The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 19 Get your wish
After reporting Kim Ji-sung's name, Pei Yongjun confirmed her identity and nodded.

"I'm here to ask for your help. Don't talk nonsense, understand?" Pei Yongjun looked at the intern in front of him.

During the interview, Bae Young-joon checked Goo Hara's injuries as usual, but some of the injuries were in sensitive areas, and his subordinate Cho Bong-joo, who usually did this kind of thing, had taken leave and might not come again.

Pei Yongjun then asked Jin Zhicheng, who was still staying at the newspaper, to go to the editorial department to borrow an intern college student who had only been there for three days to help.

Although I don't understand anything, I won't get involved with other people in the newspaper. This is the most important thing right now.

"I understand, I understand." The girl with thick bangs nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Give me the phone."

"Mo?"

"Cell phone." To be on the safe side, Pei Yongjun still wanted to take her cell phone.

"Oh." Thick Liu Hai didn't dare to say anything and obediently took out his phone from his pocket and gave it to him. It was an old entry-level Samsung model with a screen full of cracks.

"I asked you to come here to help check the injuries of the interviewee. You just need to look, touch, and see if it is a real injury, and then tell me."

"As for the rest, don't worry about it, don't ask, and don't tell. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Thick Liuhai seemed frightened.

"Let's start now. Do you have anything else to do?" Pei Yongjun asked.

“Um, um, yes.”

"what happened?"

"That editor-in-chief, the taxi is still waiting downstairs."

"I haven't paid the fare yet, and I don't have enough money, so the driver withheld my work card."

The thick bangs revealed a timid and awkward smile,
After a moment of silence, Pei Yongjun pulled out his wallet, pulled out a fifty-thousand won note, and handed it to her. "Go and pay it, and be right back."

"Um, um, it seems not enough. I accidentally hit a model car. Can it be reimbursed? If not..."

Thick bangs gritted his teeth, and under Pei Yongjun's gaze, his voice became smaller and smaller.

"Eunkwang," Pei Yongjun turned around and called out, "Go downstairs and help her pay the fare!"

"Yes, team leader." Che Enguang asked for the license plate and left quickly.

"You, come in with me."

Pei Yongjun walked into the ward with thick bangs.

Goo Hara was lying on the bed, but her face was covered with a towel, so it was impossible to tell who she was.

Bae Yongjun pushed his thick bangs to the edge of the bed and looked at Choi Sulli. "You go with her and check all the injuries on your unnie, okay?"

"Okay." Choi Sulli nodded.

Bae Yong-jun pulled up the curtain, turned his back to the room with Yoo Sung-soo, and recorded everything one by one.

There was a faint rustling sound of clothes, and Thick Liu Hai exclaimed, "Ah, what happened to her?"

"An Jing, tell me about your injuries." Pei Yongjun's voice remained unchanged.

"Injury, injury, at, at..." Her voice seemed a little helpless.

"Shoulder, a bruise, that's what I mean, understand?"

"Oh, okay." Thick Liuhai's voice trembled as he checked the injuries one by one.

"Two bruises on the right arm."

"There's one rib on the left side, and it's bleeding."

"There's a little purple in one spot on my lower abdomen..."

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After the injury examination, Bae Yong-jun took Liu Chengzhu and the other person out of the ward.

"I've really learned a lot. It's bad enough that he relies on women for a living, but he's also ungrateful and beats people up like this?"

After listening to Goo Hara's narration, Liu Chengzhu was already furious, and he was even more angry about the shocking injuries on Goo Hara's body.

"He's got over a dozen wounds all over his body, and this isn't his first time beating someone up!?" "Xiba, that bastard! Even beating him up wouldn't satisfy me!"

He rolled up his sleeves and glanced around eagerly, then saw the thick bangs next to him. "Yeah, isn't that right?!"

"Ah, yes, yes." Thick Bangs, startled and somewhat dazed, stammered, "He deserves a beating."

She looked at the closed door of the ward with sympathy, "How pitiful, it looks like it must be in a lot of pain."

"That's why! We can't let this kind of scum go!" Liu Chengzhu said angrily.

"Okay, if you're angry, write a better manuscript." Pei Yongjun interrupted him, "Do you have enough information?"

"That's enough." Liu Chengzhu calmed down. "We have the sketchbook, audio recordings, video recordings, and a summary of the injuries. We have them all."

"Okay, go back and sort it out immediately, as quickly as possible, understand?"

"I understand. Don't worry." Liu Chengzhu nodded.

Several people talked as they walked out.

"Enguang, go prepare for the press conference. It will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow."

"press conference"

"Yes, Team Leader, is it in the press room of the newspaper office?"

"No, you should find a place in Lunxian Cave, a little out of the way, with more space."

"Let Kim Ji-sung handle the miscellaneous tasks like setting up the venue. If we're short on people, feel free to ask the president for more. Also," Pei Yongjun glanced at the thick bangs walking alone at the end, lowering his voice, "have Kim Ji-sung keep an eye on her."

Cha Eun-kwang nodded silently.

Pei Yongjun sent them to the hall and then turned back.

When I knocked on the door and walked into the ward, Choi Sulli was holding Goo Hara's hand and whispering.

"Editor-in-Chief-nim?" She looked at Pei Yongjun and stood up. "Where are Reporter Liu and the others?"

"They went back to the office first to sort out the information they had just collected." Bae Yongjun looked at Goo Hara's face and said, "Hara, are you feeling okay?"

"I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused you."

"It's okay. Actually, I feel pretty good. I feel much more relaxed after talking about this." Goo Hara smiled, with a look of relief on her face.

"What should I do next? I'm ready."

"Horaxi, I need your consent for what I'm going to do next."

"You say."

"After Sung-soo finishes organizing the manuscript, Hangang Sports will send a text message announcing your breakup with Choi Jong-bum. Is that okay?"

"Okay." Goo Hara nodded.

"Do you need to contact your agency?"

"I can just contact the company myself."

"And then?" Choi Sulli asked nervously, "When will the press release be issued?"

"No press release yet. I need you to attend the press conference tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., Hara-xi. I'll have Eun-kwang drive over to pick you up tomorrow morning."

"Press conference?" Goo Hara and Choi Sulli looked at each other, as if they had not expected it.

"Yes, for the press conference, the content will be given to you before dinner tonight at the latest. You should familiarize yourself with it in advance."

"What about Choi Jong-bum?" Choi Sulli asked, "If it's a press conference, will he come to disrupt it?"

"I'm just worried he won't come," Pei Yongjun pointed to her phone on the bedside table, "Call him now."

"Ask him to meet at Lunxian Cave, and then..."

"Doesn't he want to go to the police station?" Pei Yongjun smiled, "Then let him do it."

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① Model Taxi: A high-end taxi in Seoul. It is all black and the drivers all speak English. The price is more than twice that of an ordinary taxi.

(End of this chapter)