The Genius Grandson Of The Cash King Becomes A Tycoon [EN]: Chapter 186

The Prodigy Grandson of the Cash King Becomes a Billionaire – Episode 186

#186

Tongyeong, the Naples of the East.

The harbor’s night was beautiful.

A pier next to the harbor, the wind blew.

Jeong-hoon took a deep breath.

The fishy smell of the sea filled his lungs.

Jeong-hoon clicked his tongue, seeing two heads slumped on the outdoor table.

‘Tsk, tsk, tsk.’

He looked at them with a pathetic expression, as if they were insects.

Dahye called.

“Jeong-hoon, I can’t reach Dad. His phone is off.”

“What?”

Jeong-hoon was surprised by Dahye’s words.

He quickly calmed down and assessed the situation.

He had stopped by here yesterday to meet Kang Cheol-joong.

Suddenly coming all the way here?

Could it be, was he preparing for the end?

Jeong-hoon searched his memory.

Park Hyun-cheol said he was persuading Haesong’s lawyers, and prosecutors and judges who were no different from accomplices.

‘Persuading’ was just a word; he was trying to separate the Four Great Families, the most powerful force within the Cheonji Association, from the Cheonji Association.

But it wasn’t easy.

Jeong-hoon remembered what Ha In-seon had said at Park Soo-gil’s funeral.

A rat had already told her about Park Hyun-cheol’s actions.

If so, would Ha In-seon stay still?

No, she would never stay still.

In the end… a trap?

Jeong-hoon couldn’t stay still when his thoughts reached that point.

“Jeong-hoon, what should I do?”

Dahye’s trembling voice came through the phone.

Jeong-hoon first reassured her with a calm voice.

“He’ll be fine, don’t worry too much. He drank a lot with Cheol-joong *sunbae* [senior/mentor] in Tongyeong yesterday. He might be resting at home because he’s tired.”

“Really? I’m worried because his phone is off.”

“The battery must be dead. I’ll check it out. Don’t worry too much.”

“When are you coming up [to Seoul]?”

“I’m going up now.”

“Really? That’s a relief.”

Dahye seemed relieved at Jeong-hoon’s words that he was returning to Seoul.

“Go to sleep first. It looks like I’ll arrive late even if I go up now.”

“Okay, come up carefully. Call me when you hear about Dad.”

“Okay.”

Jeong-hoon hung up the phone.

‘I think I’ll be able to get home by morning.’

He called his chief of staff.

“Oh my, what’s going on at this hour? You don’t contact me after 6 PM.”

Her voice was full of playfulness.

“It’s an emergency.”

“Tell me what you need.”

She changed her tone to a serious voice at Jeong-hoon’s words.

“Please find Park Hyun-cheol’s location first. And tell Park Chang-soo to gather about 10 Hwashin Distribution members and have them stand by.”

“Okay. I’ll send you a message when it’s ready. You’re in Tongyeong now, are you coming up to Seoul? Shall I prepare a helicopter?”

“No. I’ll go by car. I need to sober up too.”

“Alcohol? You shouldn’t drink and drive.”

“I have a driver next to me.”

“Oh, that’s right. Then come up carefully. I’ll be waiting.”

She’s reliable.

Although she only works in the office and at home, Harley Quinn Cha Young-mi does the work of a hundred field employees.

He suddenly wondered how he would have come this far without her.

Harley Quinn, real name Cha Young-mi.

She appeared in newspaper articles as a legendary hacker.

Jeong-hoon came to know her by chance.

In his previous life, he went down to Jungbu City and saw her in a special article.

An article written by Lee Pan-soo, who was fired from his position as editor of the Jungbu Daily.

A third-rate tabloid newspaper focused on gossip.

A newspaper full of only interesting articles without credibility.

So he doesn’t even remember the name.

A woman who was chasing corrupt forces was caught by them and tortured to the point of madness.

The content was that she was in a mental hospital in Jungbu City.

Everyone said it was crazy, but Jeong-hoon didn’t think so.

Because Jeong-hoon had seen her face in Chief Ji Hyun-bok’s documents.

He didn’t know if he had saved her or tortured her.

But soon after, Chief Ji Hyun-bok disappeared without even submitting his resignation.

So Jeong-hoon thought that Ji Hyun-bok had saved Cha Young-mi.

