When The Phone Rings / The Call You Just Made Is

Chapter 29 Picky

On the way home.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Hee-joo fell asleep as soon as she entered the warm car.

She hugged her clutch bag tightly and opened her eyes as if she was wary of her surroundings, but then lowered her head again.

A faint champagne smell came from her breath as she slept soundly.

Baek Sa-eon straightened her shaking head, and soon fastened her seatbelt tightly. 

‘… … !’

The man only then took his cell phone out of his pocket. His gaze on the screen where the call had already ended was truly cold.

‘406… …’

From the beginning, he planned to reveal the inside story to her. But at that timing, he didn’t intend to bring it up with such an accusation. ‘You just wanted to make up a story to get closer to her―’

Everything went wrong when the blackmailer suddenly started belittling Hee-joo.

He wished he had scolded Hee-joo there instead.

Baek Sa-eon stared blankly at the passing scenery and clenched his jaw.

But he had to be able to endure it.

‘Fucking a busted mouth… … .’

The moment he furrowed his eyebrows, his cell phone vibrated. At the unexpectedly loud sound, Baek Sa-eon looked straight at Hee-joo and responded….

Before he could even say the first word, an excited voice quickly cut in…

―Senior… …! I found it, I found it!

“Speak slowly.”

He quickly lowered the volume as his voice echoed over the receiver. He carefully pushed Hee-joo’s
hair behind her ear.

―A blackmailer… …! Do you know that the call time with Senior has exceeded 10 minutes?

Location caught. Location tracking success!

At the aide's ecstatic voice, Baek Sa-eon only slightly raised his eyebrows.
Time has come so... ...?

He wouldn't be the type of kid to make that mistake.

-It was really close, the Sogong-dong hotel that you went to today, senior! 

“What?”

Baek Sa-eon’s gaze finally turned away from Hee-joo.

―It seems like he was also at the San Kyung Ilbo event.

“… … .”

A cold, empty laugh escaped.

Anyone could see that this was a mockery of him. Baek Sa-eon would rather deal with villains who committed crimes than ordinary, good people.

But 406 was different.

The more he thought about him, the more he wanted to chew him to death.

He was a tricky guy who specialized in teasing people, whether they knew what he was talking about or not,
and who knew how to properly target even the weaknesses he wanted to hide.

Baek Sa-eon planned to investigate the guests, part-timers, and regular employees who attended this event. If he did, he would find a common ground. 

“How is the voice modulation going?”

Baek Sa-eon asked with his voice as low as possible.

-Ah, yes… …! That’s not a normal voice modulation, but an encrypted one. It’s not easy, but I think we’re peeling it off layer by layer!