Passion Novel Novel Chapter 60: \

Chapter 60: Chapter 60: "I will definitely bring you back in front of ."

["You should have called two minutes earlier. Officer Jeong Changin was talking to

here until then but Mao was in touch so he just left a while ago."]

It was a quiet, indifferent, and a bit languid voice.

And hidden deep inside is a fang and scary claws.

"..."

["It won’t take long. He’ll probably be back in about 10 minutes."]

Jeong Taeui was too familiar with this voice.

And he also knows that the person who owns this voice will definitely recognize him with just those two hellos.

["In the anti, let

talk to you. Or it would be better if you tell

what’s going on, I’m listening."]

A faint smile mixed in his voice.

After pondering the voice that was still pouring into his ears word by word for a long ti, Jeong Tacui softly lowered his voice.

"....Ilay."

Ilay Riegrow.

He never thought that soone other than his uncle would pick up the phone at this hour. He knew that uncle might be sleeping or wouldn’t answer the phone for a few different reasons, but he never expected soone else to answer the call. And what’s more, that other person was that man.

["It’s been a while, Taeil. You unfaithful!"]

["From the sound of your voice, it seems like you’re still doing well, right? You must have

been worried since you’ve never contacted

again, huh? Whether you’re injured or not, and where you are, you should update

a bit, shouldn’t you?"]

He whispered softly. Even though Jeong Taeui had heard this voice many tis, he still almost lost his reason for it.

He really paid attention and was looking for him.

How long has it been since Taeui heard that person’s voice?

Not that long. No, Taeui thinks he just heard this voice yesterday. That was the voice and face that entered his dreams, every day.

Everything becos strange. His restless heart continuously echoed with thumping...,

thumping.....slowly.

["Where are you now?"]

He asked briefly. With that gentle and gentle voice, it felt like his heart was being strangled by soone.

Jeong Taeui was silent for a mont then smiled bitterly. He suddenly realized sothing while still shaking in fear when he heard this man’s voice.

"Deep down, he felt an unnad excitent. He didn’t know what the happiness creeping into every cell of his being was. Perhaps it was the joy of having stayed away from this man for so long, or maybe... alright. He couldn’t even admit that it was simply an unnad joy."

Taeui’s bitter smile seed to have entered the receiver. Ilay was silent for a mont.

["You seem to be doing well. I’m happy that you’re doing well. If there’s anything good,

please tell . These past few days, I feel like I want to die."]

The past few days seed to appear with every word Ilay said as if he had really gone

through such a gloomy and dark ti.

Hearing that strange low voice, Jeong Taeui instinctively jumped.

"If I were next to this man right now, I’d be dead."

"Do you feel like you want to die... But you don’t have any reason to do so. Ilay, UNHRDO will always operate well, and it’s also the place where you can freely do what you want and carry out everything according to your wishes. So, what is the reason for wanting to die? Could it be that you’ve gone through sothing unpleasant?"

Taeui slowly opened his mouth. He initially wanted to add more sarcasm and irony to his words, but since he was only an amateur, his ability was limited. However, it still sounded alright. After all, the other man wasn’t soone who couldn’t understand his clumsy sarcasm.

[".... You’re so proud."]

The smile disappeared from his voice. His heart was pounding.

Taeui thinks that the feeling of horror right now is more like pleasure. Maybe this is also how people feel when watching horror movies.

["Taeil. You’ve suffered quite a bit while you’ve been here."]

Suddenly, Ilay said sothing seemingly unrelated. Jeong Taeui raised his eyebrows and listened to those words. He slowly spit out each word.

"Oh right, I went through such a miserable ti working alongside you. My colleagues

turned their backs on

because of that damned reason, and besides that, the fact is that I also played a part in the disgrace of UNHRDO. So, how could I not have suffered greatly while being there?"

Jeong Taeui smirked.

Fragnts of mories at that place appeared one after another through Ilay’s short words. Each event flashed through his mind. Those things that can’t be easily erased are never things that Taeui wants to rember.

"..... You talk like you know everything. But do you think you really understand people’s

hearts?"

That’s right. Jeong Taeui whispered bitterly through clenched teeth. You. You are the one who has belittled others’ minds and considered them insignificant; you can’t understand anyone’s feelings at all. But if you could feel those emotions and still acted that way, that would be a hundred tis worse.

Ilay laughed. It seed he felt more comfortable not having to hear Taeui’s sarcastic laugh anymore.

["You’re exaggerating, Taeil. I an right now, because you’ve been through a lot too, I can only give you one piece of advice. It’s very important for you."]

Jeong Taeui was silent for a mont. Ilay’s low voice seed to be whispering right next to his ear.

"Oh, I’m looking forward to this, what is it?"

