Lee's Past (4) - Revenge Is Always Fun and Thrilling
That pathetic excuse for a manager had probably been dreaming of sweet, sweet dreams.
He had already sniffed out Lee Sa-rang’s weakness. If he just slipped over to Daeyoung Planning like that, the enormous reward and incentive package waiting for him was going to be insane.
Hell, it might even be the perfect chance to finally taste that arrogant pussy he’d always looked down on.
“You idiot…”
“…!”
“You really have no sense of self-preservation, do you, Manager Kang?”
“Chief Kang… just let me transfer to Daeyoung Planning and I’ll hand over every single incentive I’m receiving.”
“Still can’t get the message through your thick skull, huh? My words aren’t clear enough? You don’t get it?”
“Really! I’ll even let you fuck Lee Sa-rang! So come on… ugh…”
Pure, unfiltered greed. Not a shred of awareness that he was already knee-deep in danger.
Even while he knew exactly how dangerous the situation was, this fool wouldn’t let go of his last pathetic hope.
-Squish.
I grabbed Jeong Man-sik by the hair and yanked him upright.
I pressed the smartphone in his face, with his confession still clearly visible on the screen.
“Man-sik-ah… do you have any idea what this is in my hand right now?”
“So just delete that recording and I’ll turn over all the incentives I got, and I’ll even let you… kuhahk!”
-Crack, crack, crack. The sharp, brutal sound of my slaps echoing again and again.
I slapped his cheek hard, then leaned in close to whisper right against his ear.
“Man-sik-ah, you fucking retard… you hooked up with Im Seong-ah and tried to run over to Daeyoung Planning? What the hell were you planning to do there?”
“N-no! How did you even—?”
“Hah. Even a guy like me knows that. Do you really think Lee Min-seok and the Daeyoung side would be completely clueless…? You seriously think that?”
“…!”
“So in other words, you’re an idiot. You know what happened to Im Seong-ah, right?”
The Daeyoung Planning trainee who overdosed on drugs and vanished without a trace…
If you still haven’t found her body, you’ve probably accepted that she’s dead.
No, the more rational thought is that she was killed.
Think about it carefully. Who supplied the drugs to Choi Min-hyuk and Im Seong-ah? And who eliminated them?”
Of course, on the Choi Min-hyuk side it was more of a joint operation between me and Lee Min-seok, but that’s a fact only a handful of people know. Jeong Man-sik has no way of learning it.
So from his perspective, everything I said had to be nothing more than delusions.
“Use your head. The reason Daeyoung is suddenly so desperate to recruit Lee Sa-rang after we already brought in Ju Hye-ryeong… what could it possibly be? And on top of that, they’re offering you a huge incentive just to seduce her.”
“N-no way?!”
“Do you finally get the situation you’re in…?”
Of course, the incentive Daeyoung promised him wasn’t an astronomical amount, but this idiot overestimated the value of money and success anyway. I’d deliberately led him to believe he could dream as big as he wanted.
This guy genuinely believed the entire world revolved around him. Classic narcissist trash.
“Think about it. Would Daeyoung really be trying to recruit Lee Sa-rang?”
“Y-yes!”
Whatever he was thinking, the color drained from Jeong Man-sik’s face.
Then he started muttering nonsense like he’d just possessed a protagonist in a drama.
He bowed his head and began spouting nonsense he knew was pointless.
“At the very beginning I was the one you should have targeted instead of Lee Sa-rang. I was supposed to be the one you eliminated like Im Seong-ah!”
“Huff!”
“Yeah, if I was gone, JS Entertainment and Lee Jong-seok would collapse. Then Lee Min-seok would have an even easier time controlling YM Financial…”
“Ha… so that’s how the situation finally looks to you, Chief Jeong.”
I bit down hard on my teeth, desperately holding back laughter.
Honestly, Jeong Man-sik’s worth to Lee Min-seok was probably lower than a cockroach crawling on the floor.
“I’m trapped! Damn it, I’m trapped!”
“Heh… so you’ve finally come to your senses, Manager Jeong.”
“Save me, Chief Kang… This whole thing is a trap Lee Min-seok set to destroy JS Entertainment. I never knew… guh…”
“Hah…”
On the pathetic, tear-streaked face of the manager who clung to my leg, I pretended to be deep in thought and let out a long sigh.
Actually, from the very start I had no intention of killing him.
If I wanted him dead, I could have done it easily, but there was nothing to gain from it. After all, I would have had to borrow Kim Gil-gang’s connections to clean up the mess.
‘I’m supposed to trust that thug…’
Kidnapping a manager was easy if I turned him into my ally, but…
If I killed him, things would get even messier.
I could end up with a weakness that the hyena Kim Gil-gang might exploit.
“Hah… so I really am garbage after all…”
The reason I didn’t kill him wasn’t out of morality or discipline. It was to avoid creating a weakness.
