Chapter 71: Debt

-Swaaaaaaa!

Rain falls from the sky.

It’s a dark evening.

Thunder rumbles from the dark clouds along with the loud sound of a rainstorm.

-Thump!
Thump!
Thump!!

At that moment, the sound of rough knocking on the door echoes.

It was quite noisy at the late hour, but no one dared to come out to complain because a menacing man’s voice was ringing through the hallway.

-Thump!
Thump!
Thump!!

Once again, a fist pounds on the front door.

The men in black suits frowned and shouted loudly towards the woman inside.

“Miss Lamia!
Let’s see your face!
We have something to say!!”

It seemed they were trying to speak as gently as possible, but their voices already reeked of malice.

Lania was huddled in the corner of her room, covered with a blanket, as the rough tones echoed from the front door.

“Ah, sht!
I paid it all off this month, why the hll are they here again!!”

Contrary to the harsh curse words coming from her mouth, her body was trembling.

At first, she thought it was just the dream she always had.

Men in black suits often visited and knocked on her door to demand repayment of her debts.

Still, recently, she had been earning some income from her broadcasts and had been steadily paying off her debts.

But, why on earth would they come now?

“No, no!”

Honestly, she didn’t want to go out.

They always ignored and looked down on her.

Not only that, but they even scanned her body with lecherous eyes.

She didn’t want to associate with those disgusting bastards, who couldn’t even hide their displeasure when talking to her.

“Ah, sh*t.

Well, fine.

So you’re going this far, huh?

Then don’t complain if the door gets smashed, okay?

You explain it to the landlord.”

It seemed the man had no intention of backing down easily and was even trying to resort to forceful measures.

Lania stared at her phone, then spat out a curse mixed with annoyance at the man’s words, and slowly approached the front door to open it.

She would feel sorry for the landlord if the door were to be smashed here.

-Beeeeeep…

“Don’t do that, I’ll open it.”

As the small, cute Lamia revealed herself, slipping out with her snake tail through the opened door, the man in the black suit smirked lecherously and stepped into the room.

Due to his forceful intrusion, Lamia couldn’t even think of overpowering him with force and allowed him into her room.

“Hey, you keep watch.”

“Yes, sir.”

The man gave an order to his subordinate next to him and entered the room alone.

Nothing was more uncomfortable than a stranger entering her personal space.

The man confidently strode in as if it were his own home and plopped down on the sofa in the living room, resting his elbows on the table.

Judging by his behavior, he must be asking for something.

“Haa….
Coffee?
Or tea?”

“Coffee.”

“Leave right after you drink it.”

“After I say what I have to say.”

“Tsk….”

“Haha!
You’re making it obvious how much you hate me.

You sly snake.”

A racist remark popped out, but she endured it.

If she had her way, she would just coil around that b*stard and crush his bones and organs to kill him.

But, if she did such a thing.

‘Then I’ll really be chased by the organization for the rest of my life.’

The opponent was already huge.

She was infinitely insignificant and trivial compared to them.

As society was a world of the survival of the fittest, she must not stand up to them.

At least not while she had debts.

“I paid my quota this month.”

Lania placed the coffee in front of him and spat out the words.

The man picked up the coffee cup, smelled it, and replied.

“I know.”

“Then, why did you come?”

“It’s a separate matter.”

Lania stared at the man taking a sip as if he didn’t care, and let out a deep sigh in disbelief.

“No, but why did you come to my house?

What business do you have?”

“Well, there is.

Something very important to you.”

“Something important to me?”

“Yes, of course.”

He chuckled, then tapped the table lightly with the coffee cup in his hand.

“Come on, sit down.

We need to talk first.”

“I have nothing to say to you.”

Her last remaining resistance.

At this moment, the man frowned, grabbed Lania’s hair, slammed her head on the table, and whispered in her ear.

“You b*tch, why do you make me force you?

Just sit down quietly when I tell you to, huh?”

“Ugh!
Khh..kheueuk!”

Lania frowned in pain and nodded.

The man’s face relaxed and he let go.

Feeling the pain in her scalp, Lania sat down in the opposite seat with slight tears in her eyes.

“What’s the story?”

“Listen carefully.

What if there was a way for you to pay off all your debts at once?”

“What??”

It was absurd.

Pay off the debt all at once?

What on earth was this man trying to say?

“Haha, then let me ask you one thing.

Do you know how much of the remaining debt I have now?”

“About, was it around 1 billion?”

“No!
Why is it inflated again!
I paid it off!!”

“Ah~ that’s the principal.

The interest keeps accumulating, so it’s not easy.

You know our company’s system is f*cked up, right?”

“I!
Never borrowed money from you!!”

