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The graduation exam finally arrived. Karin set out as early as possible to avoid the possibility that she did not want. Once in class, the girl even took the time to study. She thanked Guanlin inwardly because the special trick the man gave her helped her to do the counting lesson.
The atmosphere in the exam room was running as usual. Including how students ask each other for help and provide help on the condition that they are not caught by the exam supervisor.
They were given 45 minutes to do 50 problems. And it wasn't that hard for Guanlin. Even now the answer paper is traveling down the corner of the class. He is still focused on Karin who seems to be working hard. But he did not bother the girl. He does not want to be hated more.
Guanlin decides to take the detective comic she secretly brought to the exam room. It was indeed very unnatural and not allowed, but he accepted all the risks including if the paper had to be asked for force or maybe he would be removed from the examination room. After all, he's done. Bodo is very much with Jihoon who now branded him like a child.
It's not without reason that he brought the comic today. Really, he's not that crazy. He was just looking for a little idea that might match his mother's death. That's all it is.
His mind wandered 4 years ago. When he just got home from the rides playing with Airish because the snow began to fall heavily. He called his mother because he wanted to tell her something, but never got an answer. They seek his existence. Until finally his eyes saw his mother lying on the snow that almost buried herself. Probably because the snow is falling.
His heart throbbed pain as he recalled that day. His mother died with her eyes open and her tongue out. His thin body froze and turned a little blue due to the cold temperatures of Seoul at that time. Guanlin was a child. Still 13 years. But he can catch that it wasn't suicide. How could his mother, who had difficulty walking due to the accident, go outside the house and die there? No way!
He was also upset with the police who just silently agreed it was suicide. They did not mind the suspicious rope that fell not far from the tree nearby.
Guanlin's concentration was scrapped when his phone rang. A message from an unknown number.
"Come to the tree later that afternoon. I'll tell you who your killer is."
Daniel Kang. He knew it was a message from his half-brother. Daniel was looking at him, too. Yes, even if only briefly before then he returned to work on the test.
"When you're 10 minutes away. For those who already feel the test is right, it can be collected." Guide the examination supervisor from the front, which even makes the atmosphere noisy because of panic.
Guanlin glanced at Karin. The woman seems to be done. Guanlin smiled slightly. He thought it might be a little useful for the girl. Guanlin again checked the phone because there was an incoming message. It's from his papa.
"Later home in the afternoon. You go home. We'll have dinner together."
Guanlin is actually lazy. Especially because he must be one house with his mother and stepbrother. But because he respects the father, he will come.
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Daniel smiled slightly when he saw a tall figure of Guanlin coming closer towards him. Guanlin kept a cold face.
"Gue kirain lo ga come."
"Ga have a little chat. I want to go to the point!"
"Ck! Relax, bro. Don't be in a hurry. It's good to prepare your mental before I explain."
"Curtain! Are you looking to die?"
"OK-okay! No patience, you!"
"Who's my killer, Kang Daniel?"
Not long after, Daniel began to tell him everything he knew.
Flashback ON
*Daniel, 13, presses Guanlin's bell for taking her friend to a playground that opened a few days ago. Without him knowing that the man had actually gone first with Airish.
The door did not open, Daniel finally ventured to open the door that turned out to be unlocked. He went in slowly because he was a little scared. Naturally, this room was very dark. He called Guanlin but still got no answer.
Daniel went up to the 2nd floor, because he thought Guanlin might still be sleeping. After all, he was brave because usually Guanlin's parents were rarely at home. He checked Guanlin's room which was closest to the stairs, but nil. He found no one there. Daniel intended but did not so because he felt there was something in the room at the corner of the room that directly led to the outside window.
With a slow and timid step, Daniel advanced little by little to approach the room he thought was suspicious. Slowly he opened the door.
His heart beats 2 times faster to see something in there. The room was quite dark. But he could see everything without exception. Her mother lay unconscious on the couch near the balcony where you could see the outside view.
The big tall man was strangling the woman he guessed was his mother's age, until she thrashed. Daniel was shaking so much. Especially when he saw the woman no longer moving. The big tall man took his bow gun and arrow. He seemed busy tying and knotting that Daniel did not know what it was. Then he shot it towards a tree that was far away from the house. Daniel saw that the bow gun arrow had been tied with a rope.2 times the man did it. Daniel doesn't know what he's doing either. It was frozen in a statue.
