In the evening, in the market area located in the western part of the city of Seoul, there were numerous noisy pedestrians and vehicles indifferently passing through. Vegetable leaves and dirty water were strewn all over the ground. There was an enormous amount of different fading store signboards, and occasionally there would be some single-colored neon lights lit up. There were workers returning home, children that finished school, elderly buying groceries, and the many different travel-worn passersby, causing the gray dusty sky to seem more and more depressing.
Perhaps within a metropolitan city like this, such an area was the stain that people looked down upon the most, an area they wished never existed.
By a wall next to an intersection, was a man who was leisurely and contentedly doing what others viewed as shameful.
This was a young man covered in oil and grime, selling lamb skewers. He was sporting a white vest, black-colored pants, and a pair of stiff blue plastic slippers.
The young man’s hair was messy, but had a rather mature and handsome face with a cute rabbit-like smile, if one took a closer look, one would notice this was a man with backbone. It’s a pity that no matter how he looked, the ladies walking along the street wouldn’t even pay him a glance, because, he was just a lamb skewers seller.
The young man placed the lamb skewers he just cooked to the side. With the hot weather, grilling was easy but selling was hard. 1000 won for two skewers was considered cheap, but after a whole day, he only earned a little over 10000 won, barely enough to have 2 meals.
However, the young man didn’t seem to be dejected by this, he instead had a relaxed and satisfied expression. He sat down on his stool, looking towards the crowded street as if such a view was the prettiest scenery.
“Old Lee, it’s about time you paid for what you agreed upon 2 days ago!” A high-pitched male voice suddenly appeared from the side.
The 4 approaching males didn’t look above 20 and were dressed like gangsters, with upright hair, silver chains, ripped jeans, scraggy faces, and a cigarette in their mouths.
OId Lee was a peddler selling deep-fried snacks right beside the young man. Similarly, due to the hot weather, he didn’t have much business and was in his seat with a worried expression.
“This…….” Old Lee showed a bitter face, “Sir, please be patient. With this hot weather, how am I able to pay without any business……”
“Listen here Old Lee, don’t take a yard after being given an inch. If it wasn’t for big bro Song protecting you, this stall of yours would’ve been wrecked long ago.” A henchman said in a threatening, yet flattering way.
The hooligan called big bro Song seemed extremely pleased, he patted his henchman, and said, “Today’s protection fee, you can choose to pay or you can choose not to pay. I must get the money either way. Otherwise, I will wreck your stall now!” with that said, he picked up a skewer of sausage, took only two big bites and threw the remainder on the ground.
Old Lee was stuck without a way out and tightly gripped the small stack of notes in his pocket, considering whether or not to spend it like that. The money was meant for his wife to see a doctor, how could he bear to use it as a “present” for these rascals!?
“I’ll pay for him.” The man from the lamb skewers stall suddenly walked over and fished out a few notes from his pocket, not even amounting to 20000 dollars. He handed it over and indifferently said: “This is all I have, Old Lee is getting on in old years and urgently needs money, you guys should accumulate some good karma.”
The little hoodlum squinted his eyes and laughed, then took the notes and passed them to his henchman behind, “Jeon Jungkook, you want to pretend to be a good person, but you haven’t paid your own protection fee!”
Jeon Jungkook creased his eyebrows, lamenting in his heart about why these fellas were not properly behaving as their age. Why be a hoodlum, but as he wasn’t their father, it wasn’t his position to say anything. He also didn’t want to stir up trouble, so he dully said: “Tomorrow, I will pay tomorrow.”
“Good, I’m not an unsympathetic person, everybody should cooperate. I protect your businesses and you pay me money as a matter of fact…… I will come tomorrow to collect then.” After speaking, the little hoodlum and his two henchmen strutted toward other stalls, bringing them grief.
The eyes of Old Lee had already reddened, he bitterly looked towards Jeon Jungkook, and addressed him by his nickname “Jeon-ha, why do you trouble yourself? You are always helping me pay those thugs, how can I let this go on….”
“Old Lee, don’t say such a thing. When I just arrived and wasn’t used to life here, I probably wouldn’t even have a friend to talk to, if it wasn’t for you. You are my benefactor, and this is my way of repaying you.”
“You kid….. What should I say to you…..” Old Lee seemed to understand that he couldn’t convince Jeon Jungkook and could only sigh.
Jeon Jungkook didn’t mind and laughed, it was a dull yet sincere laugh. As if the extortion earlier didn’t affect his mood, “By the way, how is your wife’s illness?”
Old Lee’s eyes were filled with gratitude, “It’s all thanks to you for giving me the money to have an operation for my wife. Right now she only needs to go for a few more check-ups, take some medicine, and then she’ll be fine.”
“Oh, that’s great! I wish her an early recovery.” Jeon Jungkook satisfyingly nodded.
