Trash Husband, Trash Dad - 4

Killing a person was one of the most horrific acts any human could commit—unforgivable no matter the reason.

But that bastard was fine.

He wasn't a person. He was trash.

This was nothing more than cleaning up a filthy world.

"Y-you're really gonna kill him..?"

"Yeah."

"For real!!"

"Yeah."

"You're really gonna ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠make me kill him!!"

"Yeah."

"I'll kill him!!!!!"

"......"

Geum Gangsan had been bellowing at the top of his lungs inside the car parked on the shoulder, yet in the end he never touched the accelerator. He simply watched Kim Jinsu cross the crosswalk and walk away.

"What are you doing? You think yelling like that is going to kill someone?"

"Ah, fuck!! Even so, this is too much!!! Murder's off the table!!! I can't do it. No—I won't!!!"

"It's six billion won."

"Even if you offered a hundred billion it still wouldn't be right, you bastard!! And you need to get your head on straight! You start handling a little money and suddenly your brain's fried?! Back when we were beating kids up I told you not to act like a thug! Now you're telling me to kill someone?? Have you lost your goddamn mind, you asshole!!"

"......"

So even Geum Gangsan, who looked like he would do anything for money, had a line he wouldn't cross.

Honestly, I never really thought he would go through with it either. If I had, I wouldn't have been sitting in this car.

Still, I figured he would at least stomp the brake right in front of the guy and scare the shit out of him. Watching him fail to even start the car was a little disappointing.

"Pay up."

"Fine! I'll give the money back."

"If the contract is abandoned or terminated, the penalty is three times the deposit. That's the contract you wrote. Hand over ninety billion won total."

"Ninety billion.... H-hyung! Spare me just this once!!"

"You think that works on me?"

"No. But please...!!"

He had walked right into it.

Watching thousands and tens of millions drain away had always stung, but this more than made up for it.

"The ninety billion will be deducted from future job fees. No objections?"

"W-wait a second! Then free jobs... you planned this from the start..!!"

"Whatever my intentions were, you took the job and you were the one who quit. If you don't like it, either kill that bastard or cough up the ninety billion."

"....I'll do free jobs... Then the thirty billion deposit I already received..."

"Deposit it within five minutes. One second late and I'll make sure you never work in this business again. Rumors travel fast—you know that."

"You devil bastard..!"

"I'll still cover the cab fare, so don't feel too hard done by. Good work."

"Go! Just get out!!"

I got out of the car and headed home.

Up ahead I could see Kim Jinsu walking with one hand in his pocket, swinging a convenience-store bag from his wrist and noisily sucking on an ice cream.

The ice cream he was eating right now, and everything else inside that bag hanging from his wrist, had all been bought with money he took from Yun Jiyeon.

He had squeezed the cash out of her with the ridiculous excuse that his own money was still locked up in some overseas account.

"Ten years later and the kid's even hotter? Ah, fuck... I'm so horny I could die..! Yeah, let's knock her down tonight. She might not have money, but that body and that face are hard to find anywhere. If she hadn't gotten pregnant back then like a jinx, I could've kept fucking her forever..! Getting knocked up on the first go and making a scene?! Still pisses me off just thinking about it..!"

"......"

A jinx?

He was calling the fact that Yun Jiyeon had been carrying Kim Sua in her belly a jinx.

How could anyone say something like that?

Even if he barely counted as human, biologically he was still the father.

I glanced around, looking for a wooden bat, a steel pipe, even a brick.

Unfortunately there was nothing. After a moment of groping at his crotch, Kim Jinsu went inside.

"Haa... What the hell am I supposed to do with that thing..."

"Oppa...."

"Jesus—! You didn't go to practice??"

"Well... today I just said I was sick and came home early..."

"Sick? Where and how does it hurt?! Should we go to the hospital??"

"....That's my dad, right.."

"What?"

"I actually called that uncle earlier... said I was sick... Do you know what he told me..?"

