Mun-jong, Sang-jong, Jeong-eun, and Chang-jong, having left Tak-hyeon's house, gathered separately.

"Can you really promise it?"

Jeong-eun looked back and forth between Sang-jong and Mun-jong with a suspicious eye.

Under her gaze, Sang-jong raised a hand. "What'll it take for you to believe me? I'm sick of your suspicion, so let's just settle it once and for all. Will you believe me if I write it in blood?"

"There's no need for a blood oath…"

Even at the offer to write in blood, Jeong-eun didn't drop her suspicious look; she turned to Chang-jong. "What are you going to do?"

"What's there to do or not do? We've decided to get in the same boat, haven't we?"

"I never said I had."

At her words, Chang-jong gave an exasperated laugh. "What's the good of saying that now? Father's hardly going to sit you back down in the Ilhyeon Securities presidency. It's all over already, so quit throwing out these pointless objections."

At that, Jeong-eun raised her voice. "What objection have I thrown out!"

Then, pointing back and forth at Mun-jong and Sang-jong, she said to Chang-jong, "Do you believe the brothers will hand the Ilhyeon Group chairmanship down to us?"

At her words, Chang-jong couldn't answer. Because, truth be told, he didn't feel much faith in it either.

"I said I'd promise." Sang-jong, like Jeong-eun, raised his voice. "This is maddening. Then what am I supposed to do for you to believe it?"

"Do you believe that Big Brother will hand the group chairmanship down to you, Oppa?"

"I believe it, which is why I proposed it first. I told you, didn't I! That I proposed it to Brother first."

"That's the part I don't get in the first place." Jeong-eun tilted her head. "What on earth makes you believe Big Brother will keep his promise, Oppa? It's just us here, so let's be honest. Big Brother isn't exactly a trust-inspiring character."

"That's hardly something to say with the man right in front of you, is it?" Mun-jong said, sounding displeased, but Jeong-eun was unabashed.

"It's the truth, isn't it? Am…