As he said so, everyone's gaze landed on Lisa.
Lisa wore a mature-looking dark blue coat. Her hair dropped down to her shoulders, and she looked like a Korean socialite.
Compared to Nancy's big floral dress, she truly looked more low-key luxurious...
"The board of directors was formed so that everyone could discuss major matters and make decisions together... But in the end, we all want what's best for the company. Since we've uncovered corruption, of course, we need to investigate this thoroughly, and hold whoever?behind this accountable."
Just as Lisa finished speaking, the other members of the board of directors nodded in agreement.
"Miss Lisa is right, we all feel the same way."
"Very well... if that's the case, then I really do think that we should do a thorough investigation. What you do think... Dad?"
Sehuj looked at Mr. Oh again after he spoke.
"Yes, since everyone feels the same way, then we should investigate this, and discuss it after we've found the cause."
Mr. Oh thought that this was only the beginning since the investigation would take several days.
However, to his surprise, Sehun didn't plan on ending the meeting. He turned around and spoke to his female secretary, "Give everyone the second set of documents."
"Yes, President Oh."
The female secretary stood up, and once again, passed around the documents in her hands to all of the board of directors.
Upon receiving it, Lisa quickly it read through, her expression remaining as calm as ever.
She knew that it was only a matter of time before Sehun completely ruined Hyunjae.
Of course, both Sooyoung and Mr. Oh's expressions changed after they read the second set of documents.
"This... Sehun, is this some mistake?"
"Yeah... Hyunjae would never do anything like this. Somebody must've set him up," Sooyoung hurriedly made excuses for her son.
"Haha... calm down, let me finish... when I was investigating in this matter, I thought from all angles, and therefore will not suspect anyone only based on one or two pieces of evidence. The truth is, Hyunjae didn't take four hundred million, he only took a portion of that money."
After Sehun spoke, he opened up the second set of documents before him, and read, "Two weeks ago, Mr. Oh Hyunjae bought a white jade Bodhisattva at the Lanyu Auction... Then, he gifted it to his female companion for that night, Ms. Lissa, who works under BigHit... There are media reports about this and a video recording of the scene to prove the validity of this information. Then, last Tuesday, Mr. Oh Hyunjae treated his friends to a night of fun at Sky Universe, squandering 1.2 million. This is understandable, it's only a million or so, which isn't much... But here's the important part. Last Friday, he flew to Las Vegas with a bunch of wealthy heirs, and lost forty-eight million after one night of gambling... Then... he spent another 1.2 million to spend the night with a Russian celebrity... These spendings have totaled up to over sixty million."
The entire conference room went into an uproar after Sehun spoke...
"Hyunjae... did this really happen?" Mr. Oh frowned at his youngest son angrily.
"Dad... I..." Before he could even try to explain himself...
Sehun then added, "We can find and track entry and exit records, as well as border control in Las Vegas. Of course... he didn't pay for his nights on the town with his own credit card; instead, our corporation's Finance Department transferred these funds into a mule account, which was then transferred into his account. This is a classic hacker move. Even though it's very difficult to track, but I do apologize... I have a friend who is a top-notch hacker, and he figured out where the money went... So Hyunjae, my dear little brother, I have some questions for you. It's fine for you to spend sixty million, but where did you hide the rest of the three hundred million or so? Give it up, and I'll forgive you."
"No, I didn't..." Hyunjae kept shaking his head.
"How dare you deny it, Hyunjae... how dare you?" Never in Mr. Oh's dreams would he have thought that his son would do anything like this.
Buying presents for female celebrities, having sex with foreign stars, spending hundreds of millions at the casino...
Mr. Oh had never been so lavish throughout his entire life, not even to Sooyoung, whom he loved dearly.
"Dad... don't listen to their nonsense... I did spend the 60 million, but I didn't pocket the other 300 million... I really didn't, I don't know where the money is either," flustered, Hyunjae forgot to think before blurting this out.
