The Vicious Wife

Respect and Reverence

Roseanne watched as Kang Daniel carried Jihyo away with an unfathomable expression on his face. To be honest, Roseanne did not foresee that Jihyo would try to stop her after she ended their confrontation. She also definitely didn't foresee that Jihyo would lose her balance and fall into the pool in an attempt to stop her. After all, Jihyo was pregnant and Roseanne expected her to exercise some caution.

However, since the opportunity already presented itself, Roseanne wasn't going to be polite to Jihyo. She would send her to her grave which she had painstakingly dug herself.

Roseanne then turned her gaze towards Tang Ling who was standing still, seemingly in shock. It wasn't long before Tang Ling's face morphed into a scowl and she her hands balled into fists. Then she glared at Roseanne before storming out of the venue to follow after Jihyo and Kand Daniel.

After the trio left, Roseanne roamed her eyes around and her gaze swept past all the people who had witnessed what happened earlier. Some of them were staring at her, as if judging her. But Roseanne did not care about their opinions of her, even if she was labelled 'ruthless' or 'vicious' by them. Because she really was.

Despite what happened tonight, Roseanne was still expecting some businessmen to call to schedule a meeting with her. After all, she might be vicious but they all knew that she was very capable. Then Roseanne turned her gaze towards the pool, its surface was now calm.

Roseanne lost herself in her thoughts as she gazed down at the pool. Actually before coming to this Tiffany & Co cocktail party, she somehow knew that a confrontation was inevitable. So she prepared herself to take advantage of every opportunity that would present itself. And once again... her mind won.

Then Roseanne began to recall the events that happened tonight which set in motion her revenge against Tang Ling and her Tang family.

'Shut the door to catch the thief' This was the strategy that Roseanne was employing tonight against the Tang family.

Tang Ling had been so prideful only because she knew she had the Tang family behind her. The Tang family was formidable because of its connections with some well-known criminal groups in Asia. So, before she could get to Tang Ling, she would need to cut off the support of the Tang family behind Tang Ling. This might sound easy but it had taken Roseanne years to plan her course of actions against them.

The Tang family had been thriving from the illegal money lending business for years now. They would target vulnerable people looking for a quick loan and then trap them by doubling if not tripling the interest. This provided a steady source of income for the Tang family.

Naturally, in this line of business, they would meet people who couldn't afford to pay them back. So when this happens, the Tang family would roped their debtors into doing illegal things for them as a form of repayment.

The Tang family's illegal empire ran deep, so deep that certain prominent personalities in the police force were also involved. Their pockets were filled by the Tang family and in turn, they would help to cover up for their crimes. Because of the police force's involvement, bringing down the Tang family became a little more tricky.

However, two years ago, she found an opening to break into those the Tang family's perfect empire. She found someone that the Tang family owed. It was a debt so big that Roseanne was sure they would not be able to repay it once news of what they did were exposed to the world. No matter how rich they were now, all that wouldn't matter in the end.

Roseanne was not the type who would scheme against an innocent. She also didn't like to make use of an innocent person in her schemes. But to deal with the Tang family, Roseanne had to revive something or rather someone from the past. She had given that person a purpose, one that also aligned with her own goals. Or as most people know it as 'borrow a corpse to resurrect the soul'. This was what happened literally when Roseanne chose to deal with Tang Deuki.

Tang Deuki had always been arrogant and it stemmed from his connections with criminal groups and the people he controlled in the police force. He saw himself as untouchable and even self-proclaimed himself as the prince of Seoul. His ego was as big as a mountain.

Tang Deuki was also someone who would never accept 'no' from someone, especially from the women whom he had advances towards. With his connections, he believed he could get away with rape which he had on many occasions. But it seemed that his luck had run out because Roseanne had come to play.

You see, two years ago, Roseanne found a woman from Tang Deuki's past. She was one of his victims who was brutally raped and then killed after that by Tang Deuki himself. But, somehow, she survived.

Roseanne liked to play mind games and this was exactly what she did tonight. Now two years later, on this night, Roseanne had decided that it was time that Tang Deuki met with the ghost of his past...

No one in the Tang family would have thought that what Tang Deuki did that night would be the start of the Tang family's downfall.

"President, Tang Deuki was detained at the previous party just minutes ago," Lia's respectful voice brought Roseanne out of her stupor. "The drug that was placed in his coat was enough to detain him. And you were right, he tried to bribe the police but since there were the paparazzi and media around, the police had no choice but to arrest him. It was a good thing we tipped the paparazzi to follow Tang Deuki around."

"Hmmm..." Roseanne nodded. A few days ago, she contacted the woman from Tang Deuki's past and sought her cooperation to bring Tang Deuki down. The plan was that she would meet Tang Deuki and plant some cocaine and ecstasy in his coat pockets. Of course, Roseanne would make sure to find someone to tip the police so that they could catch Tang Deuki red-handed.

Roseanne also knew with his connections and wealth, he could easily bribe the police and pay the bail to get out of custody. So, she made sure that the paparazzi follow him around and spread the news of his arrest online. This would tie the hands of the police.

As tonight was a Friday, and the next available court date would be on Monday, this means that Tang Deuki would be kept in custody over the weekend. Just as Roseanne wanted. She then laughed inwardly at her meticulous planning.

Roseanne was certain that Tang Ling would not suspect her involvement in this intricate scheme against the whole Tang Family. This was just the start in her efforts to cripple them before burning them to the ground.

"What about the International Women's Group? Is everything set on their side?" she asked in a low voice.

"Affirmative President. All rape cases will be filed on Monday. With the media's attention on this, it will be a very high profile case. No government official would dare to accept any bribes to save him," Lia also answered in a very low voice that only Roseanne could hear. Her gaze towards Roseanne showed nothing but respect and reverence.