The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 8: Glimpse of the mystery
The car door opened, Pei Yongjun got in and put the express envelope on the dashboard.

"How is it?" Choi Sulli asked impatiently.

"Choi Jong-Bum doesn't live here anymore." He said lightly, took out his cell phone, turned it on and lit up the screen.

"Really..." The expectation on her face suddenly fell. She twisted her fingers and muttered to herself, as if to comfort herself, "No wonder, it's been so long."

Choi Jong-Bum basically lives in Goo Hara's house, so he probably hasn't lived here for a long time?
But in such a huge city like Seoul, where can I find him?

"Xu Lixi, how much money did Choi Jong-Bum ask you for?" Bae Yong-jun's voice brought her back to her senses.

"He, he originally wanted 5 million, so he gave me the video, and then he said he wanted 10 billion."

"How much did you give?"

"At the beginning, I gave him 3 million, and today he finally raised over 1 million, for a total of 4 million."

One billion won is more than half of Choi Sulli's wealth after she left the group and was plagued by negative news. The 10 million won in cash has probably drained all the money she had.

"Is this all your money?"

"I, I even borrowed some from someone."

"Do you have 10 billion?"

Choi Sulli lowered her eyes and paused for a moment before continuing, "...including the house, it should be about the same."

"Did he ask Goo Hara for money?"

"Ouni didn't tell me, but I should have passed it. However, she didn't give him any money. She also told me not to give him any money and not to interfere in these matters."

"I kept it a secret from Ernie."

Pei Yongjun continued to ask, "He's just a hairstylist. Does he usually need money?"

"No, unnie treats him very well." Choi Sulli shook her head quickly. "Unnie even introduced him to many customers."

"Then why does he ask you for so much money?" Pei Yongjun frowned slightly, thinking about the news he had just heard from the security guard.

"Mo?" Cui Xueli was stunned for a moment, as if she had never thought about this question before, "He, he..."

"Even bad guys have motives." Pei Yongjun put his right hand on the steering wheel, tapping it lightly with his index finger, organizing his thoughts. The complicated clues gradually pieced together into a story in his mind.

"What was his motive? Why did he hurt Goo Hara and resort to such despicable blackmail tactics? And why did he ask you for such a large sum of money?"

"Why doesn't your Hola O'Neal let you take care of it?"

"I, I don't know. Sister never told me. I thought, I thought..." These days, Choi Sulli has been devoted to Goo Hara. While hiding it from Goo Hara, she was also blackmailed by Choi Jong-bum. She was exhausted and didn't even think about these things carefully.

"I have a story, please listen to it." Pei Yongjun cleared his throat and sorted out his thoughts.

"Choi Jong-Bum was a hairstylist in Cheongdam-dong. By chance, the famous star Goo Hara fell in love with him, and the two became lovers."

"However, although Goo Hara is very good to him and helps him in every possible way."

"But, he feels a little embarrassed about being a hairstylist."

"He felt he couldn't be a hairstylist anymore."

"Perhaps opening a beauty salon and becoming a glamorous 'successful person' is what he deserves."

"How did you know?" Choi Sulli's eyes widened suddenly. "He said it was like this! He also said it would open soon!"

"It seems I guessed right." Pei Yongjun nodded slightly and continued, "However, if you want to open a beauty salon in a place like Cheongdam-dong where every inch of land is valuable, a high-end beauty salon will cost a lot of money."

"According to his thinking, as long as he opens a beauty salon, with his abilities and Goo Hara's help, how could it not be successful?"

"It's a great dream, but he has no business sense and no vision. Perhaps the initial capital Goo Hara gave him was quickly and messily squandered. Which renovation company or real estate agency doesn't rip people off?"

"As long as he has money, it doesn't matter if he doesn't open his business? It doesn't matter if he doesn't have business? It doesn't matter if he doesn't have customers? People will still call him president."

"Jealousy, inferiority complex, greed, arrogance, whatever the reason, he couldn't stop."

"Where did he get the money?" "Goo Hara-xi might have provided some, but it wasn't enough. And right now, Goo Hara-xi was probably trying to calm him down, which made him extremely angry. It seemed like he didn't trust him." "So he started," Bae Yong-jun paused, holding his phone screen in front of Choi Sulli, "borrowing money."

On the screen, the name of Ruinan Investment Co., Ltd. was flashing.

"What is this?" Choi Sulli took it and looked at it intently.

"Loan sharking," Pei Yongjun continued, "a loan sharking company disguised as an investment company."

"About a month ago, Choi Jong-Bum came back here. But that night, a group of people came to collect a debt and smashed the first-floor door and the surveillance cameras."

"It's these people from Ruinan Investment."

"The hole is getting bigger and bigger, and the imagined days of making money are nowhere in sight. Choi Jong-Bum will only intensify his exploitation of Goo Hara."

"Goo Hara-xi must have discovered something in the end, so she stopped giving him money. It's precisely because of these lawless loan sharks that she's worried about you and won't let you get involved. She's probably afraid you'll get excited and get into danger again."

"Choi Jong-Bum cut off his financial resources, then abused Hara-unnie, and finally even came to blackmail you."

"And he changed his mind and raised the price midway through. I'm afraid he's not only trying to pay off the loan sharks, but also trying to squeeze more money out of you to live the rest of his life."

"As for this place, Choi Jong-Bum must be afraid of these moneylenders and has hidden somewhere else."

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is..." Choi Sulli muttered to herself, speechless for a moment.

Pei Yongjun stopped talking and thought silently.

The words of the fat agent and the security guard filled in the final logical gap in Choi Jong-Bum's evil deeds.

Because of greed, he embarked on the road of usury and there was no turning back. In the end, he chose to hurt those who helped and loved him. He was a despicable coward who wielded a knife against the weaker ones.

"Well, what should I do now?" After a moment of silence, Choi Sulli's voice sounded a little weak.

As the truth got closer, she felt powerless.

Pei Yongjun looked at her.

There was a flash of confusion and helplessness in her big eyes. The moonlight shone through the car window, illuminating her already snow-white skin, which was as white and shiny as jade.

Delicate and fragile.

"Are you scared?" Pei Yongjun asked, staring into her eyes. "This is none of your business. You can get off the car first and wait for my news."

"No." Choi Sulli took a deep breath, shook her head firmly, and grabbed Pei Yongjun's arm. "I'm not afraid."

"This is loan sharking, it could be dangerous."

This is certainly a dangerous thing, but when she thought of the bruised Goo Hara, who would suffer countless criticisms once this matter leaked out, and also thought of herself when she was surrounded by negative news and had nowhere to escape under the gaze of everyone, Choi Sulli's heart trembled suddenly.

"I'm not afraid!" She pursed her lips, the helplessness in her eyes twisted into a stubbornness, "I'm only afraid that something will happen to Hola Oni, no matter how dangerous it is, I'm not afraid!"

"Aren't you really scared?"

"not afraid!"

"Okay, let's start." Pei Yongjun nodded.

"start?"

"Well, it might be a little uncomfortable, just bear with it."

"Well?"

Choi Sulli was stunned for a moment when she saw Bae Yongjun's actions.

He placed his phone on the dashboard in front of Choi Sulli, "Sulli, start the live broadcast."

"Let's catch this rat."

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