Lisa immediately asked, "So you admit that you took the 60 million?"
All the board members looked at Hyunjae with resentment and disdain...
Sooyoung's expression was as grim as can be. She reminded him, "Jae... think before you speak, don't talk nonsense."
Hyunjae could no longer endure the pressure; he fell down to his knees, right in front of Mr. Oh.
"Dad... I'm sorry, I really did spend that money, but I only took 60 million... My friends pressured me into it, I didn't use to be like that. I'm sorry, but I really had no idea where the 300 million went, I really don't, I didn't do anything."
"Do you think anyone will believe what you say anymore? My little brother... a fault confessed is half redressed. If you surrender the 300 million now, we can still forgive you." Sehun smiled gently.
At this moment, Lisa was certain that Hyunjae did not know where the 300 million went.
This time, Sehun played him well...
"You bastard, tell us where you hid rest of the money... and hand it over." Mr. Oh kicked Hyunjae.
Sooyoung was heartbroken, and she immediately ran up to hold Hyunjae, "Jae... tell me what happened, how can you be so silly?"
"Mom... I really don't know where the 300 million went... I only took 60 million... I was tricked, they said that the hackers transferred the funds to a Swiss bank account, and no one could track them down... I didn't know that this would happen, I know it was my fault."
"Hyunjae, don't be scared. I told you... the Oh Family can compensate for the 60 million, we'll just pretend that was your pocket money... but you cannot be forgiven for moving the 400 million in construction funds... Do you have any idea how much money that is?"
Indeed, the Oh Family didn't have hundreds of millions lying around for them to spend...
Therefore, compared to Jimin, Sehun barely spent any money, let alone squander everything he had.
His car was no more than a Maserati, worth a little over 2 million, unlike Jimin's and the others, who owned countless Ferraris.
A family-money-squandering scoundrel like Hyujjae might be able to get away with spending millions, or even tens of millions.
However, pocketing 400 million in construction funds was indeed a big problem...
"Honey....I think Hyunjae's a little overwhelmed, why don't we talk about this at home?" Sooyoung was unwilling to put any more pressure on Hyunjae, so she suggested that they go home.
However, Sehun was not about to allow for that to happen. He smiled, "Director Sooyoung, how can you be so silly? This is a public matter, why would we discuss it at home? There are dozens of board members here; if he doesn't provide us with an explanation, how are we supposed to convince others? Have you considered what it would do to my father's or my reputation? What about the integrity of the Oh Corporation?
Sehun's words were indeed aggressive...
Lisa could tell that he had meticulously planned out everything, planning to completely overthrow that idiot, Hyunjae.
"Jae... hurry up and tell us where the money went." Even Nancy began believing that Hyunjae pocketed the money.
Sooyoung immediately slapped Nancy on the face. "What are you bullshitting about? Didn't you hear your brother say that he didn't know where that money went? Why would you add to the mess?"
Nancy covered her swollen cheek, afraid to utter another word...
Lisa, on the other hand, didn't say anything...
"What about you, Lisa, what do you think? Do you believe Hyunjae?" Sehun smiled as he asked Lisa.
Lisa replied word for word, "I never believe in anyone and rely solely on the truth. I see on this document that all the funds were transferred after Mr. Oh Hyunjae signed. If we compare these signatures, we would be able to determine if he signed them, or if they were forged."
"Perfect..." Sehun then clapped, and then turned around to his assistant, "Here, bring us the third set of documents."
Sooyoung's heart sank upon hearing that there was a third set of documents.
Because this time, it was obvious that Sehun came prepared...
When everyone saw the third set of documents, they immediately understood what happened.
No matter how powerful hackers were, they still didn't have the ability to transfer funds directly out of the Finance Department.
Only after the corporation representative agreed to transfer funds would the Finance Department be able to do so. Then, hackers would take the opportunity to snatch the money along the way and transfer it into a shell account before finally withdrawing it.
Truth be told, this wasn't a smart move; under what circumstances did Hyunjae sign those papers?
