thefictionvixens Chapter 46 Why don't you just say goodbye?
Chapter 46 Why don't you just say goodbye?
Kim Soo-ho.
Compared to Kim Jisoo's dozens of messages, his childhood friend's message was much more concise.
"Zhengyi, what's wrong? I can't get through on the phone."
"Reply when you see this."
"I heard something happened in the East China Sea. Don't tell me it has anything to do with you."
"Say something if you're still alive."
"The follow-up to the story of that crazy woman, Kim Tae-ah, has been released."
"She was put in solitary confinement by her father. Rumor has it that he slapped her."
"Regarding the SM lawsuit, although her father is a newly rich chaebol with shallow roots, he has plenty of money. The best legal team has already been arranged, so there shouldn't be any problem in protecting her."
"However, Kim Tae-ah won't be able to show her face for a while."
"Besides, I've been implicated because of you."
"My parents know about Kim Tae-ah's situation and are worried that I'll get into trouble too, so they've cut off my finances. They also told me that I should either find a job or go to graduate school."
"I'm so pissed off."
"Zhengyi, you need to think of a solution for me. I don't like doing things, I just like dealing with people."
The last message was sent this afternoon.
Li Zheng smiled after reading it.
He thought for a moment and replied to Kim Soo-ho.
"I'm back. I'm okay. But don't tell anyone."
Then he added a sentence.
"I'm coming to your place tonight. Don't bring any women home or anything."
Just as I finished sending the message and was about to close the chat window, the other person replied instantly.
Kim Soo-ho: [Panic expression] x10
Kim Soo-ho: Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!!
Kim Soo-ho: You finally showed up!!!
Kim Soo-ho: Do you know how I've been these past few days?!
Kim Soo-ho: I thought you were dead!!!
Kim Soo-ho: Wait, you're not dead!!!
Kim Soo-ho: No, no, I meant it's too good!!!
Kim Soo-ho: Waaaaah, my Jung-il!!!
Kim Soo-ho: Okay, okay, I promise I'll keep it a secret!!!
Kim Soo-ho: When are you coming? I'll make your bed right now!!!
Kim Soo-ho: I'll be all clean and waiting for you at home!!!
Li Zhengyi's eye twitched as he looked at the line of text on the screen.
God the hell, get clean and wait for me.
He sent a speechless emoji and then put his phone back in his pocket.
Let's continue with other news.
Uncle Cui, the store manager.
"Zhengyi, why can't we get in touch with you? Xiaolan said you went on a business trip, and you left in such a hurry."
No reply.
We'll talk about it later.
There are only a few entries for both Ding Wulang and Ding Lilan, and the content is almost the same.
I asked him where he went, and he replied after seeing the message.
The father and daughter have already met in person, so there's no need to reply.
Then there's the president of X Galaxy, Zenshian.
The message headline was written in a very formal manner.
"Director-nim, here's the development progress report for this month."
"PUBG is 70% complete and has entered the official testing phase."
"The core battle royale mode has been tested and the entire game process has been completed, and full matchmaking with 100 players is now possible."
"Current issues: Bugs have not been tested, textures, models, and UI are still in production, and weapon balance requires a lot of data adjustment."
"The internal testing schedule requires your approval."
X Galaxy is the game company he invested in, which is developing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and will be the next cash cow.
Galaxy means galaxy.
Therefore, it is also called X-Galaxy Game Studio.
As for Bluehole Games, well, they don't need to invest in it.
I'm sorry then.
He holds shares in X Pagoda (X Tower), an offshore investment company in the Cayman Islands, through an anonymous trust.
Then X Tower Investment holds shares in X Galaxy.
The people at X Galaxy Game Studio didn't know he was the boss behind the scenes; they only knew he was a director sent by the investor company.
After reading it, Li Zheng typed a reply.
I'll go to the company tomorrow.
"Prepare a playable version."
After sending the message, he went through all the other miscellaneous messages as well.
There were routine reports from some investment companies, confirmations of fund flows in overseas accounts, and messages inviting him to drinks from several of Kim Soo-ho's cronies.
None of them replied.
In the end, only one person remained.
Bae Joo-hyun.
There isn't much news about her.
Much less than Kim Ji-soo.
But Lee Jung-il stared at that profile picture for a longer time than he had looked at all of Kim Ji-soo's messages combined.
Bae Joo-hyun changed her profile picture; it's still a selfie, but it's a side profile, backlit, so her expression isn't clear.
He clicked on it.
"Where are you?"
"Don't scare me."
"You brought a parachute, you'll be fine."
"must."
"You're definitely still alive, send me a message!"
"You still owe me a thank you, and if you die..."
The game wasn't finished.
Next, continue.
The last news was a day ago.
"fraud."
"If you don't want to talk to me anymore, then just say you want to break up."
"He's not replying to messages anymore."
"What do you mean?"
After reading it, Li Zheng typed four words.
"I'm fine, don't..."
I typed it halfway through, then deleted it.
Another line was typed.
