Chapter 36 - 35. Invisible Line
Hajin watched his master fondly. Due to her upbringing, Sarah always ate neatly, politely, properly--no matter what kind of food it was. Those habits, however, vanished when she was annoyed.
Those puffed cheeks filled with food were truly adorable. It was worth the stinky gaze and the cute hissing.
Ah...Hajin understood then why boys liked to tease girls they liked. He chuckled and stirred his sweet morning latte while asking lightly. "Are you cranky because we haven’t found anything?"
"No," Sarah sighed despite her answer. "Well, I don’t expect us to find it in a day, anyway. That book is thick and they are so bad at organizing."
"True," Hajin clicked his tongue while glancing at the locked drawer where they put the ledger and the hard disk in. "It’s horrifying how they can survive for five years. At least we can find all kinds of dirt on unexpected people, though."
Just like any crooks, while saying they would pretend to know nothing in front of the client, they wrote in detail what dirty deeds were ordered from them. It was a way of survival, knowing they could use those receipts if their position was compromised.
And now, that information fell into their hands. They hadn’t finished checking, but they already had dirt on several politicians, celebrities, and businessmen. But since the group itself was only a mid-tier gangster, the names weren’t anything big, much less tycoons.
"I’m not sure it’ll be useful for us," Sarah twisted her lips.
"Maybe not now, but..."
"We never know," Sarah nodded and smiled. Information was still information, and...who knows? Perhaps one of those turned out to be the breadcrumb she was looking for. "Well, we have time. And the more we spent in this room, the better for the act."
The corner of the grey eyes twitched. "Act..."