"Hongjoo, people's hearts are sinister, how can you so easily trust that person named Lee Yeong?"
"What if he has ulterior motives? Don't get sold out and still help count his money!"
In the grilled pork belly restaurant, Yoon Moon-sun was lecturing her daughter.
"How could that be! Am I, your daughter, that foolish? I only told you about the dream I had, but Lee Yeong could describe it in detail. He definitely wouldn't lie to me!"
"Besides, as long as I can change that mother's dream, what's a little loss? Anyway, he's so handsome…"
Seeing her daughter's infatuated expression, Yoon Moon-sun got angry. She had to observe Lee Yeong more carefully; she absolutely couldn't let him take advantage of her daughter.
Just as the mother and daughter were in their love-hate dynamic, Lee Yeong walked into the restaurant with Kang Xialan.
Yoon Moon-sun saw Lee Yeong holding a little girl's hand and thought she had also been deceived by Lee Yeong, so she blurted out:
"You're Lee Yeong, right? You even prey on such a young girl. Get out! Our Nam Hongjoo won't see you."
Lee Yeong was bewildered by Yoon Moon-sun's words. What was going on? Why was he being treated like a pervert and a hooligan? But Kang Xialan's next action made him want to spit blood.
"Auntie, I followed him willingly. I feel very happy with him…"
After saying that, Kang Xialan even put on an innocent, naive expression.
Lee Yeong wished he could gag her mouth. He shouldn't have brought her out.
Nam Hongjoo looked at the girl she had met once before, not expecting her and Lee Yeong to be...
"Lee Yeong, is she really your… girlfriend?"
Kang Xialan was about to repeat her trick, but noticed Lee Yeong's murderous gaze and immediately changed her tone, saying:
"Sorry, Auntie, I was just joking with you. Lee Yeong is my older brother. I just came out to play with him."
"However, even though I look small, I'm already an adult. I'm grown up…"
Yoon Moon-sun liked Kang Xialan's mischievous appearance and felt a bit apologetic for the misunderstanding.
"It's okay, Auntie misunderstood. Come quickly and sit down! Auntie will prepare something for you to eat. It'll be ready soon!"
Nam Hongjoo also breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, unsure if it was because of Kang Xialan or Lee Yeong.
After a few greetings, the two began to discuss the dream.
"In my dream, I saw two blurry figures standing under a withered tree; I couldn't make out their faces at all."
"I don't know what they said, but then lightning and thunder started, and a few more figures appeared under the tree."
"Both sides looked ready for a fight, and then the entire space shattered, and I woke up startled."
At this point, a deep fear appeared on Nam Hongjoo's face.
"What scared me the most was that just before the space shattered, their gazes were fixed on me, and I felt them smiling at me."
Kang Xialan also felt a chill down her spine hearing Nam Hongjoo's words and subconsciously hugged Lee Yeong's arm. Anyone who dreamed of such a scene would be terrified!
Although there wasn't much useful information, those reappearing figures should be other Magu Gods.
This made Lee Yeong take it a bit more seriously, as confronting several Magu Gods head-on would be somewhat disadvantageous for him.
"Thank you for the information; it has been very helpful to me."
"As for those gazes, just forget about them. Nothing will happen!"
Seeing Nam Hongjoo's lingering fear, Lee Yeong told her not to overthink it and quickly comforted her.
"Oh, by the way, Sister Hongjoo, what about that scumbag? Did you dump him?"
Seeing Nam Hongjoo recover, Kang Xialan also remembered this sister who could dream of the future, and her infuriating boyfriend.
"Oh… not yet. I've arranged to talk to him tomorrow."
"Tell me when you go tomorrow. I'll follow you, and if anything unexpected happens, I can save you in advance."
Lee Yeong estimated that tomorrow would be the day of Nam Hongjoo's car accident and quickly offered a reminder.
Nam Hongjoo also understood Lee Yeong's meaning. Although Jung Jae-chan would save her, she felt even more at ease with Lee Yeong accompanying her.
...
In Lee Yeong's old house, Jiwoo was kneeling before her father's urn. The name on the urn had now been changed to Song Joon-su.
Last night, the police had publicly announced Yoon Dong-hoon's undercover identity. Her father had changed from a drug dealer to a "hero," but this made Jiwoo feel somewhat ironic.
However, none of this mattered now. She planned to lay her father to rest today.
"Father, those drug dealers have all gone to hell, and you no longer have to bear the bad name of a drug dealer."
"I'm doing very well now, and no one bullies me anymore. I hope you are well in heaven…"
She then took her father's urn and walked towards the martyrs' cemetery in the suburbs, which Cha Gi-ho had prepared for her father.
Originally, she had refused, but as a police officer, being buried in the martyrs' cemetery was also his pride.
But when she arrived at the cemetery, she sensed someone watching her. She paused for a moment but continued walking forward; she didn't want to act in front of her father.
"This Song Jiwoo is indeed not an ordinary person. She has already discovered us."
At this moment, under a large tree beside the cemetery, Min Tae-yeon was watching Jiwoo's every move. Although Jiwoo only paused for a moment, he knew that she had discovered him.
He then stopped hiding and walked towards Jiwoo's position with Prosecutor Hwang Soon-bom.
After paying respects to the deceased, Min Tae-yeon spoke:
"Ms. Song, hello. I am Min Tae-yeon from the Seoul Central Prosecutor's Office, and this is Prosecutor Hwang Soon-bom."
"Regarding your father's matter, we express our deep sympathy and hope you can control your grief."
Hearing Min Tae-yeon's words, Jiwoo ignored them. She understood why they had come to find her, but she didn't think they would have any evidence.
Min Tae-yeon was not angry. Instead, he stared at Jiwoo and continued speaking to himself:
"I wonder if Ms. Song has heard about the East River Sect. All the drug dealers were slaughtered overnight, dying terribly."
"Although they were drug dealers, some of them didn't deserve to die. I wonder who was so cruel!"
Although he also believed those drug dealers deserved to die, in order to solve the case, he still spoke from the perspective of a Prosecutor.
Jiwoo found what Min Tae-yeon said amusing. How many families had those drug dealers torn apart, how many police officers like her father had sacrificed their lives?
She retorted unceremoniously with a sneer:
"Isn't it good that those drug dealers died? I don't know how many people are cheering!"
"You say they didn't deserve to die, but what about the people who died because of those drug dealers? Did they deserve to die?!"
What Min Tae-yeon wanted was exactly this, because if Jiwoo kept silent, he would have no chance to trick her into speaking.
"Even if they deserved to die, the law should punish them, not in this manner."
"Your father was also a police officer. He would surely hope that these people could be judged by the law."
If Jiwoo had heard these words right after her father died, she might have agreed, but now, coming from Min Tae-yeon's mouth, it seemed ridiculous.