He asked reluctantly. After that, Ilay slowly gritted her teeth and whispered each word, each word in a voice that seed to co from the dark shadow.

["Don’t get caught."]

It seed like this voice ca from hell.

Those were things he had heard before. But that ti it wasn’t too terrible. That’s because the person who said those words was his uncle, and he was simply giving him advice, literally.

Jeong Taeui suddenly got goosebumps, his hands that no longer had any blood left

unconsciously grabbed himself.

"...Thank you for the advice, I will keep it in mind. I also know how to value my precious life"

Jeong Taeui said bitterly, suddenly, a laugh rang out from inside the receiver. For a mont, he seed to calm down before the familiar sound.

Ilay whispered with a cold smile.

["Valuing life.....? A person who knows how to value his life would run away like that? I

thought you had already decided to give up your life that day."]

"No way. If this life wasn’t precious, I wouldn’t have to endure those rotten days in that place."

There were a few tis when I had to hold back the thought of wanting to wring his neck down just because I regretted the rest of my beautiful life.

When will he be defeated by soone else?

Is it because this is just a phone call, or because he thinks he can outsmart him? Jeong Taeui had said everything in his heart to Ilay. Anyway, this is just a phone call and it can’t be traced, so he had to shout loudly when such a thing.

["Jeong Taeil. I’m actually starting to worry about you... What the hell are you planning on doing when you see

later?"]

Ilay sighed and muttered as if he was really worried. That made him feel like a cat playing with a mouse. Jeong Taeui responded with words from the bottom of his heart.

"Of course, we will never et again, you fool. I would die before I let you catch , I’m sure you’re going crazy trying to find , right? But where do you plan to catch ?"

After Jeong Taeui nonchalantly fired a shot, Ilay was silent for a while.

*Tock, tock*

A familiar sound ca from the stethoscope. The mont he heard those rhythms, Jeong Taeui seed to be able to picture in his mind the whole appearance of Ilay right now. He will sit on the chair in front of the desk, holding the receiver in one hand, with the other hand slowly tapping the armrest of the chair or on the table.

As always.

Suddenly, his heart felt like it was rolling in waves. He still unconsciously does that familiar movent and sotis doesn’t even realize it. He was still there, just like before.

A feeling of longing and perhaps even bitterness crept into his heart, replacing the dark anger.

Taeui still rembered how angry he was when he left that place. Perhaps life at UNHRDO has not yet completely faded from his mory. Maybe he will rember him one day, when ti passes and mory gradually fades and bad mories gradually disappear. But even then, he would probably still rember this man the sa way as before. That’s because he still appears in my dreams every day. He is always here, in Jeong Taeui’s mories.

Jeong Taeui let out a vague breath that he couldn’t even tell whether it was a laugh or a sigh. Ilay was silent for a mont at Taeui’s words and then suddenly spoke.

"You said you didn’t want your teeth broken, right?"

Jeong Taeui was montarily startled by his sudden question. But without needing to recall his mories, he soon rembered what he had just said to Ilay on the last night before leaving UNHRDO. Although the aning was slightly different, the main idea was the sa.

But it would be great to see the sharp fangs of this monster that attacks people being worn away.

Jeong Taeui remained silent, not wanting to correct Ilay. And silence also seems to be an

affirmation. Ilay smiled slightly. That silly smile was filled with anger as if the mories of that day were vividly recalled in his every word.

["Okay. Since it’s so precious, I’ll spare your life."]

He said smiling. But it seed like it was no longer just laughter. A gray color covered his

voice. It seed like he was angry. The anger was suppressed to the point of being

unbearable and then seeping out like venom filling every word of Ilay.

["Do you think I will kill you so easily? Didn’t you say that you hate being around

so

much? If so then prepare to enjoy such a horrible life until you die. I want you to suffer like that every day."]

The frost blurred Jeong Taeui’s voice, word by word. And it also covers Jeong Taeui’s heart.

["No matter where you hide, no matter how long it takes, don’t you think I can find you?

Don’t worry, at any cost, I will definitely bring you back in front of ."]

The anger seeping into Ilay’s heart also seed to pierce straight through Jeong Taeui’s cold chest.

He was silent for a mont. Taeui thought he would be angry. That’s right, with Ilay’s

temperant, he probably won’t just get angry for a mont and then calm down

imdiately. Maybe he was even silently cursing and planning to tear him apart. A thought popped into his mind. For sothing like this, perhaps even Jeong Taeui himself or anyone else would get mad.

But he completely did not expect Ilay’s silent, silent rage at this mont. Ilay’s persistent, gloomy, dark, even sowhat difficult feeling of discomfort seed to penetrate through the receiver and envelope Jeong Taeui.

"....Just do what you want if you can."

Jeong Taeui spoke softly. His breathing, his anger, and his every gesture seed to be

lingering right in his ears.

