Chapter 50
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"You are not the girl who ordered the bracelet. Who are you?" J, the designer questioned Ji An presence.
"Ah hello, Mr. Designer. I am Min Young's friend. I know she ordered the bracelet here for her mom. Unfortunately, she passed away recently, which is why I am here now for her behalf."
"She passed away?" J looked so surprised. He immediately signaled for his staff to close the store and let them end work earlier. Ji An as a third party, was totally confused when looking into these sudden change of atmosphere. However, now she could confirm that her gut feeling was right. There must be something important J wanted to tell her if he even chased everyone out.
"Sit down." J instructed Ji An to sit down on his office after he made sure everyone had gone back home.
"J-ssi, why is it so secretive?" It was just one time show of picture and Ji An felt things had escalated a bit too fast. She did not even expect a jewelry designer would invite her to sit down and chased every staff out from premises just to talk to her.
"Because Kang Min Young is dead."
Silence grew between the two of them. No one wanted to make the initial move nor afraid to guess which side knew more. And silence kept ensued for a couple more minutes before Ji An broke the silence.
"So, you mean you know everything? Involving someone in government with surname Park?"
J eyes widened with Ji An bluntness. He sighed and opened the small drawer beside him, showing Ji An a bracelet design.
"This one...." Ji An recognized it immediately. It was the design of Min Young's bracelet to her mother. However, the design looked slightly different. Ji An took her phone on the table, accessing the gallery folder and opened her bracelet photo. She compared it side by side with the original design.
"No need to look for it. It's this part." J pointed out a small key on the original design and pointed another heart shaped on Ji An picture. "The heart shaped on the original bracelet was supposed to be this small key."
"Then, why was it changed? Isn't this key supposed to be very important?" Ji An did not understand Min Young's action at all,
"So, you know about the diary also? Seems you know quite a lot. Yes, the key was supposed to be put together as a charm. However, last minute, Min Young changed the design. She felt it would be too dangerous for her mother to have both possession of keys and the diary inside the house. So, she separated it out."
"Then, where is the key?"
"Here, with me. I was supposed to separate it as a charm and passed it to her. She had different plan for the key. It seems she can't collect it anymore." J took out another small box with the charm inside. "I guess you can take this."
Ji An couldn't believe that she finally obtain the key. She carefully took out the charm out of the box and took out her own necklace, used the key as her own necklace charm. J looked at her action and stopped her at once. "I think it is look obvious. We should cover it."
"How do we do it? It's not that I can cover it with tissue and walk around with it."
"I am a jewelry designer after all. Wait here. I am gonna go to the workshop. Actually I have prepared it in advance for Min Young in case she changed her mind." J left the office and walked towards his workshop next door. He returned and held a small luggage charm which looked normal but it could be opened and he advised Ji An to put the key inside and hung it around her neck. "Now, it looks like normal girly necklace. Take a look."
"Yes, you are indeed genius." Ji An was admiring her necklace. It was indeed look girly and no one would pay second attention to her necklace, nor asking further question. "Do you have any other information you can share with me? Why did Min Young come to you in the first place? And how could she reveal so much?"
J sighed and sat down. "It's gonna be a long story."
"I have time." Ji An reassuredly told him.
"It was one afternoon. She walked in here without any appointment, with those expensive handbag and coats hanging around her body and slim arm. Her eyes was covered with sunglasses and she insisted to meet me, the designer, privately."
"My staff thought we were hitting big and immediately called me back to the shop. I invited her inside my office and she took of her sunglasses. I could see blue and black bruises around her eyes and temple. I was so shocked and couldn't understand the reason of her action. She started to explain that she was involved in something dangerous and she had prepared things for her own self-protection. She needed me to design a jewelry to safeguard her item. She was willing to pay any price and as a small enterprise, I would be more than happy to help."
"She came here a few times after that and there was one time when we were in the midst of finalizing the design, there was news about Congressman Park's recent charity and she immediately threw her face away and started to curse him. By then I knew there must be something wrong between them. It was not difficult to guess after a few interaction, you know. Then, I tried to bring out the topic once and she admitted it, asked me not to tell anyone and kept the secret to my deathbed." J ended his story.
"It means there really something inside the diary. Do you know anything else?"
J shrugged,"Now up to you, little detective. My part has ended. I wish you the best of luck." Ji An understood. It was her time to go. J did not want to be implicated further. After all, the enemy was well-beloved Congressman in South Korea. There was rumor that he was going to run for the next presidency election. And currently, the people was in favor of him.
Ji An quickly left the shop and hailed a cab to go straight home. She would stay up all night to uncover everything.
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"Hello, Boss. She is coming out from the jewelry shop. It is a small jewelry shop where Kang Min Young frequently visited before she passed away. Should I go and check about it?" One of the shadow following Ji An made a report promptly.
"Still need to ask me about it?" Even from far, he could feel the coldness of his remarks,
"Yes, Boss."
"Do anything. We can cover it." The phone was hung up. The shadow following Ji An understood that whatever methods he used, he would need to extract information, without fail. Failure was not an option.
