Chapter 175 - For Min-seo
In the pitch-black early morning, when everyone else was asleep and only the streetlights cut through the darkness—
Two vehicles were locked in a furious chase on the asphalt.
Vroom-!!!
The black sedan charged forward, terrifyingly focused on its target...
"Hold on tight!!"
Chae-ryeong pushed the RPMs hard, more focused than she'd ever been on saving just one person.
She wasn't alone.
"Ugh-!!"
"I told you, I couldn't fight properly before because I was exhausted!"
Whoosh-!!
"Did you manage to rescue Minseo?"
"Not yet... I don't think so."
"Fuck-!!"
Ji-ha, Yu-jin, Seo-young, and Su-hyeon—locked in a grueling battle inside the building—were also giving everything they had to save Minseo, who had become more precious to them than anyone else.
And—
The very woman who had taken Kang Minseo as her slave.
Hayoung was now painfully feeling his absence—his presence had become something she felt lonely without when he wasn't in the room, something that approached her with warmth.
She wanted to see him.
She wanted to kiss him.
She wanted to entwine her body with his.
To Hayoung, he was no longer just a slave.
He was the man who showered her with affectionate looks and shared his warmth with her.
Ever since the kidnapping incident with Hwayeon, she had vowed never to lose him again.
Yet here she was, hurting him like this again.
No.
Minseo-ya, just hold on a little longer.
I'm coming for you.
Burning with longing, love, regret, despair, and fury toward Yoon Seol, Hayoung's eyes shone with a complex mix of emotions.
"Fuck, why are you so slow?!!"
Yoon Seol screamed in rage as she saw the vehicle tailing her closely...
"I'm sorry!! The car's just too heavy..."
Yoon Seol, who had specifically chosen a large van to rape Minseo, trembled at her own blunder.
Yoon Seol wasn't in her right mind right now.
She had been completely stripped of her police status due to a sudden drug raid, and the Baekhwa bitches who had caused her downfall were hot on her heels.
"Ughhh!!"
Yoon Seol vented her anger by stomping on the car seat...
"Eek!"
The target of her fury shifted toward Minseo, who was trembling like a puppy terrified of a human's touch.
"Hey."
She grabbed Kang Minseo by the hair and forced him to meet her gaze.
"Did you plan this too?"
"Ngh... no, I didn't..."
All Minseo had planned was to wait for the Baekhwa executives to arrive, staring longingly at the ring with the location tracker embedded in it.
Rationally, Yoon Seol knew this, but...
At this moment, the only person from Baekhwa present was Kang Minseo, and Yoon Seol's sanity had long since shattered into pieces.
And so, Yoon Seol began to take her hatred out on Minseo.
Slap-!!!
A stinging palm struck Minseo's cheek...
"Ugh-!"
His head snapped to the side from the force of Yoon Seol's blow.
"You planned this, didn't you? Tell me the truth!!!"
"N-no..."
Slap-!!!
Slap-!!!
Slap-!!!
Only the sound of palm against cheek echoed endlessly in the car...
"Ngh-ugh... ngh..."
Minseo, already collapsed, could only let tears stream down his face, his cheeks swollen and red.
"Get up."
At Yoon Seol's cold command, Minseo struggled to lift his heavy body and knelt.
And just as Yoon Seol was about to hit him again—
Skreeee-!!!
The vehicle shook violently from a sudden collision...
A black sedan was ramming into the side of the van, sending sparks flying wildly.
Crash-!!!
Skreeeeee-!!!
The two vehicles raced wildly down the road, wrestling for control, veering left and right...
Bang-!!!
The van's door had long since been crushed and torn off.
The sedan's door wasn't much better.
In the passenger seat, Hayoung—her silver hair fluttering—was smiling and preparing to leap.
And amidst the chaos of flying sparks and ear-splitting roars,
Minseo met Hayoung's eyes, and she was beaming a bright smile at him.
As if to say there was no need to be sad, as if to say don't worry, leave everything to her—Hayoung shone more brilliantly than anyone in Minseo's eyes, her smile bringing him immense relief.
"Ngh... Hayoung-nim..."
Minseo looked at her, tears he barely had left to shed streaming down.
"Fuck, good. Die here. You're not even a cop anymore."
Yoon Seol pulled a gun from her pocket and aimed it at Hayoung.
"You... bitch..."
Chae-ryeong, seeing this, was startled and tried to slow down, but...
"Just keep driving. Trust me."
Hayoung wasn't afraid.
A few seconds ago, when Yoon Seol pulled out the gun, Hayoung had signaled to Minseo with her eyes, focusing only on him.
And Minseo understood perfectly.
Master, trust me.
And Minseo, Hayoung's most loyal slave, acted.
