Fifth Vital [EN]: Chapter 479

Fifth Vital – Episode 480 (479/502)

480. The Third Im Majun

A luxury officetel [a combined office and residential building] in the city center:

A middle-aged woman, Kim Mi-hwe, walked toward the main entrance, where access was restricted to residents.

Dressed in a bag worth over 100 million won [approximately $75,000 USD], and clothes and shoes worth tens of millions of won, she was adorned with ultra-expensive luxury goods from head to toe, perfectly embodying the image of a wealthy woman in her sixties.

“Excuse me.”

Before her confident footsteps echoed through the large revolving door, a young security guard raised his hand to stop her.

“How may I help you?”

“Me!?”

Kim Mi-hwe responded, looking the security guard up and down with a dumbfounded expression.

“Surely, you’re not saying that to me right now, are you?”

“This is a residential space exclusively for residents, so others cannot enter without permission. I’m required to confirm your reason for being here.”

“Ah! So, you’re asking to confirm…”

Kim Mi-hwe, hearing the security guard’s explanation as he faithfully carried out his duties, trailed off, still looking bewildered.

“You don’t know who I am…”

“Madam, have you arrived?”

Just as the woman was about to reveal her identity, another security guard came running in a fluster from afar.

“This friend is new to the job, only two days in, so he doesn’t know you yet.”

“Is that so? No wonder he didn’t recognize me; I assumed a new security guard had arrived.”

“I’m sorry.”

The senior security guard, after apologizing to the woman, glanced at the young security guard, signaling him to bow his head. The young security guard bowed deeply and offered his apology.

“I’m sorry.”

“If it’s only been two days since you started working, it can’t be helped. I’m not that strict, so it’s okay.”

“Thank you.”

“By the way, is our Majun upstairs?”

“Yes, he is.”

“Is he alone?”

“Pardon? Ah, well…”

At Kim Mi-hwe’s question, as if she was looking for someone, the senior security guard hesitated, looking troubled.

“Why are you stopping mid-sentence? I’ll find out everything when I go up anyway, so tell me quickly. Let’s not waste each other’s time, hurry!”

“He came with two companions.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

“Two people, I see. Alright, then. Good work.”

“Yes, Madam. Please go in.”

After the brief conversation, Kim Mi-hwe walked toward the elevators. The senior security guard then urgently made a phone call.

“Pick up, pick up!”

As if something urgent was happening, he held the phone with an anxious expression, but only the ringing tone echoed.

“Seriously! What’s the point of asking for a phone number if you never answer? I don’t know anymore.”

“What’s wrong?”

The junior security guard next to him, having overheard the conversation between Kim Mi-hwe and his senior, wondered what was going on.

“That woman just now, you know?”

“Yes.”

“She’s the building owner.”

“Really? That lady?”

At the senior security guard’s words, the junior looked toward the elevator where Kim Mi-hwe was standing.

A man and a woman in black suits stood behind Kim Mi-hwe, having entered unnoticed.

“I thought there was something about her attire that made her seem like someone from a wealthy family.”

“It’s beyond just a wealthy family.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“You’ve heard of Saechul Construction, right?”

“Of course. It’s a famous construction company.”

Saechul Construction was one of the leading conglomerates [a large, multi-industry company] in the country, quite well-known. It was an old company that had been recording profits by winning overseas orders even when the domestic construction industry was facing a recession.

“Her name is Kim Mi-hwe, and that woman is the lady of the house there.”

“Really? Then, the person she called Majun earlier…?”

“Is the son of Saechul Construction and a fourth-generation chaebol [a wealthy, powerful business owner].”

“Wow! It’s like a drama, it’s no joke.”

The junior security guard briefly recalled Im Majun’s appearance from the previous night and shook his head.

“Originally, when you work in this neighborhood, you see all sorts of things, so you don’t even flinch at ordinary events.”

“Amazing.”

As the security guards continued their conversation, Kim Mi-hwe took the elevator to the top floor of the officetel.

Standing in front of the door of the largest unit at the innermost part, she took out her phone from her bag without ringing the bell.

“Still not answering the phone.”

Kim Mi-hwe, feeling annoyed by the ringing tone, immediately hung up.

“You know the password, right?”

“Yes, Madam.”

“Open it.”

As Kim Mi-hwe gestured toward the front door, the younger woman among the two standing behind her expertly entered the password.

Beep-beep-

The electronic sound rang, and Kim Mi-hwe entered the officetel with her shoes on, followed by the two men and women.

“Ha!”

Kim Mi-hwe, having entered, let out a long sigh as if the ground was sinking beneath her.

The sight before her was so overwhelming that a headache she didn’t have before came rushing in, making her temples throb.

Colorful balloons were scattered all over the living room, and discarded clothes were lying around like snakeskin on the floor.

Judging by the leftover fruit snacks and expensive champagne and liquor on the table, it was clear that a drunken party had taken place.

Two women, almost naked, were lying asleep on the sofa and on the carpet on the floor.

“It’s a spectacle. A spectacle.”

Kim Mi-hwe, contemplating this scene, shook her head, tightly closed her eyes, opened them, and continued.

“I must be getting old. Now, even when I see scenes like this, my heart doesn’t flutter, and I’m not even surprised. Wake them up!”

“Yes, Madam.”

