Chapter 87 Original Sin

Chapter 87 Original Sin

Chapter 87 Original Sin
Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu.

An Rusong drove past the Yun Bong-gil Memorial Hall, passed another intersection south along the Bundang Line, turned west at the southernmost corner of the Citizens' Forest Park, and after passing the roundabout, slowed down and got off the fork road.

This is a mid-range villa area. It seems a bit old, but the courtyard of each villa is not small. Under the cover of night, clusters of tree shadows peek out from the courtyard, alternating with each other. If you come here during the day, the scenery should be very good.

The fork in the road was a gentle upward slope. An Rushong drove the car up for a while, counting the house numbers on both sides of the road. He didn't park the car until he saw the number "28".

In the darkness of night, there were many cars parked on both sides of the fork in the road. If you looked closely, they were either BMWs or Bentleys, all imported cars. As for Hyundai, hey, it seemed that there was only one, this one, An Rusong.

After getting off the car, An Rushong walked to the door of Villa No. 28. He looked carefully and found that there was neither a calling device nor a doorbell on the sliding door of the villa. It was really a bad review!

However, just as he was looking for the doorbell, the heavy-looking sliding door opened silently and automatically. A young man in a black shirt and black pants flashed out from the door, bowed to him and said, "Is this Mr. An?"

"I am An Rushong," An Rushong returned the greeting and said.

"Please follow me," the young man said, gesturing for him to come in after confirming his identity.

After following the young man into the house, An Rushong discovered that the courtyard inside the villa was indeed very large. Among the swaying shadows of the trees, there was a path leading to the courtyard.

He followed the young man up the corridor and walked all the way to the corridor of the residence. The young man stopped and made a gesture of invitation with one hand towards the corridor of the residence while bowing. It was obvious that he wanted him to pass by himself.

There was a servant in maid uniform on the corridor. When An Rushong walked into the corridor, the servant hurried over and knelt on the ground to help him change his shoes.

An Rushong couldn't help but curse in his heart. Liu Taihe's Liu family could only be considered a third-rate conglomerate family in Korea, but they had already come up with so many particularities. If it was a first-rate chaebol's family, what would it be like?
After changing his shoes, An Rushong was led by the servant directly to the living room on the first floor of the villa.

It was already two o'clock in the morning, but the living room was still brightly lit. On the two milky white sofas in the middle of the living room, Liu Taihe and Jin Kangmin sat opposite each other, leaning over a European-style coffee table between the sofas, looking at some documents.

Seeing An Rushong coming in from outside the door, Liu Taihe waved at him, motioning him to come over, and then continued to lower his head to look at the documents.

It was not until An Rushong came closer that he seemed to suddenly realize something and looked up at An Rushong's face again.

At this moment, Jin Kangmin, who was sitting opposite, happened to raise his head. The moment he saw An Rushong, his eyes suddenly widened. Then, as if he was looking at something rare, his eyes moved back and forth between An Rushong and Liu Taihe's faces. Finally, he burst into laughter.

It's no wonder he laughed. When the two of them faced each other, they looked quite comical. Both of them had bruises on the same cheekbone, but An Rusong's was less swollen, while Liu Taihe's was more severely swollen.

"What's wrong with you?" Liu Taihe's expression was originally very ugly, but after seeing the wound on An Rushong's face, he couldn't help laughing.

"I was beaten by someone," An Rushong shook his head and laughed, while reaching out to touch his face.

"Could it be that he was hit by the car chair?" Jin Kangmin laughed so exaggeratedly that he almost rolled on the sofa.

"Oh, no, I had a conflict with someone when I went to the bar to drink," An Rushong told the truth.

"Do you know who did it? I'll kill him for you!" Liu Taihe glared and said with a ferocious look on his face.

It is estimated that he was not intending to avenge An Rushong, but he was just filled with resentment and had no place to vent it, so he was ready to find someone to vent his anger on.

"The scene was too chaotic," An Rushong lied, "I had no idea who started it. Besides, I was drunk and didn't even know who the other person was."

"What a coincidence," Jin Kangmin joked, "Taehe didn't know who hurt him. As for the murderer, they only found a body and a chair, haha."

After saying this, he burst into laughter again. It was obvious that to him, Liu Taihe's humiliation was a joke that he could talk about with great relish.

Liu Taihe's expression turned ugly again, but he had no way to deal with Jin Kangmin, so he could only suppress his anger and said to An Rusong: "Sit down, Rusong."

