Chapter 66: Want to Play This Out in Public? Do You Have More Dirt Than I Do?

An hour ago, at Kim Min-kyung’s residence.

Eun Chul-woo deleted the message he had just sent, put Kim Min-kyung’s phone back in its place, and stood by the window with a glass of red wine.

Humans are, in fact, creatures very good at brainwashing themselves. When a certain obsession intensifies, reason gradually disappears.

As someone who was already incredibly crazy and even somewhat lucky, Eun Chul-woo was more than willing to give himself another chance. He believed that as long as this act of madness went as smoothly as those in the past, this would be the last time in his life. The future ahead would be the freedom and peace he had always longed for.

“What are you looking at?”

Kim Min-kyung, fresh from a shower, clung to Eun Chul-woo. Eun Chul-woo’s eyes scanned the clock reflected in the French window, his tone indifferent. “The scenery.”

“What…” Kim Min-kyung was dissatisfied, feeling the other was just brushing him off. “It’s pitch black outside, what scenery is there to see? Isn’t looking at me better?”

Eun Chul-woo said faintly, “Have I not spent enough time looking at you?”

“Are you throwing a tantrum at me?” Kim Min-kyung squinted.

“Shouldn’t I be throwing a tantrum at you?” Eun Chul-woo said. “You say you like me, that you want to go abroad and marry me, but you’re actually threatening me. Min-kyung, by doing this, are you afraid of me leaving you, or are you afraid of me surpassing you?”

Kim Min-kyung: “Ha? Surpassing me? Chul-woo, what kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

Eun Chul-woo glanced at him. “You were quite displeased that I directly resolved the Go Eun-bin public opinion crisis for the Prosecutor General, weren’t you, Min-kyung?”

Kim Min-kyung sneered. “Ya… the Prosecutor General you speak of is my father. If it weren’t for me, what do you think you are in his eyes? With just the inheritance from your adoptive father, how many big productions can you, Eun Chul-woo, invest in in the entertainment industry? How long can you support a team? How many big stars can you sign at once? How many years can you afford to waste?”

If it weren’t for him, how could those small entertainment companies competing with RC have gone bankrupt one after another, releasing so many high-quality resources for RC to devour?

That was a really unpleasant thing to say.

Eun Chul-woo suddenly laughed out loud.

Yes, he thought, the growth of an interest group is like a slime mold experiment. On the way to the ultimate nutrient, the slime mold will extend its tentacles in many directions until it finds the closest path to the target.

During the period when Yoon Tae-min controlled Woosan Entertainment, he had provided a lot of resources and convenience to Prosecutor General Kim Joo-hwan. As Kim Joo-hwan rose through the ranks and tasted the sweetness, Heaven was born.

Unfortunately, Yoon Tae-min had little talent and ran the company into the ground. If the stars he had were only beautiful but not famous, it would inevitably lack a sense of conquest for the big shots above. That’s why Kim Joo-hwan needed RC.

His RC was less of an entertainment company and more of a pleasure garden for the upper class. And Kim Min-kyung’s Heaven was the “room” specially responsible for receiving the big shots.

In the past, Kim Min-kyung held the keys to the “garden” and the “room.” But in the future, who knew in whose hands the keys would be?

“What are you laughing at?” Kim Min-kyung frowned and grabbed his collar, threatening in a low voice, “No matter how many Yoon Tae-mins you can get rid of, as long as you let my father know that you were the one who created the Go Eun-bin public opinion crisis, he won’t let you go, understand? Behave yourself, let go of that obsession of yours from God knows where. In a few days, we’ll go abroad for a while. When everything calms down, we’ll come back. Don’t cause me any trouble!”

Eun Chul-woo’s eyes suddenly softened. “Min-kyung, you’re so good.”

He sighed with emotion, reached out, and held the back of Kim Min-kyung’s head, kissing him. The kiss was passionate and sudden, more stimulating than any before.

Kim Min-kyung closed his eyes and hugged him back, responding greedily.

Eun Chul-woo sneered inwardly. Still the same guy whose brain is controlled by lust, Min-kyung.

The kiss ended. Kim Min-kyung’s face was flushed, and he was panting. Eun Chul-woo flipped him face down onto the sofa and pinned his legs from behind with his knee.

