funbook-pk Chapter 74 The Fish Took the Bait
Chapter 74 The Fish Took the Bait
Li Zhengyi turned around after he finished speaking.
He didn't leave after filling the cup; was he really going to have him debate with all the scholars?
And the moment he said, "The day I come back, you won't even have a chance to play the family card," a huge roar erupted from the audience.
Various insults and sarcastic remarks followed.
Kim Soo-ho and Kim Ji-soo followed him, one on his left and one on his right.
Kim Soo-ho even turned around and gave the group of people who were spewing foul language a universally recognized hand gesture.
Then he quickly caught up, put his arm around Li Zhengyi's shoulder, and muttered, "What you just said was so cringeworthy."
"Could you please tell me in advance next time so I can record it?"
The sound faded into the distance.
Kim Jisoo took Lee Jung-il's arm from the other side without saying a word.
As soon as he left the cemetery, Kim Soo-ho's phone rang.
He glanced at the caller ID and handed it to Kim Jisoo.
Kim Ji-soo took the phone and heard her mother's voice on the other end.
"Kim Jisoo! You come back here! In front of so many elders, you ran off with that good-for-nothing? Are you crazy? Where do you think your father's face is going to be? Do you even want your living expenses anymore...?"
Kim Jisoo moved her phone a little further away and then pressed the hang-up button.
She looked up at Li Zhengyi.
Li Zhengyi was also looking at her.
Kim Jisoo handed the phone back to Kim Soo-ho, and said with a crooked mouth.
"My mom hung it herself."
Kim Soo-ho raised an eyebrow, wanting to say, "I clearly saw you hang it up," but Kim Ji-soo's heel had already stepped on his instep with considerable force.
Kim Soo-ho winced in pain, stepped back, and patted Kim Ji-soo on the back of the head.
"You brat, I won't bother with you here, but I'll step on your new shoes next time."
Kim Soo-ho withdrew his hand, put it in his pocket, and suddenly became serious.
"I'll figure out a way to deal with your parents. Anyway, in our family's eyes, I'm already hopeless, so adding another crime wouldn't be too much."
Kim Ji-soo looked at her cousin, wanting to say thank you, but then felt that it would be too cheesy to say it, so she just nodded vigorously in the end.
Kim Soo-ho turned around and walked back, but after taking two steps, he turned back and shouted in Lee Jung-il's direction.
"Hey! Does what you said about changing your surname to Jin still count? I'm going home to look up the family genealogy!"
Lee Jung-il didn't turn around. Kim Soo-ho chuckled, waved, and left.
Snow finally began to fall from the sky.
Very fine, scattered snowflakes fell on Kim Ji-soo's hair, on Lee Jung-il's shoulder, and on the cemetery gate that was receding into the distance behind them.
The faint strains of funeral music drifted from the farewell hall, torn into fragments by the wind.
Under the greyish-white sky, two figures grew smaller and smaller as one linked arm with the other and walked into the snow.
The funeral music was still playing in the farewell hall.
Li Zhengyi listened to that piece of music for a few minutes, and the melody was already etched into his mind.
Piano and strings, slow tempo, so emotional it can raise your blood sugar.
He guessed that Li Chenghao had chosen the playlist, as his older brother was always good at putting on a show in this regard.
But now he can no longer hear funeral music.
He led Kim Ji-soo to the path leading to the side gate of the cemetery.
Ding Wulang's bread cart is parked here.
There was also a small truck next to it, which was Lee Woo-bin's secret weapon.
"Oppa, aren't you leaving?"
When Kim Ji-soo saw Lee Jung-il stop, she asked him a question.
Lee Jung-il placed his hands on Kim Ji-soo's shoulders.
"I'm taking a taxi home; I have things to do."
"No, I want to be with Oppa."
"obedient."
Seeing that Lee Jung-il was very serious and didn't seem to be just going through the motions, Kim Ji-soo asked him a question.
