The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 30 The clouds clear and the fog disperses
Choi Sulli's words caused a buzzing noise in the crowd.

"Is this true? There's such a thing in the entertainment industry?"

"Is it true? Look at her eyes, it's really..." Some people were skeptical.

"Empty words, what's the point of saying this now?" Li Haizan noticed the disagreement in the crowd and tried to change the subject. "Shouldn't you be the one fooling everyone?"

"Since you knew Choi Jong-Bum was lying, you still tricked us all into this and said you invited the person involved to explain? What are your intentions?"

He pointed at Pei Yongjun and scolded him, "You even hype up something like this, do you have any bottom line?"

"The person involved?" Pei Yongjun sneered, "I never said Choi Jong-Bum was the person involved. This is just your imagination."

"On the contrary, he is the client of your newspaper, right?" He pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket. "Lawyer's power of attorney?"

He read it word for word.

"The client is Choi Jong-Bum, and the client is Lee Young-Gyu."

"If I remember correctly, Li Yingjiu is the consulting lawyer of your D company, right?"

Pei Yongjun turned over his palm and saw the five bold black characters of "Attorney's Power of Attorney" written on the paper.

"You!" Li Haizan's face changed drastically. He had fabricated the document just to scare the police last night. Even if he was discovered, he would just be criticized and educated. But now it has become ironclad evidence for him to clear himself of any responsibility.

Pei Yongjun waved his hand, and the ceiling lights dimmed again.
"Ah! What are you going to do again!" Li Haizan was shocked and angry.

"It's not me, but your client. What did he do?" Pei Yongjun pointed behind him.

The electronic screen lit up, showing the image faithfully recorded by the miniature camera of the tissue box next to the squashed building block puppy.

"If you don't pay me today, I'll make you pay!" Choi Jong-Bum turned his back to the camera, waving a sharp knife in his hand. "Did you hear me? Hurry up!"

"Don't think I'm kidding! Otherwise, you'll end up like Goo Hara!"

The blade flashed coldly, and the crowd couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, but Cui Xueli, who was forced into a corner in the camera, said in an unflinching voice, "I have already given you 450 million. I won't give you a penny more!"

“Not a penny!”

The camera jumped to the bottom of the vase, and the camera shone through the small hole directly at Choi Sulli's face. Her delicate facial features were full of anger.

"Isn't that what you blackmailed me with? Blackmailed Holaoni?!"

The scene changes again, showing a small white box in the air-conditioning vent. The camera looks through the gap in the grille and reflects Choi Jong-Bum's ferocious face.

"Yes! So what if I'm blackmailing you! Once I get it, it's mine!"

"Do you want to try it too?"

The scene flashed, and his ferocious face turned into an arm raised high, holding a sharp knife tightly, and swinging it down fiercely.

The screen went out, and everyone exclaimed in surprise and looked at Choi Sulli.

"This is what your client did: extortion and assault." Pei Yongjun looked at Li Haizan, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"Me? I don't know! How would I know what's going on?" Li Haizan was confused and spoke in a panic.

Choi Jong-Bum faked his own injury, so it was at best an attempted crime. But he didn't expect it to be an armed extortion, and there was 450 million. If he got involved...

"Editor-in-Chief Li, you will know." Pei Yongjun looked towards the back door again.

"Ah! Pei Yongjun! Stop playing tricks here. Who else can you call? I'm not afraid even if you call the police!" The twists and turns again and again made Li Haizan almost collapse.

"I……"

He caught a glimpse of a figure appearing, his expression horrified, and he was speechless for a moment.

A figure in a black uniform appeared at the back door. He had a square face and a dignified expression. The badge on his upper arm had five blue vertical bars shining brightly.

This is the mark of a prosecutor.

"Prosecutor Zheng, nim." Pei Yongjun bowed.

Prosecutor Zheng had an expressionless face. He walked straight up to the podium with several investigators following behind him, took out a piece of order from his pocket and showed it to everyone.

"Dear citizens and reporters, Prosecutor Jung Tae-ho of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office in South Korea has arrested Choi Jong-bum, the suspect in the extortion case."

"Please cooperate."

He waved his hand, and the investigator behind him walked out and lifted Choi Jong-Bum from the floor.

"Ah! This can't be true! This can't be true!" Choi Jong-Bum suddenly shouted in despair. "This is a trap! I still have something to say! My money has been stolen! All of it!"

But now no one would believe him anymore.

