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“Is this…who…is it?”

In-hwan looked at Seong-hyeon and the girl next to him alternately with a very bewildered expression, and Sang-yeon also looked at the two while stopping the hand holding the meat in the air.

“Oh, that’s…”

I looked at the girl, wondering if it was okay to say that the girl tried to take her own life.

There was clearly a fearful expression on his face, and strength came into the hand that held Seong-hyeon’s hand, but there was faith in his big eyes looking at Seong-hyeon.

“I’ll explain it to you in a moment. I want to eat a little rice first, is it okay?”

“Of course it’s fine. kid what kind of meat do you like? chicken? pig? Or cows?”

“uh…”

The girl looked confused.

But I didn’t feel confused by the many options given.

A reaction as if he had never eaten all three of them.

Fortunately, Seong-hyeon noticed this and told In-hwan.

“Let’s eat it all.”

“That’s good too.”

As Seong-hyeon said, In-hwan took all the meat out of the refrigerator and said.

“But how old are you?”

“I am eight years old.”

“What’s the name of such a kid at this time…?”

“It’s Yein. Huh Yein.”

“It’s a pretty name.”

“Yes, but no one calls me Yein anymore.”

“yes?”

“Call me trash.”

As if he had lost strength in his hands for a moment at the unexpected answer, the bowl filled with side dishes fell and made a clanging sound.

“Hey, hey! Sin, sorry!”

Yein heard the sound and reflexively crouched down, covering her head with both hands and sitting down.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. It’s not what you think.”

Seong-hyeon once again used purification, and fortunately, Ye-in looked at Seong-hyun with a better expression.

Tears welled up in the corners of his eyes as he looked at Seonghyun.

‘What’s going on…’

“Ha, ha, ha, you messed up your hands.”

In-hwan laughed out loud and cleared the floor, and in the meantime, Sang-yeon took out the meat and brought it to Ye-in.

“For now, eat.”

“Go, thank you.”

Seonghyeon looked at Yein eating delicious meat on the terrace and told Inhwan and Sangyeon.

“It’s like a child with a lot of stories.”

He briefly explained what had happened in the alleyway, and when the conversation was over, their faces wrinkled as if they were quite unpleasant.

“Is it domestic violence…?”

“Ha, I don’t know who’s doing that, mother or father, but it’s not something we can solve.”

What I did to that Yein was, first of all, they were my parents.

No matter how well they took care of their wounds, they had no choice but to return to their parents’ arms if they wanted to.

“Seonghyun-ah, I must have been the most open to you, so you have to find out. What was going on that made such a decision at such a young age?”

I felt sorry for Yein that I had to find out, but only then could I help.

Seonghyeon sat down next to the girl who inhaled the meat frantically.

“tasty?”

“yes! Try this for the first time!”

It’s just grilled meat, but it’s the first time I’ve tried it.

“Did you have any difficulties?”

In response to Seonghyeon’s question, Yein put down her hand holding the meat.

“That, that…”

I knew right away that he wasn’t afraid to speak.

The idea that I wanted to say it, but couldn’t, seemed to have taken hold.

“If it’s hard to say, you don’t have to. I just want to help you.”

Normally I would have said it was okay not to say it, but now Seonghyeon had been trusted by Yein.

The ability to purify also played a big role.

“actually…”

Yein slowly explained.

Why did you make such an extreme choice?

“I live with… an old man. Daddy is dead.”

“Mother… who are you?”

“Mom, I don’t know. Once upon a time, he stroked my hair at dawn, said sorry and disappeared the next day. I wasn’t sleeping…”

“Then who lives with you?”

Yein hesitated for a moment at Seonghyeon’s question, and then spoke cautiously.

“I don’t know either. One day, all of a sudden, he came to my house saying he was my father’s friend.”

I wanted to ask what that person did, but seeing the scars on Yein’s body and what happened before, I thought it would be better not to ask about this.

“Sorry. I asked you this.”

“no. Because he is a good man.”

“Come on, let’s eat. It will all cool off.”

Seong-hyeon, who knew what he needed, approached In-hwan and Sang-yeon, who were looking down the road.

“I didn’t ask what happened.”

“Well done. That’s enough to find out.”

“You know? how?”

“Is there anything that money can’t do? I don’t know.”

Inhwan’s expression was quite heavy.

It was never the face of a person who would just pass by.

“Child, I will sleep today. If you want to go, there is nothing you can do.”

“thank you.”

“Thank you. Of course it has to be done.”

That day, Yein stayed at Inhwan’s house.

He said he was worried that he would come back, but he said he was happy again.

The next day, Seonghyeon and Sangyeon headed straight to Inhwan’s house.

Originally, I would have headed for the door, but when I woke up in the morning, I got a text message from In-hwan.

“I saw that the man I was living with, Yein, wasn’t even my father’s friend.”

“What? really?”

“He’s homeless.”

“…her.”

It wasn’t weird.