Old Lee gave a bitter laugh, “Jeon-ha, the money you lent me will definitely be returned, if I’m unable to return everything before I die, my daughter will carry on the debt…… Alas, if it wasn’t for me, that 100,000 won of yours can definitely be used to open a nice shop. You wouldn’t need to come here and sell lamb skewers, and wouldn’t need to endure those hoodlum’s torment.”
Jeon Jungkook curled his lips, “I somewhat enjoy such a way of life, selling lamb skewers isn’t bad, it is simple yet able to provide enough for meals.”
“You are too……” Old Lee was a little depressed as he said, “Jeon-ha, you are only 25 or 26 years old, other youngsters of your age are either studying in university or diligently trying to build a career. Right now you don’t even have a girlfriend, are you planning to sell lamb skewers forever? You aren’t worried maybe, but I feel worried as I watch you.”
Seeing Old Lee genuinely express worry for himself, Jeon Jungkook unconsciously revealed a slightly bitter expression, it’s not that he was not worried, he just did not want to think about it at all.
After the night fell, Jeon Jungkook tidied his stall and pushed the cart back to the crappy apartment he rented.
This was a small apartment that has been around for who knows how many years. The rent for each month was only 1000 won. It’s only because nobody wanted to live here that it was this cheap. Unlike other people who worried about the house falling apart, Jeon Jungkook decided to move at the moment he saw how cheap it was.
Jeon Jungkook’s house had very simple furnishing, it was mostly second-hand goods others dumped away. There was a bed, a cabinet, a chair, and a TV that could only watch some basic news channels.
After pushing the small cart into his small house, Jeon Jungkook gazed upon the calendar hanging on the wall. He checked the date, suddenly remembered something, and promptly ran to the toilet.
In less than 5 minutes, he took a cold shower and got out of the bathroom. His skin was a healthy fair color, and he has a well-proportioned body that could perceive a reserved feeling of masculinity.
Walking towards the cabinet beside the bed, Jeon Jungkook scratched his head in distress while looking at the pile of disorderly clothes. He picked out a few and finally put on a yellow full-sleeved shirt, and a pair of dark-colored linen pants, and wore a plastic black boot.
After leaving his house, Jeon Jungkook hurried towards Seoul’s most prosperous street, which was also the most respectable street, named “Nightlife Street of Hongdae”.
The nightlife of feasting and pleasure-seeking was all around, there were colorful skirts and all sorts of different perfumes. The moment one entered the Nightlife Street of Hongdae, Seoul’s original atmosphere swept through.
Jeon Jungkook didn’t openly stare like some undisguised and unscrupulous young men, and also didn’t secretly peep at the thighs of beautiful ladies on the street that the others were drooling at.
The bar’s neon-lit signboard wasn’t considered dazzling, the bar that could only be considered mid-sized contained a mysterious air, and brilliantly colored rose-shaped lights were decorated on the signboard.
Soon after walking into this bar, Jeon Jungkook understood that he might come to the right place where nobody will disturb him.
The small bar’s misty lights were vague yet dreamlike. All around; at the counter, in the corners, and even in the middle of the hall, there were couples with arms over each other’s shoulders, embracing and hugging, the young men and women intermingled freely. Unrestrained and charming laughter continuously arose.
Jeon Jungkook only got a few steps in when a lady in heavy makeup and gaudy clothing approached him, her upper body was covered with only a rose-colored bra, while her lower body was a black leather miniskirt. Holding an amber-colored liquor in her hand, she staggered and plastered herself onto him.
“Handsome, will you treat me to a drink?” The woman’s voice was very coy, enough to make any man nauseated.
The woman purposefully trembled her whole body and hugged him immediately, then gurgled with laughter, “Handsome you’re so gorgeous, your face seduced me from the moment we met, I'm head over heels for you now, how are you going to compensate me……” With one hand pressing herself even closer, a pair of shining white arms already hooked onto Jeon Jungkook’s neck.
Jeon Jungkook now had a nefarious smile plastered on his face, he had not much interest in a woman like that, she seemed too easy. Jeon Jungkook pushed the woman away from his body, “I have no interest in a drunk sow who only thinks of mating.”
Apparently, some parts of her brain were still sober, because when the woman heard “sow”, her blood immediately started boiling, and she fiercely smashed the glass of liquor onto the ground. “Stinky brat, you must be tired of living! You wait!” Done speaking, she angrily walked towards a pile of people at the corner of the bar.
Jeon Jungkook suddenly had a nefarious desire enter his heart, it’s been a long time since he had come to this kind of place, and dealt with this sort of people. It seemed like today he could rely on the effect of alcohol to relieve his pent-up stress.
After going to the bar counter to ask for a shot of vodka, a scorching heat began boiling inside Jeon Jungkook, while his eyes revealed peculiar excitement.
There was no way of knowing how that gorgeously dressed woman managed to call in 8 men, all of them were well-built and had the fierceness of a tiger. The moment Jeon Jungkook finished his shot, they surrounded him.
