I Became a Villainous Character with a Limited Lifespan - Episode 115

Episode 115

“……”

Seung-hyun, who opened his eyes not long after collapsing, blinked quietly. What had happened? Slowly recalling the situation right before he collapsed, he sluggishly raised his body.

“Are you alright?”

Seok-hyung, who had returned to the hospital room before Seung-hyun woke up, slowly supported his back. Seung-hyun asked,

“Now that it’s come to this, has it become difficult to be discharged?”

“…No. We’re leaving. Now that the location is known enough for anyone to visit, it’s difficult to stay here any longer.”

He seemed a little angry. As Seung-hyun stared at his face, Seok-hyung frowned slightly and turned his head.

“What did you talk about with Executive Han?”

What did he hear to get so stressed? It was already tiring for Seung-hyun to be with Tae-sung whom he disliked, and then he collapsed. It wasn’t like they could send Tae-sung away so easily. Seok-hyung bit his lip slightly, recalling Tae-sung’s absent-minded face.

“He asked why you went this far.”

“Ha…”

“So I asked him if he knew why Han Seung-hyun disliked him so much.”

At those words, Seok-hyung’s expression froze coldly. What a useless thing to do.

‘It’s something he doesn’t even need to know.’

Seok-hyung also knows why Seung-hyun hates Tae-sung. But there was no need to tell Tae-sung.

He never thought Tae-sung would figure out the reason, but he also never wanted to tell him. Because Seung-hyun thought it was better to die than receive pathetic sympathy or understanding.

Tae-sung also didn’t seem like someone who would think about the reason Seung-hyun disliked him, so he had been living thinking it was unrelated.

“You probably know why.”

“……”

“I thought I would understand even if Han Tae-sung couldn’t, though.”

At Seung-hyun’s calm words, Seok-hyung’s eyebrows twitched. Sympathy, understanding. They were things “Han Seung-hyun” couldn’t leave out among the things he disliked.

“…So, did you tell him the reason?”

“Because it was funny seeing him assert that he knew Han Seung-hyun completely.”

“You shouldn’t have done that.”

Seok-hyung said in a resolute voice. Clear anger was felt in his blunt voice, as always.

“Executive Han has no reason to understand the director. Also, no matter how little Executive Han knows about the director, he would know more than you.”

“……”

“If you had understood, there’s no way you could have said such things in front of none other than Executive Han.”

The same face, the same voice, the same body. Clearly, he was next to a familiar person, but why did it become more painful the longer he stayed by his side? Seok-hyung, who had unknowingly snapped harshly, barely returned to his original self.

“Don’t pretend to care for or understand Director Han without even knowing him. And it’s best to just ignore Executive Han’s words.”

“……”

“Since it won’t be the first or second time he’s startled by such pathetic words.”

A sharp tone that could never come out to the real “Han Seung-hyun”. Seok-hyung frowned, feeling unfamiliar with his own appearance. Is it better not to have conversations after all?

“…We decided to leave after the IV drip is finished. It will be done in about 20 minutes. I’ll leave the clothes here, so change and come out. I’ll be waiting outside.”

Seok-hyung, who didn’t want to talk anymore, left the hospital room leaving Seung-hyun behind. He thought about what to do during the ambiguously empty time, but it was brief, and he decided to go to the car and organize the luggage.

There wasn’t much to touch, but he wanted to spend time doing something. Seok-hyung tried to touch the clean inside of the car for no reason and decided to organize the trunk.

“Wait a moment.”

But the moment he got out of the car and tried to open the trunk, someone’s urgent voice grabbed Seok-hyung. Turning around to face the owner of the voice, Seok-hyung immediately recognized his identity.

It was the first time facing him up close, but it was a man whose face he had seen to the point of being sick through photos and videos.

“You’re Secretary Lee Seok-hyung, right?”

The face that seemed to have run here, panting roughly, was a little thinner than the last photo he saw. But it was nothing compared to Seung-hyun.

The father of the child in Seung-hyun’s belly that Seung-hyun doesn’t know about, and the man who keeps making the Seung-hyun he knows disappear. Ju Jae-young was standing in front of Seok-hyung.

“…I came knowing that Han Seung-hyun is here.”

“……”

“I have something to say. Please let me see him even for a moment. In the car…”

“He’s not here.”

