Chapter 39 – 39. Lee Ji-Hye’s Family History (3)

It was morning.
I was troubled for a while.

How did you end up meeting thugs while coaching?
If you think about it a little, the reason is simple.
It was to utilize the selling coach system.

The ability to improve players simply by selling them.

However, I had to deal with all the aftermath other than the improvement in my skills.
It is my own coaching method, and if you sell it, you will not be able to escape the police station.

That’s why I have no choice but to gaslight the players.

I had to imprint that my selling was legitimate, and I had to make them think that it was okay to be sold by me.

She gave Ryu Seo-yoon a carrot that she did not raise her skills and release her, and she solved her family affairs and her to Ji-hye Lee, creating an indelible debt.
White is… For some reason, it was not very difficult to sell without much effort.

‘Is this my original personality?’

Anyway, having to rescue Ji-Hye Lee’s younger brother, Ji-Hoon Lee, from a gang of gangsters is a big picture for smooth selling.

The time Lee Ji-hoon decided to meet the thug was 2:00 in the morning.
Until then, I had to find a way to solve this situation.

I decided to meet Lee Ji-hoon first.

He came to the coach’s room under Lee Ji-hye’s arrangement, and his face was gray.

‘It’s worth it since there’s not much time left.’

The gangsters demanded a reward of 300,000 won.
To be honest, it wasn’t a huge amount of money, but considering that Lee Ji-hoon was a high school student and that it was the remaining amount after paying more than half of the money, it was by no means a small amount .
Moreover, it is not a problem that will be solved by giving money right away because it is obvious that this kind of reward will continue.

‘Looking at him again, he also had bruises on his face.’

The reason why Lee Ji-hoon was exceptionally dead was also because of the bruises around his eyes and cheeks.
I asked.

“Thugs who say they’ll look after you, what are they?”
“If you know, can you solve it?”

Lee Ji-hoon defiantly raises his eyes.

“… Did your sister ask for something? That’s not what my sister buys me… Flaw… “

It wasn’t nice to see him being sloppy, but he wasn’t particularly angry.
The opponent is, after all, a high school student.
I was the only one who lost if I got caught up in the pace and had to wrestle with words that didn’t help solve the problem.

“Give me money if you want to help. You don’t know how scary they are.”

However, it is not easy to keep watching Gao of feeding bugs.
Should I just sleep with honey?
I put up with the desire that slowly rises in my heart and asked again.

“What are the names of those gangsters?”
“… I don’t know. I know a lot of seniors from high school have been there, but we just call it ‘three-way service’ among ourselves.”

Of course, there is no group that makes a name by saying, “I am a gangster.”
It is to pretend to be a service company like Samgeori Service and attach a common name that can be seen anywhere.
In reality, he must be running an illegal gambling site, a secret agency, or an entertainment establishment.

I asked again.

“Did you plan on going there after you graduate?”
“……”

Jihoon Lee frowned at my question, but did not close his mouth.

“During high school, I was told that if you pay well, you can enter. In fact, among the seniors, there are people who drive foreign cars while managing the business. Ha, why am I talking like this?”
“Then, since you didn’t meet the deadline this time, won’t you accept it? Judging from how you got beaten up, it looks like the thugs abandoned you too.”
“…I don’t know. I didn’t know that I would do this because I missed the deadline once… Well, if you fill in the remaining pay today, maybe they’ll take care of it. Whoa …”

Lee Ji-hoon let out a long sigh, as if he felt that there was no answer even if he thought about it.
He made excuses that he had a plan of his own, but the conclusion was that he was only used and abandoned.

Maybe even if I somehow manage to get the rest of the money back, there’s no guarantee that this won’t happen again.
No, obviously, the gangsters would squeeze Lee Ji-hoon like a dried squid and throw him away mercilessly.

Perhaps, using the crime committed by Lee Ji-hoon as an excuse, he could come to Ji-hye Lee and exploit the entire family.
If it were not for the intervention of forces that they did not dare to look at, the bonds of evil that could not be broken were hanging over Lee Ji-hye’s family.

