Chapter 1: Confusion

It took less than five minutes for ambulances and police to arrive at the scene.

Kim Tae-yeon, who stayed in the car the whole time, watched as Leon Ang, who was already unconscious, was carried onto a stretcher.

The hand holding the phone trembled uncontrollably, still unwilling to face the scene that had already happened.

A sense of powerlessness welled up in my heart.

Several intersections have been temporarily blocked, and reporters have already arrived at the scene and stood outside the cordon line waiting for permission to film.

As a witness to the car accident, Kim Tae-yeon's agent was called to the police station to cooperate in making a record.

The other side.

Lee Jae-kyung, who arrived at the agreed place in advance, received a call from Choi Yoon-hee before his butt was hot.

Bad news came.

In an instant, I was in no mood, and I took a few people away, trying my best to think of countermeasures along the way.

……

Samsung Seoul Hospital.

At the door of the operating room on the third floor, Li Zaijing kept pacing back and forth, anxiously waiting for the results.

I silently prayed in my heart that it must be the best outcome.

Kim Tae-sang, who had returned from answering the phone, stepped forward quickly and whispered in his ear the news he had just received.

"I don't want to see a single report about this crash, you know?"

"Inside, I'll arrange it!"

As Kim Tae-sang turned his head to leave, Lee Jae-kyung glanced at Ricardo, who was sitting on a chair and buttoning his phone.

"The surveillance at the scene was called up, and the identity of the main perpetrator was verified. The man was drunk and had died when the ambulance arrived. ”

"As I expected, things are not as simple as you think." Ricardo handed him his phone, and the screen contained a copy of the identification information he had just received.

When I was in California, I had an eye on the car and asked people to investigate the information about the car.

Through some unconventional means, the existing owners of the Honda who bought the Honda on the black market were obtained.

There was nothing abnormal in the original, a clean person without any criminal record.

Unfortunately, a 'friend' from the immigration department revealed that the person had come to the peninsula on the same flight as them.

As a person who has been born and raised in the land of the United States for more than 30 years, it seems a bit far-fetched to explain it on a whim.

"Is there anything wrong with this person?" Lee Jae-kyung looked back and forth twice in confusion and didn't find anything wrong.

"Help me check the intersection of the two traffic lights directly south of the Yuanxiao Bridge, a black Hyundai."

“wei?”

"I was there for a short time to be dragged by two people, and to prevent this from happening again tonight, I had to get to the root of the problem first.

You'd better pray that the boss is okay, it's getting late in the Bay Area right now, you should know what the result of this matter will be if it rises to an international issue, we only have less than half a day! ”

As much as possible to make up for his dereliction of duty, Ricardo had no choice but to hide the news first.

The boss has never had a grudge against anyone, and the only person who can plan all this is someone who knows everything about them.

All of them were premeditated.

was pointed at his nose by a bodyguard and preached, and Li Jae-kyung, who was already in a bad mood, was even more angry and had nowhere to vent.

promised it on his lips, but in his heart he scolded everyone.

The two of them had to stay here and couldn't leave, and the guards brought in from California couldn't speak Peninsular, so everything had to be left to Kim Tae-sang.

……

One o'clock in the morning.

The operation, which lasted more than three hours, was finally over.

Lee Jae-kyung hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the arm of the surgeon and asked what the result was.

Fortunately, the patient had a strong sense of self-protection at that time, and there were no fatal injuries to his body, except for some fractures in his left arm and left calf.

The operation went smoothly and is now out of life-threatening condition. But..."

Just about to catch his breath, his heart was like a slingshot that had been loosened and tightened again, and Lee Jae-kyung wanted to punch him directly.

"But what?"

"The results of the brain CT scan are not very optimistic, and we will have to wait until he wakes up before we can proceed with follow-up treatment."

……

Seoul at night.

Some people are busy working overtime because of a sudden accident.

After repeatedly confirming that Lee Ang was not in danger of life, Lee Jae-kyung left the hospital.

Without worries, you can focus all your energy on finding people.

But everything was not hidden after all, and before arriving at the Metropolitan Police Department, Lee Jae-kyung received a call from his father.

As soon as the phone was connected, he was scolded for his head and face, and then he was called home and found a relationship to wipe his buttocks.

Half an hour later, head back to your villa in Itaewon.

One second he was sitting on the sofa with a smile and making a phone call, and the next second when he saw his son come back, Li Zairong put away the smile on his face, got up angrily and pulled out the belt around his waist.

"Drag racing, drunk driving, abetting crimes, what else do you not dare to do?"

The belt was pumped down to the ground, Li Zaijing lowered his head and frowned, clenched his fists and stood motionless in place, not even daring to say a word and silently bear the anger.

"You were just about to take a break, and I was pleasantly surprised, if it wasn't for the dean who called me to inform me, you were going to deal with it by myself?

Let's not talk about whether you can find someone, what if the hospital doesn't rescue you tonight? ”

Faced with his father's questioning, Lee Jae-kyung stared at the tip of his shoe with his eyelids lowered, clenched his back molars and said nothing.

"Answer me, I ask you what to do!"

The index finger poked down at his chest, and he yelled word by word.

The room was a little scary, and Kim Tae-sang, who was standing behind Lee Jae-kyung, didn't even dare to breathe, and for the first time felt that his breathing was so loud.

Seeing that the atmosphere froze, his trembling lips and said, "I am to blame for all this..."

"Of course it's all your fault! What did I put you by his side at the time? ”

Seeing that his father turned the signs to the assistant, his tense body was finally able to ease down and breathe a long sigh of relief.

……

At the end of a busy day, the members of EXID sat in the nanny car and closed their eyes to recuperate.

Fortunately, on the flight back, several people had a good rest, otherwise this row of full itinerary would really not be able to cope with it.

Seeing that the car hadn't started for a long time, An Xiyan squinted his eyes and asked, "Jaehyun Oba, what's the situation today and why is the road so congested." ”

"I don't know, there are police officers at several intersections along the way.

But I'm almost at the apartment, so I'm in a bit more anxious than you.

The last month has been a full schedule, and tomorrow you have a full day of announcements to run, hard work! ”

"Isn't this what everyone has been expecting, what's hard, but Oba you work harder, and you have to pick us up early tomorrow."

"Ani, the company has arranged a few new agents, and I can be lazy from tomorrow."