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"You are not the girl who ordered the bracelet. Who are you?" J, the designer questioned Ji An presence.
"Ah hello, Mr. Designer. I am Min Young's friend. I know she ordered the bracelet here for her mom. Unfortunately, she passed away recently, which is why I am here now for her behalf."
"She passed away?" J looked so surprised. He immediately signaled for his staff to close the store and let them end work earlier. Ji An as a third party, was totally confused when looking into these sudden change of atmosphere. However, now she could confirm that her gut feeling was right. There must be something important J wanted to tell her if he even chased everyone out.
"Sit down." J instructed Ji An to sit down on his office after he made sure everyone had gone back home.
"J-ssi, why is it so secretive?" It was just one time show of picture and Ji An felt things had escalated a bit too fast. She did not even expect a jewelry designer would invite her to sit down and chased every staff out from premises just to talk to her.
"Because Kang Min Young is dead."
Silence grew between the two of them. No one wanted to make the initial move nor afraid to guess which side knew more. And silence kept ensued for a couple more minutes before Ji An broke the silence.
"So, you mean you know everything? Involving someone in government with surname Park?"
J eyes widened with Ji An bluntness. He sighed and opened the small drawer beside him, showing Ji An a bracelet design.
"This one...." Ji An recognized it immediately. It was the design of Min Young's bracelet to her mother. However, the design looked slightly different. Ji An took her phone on the table, accessing the gallery folder and opened her bracelet photo. She compared it side by side with the original design.
"No need to look for it. It's this part." J pointed out a small key on the original design and pointed another heart shaped on Ji An picture. "The heart shaped on the original bracelet was supposed to be this small key."
"Then, why was it changed? Isn't this key supposed to be very important?" Ji An did not understand Min Young's action at all,
"So, you know about the diary also? Seems you know quite a lot. Yes, the key was supposed to be put together as a charm. However, last minute, Min Young changed the design. She felt it would be too dangerous for her mother to have both possession of keys and the diary inside the house. So, she separated it out."
"Then, where is the key?"
"Here, with me. I was supposed to separate it as a charm and passed it to her. She had different plan for the key. It seems she can't collect it anymore." J took out another small box with the charm inside. "I guess you can take this."
Ji An couldn't believe that she finally obtain the key. She carefully took out the charm out of the box and took out her own necklace, used the key as her own necklace charm. J looked at her action and stopped her at once. "I think it is look obvious. We should cover it."
"How do we do it? It's not that I can cover it with tissue and walk around with it."
"I am a jewelry designer after all. Wait here. I am gonna go to the workshop. Actually I have prepared it in advance for Min Young in case she changed her mind." J left the office and walked towards his workshop next door. He returned and held a small luggage charm which looked normal but it could be opened and he advised Ji An to put the key inside and hung it around her neck. "Now, it looks like normal girly necklace. Take a look."
"Yes, you are indeed genius." Ji An was admiring her necklace. It was indeed look girly and no one would pay second attention to her necklace, nor asking further question. "Do you have any other information you can share with me? Why did Min Young come to you in the first place? And how could she reveal so much?"
J sighed and sat down. "It's gonna be a long story."
"I have time." Ji An reassuredly told him.
"It was one afternoon. She walked in here without any appointment, with those expensive handbag and coats hanging around her body and slim arm. Her eyes was covered with sunglasses and she insisted to meet me, the designer, privately."
"My staff thought we were hitting big and immediately called me back to the shop. I invited her inside my office and she took of her sunglasses. I could see blue and black bruises around her eyes and temple. I was so shocked and couldn't understand the reason of her action. She started to explain that she was involved in something dangerous and she had prepared things for her own self-protection. She needed me to design a jewelry to safeguard her item. She was willing to pay any price and as a small enterprise, I would be more than happy to help."
"She came here a few times after that and there was one time when we were in the midst of finalizing the design, there was news about Congressman Park's recent charity and she immediately threw her face away and started to curse him. By then I knew there must be something wrong between them. It was not difficult to guess after a few interaction, you know. Then, I tried to bring out the topic once and she admitted it, asked me not to tell anyone and kept the secret to my deathbed." J ended his story.
"It means there really something inside the diary. Do you know anything else?"
J shrugged,"Now up to you, little detective. My part has ended. I wish you the best of luck." Ji An understood. It was her time to go. J did not want to be implicated further. After all, the enemy was well-beloved Congressman in South Korea. There was rumor that he was going to run for the next presidency election. And currently, the people was in favor of him.
Ji An quickly left the shop and hailed a cab to go straight home. She would stay up all night to uncover everything.
===============================================================
"Hello, Boss. She is coming out from the jewelry shop. It is a small jewelry shop where Kang Min Young frequently visited before she passed away. Should I go and check about it?" One of the shadow following Ji An made a report promptly.
"Still need to ask me about it?" Even from far, he could feel the coldness of his remarks,
"Yes, Boss."
"Do anything. We can cover it." The phone was hung up. The shadow following Ji An understood that whatever methods he used, he would need to extract information, without fail. Failure was not an option.
