“Welcome. It seems like things went well?” Kim Tae-Jin asked Kang Chan.

“Yes. Thank you for taking on the role of protecting my parents. I came here to tell you to withdraw the employees starting today.”

“Since you’re back now, I’ll do that. The National Intelligence Service is going to keep guarding them, right?”

“I wasn’t told that they were going to stop, so yes.”

Kang Chan hesitated for a moment, but he decided not to tell Kim Tae-Jin about what had happened to Kim Hyung-Jung. It was not the kind of topic that others could discuss without the person in question bringing it up.

“How should I pay you?” Kang Chan asked.

“If you’re going to say something like that, I’m never going to see you ever again.”

“Come on, don’t be like this!”

As Kim Tae-Jin frowned, an employee brought over tea.

“That aside, why hasn’t Kim Hyung-Jung contacted me? Has he contacted you, at least?” Kim Tae-Jin asked.

“He hasn’t.”

Kang Chan felt a prick in his conscience, but Kim Hyung-Jung actually hadn’t contacted him either.

He spent about thirty minutes with Kim Tae-Jin, then...