The Scent of Life (1)
CHAPTER 6 MATCHMAKING AND ATTITUDE DETERMINATION
That night Mr. Kang's house was crowded. Laughter was heard on the terrace of the house. They held a dinner event inviting Hong's family, business relations and shareholders in Kang Group. Mr. Hong came with his wife and their only child, Hong Sun Hwa. From Kang's family, everyone has gathered including the family of Mr. Kang's younger brother, Kang Min Jung.
Min Hyuk arrived late. After greeting everyone, he immediately sat right in front of the beautiful girl named Hong Sun Hwa. The girl looked at Min Hyuk then threw her sweetest smile.
At the end of the dinner, Mr. Kang stood up to deliver something to the audience.
"Everyone, I'm asking for a moment's attention. Eheem .. really tonight is a special night. There's Mr. Hong with the family here, it's appropriate that I convey what has become my old hope," he said, circulating his gaze to all those present.
His attitude was very serious, it seemed that what he was about to convey was indeed something very important. Quiet atmosphere. Attention is focused on Mr. Kang.
"To strengthen our family and business relationships. I announce that I will match Mr. Hong's daughter Miss Hong Sun Hwa with my son Kang Min Hyuk" Mr. Kang said.
Spontaneous Min Hyuk choked on the soup he was eating until he coughed. Seo Woo gawked, then laughed as if he could not believe what he heard. Madam Kang immediately gave Min Hyuk a drink that was silent in disbelief with what he had just heard. He did not argue or dispute his father, because the time was not right.
The elders laughed happily and agreed to the match. Min Hyuk looked at Sun Hwa. The girl just threw a smile that only Min Hyuk's cold face returned. That night's dinner made Min Hyuk a dilemma, on the one hand he already had Man Se, on the other he was betrothed by his father to the girl from Mr. Hong's family.
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Later that night at Seo Woo's apartment, Min Hyuk opens his sister's laptop. He opens the file and finally finds what he was looking for, photos of Man Se some time ago wearing red clothes and hanbok peach color. He moved the pictures into his dress.
Then suddenly Seo Woo went into the room.
"What are you doing with my laptop?" ask Seo Woo.
Seo Woo watched Min Hyuk copy all of Man Se's photos and pressed the delete button to delete all the files on Seo Woo's laptop.
"What are you doing?" seo Woo shouted to see that all of Man Se's photos had been erased.
Min Hyuk laughed satisfied.
Seo Woo is angry. His molars were cracking and his eyes were giddy looking at Min Hyuk. Not until Min Hyuk is at the door, Seo Woo calls her brother.
"Sister, you're selfish!"seo Woo was angry.
Min Hyuk stopped walking to listen to what his sister was going to talk about.
"Stop giving Man Se false hope. You know Appa has already betrothed you to the Hong family's daughter. Don't hurt Man Se because he's precious to me too. I love him too Hyung, you know that. If you make her cry, I'll take her from your side!" seo Woo Ultimatum.
Min Hyuk turned his body to face Seo Woo. He looked at his sister bravely.
"Try me if you can. I tell you, I don't care anymore about my position or my match with Hong Sun Hwa. I'm gonna unlock the secrets of the factory fire and I'm gonna tell the public that's when I'm gonna have to relinquish my position as CEO!" min Hyuk replied firmly.
"You're going to fight Appa!" seo Woo reminded me.
"If it were to unlock the truth anyone would be with me no matter he was my own father. You don't understand my current position is depressed because I'm standing under the corpses of employees who died in the accident. You don't know what it's like when you stand up in the tears of children who lost their parents or siblings to the planned fire. Just like Man Se. My investigation is halfway through, we'll soon find out at last. After that, it's up to Appa, I want to resign and define my own life" Min Hyuk replied.
Then she walks out of Seo Woo's apartment and walks towards her own apartment. Seo Woo went silent then let out a long breath. His mind was raging, the war within the Kang family had already been sown. Seo Woo was worried about which side to stand on.
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Min Hyuk sat on the bed in his room. A photo of Man Se in his dress. He stands up and walks to retrieve the pen that Detective Ahn gave him on the table. The recording was then heard by a conversation between Detective Ahn who was asking the former fire chief to tell the truth.
A long conversation happened. The former fire chief said a day before the incident there was someone holding them back from coming to the scene immediately with a wad of money. The man is the CEO of the factory itself, Kang Min Jung (Samchon Kang). After the fire was extinguished, he checked the source of the explosion. In conclusion, not a short circuit of electricity but there are people who deliberately burn the chemical waste of the factory. The fire smoke detector does not work so the fire alarm does not sound. Nor does he know why he set fire to his own factory, perhaps because of insurance.
Min Hyuk was silent, his face hardened in fury. But he can still hold back. One day all these secrets will be opened, even though it is likened to him drawing a sword into his own body.