Pig Government Official

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After the man who called himself a legal representative left with his men in black, question marks floated above Jihoon and Jeonggwan’s heads. The proposal made by the man was truly absurd. It was so absurd that they couldn’t help but say, “Huh? Is that really it?” Jihoon, in particular, was very surprised. From Jihoon’s perspective, it was an incredibly fortunate turn of events.

“I haven’t written a reflection letter since middle school…”

A reflection letter. Yes. The proposal from Aekyung presented by the man was a reflection letter.

‘Since our young master doesn’t have such a twisted personality, we propose that if Kim Jeonggwan-ssi submits a thirty-page reflection letter, we’ll treat the matter leniently without further question.’

Usually, Jihoon could easily resolve such issues under the power of the Won Group, but not when the other party was the Kyung family. Getting entangled with the Kyung family was so formidable that even Jihoon would need to seek help from his mother, Hye-ryeong. Aekyung was a law firm backed by the Seomho Group, led by Kyung Minhye, the eldest daughter of the Seomho Group chairman and married to Jihoon’s cousin.

In other words, the person Jeonggwan pushed was the youngest brother of Aekyung’s representative and the youngest son of the Seomho Group chairman. That family was the closest to the law, practically embracing it, but they had quite a petty and persistent side. There were rumors that even Won Suyoung, Jihoon’s cousin and Sejin’s eldest brother, had wanted to divorce Kyung Minhye several times, but as expected of Korea’s strongest law firm, Aekyung Law Firm demanded alimony that increased exponentially, so his brother was enduring and living with her.

Jokingly, there was a rumor that one of the divorce proposals from that family included Won Junjae. It was said that if they arranged a marriage between Won Junjae and Kyung Juhwan, the dominant omega who was the root cause of this incident, Won Suyoung could divorce without any conditions or alimony. Of course, it was just a rumor.

With such a powerful Seomho Group… Jihoon’s influence wasn’t enough to resolve this issue, so if the proposal had been something like “Come here and kneel before someone,” he would have immediately sent an SOS to his mother. That would have solved the problem after receiving a barrage of scolding, but his mother would lose face and wouldn’t look kindly on Jeonggwan.

On the other hand, if they just said to file the complaint, Kim Jeonggwan, who was extremely timid in these matters, would be scared in advance and be depressed for days. He was still trembling over eating a single cherry tomato from someone else’s field when they went for a water play two years ago. Of course, that field was also part of the garden of Jihoon’s villa, managed by the caretaker who grew them out of boredom, so it wouldn’t have mattered even if he had pulled out the whole tomato plant. Naturally, Jihoon hadn’t told him yet because Jeonggwan’s scared reaction was so funny.

So when they said it was a reflection letter, Jihoon thought it was okay. But he still felt resentful. Kyung Juhwan. That bastard had attended the same middle school as Jihoon, and his nickname was “Hell’s Mouth.” Even though it was a school attended by children from relatively wealthy families, Kyung Juhwan treated everyone with contempt. Jihoon hadn’t received severe insults from him, but… he had still heard humiliating words, which he still remembered.

‘Jihoon, you’re interesting too. It must be really hard to be born a beta in the Won Group.’

‘…’

‘Ah, is it because your dad is a beta?’

Young Jihoon wanted to rush at Kyung Juhwan and turn his face into mush, but Kyung Juhwan was then and now the precious youngest son of the Seomho Group chairman. Jihoon couldn’t do anything and just trembled with clenched fists, running to tell his mom, but his mother Hye-ryeong, while cursing along satisfyingly, couldn’t confront the Kyung family.

Because it was all true. Won Hye-ryeong, a recessive alpha, had married Jihoon’s beta father against family opposition and given birth to Jihoon. In the Won Group, which placed great importance on traits, Won Hye-ryeong was severely criticized and almost expelled from the family, but at that time, Won Youngjae, Won Junjae’s father and her eldest brother, stood by his sister’s side and protected her. It was such an unusual event that even his mother said she didn’t know why her emotionally distant older brother had done that.

“Should I write it with a pen?”

Anyway, the fact that Jeonggwan had to write a thirty-page reflection letter for such a guy made Jihoon’s teeth grind. However, Kim Jeonggwan, scared of being sued, was already thinking about writing the reflection letter, asking things like, “Should I write it with a pen? On A4 paper…?” He really had a good temperament.

“But why are you the only one writing? That bastard said nasty things too, didn’t he?”

“What can I do? I caused a fracture in his tailbone.”

“But that was because he rushed at you first and bounced off, right?”

“It’s okay. My pride is a bit hurt, but… if it’s just writing something, it’s fine.”