The man brought out a chair from one side, Kim Mi-hwe laid a towel on it and sat down, and the woman in the suit began to wake the women.

“Excuse me? Please wake up.”

“Ahem!”

“Hey! Wake up already.”

“Ah… Ha!”

As the woman in the suit shook the two women, who boasted great figures, alternately, the women reacted.

“Please wake up quickly.”

Because of the woman who was waking them up, raising her voice more and more, the two women pushed away their deep hangovers and barely lifted their eyelids.

“Ah! What is it?”

“Why do you keep waking me up? Who is it?”

“Hey! Get a grip!”

“Oh my! Wh-who are you!”

“Who are you people!”

The women, blinking their eyelids a few times, were startled and got up, seeing the two people in dark suits in front of them.

The women quickly picked up their clothes and put them on, not knowing what to do. Kim Mi-hwe, who was watching the scene, looked at the women as if they were bugs.

“Who are you people?”

“Who are you, lady?”

“Even if I told you who I am, would you even know?”

Kim Mi-hwe suppressed the anger she wanted to unleash and responded annoyingly to the women’s words.

“Whether we know or not, we need to know who you are.”

“That’s right! You barge into someone else’s house and then raise your voice.”

“Someone else’s house? I! I’m the owner of this house. Got it?”

“The owner?”

“What? He said this was his house?”

“The kid you just called ‘he’ is my son. Got it?”

“Wow!”

At the word ‘mom,’ the women looked even more surprised than before.

“Quite a handsome face, good physique, drives a fancy foreign car, hangs out with women, drinks expensive alcohol, and spends money like crazy. That’s Majun, right?”

At those words, the two women slowly nodded.

“While partying together until dawn, you must have wondered, ‘Who is this guy?’ With his appearance and money, you probably thought he was from a wealthy family and considered trying to seduce him. Right?”

Kim Mi-hwe’s words left the two women speechless, but they were both thinking the same thing.

The two women had met Im Majun the day before at a club that was said to be the hottest and most exclusive these days.

The man, who had been appearing frequently at the club since recently, had started to gain fame because of his handsome looks.

The women, who were drinking with the man who ordered bottles of alcohol worth millions of won, followed him to the officetel.

That’s how they ended up enjoying entertainment until dawn with a man they didn’t even know the name of before falling asleep.

“I’m going to ask you just two things from now on. You can see that I’m in a very bad mood right now, right? So, it’s better to answer honestly.”

The two women nodded.

Because Kim Mi-hwe’s presence, wrapped in expensive luxury goods that they couldn’t even afford to buy even if they saved up, was intimidating.

It felt like she had a nasty temper and would strike them immediately if they said something wrong.

“Did you sleep with my son?”

“N-no.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, there was skinship, but we didn’t sleep together.”

“Secretary Oh?”

At the young woman’s words, the woman in the suit looked around and replied.

“There are no condoms.”

“I guess that’s right. Did my son smoke yesterday?”

“No. He didn’t smoke.”

“Okay, you have your phones, right? Both of you, take them out quickly.”

“…Why the phones?”

“Because there’s something I need to check, so take them out quickly.”

When the two women took out their phones, Kim Mi-hwe told them to unlock them with a nonchalant expression.

“Unlock the password.”

“Who are you to tell me to unlock my password?”

“You guys took pictures with my son while partying here yesterday. You took the pictures to upload them on SNS for bragging purposes, of course. Right?”

Even though she wasn’t with them last night, Kim Mi-hwe knew the two women’s actions inside out.

“Delete those right now in front of me.”

When the women hesitated and remained still, the male secretary behind them placed two small shopping bags in front of the women.

“I’ll give you this, so delete them quickly.”

“Huh!?”

“You’re giving us this?”

The shopping bags that the man put down were products from a luxury jewelry brand. The women widened their eyes and asked if they could really have them.

“Really, if we just delete the pictures, we can take this?”

“Yes.”

At those words, the women quickly deleted the pictures, and Kim Mi-hwe even checked the phones herself to see if there were any other pictures or videos.

“Okay. You’re sure there aren’t any more pictures?”

“I’m sure.”

“My oppa [term for older brother or boyfriend] doesn’t like pictures, so we couldn’t take many.”

“Okay. I understand, so go now.”

After that, the two women wrote a statement that they did not have Im Majun’s pictures and that they would not upload or disclose what happened yesterday anywhere, and hurriedly left the officetel.

Click-

“You got their contact information, right?”

“Of course, Madam.”

As the women left, Kim Mi-hwe did not forget to thoroughly check with her secretary until the end.

“Keep a close eye on them for a few days so they don’t send DMs [direct messages] or whatever, smelling money. I’m going to wake Majun up, so clean up here.”

“Yes, Madam.”

Kim Mi-hwe, who ordered the two secretaries to clean up the living room, which resembled a pigsty, went straight into the room.

Click-

“Ugh! The smell of alcohol!”

As soon as she entered the room, it felt like the smell of alcohol was vibrating.

Kim Mi-hwe, waving her hand in front of her nose, pulled back the blackout curtains and headed straight for the bed.

Whack-

She slapped her son, Im Majun, who was lying face down on the bed, on the back.

“Im Majun!”

Even though she hit his bare skin with a forceful palm, Im Majun didn’t even budge.

“Son, I know you’re awake, so get up quickly while I’m being nice.”

“…”