In disbelief, I immediately stood up and grabbed the thing, observing it before putting it on my finger. "This ring ...."

He lowered his head, and spoke stuttering, "I ... I found it under the table after we went on a business trip."

Frowning, I lifted my face, looked at him suspiciously, and asked coldly, "Then, why don't you return it right away when I asked you where's my ring?"

Without lifting his eyes, he answered in a trembling voice, "I wanted to ... a long time ago, but I ... I'm afraid that you will be angry with me when you find out that I hid it all this time. I'm ... I'm sorry."

Hearing that statement from him, the anger that I suppressed for a long time finally grew and became unbearable. Without saying anything, my hand spoke first by hitting his face hard enough, so that Sunyeon staggered to the side, and then fell on the floor.

"You think, by admitting it now, I won't get angry with you?" I asked, still staring coldly at him. "If when I asked you where my ring was and you were honest at that time, maybe I can still forgive you. But, now, do you still hope that I will forgive you?"

With a blank stare, Sunyeon muttered softly, "Heh ... 'maybe' ... just 'maybe' ...."

"...."

This anger made me lose my mind. Feeling not quite satisfied, I went over and choked him by the neck, pulled him to his feet, and then hit him in the face again with great force.

When I wanted to hit his face one more time, his crying face made my fist stop right at the end of his eyes. There was a pity that appeared mysteriously and immediately made me release my grip on his neck.

I stared at him coldly. "How dare you hide it. If I don't remember Chunghee when I saw you crying like that, I would have crushed your slut face."

Finishing my sentence, he slowly stood up with his knees trembling slightly and his hand touching his face. He lowered his head to hide his crying, but the tears that fell couldn't continue to hide on his eyelids. "Brother Lee, you know, that time, when I came to your place, then accidentally Park Chunghee came, right? Do you know what I saw at that time? I could see how much he was suffering all this time on his face, but he still tried to cover it up." While saying, he wiped the tears that kept rolling.

Hearing that sudden declaration surprised me twice as much. My eyes suddenly widened open reflexively, my chest felt burning and became tight. My anger was at its limit, I didn't realize that my hand broke the glass vase on the table.

Going mad, I picked up the broken glass on the floor, then pushed Sunyeon's body against the wall with great force, and pressed it. Then, I stuck the glass into the wall — right next to his face — inches from his ear.

"What do you know that he's been suffering all this time? I told you, right? Don't be dare to interfere in my personal affairs," paused, I shouted at his face, "Didn't I tell you that never to set your dirty feet into my house?!"

This anger was out of control. I was barely even speechless after saying my words and just glared at him with the emotions gathering in my eyes.

Meanwhile, Sunyeon looked really scared. His face turned pale and became tense.

There was a moment's silence, I let go of my hand and threw the shards of glass on the floor. I didn't even feel the pain in my injured hand, "Get the hell out of here right now."

I turned around, walked over to my desk without looking back. Placing both palms on the desk, looking furiously ahead, and shouting, "Go away! Don't ever show me your face again! Otherwise, I'll stab your face without missing like what I did before."

He was still heard crying. I could hear it quite clearly even with great anger. Then, a second later, he immediately left without saying anything by slamming the door.

I walked towards the sofa and leaned back on the sofa languidly while talking to myself, staring at the ring on my finger with the joy and sadness that blended into my chest. "Chunghee, look, I found our ring ... don't be mad anymore, okay?"

This ring was so precious to me. There was nothing more precious in my life than this ring. If I lost this, then I had lost two important things in my life.

Today I felt messed up and broken at once. After hearing Sunyeon's words, it made sadness and regret gather in my head and grow even more. I didn't get through the day well enough, and it lasted for the next two days.

After attending the meeting with the department heads in the conference room, I leaned listlessly on the chair while massaging my temples which didn't hurt. I closed my eyes and tried to relax in this empty room.

However, suddenly my cell phone rang. Still closing my eyes, I took my cell phone out of my pants pocket and answered lazily without looking at the caller ID first, "Hello? who?"

"Um, it's me, sir, Yoon Hoonsik."

"Oh, it's you ...," with a pause, I continued, "Cancel the meeting tomorrow. I want to rest for two days," I replied indifferently.

Silent for a few seconds, Hoonsik said, "Um, Mr. Lee, I've found the taxi driver."

Instantly I gasped forward and opened my eyes. Hearing Hoonsik's words, seemed to revive the hope in me. I immediately got up and walked out. "Go prepare the car and drive me to him."

"Ah, all right, sir."

With excitement, I walked fast and with wide strides. My heart was pounding, I had not felt this kind of feeling since Chunghee left a few days ago. It seemed to find a light that had long been dim in my life.

When I was outside the building, Hoonsik was already waiting. He opened the car door for me and I rushed in and leaned my back with a smile. Then, Hoonsik sat in the driver's seat and stepped on the gas pedal.

"What a coincidence, sir. He is taking time off from today and the next two days." While saying, Hoonsik continued to focus on driving his car carefully.

I smiled, "That's good news. Good job."

A few minutes later, we arrived in front of a simple house. The rusty iron door looked very fragile, and there were some dead plants in the yard. I walked in, followed by Hoonsik.

At the door, Hoonsik started knocking on the door and a woman came out with a smile. "Can I help you, sir?"

Hoonsik immediately stepped forward. "Sorry, ma'am, I am Hoonsik and he is Mr. Lee Donghwa. We came here to meet Mr. Choi Minseo."

The woman looked doubtful for a moment before replying, "Ah, all right, come in, sir."

After being invited, we immediately entered and sat at a small table. Then, the woman called someone from inside and a man immediately came out. He smiled and greeted kindly, "Ah, welcome, sir." Their faces looked confused, so the man asked, "Sir, sorry, is there anything I can help you with?"

Hoonsik immediately spoke, "Sir, I am Yoon Hoonsik and he is Mr. Lee Donghae. We are here to ask you something."

The person named Choi Minseo smiled and bowed respectfully, "Ah, aren't you the President of the GIM Agency? I've seen you on TV."

I forced a smile.

He spoke again, "It is an honor for my family to have a president of a large company coming. If I may know, what do you want to ask, sir?"

I hurriedly pulled out my wallet and showed him a photo, then asked with hope, "Have you ever driven this person before?"

Frowning, there was a long pause before he exclaimed, "Ah, yes! That was about four days ago."

"Really?!" I couldn't help but delight at my tone, "Where? Where are you dropping him off? Please tell me."

Minseo seemed to be thinking, "Hmm, I'm not sure, sir. At that time, he got off at a Station A in District A."

"Station A?!" At once the excitement turned into extreme shock.

"Um ..." Hoonsik spoke to me, "Sir, Station A is the route to Nami Island and Udo, as well as to Jeju."

I was speechless. When Hoonsik saw my face in anger and dissatisfaction, he immediately touched my arm to calm me down, who was about to explode.

Clenching my fists tight, I stood up, "Let's go. Asking him is a waste of time."

I rushed out nonchalantly without a word of thanks, then sat in the car.

Not long after, Hoonsik was out. He immediately got into the car and drove the car as soon as possible.

"Shit!" In the car, gritting my teeth, I kept cursing and cursing everything that had happened.

This hope made me fly and then threw me on the ground. It all ended in disappointment that drove me crazy.

Now, I really wanted to destroy something, but I was held back by my other thoughts. I seemingly had to take this alternative way. If asking people didn't work, then the only way was to force that person to reveal everything — Kim Daehyun.

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