Chapter 39. Miss Foxy (2) (2/2)

“….You an Invited?”

“Correct answer.”

“Whatever. You should know when to quit if you know what's good for you. You'll regret it when you find out who we are.”

“Maybe. But I don't know who you small fries are. But then….”

Hao Win grinned and let off a thin wisp of air. Just as he placed his head near the man's ear….

There was a loud noise of a table being pushed aside.

Salcido couldn't hold back anymore and shoved the table upwards, using that momentary confusion to break free from Seol's grasp.

“You son of a bitch!”

Salcido succeeded in pulling his hand back, and he shouted out loudly. However….

Slam!!

Seol got to witness the following: the legs of the unsteady table planting back down to the ground, Salcido's face slamming into the table's surface, and a high heel forcing the hapless Cartel man's head into the wooden surface from the back of his head.

“You finished your breakfast yet?”

The voice sounded familiar. Seol confirmed her long legs, as well as the grey H-line business woman's skirt, and raised his head immediately.

And he saw Kim Hannah retracting her leg and placing her hands on her waist.

“Kkeuh…. W, which motherfucker did that….?”

Salcido frowned deeply and lifted his head with much difficulty.

“Oh, you haven't? Wanna eat some more?”

Unfortunately for him, Kim Hannah reached out faster than a streak of lightning and slammed his face down on the plate of food one more time.

Clang!

The impact was great enough for the plate to shatter.

The banquet area soon fell into utter silence as the new entrant to the banquet made her presence known.

The burly guy pressing down on Hyun Sangmin stood there blinking his eyes in shock. The mid-boss Salcido was taken care of in one breath, and two of his older brothers were being held back by Hao Win as well.

The burly man couldn't figure out what was going on, but he also that he shouldn't be standing there doing nothing.

“You crazy bitch!!”

So, the burly man tried to hit Kim Hannah with his fist, but…

Whish! Plonk!

A spinning dagger flew from somewhere and the burly man's fist exploded into a gory mess, instead.

“Uwaaaahk?!”

Salcido's entire body shuddered as he watched the burly man fall to the ground. He managed to move his face to the side and found the woman wearing the business suit pressing his head down to the table. He sucked in his breath after confirming who it was.

“Kim…. Kim Hannah!”

“Hi~. Been a while, no?”

She finally released his head and grinned widely. She walked around the table and sat down next to Seol. She then rested her chin on her hand and leisurely stared at Salcido.

“You're still up to your old tricks, aren't you?”

“What did you say?”

“How brave of you. Just whose Invited were you trying to steal away?”

“….I don’t know what you're talking about.”

Salcido managed to raise his upper torso up, but he was still shuddering noticeably.

“I was only….”

“Ahhh, so you're trying to imply that you've been wronged here unfairly, is that it?”

Kim Hannah snorted briefly and cut short this conversation.

“My bad. Okay, so. It's all sorted now, so go on. Get lost.”

Kim Hannah dismissively waved her hand about. Salcido just stood there and gnashed his teeth while glaring daggers at her.

But what was going on here?

Salcido, who was so full of himself only a minute ago, didn't dare to utter a word of defiance in front of her.

“….I'll be going then.”

“Good idea.”

“But, we'll see each other soon enough. I'm thinking, we'll have a chance to meet again pretty soon.”

Salcido pushed himself up unsteadily to his feet.

Unfortunately for him, Kim Hannah didn't plan to let him off that easily.

“Stop. What did you just say to me?”

Her cold, sharp voice entered his ears, but Salcido ignored her and continued to walk away.

Kim Hannah grinned and beckoned with her finger.

“Shin Hansung?”

“Yes, Noonim.”

“If that fucker doesn't stop in three steps, gift him with a new breathing hole by his temples, okay?”

“Understood.”

A man with curling hair, Shin Hansung replied while spinning a dagger around before taking on an attacking posture. Salcido's steps came to a halt, then.

“You goddamn fox, are you really going to do this?”

“You said it yourself, didn't you? There's no reason to drag this out. Let's just end it here.”

“….”

“Why are you suddenly imitating a mute asshole now? Weren't you planning to go on a war with us?”

Flinch.

Salcido shuddered after receiving her cold, hard stare and lowered his gaze.

“Uhm…. I made a mistake just now. I had no such intentions. I’m sorry.”

“You’re sorry? Since when were you on the same social standing as me? Did you forget your brain somewhere or something?”

“I, I apologize.”

“Still forgetting something, aren’t you?”

“….I apologise, Ma’am.”

“Hng~.” Kim Hannah let out a soft snort and shrugged her shoulders.

“Okay, fine. But, you weren't planning to leave just like that, were you?”

“T, that is….”

“You should take responsibility before leaving, no? Where are you manners? It's because of people like you that the Cartel is saddled with such rotten reputation.”

Kim Hannah's pointed criticism caused Salcido's brows to prick up in anger.

“Better lower your gaze or else.”

Of course, he ended up lowering his head again.

“So, how should we go about fixing this mess…?”

Kim Hannah mumbled to herself before shifting her gaze over to the burly man rolling on the ground, clutching his bleeding stump of an arm. She even pretended to be seriously deliberating on something.

“Okay. You can leave, but not with him. You understand why, don't you?”

“….”

“You did interfere first while mouthing some crap about Neutral Zone this and that. I'm just going to reciprocate that.”

“Bu, but!”

“If you've got a complaint, lodge it to Sinyoung directly, okay?”

As soon as she mentioned 'Sinyoung', Salcido's expression looked as if he just saw the scariest demon in his imagination.

“Sin, Sinyoung?”

“But, of course. I'm here because of Sinyoung's directive, after all. Since we're here now, I might as well fix your uncouth manners, too.”

“I…. I understand, in that case.”

“Hyu, Hyungnim?!”

The burly man's tear and snot-stained face became frozen in shock. Salcido did his best to avoid meeting that painful gaze.

“Fine. All sorted, so you can leave now.”

“H, Hyungnim!”

The burly man called out in desperation, but Salcido hurriedly left the banquet area along with his goons. It was as if he was making a bid for his freedom with his life on the line.

“And then…. You.”

Kim Hannah's next target was Oh Minyoung. When the attention landed on her all of a sudden, Oh Minyoung began retreating several steps.

“Is anyone among you in a contract with her? If you're here, then I want to talk to you.”

When Kim Hannah asked while sweeping her gaze around the crowd, a smart-looking man hurriedly ran up to her side.

“You're the one?”

“Y, yes, ma'am.”

“That woman named Oh Minyoung, I'd like you to leave her to me. I'm sure you have some ideas as to why?”

“Y, yes, ma'am. I got a call this morning.”

The smart-looking man nodded his head repeatedly.

“Is that so? Well, we wouldn't really do something like this, but my company president is very unhappy at the moment, you see?”

“I completely understand. She's his daughter, after all.”

“Very good. I'll explain to her about the cancellation of her contract so you can leave now. As it was promised to you, you will receive a suitable compensation soon.”

“Yes, ma'am. Thank you very much.”

The smart-looking man bowed his waist 90 degrees, before disappearing like the wind from the area.

“Whew~.”

Kim Hannah let off a soft sigh, then locked her arm with Seol's.

“Sorry. Am I a bit late?”

Looking at her wink like that, Seol forgot all about closing his slack jaw.

Sinyoung Pharmaceuticals.

Kim Hannah, the department head.

Those two facts were the only things Seol knew about her until now.

But, after witnessing her sort out the situation in the proverbial blink of an eye, Seol got to figure out just a little bit more about the position Kim Hannah occupied in Lost Paradise.