Although he didn’t completely save her.

If Ji Hyun-bok saved Cha Young-mi in the past life, Cha Young-mi saved him in this life.

Jeong-hoon, who had been lost in old thoughts, came to his senses and looked around.

In the distance, two eyes were shining in the darkness, staring at him.

‘Is it a concept?’

Even if he says he can be nearby, he always hides like a ghost in a place that is not easily visible.

Habit is such a scary thing.

Jeong-hoon raised his hand and gestured for him to come.

Ji Hyun-bok, who was in the darkness, got up and approached Jeong-hoon.

“What’s going on?”

“I have to go to Seoul.”

“Now?”

“Yes, Park Hyun-cheol… Elder is in danger. Let’s leave right now.”

“Okay. But…”

Ji Hyun-bok looked at the two people who had collapsed on the table.

“If we leave them alone, the garbage truck will come and collect them. They don’t have any money, and the weather is warm, so we can leave them behind.”

Jeong-hoon ignored them and got up from his seat.

Kang Cheol-joong, who had been burying his head like a corpse, slowly raised his head with a groan.

“Ugh…”

The moment the corpse woke up.

He got up, twisting his limbs like a real zombie.

“Am I garbage? Let the garbage truck come and clean me up. I’m going too.”

He said, as if he had regained his senses.

And Eun-soo too.

“I have to go too. I’m Jeong-hoon’s bodyguard.”

Eun-soo, who was still not fully awake from the alcohol, staggered and grabbed Kang Cheol-joong.

Kang Cheol-joong and Jeong Eun-soo, who had no strength in their bodies, fell backward, landing on their butts.

The two fell to the floor.

They closed their eyes again and fainted.

“I guess we have to take them. Let’s put the trash in the trunk.”

Ji Hyun-bok had a surprised expression, but Jeong-hoon didn’t care.

It’s a two-seater Bugatti anyway.

There’s no room to ride.

The trunk of a Bugatti must be as good as the back seat of a Rolls Royce.

Jeong-hoon put the two people in the trunk with Ji Hyun-bok, then handed him the keys and asked.

“Can you go to Seoul in 3 hours?”

He has a surprised expression, but he wasn’t embarrassed.

“2 hours is impossible, but I’ll arrive within 2 hours and 30 minutes.”

“Then it’s 9 o’clock now, so we’ll arrive today.”

The Bugatti started with a roar.

As expected of a special forces *出身* [出身 – origin/background], Ji Hyun-bok’s driving was unmatched.

When he passed by, the cars behind him honked and flashed their high beams.

He drove at a crazy speed, exceeding 200km/h.

And he passed through the tollgate in 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Jeong-hoon’s Bugatti arrived in front of the Haesong Building in Seocho-dong.

***

Jeong-hoon got out of the car and opened the trunk first.

The stench of rotten breath and alcohol mixed together attacked Jeong-hoon.

He hurriedly covered his mouth.

He took out the two people who were still crumpled and sleeping.

Eun-soo, who had regained consciousness, looked around and said.

“Oh, when did I get here?”

Kang Cheol-joong’s eyes were sharp, as if he remembered.

“Hyung [older brother/male friend], do you still work out these days?”

“Of course, after being kicked out to Tongyeong, I have nothing to do, so I work out even harder.”

He thought he could protect himself.

According to Cha Young-mi, Park Hyun-cheol was in the Haesong Building’s Sky Lounge.

He hacked into the Haesong Building’s CCTV and confirmed him going up to the Sky Lounge.

There were no cameras installed in the Sky Lounge.

So he couldn’t know what happened after that.

It was a shame, but there was nothing he could do.

The phone rang.

It was Cha Young-mi.

“There’s no one in the building right now. About 10 men went up around dinner time. They all seem to be gathered in the Sky Lounge.”

“Thank you.”

“Hwashin Distribution employees are all waiting nearby. And I’ve made it so that the helicopter can arrive within 5 minutes if you just say the word.”

“Okay.”

Jeong-hoon hung up the phone.

“Let’s go in. They said he’s inside.”

Jeong-hoon took the lead.

Three men were walking side by side behind him.

They went inside the building and took the private elevator to the Sky Lounge.

The arrival notification rang in the narrow elevator.

