about this? They should be bringing it to me.’
I decided to stop thinking about it.
I’ve deduced 1 and 2, what more do I need to think about? I’m not a detective.
I’ll just deal with both of them, and if someone confesses, I’ll go with that.
And even if it’s number 2, I still need to punish them since I was harmed.
‘If you target me, you will be punished.’
“Eunmi, secure the Prosecutor’s Office database and find out who the culprit is. Check for any traces of hacking too.”
“Yes, Young Master.”
“Sua, stay in contact with Prestige and compile any related reports. Also, find out who Jeon Seong-hyun’s family members are and what they do.”
“Yes, Master.”
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Do Eun-ju was enraged when she saw the news flash.
“Who?! Who did this?!”
Of course, she wasn’t mourning the Prosecutor General’s death.
Even though he wasn’t the one who directly killed her son, he was there and did nothing.
To her, he was no different from the one who killed her son.
Nevertheless, the reason she was so angry about his death was that it made killing Go Mu-yeol even more difficult.
After raging for a while, she calmed down and took a deep breath.
Her anger froze over, and her mind became cold.
She summoned her two sons.
“Was it you?”
“Huh?”
“The one behind the Prosecutor General’s death.”
Do Eun-ju turned around.
Her two sons flinched.
“What are you talking about, Mother?”
“You called us so suddenly…”
“….”
Eun-ju quietly stared at her two sons.
They didn’t seem to be planning on confessing.
“It wasn’t you?”
“Isn’t it Go Mu-yeol?”
“What?”
“The Prosecutor General was a witness to his murder. There’s no reason to keep him alive.”
Do Eun-ju replied with a dumbfounded expression.
“That’s for ordinary people. Do you think those who control this country from above and do whatever they want would care about something like that?”
“But even if he’s from the direct line, Go Mu-yeol has only just quit the drugs. We don’t even know if he actually quit. That means his judgment is still impaired. He might have remembered the Prosecutor General’s position later and eliminated him just in case. Or it could simply be a form of pleasure killing.”
“…Pleasure killing?”
“He’s the guy who killed our Seong-hyun for some trivial reason. Why wouldn’t he kill the Prosecutor General? The justification is perfect too. The Prosecutor General was a witness to the murder.”
“….”
It was becoming more and more absurd.
“No. It’s no one but you.”
“Mother!”
“Why are you suspecting us??”
“If the Prosecutor General dies, he’ll strengthen his security, and you thought I would be cautious because of that.”
“….”
“Seong-hyun’s death is sad, but you don’t want to die with him. Isn’t that it?”
“….”
Faced with Eun-ju’s confident gaze, the two brothers no longer backed down.
They simply looked at their mother.
“Mother.”
“Are you going to kill us too in the name of avenging Seong-hyun?!”
Do Eun-ju closed her eyes and bit her lip.
She answered as if chewing and swallowing the words.
“You’re next after Seong-hyun anyway. Do you think he’ll spare us if we do this?”
“We’re innocent. There’s no reason to kill us. If you hadn’t been so focused on killing him, we wouldn’t have done this.”
“Mother, just stay out of it. We’ll take care of it.”
“Haa…”
Do Eun-ju rubbed her forehead as if frustrated.
Take care of it?
What?
What are you going to do?
Her son is already dead.
What else can you do besides revenge?
What kind of result can you achieve?
Go Mu-yeol’s apology?
That wouldn’t comfort her, and it’s not even possible.
His promise not to do this again?
The same goes for that.
Then,
What kind of result can you possibly achieve?
The only thing she wants is his death.
Or does she have to beg?
Go to the murderer who killed her son and beg him not to kill her remaining sons?!
A mother???
“…No. I can’t do that.”
“Mother!!”
She shouted in frustration.
“He already has more than enough reasons to kill you! Why don’t you understand?!”
“What are you talking about?”
“Why should we die?!”
“Because you’re capable of revenge!”
“…!”
“How can he let you live when he doesn’t know when you’ll harbor resentment and stab him in the back? Do you think those people who replace people like parts will spare you, will spare us?? To them, we are already people who ‘need to die’. Please, come to your senses!!”
“M-Mother…”
They’re already marked.
He’ll kill us to avoid being harmed,
Or to avoid unnecessary worries.
So, the only thing we can do is already decided.
“You two stay put. No, just go abroad. I’ll take care of it.”
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Go Mu-yeol’s murder of Jeon Seong-hyun,
And the subsequent murder of the Prosecutor General, were major topics of conversation among the other collateral lines.
Among them, Min Ji-ah, who was married to Do Eun-ju’s younger brother Do Nam-ju, was especially frantic.
As one of the few people with some blood relation among the many collateral lines, she had a special pride in the Korea Group.
And she was just as afraid of the direct line.
“Can’t you manage your family properly?”
“W-Well, honey… that’s…”
“If those crazies cause trouble and harm me and our kids, how are you going to take responsibility?”
“If you think about it, it’s not really your sister’s fault, but our Young Master went too far-,”
Slap – !
The man’s head snapped around from the merciless slap.
His lip was cut and bleeding.
“Are you crazy? How dare you shift the blame?!”
“No, that’s not what I meant-,”
“Do you all have to die before you come to your senses? Huh??!!!!!!!!”
Do Nam-ju flinched and closed his eyes at the shout that seemed to shake the large room.
“Me, our cute babies, and even you!! Do you all have to die before you come to your senses?!!!!”
“H-Honey…”
“Go. Go to your sister and nephew, beat them to a pulp or lock them up, and make sure they can’t do anything. Don’t even think about coming back until you do, understand??!”
“Y-Yes, I understand. Honey. D-Don’t shout…”
Do Nam-ju calmed his weak heart and left the room in a ridiculous state.
Min Ji-ah, seeing his retreating figure, pounded her chest as if frustrated.
“Ugh. I’m so frustrated.”
Beep.
Just then, her phone rang.
– Go Min-young
“!!!!”
The moment she saw the caller’s name,
She was shocked as if her heart had stopped.
Gulp.
Her mouth went dry, and her heart beat endlessly faster.
It sounded as if construction materials were collapsing.
She respectfully held the phone with both hands and knelt down.
It wasn’t like the other person could see it, but it made her feel better.
“E-Executive Vice President…! M-Min Ji-ah answering the phone.”
There was a moment of silence.
She felt as if it lasted forever.
– Do I have to call you myself?
“I-I’m sorry. I-I’ll take care of everything quickly. Yes.”
– How?
“W-Well, my husband just left. He’s most afraid of is me, so he’ll take good care of his family! He’ll beat them to a pulp or lock them up!”
Go Min-young’s voice returned coldly.
– Will that be enough?
“…Yes?”
– What can’t those people do when their son dies and they go crazy? Deal with it in the most certain way.
“Ah…”
And she hung up.
Min Ji-ah, who had been kneeling for a while even after the call ended, stood up.
She steadied her momentarily weakened heart and was about to call her husband, but stopped.
Her husband, though unreliable, was kind-hearted and would never cut off or kill his sister.
Click.
She pressed a button on the desk.
“Tell Chief Secretary Lee to come in for a moment.”
Soon, a large door opened, and a man entered and bowed deeply to her.
“You called?”
“The Daejin Group affiliate’s stock price is likely to fall soon, so prepare the cash.”
“…Yes. I understand.”
He bowed once more with a meaningful expression and left the room.
Min Ji-ah muttered, looking at the empty doorway.
“That’s what you get for messing around. If your son died, you should have known better and lived like you were dead.”
