Right after Ryu had passed out on the floor due to the poison he drank from the coffee, the office door was pushed open, and in came Richard whose hands were placed in the side pockets of his pants, and following behind him were two bulky men dressed in an all-black outfit.
Seeing Ryu lying on the floor and now unconscious, Richard let out a low but satisfying chuckle, he pulled his right hand out of his pocket and placed his on his head, ruffling his curly hair a bit as he ran his hand through it before dropping his hand back to his side. He softly pushed Ryu with his leg but no sign of consciousness from him, he looked back up at the two men and ordered them to pick Ryu up and they did while Richard moved to the side, giving them enough space to carry out their job. "Take him away and you know what to do with him, no matter what, he can't be seen alive," Richard ordered and the men nodded their heads in understanding. "Make use of the emergency elevator that leads directly to the underground parking lot so that you won't be seen by anyone. No mistake will be tolerated, now leave," and they all matched out of the office while carrying the unconscious Ryu. The moment they were out of his office, Richard hummed as he twirled his chair in excitement. Not only would he get rid of Ryu to take his widowed wife, but he would also get to keep his money, which was worth celebrating after all. The real definition of killing two birds with one stone. "Your dumb self really thought I would help you? Ha! How cute of you to assume I'm a nice person. A nobody like you doesn't deserve to be alive, I'm doing earth a favor by getting rid of you," he mused to himself and laughed at the end of his words. ... Meanwhile, the men who carried Ryu made use of the emergency elevator as ordered by their boss and it took them directly to the underground parking lot where they placed Ryu inside the boot of their car and drove out of the place. A few seconds after they drove out, another car followed closely behind them. A few minutes into the chase, inside the second car that followed the one taking Ryu away was Mr. John, he quickly dialed a number into his telecom and the call was answered almost immediately. "Boss, there seems to be an issue," he reported with a clear voice. "Mr Ryu is being taken by unidentified men and he seems to be unconscious," he finished while also making sure his eyes were concentrated on the road. "What? How dare they?!" Chairman Langley roared from the other end of the phone, "No matter what, you must make sure nothing wrong happens to my son, make sure he is brought back safe and in one piece! I'll be sending you backups, nothing should go wrong," he said and ended the call. Right after the call was over, Mr. John went back to concentrating on the road, making sure he wouldn't lose them as it seemed they had yet to notice that they were being followed. The ride was a long one and from what Mr. John could think of, they were probably taking Ryu to somewhere far and remote. Although he had no idea what they planned to do with the young man, he understood it wouldn't be something good. With how far they've gone and how fast they were driving, he knew the backups would take time to catch up. Mr. John had to think of something to do to stall time as almost thirty minutes had gone by. The path they were driving on was a deserted narrow road that had bushes on both sides of the road. Mr. John knew where this road led to, it was an abandoned beach. It was now pretty obvious what they wanted to do with Ryu, throw him right into the water where he would drown and die. This made him curious why they wanted to harm the Chairman's son, and what do they stood to gain. Perhaps, had the Chairman's son offended them in some type of way? Questions filled Mr. John's mind and none of which he had answers to. Rescuing Ryu would be the only way to get answers to his questions. Nonetheless, Mr. John was able to come up with an idea to stall time. Looking down for a brief moment, pulled out a gun kept secured in his car, and with his hands off the car steering, he inspected the gun's chamber to be sure it was loaded with enough bullets. Satisfied, Mr. John went back to concentrating on the road with one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding the gun, he held the gun out of the car's window and aimed for the back tyre of the car carrying Ryu away. Though driving at a pretty high speed, Mr. John was skilled at handling guns and with one shot fired at the left back tyre of the car, the tyre was damaged, causing the car to screech loudly on the road. Not still content, he fired at the right tyre and ended up damaging both back tyres of the car. Mr. John then slowed down as he observed the chaotic state of the car before him and just as he had thought, the car stopped. They were left with no choice but to stop as the tyres of the car were damaged and it would be impossible to drive. Mr. John took that as a cue to make a move and with great speed, he drove ahead of the car and stopped right before it, blocking them entirely. He then stepped out of the car with the gun held tightly in his hands, ready to be used. Mr. John walked up to the car carrying Ryu and opened the front driver's door and before they could react on time, he shot twice at the man seated beside the one driving, startling the driver. And with the gun, he smashed it hard against the head of the man driving, knocking him out instantly. Mr. John let out a loud sigh after seeing they were all taken out and easily too. He walked towards the boot where Ryu was kept, opened it, and pulled the young man out. He then carried him effortlessly and placed him with uttermost care inside the car. After that, Mr. John walked back to the other car and carried the man he had knocked out with the gun and placed him inside the boot of his car, and drove away. Who knew the rescue of his Chairman's son would be this easy, turns out a backup wouldn't be needed after all.Mr. John quickly drove the car to the same hospital where Ryu's mother had been undergoing treatments for a quick check-up. Following the Chairman's orders, he took Ryu to a VIP ward where a doctor made a quick check on him. That was when they discovered Ryu had ingested a rare kind of poison, this information was quick to place Mr. John in a panic mode. Fearing for the life of the Chairman's son, he instructed the Doctor to immediately start giving Ryu treatment as he knew how deadly poisons can be. It usually depended on the kind of poison he took, some could kill their victims as fast as one could blink and some usually would take time before slowly killing their victims and there was no telling what kind of poison was inside of Ryu. While Ryu was undergoing gastric lavage treatment to get rid of the poison in his stomach before it took effect as according to the doctor, it was a slow-acting poison which would firstly render its victim unconscious before slowly killing them, Mr.