"What did he say?"

"He said if I'm sick I should call Mom..."

"Haa... that son of a bi— ah, sorry.."

"It's okay.. But is he really my dad..? I hate that someone like that is my dad... I wish he wasn't..."

In just one week Kim Sua's face had grown so gaunt and dark she looked completely drained.

I had already sent Eunsol and Lee Naye to stay at a friend's place for now.

So far nothing had happened beyond those filthy looks, but there was no telling what that bastard might do when I wasn't around.

Besides, exams started again in two weeks and the assignments and reports were piling up; staying at a friend's studio until everything wrapped up would be more comfortable for them anyway.

"Sua."

"Yeah..."

"Want to go back to how we used to live? Without that guy."

"....Yeah... I want that.. I feel bad for the unnies too.. and Mom looks like she's suffering so much it makes me feel terrible... hic..."

A kid without a dad.

She said she had heard that her whole life.

Even now a few nasty friends still whispered it behind her back.

A fragile teenage girl in the middle of puberty—of course she had wanted to escape those words.

That was the only reason Kim Sua had accepted Kim Jinsu.

But the life she got was nothing like what she had hoped for, and no one was more disappointed than she was.

"What about you?"

"I... hate him too.."

"Then that's settled. Just wait a little longer. Oppa will take care of everything."

"Okay... Then can I kiss your cheek..?"

"No."

"Tch..."

I took Kim Sua inside with me.

The moment I opened the front door, raised voices slammed into my eardrums.

"Don't talk nonsense!!"

"Why is it nonsense? You've been paying off the debt this whole time, right? So the principal can't be much left. Let's sell this place, clear the debt, then pool whatever's left with the money I've saved and start a business. We could live in a way better house than this dump."

"This dump..? This is the house I lived in with Mom and Dad since I was little. The house where I gave birth to Sua and raised her until now!!"

"Memories can be made in a new house~ And now it'll be the three of us together. Wouldn't that be happier?"

"Fine. Just don't live with us."

"Ah.. for real... Hey, I told you not to stick your nose into married people's business, didn't I? Who the hell do you think you are, always butting in?!"

"Me? Sua's oppa, and that woman's guardian."

"Sunwoo..."

"What..? You little punk..!!"

"Sua's here. Watch your mouth."

"Ahem..!"

"Sua, go upstairs for a bit."

"Okay..."

I sent Kim Sua up to the second floor and continued.

"Do what this guy says."

"This guy? Haa... unbelievable."

"Sunwoo..."

"Sell the house and pay off the debt."

"Aigoo~ finally someone talking sense. Turns out you were on my side all along? Hahaha~ You heard him too, right? Making money is a man's job."

I shot Kim Jinsu a look of pure disgust at the absurdity and kept going.

"Sell the house, clear the debt, and start over with whatever's left. Of course, only after you divorce this human first."

"You little bastard!!"

"Let go. Unless you want to get hit."

"You..!!"

"I said let go."

"......"

Kim Jinsu, who had grabbed my collar, quietly lowered his tail and released me.

Then he started spouting off with a confident look on his face.

"Divorce? I'm not giving you one now. And if we divorce, half this house is mine. You were the one who asked first, so I deserve that much in alimony."

The debt was Yun Jiyeon's, but the house was his?

This bastard really was pure trash.

"Leave the divorce suit to Hanul. They'll take everything they can get and won't hand over a single ten-won coin. Of course, since you're broke as hell there's nothing to take anyway."

"Why am I broke! My wages are just still locked in an overseas account.."

"Yeah~ yeah~ sure they are."

"I understand, Sunwoo."

"What the hell do you understand?!"

"We're getting divorced."

"This fucking...! You're going to divorce because of some brat's words? Are you out of your mind?!"

"You still have the lawyer's business card I gave you last time, right?"

"Yes."

"Call him. He'll connect you with the best divorce specialists."