A homeless man suddenly broke into the house and pretended to be a friend of his deceased father.

“Does that make sense? How do homeless people know?”

Sangyeon also had the same question as Seonghyeon.

The man acted as a friend shortly after his father’s death.

That meant he knew that Yein’s father was dead.

“I haven’t figured it out yet.”

“But what about Yein?”

“Are you sleeping.”

Inhwan’s expression, pointing to one side of the room, seemed a little relieved.

“And in a little while, someone will come.”

“Person?”

“I asked you to find out more.”

As soon as Inhwan finished speaking, the phone placed on the table rang.

“Oh, it doesn’t matter. Come and report.”

Not long after, the elevator door opened, and a man in a black suit came in with his waist bowed.

“Who are these two… huh? this person is…”

The man looked at Sunghyun with surprised eyes.

Rather than being surprised, he looked as if he had seen a really famous celebrity.

“my friend. Do you know Seonghyun?”

“Anyone who handles information would know.”

“Start. How far did you find out?”

“Wait, Yein is in the room, can I talk here?”

“It’s soundproof. I never hear it.”

The man handed the documents he had brought to In-hwan and said.

“I am 38 years old. My name is Kim Cheon-jung. He became homeless 10 years ago, 7 years ago, and 3 years ago due to business failures in a row.”

The document the man gave me contained the appearance of Kim Chun-jung and the details of what he just said.

What kind of business did you run, and why did it go bankrupt?

“and?”

“Crucially, when the last business failed, the person who made the biggest investment was the child’s father.”

“Aha…”

The document also included a photo of the house where Yein is currently living.

It was quite a spacious house, but as if it was an uninhabited house, there was an eccentric atmosphere from the morning.

“How do you live your life?”

In response to Inhwan’s question, the man turned to the next page of the document and continued his explanation.

“Yein-yang is immediately gone from the family register. As a result, subsidies were coming out, and a man was living with them.”

“It’s garbage. Did you find out about this man’s lifestyle?”

“It is said that he lives with alcohol every day. The money I was short of was making a living by selling little things in the house, and now that seems to be gone.”

The situation Yein was in was the worst, but the current situation was not the worst for Seonghyeon and the two of them.

It was already understood that the man named Kim Cheon-jung was not Ye-in’s family, so he had the option to handle it however he wanted.

“I’ve figured out everything I need to know. great job. Go now.”

“Oh, and I have something to tell you.”

“What?”

The man hesitated a bit for an answer.

Seonghyeon and Sangyeon were next to him, so he wasn’t hesitating, but he seemed hesitant to just put those things in his mouth.

“These days, it seems like he’s been putting his hands on Ye In-yang.”

“Hands up? Are you doing a hand sword?”

“It’s already been…”

“…to there.”

Sangyeon interrupted the next words.

Even if I didn’t say it anyway, everyone in this place already knew.

“…it’s more serious than I thought. Okay. just go great job.”

“Yes.”

The man bowed politely, said goodbye, and left.

“So what are we going to do now?”

In-hwan answered Sang-yeon’s question with a puzzled expression.

“What do you do? You have to cut it.”

“…to spit? Seonghyeon, do you have any plans?”

“Um…I agree with Inhwan’s opinion.”

Actually, there was nothing to think about this time.

There was no worry at all about who was behind Cheonjung, and Cheonjung was not a meaningful existence to Yein.

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Moreover, even legally, Cheonjung was a person who had nothing to do with Yein.

“Uh… what are you guys doing?”

As if he had just woken up, he carefully opened the door and Yein rubbed his eyes and appeared.

“Ah, just talking about games.”

All three of them looked at Ye-in with the same smile and answered, and Ye-in made a puzzled expression for a moment before entering the room again.

“By the way… what about Yein? You wouldn’t be raising them.”

“It’s our house, so it won’t change much if one Yein comes in. After all, I am the only one living in this house.”

In-hwan seemed to be thinking of taking responsibility for Ye-in.

“Don’t worry too much. There are many ways anyway. I could buy the house I live in now.”

“…that’s a pretty hot way.”

“We’ll talk about this later, let’s do what we have to do first, aren’t we going to the academy anyway?”

Seonghyeon and Sangyeon also nodded at Inhwan’s words, burning with enthusiasm.

Of course, the location of the house was detailed in the document brought by the man who appeared to be In-hwan’s secretary.

“…If you ever try to kill someone, who will stop you?”

Seonghyeon and Sangyeon answered Inhwan’s question with silence, and all three knew very well that silence was affirmative.

“Then let’s go. It is very unpleasant to be on the same ground.”

There was no need to make a detailed plan, and there was no need to set an appropriate time.

It was a very simple problem that ended as if you were just stopping by a convenience store.

“It will probably be waiting for you when you go down.”

“who?”

“The person who just brought the papers.”

When I got on the elevator and went down, as Inhwan said, the man was waiting for him to get in the car right away.

“You know where I’m going?”

“Yes, I will see you right away.”

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