Hyunjae was dumbfounded as well; he remembered that he was fooling around with one of the female assistants at the corporation one day.
The two of them later discussed this, and because that female assistant had been working at the corporation for a while, she knew about these things.
Hyunjae had been thinking of ways to show his rich friends that he was a generous man since they kept making fun of him for being stingy.
However, he never thought that something like this would happen; he didn't think that 60 million was a lot. At most, his mother could fill in the hole for him.
However, to his surprise, Sehun made him take responsibility for the other 300 or so million that disappeared as well. He couldn't even defend himself.
"Dad... I'm sorry, it was my fault, I shouldn't have listened to that girl, it was her idea..."
"Who?" Mr. Oh looked at him icily.
"Oh... she's Hyunjae's personal assistant who had been working for the corporation for 3 years. She's quite talented but resigned three days ago. I checked, and she already left the country. We don't know what happened, but I think she ran away."
"Ridiculous! Hyunjae, how dare you?"
Mr. Oh's heart almost exploded upon hearing that his son and a female assistant worked together to dupe the corporation out of such a large amount of money. The latter even ran away.
"Hyunjae... how can you be so stupid? Why didn't you discuss it with me first?"
Sooyoung was both angry and hateful that her son was tricked... but she couldn't voice those emotions.
"Little brother... 60 million isn't a lot, but the total amount of 400 million is. It's not just our money, a part of it is the shareholders'... If you don't fill in the void and someone blows this up to the public, you might have to face charges and jail time. Think about it... you are still young..." Sehun kept scaring Hyunjae in an attempt to make him break down mentally.
Indeed, Hyunjae was a chicken who couldn't withstand threats like that...
"Mom... it's all my fault, please help me. I did spend 60 million, you must've saved up quite a lot of side money over the years, can you pay them for me? I don't want to go to jail..."
"Nonsense... What do you think you're saying?" Sooyoung's face almost turned green.
No one, aside from Nancy and Hyunjae, knew about the fact that she had been saving money on the side, not even Mr. Oh.
She was beyond embarrassed, upon seeing her secret revealed, just like that.
Mr. Oh looked at his favourite mistress with a complicated expression on his face; he seemed to be disappointed with her.
"Honey... Don't listen to this kid, he's agitated and is talking nonsense... Why would I have money on the side?" Sooyoung explained.
"So, what now? Hyunjae, do you want to tell us where the money went, or go to jail?" Sehun continued pushing Hyunjae into a corner.
Lisa looked at everything indifferently – Mr. Oh's fury, Sooyoung's derangement, Nancy's confusion, and Hyunjae's begging...
She suddenly thought of a phrase, 'what goes around comes around'...
Back then, the Oh Family was arrogant as could be; because Sooyoung successfully became a part of their family, she constantly ridiculed and insulted her mother in front of media outlets.
Hyunjae and Nancy were born with superiority complexes, and they thought of themselves as priceless while Lisa was just a lowly weed in comparison.
Today, they finally fell, deep and hard...
Of course, this was all thanks to Sehun's meticulous planning.
Lisa guessed right – she knew that Hyunjae's appointment of vice presidency was nothing but Sehun's trap...
Kudos to Mr. Oh for assuming that his young son was mature and experienced enough to wield that much power...
His old age had obviously slowed down his brain.
"I didn't take 400 million, I told you already... I only took 60 million, why won't any of you believe me?" Hyunjae stood up, pointed at everyone in the room and began to throw a tantrum.
It seemed that he had completely lost his cool...
"Son... don't get agitated, let's talk this out." Sooyoung was heartbroken for her son.
