YES, Koo Mujin could be slow most of the time.
But that moment wasn't one of those moments where his brain would buffer.
He quickly understood what Kang Hanni meant by what she said— and he wasn't happy with it.
So, this is the kind of stepsister my poor husband has?
"Noona, be careful of how you talk," Koo Mujin warned, smirking bitterly. "I don't like how you sound like you're treating Lee Haneum like a product you could sell."
Kang Hanni smirked arrogantly. "Bae Kyung is my richest client. He pays me thousands of won just to talk to my brother. But now that Bae Kyung has left school because of you, I need to find a new client."
"A 'client?'"
"I'm always looking for an Alpha who's willing to pay to be with a pretty Omega like Lee Haneum."
To say that Koo Mujin was angry would be an understatement.
This witch is pimping out Lee Haneum to Alphas?!
He felt like he was about to lose his mind.
It didn't help that Kang Hanni's friends started laughing while talking among themselves loudly— like they wanted him to hear what they were talking about.
"There are a lot of rich Alphas who lose their minds because of Lee Haneum's face."
"I heard they go crazy for Lee Haneum's pheromones."
"They're willing to pay millions of won just to hold Lee Haneum."
These bastards have a death wish, huh?
Koo Mujin was really about to start beating up these kids.
The kids seemed to be Betas because they weren't affected by the strong pheromones oozing out of his body.
Yeah, let's just beat the living daylights out of these brats.
However, before Koo Mujin could act on his violent thoughts, someone grabbed him by the shoulder.
"Forget it, Koo Mujin— those bastards are provoking you on purpose."
Huh?
Koo Mujin blinked slowly, confused if he were hallucinating or what. "Han Taesan?"
"Yeah, it's me," Han Taesan said, and then he pointed at the kids in the dark alleyway— kids that Koo Mujin didn't notice earlier because he was being too emotional. "Those kids are filming you. If you beat those bastards up, they'll use that footage to blackmail you into paying them a huge amount of money, or else they'll post the video on the internet."
Judging by how Kang Hanni flinched and glared at Han Taesan, then Han Taesan must be right.
"Since you're the son of the chairman of Komet Corporation, if a video of you beating up kids spread on the internet, your company will suffer a lot of loss," Han Taesan continued with his explanation. "That's how their gang got most of the rich kids here."
Ah, so Kang Hanni belonged to a gang.
Well, it suits here.
"Kang Hanni, I already called the police," Han Taesan said, smirking when Kang Hanni cursed under her breath. "If you don't want to get arrested again, you better scram with your little friends."
"Fuck you, Han Taesan," Kang Hanni cursed, even giving Han Taesan the middle finger. "I'll get you one of these days."
"Whatever, bitch."
Kang Hanni just cursed again before running away with her friends.
Whew.
"Thank you, Han Taesan," Koo Mujin said sincerely, and then he furrowed his eyebrows. "But what are you doing here?"
"I was taking a smoke to cool my head."
Koo Mujin sniffed Han Taesan for a bit, and then his eyes widened a bit. "Yah. You reek of alcohol. Why are you drinking when you're still a minor?"
Han Taesan just shrugged. "Hey, I saved your ass. Is this how you treat your savior?"
"I already thanked you."
"Cheap jerk."
"Hey, you seem to know a lot about Kang Hanni."
"She's bad news, Koo Mujin," Han Taesan said in a serious tone. "She's not afraid to mess with a rich bastard like you because she's being sponsored by a filthy rich gangster. A loan shark, to be precise."
"Really? Is her family in debt?"
"I'm not sure about that, but I know that Kang Hanni is using her brother to earn money," Han Taesan said. "That gangster is planning to build a 'legal' business— an entertainment agency, to be precise. From what I've heard, Kang Hanni is forcing Lee Haneum to sign in that agency as an actor. Or an idol. I don't know what exactly. But would you trust a gangster running an entertainment agency when Kang Hanni, the gangster's favorite, is already selling Lee Haneum to Alphas our age?"
"Hell no," Koo Mujin said, clenching his hands tight. "I won't let those bastards use Lee Haneum that way."
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