Chapter 142 – Senior (Yoo Dong) – Foxes Are A Bit Much
* Senior (Yoo Dong) – Foxes are a Bit Much (7)
The fox was in a good mood.
Press conference after press conference, one after another, as soon as the first one ended.
When men in black suits swarmed into Yongshin’s company and began to interrogate her old husband, she wondered how things would turn out, but she was one step ahead. She failed to disguise Junseo’s death as a car accident, but she succeeded in kidnapping her family by abducting an acquaintance and drawing the men there, taking advantage of the gap.
It was thanks to gathering information about the village and Junseo from the start. Thanks to that, she already knew about the tattoo on Haeun’s back. From the beginning, she had been planning to target Junseo, Junhyuk, or Haeun, but it was as if the heavens were helping her when they came out of the apartment. At first, she had planned to create a commotion by pressing the apartment’s emergency bell and then lying that there was a fire to draw people out, but she didn’t even have to go that far.
Daring and bold.
Moreover, she had thrown out the bait that Junseo had a backer during the press conference…
‘No politician will move right now with the reporters’ eyes gleaming. If they step forward first, they’ll be surrounded and beaten by the reporters. But I know how big Junseo’s position is between you, so you can’t just leave it alone. Originally, I was going to marry Junhyuk and my child to crush things within the village, but since I haven’t secured Junhyuk, I have no choice but to go head-on. Ahahaha… It’s simple, simple, hehe…’
But this was a gamble.
She couldn’t stop the cold sweat from flowing down her forehead.
Even with the air conditioner blasting in her private room at the Women’s Rights Center, her body was overheating.
“Most of the male politicians are going in and out of that village. Not all of them, but you find out as soon as you get involved in politics. And yet, they turn a blind eye to other male politicians doing that, pretending to be clean themselves. The trash who openly enjoy playing with women there are a sight to behold. What age is this, that they sell women and act like nobles themselves…”
She pressed her palm hard on the office desk and bent over. Her body was trembling in that state, but it wasn’t exactly from anger. It was the result of the chill that came from “I finally did it.”
“They’re all my enemies. Ahahahaha… The prosecution won’t side with me either. It’s a very bad situation.”
Huff, huff.
She exhaled and looked to the side.
“Honey. What do you think?”
“I’m going to step away from this. I can’t be with you any longer.”
“Oh my.”
Unlike when she was talking to herself, her tone changed, but so did his. In front of his wife, Joo Yeonmi, who was wearing a pink suit, the old man Kim Yongshin shrugged his shoulders, still dressed as if he were going fishing. However, unlike his actions, his expression was one of resignation, as if he were about to turn his back at any moment.
“Are you going to expose everything about you killing Lee Moonsan?”
“If that’s the law, I’ll accept it. But I’ll only accept the punishment if it pleases the mistress. If I’m punished, I think the part where I’m questioned because of your actions will be bigger.”
“I don’t want to have a legal battle with you at a time like this.”
“I’ll end it cleanly, so don’t worry.”
“What about our daughter?”
“If you only think of her as an object, I’ll raise her myself. I brought it up because I intended to from the start. Considering how noisy things will get from now on, it won’t be good for her education.”
“Then the village is okay?”
“If I say the village is okay, you’ll use that as a pretext, and if I say I’ll raise her outside the village, you’ll say you think so too and use that as a pretext. Who doesn’t know your stubbornness? I’ll raise her well, so shut your mouth and let me send her away.”
“I thought you would stay with me until the end…”
Her composure finally crumbled. She had acted like a confident career woman with her forehead exposed, but she was still just a person. Anger was revealed on her face as she glared at Kim Yongshin. It was a natural reaction considering who she would be dealing with from now on.
“I can’t live with a crazy bitch who calls her own husband a ‘Han-nam’ and tries to commit murder in my company’s warehouse. I was against it from the start. This is what happened because you didn’t stop fighting us with your shallow sense of justice.”
“It’s not shallow. Did you think about what would happen if I exposed what they were doing there to the public?”
“So, are you so happy? Being treated like a queen by self-proclaimed human rights experts and women’s rights groups who are active on the internet.”
