[Contest 3] You are Mint Lavender (Season 2)
EP14. Please
Dear Hyebaragi!!! It's Gotjim. Thank you so much for the Excellence Award and I love you!!♡ ((Let's go back to the story!~
※This episode also unfolds from the omniscient author's perspective!
전정국
"...Now stop and get up from the floor."
김석진
".....°¤°"
전정국
"brother!!!"
김석진
"Huh? Uh, uh....."
With an expression that seemed to say, "Enough is enough," Jungkook stood up from the floor where he had been crouching and spoke to Seokjin. Seokjin was still very shocked, his face pale and blank.
전정국
"What if I'm already that sick of this? We haven't even started talking."
김석진
"What? Is it that serious?!"
Seokjin was even more surprised and asked Jeongguk, who was ahead of him and heading towards the living room sofa.
전정국
"Please sit down."
Seokjin sat down on the sofa as Jeongguk had instructed. His intuition that the situation was not good began to turn into certainty, as he heard evasive words rather than clear answers.
박지민
"....Jeon Jungkook, you speak first."
전정국
"Haa.... First of all, the person who created this mess is Yoo In-young."
전정국
"Lee Jung-wook's stepmother, and the wife of the JW Group chairman. The chairman has been dead for some time, so now this woman is single-handedly taking care of all the affiliates, from JW stocks to JW Medical."
박지민
"what...!?"
Jimin's expression twisted into a look of surprise bordering on shock as he finally realized the identity of the owner of the creepy voice on the phone.
전정국
"You can assume that everything Lee Jung-wook did was ordered by Yoo In-young. Even though Lee Jung-wook was the heir to JW Group, Yoo In-young was the one who held the most sway with most of the shareholders. She's the real power behind it."
전정국
"So Lee Jeong-wook is..."
박지민
"In short, it was Yoo In-young's dog..."
Jungkook, who was watching Jimin mumble out of the corner of his eye, nodded slightly.
전정국
"Then now you tell me. Why were you whining like a retard?"
박지민
"......"
박지민
"I got a call from this woman. The moment she stumbled back, she collapsed on my shoulder."
전정국
"You...got a call!?"
박지민
"Yeoju will be working at the JW Medical Research Institute, and I can only imagine what happens in that hellish place every day," he said, babbling nonsense.
전정국
"What? What the hell did you just say? So you're saying you sent Kim Yeo-ju to the company knowing that!!"
The woman had already left for work, and Jungkook was so angry that he let her go to a dangerous place that he grabbed Jimin by the collar.
김석진
"Jeon Jungkook!!! What are you doing? Don't let go!?"
박지민
"Haa...fuck. Think about it, you idiot. Do you think someone was left alone because they had no brains!!!"
박지민
"Do you think Yoo In-young will stay still when Kim Yeo-ju finds out everything!?"
Jimin's voice, even as he grabbed his collar, grew more agitated, and Jungkook let go of his collar in shock at the words he returned with tears welling up in his eyes.
박지민
"Coming back with my whole body on fire and not being able to breathe properly... Do you think that was just yesterday!?"
박지민
"Every day!!!! Every day has to be like that!!!!"
박지민
"Do you think that's all?? The moment Kim Yeo-ju finds out!!! The moment that bright fool finds out that Yoo In-young is a murderer, that evil misfortune!!!"
박지민
"There's no antidote!! Whether or not the company sends Kim Yeo-ju, she's still in danger..."
Jimin closed his eyes, trying to swallow the rising helplessness and anger, and the empty antidote bottle fell from his weakened hands and rolled on the floor.
전정국
"......"
The antidote bottle, which was filled to the point of being an eyesore to Jeong-guk, made him picture the suffering image of the female protagonist in his mind.
전정국
"Ugh...fuck.."
Jimin's sadness, the sadness he had suffered alone, was flowing from Jungkook's eyes as well.
김석진
"Haa....both of you, come to your senses"
Seokjin, who had been quietly listening to the entire situation, spoke up. He was equally bewildered by the sudden onslaught of information, but he felt he couldn't just stand there and be fooled.
김석진
"First...we need to know her purpose."
김석진
"Why on earth did he target the female protagonist, and why did he kill everyone to get his hands on that flower?"
김석진
"jimin park"
박지민
"..why?"
김석진
"If what you say is true, does that mean the heroine will return to the same serious condition she was in yesterday tonight?"
Seokjin asked Jimin in a soft voice. He pretended to be calm, but it seemed he was in considerable shock.
박지민
"...That's probably it. I'll probably give the antidote to the heroine and then put it in her pocket."
김석진
"...Jimin, I know it's difficult, but..."
김석진
"....."
박지민
"What is it?"
Seokjin couldn't even meet Jimin's eyes properly, his lips frozen, as if the words were so difficult to say.
박지민
"Brother..!! What the heck..."
김석진
"Haa... If the heroine returns, don't give her the antidote right away."
Seokjin, who had been hesitating, finally opened his mouth, and when he brought up the topic of not giving the antidote to the female protagonist, Jimin was surprised.
박지민
"Wh, what? Are you crazy, hyung? What do you want to do with me right now!!"
Jimin reacted more harshly than ever because it was another thing that put the heroine in danger.
김석진
"Don't get excited, Park Jimin!! I'm not saying you shouldn't feed him at all!!!"
김석진
"We need to know what that woman is ordering the female lead to do at the company, and what her purpose is."
김석진
"So, just for a moment, until the heroine says something..."
박지민
"And then Kim Yeo-ju dies!! Did you see for yourself what kind of condition my brother is in? His fever keeps rising and he can't breathe properly. What are you asking him and what are you trying to find out with him!!!!"
김석진
"jimin park!!!"
김석진
"Haa... Really"
김석진
"I'm Kim Yeo-ju's older brother!!! I'm family too! Who would want to do that? But you know very well that not doing it won't solve anything."
김석진
"Please. I'm begging you, Jimin."
Seokjin tapped Jimin's shoulder and begged him earnestly, but Jimin couldn't help but lower his head and shed tears.
With their long story, much time had already passed, and it was time for the heroine, who would be suffering again today, to return.