“But?
Isn’t it in your name?”

This was none other than the result of the office politics of a female colleague at her old company.

At first, she said she would apologize and asked to have a drink together, then she made her drunk and secretly took out huge private loans while she was unconscious.

Of course, this private loan organization was also in cahoots with that woman, and it was also connected to the woman’s boyfriend, the boss.

It was truly a staged game.

She usually had a prickly personality, but she approached her with sincere eyes and a friendly manner, so she thought she would trust people one last time, and it was also a dark history that she had created in her naive days.

What started as a debt of 500 million had now grown to 1 billion.

She paid and paid and paid, but there was no end.

They relentlessly inflated the debt with interest and bound her, as if they had no intention of letting Lania go.

Until now, she had thought about asking Ddalssong for help several times.

She thought that if she told her, she might be able to help her as before….

‘Since she’s someone I like, I don’t want to cause trouble.’

Moreover, this time she needed a considerable amount of money.

If Seria, who knew more about Ddalssong, had been there, she would have definitely consulted her.

Lania, who had not yet deeply grasped how great Ddalssong was, thought that even she would not be able to defeat those organizations.

And among these.

The influence of the petty and insignificant pride that still remained was not small.

‘I don’t want to be someone who reaches out to others for such things.’

In fact, if someone reached out to her in this way, she would not be happy.

Rather, it would not be strange to seriously consider cutting ties.

If Ddalssong knew the situation she was in now.

‘She would definitely be angry with me, right?’

She was that kind of person.

At the same time, she would comfort her like a foolish fool.

She would solve the worries she had been holding on to until now without a care, and she would surely become her own knight in shining armor.

‘Then, it would be really cool, but.’

Still, she didn’t want to depend on her for such things.

She felt like she would become too pathetic.

More than anything, wasn’t she now indebted to the person she liked?

Of course, she would coolly say that she didn’t have to pay back such small money.

Lania herself would not forget it and would let it rot in her heart.

People sometimes do inefficient things knowing it because of useless pride.

She might be pointed at for being foolish.

But this was her choice.

“Well, fine.

So?
You have a way to pay off my 1 billion at once?”

“I do.

That’s why I came to see you, isn’t it?”

“Let’s hear it.

What is it?”

To the question that had no expectation, the man confidently raised the corners of his mouth and replied.

“If you become my woman, I can pay it off for you.”

It was absurd.

It was possible for a man to like a woman.

But, to pay off 1 billion for a woman?

No matter how she thought about it, it was hard to see this as sane.

“Are you kidding me?”

“Does it look like I’m kidding you, you b*tch?”

“Did you like me?”

“You crazy b*tch, if I didn’t like you, would I come to you directly to get money without making my subordinates do it every time?”

“Ha, unbelievable.”

“Wow, to think you didn’t know until now.

I can’t believe it.”

“So?
Do you have the money to pay it off?”

“Hey, you idiot, would I have said nonsense?

Tsk tsk, here.

Take a look.”

Then he tapped his phone and showed the bank balance on his banking app.

There was over 10 billion won marked there.

The moment Lania’s eyes changed with surprise as she looked at the number, the man smirked as if he was proud and opened his mouth.

“How is it?

Awesome, right?”

“You, what the h*ll did you do?”

“Ah~ well, I started a new business these days.

It’s making quite a bit of money than I thought?”

At this moment, an incident came to Lania’s mind.

It was the human trafficking incident that had been frequently talked about on NewTube and TV media recently.

“You!
Don’t tell me?
Are you doing human trafficking?”

“Wow!
Are you a genius?
How did you know?”

“You idiot!!
Even if you’re a gangster, you can’t do that!!
Don’t you know that the world is talking about it right now?!”

“Hahahaha!!
What?
Are you worried about me?
Ooooh~”

“I’m not worried about you, I’m worried about the people you kidnapped!!
You bad bastard!!
Seriously, you’re not even human.

You make money by selling people?!”

“This is all because of you~~.”

“Don’t blame me for this!
I’m not happy at all!”

“I’m serious, you b*tch?

If it wasn’t for that, do you think I could have earned the money to pay off your debt all at once like this?”

“Shut up, I don’t want to hear anymore.

I have no intention of becoming your girlfriend.

Get out of my house right now.”

She didn’t like it.

She didn’t want to become the girlfriend of a man like this, but not only that, but he was a criminal who committed human trafficking.

How could she stand shoulder to shoulder with such a man?

In the first place, Lania had someone she liked now.

“……..”

At this moment, the man’s expression turned cold.

Seeing his expression, Lania felt chills run down her spine.

At this time, she slowly moved her tail and thought.

-Swish….

The time to kill someone for the first time in her life might have come.