Passion Novel Novel Chapter 55: I’m Kyle Riegrow

Chapter 55: Chapter 55: I’m Kyle Riegrow

That day, he used up all his courage and played until the end... It was really too much.

It’s too late to regret anything, even a hint of fear, like a normal person, he doesn’t feel

anything.

But what should he do if he happens to be caught by him sowhere? If only there was a way to make Ilay believe that he was dead. Just thinking about a day when he was leisurely walking down the street and turning into a small alley, suddenly seeing him waiting in that hidden corner, his heart would probably jump out. Unless he stays far away, otherwise if he is still within his sight, he can’t be sure if he can escape from his dangerous clutches. Because he is the one who will chase and kill his prey, and don’t dream that he will let go.

But deep in his mind, Jeong Taeui still clings to a small ray of hope, even though he knows it’s useless.

Anyway, on that day, as a human being, he tried his best to protect his dignity.

Originally, from the beginning, he planned to leave as planned and leave him in a state of

unconsciousness due to chloroform. But when he turned around and looked at the figure in front of him, he was very kind and put clothes back on him, leaving only the handcuffs.

(Actually, it’s because he’s worried that soone will discover him in such a naked situation, he will probably faint from that ugly big thing of his. So he did it completely for the sake of the person who would witness that scene.)

Of course, it would still be embarrassing if soone knew that a monster like this could be controlled like this and humiliated it, even if it was just two handcuffs. Anyway, it’s not

comfortable at all.

Jeong Taeui had already calculated that if he had the misfortune to et him again in life, he would calculate all the sincerity and good things he had done for him in the hope that he could spare his life, or at least let him die without pain..... But there’s no way that springs with that defective personality of his.

"I can’t take it anymore, there’s no other way but to avoid each other."

Jeong Taeui imrsed himself in his thoughts and muttered to himself without realizing it.

"That’s right, that’s what I an!"

Suddenly, a loud noise interrupted his mories, he looked up and t the man in front of him. Anton sat across from his table, pointing a finger and waving his hand incessantly.

Hey you, in Korea, pointing at soone’s face like that is really rude.....

Even so, he had no intention of discussing cultural differences with a foreigner. The fact is, he didn’t feel offended by just a finger like that, if living in dissatisfaction just because of such trivial things, his ashes would have been in the urn long ago.

"Anyway, as long as we don’t et face to face, it’s fine! The phone in the room is

unplugged!"

Anton continued to speak loudly, regardless of whether Taeui understood or not. He stopped thinking for a mont and looked at him. Could this guy also be hunted?

This mansion has many different guests. To put it more precisely, it seems that day after day it witnesses guests coming and going endlessly. It has been five days since Taeui ca here, and he has seen new faces five tis during this ti. In other words, it changes guests like changing lovers. Even if they just t for the first ti, it seems that the owner of this house is very hospitable.

< Kyle has many business partners, as well as being close to them. Apparently I read spoilers sowhere in DS or Suite, most of Kyle’s business partners have high staute in society: Pri Ministers, Mafia bosses, UNHRDO, etc.... Governntal or non-governntal organizations, private organizations, public servants or individuals operating individually and especially developing and selling weapons to the military side of countries. And T&R’s

corporation is purely legalized. The Tarten family works in intelligence and information

trafficking, and Riegrow manufactures, develops, and supplies cold-to-hot weapons, from rudintary weapons to nuclear weapons.>

Jeong Taeui also enjoys eting and talking to others, but inviting them to his house is not. He wondered if it was really okay to let strangers into his house so carelessly, what to do if soone suspicious ca. But luckily, the owner of this house seems to have no worries because everything seems to be under the control of the old housekeeper, who is as shrewd and firm as an iron wall. She has been in this house even before the owner and his siblings

were born and grew up here.

Even now, she is still using her scrutinizing gaze to look at the people at the banquet table as she takes a plate of chicken from the kitchen. It’s like sweeping for potential dangers to see if anyone can harm the owner of this place.

The old lady doesn’t like Jeong Taeui very much.

To be precise, he feels like she doesn’t like Asians. This is not the first ti he has t

soone like this, and it is not the first ti he has received such looks.

"Haha, that way we can avoid anyone."

Anton said with an excited face. Jeong Taeui took a spoon and listened to him say more.

"Yes, of course, anyway the owner of this place will not give

a room if I want to leave here. Anyway, if I have been avoiding eting and rejecting phone calls, there is no way to contact all of them."

Jeong Taeui politely laughed at his boring story and buried his face in the soup bowl.

He also knows soone he can’t contact now.

"Kim, I heard you went to the National Library yesterday, did you find anything interesting?"

When he finished eating the soup and put the spoon down, the owner of the house sitting across from him suddenly asked. Jeong Taeui looked at him and hesitated for a mont.

"I also researched it carefully, but I don’t think there’s anything special about it, I don’t

rember clearly anymore."

Taeui shook his head and replied, and the owner smiled calmly.

"If you need anything, I will get it for you, so don’t worry about it anymore, Kim."

"Thank you."

Taeui smiled and said. And then thoughts crossed his mind, it was not difficult to adapt to anything, even if he changed the na he had been attached to for decades, he could get used to it in just a few days.

