The Malicious Member is Back! - Chapter 182



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The Malicious Member Returns! Episode 182

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After staying up all night, I saw the rising sun. I slowly blinked my eyes and pinched my cheek.

As much as the moment I realized I was back in the past, no.

Because I felt a sense of alienation beyond that.

“…ouch.”

I let out a low sigh at the nail marks left on my cheek, the redness, and the slight pain.

It’s reality.

entire.

… Honestly, I have thought about that before.

I think that the accident that happened right after I won the Rookie of the Year award wasn’t my fault, and that my family and I were just caught up in it.

Anyone who has experienced something traumatic is bound to find something to blame, and I was no different right after my accident.

Resentment, doubt.

Pain, tears.

So, the first person I blamed was the limousine driver.

“…Brother Yoochan.”

“Huh? Rex, no, Chun-yong! You shouldn’t get up yet. Sleep a little longer. You’ve been receiving visitors since you came from the hospital… You’re not even feeling completely fine.”

“It’s okay. More importantly, what about that human? He came here? Shamelessly?”

“Ugh… .”

“No, I’d rather have you come. If you come, I won’t let you stay still. With that face, right now…!”

If only that guy had driven properly.

If only I hadn’t gotten excited and unnecessarily bragged about my driving skills when an idol member told me to take good care of him since it was my first trip abroad.

If it weren’t for that, my family and I would be drinking cool, sweet drinks in front of the Cebu sea right now.

I was locked in a corner of the funeral home, crowded with people, chewing my fingernails, and the shadow of resentment grew inside me.

however.

“I asked my manager… He said that, that person is also in the middle of a funeral. It’ll probably take some time to get in touch with them. There’s also only one mourner there…”

“Sang, Ju… Sang-ju alone.”

When he heard that the limousine driver had also passed away and that his only son was guarding the funeral alone, the shadow lost its bearings.

Because there was no way things would be resolved if you held such feelings towards someone who was already dead.

Even the ones who should be listening to my curses are probably bowing down before the photo in the same situation as me.

“… Rex. You don’t need to worry about that. Just think about yourself right now. That way, you can take good care of your family.”

“… … .”

“… Sorry, I was careless. Just rest for a bit. Close your eyes a bit more. Okay? You really need to get some sleep. You didn’t even get two hours of sleep today. Please, take care of yourself…”

Yeah, from then on it was just reckless.

The limousine company that arranged the limousine that was in the worst condition at that time, the AG company person who recommended the Cebu trip to me, and even the agency that booked the limousine bus time.

“Why that limousine bus? The next bus, the next one, would have been fine.”

– Dear Customer, our automatic reservation system matches you with the most appropriate time based on your flight ticket… .

“Three hours! Even considering the departure time, isn’t that too early? Why is that the most appropriate time? Can we really say that this was unintentional?”

– Dear Customer, I fully understand your frustration, but if you raise your voice, the consultation may end early.

“Even if you hang up like this, I’ll still call tomorrow. Please, give me an answer that I can accept…”

– …after.

But, the moment I heard the sigh of the CS center employee of the reservation agency during the 7th call.

No matter how much I pretended not to know and tried to ignore the pain, I couldn’t help but realize that it was all my fault.

If I hadn’t asked you to go on a trip.

If only I hadn’t been so excited and wanted to get everything done quickly, leaving everything to the agency without cross-checking.

So, if it weren’t for me.

ah….

The problem with all of that is….

“… I’m sorry. I won’t call you again, ever again. I’ll tell the insurance company….”

That it was for me.

“her….”

I clenched my teeth, touching my temples, which were aching with memories and emotions from that time.

Even though I’m back, all the traumas that still linger in my head, and the new things I’ve learned, come down from my head to my neck, and from my neck to my chest, clawing at my insides.

At that time, the thought that ‘it’s because of me’ along with work completely changed my life.

To neglect themselves, to lead in self-destruction, and to turn a blind eye to those who remain.

But, maybe it’s not my fault?

Now you come?

Then what changes?

Can I now shout out that I am free from guilt?

That doesn’t mean the relationships I ruined myself after that will ever come back.

The twisted time is still stuck in that place, and the more you try to untangle it, the more tangled it becomes.

What on earth would change?

“…after.”

After holding my head for a while, I reached out with a trembling hand toward my cell phone, which I had left unattended all morning.

To regain composure, looking at the sentences left behind objectively and indifferently.

– Kim Chun-yong: Hey

– Kim Chun-yong: Do you know what you’re talking about?

– Kim Chun-yong: I can only interpret that other guys in the same situation as me are involved in the accident.

– Kim Chun-yong: Did I understand correctly?

– Kim Chun-yong: Answer me.

After X brought up the subject of ‘Why did that happen?’, the messages I sent were filled with urgency, fear, and anger.

It would have been stranger if it hadn’t been so.

This was a question about the guilt I had been harboring even after returning, and the direction of my atonement.

Now, I can’t do it alone.

So, instead of sending a short reply like ‘ㅗㅗ’ like usual, I had no choice but to spout out sharp sentences.

– X: Oh no, I said that to encourage you, but you’re reacting like this ;;

– Kim Chun-yong: Motivation? Are you crazy?

