Chapter 29

Yao Jianguo found a name.

All the recent happenings, and bold threats to MinYao were linked directly to the activities of a small group in S City. A very sneaky group, considering their grand name. He looked at the man sitting in front of him, openly posing a challenge. The man had been sent by S City's Shinhwa. A group purely only known by name.

"You are a sniper's target right now. Don't try to kill me." He smiled.

Shinhwa was a foreign organization, mostly an urban legend, and no one had ever claimed to belong to them. They discreetly acted, and were spread out almost everywhere. Honestly, the country's president could be a Shinhwa spy and no one would know, because no one really knew about them. And another urban legend, people accused could be Shinhwa's was 'Azure'. Yao Jianguo knew better than anyone else that wasn't possible, he had practically raised Azure.

"Kim Minseok." A foreign word on his tongue, he looked anguished and growled at the man. "What the hell do you want from MinYao?"

"Ah, don't get me wrong, Mr. Young Master. I don't want anything from you. It is my Leader who is interested in MinYao's 'safe', something about it representing power. Young people like me choose to have fun instead of these stupid... what do you call? Traditions? Symbols?." Kim Minseok arched his eyebrows. His tones were lacking, and showed how hard he was trying not to forget the words.

"It's not like I am carrying the safe around with me." Yao Jianguo sighed. "You must have some other intentions from me, something personal."

"How ingenious! They aren't wrong about you, Mr. Young Master. I do have something to ask for specifically, there is a rare breed of a snake that you possess." He smiled again, as if Yao Jianguo turning stiff was the exact reaction he had been looking for. "You see, some thirty years ago, my father had lent a snake to MinYao, but you didn't take care of it and it died. What a shame, he was such a rare breed. We had given up hope even, that such a species had gone extinct, but MinYao selfishly hides the snake's eggs, now isn't that so rude?"

"I don't know what you are talking about." Yao Jianguo had thought the snake meant Chen Dulan, but he wasn't related to MinYao from thirty years ago. Whatever Kim Minseok wanted, wasn't clear to Yao Jianguo.

"Well, I would target your father directly, but he is a little difficult to get a hold of. I'm very upset that Mr.Young Master doesn't even know about my snake! But no worries, I will find it and snap it's head in half. I'll dig out it's organs."

Yao Jianguo's skin crawled at how playfully he talked about gutting an animal, or maybe a human being, and in the worst scenario, Chen Dulan. An image came up in his head, where Chen Dulan obediently sitting on his knees, and Kim Minseok whispered praises into his ears while cutting open his organs. Yao Jianguo was used to Chen Dulan's obedience, but he didn't want to imagine that obedience for this man. His sixth sense told him that, Chen Dulan was dangerous enough, but in this man's hands, he would turn into something worse, much more horrible.

The Chen Dulan who wants nothing more than peace, must stay away from Kim Minseok. Was that his selfish obsession over the boy? Maybe so, but Yao Jianguo felt panic rise inside him when he could see Chen Dulan under another man's shoe.

"Whatever is with your snake nonsense, if you want a rare snake, then find a breed you like from the black market, MinYao wouldn't mind gifting a pet to you. Just be careful not to get bitten by it, C City's venom can kill within seconds." Yao Jianguo threatened.

"Mr. Young Master... you really are wonderful!" He laughed out loudly. They couldn't kill each other just yet. If Yao Jianguo made a move, he'd be shot in the head by the snipers, or if Kim Minseok did anything stupid, it wasn't easy to leave MinYao's facility just so easily. Their eyes challenged the other. "Hah, the snake I want... can only be given by Mr.Young Master. The prettiest and most dangerous thing you have. More valuable to me that whatever could be in that safe, otherwise....

Shinhwa must declare war against MinYao, it seems."

Strong wind currents started to flow inside the office, documents flew around and glass windows shot open. Kim Minseok walked towards one of the windows and waved goodbye to him before sitting up and jumping off. Yao Jianguo noticed what was to come and immediately ducked behind a sofa, and gunfire rang through the room. There was firing from a helicopter, directly into the facility's main office, a very bold move to make on MinYao. The entire building was alerted.

Kim Minseok flew away smiling after stirring panic in the building.