Although still a bit unfamiliar, at least it was better than the first ti he heard that na

pressed against him, he couldn’t imdiately answer but froze or could only answer vaguely.

Taeui cut a few pieces of chicken and put them on his plate, then looked at the owner of the house. He was over 40 but looked younger, as if he was only about 30. And he kept talking and laughing with the people around him.

"..."

Is this lucky or unlucky.

Jeong Taeui rembered the first ti he t this man in Austria, it was a village near the border with Italy.

By chance, he passed by there.

He rented a car as soon as he set foot in Europe and started traveling. Although he told his uncle that he didn’t want to operate as a mber of UNHRDO anymore, he still insisted on giving him a bank card. His uncle said that if he used his card for transactions, it would be easy to leave traces, so it was best to use this card to not leave any information, anyway, this money had been laundered in the Bahamas* several tis. Don’t worry because he had legitimized this money at UNHRDO as expenses for a ’special security’ mission, so he could

use as much as he wanted and if it wasn’t enough, just ssage him.

(*Bahamas: An archipelago/ Tax haven and money laundering paradise. The Bahamas is an English-speaking country in the Caribbean. It is an archipelago of 700 islands, dunes and islets*)

But sir, isn’t that doing sothing disadvantageous to that organization. Saying that is too strange.

"But the benefits I bring to this organization are tens or hundreds of tis more than that

small amount of money."

After saying that, he laughed loudly - "Don’t worry, write down any number you want on

paper."

"I guess you don’t have any reason to refuse anymore." - Jeong Taeui said indifferently and followed what he said. He secretly thought that he would stay in the most luxurious hotels, travel across continents, and change cars constantly wherever he went, etc....

However, the personality nurtured from childhood to adulthood prevented him from doing so. Despite trying to spend money, he still couldn’t bring himself to do it. So the most luxurious thing he spent on was renting an old, cramped car.

When he arrived, he got lost a bit, so he decided to buy another map and had to spend the whole day getting to know the village. Although there weren’t many things Taeui liked here, this place was a small, peaceful and quiet village, so he decided to stay here for a week or maybe even longer. When he decided to leave, he t this man at an old bookstore.

But in fact, that was not the first ti he t him. From the first ti he saw him, he

recognized him.

He had t this man in Hong Kong, although he didn’t formally greet him, he just glanced at him. Perhaps he ca there to et the arms broker. At that ti, the man sitting right next to his table was him. There were two reasons why Taeui rembered this man, there was nothing unusual and the feeling of non-existence, first because he had a quite impressive face. Although the appearance seed normal, it was still very impressive in its own way. Once you have seen it, it is hard to forget. Perhaps because of the extrely sharp and serious

gaze attached to an ordinary appearance like that. Those weaklings who touched that gaze must have felt chills.

And another more important reason was that at that ti he was looking at a design drawing with a bunch of jumbled numbers. In fact, it was because of that that he couldn’t forget this man. Because Jeong Taeui had also seen similar rows of numbers and drawings that he was holding in his hand.

"...."

And now he understood why he had it.

Taeui’s taste suddenly turned bitter. Despite not wanting to bla the food, he still lifted the glass of water and took a sip.

Contrary to his sharp gaze, his personality had nothing to do with his appearance. He was slightly concerned that this man could easily smile friendly and approach strangers around him, but the man’s behavior in the old bookstore still made him laugh.

At that ti, he thought, maybe if he didn’t give him the book he had always dread of, this big man would hug him like a child and cry for it. Jeong Taeui knew how interesting that book about race was, and his uncle would definitely want to read it right away, so he planned to buy it and send it to him after reading it so that he wouldn’t have to leave UNHRDO.

But this man imdiately threw away his face and ran towards him.

He said he would return the 50 euros he borrowed from him, but he also had no intention of taking back that money. Giving and receiving was natural, but he never thought that he should receive sothing just because he gave sothing. Wasn’t his uncle the sa? His uncle said that even beggars on the street, he would not hesitate to give them money.

He thought so, and with his compassionate heart, he decided to give that person a ride to Berlin.

But a problem arose imdiately after.

In response to his invitation, the man politely nodded and said his house was in Berlin. After starting the car and beginning the journey to Berlin, the two talked to each other along the way.

No matter how you look at it, this man looked older than him, so he said to stop talking in a formal manner and just talk comfortably, and then he beca more comfortable, but his words still remained within bounds. And when he laughed bitterly, he asked a question that

he should have asked from the beginning.

"By the way, I don’t know your na. Your na is...?"

"a....I’m Kim Young Soo."

Taeui muttered a strange na while looking at the man through the rearview mirror.

There was no reason for him to do that, he just felt a little uncomfortable saying that na. He deliberately chose the most common Korean na for his passport and other docunts, but later he realized that he should have chosen a na that was easier to pronounce. Once again, the man tilted his head at unfamiliar words and opened his mouth.

"Kim Yong-soo...-?"

"Haha, it’s a bit difficult to pronounce, just call

Kim."

Taeui laughed and said. The man nodded and repeated "Kim."

"Are you of Korean descent?"

