Marriage with the Beast Senior - Chapter 39

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Chapter 39

 

“Hong Yoomin isn’t coming to the academy?”

 

At Jaejun’s voice that sank heavier than the quiet air, Haneul nodded with a frightened expression.

 

Jaejun closed his eyes and swallowed his anger.

 

So her phone being off for two whole days was because something had happened.

 

He thought she had just blocked his calls to avoid contact or simply turned off her phone.

 

“…I’m sorry… for telling you… so late.”

 

At Haneul’s crawling voice, Jaejun slowly opened his eyes.

 

Then he shook his head weakly and comforted Haneul.

 

“No. You should be praised for telling me now instead of even later.”

 

“…Nothing bad happened to Hong Yoomin, right?”

 

“Why do you think that? Because the principal said it was unauthorized absence?”

 

“That too, but…”

 

“But?”

 

“The principal kept muttering throughout the class. What should I do. Should I go check her house. I hope nothing’s wrong… things like that.”

 

If the principal spoke like that during class, it could be quite a serious situation.

 

“I’ll try calling the principal. Don’t worry and go inside to rest, kid.”

 

Haneul nodded and slowly stepped backward.

 

Seeing him timidly retreating without immediately saying goodbye, it seemed like he still had something more to say.

 

“What.”

 

“I want to… learn from Hong Yoomin…”

 

“What?”

 

“Hong Yoomin… tells lots of interesting stories. She’s also really nice to me…”

 

Jaejun ruffled Haneul’s hair as he left the room.

 

“I’ll bring Hong Yoomin back. Eat dinner and sleep early, kid.”

 

Jaejun passed Haneul, whose eyes suddenly sparkled, and went down to the 1st floor.

 

As if they had just returned home, he ran into his mother Seo Jeonghwa and father Seol Youngjun.

 

“Where are you going?”

 

“It’s late. Please sleep first.”

 

Seo Jeonghwa grabbed Jaejun’s arm in panic.

 

“Where are you going? Grandmother is staying at your great-aunt’s house tonight. We were going to have dinner together as a family for once…”

 

“Just buy something delicious for the kid.”

 

“Oh, that boy really! Honey, what are you doing? You have something to say to Jaejun too!”

 

When Seo Jeonghwa scolded Seol Youngjun, Youngjun called Jaejun back.

 

“I confirmed with Secretary Kwon that you got off work before coming home. This doesn’t seem like you’re going out for company business.”

 

“Something urgent came up.”

 

“So urgent that you can’t even eat with your mother and me since coming to Korea?”

 

“Then you should have told me in advance. I’m going out.”

 

Seol Youngjun’s expression grew heavy, but Jaejun didn’t care and walked away.

 

Behind him, he could hear Seo Jeonghwa’s voice frantically scolding her husband, but he had no time to worry about his parents.

 

When something might have happened to Hong Yoomin, how could he swallow food?

 

“Make time early next month!”

 

Seo Jeonghwa’s voice persistently followed him to the entrance, but Jaejun could no longer hear anything.

 

Getting in his car, he searched for and entered Hong Yoomin’s home address, then looked for the principal’s contact while starting the car.

 

The call connected before the ringtone could play for even a few seconds.

 

-Haneul’s older brother?

 

“I heard Hong Yoomin hasn’t been coming to the academy lately.”

 

After a brief silence, a flustered voice came through.

 

-Ah… Well…

 

“I said I wanted Hong Yoomin to teach my younger brother, and I registered for the academy under that condition.”

 

-…I know. I know well, sir. Yoomin has been taking care of Haneul until now. But… she hasn’t come to the academy since two days ago, maybe she’s sick. I’ll wait until this week, and if I can’t contact her, I’ll process it as voluntary resignation and contact you. Don’t worry, I’ll give you a refund too.

 

“No. Hong Yoomin wouldn’t voluntarily quit without saying anything. She’s not that shameless.”

 

-…What? You know Yoomin personally… Ah… Come to think of it, when Yoomin’s fiancé came last time too…

 

Jaejun cut off the principal’s words.

 

“Do you have any idea what might have happened?”

 

-Ah… Recently she said she was going to get a loan from moneylenders because of her father’s hospital bills, but she said she couldn’t borrow money in the end. Maybe she went to borrow from somewhere else and something went wrong…?

