Seong-ho Kim paced the hospital room with an anxious face, unable even to sit down in the chair.

Gyeong-eun Lee, by contrast, watched the television with a remote in her hand and an easy expression, and on the screen the news about Ilhyeon Windows was in full flow.

—Ilhyeon Windows went to the lower limit again today. The financial authorities have decided on a three-day suspension of trading in Ilhyeon Windows, which has shown a record decline. It may be called the first case of a trading suspension arising from excessive selling, taken as a measure to steady the market for a time. But market participants expect that even once the suspension is lifted, Ilhyeon Windows' fall is likely not to stop. Since it rose on the solar windows from the low one-thousand-won range, they argue, even eight thousand won is a very high price.

On the screen, along with the Ilhyeon Windows share price, came Sang-jong Lee's face.

—Meanwhile, word has it that the judicial authorities, independently of the financial authorities' decision, have begun a legal review concerning President Sang-jong Lee of Ilhyeon Construction. According to a Blue House official, President Min-gu Noh felt a great sense of loss that the stock manipulation should have come from a figure connected with the Ilhyeon Group. The law being equal for all, he called for a thorough investigation with no sanctuary, and said that a swift inquiry must be carried out for the sake of market stability.

Gyeong-eun Lee, watching the news with the remote in her hand, wore a gloomy expression and asked Seong-ho Kim,

"What is going to happen to my second brother?"

Gyeong-eun Lee asked it with worry in her eyes.

"He won't be able to avoid prison, will he?"

Gyeong-eun Lee said it in a troubled voice and looked round at Seong-ho Kim.

Seong-ho Kim, who had been pacing on his feet, looked at her with a dumbfounded face and said,

"Is this the moment to be worrying about your brother?"

"What?"

Gyeong-eun Lee, the remote still in her hand, wore the expression of someone who did…