***

“Give up now.”

“Give up? Haa, I guess I have to give up now, really.”

“Good job. You can enjoy the wealth and glory of the old days again. Now we can rebuild the Imperial Family. In 5 years, it will be our world.”

“Still, I thought they were people who once studied justice, so I didn’t give up, but they’ve rotted to the roots.”

Ha In-seon’s eyebrows twitched at Park Hyun-cheol’s words.

His face was so messed up with blood that he couldn’t even recognize his shape, but he didn’t give up.

“Hmph, it’s you and your father’s Haesong that made it rot to the roots.”

“Haa, I know. So, I came even though I knew it was a trap. I thought I might be able to persuade them.”

“Hmph, persuasion my ass… If you threaten them with guns and knives and tempt them with money, the first ones to come running, kneeling and wagging their asses are the educated people. Didn’t you know?”

Park Hyun-cheol couldn’t answer.

He knew it well.

There were only such people around him.

It was a pity.

If he had known right and wrong before he started studying law, he wouldn’t have gone down the wrong path.

But it was a late regret.

“Haa, still, even if everyone is so rotten, someone clean will change this country.”

“Hahaha, you have big dreams. I will thoroughly trample on such sprouts. I’ll tear you apart with the Shinhwa Group. Ah, your daughter Dahye too.”

“You, you dirty bitch… I, I should tear your mouth apart.”

The man next to Ha In-seon’s cheek trembled.

He ran in fear and floated his body in the air.

He kicked Park Hyun-cheol’s head hard with his foot.

-Thud

Park Hyun-cheol, who had already lost his strength, fell to the floor.

He didn’t seem to be able to get up anymore.

“You bookworms are quite persistent.”

“I’ll take care of it.”

Ha In-seon answered the man’s words.

“Kill him slowly and painfully. So that our Four Great Families who are watching over there will be terrified.”

“Okay.”

Park Hyun-cheol’s consciousness continued to fade as he fell to the floor.

This is the end.

I wanted to be helpful to our son-in-law, but it’s a pity.

And, I have to apologize to Cheol-joong and stop by Kang Do-hyun’s place once.

I was worried that I couldn’t stop by this month.

Ah, I have to see the pretty grandson and granddaughter that Dahye will give birth to…

He tried to hold on to his fading consciousness, but he had no strength.

Hoo, I’ll just sleep for a while.

Park Hyun-cheol was thinking of resting for a while and getting up again.

Just for a moment.

Because there were still many things to do.

***

The moment right before the door opens is the most tense.

Because you don’t know what kind of sight will unfold before your eyes.

Before the elevator door opened, Jeong-hoon had hope.

The Sky Lounge was dark.

Nevertheless, he could clearly see a man lying in the central hall.

The lights were shining brightly on him.

It was Park Hyun-cheol.

Hope is always just hope.

Jeong-hoon wanted to run, but he remained calm.

He slowly walked inside.

“What are you doing?”

Healthy young men began to surround them as they approached Park Hyun-cheol.

He didn’t care.

Ha In-seon didn’t say anything at Jeong-hoon’s words.

She had discovered the child behind her.

Her body seemed paralyzed for a while at the appearance of the unexpected child.

Her face was blank as if she was ashamed of having her weaknesses exposed.

The corners of her trembling lips stopped.

And she raised one side and drew a sneer.

“I’m just punishing a traitor.”

“Stop at this point.”

“We have to set an example. If we stop here, we’ll only look ridiculous.”

Ha In-seon gestured to the man, who took out a knife from his arms and approached Park Hyun-cheol.

“Stop!”

Jeong-hoon shouted, but he didn’t listen.

It was when the man’s knife flashed and rushed towards Park Hyun-cheol.

“No!”

Kang Cheol-joong ran to stop him.

Then the man’s knife changed direction and rushed towards Kang Cheol-joong.

-Stab

The sound of piercing through solid flesh was heard.

-Ugh

Park Hyun-cheol protected Kang Cheol-joong with his body.

Blood flowed from his side.

“Minister!”

Kang Cheol-joong shouted in panic.

-Bang!

A sharp roar filled the Sky Lounge.

Jeong-hoon took out the gun from his arms and fired.

The Prodigy Grandson of the Cash King Becomes a Billionaire.