– Kim Chun-yong: I’ve been living only on my phone, so where has my sociality gone?

– X: Hey, Kim Chunyong, you hit my sore spot ㅠㅠ

– X: Ah! I told you that I can tell you everything after I receive the Rookie of the Year award!

– X: I really shouldn’t say this either

– X: It’s still a bit too much, okay?

– Kim Chun-yong: My part-time job?

okay.

Honestly, it wasn’t my business, except that X was being unreasonable.

I never expected any great comfort or sympathy from a guy who acted as if he lived to make fun of me.

The important thing is that even though he knew that fact, he never said anything to me until now.

And the only one who can cross-validate that issue for me right now is X.

How much of the information I have known so far is correct?

And, how much did I not know?

– Kim Chun-yong: Just tell me one thing.

– Kim Chun-yong: I will try to say it in a roundabout way so that it doesn’t get in the way.

– X: Hey, why are you so serious today ;;

– X: Hey… Say something.

– X: If you don’t receive messages, it’s because the company has filtered them out. Do you know??

– X: Hey, I couldn’t help it because you said you’d let me know after I won the Rookie of the Year award

The moment I heard that someone had a hand in the accident that happened back then, there was only one thing I could think of.

If there’s someone so evil that he would take away someone’s entire family, he must have clear ill intentions toward me.

And, of course, in the process, there was someone who came to mind first.

– Kim Chun-yong: Are you the Chinese person I know?

– X: Noppaku turned around

– X: Is that a roundabout way of saying it?

– X: Are there about 100 Chinese people around you?

– X: I’m going crazy, stars

Liu Wei.

This time, in order to get rid of me, the target of my control, they even dragged my family into spreading strange rumors. Last time, I wonder if it was to make it easier for them to escape to China.

[AG ent, a series of bad news… From Rex to Liu Wei? The snowball that started from Rex ▷ Find out]

[Arrows in Crisis, Next is Malicious Member, Next is Runaway Member… “Even I” vs “That Was Too Much” Netizens Debate]

[“It’s wise to leave a sinking ship” Entertainment columnist’s cool assessment, was Liu Wei right?]

In fact, thanks to my activities after the accident completely ruining my reputation, Liu Wei left with relatively less criticism.

However, my thoughts were easily sorted out by the reply X sent earlier.

– X: [Message cannot be sent]

– X: [Message cannot be sent]

– X: What the heck, you can’t even answer this? Argh! Argh! Argh!

– X: What the f*ck, I’m so pissed off. I’m not from your company.

– X: [Message cannot be sent]

– X: Didn’t I say this isn’t possible??

– X: I’ll be writing a report tomorrow

– X: I can’t eat this. I’m going to leave this chat window. ㅃ2

It was true that ‘I can’t speak carelessly because it’s confidential’, thanks to the words that were squeezed in between the gaps in the censored message that I saw for the first time.

… that piece of trash who caused the accident is not a person from our company anyway.

So, it’s not Liu Wei who is still under contract with AG, even though he is only a shell.

The ‘other guy’ who did this is out there.

“…after.”

When I faced that fact again and repeated it to myself, I was finally able to regain my composure.

Anyway, no matter how evil Liu Wei is, he wouldn’t have done that to our family.

The same goes for other people in our company.

widely-

“… … .”

I roughly threw my phone on the nightstand and stared at the ceiling with my eyes wide open.

My heart started beating unsteadily and I felt something strange flashing before my eyes, but I didn’t care.

Because I was busy organizing the thoughts that were filling my head.

I’ve thought about it many times, but there’s no point in looking back on my past or regretting things I couldn’t turn back.

Are you sad when you think back to that time?

Where on earth do we find time for that?

The release of my repackaged album with my T.O.J members is just around the corner.

Right now my family is at home and living their daily lives normally.

So, rather than being a pain to me, these facts I learned ahead of the repackaged album became a new guideline for me.

First of all, as before, we will safely complete our contract with X, the ‘best idol in K-pop history’.

And, we’ll plan ahead to make sure that the ‘other guys’ that X mentioned don’t block his path with terrible things like accidents.

and.

“… I guess we’ll have to narrow down the candidates for ‘other guys’ as well.”

I muttered softly and got up from my seat to greet the morning faster than anyone else in the dorm.

Even apart from Liu Wei, there were certainly a few guys who might harbor ill will toward me.

Or, there are people who would do such things without hesitation even if they had no malicious intentions.

Among them, the person we need to check first is….

Knock knock-

I opened a drawer of a desk that I hadn’t opened in a long time and looked at what was inside for a moment.

Well, I guess I should consider it fortunate that we met even if it wasn’t for this work.

“… Tsk.”

I stared at the silver smartwatch lying peacefully in the middle of the drawer and clicked my tongue briefly.

Not only was he difficult to deal with, but he was someone I wanted to avoid as much as possible after returning.

[Kim Chun-yong: Hello, senior Jeong Yeon-woo ^^]

[Kim Chun-yong: I’m contacting you to ask how you’re doing!]

[Kim Chun-yong: There’s also something I said I would give you before]

If you have to get hit anyway, it’s better to get hit the hardest first.