“Hey, you’re not thinking of fucking me, are you?”

Kim Min-kyung, thinking Eun Chul-woo was playing a kinky game with him, laughed rakishly. He thought Eun Chul-woo must still be angry, angry that he had threatened him, so he wanted to fuck him once to vent his anger.

However, the next second, a pillow smothered his head, and the tip of a knife entered his body. The cold blade pierced his heart. Pinned to the sofa, Kim Min-kyung was like a fish on a cutting board, suffering from the dual suffocation of his heart and lungs.

Eun Chul-woo pressed down harder, his dark, gloomy eyes staring at the desperately struggling Kim Min-kyung, his tone soft and gentle like a lover’s whisper. “Min-kyung, it’s true that I was the one who exposed the Go Eun-bin matter. So what? I used this matter to get rid of Yoon Tae-min under the protection of the prosecution. And it was this matter that finally made me see clearly that Min-kyung’s father is a cold-blooded alligator who would even devour his own kind…”

Min-kyung, thank you, Eun Chul-woo thought. From the past to the present, you have always been my way out.

“It’s a pity you know too many things you shouldn’t say.”

This bloody scene, which an ordinary person would never see in their entire life, was, for Eun Chul-woo, just an editing technique for the movie of his life. All characters who could cause trouble should be cut out.

Including Kim Min-kyung.

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“You mean, Yoon Nam-hyuk killed Min-kyung?”

At the Kim family’s main residence, Kim Joo-hwan squinted at Eun Chul-woo, carefully sizing up the talented young man who had an ambiguous relationship with his son.

Eun Chul-woo knelt before him, his face pale, his eyes slightly red. “Yes… no, actually, I only saw a part of it. I’m sorry, I… I should have gone earlier…”

He took out his phone and played a video. “Yoon Nam-hyuk definitely didn’t know Min-kyung had asked me to meet him tonight. When I arrived, Min-kyung was already lying on the ground, covered in blood! I… I didn’t dare to make a sound. I only had time to record this.”

In the video, Yoon Nam-hyuk was propping up Kim Min-kyung and desperately dragging him out, looking like a panicked murderer trying to destroy the body as quickly as possible.

Eun Chul-woo covered his face. “Not long after I left, there was an explosion at the villa. Maybe he wanted to destroy the evidence at the scene. I don’t know…”

The video was short and ended quickly. It was clear the person filming was in a panic. The camera kept shaking, filled with the annoying sound of rustling clothes.

Kim Joo-hwan looked down and said nothing.

Just looking at this video was indeed confusing. After all, if someone had just stumbled upon a murder scene, they would just call the police. Why would they drag the body and disturb the scene?

Kim Joo-hwan: “What about the CCTVs in the villa?”

“Uncle, I’m sorry…” Eun Chul-woo bit his lip. “Your and Min-kyung’s identities are very sensitive. To prevent anyone from using special means to hack in, he would always turn off the CCTVs whenever we met, to avoid being filmed doing something we shouldn’t. So… it’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have gone along with him always meeting at his house.”

No CCTVs, only one witness and a short video of the scene. The murder evidence had also been destroyed by the explosion.

Kim Joo-hwan stared at Eun Chul-woo, silent for a long moment before he said slowly, “Although Min-kyung is my illegitimate son, it’s not that I don’t dote on him. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have helped you so much these past few years.”

Eun Chul-woo shuffled forward on his knees, his face pained. “I understand, Uncle. Perhaps you dislike my relationship with Min-kyung, but it’s because I truly love him that I decided to solve the Yoon Tae-min problem for the Kim family. Otherwise, why would I get involved in this mess? We had planned to go abroad and get married. I never thought…”

“Chul-woo, I have three sons. Each of them is very smart,” Kim Joo-hwan said. “Since they were young, they’ve used all sorts of tricks to deceive me. Although it’s annoying, I’ve developed a pair of sharp eyes.”

Eun Chul-woo was confused. “Uncle?”

Kim Joo-hwan: “Because of Min-kyung, I’ve always paid close attention to you. You are decisive, smart, and very ruthless. Min-kyung is not your equal.”

