You're divorced, what else can you add?
26. I was sorry, I was grateful, and I loved you.
It was 9 o'clock on the night of the first day of the lunar month. Everything was dark, and the beautiful moon that had shone so brightly on the day the author was about to die had disappeared.
The hidden moon seemed to be telling me that I wouldn't be able to find it today. Whether the moon hid or not, I vowed to myself that I would find it today with my own strength and save it with my own strength.
변백현
"I will save the author who I couldn't save then."
I went to the address I found on Junmyeon-hyung's computer and opened the door. Knock knock - When the door opened, I saw Ji-eun, Park Chan-yeol, and men pointing guns next to Ji-eun. Unlike Dal, who had hidden, Ji-eun was found right away.
변백현
"Ji-eun..."
Park Chanyeol took me here and I've been trying to calm my mind until now. And the moment I saw Ji-eun, I thought my mind would be at ease, but when I saw the men with guns next to me and Park Chanyeol with a gun, my heart that was about to feel relieved started pounding again.
이지은
"Baekhyun..."
Ji-eun and Park Chan-yeol were sitting on chairs, except for the people next to them who were warm.
박찬열
"You found it, by the way. I thought you didn't know."
변백현
"Park Chanyeol, you said you liked Ji Eun, you said you loved her, so why are you like this?"
I couldn't understand it. If you love someone, you should protect them more and wish for their happiness. It's beautiful, but Park Chanyeol is doing things that he would never do to someone he loves.
박찬열
"Yes, I loved you. But what can I do if Lee Ji-eun doesn't love me back?"
You're lying again. You say you loved me when you never loved me for a single moment...
이지은
"Park Chanyeol, don't lie."
Shut up - he pointed his gun at the author and told him to shut up. Then he continued talking.
박찬열
"Lee Ji-eun, do you know where this is?"
이지은
"what?"
I couldn't understand Chanyeol asking where it was when I'd never been or seen here. I wondered if Baekhyun knew, so I asked, "Baekhyun, what is Chanyeol talking about?"
변백현
"Ji-eun..."
변백현
"Don't you remember? Where is this place? Could it be that you brought the author here on purpose?"
박찬열
"Look at this. Lee Ji-eun, think again about what happened in the past..."
At those words, I rolled my eyes and began to examine the place. As I began to look around, I realized this wasn't a place I'd seen before, and memories of that day began to flood back. My whole body began to tremble, and I screamed in fear.
변백현
"Ji-eun!! Park Chan-yeol, stop it."
박찬열
"Why? You said you still remember that day, but aren't you curious as to why you forgot about this place?"
변백현
"But if you still love the author, do you want to see him continue to suffer?!!"
이지은
"Gyaaaaah-! Go away... Don't come any closer!! Argh-!!"
I tried to approach Ji-eun and calm her down. But the moment I tried to approach her, Park Chan-yeol said, "Stay still," so I couldn't move and called her name from afar to try to calm her down.
변백현
"Ji-eun!! Ji-eun, wake up. It's Baekhyun. You're not alone, I'm right in front of you, Lee Ji-eun!!!"
이지은
"Baekhyun.. Baekhyun.."
Finally, I lifted my head and came to my senses.
변백현
"Park Chanyeol, is this what you want?"
박찬열
"No, what I want is your company. And, I never liked you from the beginning."
변백현
"what?...."
박찬열
"That bitch raised a problem that could have been solved if you just gave me the company?"
변백현
"Then release the author. I'll give you all of my company."
이지은
"No!!! That's Junmyeon's."
박찬열
"shut up!"
As soon as there was a gunshot, there was a knocking sound of a door.
김준면
"You're here. Park Chanyeol."
This voice... a voice I've heard for a long time... a voice that suddenly stopped, a voice I wanted to hear again... it was Junmyeon hyung.
변백현
"Junmyun hyung!!"
이지은
"Junmyun oppa?!!! Oppa, you were alive too?"
The moment I found out that Junmyeon oppa wasn't dead, I was very happy and a smile spread across my face.
김준면
"What are you talking about?"
변백현
"Brother, do you know how worried we were? When we heard you died, we held a funeral without you."
김준면
"Hey, you really need to know if it's alive or dead."
변백현
"But when you left on your last day, I thought you weren't going to come... That's why I thought you were dead..."
김준면
"That's right, I was just hiding for a bit because I couldn't be of any help to you guys. Park Chanyeol, what did you do to my younger siblings?"
김준면
"That funeral just now? Did you make it?"
박찬열
"I just told him that someone was missing and gave him the wallet and will."
이지은
"Was that you?"
I knew that Junmyeon oppa's death was known. I never thought that it was Park Chanyeol who told the news, and all I knew was that Park Chanyeol killed Junmyeon oppa.
김준면
"You have nothing now. Your company has come to us."
박찬열
"what?"
변백현
"Park Chanyeol, do you know why you lost? It's because I won with love, and you tried to take over the company because of money."
Baekhyun's words seemed to have made him angry, so he pointed a gun at Baekhyun. He got up from where he was sitting and stood in front of Baekhyun.
이지은
"Baekhyun, don't touch me. If you're going to shoot, shoot me instead."
He grabbed the gun in front of him and said, "Shoot me."
변백현
"Ji-eun..."
이지은
"Park Chanyeol, I told you. If you keep doing that for the sake of the company, you'll lose the company. But you expanded the production of M Group more than K Group, and it was almost bankrupt. But you couldn't give up your greed for money, so you didn't reduce production and kept producing."
박찬열
"Do you really want to die?"
이지은
"Kill me. Kill me. I'm useless and a cursed human being, even if I live in this world. Just kill me. If I hadn't met Baekhyun, I wouldn't be in this world."
I really should have died. A long time ago.. I cried because I felt sorry for not being able to die a long time ago and bringing Baekhyun here.
이지은
"Baekhyun, thank you for everything up until now. When you smiled and told me I was pretty, I liked you from then until now. I was grateful, sorry, and loved you. I'm sorry for making things difficult until the very end."
변백현
"Ji.. Ji-eun.."
이지은
"Park Chanyeol, shoot. I've already said hello to Baekhyun... I don't care if you kill me now. I have no regrets in this world... Shoot. Why? Can't you shoot?"
I ran towards him without thinking, thinking that Chanyeol might shoot me if I got any closer.
변백현
"Ji-eun!"
With a loud bang, I grabbed the author and dodged to the side, falling to the ground.
변백현
"Ji-eun!!!"
I looked around to see if there were any injuries and if I had dodged the bullet.
변백현
"Thank goodness, you're not hurt. Ji-eun, wake up. Wake up!"
The author doesn't open his eyes. Perhaps he has suffered an invisible wound.
변백현
"Brother, Ji-eun won't open her eyes."