Chapter 42

12. Master of Escape

“I told you to meet your friends, not travel.”

“Now that I’m a senior in high school, I’m trying to organize my thoughts for a while. I’m sorry, Mom.”

travel

It’s not about joining the club or participating in the competition, it’s about leaving with your own will.

Ko Jung-sook was disappointed when her son, who had only been in her arms so far, tried to flap his wings outside her arms.

I was so proud of him because he was the only son who had raised him alone and failed to do so far, but he was more disappointed than that.

I always thought I’d live in my arms, so I had to because it was so sudden.

but

“Okay. Be careful.”

As a parent, you can’t stop your child’s growth.

Jong-hyuk hugged his small mother tightly.

“I love you.”

She turned, waving her hand as if she was too lazy to say more, but she swept her son’s arm down, full of disappointment.

“Eat well, don’t get sick, don’t cause trouble.”

“Mom. Don’t just eat kimchi because it’s annoying, and if you’re sick, go to the hospital.”

“Okay. Go. Keep in touch.”

“I’ll be back.”

‘I’m sorry.’ Boom?

While looking at the closed door behind his back, Jong-hyuk turned his body and gritted his teeth.

It would not have been the case if the source of the information could be properly disclosed. It doesn’t make sense to make an excuse for hearing it from an acquaintance.

He was such a great guy that he needed an alibi.

So close!

“Now that it’s like this, you’ll catch it no matter what.”

Coming out, Jong-hyuk caught a taxi.

“Mister, Cheonggyecheon Stream!”

* * *

Me too! I want to go on a trip!

Beyond the phone, Suho is lying down and struggling.

Watch out for the girl. Women are all foxes except me! All right?

Soyoung is complaining and saying cute things.

Jong-hyuk, who called to see him, had no choice but to laugh.

As people turn around, a woman in her 50s who stops guiding such Jong-hyuk looks up and down.

“You’re not running away from home, are you?”

“Would a runaway bring so many underwear and clothes?”

Jong-hyuk was carrying a backpack and a sports bag.

I’m sorry. It’s the millennium these days, because there are so many people running away from home to enjoy the end of the world just because the world is about to go down. That’s how my neighbor ran away from home.”

“Really? What kind of excuse is that?”

“Ho-ho! That’s what I’m saying. Oh, you prefer a studio apartment to a house rent?”

“I’m going to live alone, so I prefer a small place to a clean one. There’s a lot of monthly rent these days because of bad interest rates, right?”

“Oh, my God. Do you know that? Who’s son is he? He’s very clever. Is that why you’re so picky?”

I’ve already passed 3 houses.

“Oh, how’s it going over there?”

Seeing the studio apartment that Mrs. Bokdeokbang pointed at, Jong-hyuk looked around and shone his eyes.

‘You’re finally here.’

It was faster than I thought.

“How’s it going over there? I think lighting would be good.”

Jong-hyuk pointed to the white mansion.

“That’s nice. It’s just been built, so it’s strong. But I don’t know if there’s a sale……wait a minute.”

She smiled awkwardly when she called everywhere.

“What should I do? I heard there’s no sale.… How about the studio across from there? I named it last year and it’s really clean.”

“Well.”

Jong-hyuk pretended to be troubled, trying to hide his torn mouth.

Bondi liked the opposite side of the building, especially where the entrance was visible.

In other words, it was the building that I was aiming for as soon as I arrived in this neighborhood.

“Okay, let’s take a look.”

Having chosen one of the rooms, Jong-hyuk immediately made a household remedy.

“I’ll go to the bank and shoot the monthly rent now. And when my mother comes in a week, I’ll officially write the contract.”

The monthly rent was very cheap because it was in the countryside.

“Ho-ho, you’re young, you’re hot! The boss got it. What’s the point of leaving a room in this difficult time?”

“Well, let’s be as comfortable.”

When the owner of the studio and the lady of the complex room left, Jong-hyuk sighed. To be honest, I was in a lot of trouble because of the lady who brought me this and that. Still, the sincere answer was to melt into this neighborhood naturally.

The hair salon owner and the owner of the real estate agency, the source of all the rumors in the neighborhood.

This will melt into the neighborhood if they show up with furniture or something like that.

“크. Choi Jong-hyuk. You’re so comfortable hiding because you have money.”

When I was a detective, I never dreamed of an expensive studio apartment because I didn’t know when the criminal would show up. monitor almost from the car I slept in the sauna after taking turns, and it was a motel by accident.

“No cars. Tea.”

He will run away as soon as a car he doesn’t know is in the neighborhood.

Therefore, 970,000 people were mobilized to catch him, and investigative headquarters were set up in six local police offices across the country.

Han Sang-won, who traveled almost all over the country on the run. Surprisingly, he committed a crime in the midst of all this.