"Why would you guys force me like that, huh? Why are you all forcing me? I didn't take too much... I only spent 60 million. I'm the Young son of the Oh Family, so what if I spent some money? In the past, Dad kept telling me not to waste money, so he wouldn't give me any. When I hung out with my friends, they were always laughing at me for being stingy... I've had enough of it... if you want to sue me, then sue me. Let me rot in jail, life like this isn't worth living anyway... I don't feel like a man, so you might as well let me die... Oh, and you, Sehun, I know you don't like me; you and Lisa both hate me and want to see me fail... Great, call the cops, I don't care anymore... Haha, really, I'm not scared of you anymore." Hyunjae's eyes were bloodshot, as he yelled emotionally. It seemed like he was just sending the helve after the hatchet now.
"Okay, if that's what this situation has come to, then I'll have to call my friends at the procuratorate. You may be my brother, but business is business." Then, Sehun took out his phone and began dialing.
Sooyoung immediately stopped him. "President Oh... please don't call yet."
"Director Sooyoung, please don't make my life harder... as the president of the Oh Corporation... I can't play favorites. I have to be accountable towards the company."
"Please don't call, I will pay that money in lieu of Hyunjae..." Sooyoung said, tears swimming in her eyes.
"It's 400 million, not 40 million. Are you sure?" Sehun smiled.
"I'll... find a way, give me three days," Sooyoung said with much difficulty.
Lisa had never seen Sooyoung like this...
It seemed that no matter how evil a woman was, she would still do anything for and give anything to her child.
Although providing 400 million at a time like this will help Hyunjae out of trouble, she will lose Mr. Oh's trust. After all, keeping money on the side was a cardinal sin between married couples.
Plus, 400 million wasn't a small amount; once she gave this money to the company, she probably wouldn't have any savings left over.
Sehun was sure ruthless – forcing them to give up the rook in order to save the king... It was one of the most brutal moves in chess.
He forced Sooyoung into protecting her son, basically bleeding herself out...
In addition, she lost Mr. Oh's trust; talk about killing two birds with one stone.
His goal wasn't to put Hyunjae in jail; his ultimate target was actually Sooyoung.
"If that's the case... Fine, I'm a reasonable man. I hope Director Sooyoung is a woman of her words. 400 million... in three days, okay?" Sehun said slowly.
"I'll keep my promise."
"Mom... where do we get 400 million, are you crazy? Why would you agree to that?" Nancy lost her cool.
She knew how much savings her mother had, so she became anxious for her; 400 million was an impossible figure.
"Shut up." Sooyoung coldly glanced at Nancy.
Mr. Oh looked at Sooyoung, with a complicated expression filled with disappointment and distrust.
Hyunjae calmed down immediately upon hearing that his mother would help him out...
"Mom... why would you agree to pay 400 million? I only spent 60 million..." Hyunjae was still struggling over the amount.
"Let's talk about it at home." Sooyoung took a deep breath in and stood up to leave.
"Let's call it a day. I will make sure to resolve this incident in three days." Then, Sehun ended the meeting...
Mr. Oh, Sooyoung, Nancy, and Hyunjae left the company in a hurry.
Lisa also headed downstairs.
"Lisa."
"What do you want?" Lisa turned around.
"Are you happy today?"
"Kind of."
"Haha... I knew you would enjoy the show... What do you think of my plan?"
"Pretty ruthless," Lisa commented.
"Not being ruthless to the enemies is the equivalence of being ruthless to myself."
"Fine... everything you say makes sense, you got Hyunjae to take the blame for everything..."
"Haha, do you want to know where the rest of the 300 million or so went?"
"Nope..."
"Tsk tsk... you sure don't save face for me. You haven't eaten yet, have you? Come on, let's celebrate, my treat."
"Shouldn't we keep it on the down-low? Aren't you afraid that they'll find out?"
"So what if they do? Can't I have lunch with my sister? Plus... Sooyoung is in quite a pickle, trying to come up with 400 million in three days. She doesn't have the time to stalk us."
"You sure have foresight... you knew that although she didn't have 400 million, she was still going to help her son... You're really good at digging holes for people to jump in."
"So, dear sis, are you complimenting me, complimenting me, or complimenting me?" Sehun was elated, and he looked at Lisa gently.