"I'm already so indebted to you... how can I keep imposing..?"

"I've been indebted to you every single night too."

I had been freeloading dinner every night even though it wasn't in the contract, so the debt was real.

"E-every night..? What? Don't tell me you two are like that?!"

"What are you talking about."

"Haa... filthy people."

"You little...! Hey!! A married woman spreading her legs for every guy who comes along?!"

"Shut your fucking mouth! You bastard!!"

I had said it to make him misunderstand on purpose, but hearing that cheap garbage come out of his mouth was more than I could take.

The second I grabbed his collar, though, Yun Jiyeon stopped me.

"Don't, Sunwoo. He's not even worth dealing with."

"True.. Hitting a worm like this would only dirty my hands."

"You fucking...!! How long have you two been like that?! How long!!! Answer me before you leave!!!!!"

"Stop!!!!!"

Kim Sua's scream filled the entire house.

She had been standing on the stairs; now she rushed down, planted herself in front of Yun Jiyeon and me, and glared at Kim Jinsu.

"Stop."

"Kim Sua..."

"Don't say my name!! Don't harass Mom!! Don't curse at Oppa!!!"

"Kim Sua... right now you're talking to your dad..."

"You're not my dad!! My dad is dead! That's a hundred times—a thousand times—better than a dad like you!!!"

Kim Sua, who had been holding it in all this time, finally exploded.

Please tell me she hadn't heard the things that bastard said earlier...

I really hoped she hadn't.

"Sua, enough."

"Tsk..! Tsk..!"

Still not fully cooled down, she glared at Kim Jinsu while breathing hard and tightly gripped my hand.

I took Kim Sua's hand, brought Yun Jiyeon with us, and left the house.

A short while later the taxi I had called arrived. While we rode I also contacted Lee Naye and Eunsol.

"Oppa.. where are we going..?"

"The house we're going to live in from now on."

"House..?"

A little later we got out of the taxi.

Yun Jiyeon stared blankly at the house in front of her, then looked at me.

"Sunwoo..."

"It's my house."

"Then all this time..."

"No. I really needed a place and just happened to get your call first before anyone else."

"Huh?? What are you talking about?"

"Nothing~ But do you like the house?"

"I have to go inside to know."

"Then let's go in."

"Okay!"

Two basement levels and three above ground. The building alone had a total floor area of three hundred fifty pyeong, and the land was five hundred fifty pyeong.

Even the smallest room was as big as Yun Jiyeon's master bedroom. Six bedrooms and eight bathrooms were more than enough for five people.

Each room was a different size, but every one came with its own walk-in closet and bathroom, so living here would be far more comfortable.

Of course I had left everything empty for easy cleaning.

"Woooow~!!! It's amazing!"

"Right! Right! Unnie?! Isn't it super nice?!"

"Yeah! Just like Sua said—it's huge and so nice!"

"Really.. this is your house..?"

"I already told you. How many times are you going to ask?"

"Haa...."

Eunsol and Lee Naye, who arrived a little later, were just as thrilled when they saw the place.

It was still bare, but it would be completely filled by the end of the day.

A few days earlier I had asked Manager Jeong ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Hyeseon—the one whose business card I had received at the department store—to look over the house and furnish it properly.

She had brought a professional staging company, walked through the place with them, and today was the day that company and the department store would collaborate to fill my house with everything.

I had originally planned to bring everyone only after it was completely ready, but I simply couldn't leave them in that house any longer, so I brought them today.

It had been worth gritting my teeth and enduring all this time.

After ending the call with Attorney Choi Myeonghun, I walked through the rear garden and thought.

How could I get proper revenge?

I wanted that trash to suffer more.

Ah. That would work.

I laid out the ideas that had come to mind, and Geum Gangsan added a few of his own until the plan was complete.

But before that bastard disappeared, I wanted to give him one little present.

I hung up and waited for Geum Gangsan to contact me again.

It took longer than expected.

The sun had already set.