“It’s not just a little. Thirty pages, he said.”

“…You’re right. Shit…!”

Still, I don’t want to make this a big deal. Even though my brothers have fought so much, our family has never been to a police station, so if the youngest like me gets sued, my mom and dad might really collapse. Jeonggwan sighed deeply and slumped onto the table.

Jihoon also sighed deeply and tapped Jeonggwan’s head. He tapped instead of stroking because stroking would be gross between friends. Jihoon felt unnecessarily sorry for Jeonggwan. If only he had as much power as Won Junjae, this kind of thing could have been resolved with just one phone call…

“Wait, that’s not right?”

“…What’s not?”

It’s not about me having as much power as Won Junjae, but Won Junjae himself! Jihoon widened his eyes at Jeonggwan who was looking up at him.

“Why are you looking at me like that? You look ugly…”

This deflated fatty with only his mouth floating actually had Won Junjae. Even though Won Junjae was using Kim Jeonggwan for some reason related to pheromones, he was still pretending to be kind to Kim Jeonggwan to get those pheromones, wasn’t he?

If so, if Kim Jeonggwan faced such a situation, the acting Won Junjae might reluctantly make a phone call to resolve this issue. Then Kim Jeonggwan wouldn’t lose face, and he could also see a small but satisfying revenge ending against Kyung Juhwan.

“Now. What time is it now!”

Jihoon turned his head to look at the large clock hanging in the cafe.

Ding-.

“…”

Sure enough, he had arrived.

* * *

Jihoon told Jeonggwan to go into the kitchen and continue making cakes. Jeonggwan looked back at Jihoon with a face that said, “What are you up to?” but soon got the gist when he saw Jihoon’s Buddha-like benevolent face. Wow. Why didn’t I think of that? Jeonggwan held back his rising smile and decided to join Jihoon’s plan right away.

Jeonggwan got up slowly with a very dejected face and slumped shoulders. Won Junjae had already approached close to Jeonggwan with a face that said, “What’s going on?” Jeonggwan glanced up at Junjae once, then sighed even more dejectedly, “Ehyu-” and moved towards the kitchen. Park Jihoon would take care of the rest.

“…What’s.”

However, Junjae grabbed Jeonggwan’s arm and turned him around.

“…What happened.”

Jeonggwan felt a bit embarrassed to say with his own mouth, “I had an argument with some guy at the gym and body-slammed him, and his tailbone got fractured. And it turns out he’s rich.” So he wanted to leave it to Jihoon, but Junjae’s face said he needed to hear what happened from Jeonggwan’s mouth right now.

Jeonggwan looked at Jihoon with a slightly flustered face. You do something. But Jihoon slightly averted his eyes. It meant that if Won Junjae acted like this, it would be awkward for him to intervene. He seemed to mouth, “You do it…” In the end, Jeonggwan sighed and looked up at Junjae.

He scanned the kitchen and was surprised to see Hwang Jun finishing the cake that Jeonggwan hadn’t completed. How serious must the matter be for… His gaze immediately returned to Jeonggwan, and his pupils shook slightly at Jeonggwan’s face looking up at him. Eyes that seemed to be watching for a reaction, dejected eyes and protruding lips. Junjae’s hand holding Jeonggwan’s arm tightened slightly, and he pulled Jeonggwan a bit closer to himself. It was telling him to explain what happened right now.

“…!”

However, our Kim Jeonggwan, quite bewitchingly, didn’t miss this opportunity. Jeonggwan approached Junjae, who was pulling him closer, making a “Hing-” sound and buried his forehead near Junjae’s chest.

Given their height difference of over 15cm, this pose almost looked like Jeonggwan was embracing Junjae.

“…You…!”

Jihoon’s death cry spread. Unable to finish the “You crazy pig…!” his face was shocked with eyes, nose, and mouth all widened, and the people inside the cafe covered their mouths with their hands and softly exclaimed, “Oh my…!” Even Secretary Oh, who had followed in, was so surprised that he covered his mouth with his beloved tablet.

Amidst everyone’s surprise, Jeonggwan alone smiled slightly, then drooped his mouth again and looked up at Junjae. Would his eyes widen in surprise? Or would he blink in confusion? He was so curious about the reaction that he couldn’t stand it.

“…”

However, Junjae was just looking down at Jeonggwan without saying anything. His eyes were neither surprised nor confused. He was just staring intently at Jeonggwan.

Jeonggwan’s heart sank slightly at the thought, “Oh no. This isn’t right.” Is he angry because I did this in front of people? As Jeonggwan became flustered and tried to separate himself from Junjae, he noticed Junjae’s neck.

“…Oh.”

His extremely reddened neck.