Will I ever see Oppa again?
Li Zhengyi thought about it.
This brat has fallen out with her family for her own sake; she'll probably be in a difficult situation for a while.
For example, cutting off living expenses.
As a trainee striving for debut, the expenses are considerable, yet there is no income yet.
"Okay, you can go back now. I'll contact you tomorrow."
"Pinky promise, it's a deal."
Li Zhengyi and she made a pinky promise.
It's a deal.
Kim Jisoo immediately stopped crying and started laughing.
"Then I'll head back now."
She turned and left, turning back every few steps, tears streaming down her face as she forced a smile.
After confirming that Kim Jisoo had left his sight, the door of the bread truck next to him opened, and Lee Jung-il went inside.
Lee Woo-bin joked, "That girl must be from the Kim family, right? I saw her as a little girl last time, and she's grown up so much. She's quite pretty. Have you already eaten?"
Li Zhengyi ignored it.
Lee Woo-bin pursed his lips, realizing he'd made a fool of himself.
Ding Wulang handed over the wireless earphones, and Li Zhengyi put them in his ears.
In front of him were three monitoring screens laid out by Ding Wulang.
The area on the left is Lee Woo-bin's living room.
The middle section is the passageway from the main entrance of the cemetery to the farewell hall.
Several men in black suits were whispering amongst themselves, seemingly discussing what had gotten into the third young master who had just been kicked out.
The image on the right shows the auditorium.
Ding Wulang and Li Yubin witnessed everything that just happened in the auditorium live.
Li Zhengyi leaned back in his chair, his fingers tapping lightly on his knees.
He is waiting.
Waiting for a signal.
He performed the entire scene in the farewell hall from beginning to end.
Mourning, inducing, being removed from the list, being dragged away.
Everything that needed to be said has been said, and all the traps that needed to be laid have been laid.
In front of everyone, he repeatedly mentioned "the evidence from two years ago," "the secret his second brother told him before he died," and "the person who handed him the wine," each sentence intended for Li Chenghao's ears.
If the eldest brother has nothing to hide, these words will go in one ear and out the other.
If the older brother has something to hide, these words are like a sudden "North Korean missile launch" alarm sounded by the Blue House. You don't know where it exploded, but you know it's coming in your direction.
Now we'll see if the older brother really goes and raids Lee Woo-bin's house.
"He moved."
Ding Wulang's voice came from the side.
Li Zhengyi immediately looked at the screen on the right.
Li Chenghao is no longer at the scene.
"Maybe he just went to the restroom," Lee Woo-bin joked from the side.
However, no one here appreciated his sense of humor.
Time ticked by, second by second.
After half an hour,
On the left side of the screen, the door to Lee Woo-bin's living room is open.
Li Chenghao walked in, followed by two bodyguards in black suits.
Sure enough it was him.
Li Zhengyi felt somewhat uncomfortable.
He would rather it had been an outsider who framed him back then, rather than his family.
However, the scene before him forced him to believe that there was a 99% chance that the person who framed him back then was Li Chenghao.
Why?
Why did he do that?
Even if it comes to a dispute over the inheritance, he has the first right of inheritance.
Even if she's an opponent, she's still the eldest sister, Lee Ji-hye.
"I told you it was him, now you believe me, right?"
Lee Woo-bin was very pleased.
This is the conclusion he reached after more than two years of observation.
Everyone said he was the most useless child in the Li family, but now look, who is the smart one?
Li Zhengyi had to admit that there are wise men and fools alike...
His eyes were fixed on the screen.
Lee Sung-ho's walking posture was completely different from that at the funeral.
At the funeral, he was a dignified and composed first heir to the group, handling the situation with perfect propriety.
Here he seemed to be rushing to catch the last train, his steps hurried, his tie half-loosened, hanging down his chest and swaying back and forth.
The fish has taken the bait.
The third phase of the operation has begun.