Chapter 53: There Is No Such Thing As Retreat (3) (1/2)

Chapter 53: There is No Such Thing As Retreat (3)

Translator: hwarang

Editor: Klaurem

As soon as we arrived at Jae Nam, we went to finalize the contract with a man named Do Jong.

Do Jong was a famous carpenter who was said to be the best carpenter in Jae Nam.

“I never expected that young master Ma would come here personally.”

Although he had dealt with people like this his entire life, this was the first time that he was so nervous. He was nervous due to the fact that he canceled the previous agreement and Ma Jung Soo might have come for his revenge.

Do Jong said, “It seems that there were false rumors going around. I am sorry, the construction workers are paid daily so if we don’t go by the schedule…”

Ma Jung Soo raised his hand and said, “I did not come here to hear your excuses.”

Hearing Ma Jung Soo’s cold words, Doo Jong shut his mouth. He was nervous since he knew what kind of person Ma Jung Soo was, and on top of that there was a rumor going around. So he wasn’t in the best position.

Ma Jung Soo put the bag on the counter, “Here is the money for construction. I added an additional ten thousand nyang so that you can work without hitch.”

“We are…”

Doo Jong couldn’t finish his sentence since Ma Jung Soo was giving him a death stare.

So he said with a big sigh, “Alright, we will do our best.”

He decided that although he might have some losses elsewhere, he had to postpone them for this project. Doo Jong truly didn’t want to take up this contract.

“Hahaha, you made a great decision.”

“We should make a contract first. Please wait a little bit”, Do Jong then sent someone to get a contract.

He left the place as well. It seemed that he went to the nearest bank to deposit the money. Twenty thousand nyang was a pretty big sum of money since it had to cover for most of the construction fees.

Ma Jung Soo had already read the contract and signed it. He had completely different look than when he signed the contract at the Dark Guild, today he was actually smiling.

After some time, Doo Jong returned, but his face was dark.

“Have you returned?”

Doo Jong replied to Ma Jung Soo in a careful manner, “I think there has been a mistake.”

“What do you mean?”

“The banknotes that you gave me… are fake”

“What?”

Ma Jung Soo stood up looking surprised.

I replied with a surprised expression, “That is impossible!”

Doo Jong looked between me and Ma Jung Soo and said, “Is it something that you really don’t know about?”

I raised my voice and said, “Do you know who he is. Do you think he would really use some fake money? And you think he is someone who is foolish enough to do something that would be found out so easily? What you are doing right now is practically not giving Heavenly Dao Gate any face.”

Doo Jong was afraid that they had come here to cause a scene with the fake money because he had canceled the first contract. However, after finding out that they didn’t know what was going on he said in a less nervous voice “That is what I thought. Please come with me to confirm it”

So we followed him.

The closest bank confirmed that the money was fake. Besides two thousand nyang the rest of the eighteen thousand nyang were all fake. The two thousand nyang was the money that I put in there since I was afraid that he might check it.

Ma Jung Soo said in an angry tone, “Have you exchanged it behind our back?!”

“Ohh no! How could I dare? I could never do something like that.” Dong Joo bowed down on the spot.

I told Ma Jung Soo, “How could he have planned something like this? He didn’t even know that we were coming here.”

Then with his cold glare, he stared at me.

“Why are you looking at me with that sort of look? Are you doubting me?”

I stared back at Ma Jung Soo pridefully and shamelessly. With that Ma Jung Soo’s suspicion of me disappeared. He thought that my action was too proud to have done something like this since it would be discovered as soon as we got to Jae Nam.

“Could those punks from the Dark Guild have swindled us?”

“That’s it sir.”

“It was going to be found out right away. Yet they dare swindle me!”

“It couldn’t only be them. There must also be some other successor or successors who are trying to hinder your progress.”

“Ah! That’s it, those sons of b*tches! They are hindering me to the end!”

Ma Jung s...o...b..lieved that the person who killed Si Gon was working together with the Dark Guild.

He couldn’t hold back his anger and screamed, “Ahhhhh!”

To avoid any blame going to Doo Jong, I quickly said to Ma Jung Soo, “If we don’t take care of this we might be in a position where we must pay back a hundred thousand nyang without even using it.”

“What!?”

“Don’t you remember sir? We signed a contract with them as well. So I think we should return immediately and count the rest of the money. Just in case, we might have to get to the bottom of it.”

We quickly returned to the Yang Clan manor. We opened the vault and checked the rest of the money; however, it was all fake.

Ma Jung s...o...b..oke another table, “I cannot forgive those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds! I will kill every single one of those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds from the San Dong Merchants and Dark Guild live!”

“Of course you must!”

“I am going to bring everyone who is willing to help me from the Clan. I don’t care about the successor test now!”

The focal point of his rage was due to the thought of being disregarded and being given no face by others.

I wanted to tell him that this was karma for how he lived disregarding everyone else around him. Now it was returning to him and he was being disregarded.

Of course even if I told him, he wouldn’t listen.

“Bring some alcohol! Hurry!”

I quickly brought a couple of bottles of alcohol.

“Where is that b.i.t.c.h? Where did she go!”

“I didn’t see her today sir.”

“Hmph! F*cking rat! She is like a f*cking ghost!”

Ma Jung Soo was chugging down the alcohol from the bottle.

I was able to escape the room by telling him that I would bring some appetizers.

She was outside in the corridor. When I went out to get the alcohol I saw her outside.

“Why didn’t you tell him that I was outside?”

“Because… as you can see his condition isn’t too good.”

She had a thankful look in her eyes.

I didn’t need her thanks since she enlightened me on the way to Jae Nam, this was just a repayment for her word.

That night.

Ma Jung Soo who was drunk on alcohol went out for a walk.

The place that he was heading to was the Song Clan Manor. He l.u.s.ted after Song Hwa Rin after he got drunk. Once he started thinking about her his l.u.s.t for her was insatiable. Her beautiful looks wouldn’t leave his head so made up his mind to do something.. He didn’t care about the consequences that might follow his actions.

At this rate, it was guaranteed that he would fail the successor test. Since he couldn’t be the next successor, he was either going to die or live a terrible life.

So he made up his mind to do something that he shouldn’t do. Of course, he made a plan. Even if he was the descendant of the Heavenly Dao Gate, he would still be punished for harming the heir of the Song Clan.

He was going to enter her room wearing a mask. Then he was going to feed her the anesthesia that he always carried. It was made into a fine powder so that all he had to do was sprinkle some on her when she was sleeping.

He revealed the reason why he was going to do this, “This b*tch! I told you I was going to make you regret your words.”

His reason for doing this was because of the grudge that held when he met her on his way to Jae Nam.

“B*tch! Let’s see how things go after tonight!”

As he hastened his pace there someone was on his path.