“Yes.”
Looking out the window of the office, there were many women gathered there. Her own soldiers, holding various tickets, ready to go out and protest at any moment. The stress that had been rising to the top of her head disappeared as soon as she saw the crowd.
“This is what the people of this country have decided. Look, look, this is justice. Even though such a big incident has happened, and I, who brought up this story, haven’t done anything and have only been spreading rumors, this many people have gathered. And they’re getting heated up among themselves, cursing someone they’ve never even seen. Look at their attitude, that they won’t listen to the other man’s story from the beginning. How wonderful is that?”
“Don’t go against the young master. Come back now. You know you can’t win this fight, right?”
“Yes, yes, yes, I’m sure you’re right. I know too. The end will be prison.”
“Knowing that, you’re still doing this?”
She didn’t know how many people were shocked after this press conference. But the government was silent, and the broadcasting stations, which should have been noisy, were also quite quiet. The only ones making noise were the reporters.
“The pressure was blatant, wasn’t it? Well, I guess so. The moment the village’s secrets are exposed to the world, it’ll be the start of a purge of male politicians and a tail-cutting among themselves. Thanks to that, I broke a sweat writing the statement? If it weren’t for the protesters, they might have openly sent me to the prosecution.”
“So, you kidnapped a child? And you half-killed a civilian? I’m speechless.”
“It seems like a legal battle will start soon over that. Before that, I want to make things even bigger. Since they’re all on the other side anyway, and I don’t think I can win legally…”
She giggled as if trying to force away the stress.
Kim Yongshin’s face darkened, as if he was displeased by that.
“You can’t win? What? What are you going to do again?”
“I want to hear a word directly from the young master you like so much. I want to drag him to my side so that he can stand on my side in court and help me win the legal battle.”
“Have you finally gone crazy? Do you think the young master would testify on your side? Have you forgotten what you did to the young master?”
“No, I’m perfectly sane. I’m choosing my cards on how to threaten him. It seems like he has a strong family bond, so I’m thinking of playing with his life instead.”
It was a surprisingly effective method. From the point she tried to kill Kim Yudong, her intention to kill must have already been conveyed. What she was saying wouldn’t just end as a threat, but a threat that would be a psychological pressure on the other party, as it was something she could actually carry out.
‘You know what people hate too well… But… everyone knows that not everything in the world will go the way you think…’
His wife was an unpleasant woman. But she was a woman he once liked. He couldn’t hide his anxiety as he blankly watched his wife cross a point of no return.
“Where is the girl you brought?”
“Mental hospital.”
“How without family consent?”
“There are more women who sympathize with our ideology than you think. After this press conference, I talked to a few hospitals I knew, and they readily agreed to take her in. She won’t be able to get out of there for a while. When the legal battle starts, I’ll have to bring her back even if I don’t want to. ‘Since she has a lot of emotional wounds,’ I’ll tell her to rest there comfortably until then.”
“How can you say such things… To dig up the trauma of such a young girl to save women…”
“Isn’t it a necessary sacrifice? All women who aren’t immersed in our ideology are ‘hyungja,’ right? They’re not my colleagues, so why should I protect them?”
“You’re crazy… You know you can’t win no matter what you do… You know you’ll end up in prison… Why are you doing this…”
“Well? Let’s have a chicken race to see if this incident will get bigger and male politicians will be dragged out of the political world by the hands of the people, or if I’ll be arrested under legal grounds. Either way, it’ll be decided by one word from Junseo’s mouth at that place. But even if I lose, I won’t leave quietly.”
“Ha, what a dream. Do whatever you want now. I don’t care anymore.”
If she was unlucky, or if the men’s side was more serious, she might die before the legal battle even started. Kim Yongshin, who knew that fact better than anyone, shook his head and left the private room.
‘I’ll expose the village story after the legal battle is at its peak. If I come out now, it’ll be blocked at some point.’
She glared at her ex-husband’s back, grinding her teeth. While planning her next move, she challenged a battle she couldn’t win.
‘Do you think I’ll lose to those dirty men? To those… trash…’
She steeled herself, recalling old memories mixed with semen.