“So why did you write a diary or something?”

Diary of his last crime, escape route, and everything that happened during that time.

“I wish I had written down the number…….”

Han Sang-won did not say the identity of the women he met until the end.

He will be loyal to himself. As I said, there was nothing but laughter.

“I’m just using it for a smooth escape.”

But it doesn’t matter if it does.

Standing at the window and looking at the mansion, Jong-hyuk turned away.

And I opened the bag on my back.

Sizzle!

A small antenna resembling a megaphone and a square machine half the size of a computer body.

It is a wiretapping device found in the back alley of Cheonggyecheon Stream.

Cheonggyecheon-style items of this period, which boast better performance than supplies for tuning. There is a reason why Cheonggyecheon Stream says that you can buy a tank with money.

“As long as this is there, it’s a week at the most.”

The question is, where did you hide out of the only five-story mansion or dozens of rooms? That’s fine. There were plenty of ways to find out.

As he was fiddling with a small machine the size of two fingers, he pressed down.

Darling, I love you.

Smiling, he rose to his feet.

“I’ll have to buy a curtain.”

And beds and furniture.

Jong-hyuk has decided to buy everything to avoid suspicions from local residents, including Han Sang-won.

“As expected, money is good.”

My heart was racing because it was a incubation that I haven’t done in a while.

* * *

Hide in a dark blackout curtain and click.

Jong-hyuk, who used to take pictures of people entering and leaving the entrance of the mansion, hid his camera and opened the blackout curtain wide when the bell rang.

Whoosh!

The noon sun poured down brilliantly.

Ding dong! Ding dong!

“Yes, I’m leaving!”

When the door was wide open, a middle-aged man in his 40s smiled brightly.

“You ordered rice cake, right?”

Jong-hyuk smiled brightly as he looked at the box.

You’re here!

A way to find out where he hid.

a very classical method

It was the moving rice cake.

After the calculation, Jong-hyuk moved immediately.

“Yes, let’s get along well with the neighbors.”

“Yes, I look forward to your kind cooperation.”

Jong-hyuk, who turned rice cakes from next door to next door, sat on the table in front of the supermarket and gazed at the ladies who were chattering.

Every rumor in the neighborhood begins with a single lady everywhere. Therefore, the first priority was not to be seen by them when lurking.

But not now.

“Hello, ladies. You met the super lady yesterday, didn'”

“Yeah, you’re the bachelor who moved into the studio yesterday.”

He swallowed a smile at the sight of an aunty pretending to recognize him even though he had been watching him for a while.

“Oh, is this the bachelor you told me yesterday?”

“Yes, you bachelor. He’s here to study? Right? Did you already finish organizing your bags after moving them yesterday? You just got the curtains closed, and now you’re up?”

“Ha ha. Did you see that?”

It was also a time when there was no secret in the overflowing affection between neighbors.

And I was satisfied that the rumor was going around as I thought.

“I brought some moving rice cakes here. And a gift. It’s a doll.”

Rice cake in a large bag and something wrapped in a wrapper.

The ladies’ eyes shone.

“Oh, do you know that a young bachelor does this?”

“Oh, I’m a human being, I’m a human being. Did you heat up the rice cake in the studio?”

“No, I’m going to spin it later. It seems like you’re at work.”

“Well, all the studio apartment buildings go to work in the morning. But don’t spin it too late. Make eye contact with pretty girls!”

There was a giggle, and Jong-hyuk laughed awkwardly.

The super lady pushed the lady who sold the fish-shaped bun at the entrance of the mansion.

“There’s nothing an old lady can’t say to a young bachelor. Anyway, I don’t think there’s anything I can do to help you yesterday.… Seeing that there are so many rice cakes, are you trying to turn them all around?”

“Not all of them. Just around here. To the mansion in front.”

“That one?”

The women’s faces have become subtle.

“Why not? No?”

“Uh. No. It’s not like that…….”

The super lady, who was at odds over whether to say this, lowered her voice.

“Be careful, girls with bad rumors live.”

“Rumor?”

With his eyes shining, Jong-hyuk slid his hips on the table.

“There are many women who go out in the afternoon and come in drunk at dawn.”

‘Right!’ Han Sang-won, a woman who kept running away.

Most of the women who lived with him were business women.

“Ah, you’re talking about them, aren’t you?”

“Yes, they are. I’m sure you’re not distracted by such a handsome bachelor, but you should be careful about what you’re careful about.”

Looking into the eyes of a super lady, Jong-hyuk smacked his lips.

‘You got me.’

This is why it’s annoying to make my face known.

But I was grateful that he didn’t show any more.

“Really? Do you happen to know the number?”

“Why? Do you…….”

“I’m trying to avoid it.”

No, I had to go no matter what.