I took off the pen only after I wrote down Lee Ji-hoon’s story on a piece of paper.
With so much information gathered, I thought I could try it.
Because I had a huge back that a gangster couldn’t even dream of.

But he had no intention of helping out.
If I did n’t rehabilitate this immature kid, he might have come to know that the favor I’m giving him is his right.
Even if I put up with everything else, it was hard to see that.

“Hmm… “

I pressed my lips with the pen and fell into thought.
In the meantime, Lee Ji-hoon thoughtlessly opens his mouth and yawns.
He said he was afraid of gangsters, but he seemed to have calmed down.
I said.

“Great. I will help you.”
“…Give me the money. I will solve it.”
“No, I will go with you when you give it to the gangster.”
“Uncle, then you really die.”

Lee Ji-hoon, who smiled, lifted his top and showed his stomach.
There were bruises and marks that looked like they had been burned by cigarettes.

“As a game coach. Have you ever fought?”
“No.”
“Then just give me the money.”

Lee Ji-hoon gets up from his seat as if he has nothing more to say.
But I put a notice in the back of his head.

“If you don’t go with me, I won’t give you any money.”
“Under… Really… That’s why they say you’re brave if you don’t know…”
“The story is not over. Choose, go with me or not.”

I didn’t bother to say how I would solve the problem.
It is because one hundred words are worth seeing, and you may not believe it if you try to explain this or that for a long time, and it is because I did not want to kindly tell you that there is something cute about it.

You’ll know when you see it for yourself.

“I know. We can go together. Have no regrets.”

Lee Ji-hoon waved his hand roughly and left the coach’s room.

Confirming that he was gone, I opened my cell phone and called someone.

The person who answered the phone immediately responded in a voice with a military discipline.

“Ah, Coach. What are you doing?”
“I feel like you know me well. Do you know anything about the gangsters around here?”
“……”

The opponent was silent for a moment.
But soon the answer I expected came back.

“Haha… As expected, the coach’s eyes cannot be fooled. That’s right, I know it to some extent because I had some connection in the past.”

I’ve been showing off so much so far, isn’t it weirder not knowing?
Anyway, good.
As it turned out, I would have been in trouble if I had lived a solid life, unlike how I looked.
It was the first time I was grateful for the poor past of others.

“I have something to help you with around 2:00 today.”
“Just speak. We will be waiting for you with our children.”

I lightly explained what I had heard from Lee Ji-hoon.
He silently listened to my explanation, and when the explanation was over, he calmly spat out a word.

“I will prepare.”

I didn’t know what to prepare, but I replied that I knew.

And after hanging up the phone, I got up from my seat.
I’ve been thinking about wearing a suit for a long time.

‘If you want cash, I’ll give it to you.’

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The company using the trade name Samgeori Service was an organization created by combining Iljins from Incheon with gangsters in the vicinity.

Of course, on the outside, it claimed to be a service company, but inside, it was the money line for so-called gangsters who were involved in all sorts of illegal activities.

Unlike foreign countries where huge cartels and gangs exist, organized crime groups are not large in Korea because they are rooted out even by fighting a war.
However, recently, after getting involved in illegal gambling for virtual reality game arena competitions, he was able to increase his size considerably.

It was for this reason that he raised the amount of money for collections, which was an early business.
It was a transaction that went offline without money, so it was perfect for getting my tail stepped on.
Therefore, their plan was to fold the harp after squeezing it tightly for the last time.

“Did all the people who were supposed to come today come?”

Containers piled up in the mountains.
Inside, the server of the illegal Toto site was running. These days, other companies are also putting servers overseas, but they both have their own strengths and weaknesses, so they chose an easy-to-manage method.

Employees of the three-way intersection lit a bonfire outside and sat in a circle.

Among them, the man who seemed to be the leader smoked a cigarette and scanned the papers in his hand.
An employee next to me answered.

“No one has come yet.”
“Baby… It’s fucking boring to make people wait. Who?”
“This is Lee Ji-hoon, who the boss said he liked Kkangdagu before.”
“Oh, that guy? I saw it right, but I really like that kangdagu is really good. If he doesn’t come back in 10 minutes, call the baby’s parents.”
“They say they have no parents. Instead, I received my older sister’s identity.”
“Give me the picture.”