The man returned to the room and carried the body of the woman he had killed, then was busy doing something that confused Daniel. Then he dropped the corpse down slowly. Daniel doesn't know how the woman's body is out there. All he knows is that it's raining pretty heavy snow outside.
The man was done with the action, and he did something that made the rope back into place. The bewildered Daniel was still standing at the spot where he was peeping. Now the man approached his mother and lifted her to the bed, then covered her mother.
But the man realized that someone was running down the stairs. He quickly ran out of the room and found a boy running out of his house. Unfortunately, he slipped on the stairs and lost track of the boy.
While little Daniel who felt fear was extraordinary, did not think 2 times when he had to jump into a slow-moving freight car. There he calmed down. Trying to shake off the thought that the man recognized her.
When he felt far enough away, he jumped back from the car. He was sure the man would not recognize him. He was wearing a thick coat. Her hair is pretty thick at the moment. Daniel didn't even think much when he saw the haircut and shaved his hair thin. Whatever he's going to do, as long as the man doesn't recognize him.
One thing that to this day always makes him traumatized when he sees people asphyxiated or injured, he realizes that the woman is the mother of his friend, Guanlin. And that big tall man is Guanlin's real father, Lai Hyun Bin*.
Flashback Off
Guanlin felt very weak. Even his feet could not hold his weight until the man fell down on the grass. Her tears fell down, along with her heart that felt pierced.
He became increasingly aware, why his father always forbade him to read detective comics. Even his father was angry because he bought a lot of comics because of discounts so he burned everything in the backyard. Why would papa do that? Obviously, because the trick he used came from a comic scene. Guanlin was 1000% sure because she had just read it in class this afternoon. Exact same!
But, this all sounds impossible! How could the papa he was so proud of kill his own biological mother. The man always said he married again because he loved himself and his mother very much. He even thought that his mother's killer was Kim Taeyeon. Daniel's mother. No, Daniel must have lied to protect his mother!
"Tell me if you lie to me again!" The impact won't take. Daniel chirped, "What's in it for me if I'm lying?"
Guanlin stared at the face fixedly. He realized that Daniel wasn't lying. The man's face was very serious. He also remembers vividly, as he and Airish laughed at Daniel's appearance. He shaved his hair very thin. In fact, the man once said that he felt very handsome when his hair was thick. It must be because he didn't want to be caught peeping. This further supports Daniel's confession.
Guanlin was furious. He doesn't accept. He punched the tree behind him many times to neutralize his anger, making the hand hurt bloody. Daniel looked on his half-brother. He kneels. Equating his height with the pathetic-looking Guanlin.
"This afternoon papa came home. I've collected all the evidence to get him into jail."
Guanlin looked at him sharply, "Lo have proof of where?!"
Daniel did not answer. He looked behind Guanlin. Guanlin followed the direction of the man.
Jung Airish's?
"Why are you here?" Ask Guanlin directly. Airish shows a flash that even looks very outdated. Shabby.
"Lo inget right, we were once so obsessed with being detectives? Just as I was the same Daniel came to your house, we installed a simple CCTV camera similar to a bugging device in that room without you knowing.
"simple CCTV?"
"Yes. Daniel the designed. I also got an idea of where."
"Gue look on youtube." I'm Daniel honest.
"At first we just want to know if it's true in the room there's a rat. When I took it back a few days after the aunt's funeral, Daniel took it from me. I want him to do something."
"Gue moved everything to this flash. Everything was. I'm sure this will be useful someday."
Guanlin still did not expect everything to be so coincidental. He's going to put his papa in jail. He doesn't care if it's his own father. Really am.
"We're gonna help you out." Daniel and Airish said.
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The atmosphere of the dining table looked crowded because papa Guanlin had actually come home this afternoon. Airish and his family also participated in the small dinner. Only the three of them know —Guanlin, Daniel, and Airish— that their home has now been surrounded by the Seoul police.
As they had planned, Daniel spoke first.
"If you're still alive, Guan. It's gonna be more rame." His words made the laughter of the people there stop. Freeze.
Guanlin laughed falsely, "Yes. I'm still wondering who killed my mom."
Taeyeon coughing.
"Don't you tell me it was suicide, Guanlin! That's why you don't read detective comics!" Papa Guanlin, Hyun Bin instantly interrupted in an angry tone.
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