AS SOON as Koo Mujin came home, he asked his parents for a serious conversation.
Hence, his father summoned him to the study again.
And when he got there, he immediately got down on his knees.
"Eomma, Abeoji, please help me," Koo Mujin said, bowing his head deeply. "Please help me save Lee Haneum. I know I'll be asking for too much this time. So, I won't complain if you don't give me my inheritance anymore. Just please help me."
"Tell us what's going on first, son," his father said, obviously confused. "How can we help you?"
Koo Mujin lifted his head. "Can you get rid of a certain sketchy entertainment agency? It hasn't been properly established yet, so I believe you can still make it go bankrupt."
His father looked shocked by his request.
"Son, explain from the start," his mother said, sighing. "What is Lee Haneum's connection to this entertainment agency that you want gone?"
"Koo Mujin's stepsister is pimping him out to Alphas," Koo Mujin said, shocking his parents once again. He didn't want to reveal Lee Haneum's situation like that, but he had to if he wanted to get his parents' support. "And his stepsister wants Lee Haneum to sign with a sketchy entertainment agency. A friend told me that the agency is just going to be used to provide Omegas for rich people to sponsor."
His father frowned, obviously displeased by what he had just heard.
Of course, his mother looked equally horrified.
Koo Mujin felt bad that he had to reveal Lee Haneum's story that way, but he was desperate.
I don't have my own power yet, so I have to borrow my parents'.
"That's so horrible. Poor Haneum," his mother said, and then she looked at Koo Mujin's father, "Honey, let's help the kid."
His father nodded in agreement. "Tell me the name of that entertainment agency, son."
Koo Mujin smiled and nodded. "Yes, Abeoji!"
He was happy at that moment.
But Koo Mujin would find out later that the road to hell was paved with good intentions.
***
KOO MUJIN was amazed by his father's power and influence.
In just one week, his father managed to make the loan shark's entertainment agency go under.
He didn't know how his father did that because he didn't ask for details.
I just know that Abeoji contacted the general and prosecutor that he knows. Since the loan shark is trying to make his business legal, they found a lot of things they could use against him— like evidence of tax evasion.
"It was you, wasn't it?" Han Taesan, who suddenly walked beside Koo Mujin and pretended to be friendly with him, asked while wrapping an arm around his shoulders. "I heard our resident loan shark has gone bankrupt because the National Tax Service went after his ass."
Koo Mujin scoffed. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Han Taesan just laughed, but he suddenly went serious. "But keep an eye on Lee Haneum, dude," he said as if he were worried. "I heard Kang Hanni lost her mind because of what happened to her sugar daddy. That bitch has always been unhinged, so who knows what she's capable of doing now that she has completely snapped?"
Oh.
***
KOO MUJIN got worried when he realized that Lee Haneum didn't go to school that morning.
He tried calling him, but to no avail.
Hence, he went to the person who knew Lee Haneum well aside from him.
"Jaehan-ah, have you reached Lee Haneum yet?"
"No, and I'm starting to get worried," Kim Jaehan said. "Should we go to his house?"
"I'll go. Stay here since it's dangerous," Koo Mujin said in a serious tone. "Just give me Lee Haneum's address for now."
***
A STEEP and high staircase.
Koo Mujin took a deep breath when he realized that he had to climb the stairs to get to where Lee Haneum lived.
Fortunately, he was athletic.
I can do this.
He was just in the middle of the stairs when he heard a loud commotion above him.
And when he lifted his head…
"GO TO HELL, LEE HANEUM!"
A woman's loud and angry voice echoed, and what followed next made Koo Mujin's blood run cold.
He saw Lee Haneum…
… rolling down the stairs.
He also saw Kang Hanni look down in shock.
Clearly, that witch pushed Lee Haneum down the stairs.
That snapped Koo Mujin back to reality, then he quickly ran to catch Lee Haneum.
"Haneum-ah!"
Koo Mujin knew that it was dangerous, but he still caught Lee Haneum before he fell further down the stairs.
But the impact also knocked him down.
Hence, he ended up rolling down with the Omega.
But Koo Mujin made sure to protect Lee Haneum's head with his arms.
Please don't let anything bad happen to Lee Haneum…
Before his consciousness left him, he thought he saw his Status Window popped up.
[Congratulations, Koo Mujin.]
For what?
***
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