The Law of Webnovels

Chapter 259: Chapter 259

Yi Ruda waited patiently, holding the phone. He couldn’t hear any following words, but through the noise over the phone that had a good sound quality, he was able to roughly estimate the overall situation.

They would track the vehicle through the license plate, and at the same time, focus on finding out if Choi Yuri or the people around her recently rented a car. Still…

Yi Ruda grimaced.

The vehicle used in the abduction would have definitely taken a remote highway. Thus, they should check the highway surveillance camera; however, it would still take time for the analysis. How long would it take for them to crack it then?

Yi Ruda knew the shortcut.

His mother, Yi Jenny, said that whoever had the most information always won.

She then flung a question with a kind voice.

“Then, how do we get the information?”

‘At that time, did I answer back or not?’ he questioned himself.

Maybe not. Instead, he might have raised his head and replied sulkily, ‘I don’t know.’ Yi Ruda, around that time, was so fed up with the successor training; however, Yi Jenny didn’t lose her smile. She just responded with a relaxed grin.

“Simple. Plant a mole everywhere in the world. They can be your eyes and ears.”

‘You’ll be the only one who would think that that is simple,’ thought Yi Ruda.

What he loathed the most about his mother were her cold eyes that didn’t allow him even the smallest pieces of secrets since he was a child.

That woman, Yi Jenny, couldn’t stand the fact that she didn’t know everything about her son even from head to toe. Yi Ruda, therefore, wasn’t even able to make a shared secret that any adolescent child could have.

Yi Jenny then spoke with a smile to Yi Ruda, who was kneeling on the ground with a pale face.

“So, don’t even think about running away.”

‘No matter where you are, I can always find you.”

“––Gosh!”

Suddenly being awakened from his thoughts, Yi Ruda hit his chest and gasped for breath.

He murmured, “That woman isn’t here anymore.”

That was why he ran away from her. For the last two years, he had been quite a good fugitive.

Yi Ruda couldn’t understand why he suddenly recalled the conversation he had had with her. No, that wasn’t true. He actually could perceive the intended meaning of why he did that.

Furrowing his eyebrows, Yi Ruda spoke in a low voice.

“She said that she can find me no matter where I am…”

What about Ham Donnie then?

It was still noisy over the phone. The people there said that they would also let him know if there was any progress; however, they told him nothing yet, maybe because things didn’t work out well.

Yi Ruda bit his lips. Most of the security teams and members would have been stranded at Hanwool Group’s anniversary party, which overlapped with the return of Yoo Gun and Yoo Shin brothers.

Yi Ruda glanced over his phone. Every second went by nervously.

He, at last, picked up his phone; however, Yi Ruda was thinking hard even until the moment he typed the keyboard.

“Shit, how… how hard did I try to run away from that place…” he murmured.

The nightmarish days in the mansion flitted through his mind. It took time for him to decide not to bear the weight of being the successor, but there was also considerable difficulty in persuading his father, Ian. How could Yi Ruda return to the mansion again to that end? Ian would think that he had gone crazy.

Would Ian help him re-escape that place again?

Without his assistance, the second escape would be impossible. Perhaps, Yi Ruda would not be able to find his way out of that mansion even with his father’s help.

No.

Yi Ruda shut his eyes tight. The thing he didn’t know until he came here flashed before his eyes.

The excessively noisy yet friendly classroom that he considered too loud at first…

Wondering if this was the average vibe in Korean schools, he followed the kids to get along with them as naturally as he could; however, the first Korean whom Yi Ruda imitated on all occasions was, none other than, Yoon Jung In.

He later discovered that Yoon Jung In wasn’t the standard Korean character, but instead, belonged to the very talkative side. He, however, couldn’t stop acting once he already started doing it.

Since when did Yi Ruda begin to feel comfortable while wearing that unfamiliar mask? Before he knew it, he would find himself laughing so naturally in public at some point.

Over the phone, which Yi Ruda was grabbing tight, loud noises were still coming out.

He asked himself, ‘Can I really give everything up? All the things I’ve worked on for so long? Will I be able to back down from my current life and return to that dungeon-like mansion?’

“No, never again,” he murmured.

He then ended the call thereafter and pressed another number. Scowling hopelessly at his cell that just began to beep, Yi Ruda slowly closed his eyes and brought the phone next to his ear.

If someone asked him whether he would regret this moment or not, Yi Ruda would, of course, just say that he felt very disappointed with his decision.

However, he had to admit eventually that every delightful moment he had gone through ever since he came here would lose its meaning when Ham Donnie was gone.

Yi Ruda, at last, detached his lips. Ironically feeling unburdened in deep despair, he carefully opened his mouth.

“It’s me… mother.”

He struggled to move his lips to barely drop the word, ‘mother.’ Her reaction was not as good as he expected.

“Mother? I don’t have a son.”

“…”

“My son gave up everything and left the house, saying he was sick and tired of me and this place. So, I thought he was dead.”

“Ha…”

Yi Ruda let out a giggle in a subdued tone.

Her heart was, indeed, ice-cold and rock-hard that it wouldn’t be moved just by hearing the word ‘mother.’ Even a dagger wouldn’t leave a scratch on it.

Returning to his usual voice, Yi Ruda replied leisurely.

“Cool, there isn’t much between us to talk about, is it? It’s just all about doing business and getting what we want from each other.”

“You said there is nothing you want from me at all. That was two years ago, wasn’t it?”

“I’m not trying to get something from you.”

“Then?”

Yi Ruda stuck his tongue out to lick his lips then slowly detached them again.

“I have a new thing that I got from here, which I like very much, but someone stole it from me.”

“Hmm…”

The voice coming over the phone was loaded with a deep interest.

Yi Jenny asked back.

“So?”

“Help me to get it back. You’re an expert at finding things.”

“Is it a person?”

“Yes.”

“The new ‘thing’ you got before I even knew about it was none other than a ‘person…'”

Yi Ruda tried to downplay her after hearing her utter some words that showed a lot of interest in what he was looking for right now.

Whether Yi Jenny became interested in Ham Donnie or not was something that he would try to deal with later. For now, securing Ham Donnie’s safety was the most important thing to do.

Since he grew up in such an extraordinary environment, all kinds of bloody imaginations were running around in Yi Ruda’s head.

That was when he opened and closed his sweaty hand. Yi Jenny flung a question.

“You said that we’re doing ‘business,’ huh? But what can you give me as a runaway boy now? I guess you got nothing.”

That was the question Yi Ruda had been waiting for the most. He, therefore, could recover his composure and smile instead of feeling perplexed.

“Nothing? I don’t think so. I know something that you’ve wanted the most,” he replied.

“…”

Yi Jenny seldom remained silent.

As if it was the outcome that he barely earned from hard labor, Yi Ruda enjoyed this silence. He then blurted out a word.

“Me.”

“…”

“Bring me back to you. My runaway phase is over.”

Yi Jenny still didn’t respond. Yi Ruda then got up and answered back.