Taeyoung swallowed dryly at the man’s cold gaze pouring out without any filter.
It was the same as the first time he saw him—those alien, black pupils that didn’t seem human made him feel uneasy and terrified.
His body was already huge like a door, and the clothes draped over it were all pitch black, making him look even more threatening.
But this man was the guy tangled up with that hopeless Kang Hakyung.
A weak point for the opponent—
“Did you also give him Oxy’s address?”
“Yeah.”
“Hah, did Kang Hakyung tell you everything? That lose-mouthed bastard…”
“Didn’t adults teach you not to recklessly say trashy things just because your mouth is open?”
Muheon frowned at the sharp curse that came out of Taeyoung’s mouth.
Seeing this, even without words, he seemed to understand how poorly Kang Hakyung had been treated so far.
Even if you pampered him like a treasure, it wouldn’t be enough, but to treat him carelessly, even like trash?
That made veins bulge on Muheon’s forehead.
“Damn it! Whether I spit out trash or shit, that’s between me and Kang Hakyung. It’s none of your business.”
Kim Taeyoung was irritated.
Since he tricked Kang Hakyung into coming to Seoul, his life had gone completely wrong.
If that bastard knew he was fooled, he would’ve quietly gone back to the countryside and stayed hidden.
But instead, he ran around making this mess everywhere.
Taeyoung cursed Hakyung silently in his mind.
“Now that Kang Hakyung is mine, I’m going to care about him a lot.”
“What did you say…?”
“What you threw away, no, it was never really yours. You stole him like a rat.”
The cryptic words continued.
Taeyoung furrowed his brows more, unable to understand more than half of what the man was saying.
Muheon, whose face showed exactly what he was thinking, lifted one side of his mouth and continued speaking.
“I know you’re not the one who saved Kang Hakyung when he fell into the sea, so don’t act like a fool.”
“Huh? How do you know that? I saved him! Kang Hakyung’s life belongs to me!”
Taeyoung stomped his foot and shouted as if a button was pressed.
He had never felt this frustrated and irritated in his life.
Since he was six years old, he’d never faced anything difficult.
That was natural.
Whenever things got hard, he just pushed it onto Kang Hakyung.
Everyone in his hometown knew that Kang Hakyung was a nobody who wouldn’t have to get into such a mess.
So talking to a man who didn’t leave even a crack for him to retort was suffocating beyond irritation.
After failing to sing in front of a major Chinese investor, his agency’s investment was slowly drying up.
If he didn’t come up with something new here, the contract and everything would be over.
Becoming anxious, Taeyoung showed an involuntary bad habit.
He raised his hand and pushed the man’s shoulder.
He pushed with all his might, filled with the anger boiling inside him, but the man’s broad shoulder didn’t even twitch.
That made him even angrier.
“Was this your move first?”
Muheon lightly shook off the dust like it was nothing and narrowed his eyes.
The palm of the man who spoke a line that could come from a third-rate gangster movie moved straight toward Kim Taeyoung’s cheek.
Smack.
The sound of something breaking shook the air.
Taeyoung, unable to even let out a short scream, was already rolling on the floor.
It wasn’t a punch, nor was it a full-strength strike.
But it hurt so much.
His mouth was torn open, and it felt like his jawbone was broken.
Taeyoung, who collapsed like a sheet of paper, groaned without being able to get up.
His cheek was bright red, and tears kept falling from his big eyes nonstop.
“Ah, huuk…!”
Unable to even say proper words, Kim Taeyoung sobbed while choking.
Seeing Kang Hakyung cry broke his heart so much that he wanted to comfort him somehow, but watching this man cry was strangely indifferent.
To Muheon, Taeyoung was nothing more than a bug buzzing around his possession, just that much.
The man squatted down in front of the still-unable-to-stand human with an indifferent face.
“Crying? Why?”
What kind of personality asks why someone cries after hitting them?
Having met worse bastards, Taeyoung made a dumbfounded face.
Of course, after that, the pain made him shed another bucket of tears.
“Kang Hakyung’s been going through this for over ten years. You’re just having your first time now.”
“It hurts like hell, damn bastard! I’m going to report you! I won’t leave either you or Kang Hakyung alone!”