"Things are complicated, let's go back to..."
It was deleted again.
He stared at the screen for a long time.
The cursor is blinking.
Then I turned off my phone screen.
Let's not go back yet.
Tomorrow he's going to see his father, Lee Jae-hyun, and use his superb acting skills to convince his father of his story, thus pushing forward Lee Woo-bin's faked death plan.
This matter concerns the success or failure of the entire revenge plan, and there can be no deviation whatsoever.
Now that Bae Joo-hyun knows he has returned safely, what will her reaction be?
They would immediately ask him where he was and say they wanted to come find him.
and then?
Then he would have to explain all of this to her.
Explain the fake death plan.
Explain Lee Woo-bin.
He explained what he was going to do to his older brother.
Bae Joo-hyun didn't need to know these things.
At least not now.
The less she knows, the safer she is.
That's right.
Women will only hinder his plans.
He would never admit that he stared at that "What does this mean?" message for a full two minutes.
He would absolutely never admit that one of the versions of the reply he deleted contained the following.
"If I die, who will you find for a fake relationship?"
So stupid.
If he said that, Bae Joo-hyun would definitely laugh at him for being an idiot.
When did it start?
He actually cared whether this woman would worry about him.
Li Zheng turned off his phone screen and slammed it onto the chair.
forget about it.
I'll contact her again after I've finished this.
go.
Back at Ding Wulang's detective agency, he said goodbye to Ding Wulang and his daughter and went upstairs.
Lee Woo-bin's room door was half-open, with dim light shining through.
He wasn't asleep yet; he was sitting cross-legged on the bed, staring blankly at his laptop screen.
The screen showed a blank web search box, and it was unclear what he wanted to search for.
Li Zhengyi knocked on the door frame.
Lee Woo-bin looked up.
"Are you leaving?"
"Um."
"Go see Dad?"
Li Zheng paused for a moment, then nodded.
"Yes."
Lee Woo-bin leaned against the headboard, his hands behind his head, a gloating smile on his face.
"Dad isn't that easy to fool. Don't give yourself away, or it won't be me who messes up the plan."
After he finished speaking, he waited for Li Zhengyi to retort.
Their bickering had become a kind of tacit understanding as they traveled together.
He called him trash, and he retorted that you're the trash.
The two adults attacked each other like elementary school children, but neither of them was really angry.
This time, however, Li Zhengyi did not respond.
He just stood there quietly.
Because he thought of that man.
Lee Jae-hyun.
Chairman of CJ Group
A recognized business tycoon.
Back then, 37-year-old Lee Jae-hyun personally took charge of removing his father, Lee Jung-il's grandfather, from the board of directors of CJ Group.
That old man led CJ Group from a traditional food company to a "cultural enterprise," venturing into the entertainment industry and making outstanding contributions.
But they've gotten old, conservative, and are now in the way.
By 2000, the CJ Group was on its last legs.
People are talking about the success of the Lee family at Samsung.
They also mocked the failure of the CJ Lee family.
The company's senior management could no longer tolerate an incompetent chairman running the group.
When Lee Jae-hyun ousted his father from the board of directors, he reportedly remained expressionless throughout the entire process.
Then he took the helm of CJ Entertainment for a full twelve years.
Over the course of twelve years, he led this dying company out of its predicament, through mergers and acquisitions, listing on the stock exchange, and expansion, bringing it back from the brink of bankruptcy to the ranks of the peninsula's top conglomerates.
At the same time, the Lee family of Samsung was developing even more rapidly, firmly establishing itself as the number one conglomerate on the Korean Peninsula.
But at least no one dared to laugh at the CJ Lee family anymore.
People in the industry refer to Lee Jae-hyun as a "tyrant".
A ruthless and ambitious figure.
He is not an entrepreneur, not a chairman, and not a business tycoon.
He is a ruthless and ambitious man.
In a game, he would be the ultimate boss on par with Cao Cao.
Even though this man is now suffering from liver cancer and relies on medication every day, he is still in this situation.
But his level is definitely not something someone like Li Chenghao could easily pull off.
To be honest, in Li Zheng's eyes, the second brother, Li Yubin, was probably just a good-for-nothing.
He was still the kind of incompetent ruler who had no right to inherit the throne.
The eldest brother, Li Chenghao, was probably like Yuan Tan, Yuan Shao's eldest son.
He has some ability and ambition, but his vision is limited; he is all talk and no action, and will not achieve great things.
And that father.
It's a boss like Cao Cao.
Ruthless, ruthless, suspicious, and deep, he is always someone you can never guess what he's thinking.
To successfully use tactics against such a person, one must be even more calm.
Li Zhengyi took a deep breath.
He reached into his pocket, took out the mask he had just bought, and put it on.
Then he turned around and left the detective agency.
The alley outside was dark; one of the streetlights was broken, leaving only one emitting a dim yellow light.
Anyway, I need to get some sleep first.
I haven't slept for 36 hours.
Even Zhuge Liang couldn't withstand continuous all-nighters.