The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 24 Domestic Violence Victims
"News?" Bae Yong-jun looked at Choi Jong-bum's distorted face and put down his foot.

Choi Jong-Bum straightened up and nodded frantically, "Reporter Park, I have news!"

"Didn't Goo Hara break up?"

"Cooperate with me, reporter nim!"

"With you?" Pei Yongjun asked, looking a little confused. "Without the video, what else can you say?"

"Meeting, dating, eating, quarreling, breaking up, I can talk about anything!"

"Can you do this?" Pei Yongjun seemed unconvinced.

"Yes! Of course!" Choi Jong-Bum's eyes lit up when he sensed Bae Yong-Joon's affections. "We've already broken up, so what's there to be ashamed of?"

"They won't tell me, so I'll tell you!"

"As long as there's a tip fee, reporter nim, I can say anything, even appear on camera!"

"Reporter nim, this must be big news. Doesn't she have a lot of fans? So many people want to know!"

Choi Jong-Bum tried hard to promote himself, wishing to squeeze Goo Hara dry. Fear and greed mixed in his pupils, interweaving into ugly words.

After a moment's silence, Pei Yongjun slowly spoke, "Report the details of your relationship?"

Choi Jong-Bum looked at Bae Yong-Joon expectantly.

"It seems that it is not enough. You can't just say these right away. There should be a gimmick." Pei Yongjun seemed a little dissatisfied.

"A gimmick?" Choi Jong-Bum was stunned.

"Yes, Goo Hara is injured. If we report it now, there will be a lot of pressure from public opinion."

"Injured?" Choi Jong-Bum had a strange smile on his face, "Reporter-nim, I'm injured too."

"you?"

"Yes, me. I was beaten by that woman Goo Hara. I'm the victim of domestic violence, reporter nim!"

"Didn't you beat her?" Pei Yongjun's eyes narrowed.

"That's right! But no one knew about it. We were the only two there! Who can tell? It was Goo Hara who hit me!"

He coughed violently a few times, affecting the injury on his chest, but he didn't care at all, his eyes full of greed.

"Then we'll reveal all sorts of details, and everyone's going to love it! Goo Hara won't be able to handle it, and we can even get money from her!"

“This is compensation!”

"When the time comes, I'll take two-thirds, oh no, half, no no no! I only want one-third! The rest is all yours, reporter-nim!"

"I'm the victim, reporter-nim!" Choi Jong-bum became increasingly excited, his face flushing. "Those fans and netizens are idiots, just following suit! What's going on? Isn't it all up to you to write this?"

"I didn't expect you to be so vicious." Pei Yongjun narrowed his eyes and looked at him kneeling on the ground, talking excitedly, and said softly, "A dog biting a man is nothing, but if a man bites a dog, it's really big news."

"Yeah, women won't love bad men, hahaha." Choi Jong-Bum laughed flatteringly.

"Since you have this idea, my trip here is not in vain." Pei Yongjun agreed.

"That……"

"I'll arrange a press conference for you tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM. We'll pay whatever you say. How about that?"

"Okay, okay!" Choi Jong-Bum didn't expect Bae Yong-Jun to agree so readily. He nodded vigorously for fear that he would go back on his word.

"Then let's sign the confidentiality agreement first, come on." Pei Yongjun pulled out two sheets of paper from his arms, placed them on the table, and quickly added a clause, "I've added a clause about holding a press conference tomorrow, so feel free to sign it."

Choi Jong-Bum glanced at it, checked the terms, and his eyes lit up. "A piece of useful information, 300 million?"

Pei Yongjun nodded.

"Does even a text message count?"

"Of course, every word counts."

"Oh, that's great." Choi Jong-Bum immediately signed his name in duplicate. "Sign it, please."

Pei Yongjun took out a pen and was about to sign when he suddenly stopped.

"Reporter Park, what's wrong? Is there any problem?" Choi Jong-bum looked nervous.

"If it's domestic violence, the injuries on your body..." Pei Yongjun glanced at him.

Whether it was last night or just now, Bae Yong-jun was very careful with his behavior. Apart from some redness and swelling on Choi Jong-bum's cheeks, there really wasn't any obvious injury on his body.

"Isn't that enough?" Choi Jong-Bum swallowed.

"It would be better if it were a little miserable."

"Well, well..." Choi Jong-Bum followed his gaze and looked at himself. He stammered a few times, gritted his teeth, and slapped himself in the face.

"How is it?" he asked, looking up.

"Well, I can't tell." Pei Yongjun shook his head.

"Ah!" Choi Jong-Bum spat, rubbed his hands together, and slapped himself twice.

The loud voice echoed in the interrogation room, crisp and clear.

"How, how..." He felt his brain buzzing, his body tilted, and he touched the wound on his chest. He suddenly knelt weakly on the ground, coughing like a consumptive.

It took him a long time to raise his head. His cheeks were red and swollen, his face was distorted with pain, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat. "Reporter Park, how are you?"

"Feeling better now."

"Better?" Choi Jong-Bum looked at him.

Pei Yongjun didn't say anything, turned his head and looked at the table.

Choi Jong-Bum followed his gaze.

On the table, the fine steel hammer head flashed with cold light.

"I can call a doctor for you." Pei Yongjun said lightly.

"I..." Choi Jong-Bum swallowed.

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"what!!"

"what!!!"

Bae Yong-jun opened the door of the interrogation room, and behind him, Choi Jong-bum fell to the ground, covering his arm and screaming.

With nowhere else to go, he, blinded by greed, hit his own arm with a hammer.

Pei Yongjun stepped aside to let Jin Rongmin and the doctor enter the interrogation room, then closed the door to block the screams inside.

He took two steps and opened the door across the corridor. Choi Sulli was standing at the door in the room.

She glanced at the door of the interrogation room where she could faintly hear screams, and looked at Pei Yongjun, "Editor-in-Chief, what happened? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Pei Yongjun shook his head. "He's the one who's in trouble. He got hit on the arm by a hammer. Maybe the bone is broken."

"Broken bones?"

"Well, are you scared?" Pei Yongjun looked at her.

"I'm not afraid. Why should I be afraid?" Cui Xueli shook her head. "If it were me, I would just beat him to death with a hammer!"

She clenched her fist, snapped it, and slapped it viciously on her palm with a frown on her nose.

"But," she suddenly remembered something, worry in her eyes, "will Editor-in-Chief Nim be okay? I don't want him to be implicated again."

"He hit himself."

"He tried to accuse Haraxi of domestic violence, and even tried to gain sympathy by being pathetic. He just dealt a heavy blow to himself."

"He, he..." Choi Sulli opened her eyes wide, "How could he do this?"

Choi Jong-Bum's viciousness made her feel unbelievable again and again, "Is he still a human being?"

"Greed is insatiable," Pei Yongjun said calmly, "The more money he gives, the more rampant he will become."

"For the sake of money, he has no regard for anything else."

Cui Xueli's expression darkened and she stood blankly in the distance.

Pei Yongjun paused and continued, "Sulli, actually, I'm not the first reporter that Hara-xi contacted."

"Mo?"

Cui Xueli was stunned.

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