The moment Jae-young was catching his breath and trying to look inside the car, Seok-hyung stopped him. He had no intention whatsoever of letting Seung-hyun and Jae-young meet.

“You’re a step too late. The director has already left.”

Seok-hyung lied without blinking an eye. He couldn’t let this man wander around freely anymore.

If being with this man had even a little positive influence on Seung-hyun, and if it could delay the deterioration of Seung-hyun’s health even a little, he might not have interfered in the two’s desperate relationship.

But the person who made the current Seung-hyun was Jae-young. The person who made the familiar face make unfamiliar expressions, who made him sink into lethargy day by day.

He was someone who wouldn’t be of help even if they were together, someone Seok-hyung didn’t really want to face either. So there was no reason to arrange a meeting between the two.

“…Wait, even once is fine.”

“The director doesn’t want to.”

When he brought up Seung-hyun, Jae-young’s expression hardened. But if he was going to back down easily, he wouldn’t have come all the way here.

“I can’t end this until I see his face and hear what he has to say directly. Please tell him yourself.”

“If you had wanted to do that, you could have met him and talked a long time ago.”

Seok-hyung said with an indifferent face. Seeing him getting thinner with a face full of lingering feelings, he thought Seung-hyun must also have things he wanted to say to this man, but he didn’t want to let them meet.

“There must be a reason why he can’t be reached, right? You can think of that as a kind of answer.”

There was no reason to be kind to this man who was the cause of the Seung-hyun he knew gradually being erased.

“There’s no point in being here like this. The director has already been discharged and went home.”

“……”

“Not to the place you know, but to a place where he can rest without bothersome people.”

It would be right to cut it off without leaving a single lingering feeling. Seok-hyung took a step closer to Jae-young and said,

“He said he wants to rest for a while without getting involved in bothersome things. And you’re clearly at the center of those bothersome things.”

“……”

“You may be under the delusion that you have a special relationship, but the director is not that kind of person.”

“What kind of person is he not?”

“…He’s not the type to act lightly enough to be swayed by an illusory emotion and take actions that won’t benefit him.”

Seok-hyung slowly asserted about Seung-hyun. The director he knew, “Han Seung-hyun,” was never that kind of person. Even if it wasn’t for a very long time, he couldn’t not know it as the one who had seen Seung-hyun from the closest place.

“…No.”

“Don’t be stubborn. It seems you have nothing more to say.”

Seok-hyung turned off the car’s engine and turned away from Jae-young. What if he can’t accept such a thing? Seung-hyun would never meet Jae-young again, and then there would be no more variables.

The moment he was about to return to the hospital room like that, Jae-young’s words grabbed Seok-hyung.

“Han Seung-hyun dislikes being called Director Han.”

“……”

With a face that was a mess without time to manage his expression, Seok-hyung approached Jae-young.

“I don’t know with what confidence you’re saying such things. I’m the one who knows him better than anyone.”

“……”

“Someone like you.”

Seok-hyung was so engulfed in anger that he momentarily forgot Seung-hyun’s teaching that revealing his expression was like showing his hand.

‘How dare he pretend to know about the director.’

“He’s not someone you can recklessly assert about.”

“That’s what I want to say.”

Jae-young didn’t back down despite the hostile atmosphere. A conversation that went awry as if talking about someone else. But neither of them doubted their own thoughts.

“I don’t know who the secretary is talking about, who he’s seeing through Han Seung-hyun.”

“…!”

“Han Seung-hyun is definitely not that kind of person. So…”

“…Please leave.”

Seok-hyung cut off Jae-young’s words before he could even finish. He had to deny it, saying it was nonsense, but he couldn’t easily deny it. It felt like he would get caught up in those words at this rate.

“I already conveyed the director’s opinion. So don’t bother him anymore.”

“Not yet…”

He was about to say the conversation wasn’t over yet, but Seok-hyung moved his feet quickly to the hospital as if running away. He tried to follow, but he was denied entry as Seok-hyung entered the VIP ward, so he had no choice but to turn back.

“Please leave.”

He tried to wait outside thinking Seok-hyung’s words could be a lie, but security personnel who came down to the parking lot, perhaps arranged by Seok-hyung, chased Jae-young out. Having no connection to A Hospital, Jae-young, who had to come out without saying a word, circled the hospital several times waiting for Seok-hyung’s car to come out. But as time passed and the sun set, the car he was waiting for didn’t come out.