Taeui suddenly panicked. It was a vague fear. It was not fear of the pain and suffering he would face if caught. But it’s a little different that can’t be put into words.

He couldn’t imagine what the anger was in him now, it was a persistent anger covered by darkness. Jeong Taeui suddenly realized that he didn’t even know what was in that darkness. That is indeed very scary.

"Say hello to my uncle for . And tell him that everything is going well."

Jeong Taeui spoke briefly. He didn’t want to continue this conversation any longer because his heartbeat felt like it was exploding in his chest right now. He also wanted to block out the responses of the man on the other side of the receiver, because the vague breathing sounds in

his ear were creepy.

This man is dangerous. I felt it from the first ti I watched his video.

He’s too dangerous.

Because he had been close to him for a long ti, he thought he must have beco blind. He was so used to the dangerous atmosphere when he was with him that he beca numb and indifferent to that danger.

So stupid.

["..... Wait..."]

When Jeong Taeui was about to hang up, a voice suddenly ca from inside the receiver, even a bit urgent and vague. He seed very anxious to call Jeong Taeui.

He turned back to the receiver that had just left his ear and waited for his next words.

But Ilay just remained silent without saying anything else. He was just silent like that, like he didn’t know why he called him back so urgently. Jeong Taeui waited patiently without saying a word.

Those quiet monts passed slowly. Only the sound of low breathing remained through the stethoscope. Those seed to be the only sounds for him to determine that the person on the other side of the phone was still there.

Quiet. Neither of them spoke up first. The two remained silent, listening to each other’s

breathing.

How long has it been?

Jeong Taeui vaguely heard footsteps coming from downstairs to the study room. In the quiet space, the sound of footsteps grew closer and then farther away. Only after hearing those shoes did Jeong Taeui startle himself out of the silence as if he had just woken up from a dream.

This was not a place where he could stay for long, a clock caught his eye. By now, Kyle

should have finished drinking his tea.

".....Goodbye."

Jeong Taeui spoke briefly and put down the receiver. The clicking sound also ans the call is disconnected.

But even after he put the phone down, he still looked at it silently for a mont.

Jeong Taeui slowly tilted his head.

Strange.

He had actually just talked to Ilay, but it wasn’t as scary as he had imagined.

"Is it true that the mories are gradually fading?.....The parts that need to be forgotten are forgotten, but there are so things that don’t want to be rembered and rembered clearly."

Taeui muttered to himself with a sigh. Although he knows those mories will take a long ti to fade.

Jeong Taeui scratched his head. Try to understand what is going on with his heart right now.

"Would I want to et him?"

As soon as he asked himself, he already knew the answer. Jeong Taeui shook his head vigorously. Maybe he wouldn’t kill him, but he probably wasn’t kidding when he said he would make him live the rest of his life in misery.

The mont he and Ilay et, it is certain that his life will take a turn for the worse.

No. He doesn’t want to et him either.

Jeong Taeui shook his head a few tis

then sighed and turned away.

Kyle said he would co back after a cup of tea but he hasn’t arrived yet. Maybe it’s because when he ca back he was still on the phone. So it would be better if he went out now and told him that his call ended well.

That’s right. After thanking him, he will leave. Get out.

Leaving here..... Where is he going? Where would he have to go to find his brother? He didn’t even have a clue.

Jeong Taeui sighed softly, suddenly, he felt relieved. What’s it like to just go sowhere?

"But, I also really like everyone...."

Jeong Taeui silently closed the heavy wooden door of the office.

When he said he was still leaving, Kyle’s face visibly drooled. He always seed sad when he had to say goodbye to his beloved friends even though he was used to seeing people co and go as if it were a part of his life.

It seed that because he was so sad, he left first, leaving Jeong Taeui who beca a bad person when he decided to leave here.

Jeong Taeui scratched his head and walked down the stairs, then burst out laughing.

Perhaps because of the feeling of regret when soone leaves like this, there must always be other guests coming to him now and then. Even for Jeong Taeui himself. He thought that he would visit this place again when ti passed favorably and circumstances permitted him to do so.

"Actually, if it weren’t for that bastard, I’d still want to stay here a little longer... what are the petitioners in the narrow lane...."

Jeong Taeui grumbled dissatisfied and strode up the stairs.

At that mont.

"....!"

When there were only five or six steps left on the narrow, shiny wooden staircase, Jeong

Taeui carelessly slipped on the stairs, probably because he accidentally took a slightly wider stride.

His feet slipped in the air. By the ti he tried to lower his foot on the next step, his body had lost its center of gravity.

"UH."

He didn’t know if he scread or not, he wasn’t conscious enough to realize it clearly. A loud noise echoed throughout the house.

Jeong Taeui fell down the stairs.