 

The probability was low since he had taken care of the Seoul moneylenders.

 

But if she had gone to another region…

 

-Or… maybe something happened at home. The hair salon owner next door said it seemed like there was violence at Yoomin’s house… But I thought it wasn’t true because she said she got hurt while exercising. She has such a bright personality…

 

“Do you have Hong Yoomin’s emergency contact? It should be on her resume.”

 

-Just a moment. Um… Ah. Here it is. There’s her grandfather’s contact number.

 

“Please try calling. Tell them she’s been absent from work without notice for two days. Please contact me again after the call. I’m asking you.”

 

After hanging up, Jaejun looked ahead.

 

The road was completely jammed due to rush hour traffic.

 

Just like his frustrated feelings.

 

While he was gritting his teeth and swallowing his frustration after failing to pass the intersection even after two traffic lights, the principal called.

 

“Yes.”

 

-I made the call. Um… he said Yoomin is sick and recuperating at home, and he’ll send her to work when she gets better. But something was strange…

 

“Please tell me.”

 

-It was incredibly noisy in the background. It was really loud and bustling like they were holding a ritual… and he hung up saying he was going to give Yoomin her medicine. That means both Yoomin and her grandfather are at home right now.

 

“You’re saying it was very noisy in a house with a patient?”

 

-Well… it’s not that strange, but I just had a bad feeling. The way he tried to hang up when I was asking various questions too.

 

What on earth is happening to Hong Yoomin?

 

-It’s not that far from here, so I want to go check… but I have two students at the academy right now.

 

“I’ll go.”

 

After ending the call with the principal, Jaejun immediately called Secretary Kwon too.

 

He called thinking it would be faster to go from the company to Yoomin’s house than from his current location, but unfortunately Secretary Kwon had already left work.

 

He checked for a clearer lane ahead, then switched to sports mode while turning the steering wheel.

 

As soon as he changed lanes, he pressed the accelerator and increased speed.

 

The question of whether he should go this far followed him, but the answer came immediately.

 

If something bad happened to Hong Yoomin, his mood would plummet too.

 

Wasn’t that reason enough?

 

* * *

 

“Huh!”

 

Yoomin woke up startled and sat up abruptly.

 

She hurriedly looked around.

 

She saw the familiar ivory wallpaper, the white desk placed below the bed, and the old wardrobe in the corner.

 

The simple room with only necessary items and no useless clutter was her own room.

 

How did this happen?

 

She was definitely being held at Yun Bosal’s house…

 

Did Yun Bosal bring her back to her family home?

 

If so, was her safety guaranteed for now?

 

“…Ugh…”

 

She hadn’t had water for so long that her voice wouldn’t come out properly.

 

Just as she was about to get up from bed to drink some water.

 

A loud noise came from outside.

 

Yoomin held her breath and listened carefully.

 

“Where is she?”

 

“She’s sleeping in my room.”

 

“He’s sleeping in my room.”

 

“Take her to Suji’s room.”

 

It was the voices of Yun Bosal and Grandfather.

 

Take me to Suji’s room?

 

“Kim Byeongtae will be coming soon too. Kim Byeongtae’s Father has completed his fate.”

 

“What? Oh my… Didn’t Father say he needed to revise his will while he was still alive?”

 

“That’s right. But he couldn’t do it. Kim Byeongtae is furious. So what can we do? We have to at least properly set him up with someone who can be his wife as originally promised.”

 

Yoomin remembered how Byeongtae had pressured her, saying he needed to revise the will by showing his father that he was getting married while his father was still alive.

 

But now, forget about marriage – his father had passed away, so he would have demanded compensation for damages from Yun Bosal.

 

So then…

 

In the end, he’s going to force through the marriage with me?

 

“When Kim Byeongtae arrives, lock him and Hong Yoomin together in Suji’s room. In the meantime, I’ll offer my devotion to the Goddess and Kim Byeongtae’s Father.”

 

She’s going to lock me up with Kim Byeongtae while she holds a ritual outside?

 

Is she insane?!

 

Yoomin’s mind snapped to alertness as she struggled to jump down from the bed.

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