I felt a flicker of self-loathing, but now wasn’t the time to wallow in it.
“Save me… please just save me…”
“Hah, Manager Jeong…”
“Chief Kang, save me! I’ll even kneel! I’ll do anything!”
“Again with the begging? It’s starting to hurt your dignity.”
“Chief Kang! I was wrong! I didn’t know you were the kind of person who would treat me like this! I’ll do anything! Please, just once… guh…”
That arrogant, worthless bastard was actually sniffling and groveling like this?
I admired his pathetic expression for a moment, then quietly closed my mouth.
‘Revenge is said to be empty and bitter, but…’
Someone had once told me that after revenge your mouth would taste bitter and your heart would feel hollow.
‘That bastard… pure trash.’
After actually doing it, I realized revenge wasn’t empty or bitter at all. It was always fresh and exhilarating.
Maybe I should just kill him outright.
My chest was pounding wildly at the thought.
“Heh… how about we make a deal, Manager Jeong. Your sister-in-law and the kids are already in the Philippines anyway. Just quietly abandon this life and live out your days there.”
“S-save me?”
“You really don’t understand how serious this is, do you?”
“T-then! Thank you! Thank you so much, Chief Kang!”
“Hand over every scrap of information on Lee Sa-rang and catch the very next flight out of this country. If you want to live.”
“Thank you, Chief Kang! I’ll never forget this favor! I’ll never, ever forget this, Chief Kang… guh…”
With that, Jeong Man-sik handed over all his files on Lee Sa-rang, boarded a flight to the Philippines that very night, and left the country forever.
“You could have just left it to us. We could have cleaned everything up neatly…”
“Hah… guess I should have done that, huh?”
Of course, not killing Jeong Man-sik was a huge regret for me too.
But I couldn’t afford to make a mistake based on emotion and create a weakness, especially when I was already in debt to that worthless bastard.
‘Still, this should be enough to achieve my goal.’
Before I disappeared from this world for good, Jeong Man-sik would never be able to set foot on Korean soil again.
The moment he started missing his hometown and tried to return…
Those recordings I kept would be sent to his wife, his son, and Lee Min-seok.
That would probably be the worst day of his miserable life.
‘So behave and stay dead in the Philippines, Jeong Man-sik.’
The punishment I gave him was probably worse than death.
He would spend the rest of his life missing the homeland he was forced to abandon and die in a distant land.
“Well then, it’s time to fulfill my representative Kim’s request.”
“Ah… yes.”
Kim Gil-gang’s face, which had been smiling brightly, suddenly looked uncomfortable.
Of course he was smiling, but his eyes were ice-cold.
***
To destroy Ju Hye-ryeong, I would need the help of many people. Among them, the most necessary would definitely be reporter Lee Ji-yeon.
A woman whose father was a five-term National Assembly member and someone with high connections in the prosecution. A woman who had the power to confront Lee Min-seok without fear… and who worked as a journalist.
The woman named Lee Ji-yeon, who eventually put on the badge of a National Assembly member with unyielding will.
—Sluuurp… slurp… slurp…
Right now, this cheap motel room, she was on her knees, sucking my cock like a madwoman.
With her throat wide open, taking every inch deep down her throat.
“Haaah… how is it, hyung’s dick? Tastes good, doesn’t it~?”
“Ugh… this…”
“Kih, you better prepare today! Hyung said she’d punish you once, right? That’s today~”
“What exactly did I do this time…”
She rubbed her swollen lips along the head of my cock, then gave me a lewd, teasing smile.
“This… because of this, how much my pride has been damaged… chuuurp!”
Almost immediately she took my cock into her mouth and slowly swirled her tongue around it.
Then she gently massaged my swollen balls, looking up at me with pretty, mischievous eyes.
‘She really went all out today, huh?’
The reason her pride had been hurt was probably because of her pussy.
That pathetic pussy that couldn’t even last two rounds with me in one night.
Lee Ji-yeon had always been like this.
She would always go wild, trying to take my cock, but in the end it was always her who begged first when she couldn’t hold on.
Whether it was studying or sex, she only felt satisfied when she somehow won in the end.
From her perspective, having her pathetic pussy pleasure her so much would be enough to crush her pride.
‘Even if it is, what else is there for Lee Ji-yeon?’
I grabbed her hair and pulled her head back, yanking my cock out with a wet pop.
“Are you confident?”
“About what…?”
“About holding out longer than me?”
She frowned deeply, puffing out her cheeks in confusion.
Since her pride was clearly damaged, she raised her hand and pointed it at me.
“Prove it. Show me you can do it properly today.”
“Then like this… the loser gives the winner one wish.”
“Deal! I’ll show you right now… ha, haang…”
“Agreed. The one who begs first gets one wish from the other?”
“Wait—wait! Heuung~♡”
I lifted her still in the sitting position and, without asking or hesitating, buried my cock deep inside her again.