"Sir? We can't proceed with your mother's chemotherapy unless you make payments. Please do so as soon as you can, thank you," said the female doctor who then stepped out of the ward after conveying her message to the anxious young man.Ryu said nothing in response to the doctor's words, he let out a slow breath. Although he appeared all worn-out with visible eye bags and pale skin, his blonde hair was a dry mess but he cared less about his appearance as of the moment, his sick mother was the only person that mattered to him.She was all he had after all."I will make sure you get all the treatments you need," Ryu murmured to his unconscious mother, determination dancing in his bright blue eyes while standing beside the bed where she was lying.Quickly, he fished his mobile phone out of his pocket, thankfully he had a huge sum of money in his savings account, and he would use it for her treatment.However, Ryu's phone buzzed loudly in the quiet room just after unlocking it to see a mes
His mind went blank for a brief moment before rage filled his whole being and without thinking twice about the thoughts he had in mind, Ryu walked towards them in haste, and from behind he came to stand before them, interrupting their cheating moment."How dare you?!" Ryu yelled and immediately grabbed Richard, his friend by the collar and lifted him from the bench where he sat intimately beside Belle."Ryu? What are you doing? Have you gone mad? Let him go!" Belle yelled at Ryu in shock and quickly grabbed his arms, trying to yank him away from Richard.Finally letting go of Richard, Ryu glared hard at his friend, not imagining he could betray him in such a way."How could you?" Ryu asked in whispers but got silence as a response, all Richard did was smile smugly at Ryu, not seeming remorseful and this angered Ryu even more.However, Ryu let out a low breath, trying to calm himself down as he had a bigger fish to fry. He looked away from Richard and turned to face Belle who was cling
Ryu would never believed a day like this would ever come, if he had been told in the past, he would have laughed it off. Ten months of being married to Belle has been hell for him, she never treated him with respect and he tolerated that because deep down he felt she didn't deserve a loser like him.However, today's incident wasn't something he could take lightly. Belle had stolen his life savings to pay up her father's debt without letting him know and still cheated on him, she showed no signs of remorse and only tried to justify her actions, and instead of an apology and maybe his money back, they insulted him and threw him out.This was too much and there was no way Ryu would forgive such wickedness.He signed as he stared down at himself, feeling angry and not knowing what to do. He needed money urgently for his mother's treatment and the little he had was taken away and there was no way of getting it back.Ryu cursed as he felt a great sense of urgency when he realized getting th
Ryu left the house and roamed around town, he made multiple phone calls and asked around for part-time jobs he could do to get paid quickly but nothing worked.Evening soon approached and Ryu's efforts to somehow raise money proved futile, he couldn't even get a single penny.Raising money had always been difficult for him his whole life however, he never complained about it and thought it was normal but today, not being able to get money made him anxious and angry at himself for being such an incapable loser. Especially since his mother's life was at stake.The thought of losing his mother because of his incapability scared him, it angered him the most and the urge to beat himself was strong. However, he knew doing that wouldn't make money magically fall from the sky.It was evening and Ryu was a whole mess, apart from the fact that he was hungry which he didn't really care about, he looked worn out, his head was messed up and he was tired.By evening, before heading home, Ryu decide
Ryu couldn't find a good place to stay because he had no one to go to, Richard was the only friend he had and he wasn't acquainted with anyone. It was already getting late and the night was cold, he needed a warm place to lay for the night, and the hospital where his mother was was the only place he could think of. He ended up spending the night inside his mother's hospital room, thankfully it was warm and it had a couch long enough for his tall body. As early as six am, Ryu left the hospital to a nearby family court for his divorce. However, much to his disappointment, he needed money, IDs, and resources to be able to file for a divorce and he had none of that, now he was stuck. Frustrated and tired, Ryu became lost and had no idea what to do next, he had no money on him, not even a penny, and the ten thousand left in his bank account definitely wouldn't be enough. He stood outside the court with his hands on his waist, staring at nothing in particular with a deep frown marred on
At the announcement of his mother's death, Ryu felt a sudden sense of emptiness, one he couldn't quite grasp at the moment. His heart ached so hard that they felt numb, even the urge to cry over the death of his mother was gone.He fell back to the chair he had previously been seated on, his eyes hollow as he stared down at the tiled floor, not quite registering his environment.His mother was really gone? She was no more, she would never wake up to hold his hands or call his name. The realization of his new reality began to slowly sink in, his breathing soon turned labored as his throat ached from the urge to cry."Good day sir, we are from the JP Housing Corporation. Our Chairman, Mr Langley Austin has demanded your presence. Kindly cooperate and come with us or we will be left to use force," A young man introduced himself while standing before the devastated Ryu with two other men behind him, all three were dressed in clean black suits with their hair neatly styled, they looked pol
The following morning, the huge mansion was quietly busy with servants running about getting their duties done. Inside the master bedroom which belonged to the chairman, a middle-aged man stood before a full-length mirror getting ready for the day with three maids standing beside him, ready to take his orders at any given time.Mr Langley Austin was currently in his late 60s and looked very young and agile for his age, he was quite particular about his health. The grey hair on his head gave off his age which was hidden thanks to his youthful looks, he was average in height sporting 5:2 ft tall.His face looked serious, so serious that it would leave a person guessing how he looked like if he ever smiled.He looked at his reflection one more time after being fully dressed before stepping out of his bedroom without saying a word and the maids stepped out right after and closed the door.With precise steps, he walked through the hallway and made it to the dining where a feast lay untouch