An employee handed over a photo that appeared to be a graduation photo to the boss.
The man raised his glasses and looked through the photos, then nodded.

“Your face is fine. Just don’t wait and call this bitch.”
“I will.”

It was at that moment that a black van pulled into the clearing.

Employees who had been resting scattered around felt unusual energy and rose from their seats.
The president also raised his eyebrows and frowned.

“What else is that?”
“…I’ll check.”

The door of the black van opens and two men get out of the car.
An employee who approached them shouted.

“What kind of cubs are you so fucking here? Hey fuck, what are you guys doing?”
“Ah… Only young brother! I am Jihoon Lee!”
“What? Are you Jihoon? But is this a leak… You have to come alone. What are you doing?”
“..That, that… “

Shin Young-man, an employee of the three-way intersection, narrowed his eyes and looked at the man next to Lee Ji-hoon.
His sharp eyes his were impressive, but he was nothing special.

Only Shinyoung laughed and said while sticking her hand in her pocket.

“Are you Ji-hoon’s relative? Did you hear the explanation? This isn’t a place anyone can come to…”

‘Lee Ji-hoon, you stupid bastard… ‘

Shin Young-man, who had been managing the so-called Iljin’s reward for a long time, could barely notice.
This sometimes happened.
Those who say it’s a one-off, but when something they can’t handle happens, they bring their parents or relatives.
The three-way intersection service was also one of the biggest reasons for wanting to close the bounty business.

Shin Young-man approached Lee Ji-hoon and sighed.

“Jihoon-ah, I didn’t know you were such an idiot. Don’t you know that if you make things like this, it won’t end with you alone?”
“That, that’s my brother… “

At that time, Lee Ji-hoon, who was taken aback, was replaced by a man with sharp eyes.
A man who looks straight into Shin Young-man’s eyes.

Sooner or later he would be crawling on the dirt floor and wouldn’t even dare to look at it, so he decided to be generous with it for now.
Said the man

“I came because the child has money to pay.”
“… Welcome.”

‘Though I won’t be able to make it.’

“How is your relationship with Jihoon?”
“He’s just a brother I know.”
“Ha, good. Come here, I think you’d better give the money directly to the boss.”
“I see.”

When Shin Young-man went to the boss, her man also followed.
The boss asked.

“Youngman, who did you say you were?”
“…Ji-hoon says he’s an older brother he knows. He says he will meet the boss in person and pay the money back.”
“You want to see me in person?”

A yaksha smile appeared on the president’s face.
Shin Young-man, who had been by his side her for a long time, was well aware that that smile was when a person was immersed in it.

The boss pointed to a small chair in front of him.

“Sit down. I’m here to pay you back… Do you know how much it is?”

The man sitting in the chair I use when fishing nodded his head.

“300,000 won.”
“Heh heh heh… “

The president, who smiled pretending to be a good person, immediately became serious and threw away the cigarette he was holding in his hand.

“Wouldn’t that be enough for 300,000 won now?”

The president’s tone of voice changed to half-speaking before he knew it.
She scans the man up and down with menacing eyes.

Perhaps it was because he was overwhelmed by the atmosphere, or because the gangsters hanging out around him were gradually closing the distance, Lee Ji-hoon, who was standing next to him, fidgeted and fidgeted with his fingers.
However, the man who was said to be Ji-hoon’s older brother was still expressionless.

“Well… Then can this be it?”

A man who puts his hand in the inside pocket of his suit.
Shin Young-man, flinching, stepped forward, but was stopped by the president and withdrew.

Afterwards, what came out of her man’s inner pocket was none other than a wad of money.
The boss snorted.

“How much?”
“It’s three million won.”
“It’s 300… This is disrespecting us too much.”

The boss winked.
Then, the gangsters who had been hanging around began to roam again.

If you look at them from a distance, you can tell that they are putting on a show, but it is not easy to notice if you are in the middle of the movement. He can only see that he is in a dangerous situation.
However, the man’s expression did not change.