The woman hugged the thick and solid arm of the large bald man who stood at the front, she pointed at Jeon Jungkook and sharply called out, “Oppa! It was this * who treated me badly, help me beat him to death!”
The large man took a look at Jeon Jungkook’s slim physique and revealed a gaze of disdain. He then signaled two of his subordinates to make a move to teach Jeon Jungkook a lesson.
The two men maliciously smiled as they moved forward, they didn’t intend to waste words with Jeon Jungkook, and directly swung a sandbag-sized fist.
Jeon Jungkook didn’t even bother looking, with a calm expression as if nothing had happened, he lifted both of his hands at the perfect timing and his palms collided with the two men’s fists……
“OWW!!!”
The two big men screamed at the same time and fell to the ground, then unceasingly rolled about while holding onto their own hands.
This scene that took place in the bar seemed both strange and abrupt. Although fights and brawls often happen in this bar, never before has this baldy’s group eaten a loss. Unable to resist, many people looked towards Jeon Jungkook with curiosity.
The baldy saw that things weren’t going as planned, and he couldn’t help but frown. He cast a suspicious glance at Jeon Jungkook, then crouched down and picked up the arm of his hurt subordinate. It was no big deal if he didn’t see the arm, but after he did, his forehead immediately had cold sweat streaming down……
The other subordinates who stood behind saw their own men being hit and began raining curses, but before they moved up to attack, they were held back by the baldy who blocked them with his arms.
Without so much as an explanation, baldy bowed to Jeon Jungkook after standing up, “Hyung is a great man with great magnanimity, this time us dongsaengs have offended you, if there’s anything Hyung needs from us in the future, please don’t hesitate to call out to us, hope to see you again!”
With that said, baldy had his confused brothers carry the two men wailing in pain out of the bar.
That woman felt that things were inconceivable, as they left the bar, she was still hooting about why he didn’t help to vent her anger.
Baldy glared at the woman, then said to his little brothers who were also bewildered, “Earlier, that person broke Fifth and Sixth brothers’ arms with his palms, do you guys think you can beat him?”
Those few guys immediately regained their cool, the two light-looking palms earlier actually had that much strength, if he wasn’t an expert then who was he? Immediately, some of them began flattering the baldy, saying things like the boss had great foresight.
However, the baldy didn’t pay attention to their flattering, he instead turned his head towards the bar, while deep in thought. It was unknown what went through his mind.
Meanwhile, Jeon Jungkook who was still in the bar was unaffected. Seeing baldy and the others leave, the space at the corner of the bar was open, so he unhurriedly walked over, intending to carefully search for a place to take some rest.
Because Jeon Jungkook defeated baldy and his gang so easily, a sense of fear arose in the men and women present in the bar. Occasionally, several hot chicks would send coquettish gazes at Jeon Jungkook, but were ignored, and could only give up seducing him.
Right as Jeon Jungkook was about to sit on the sofa, he realized that at a booth in the corner, there was a person lying down, and it was even a young lady.
With a mere glance, Jeon Jungkook’s gaze became heated……
Under the dim light, the soft jet-black hair hung from the sofa down onto the carpet, a white one-piece dress wrapped over the beautiful curves, which were like soft and beautiful waves.
After moving closer, Jeon Jungkook could smell an alluring body scent that brought with it a mix of jasmine and alcohol.
The woman seemed to be very drunk. Her fair hand held onto a wine glass, yet her body weakly leaned against the sofa lightly and shifted about from time to time. That well-rounded butt of hers formed a captivating curvy line.
Jeon Jungkook walked up to her supported the woman up, and shifted away the messy hair covering her face, revealing a drunk and flushed pretty face.
What made Jeon Jungkook astonished was, this woman’s looks were actually prettier than other girls whom he met earlier. Whether it was that beautifully sculpted face, or the cool elegance and allure of being drunk, either was enough to make any man lose himself.
However, the gorgeous beauty of this level also made Jeon Jungkook feel perplexed. How could this kind of woman be a prostitute? But if she’s not a prostitute, why would she drink with those people in a private booth till she’s dead drunk?
The woman seemed to have been drunk, and without waiting for Jeon Jungkook to ponder further, she casually grabbed hold of Jeon Jungkook’s shirt collar, then her tender and beautiful lips which were like fresh flowers came kissing.
But because she was unable to find the target, the woman’s kiss only landed on Jeon Jungkook’s cheek, then slid away.
Jeon Jungkook was stimulated by that ice-cold yet soft contact on his face to the point where he felt like he was burning all over. Seeing this beautiful and delicate lady’s limpid expression, with a captivating appearance that anybody would want to take ownership of, he then thought. He himself wanted to indulge for a night, why think so much? Embracing the soft and delicate body with force, he fiercely kissed onto the woman’s fragrant lips.
“Uuh……”
The woman let out a low moan, seemingly bitter about Jeon Jungkook's barbarousness, yet seemingly joyful about having her tongue being wrapped around.
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