A super lady who didn’t know this thought quickly said the lakes of the room in case Jong-hyuk would get colored by bad water, and Jong-hyuk expressed his gratitude.

‘What a valuable piece of information.’

Jong-hyuk clenched his fist at the immediate result of being friendly to people.

“Thank you. Have a nice day.”

“Yes, if you need anything, come and see me!”

“See you, young man!”

Leaving the waving aunts behind, Jong-hyuk headed for the mansion.

* * *

Ding dong! Ding dong!

The doorbell from afar.

It’s getting closer.

The man who was sleeping with a naked woman in his arms opened his eyes wide.

Holding his breath, he listened.

Gye…… Director…… Rice cake….?

Since it is a mansion that is not soundproof, I can hear the conversation faintly.

‘The voice of a young man’s Moving rice cake?

“……Who moved in?”

As soon as I try to sleep again with confidence, the fluff on the back of my neck stands up for some reason.

‘No way!’

With his arm out, he quickly put on his clothes and pulled up the curtains on the window of his bedroom to examine the sympathy outside.

After so much looking, he tilted his head to his side.

“No, I’m not.”

Parked cars, passersby, street atmosphere. It’s all the same as usual.

The chatty women are also sitting on the table in front of the supermarket laughing as usual.

“Woof. Sangwon?”

A woman who crawls from struggling hugs Han Sang-won’s back.

“Oh, yeah. The smell of Sangwon…….”

Han Sang-won’s eyes became cold and soon drew a line.

“Do you like my smell that much?”

“All right…….”

“Hoot. All right. Sleep more.”

“Yeah.”

It was that moment.

Ring, ring, ring.

“Hello? I’m the one who moved into the studio across the street. I’m here to give you some rice cakes! It’s delicious glutinous rice cake!”

Before I knew it, the woman’s eyes opened to the sound of the next door.

Ding dong! Ding dong!

“Aren’t you in there?”

The woman with her tongue lifted up and wore a T-shirt.

“Don’t go out. I don’t feel good.”

Ding dong! Ding dong?

“Hello?”

Ding dong! Ding dong!

“…and somewhere like that? Am I awake at this hour?”

“Tsk.”

Han Sang-won was forced to nod and head to the bathroom, while the woman headed to the front door.

“Who’s making a lot of noise in the morning…….”

The woman who opened the front door gulped down.

A large, muscular, small, round, cute face revealed through an open zipper jacket.

The eyes with the raised tail give off a manly look, and as soon as the eyes meet, they turn quickly.

The woman smirked at her outfit, wearing only a shirt and underwear.

“Cute.”

I’m not a detective for now not a detective.

He was too young for a detective.

Relaxed, she grinned.

“I moved next door.”

“Really? I don’t know that.… Oh, here you go. I moved to a studio opposite to the one-room, and I’m handing out the rice cakes. And dolls.”

“Doll?”

With her eyes shining, she picked up what Jong-hyuk had given out and unwrapped the wrapper.

“Oh, it’s a teddy bear.”

“Press the button and the sound comes out.”

Darling, I love you!

She burst out laughing at the sudden noise.

But what Jong-hyuk said is not over yet.

“You can have this, too!”

“Are you giving it to me again?”

She smiled again at the sight of Jong-hyuk, who couldn’t make eye contact.

“Thank you. I’ll take good care of you. And thank you for the rice cake! Oh, my God.

She took her business card out of her wallet in the shoe closet next door.

“Come and see me sometime! I’ll be nice to you.”

“Venus…… a bar of entertainment? You, Yumi?



The round-eyed woman closed the door.

Then, he showed the rice cake and dolls to Han Sang-won, who sneaked out of the master bedroom. However, Han Sang-won took away the dolls and split everyone’s stomach.

“Huff?”

“Shh!”

With his index finger in his mouth, he pulled out all the devices in the doll and pressed them.

Darling, I love you. Darling, I love you.

When all the devices made the same sound, Han Sang-won’s eyes were finally released. He opened his mouth to the woman.

“I’m sorry. I don’t feel good.”

“….It’s been a while since I’ve received a doll.”

“I’ll buy you something better.”

“…I promise!”

The Senate nodded, and the woman was only able to soothe herself.

The two, who put the remains of the doll in the trash can, headed back to their home rooms.

Meanwhile, after turning all the rice cakes and leaving the mansion, Jong-hyuk calmed down his eyes.

Smells like a man.

Among the rooms that the ladies in front of the supermarket told me, the only woman under the alias Yumi smelled faintly of men.

A woman who takes a shower several times a day smells like a man? There’s always a pillar west.

“Found it.”

A fierce smile formed around his mouth.

All that remains is to hear Han Sang-won’s voice.

The doll with the wiretap will be in both rooms.

“It’ll be over by today.”

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