“Uncle, I…”

Kim Joo-hwan raised his hand, motioning for him to be quiet. Two tears welled up in his cloudy eyes. “Whether it’s the Go Eun-bin public opinion crisis or Yoon Tae-min’s death, the prosecution will handle it according to the law. Nam-hyuk should not have harbored resentment and murdered Min-kyung, my son!”

He slammed his fist on the table and took a deep breath. “I’m not like that guy Yoon Tae-min. He was too stubborn about bloodlines, so he raised two disobedient sons. But in my eyes, as long as one can abide by the law and do things that are beneficial to the country, they should be placed in an important position. What do you think, Chul-woo?”

Eun Chul-woo quickly lowered his head. “I am deeply saddened by Min-kyung’s death. His shares will be handled as you wish. I will manage Heaven. I am willing to buy it with half of my RC shares. Please take pity on me and leave me something to remember him by.”

Kim Joo-hwan didn’t speak.

Eun Chul-woo quickly added, “Yoon Nam-hyuk has done such a thing. GATE will not continue to cooperate with him. Yoon Nam-woo’s mortgaged property funds are all in my hands. Once Woosan’s stock price drops, the acquisition will be settled. I only want a 5% stake, to manage it well for you, Father.”

Kim Joo-hwan was surprised. “Father? Are you calling me?”

Eun Chul-woo sniffed, his eyes red as he looked up. “My biological mother died early, and my adoptive father also passed away early. I have no family. Now, even Min-kyung has passed away. Father, let me serve you in his place.”

Kim Joo-hwan let out a long sigh. “You must have other things you want me to help you with, right?”

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At Kim Min-kyung’s residence.

When Qi Huai rushed to the scene, the area outside the villa was already filled with police cars and media vans.

He quickly got out of the car and pushed his way through the crowd. Coming towards him were three medical workers carrying a stretcher covered with a white cloth. A lock of curly, light brown short hair was exposed from under the cloth. Qi Huai could tell who it was at a glance.

Kim Min-kyung is dead?

Then the murderer…

As the stretcher passed by, Qi Huai’s nostrils twitched. The scent of a custom-made perfume filled his nose. This was not the brand Kim Min-kyung used daily. He was stunned for a moment, then his brows furrowed tightly. It really was Eun Chul-woo.

He’s already killed so many people, and he’s still continuing. He didn’t even spare Kim Min-kyung, who was his lover. He’s completely inhumane.

As if by some sixth sense, Qi Huai looked up and happened to see Yoon Nam-hyuk about to be taken away by the police. The other was also looking at him. He curved his lips slightly into a faint smile and mouthed a few words.

I’ll wait for you.

The surrounding media swarmed forward, shouting questions.

“President Yoon, did you kill Best Actor Kim?”
“President Yoon, why were you at Best Actor Kim’s house tonight?”
“President Yoon, was the explosion just now related to you?”
…

Yoon Nam-hyuk stood by the police car and looked around, saying coldly, “I’ll only say this once: I did not kill anyone. I ask all media representatives to report truthfully and fairly.”

The police officer: “Please make way, reporters. We need to take the suspect back for interrogation. Don’t interfere with the police investigation.”

And so, Yoon Nam-hyuk was taken away by the police. Qi Huai watched the entire process and asked Assistant Yoo in a low voice, “What happened?”

Assistant Yoo bit his lip anxiously and quickly described what had happened. Just as he was about to elaborate on his own speculations, the screen of a media van closest to them suddenly lit up.

It was a live press conference. The person standing in the center was very familiar to them. It was the same pale face on the verge of tears, saying pitiful words.

「That’s right… there is indeed a problem with Actor Qi’s identity. But I was too scared at the time, scared of being retaliated against, so I didn’t call the police.」

His acting has improved so quickly, Qi Huai thought. Baek Soo-kyung.

“It’s Qi Huai!”

A sharp-eyed reporter saw Qi Huai, his eyes lighting up. This shout caused all the media to instantly surround him.

The police officer who had just been tasked with arresting him also turned around. “Qi Huai! We suspect you of espionage. Come with us!”

Qi Huai ignored them, turned, and got into his car. You want to play this out in public, do you? Eun Chul-woo, do you have more dirt than I do?