"Really! Really! I'm serious! Interview me!" He threw himself at a reporter next to him like crazy and broke free from the investigator's arms behind him.

But the reporter looked terrified and retreated quickly.

He told a huge lie in public and badly wronged Li Haizan. Looking at his crazy look, who would dare to believe him and who would dare to interview him again?

The investigators rushed forward and pinned him down.

"What I said is the truth! The truth! Why doesn't anyone believe me? Why?" Choi Jong-bum burst into tears, his heart piercing. Finally, the investigator stuffed gloves on him, leaving him speechless and collapsing into a puddle of mud. "And..." Prosecutor Zheng looked at the pale Lee Hae-chan in the audience. "Editor-in-Chief Lee Hae-chan, nim?"

“…Yes, it’s me.”

"Come with us."

"Mo? Why? Prosecutor-nim? Why?" Li Haizan retreated repeatedly, but was stopped by two policemen who appeared out of nowhere.

"Ah! Pei Yongjun! You forged the interrogation record! You can't escape responsibility!" Li Haizan couldn't break free and whispered to Pei Yongjun beside him, "Just wait!"

"What are you talking about? That was clearly Choi Jong-Bum's own frame-up plan. How can it be called an interrogation record?"

"You'd better take a look at the handwriting, Editor Li."

Pei Yongjun shook his head slightly.

Li Haizan's face changed drastically.

"Let's go!" Prosecutor Zheng came and went in a hurry, turned around and left, and his entourage took Choi Jong-hwan and Lee Hae-chan away.

"No! No! Ah! I want to make a phone call! I want to call the congressman! You are suppressing public opinion! Suppressing public opinion!" Li Haizan's panicked shouting gradually disappeared.

Everyone in the auditorium looked at the door, speechless with horror.

"Oh, is this really... a movie?" After a while, someone couldn't help but shout, waking everyone up.

"News of the year, this is definitely the news of the year!"

"Is Bae Yongjun a monster? How can he be a paparazzi if he has such abilities?"

"It's over, it's over, Dispatch is in big trouble!"

"Everyone!" Pei Yongjun's voice drew everyone's attention back, "Let's end today's press conference here."

"Mo? I haven't asked any questions yet?! How come it's over?" The reporters who were still in a daze were suddenly shocked.

"Editor-in-Chief, just one question! Please!"

"Editor-in-Chief Pei! Please give me some face! I just want to ask one question!"

"Please say something, Goo Hara! You can say anything!"

"Sullixi! Sullixi! I bought your album! I'm your fan! Please say something! Please!"

Flashbulbs flashed like snowflakes and made a loud noise. Reporters rushed to the front of the stage and scrambled to ask questions.

Bae Yong-jun looked at Goo Hara and Choi Sulli who had walked behind him.

Goo Hara shook her head, but Choi Sulli hesitated and whispered, "Editor-in-Chief, I want to say something."

"May I?"

Pei Yongjun looked at the expectation flashing in the depths of her pupils, paused, and handed her the microphone.

"Hello everyone, I'm Choi Sulli." It had been a while since she stood in front of the camera. Choi Sulli gripped the microphone tightly, her voice tense and a little nervous. "It's been a while since I last saw you all. Thank you very much for coming today."

“I also appreciate everyone’s help, thank you!”

The dust has settled and the clouds and fog have dissipated.

She bowed, raised her head, glanced at Pei Yongjun's handsome figure in front of her, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, as if she was standing in the bright and brilliant sunshine, and her heart was filled with uncontrollable joy.

"From now on, please, reporters, please support Editor-in-Chief Pei."

"If possible, please support Hola Unnie and me!"

Then, she waved to the fans crying at the auditorium entrance in the distance, "Thank you! Please also support Editor Pei nim! Please support us!"

She clasped her hands together and bowed, "I'm counting on you all!"

"Please please!"

"We will work hard! We will keep working hard!"

She made a heart shape with her right fingers and smiled brightly, "Love you! Thank you everyone!"

She bowed deeply and handed the microphone to Pei Yongjun.

Their eyes met, and she lowered her eyes shyly and whispered, "Thank you, Editor-in-Chief, nim."

Pei Yongjun's gaze swept across her slightly red earlobe, lingered for a moment, and then turned to look at the audience.

"Everyone, tomorrow at 10 o'clock, this newspaper will publish an in-depth interview. Today's press conference ends here!"

"I'm a reporter, Bae Young-jun."

The three figures disappeared backstage, leaving only the noisy crowd in place.

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