"Die!! You bitch."
Just as Yoon Seol was about to pull the trigger—
Minseo mustered every ounce of strength he had left and tackled Yoon Seol.
The gun shook, and Yoon Seol fired at a random spot instead of at Hayoung.
Bang-!!
With that sound, Hayoung hurled herself into the van.
It was a brilliant operation between master and slave, possible only because Hayoung trusted Minseo, and Minseo trusted Hayoung.
"Ugh-!!"
But even then, Yoon Seol struck Minseo's head with her elbow, knocking him unconscious, and braced herself to minimize the impact of Hayoung's body slam.
Amidst the chaos, Yoon Seol had quickly assessed the situation and made the best possible judgment.
Hayoung was now inside the van.
And with Hayoung and Yoon Seol entangled, a life-or-death struggle began.
Thud-!!
Whack-!!
With no room to dodge while tangled together, the two women just rained punches on each other, drawing blood...
"Ugh-!!"
"Argh-!!"
Exhausted as they were, neither would let go, gritting their teeth and beating each other like they wanted to kill.
Blood flowed from Hayoung's mouth and nose...
Same for Yoon Seol.
They threw punches with all their might, hoping each one would be the final blow.
Inside the van, the two continued their brutal fight, endlessly tossing and turning.
"Fuck, I told you I'd kill you!!!"
Hayoung punched Yoon Seol in the face with a voice filled with rage.
"Ugh!!! You're the one who's going to die!!"
Yoon Seol landed a punch on Hayoung, fueled by her own fury.
Just then—
The black sedan rammed into the van again.
Skreeeeee-!!!!
The van, swaying from the collision...
Crash-!!!
Smashed straight into a utility pole.
At the moment of impact,
the bodies of Hayoung and Yoon Seol were thrown through the air—and both lost consciousness from the shock. Minseo, slumped over in the car, was also knocked out.
Hiss-
The van, its front bumper completely crushed, came to a dead stop.
Thick smoke poured from the vehicle.
"Huff-!! Huff-!!"
Chae-ryeong, who had finally brought the sedan to a halt, approached the wrecked van with wide, shocked eyes.
"It'll be okay. It'll be okay."
She decided to get them out first and ran toward the van.
"Ugh-!"
She began pulling out the unconscious people one by one.
Their bodies were limp and incredibly heavy, but Chae-ryeong couldn't give up now—she used all her strength to drag them out.
"Argh-!!! Just a little more!"
After pulling all three limp bodies out of the smoke-filled vehicle, Chae-ryeong began to check their conditions.
There was blood-soaked Hayoung, battered Minseo, and Yoon Seol—whom she wanted to kill on the spot—but saving them was more important than killing right now.
"Wake up!! Kang Minseo!! Baek Hayoung!!!"
Chae-ryeong shook them, her lips trembling.
No matter how she looked, both of them were far too pale.
Seeing Hayoung bleeding profusely from her head and Minseo covered in wounds, Chae-ryeong began to cry from fear.
"No... you're not dying, are you...? Please...? You guys..."
Chae-ryeong had already called an ambulance, and she just held them tightly, waiting for them to wake up.
Her heart felt like it was being torn apart... she felt so helpless, unable to do anything.
Please...
Please....
"Cough!"
Just then, Hayoung coughed up blood and slowly opened her eyes.
"Eonni... were you worried about me...?"
Hayoung looked at Chae-ryeong with a faint smile.
"Ah, seriously!! You scared me!!"
Chae-ryeong hit Hayoung lightly, her eyes filled with tears.
Hayoung slowly dragged her heavy body upright.
"Minseo-ya, you have to wake up..."
She held Minseo tightly with a pale face and began trying to wake him.
Hayoung, shedding warm tears as she looked at the wounded Minseo,
continued to wake him in agonizing, burning distress.
"Wake up, Kang Minseo. I said wake up."
Despite her increasingly desperate pleas, Minseo showed no signs of waking.
Hayoung's expression hardened, and so did Chae-ryeong's.
You have to wake up... Minseo-ya...?
Please...?
Why aren't you waking up...?
That's not it, right? It's not, right...?
Terrifying thoughts ravaged Hayoung's mind.
With trembling lips, she let thick tears fall onto Minseo's face and said,
"Before I fuck you into oblivion... wake up..."
"Ugh!"
At those words, Minseo coughed and his eyes slowly opened.
"Kang Minseo!!!"
"Minseo-ya!!!"
Hayoung and Chae-ryeong hugged Minseo tightly.
It seemed as though peace had returned to the Baekhwa organization. But just as the three were sobbing in each other's arms, overwhelmed by the joy of having survived—
Yoon Seol's finger twitched.
Tenaciously.