The moment Seong-ho Kim stepped into Pyeongchang-dong, Sang-jong Lee came up to him.

He looked like he'd been waiting for nothing but Seong-ho Kim's arrival — the instant he saw him, he came running over in a single stride.

"Seong-ho. I've handled it."

Seong-ho Kim frowned slightly and pulled Sang-jong Lee aside.

Then, in a small voice, he asked.

"What is it that you've handled?"

"You know — that. That."

"That?"

Seeing that Seong-ho Kim didn't seem to catch on, Sang-jong Lee, with a frustrated look on his face, brought his lips close to Seong-ho Kim's ear and said.

"The accident, I mean. Jun-myeong's..."

"Brother."

Seong-ho Kim, with a startled expression, hurriedly cut Sang-jong Lee's words off.

Then, after glancing around and confirming that no one was listening, he said to Sang-jong Lee in an even smaller voice.

"Brother. You have to watch your words. What are you going to do if someone happens to hear?"

"It's fine. It's already over — we're at the wrapping-up stage. There's no need to be that careful."

"The wrapping-up stage?"

Having lived through it before, Seong-ho Kim knew exactly what Sang-jong Lee meant.

But not being able to show it on the outside, Seong-ho Kim played dumb and put the question; and to Seong-ho Kim's question, Sang-jong Lee, with an excited look on his face, explained the method he'd used to resolve things.

"I told Secretary Park to go in in Jun-myeong's place."

"Secretary Park... isn't that your driving secretary?"

"That's right. He's the kind of fellow you can trust. Absolutely not the kind who'd take this business anywhere and talk about it."

"Secretary Park..."

Seong-ho Kim, at the mention of Secretary Park's name — Sang-jong's driving secretary, the same as in the life before — showed a look of momentary thought.

Then, quietly letting out a sigh inside himself, he turned to Sang-jong Lee and asked.

"Secretary Park wouldn't have said he'd just go in in his place for nothing. What did you promise him?"

"Secretary Park's father is in poor health. So I said I'd take care of the man's care…