HE RETURNED AS A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL (PART ll)

Chapter 252: Divulgence (2)

The opinion to expel Kim Han-Gyo from the party was beginning to take flight. To stop this, the senior congresspersons who were considered to be Han-Gyo’s left and right hands stepped up to stop it in its tracks.

Congressman Jo Su-Hwang called a few congresspersons by using a meal as an excuse.

“After all that Congressman Kim Han-Gyo has done for our party, isn’t it a clear betrayal to abandon him at his time of need? Huh?”

The congresspersons couldn’t refute Su-Hwang’s claims since he wasn’t wrong. All of them knew how hard Han-Gyo had worked for the party ever since his newly elected days. Although the process itself had not been free of sins, it was undoubtedly thanks to Han-Gyo that their formerly meager party had risen to its current power. Hence, the congresspersons couldn’t say anything in opposition to Su-Hwang’s words.

Just then, one of the congresspersons sprang up from his seat while slamming the table with his hand and said, “What would you have us do, then? Do you want us to drag Congressman Kim with us? We’re all going to drown at this rate!”

It was Woo Seong-Hyuk, a congressperson who had entered the party around the same time as Su-Hwang. He had also been one of the people who had been helped by Han-Gyo, so no one had expected him to stand against Han-Gyo.

“You of all people shouldn’t be saying something like that, Congressman Woo!”

“Nonsense. Then do you seriously believe it makes sense to let the entire party die just for the sake of Congressman Kim?”

“That’s...”

Su-Hwang was appealing to the congresspersons’ emotions and sympathy, but Seong-Hyuk was using cold hard facts to persuade them.

“You need to take an objective view as well, Congressman Joo. If you truly want to help Congressman Kim, we have to stay alive first. Only then will we even have a choice to help him. Who will help him if we go down with him? Rather, will there even be anyone who will help us in our time of need?”

“...”

“I ask all of you to think carefully as well. Think of it not as a betrayal, but a small sacrifice that we must make for the future.”

Congressman Woo got up and left after leaving them with that line. He looked around him after he had gotten far enough away from the meeting place, and then called someone.

- Hello?

The voice on the other side of the phone had been changed by a device so much that Seong-Hyuk could not tell whether it was a man or a woman.

He continued while wiping his sweat with the back of his hand, “I did as you said.”

- Good work.

“As promised, don’t ever let those documents reach the hands of reporters.”

The person on the other side of the phone softly laughed.

- Your voice is severely trembling, Congressman. Are you okay?

“...!”

Seong-Hyuk hurriedly coughed to clear his throat. The confidence that he had shown earlier had completely vanished. Now, he was nothing more than a rabbit trembling before a lion. On the other hand, the tone of the person on the other side of the phone was overflowing with leisure as if they were looking right at Seong-Hyuk.

- I understand. Like you’ve requested, the documents regarding Yi-Jeong Industries will never see the light of day.

Seong-Hyuk was finally able to smile, but it was not over yet.