An Rusong didn't want to get into trouble at this time, so he sat down on the sofa next to Liu Taihe and asked, "Brother Taihe, why did you ask me to come here so late? Is there any technical problem in the Philippines that is difficult to solve?"

"Indeed, I have a technical problem that I need to talk to you about," Liu Taihe nodded and said, "But it has nothing to do with the Philippines." Having said that, he looked at An Rusong suspiciously and asked, "Have you heard any news from the Philippines?"

This guy is really suspicious enough. He became suspicious just because An Rushong asked this question.

However, An Rusong was as steady as an old dog. After all, the events in the Philippines had nothing to do with him. Therefore, he asked in surprise, "Oh, what's the news in the Philippines?"

"Oh, nothing." Liu Taihe asked the question out of instinct. He quickly shifted his attention and said to An Rusong, "It's like this. The one you mentioned before..."

He seemed to be unable to remember the concept that An Rusong mentioned, so he turned his gaze to Jin Kangmin and said, "What was that?"

"Platform," Jin Kangmin stopped laughing and continued, "It's a platform that can bring together multiple projects on one website."

"Yes, the platform," Liu Taihe said, "We are now preparing to put this platform into operation, but there are still some unclear points in the relevant procedures, so we need your help."

After hearing what he said, An Rushong understood.

It is estimated that during the past period of time, whether it is Jin Kangmin or Liu Taihe, they have already invested their energy in the projects of this platform.

Developing a new program is like this. For example, An Rushong made a karuta website and it seemed very easy for him to do so. However, this ease was not because of his ability, but because he had come into contact with this kind of thing in his previous life and he knew the best solutions to deal with related problems.

But if the same work is given to a programmer without relevant experience, the other party will have to spend more time and energy. When designing a program, if one way is not feasible, you may have to go back and rework the whole thing. Even if it is completed, there will inevitably be bugs, which will have to be debugged and fixed again.

In short, building the platform that An Rushong mentioned is not as simple as Liu Taihe and Jin Kangmin thought.

An Rusong frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Brother Taihe, remember when I was working on this flower card website, I had already talked to Uncle Taian about it. The situation in the Philippines is very complicated. If you want to run a similar gambling website there, it is not difficult to get an official license. The difficult part is how to enter that circle."

"I understand what you mean," Liu Taihe waved his hand, interrupting him and said, "Even if I didn't understand it before, I understand it now. To be honest, Rusong, it's a good thing I didn't arrange for you to go to the Philippines before, otherwise..."

He shook his head and did not continue talking. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "Recently, those shopkeepers have been causing trouble for me. More than 20 people I hired in the Philippines have died."

He pointed at the bruise on his face and said, "See this injury? I didn't get it by hitting my head on the chair. The shopkeepers arranged assassins to come here. Fortunately, I am lucky. Otherwise, we would not have the chance to talk together again."

The "shopkeeper" that Liu Taihe mentioned is a derogatory term used by Koreans to refer to Chinese people, just like the Chinese call Koreans "Bangzi".

"Ah?!" Although he had already heard the news from Han Mi Yan, An Rushong still made a surprised expression.

"In the past few days, I have been trying to negotiate with those shopkeepers. They have a saying that goes, 'Harmony brings wealth.'" Liu Taihe continued, "But those guys are too greedy. No, they just bully people too much. Now, after what happened today, I don't plan to negotiate with them anymore."

Glancing at Jin Kangmin, he said, "I have already reached an agreement with Kangmin. We will work together to operate a platform and compete openly with those shopkeepers. I want to see whether they drive me out of the Philippines or I drive them back to China!"

An Rushong pretended to be worried, but in his heart he was cheering this guy on.

Fight them. The more lively the better. They are all bad guys anyway. It’s like dogs biting each other. It would be best if they were all killed.

"Hey, Brother Taihe, don't be so harsh," Jin Kangmin interrupted with a smile, "My purpose of cooperating with you is not to go against anyone. I just want to make money, not bleed."

"Haha, Kangmin, don't you understand? This is a business of drinking human blood," Liu Taihe said with disdain, "Since you want to come here to make money, don't be disgusted by the smell of blood. If you don't want to get blood on your hands and want to make money cleanly, you should drive a bus."

An Rushong smiled. It seemed that Liu Taihe and himself had already realized that this business that made money quickly was a quagmire. One could indeed fish out gold, lots of gold, but once it was over, no one would be able to get away with it.

But the question is, even if Liu Taihe realized it, could he withdraw? This is impossible. If human greed is so easy to control, how can it be called an original sin?

(End of this chapter)