151 How to Bail Your Brother Out of Trouble (1/2)

Pretty.

She was pretty.

'Pretty, pretty, pretty...'

For as long as he lived, Joo In Guk never felt that his vocabulary was so narrow. But looking at the dainty girl, with her frazzled look and big, watery eyes, he could only think of one word: Pretty.

He thought that she was so pretty that he had completely frozen up when her eyes brushed over him, the brief look sending an electrifying feeling down his spine.

'How can someone be so pretty?' He asked himself. This girl, this Lee Yeo Ri, was the most beautiful person he had ever met, he thought. But then again, Hyuk himself was not bad-looking, so how could his sister be ugly?

It was only when Lee Hyuk had raised his voice and told the girl to go away for the second or third time that Joo In Guk finally snapped out of his daze.

It was only after he observed her for another half-a-minute that he realised, that this girl... she seems kind of young?

Joo In Guk knew that he had always favoured baby-faced female artists, but he was not actually interested in real kids. That was a crime, wasn't it? His heart palpitated nervously. Hopefully, this girl was only young-looking and not actually... young.

”Hmph! I've had enough with this farce! I'll be contacting my husband, and I will make sure this boy pays his dues!” His mother suddenly said, storming off.

”Ah, mom!” In Guk jolted in a hurry, looking as if he wanted to chase after his mother, but somebody had already beaten him to it.

Yeo Ri's face paled at the older woman's words, then she quickly pulled away from Hyuk to run after the woman.

”Yeo Ri!” Hyuk yelled.

”Where are you two going? We're not done here yet.”

In Guk looked between Hyuk and the direction where Yeo Ri had ran to. In the end, he defeatedly went back to his seat and try to finish the report as soon as possible. The thought of his mom chewing off that pretty little girl's head off did not sit well with him.

Hyuk also seemed restless. He begrudgingly complied with the police officer and had his statement taken.

Joo In Guk could tell that despite his violent tendencies, Hyuk really cared about his sister. This further strengthened his thought of taking back the charges. In any case, the ones who wanted to press charges were his parents, not him.

Once he finished his turn, In Guk immediately ran off to find the girl and his mother while Hyuk was stuck with the police officer for a few extra minutes of lecturing.

”Please... Please forgive Hyuk-oppa!” The young girl begged, gripping the older woman's arm tightly.

”Get off! What do you think you're doing, girl?! Let me go!” Mrs. Joo frowned at the girl's desperation. Her intestines felt like they were about to burst from annoyance. The older woman shook her arm strongly, trying to pull away from the girl.

Unknowingly, she had placed too much strength in her arm that the girl was thrown to the floor like a piece of paper. Yeo Ri was not actually that weak or fragile, but she had ran all the way to the police station from home. She was actually quite tired and her legs were shaking from exhaustion. Very easily, she collapsed on the floor the moment Mrs. Joo shook her off.