“You collectively assaulted Ms. Kang Ha-eun. Here’s the medical report, how can you deny it?”
Receiving the medical report handed by the police, the cleaning subcontractors turned pale. Yeoreum quickly scanned the report held by the manager.
Under the title ‘Injury Diagnosis,’ there were numerous diagnoses like concussion, leg fractures, and it was written that these severe injuries were caused by a unilateral group assault (based on the victim’s statement).
Yeoreum glared at Ha-eun, who was thoroughly bandaged around the head, both legs in casts, and even sitting in a wheelchair. To anyone, she looked like a seriously injured patient.
The two women and two men from yesterday were still standing by her side like bodyguards.
“How could you beat up such a fragile body with so many people?” taunted the police officer writing the report.
Bystander policemen each spat out their comments, siding unilaterally with Ha-eun.
“The brave are ignorant, they really don’t know the dangers of the world.”
Yeoreum shouted at the police, siding with Ha-eun, “These people have nothing to do with it. They weren’t even there. And that woman started the trouble first and assaulted me!”
“Do you have any proof?” asked the police.
Yeoreum couldn’t answer.
Before coming to the police station, she had stopped by the resort. But the security staff said the CCTV was broken yesterday and nothing was recorded. Desperately, she went to Baekgwan, but he had already checked out. The front desk refused to give his contact details, citing business confidentiality.
“Yeoreum Jung, if you feel unjust, bring evidence,” the police’s voice rose.
Receiving a takeaway coffee with a triumphant expression, Ha-eun seemed utterly delighted.
“Confess to the crime and apologize to Kang Ha-eun. With a medical report and clear witnesses, it won’t be good for you if you keep denying it.”
“Those thugs are framing me! They’re all in it together!” Yeoreum shouted again.
“Thugs? Who are you to speak like that about our lady?” A man in his early 40s, Ha-eun’s representative and a lawyer, interjected.
A man in his 20s ostentatiously presented a business card.
Yeoreum’s brows furrowed.
The card read ‘Yang Moon-seok, Team Manager of PR Group Legal Team’ in gold lettering, indicating one of South Korea’s top conglomerates.
Only then did Yeoreum understand the fearful expressions of the cleaning staff and why the police were so biased towards Ha-eun.
“Kneel and apologize to our lady, and she might forgive you.”
Park Byung-ho, a lawyer and Yeoreum’s relative through her friend Mire, called her aside.
“Let’s apologize.”
“Uncle!”
“I know you’re upset. But the PR Group, or rather the Blue Group, is notorious for their spoiled brats. They’ll throw all of you in jail if you continue resisting.”
“In jail? But they’re the ones who did wrong!”
“I know. But think logically. We have no evidence or witnesses, while they belong to one of the top three conglomerates in our country. We can’t win.”
“But!”
“Think of it as stepping in dung. Just close your eyes this once, okay?”
Yeoreum didn’t respond.
He patted her shoulder for a moment, asking her to think about it, and then went back inside.
“My, are you deep in thought?”
Ha-eun, approaching in her wheelchair and sipping her coffee, wore an expression of sheer satisfaction. The sneering faces of the two women behind her were evident.
“Quickly kneel and beg me for forgiveness. Then I might forgive you. Didn’t I tell you? You’re dealing with someone from a family that would make someone like you faint.”
“True to what I’ve heard. Such arrogance from a chaebol.”
“You scared now? But I haven’t even started yet.”
Yeoreum, annoyed by her smirking face, responded, “You, you’re planning to send us to jail regardless, aren’t you?”
“Oh my, can you read minds? Right. How can I leave scum like you, who ruined my mood and pulled my hair, free in society?”
“What?”
“Especially someone like you, who doesn’t know their place, I absolutely loathe. I’ll make sure to mark you specially.”
Ha-eun signaled, and her wheelchair turned around.
“Oh right, about the CCTV at Baekgwan.”
The wheelchair stopped.
“I ordered them to delete it.”
“What?”
“Oh, didn’t you know? Aurium Resort belongs to our family. When I, an owner’s family member, order something, would the security team not comply? I instructed them to format everything. So don’t hold on to any false hope.”
With a mocking laugh, they went inside.
Yeoreum covered her head with her hands.
Then a short tone from her phone rang. With a deep sigh, she checked it. There was a video.
Her eyes widened as she played it. The video, seemingly shot on a phone, showed Ha-eun and her group. It captured Ha-eun creating a disturbance by pouring wine in Baekgwan’s pool and grabbing Yeoreum’s hair. Notably, the video ended right there.
‘Could it be him…?’
She recalled Sanha’s lazy smile. Yeoreum looked around, but he was nowhere to be seen.
‘How did he know my situation? And how did he get my phone number…?’
Yet, she felt relieved.
Just then, the police called her back in.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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