"Korea... I don’t really look like a Korean, do I? How did you guess so well? Usually

Europeans find it difficult to distinguish the nationality of Asians even after hearing our

nas."

"I have many Korean friends, and especially a close Korean friend of mine who also loves

collecting old books. So his hobby matches mine very well. That’s why I want to be able to keep in touch with you."

The man said proudly. Jeong Taeui listened and nodded while driving.

In Europe, the quality of the roads was well maintained and there were not many vehicles on the road, so it was easy to drive. He felt that even if he closed his eyes now, the chances of an accident happening were much lower than driving in a big city in Korea. A Korean friend also likes old books. Why is this world so small? Maybe even his uncle knows him.

Jeong Taeui nodded coldly.

"Sure. But I only picked up a few old books and I don’t know much about them, but my uncle is extrely knowledgeable. If you want to find a certain book, I will introduce you to him. It would be better to be able to exchange such rare books with each other....."

The man fell silent at his words and sighed and shook his head.

"No. Rare books cannot be borrowed, who knows if that person will take those books to sell or exchange with others. Especially old books need to be carefully preserved."

"Oh, I see..."

He didn’t think this man was a bad person. But he was definitely crazy. He was crazy about anything related to books. Fortunately, his uncle wasn’t so sick.

And then he quickly turned back with a smile.

"But it’s great to et soone with the sa interests. If there were more opportunities to et people like your uncle, that would be great."

"That’s right, I understand that feeling." - Jeong Taeui replied to his words.

It seems like your uncle also has many friends who like old books, huh? If you all could gather and talk about those books, it would be amazing.

Then he smiled and added, "Oh, right."

"Even though I’m doing a different job now, I used to work in a job related to old books, and that job helped

et many people with the sa interest. We still keep in touch until now, it’s easy to talk to people with the sa interest."

"Doing a job you like must be very enjoyable. Is a job related to old books sothing like

opening a used book store?"

"Oh no, I was planning to open a used book store when I get old. But when I was young, I

founded a company to reprint rare old books, but because the demand was much smaller than the supply, it was very difficult to continue operating the company."

"Ha..... yes....."

Jeong Taeui bit his lip and answered vaguely as if he was about to sigh, feeling like a heavy stone rolling over his chest. What is this, a terrible feeling of uncase passed through his mind. If his vague thoughts were correct, then this was definitely a fatal misfortune.

"Oh, now I rember that I don’t even know your na. What’s your na....?"

After the man finished his story, Jeong Taeui asked softly. He seed surprised for a mont and then exclaid - "Oh" - and shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Such a basic thing and I forgot. I’m sorry, Kim. You can call

Kyle."

"Oh, okay. Kyle..., it sounds really nice."

Jeong Tae-ui heard that na and smiled, the heavy stone weighing on his chest also

disappeared.

Alright, even though there is still so vagueness, he couldn’t possibly be "lucky" to that extent.

"Listening to that, many people might mistake it for your na. Usually, if I say I’m Kyle, it ans I’m referring to my na." - Taeui inquired.

"But among the people I know, there are also those who use the last na Kyle." Jeong Taeui added.

(In Europe, when introducing oneself in a social setting, they usually ntion their last na instead of their first na, for example, if the na is Kyle Riegrow, they would introduce themselves as Riegrow, so Tacui mistakenly thought that Kyle was his last na and felt lucky because it was definitely not Riegrow )

Then, the man calmly replied.

"Oh. That’s my na. Although I still write my last na on my business card. When I talk, I introduce myself as Kyle, whether it’s with soone I’m eting for the first ti or soone I’ve t a few tis. Because my younger brother already uses the last na."

"Ha....."

"It’s because my younger brother really hates it when soone calls him by his na. If soone accidentally calls my younger brother by his na without permission, they will get into big trouble. His temperant is not very good, so I also hesitate to tell others... So in my family, only he is allowed to be called by his last na, and outsiders are not allowed to call him by his na anymore. So even in social events, I still use the na Kyle like now."

"..."

For so reason, Taeui’s mind felt dizzy, a bad on crept into his mind, and the vague

pieces fit together just as he had feared, one by one. Taeui couldn’t even speak and dared not ask anything more. But whatever he didn’t want to hear, the heavens would surely make it happen. When he didn’t want to hear anything more, those words from him beca clearer and clearer in his ears.

"So I’ve never been called by my last na. Like Mr. Riegrow or sothing like that."

Damn it.

Jeong Taeui gripped the steering wheel unconsciously and unintentionally stepped on the accelerator, causing the car to speed up suddenly. The man looked at him with a puzzled expression, and he could only quickly release the accelerator.

"Oh....so....you’re Kyle Riegrow?"

"Yes, that’s right, but it’s rare for them to be called in full. Haha, just call

Kyle, that’s fine, everyone still calls

that. Besides, if you call

Riegrow, people might be confused because that’s how my younger brother is called at ho."

"Ah, okay then."

Jeong Taeui nodded, his mind becoming empty. Suddenly, everything in front of him turned blank. Fortunately, the straight road ahead had almost no traffic.

If he drove in such a state in a big city, he would definitely cause an accident.