But that was fine.

A dark night had better atmosphere anyway.

"Where are we going..?"

"Just get in."

I put Yun Jiyeon into one of the cars in the garage.

A sedan worth over three hundred million won—a Bentley.

Then I drove.

"Why are you out? Get back in the car."

"No way. I'm going to say hello to Noonim too."

"You really want to die?"

"I can't even say hello?! Ugh, you tight-assed bastard..! I'm going in! Going in!"

Only after Geum Gangsan climbed back into his own car did I roll up the window I had lowered and let Yun Jiyeon get out as well.

We had arrived in front of Yun Jiyeon's house.

"Why here..."

"Come inside."

"S-Sunwoo.. you're not planning to fight because of me, are you..?"

"It's not that. Instead..."

I leaned forward slightly and whispered right against Yun Jiyeon's ear.

"From now on, you're my woman."

"......"

"Let's go."

"....Yes.."

I went into the house, and Yun Jiyeon followed right behind me.

The second I opened the front ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠door, a thick stench of alcohol punched me in the nose.

How much had he chugged?

"Mmmph..!! Mmph-mmph!! Mmmmph!!!"

Kim Jinsu was tightly bound to a kitchen chair right in front of the master bedroom, thrashing and making muffled noises through the duct tape over his mouth.

"How did this..."

"Don't worry about it."

"But..!"

"Just follow me, Yun Jiyeon."

"....Yes.."

I took Yun Jiyeon into the master bedroom.

Before opening the door I turned and looked down at Kim Jinsu tied to the chair right in front of us.

"You asked if we were like that? We are."

"Mmmmmph!!!!!"

"Sunwoo... mmph..! Mmm... mmm..."

I pulled the flustered Yun Jiyeon into my arms and kissed her roughly right in front of her husband.

At first she twisted a little as if resisting, but soon she grabbed my clothes and accepted the kiss naturally.

"Haa... haa... haa..."

"Mmmmmph!!! Mmph!! Mmmmmmmph!!!!"

So he still had some feelings left after all?

His face was beet red and the veins in his neck stood out as he screamed.

Of course the duct tape made it impossible to understand a word.

"She's not your woman anymore. No—she hasn't been for ten years already. And right now she's mine. So if you're horny, grab your dick and jerk off, you sucker bastard."

"Mmmmmph!!!!!!"

"Let's go in."

"Mmph!! Mmmmph!! Mmph!!!"

Yun Jiyeon stared at Kim Jinsu thrashing and whipping his head around as if begging us not to leave, then opened the bedroom door herself and walked inside.

She stopped dead in front of the bed and didn't move.

"Ajumma.."

"Sunwoo..."

I walked up behind her and whispered so quietly it wouldn't carry through the door I had left slightly open.

"I'm sorry for doing something like this on my own. But I wanted to show you. That there's no place left beside you for trash like that. If you don't want this even now...."

"Thank you."

"Yes..?"

"What you said at the house earlier..."

Her voice trailed off as Yun Jiyeon turned around.

She looked straight up at my face and whispered.

"Calling yourself that woman's guardian... the fact that the woman was me... it made me so happy and overwhelmed I almost cried from embarrassment.."

"Ajumma..."

"So I'll show you. That there's no place left beside me for a bastard like that."

"......"

Yun Jiyeon turned her head slightly.

She deliberately looked through the crack in the door I had left open at Kim Jinsu, who was staring at us right now.

Then, for him to see, she slid the palm resting on my chest downward and sank to her knees in front of me.

Clack— ziiip—

Thud—

She casually undid the buckle of my pants and pulled the zipper down.

My underwear followed, dropping onto the pants already on the floor.

"Ugh..!!"

"Slurp.. suck.. slurp.."

Yun Jiyeon took me into her mouth, then wrapped her hand around the fully enraged length and, while staring straight at Kim Jinsu, deliberately dragged her tongue up the underside for him to watch.