"You are not the girl who ordered the bracelet. Who are you?" J, the designer questioned Ji An presence."Ah hello, Mr. Designer. I am Min Young's friend. I know she ordered the bracelet here for her mom. Unfortunately, she passed away recently, which is why I am here now for her behalf.""She passed away?" J looked so surprised. He immediately signaled for his staff to close the store and let them end work earlier. Ji An as a third party, was totally confused when looking into these sudden change of atmosphere. However, now she could confirm that her gut feeling was right. There must be something important J wanted to tell her if he even chased everyone out."Sit down." J instructed Ji An to sit down on his office after he made sure everyone had gone back home."J-ssi, why is it so secretive?" It was just one time show of picture and Ji An felt things had escalated a bit too fast. She did not even expect a jewelry designer would invite her to sit down and chased every staff out from premises just to talk to her."Because Kang Min Young is dead."Silence grew between the two of them. No one wanted to make the initial move nor afraid to guess which side knew more. And silence kept ensued for a couple more minutes before Ji An broke the silence."So, you mean you know everything? Involving someone in government with surname Park?"J eyes widened with Ji An bluntness. He sighed and opened the small drawer beside him, showing Ji An a bracelet design."This one...." Ji An recognized it immediately. It was the design of Min Young's bracelet to her mother. However, the design looked slightly different. Ji An took her phone on the table, accessing the gallery folder and opened her bracelet photo. She compared it side by side with the original design."No need to look for it. It's this part." J pointed out a small key on the original design and pointed another heart shaped on Ji An picture. "The heart shaped on the original bracelet was supposed to be this small key.""Then, why was it changed? Isn't this key supposed to be very important?" Ji An did not understand Min Young's action at all,"So, you know about the diary also? Seems you know quite a lot. Yes, the key was supposed to be put together as a charm. However, last minute, Min Young changed the design. She felt it would be too dangerous for her mother to have both possession of keys and the diary inside the house. So, she separated it out.""Then, where is the key?""Here, with me. I was supposed to separate it as a charm and passed it to her. She had different plan for the key. It seems she can't collect it anymore." J took out another small box with the charm inside. "I guess you can take this."Ji An couldn't believe that she finally obtain the key. She carefully took out the charm out of the box and took out her own necklace, used the key as her own necklace charm. J looked at her action and stopped her at once. "I think it is look obvious. We should cover it.""How do we do it? It's not that I can cover it with tissue and walk around with it.""I am a jewelry designer after all. Wait here. I am gonna go to the workshop. Actually I have prepared it in advance for Min Young in case she changed her mind." J left the office and walked towards his workshop next door. He returned and held a small luggage charm which looked normal but it could be opened and he advised Ji An to put the key inside and hung it around her neck. "Now, it looks like normal girly necklace. Take a look.""Yes, you are indeed genius." Ji An was admiring her necklace. It was indeed look girly and no one would pay second attention to her necklace, nor asking further question. "Do you have any other information you can share with me? Why did Min Young come to you in the first place? And how could she reveal so much?"J sighed and sat down. "It's gonna be a long story.""I have time." Ji An reassuredly told him."It was one afternoon. She walked in here without any appointment, with those expensive handbag and coats hanging around her body and slim arm. Her eyes was covered with sunglasses and she insisted to meet me, the designer, privately.""My staff thought we were hitting big and immediately called me back to the shop. I invited her inside my office and she took of her sunglasses. I could see blue and black bruises around her eyes and temple. I was so shocked and couldn't understand the reason of her action. She started to explain that she was involved in something dangerous and she had prepared things for her own self-protection. She needed me to design a jewelry to safeguard her item. She was willing to pay any price and as a small enterprise, I would be more than happy to help.""She came here a few times after that and there was one time when we were in the midst of finalizing the design, there was news about Congressman Park's recent charity and she immediately threw her face away and started to curse him. By then I knew there must be something wrong between them. It was not difficult to guess after a few interaction, you know. Then, I tried to bring out the topic once and she admitted it, asked me not to tell anyone and kept the secret to my deathbed." J ended his story."It means there really something inside the diary. Do you know anything else?"J shrugged,"Now up to you, little detective. My part has ended. I wish you the best of luck." Ji An understood. It was her time to go. J did not want to be implicated further. After all, the enemy was well-beloved Congressman in South Korea. There was rumor that he was going to run for the next presidency election. And currently, the people was in favor of him.Ji An quickly left the shop and hailed a cab to go straight home. She would stay up all night to uncover everything.==============================================================="Hello, Boss. She is coming out from the jewelry shop. It is a small jewelry shop where Kang Min Young frequently visited before she passed away. Should I go and check about it?" One of the shadow following Ji An made a report promptly."Still need to ask me about it?" Even from far, he could feel the coldness of his remarks,"Yes, Boss.""Do anything. We can cover it." The phone was hung up. The shadow following Ji An understood that whatever methods he used, he would need to extract information, without fail. Failure was not an option.