"Take it as a compliment..." Then, Lisa turned on her heel and began walking away...
"Hey, aren't you going to stay for dinner?"
"I'm going home to spend time with my husband."
"You're such an ungrateful girl..." Sehun watched as her lean figure slowly disappeared.
One day, she'll be by his side, eating three meals a day with him, right?
His eyes narrowed as he quietly schemed in his head...
*
Lisa called Jungkook on her way back home. Upon finding out that he was working overtime, she immediately headed towards JC.
However, to her surprise, she bumped into Tzuyu outside JC's entrance.
Her white Audi Q5 parked right beside her; Lisa immediately saw the bento box in her hand.
"Lisa, you're here?" Tzuyu smiled and greeted her.
Lisa nodded...
Then, she looked at the bento box in Tzuyu's hand; the latter immediately took the hint and explained, "I just came from Jungkook's house. Auntie Jeon said that Jungkook's been working really hard lately and keeps staying overtime. She asked me to bring over some midnight snacks for him."
"Why are you the one delivering the snacks though?"
"Oh... because I visit Auntie very often. On my way back, she asked me to bring some. You won't overthink it, right?"
"Of course not, I just thought that you're a really busy person. I feel bad that you have to run errands like this..."
"Don't mention it, I treat Jungkook's mom like family."
Then, the two of them talked and laughed as they entered JC Headquarters...
"Hi, Young Madam."
"Good evening, Young Madam."
As they went in, the employees all greeted her, and Lisa nodded at them in response.
Tzuyu asked with a smile on her face, "They all know you?"
"Yeah, I come a lot."
"Oh... that's good, they all seem to like you very much." Tzuyu smiled dryly.
"No, they don't like me. They treat me that way because Jungkook likes me," Lisa responded openly.
Surprised by Lisa's direct remarks, Tzuyu froze for a second before smiling. "You have a point."
Jungkook was shocked to see them come in at the same time.
Before he had the chance to say anything, Lisa opened her mouth, "I saw miss Tzuyu outside, so we came up together."
"Jungkook... auntie told me to bring you some, she made you some Osmanthus cake, the ones we loved to eat growing up. She made these herself," Tzuyu said as she placed the bento box on Jungkook's desk.
However, Jungkook didn't even glance at it, because all of his attention was on Lisa.
"Doll, have you eaten?"
"Nope, I was waiting to have dinner with you." Exhausted, Lisa sat down on the couch.
"Come here, let me take a look at you," Jungkook said lovingly.
Lisa slowly stood up and walked up to him...
He put a hand around her waist. "Give me ten more minutes, and let's go get some food, deal?"
"Deal." Lisa nodded obediently.
Tzuyu suddenly felt awkward standing there...
"I'm going to go now, see you later." Tzuyu awkwardly said.
"Okay, bye."
Lisa didn't want to falsely invite Tzuyu to join them for dinner, because she never liked her to begin with.
Therefore, she immediately waved goodbye at her.
Jungkook said goodbye as well, forcing Tzuyu to leave unwillingly.
Before she left, she reminded him, "Jungkook, remember to eat the Osmanthus cake. It took her a long time to make these for you."
"Tell my mom not to make them anymore, and... I haven't had Osmanthus cake in years," Jungkook said, enunciating each word.
"What do you like to eat then? I'll let auntie know."
"No, it's okay. Thank you for your gesture," Jungkook straight-up declined.
In the end, Tzuyu left, feeling lonely as she did...
No one, not even Jimin, could stand it when the Jeon couple flaunted their love, let alone Tzuyu.
After getting in the car, Tzuyu sat inside it for a long time...
She was jealous of Lisa; when she was in the room, Jungkook couldn't see anyone else.
Why? She was just pretty like any other girl... and not that likable.
After Tzuyu left, Jungkook pulled Lisa and made her sit on his lap.
"Doll, Haruto's stuff is ready."
Lisa bit down on her lips... She seemed to be struggling from within.