Blood spattered from Kim Taeyoung’s mouth as he shouted loudly.
Surprised by the blood coming from his own mouth, Taeyoung screamed again.
Covering one ear from the noise like a pig being slaughtered, Muheon poked Taeyoung’s teeth with his finger.
Even at the touch of the man’s single finger, Taeyoung’s upper body wobbled.
“You’re only this much…”
Muheon clicked his tongue sharply in his mind and finally spoke.
“From now on, don’t even think about seeing or contacting Kang Hakyung. I’m giving you three days—delete your video channel and cancel your fraudulent contract. If you do just that, I’ll let this go.”
“Wh-what if I refuse…?”
“I’ll make you taste hell every time you breathe out.”
Kim Taeyoung let out a bitter laugh.
He was no stranger to talking nonsense and putting on airs.
“Who do you think you are?”
“You?”
“W-who exactly are you?”
When the man’s thick eyebrows twitched, Kim Taeyoung quickly changed his words.
Muheon tapped lightly on his small head with a palm as big as a pot lid.
Again, Kim Taeyoung staggered backward and screamed—a clear Hollywood-style overreaction.
“Ah! Ah!”
“Shut up. You’re going to bring the whole neighborhood out.”
Since all the buildings and even the land around this alley belonged to Muheon, there was no one to stop him.
But he didn’t even feel the need to announce that fact and quietly scolded Kim Taeyoung.
“At the very least, I’m someone who could easily dunk you in the sea.”
“Y-You bastard…!”
“Kids these days have such foul mouths. Except Kang Hakyung.”
The way he said ‘Kang Hakyung’ was strangely sweet.
His fierce and blunt face subtly softened when he uttered that name.
Witnessing that change up close, Kim Taeyoung clenched his fists tightly.
This guy definitely had feelings beyond mere employee loyalty for Kang Hakyung.
The reason Kang Hakyung got weird when refuting him was surely because of this man’s influence.
There was much Taeyoung wanted to say, but if he opened his mouth, he was sure he’d get hit again and end up seriously hurt.
Judging by the brute force and harsh words, this man was probably a gangster.
“Alright, fine. I’ll do everything you say…”
Terrified, Kim Taeyoung said yes for now and planned to secretly meet Kang Hakyung once he got out of this situation.
He knew the company address; if he kept watch for a few days, they would eventually cross paths… or so he thought.
“I hear you’re thinking too much. You don’t think what I said was serious, huh? Just wait. If you don’t care what happens to your family.”
“Fa-family…!”
“Well, I’m just returning the favor for the message you sent.”
With this man’s power, the threat of harming not just him but his entire family was very real.
Taeyoung’s plan to secretly meet Kang Hakyung was shattered, and he nodded painfully as if cutting his own flesh.
“Good. I’ll help you clean everything up and get out.”
As Muheon nodded, a huge man appeared behind him.
Judging by size, he looked about one and a half times bigger than Muheon.
Kim Taeyoung, shaken by the overwhelming presence, bit his bloodied lip tightly.
Pain surged again, and his eyes reddened.
“You’re not pitiful at all. No mercy here. Stop crying and get up. You’ve got three days to come up with the penalty money, and the clock’s ticking.”
“Uh, sob…”
“Get up. Watch carefully.”
“Yes, Mr. Muheon. Leave it to me!”
Gisang-o bowed deeply.
The serious tone of their conversation made tears stream down Kim Taeyoung’s cheeks once more.
A few days later, Hakyung heard something strange from his grandmother.
Because of the accident caused by Kim Taeyoung, his family suddenly sold their house and moved to an island.
Kim Taeyoung’s family was the same—greedy to the core, selling whatever they had and going to an island?
It was unbelievable.
Now that he thought about it, he hadn’t even seen the chain of threatening messages that had followed after contacting his grandmother.
“What’s going on…?”
Curious, Hakyung thought about contacting Taeyoung, but soon shook his head.
He didn’t want to be involved with Kim Taeyoung even a little anymore.
If he just disappeared like this, it was actually a blessing.
He would forget the gloomy past where his voice was taken away and move on to have a happy, happy romance with the boss.
He snorted happily and hurriedly prepared for work.
Today, it was even an outside job with just the boss.
Just the two of them!