Bad X Bad: My Dear Hana - Chapter 20

The conversation has been going nowhere. Ok Min Ji has been acting like a love fool who is recalling her first love. Ahn Hana is not here for that. To Ok Min Ji, Noe Kyung-Hee is the epitome of perfection. Ahn Hana’s headache intensifies. She suddenly recalls Do Sejin at Ok Min Ji’s house. She kicks away the memory somewhere deep in her head. Right now, she is working.

Noe Kyung-Hee seems like someone who is either too smart or too naive. Ahn Hana stabs the potato and eats it. She needs to eat and be strong. She needs to finish this case in the next hearing.

“Did she like reading?” Ahn Hana gets back to business. If she let Ok Min Ji talk about Noe Kyung-Hee, they will spend the night at the restaurant. Ahn Hana has no such intention. She wants to sleep. She has different plans tomorrow. There are more murder locations to visit.

“Yes.” Oh Min Ji has a faint smile on her lips. “She would read poetries to me. In her confession letter, she used one of the poems from her favorite book to describe how I looked to her. She even wrote my initials on the page.”

“Did she like reading novels? Mystery novels about murders?” Usually, teenagers are interested in murder mysteries that offer them thrills.

“Yes, she liked reading them. Her room is full of books. She also liked reading romance and non-fiction. She was the type who would pick up novels randomly from the library with her eyes closed.” Ok Min Ji recalls. “She liked to go to the city library whenever she was free.”

Ahn Hana asks her the final question. “What’s the name of that poetry book?”

“The Ocean In The Sky.”

***

Jung Kwang-Soo opens the door. “Why are you here, Hana?”

“Did you have a good sleep?” Ahn Hana steps inside casually, ignoring that Jung Kwang-Soo is nȧkėd. His ċȯċk’s tip is leaking something white. He must have been in the middle of something. When he is not?

Jung Kwang-Soo looks down at his fallen brother. The hardon has completely disappeared. How could he remain hard in this situation? He feels like cursing someone to death.

“Do you think that I was sleeping?” He crosses his arms. “Hana, are you lonely? If you are, go to your playboy.”

Ahn Hana glares at him. “How long?”

“It is my job to be nosy about your life.” He smirks at him. “I was curious why you would sleep with someone like him when you have me. You hate playboys. But then, fuċkɨnġ younger men must be tempting after your screwed up relationship with Ong Han Bin.”

She wants to feed him to the wolves. Even this idiot has been aware of that boy’s real identity.

“Oh!” He covers his mouth with his hand in shock when a realization hits him “Don’t tell me you were fooled by him? Hana, how did you fall into his trap?”

“I am one step away from becoming a killer.” She sits down on her couch. “Jung Kwang-soo, you are number one on my hit list. I want to peel your skin layer by layer and hear you beg for my mercy.”

“I always knew that you were a psychopath.” He sits next to her, looking smug. “To be able to fool someone like you, he must be good. I have to give him some credit. What will you do now?”

“I will give you ten minutes to finish whatever you were doing. Pack some clothes for you and me. We are going on a trip.”

Jung Kwang-soo wants to know what she will do to the boy. However, this woman is interested in something else. Resolving a murder case is more important than anything else. He has to suffer because of her passion for her cases.

The trip won’t be boring, thanks to a certain boy.

“You want to leave the city to resist yourself from killing that guy, isn’t?” He raises his palm. He leans close to her cheek. He misses the warmth of her skin in the air, not daring to go any closer. She will chop his lips if he does. “I guess I can’t let Hana become a criminal before the 100th-day case is over. I will become your driver then.”

She glances at her watch. “You have nine minutes.”

Still laughing at the grumpy lawyer, he goes back to his bedroom. His plaything is lying on the bed in the same position he left her, waiting for his dɨċk.

“You have two minutes to get out,” He tells the girl before he walks into the shower.

Ahn Hana turns around when she hears a noise. A girl in her mid-twenties is holding her sandals in her hands and walking on her toes. She freezes when she notices Ahn Hana’s unfeeling eyes. She smiles awkwardly at Ahn Hana. “Um…”

Ahn Hana resumes scrolling through the news on her phone. She must be one of Kwang-soo’s toys. The girl runs out of the house like a scared cat.

Jung Kwang-soo comes out within 10 minutes, dressed up in casual attire. His dark hair is combed back. He is carrying a small bag with necessities and some clothes for them. “Where are we going?”

***

“You are insane.” Jung Kwang-soo looks at the house. The lights are out. The residents are asleep. She has turned him into her driver for this?

“They won’t let us see her room.” Ahn Hana can’t find any way to break into the house. “Can you climb up that pipe and help me up? We can enter through the balcony?”

“You are insane.” Jung Kwang-soo shakes his head.

“You are tall and strong.” She pats his biceps. “If I can’t use your only specialties in the time of need, why would I keep you with me?”

“You are rude.” Jung Kwang-soo is hurt. “I have other uses.”

“Right, you are someone who thinks with your dɨċk first.” She slaps his crotch. “I can’t think of any other uses.”

“You are cranky today.” He rolls up his sleeves. “Now, I am curious about how he fooled you.”

“Talk later and climb.” She tries to push him up. She is strong, but she can’t lift a 6 feet tall man. Jung Kwang-soo lets out a low laugh. He swiftly climbs up like a monkey. When he reaches the balcony, Ahn Hana tries to climb up.

[Wait. They are sleeping] He tells her in a sign language. [I will open the door. Sneak inside.]

[Okay.] Ahn Hana replies in the sign language.

He walks without making a sound. Only the husband and wife live alone in the house. They had only one child – Noe Kyung-Hee. They are completely asleep in their room. He locks their bedroom’s door from the outside. He walks downstairs and opens the door. Ahn Hana sneaks inside the house.

They easily find Noe Kyung-Hee’s room in the house. Her parents keep it clean. Noe Kyung-Hee’s childhood pictures are hanging all over the walls. As Ok Min Ji as mentioned, there are piles of books in the room. She reads the titles of the book. Poetries. Romance. Biographies. Mysteries. She finds what she is looking for. The Ocean In The Sky. She flips through the pages. She checks out a few other books. She finds the library card in the drawer.

After around an hour, the lawyers leave Noe’s house.