The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 112 Uninvited Guest

Hangang Sports Newspaper, Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

It was a winter day, with the cold morning light still shining on the road. Bae Yong-jun and Ryu Sung-soo parked their car opposite the newspaper office and walked into it.

"Is there any progress on the previously published news about finding insiders and victims?" Pei Yongjun asked as he walked.

"Not yet. I've received quite a few contacts, but most of them aren't genuine. They're either colleagues or bloggers trying to get information, or scammers trying to defraud you of your money."

"There is one person who seems to have some hope. From what she said, it seems to be true. She said it happened to her friend, but I guess it happened to her."

"She must be the victim."

Liu Chengzhu talked about the recent situation.

"Really? In that case, if you follow up carefully, the tip fee won't be a problem, and I can definitely guarantee her anonymity, so she can rest assured."

Pei Yongjun ordered.

The two took the elevator to the third floor and walked towards the office area. Standing at the door, Liu Chengzhu was about to take out the key to open the door, but Pei Yongjun pressed his hand.

"Don't be impatient, look here." He lowered his voice and looked at the knob above the keyhole.

The silver-white knob is horizontal, indicating that it is locked from the inside.

"Hmm?" Liu Chengzhu frowned and lowered his voice. "I locked the door last night. How could this happen?"

"not……"

His heart skipped a beat.

It was just past seven o'clock, and there was still more than an hour before work started. The newspaper office was quiet. There was no one around when the two of them came in. Why was the door to the public area locked, as if something shameful had happened?

Now this office area belongs to their second group. He clearly remembered that he left last night and locked the door. It was definitely not like this.

Liu Chengzhu suddenly remembered that Park Zhiche, the editor-in-chief of the social news group at that time, tried every means to steal their news.

Could it be that Zhao Dongxu sent someone to cause trouble?

An idea popped into his mind.

The news about Zico and others is now the hottest news on the peninsula. Countless people are keeping an eye on this news, and they all want to find out the remaining few people so that they can take advantage of this wave of popularity and gain the maximum traffic.

The group that is closest to the truth at the moment is naturally Bae Young-joon, who broke the first wave of news and defeated Jung Joon-young, Zico and three others in a row.

Zhao Dongxu, who has been silent recently, might have this idea in mind, wanting to overtake them and surpass them.

Liu Chengzhu became nervous.

Pei Yongjun didn't say anything. He walked slowly towards the door with light steps.

Liu Chengzhu looked around, picked up the ashtray from the trash can in the corridor a few steps behind him, held it in his hand, and followed closely.

Leaning against the door, Pei Yongjun listened carefully. He heard footsteps coming from the office area, and someone was inside.

Listening carefully, there seemed to be some faint human voices, as if someone was talking.

Pei Yongjun's eyes moved and his body relaxed.

But before he could say anything, Liu Chengzhu, who had just come over and leaned against the door, heard it and immediately became anxious, "Editor-in-chief, there really is someone!"

He took a half step back, kicked the door lock, and kicked it open with a bang. With a loud bang, he shouted, waved the ashtray in his hand, and jumped in.

"Ah! Who is that?"

"Ah!" Then, a louder scream came from inside the door, followed by the sound of glass shattering.

"Mo?" Liu Chengzhu stood at the door, the door still shaking after being kicked open. He held up the ashtray in his hand, stunned. "What are you doing here?"

"I, I..." A familiar and weak voice came from inside the door. Pei Yongjun stepped inside.

Kwon Eun-bi was standing by her desk, her eyes wide open, looking at Liu Chengzhu holding an ashtray at the door with horror, and the shaky door that was kicked open.

The cup at his feet broke into several pieces, coffee splattered everywhere, and a stain was left on the floor.

"Team leader, I..." She looked at Pei Yongjun, looking terrified, "I'm, I'm sorry!"

She bowed deeply, not knowing what she was apologizing for.

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"Hey, Eunbi, why are you here so early? You even locked the door and scared us." Liu Chengzhu put down the ashtray awkwardly, walked to his seat, picked up a screwdriver, and walked back to the door.

He squatted down and looked carefully at the door frame, as if trying to fix the door himself.

"Seungsu-san, I'm sorry for scaring you." She looked at Liu Chengzhu, then at Bae Yongjun, "Team leader-nim, I'm sorry."

"I came a little early because I wanted to sort out yesterday's news. I'm sorry." Queen Kwon clasped her hands on her abdomen, her fingers nervously intertwined, and bowed again.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

"It's okay." Pei Yongjun didn't say anything. His eyes swept around and fell on her again.

"I'll clean up right away." Quan Enfei looked at him and seemed to finally come to her senses and quickly started to clean up.

She turned around, pulled out a wet wipe, looked at the broken cup on the ground, and reached out to pick it up, but as soon as she reached out her hand, her arm was blocked.

"Let me do it." Pei Yongjun stopped him, took the wet wipes, and squatted down, "Don't hurt yourself."

"Oh, okay." Quan Enfei let go of his hand and watched him pick up a piece of broken glass. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and said, "Wait."

She quickly stood up and took an empty box of A4 paper from the printer next to her and placed it on the ground. "Put it here, Team Leader."

"Is that okay? Otherwise I'm afraid of hurting others."

"Aren't you afraid of hurting me?" Pei Yongjun looked at her with an expressionless face.

"I'm sorry!" Quan Enfei suddenly panicked and waved her hands repeatedly, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean that. Let me do it!"

She reached out to grab the piece of glass from Pei Yongjun's hand, but was grabbed by the arm by Pei Yongjun.

"Okay, I'm just kidding." Pei Yongjun looked a little helpless. "Why are you taking this seriously?"

He looked at Concubine Quan Eun-Princess in front of him.

"Are you not angry?" he asked.

"No, no!" Queen Kwon shook her head quickly.

"Really?" Pei Yongjun asked again.

Concubine Quan En didn't say anything, but just chuckled twice.

Pei Yongjun said nothing more and started picking up the items.

Kwon Eun-bi squatted on the ground with her hands on her knees, watching Bae Yong-jun picking up pieces of glass one by one and putting them in a cardboard box.

one two three four five six……

"Okay," Pei Yongjun put the last remaining piece of glass in the box and stood up. "You can continue."

"Okay, team leader, nim." Kwon Eun-bi raised her eyes following his movements, nodded with a smile, and began to lower her head to continue wiping the stains on the floor.

　Sorry, I'm a little stuck.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)