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Chapter 13: Don't Even Think About Drawing That Gun
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Yang Mi-ryeong drove skillfully across downtown Dandong, and before long we arrived at the Kowloon Hotel.
"The moment you get out of the car, grab an armful of the shopping bags and boxes from the trunk."
"Ah, right."
"And keep your eyes open nice and wide, if you can. Put on your most innocent, guileless face."
Ӗ ǹ u m а. і́ d̄
"My eyes?"
"I happen to like men who play coy and innocent."
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Following Yang Mi-ryeong's instructions, I hugged an armful of the shopping bags and boxes that filled the trunk and trailed after her.
At the entrance, the Kowloon Society men standing tight guard outside recognized Yang Mi-ryeong and bowed deeply at the waist.
"Welcome back, Boss!"
"And the gentleman with you is...."
Ẽ n ù m̈а̌
"A new friend I made today. He just arrived in Dandong on a trip, and I figured it was fate, so I thought I'd invite him to the hotel."
She slyly slipped an arm around my waist.
As she'd asked me to in advance, I flinched and hunched my shoulders, busily glancing around with the most guileless expression I could manage.
At that, the men grinned as if they understood perfectly and opened the hotel doors without a word.
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"Enjoy your evening."
"Keep up the good work."
Е̌ n̄ü.m̈á . і̄ď
Yang Mi-ryeong walked inside with more confidence than anyone.
As we crossed the lobby, guards armed with guns bowed respectfully toward her.
Not a single person stopped me or suspected a thing, even loaded down with bags in both arms.
"Welcome back, Boss."
"Have a good night."
Collecting a string of greetings on the way to the back of the lobby, we came to ten elevator entrances lined up in a row.
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Three of them were assigned exclusively to the VIP floors.
In front of the first elevator, two Dandong Public Security officers stood in relaxed watch; in front of the second, men in North Korean military uniforms had dug in with menacing looks on their faces.
Yang Mi-ryeong didn't spare that grim display so much as a glance and, perfectly naturally, called the third private elevator.
Ding.
"Welcome back, Boss. Allow me to press the button for you."
The attendant waiting inside pressed the penthouse floor button the moment she saw her, clearly long used to it.
E ǹ u mа
As the elevator rose, Yang Mi-ryeong spoke to me in Chinese.
"Have you had dinner?"
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"I have."
"Then shall we go up to the room, spend a good long while, and come back down later for drinks?"
Spend a good long while?
There was something distinctly sultry about her tone.
W̃ é b n.о v́ е l̃. Ёn̆ū mа̃
Wondering if I'd imagined it, I stole a glance at the elevator attendant.
Just then, I caught sight of the rims of her ears flushing red as she fought desperately to pretend she'd heard nothing.
"I'd like to rest for a bit first."
"Would you? I wasn't planning on letting you rest."
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Apparently I hadn't imagined it after all.
Ding.
Ẇ е b̂ ǹ о̂v е̊l̈ Е̊n̂ umǎ
The moment we stepped off, the elevator doors hurried shut behind us.
"While you're staying at the hotel, use the room in the back there."
"What about these shopping bags?"
"Just leave them anywhere. The staff will come sort them out in the morning. Make yourself comfortable."
While I took a moment to look around the spacious penthouse floor, Yang Mi-ryeong shrugged off her suit jacket, tossed it aside, and headed for her room.
Halfway through throwing open the great master bedroom door, lavishly decorated with a golden dragon motif, she spun around to face me.
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"Or, since we've got plenty of time, why not just wash up and come to my room? We are supposed to be cover lovers, after all."
Leaning at an angle against the doorframe, Yang Mi-ryeong regarded me with languid eyes.
A couple of buttons of her neatly fastened white shirt had somehow come loose.
And since that bewitching corner of her mouth seemed to be twitching, I gave a light shrug and smiled back at her.
"I appreciate the attractive offer, but I'm afraid I need to conserve my strength."
"Aha. Is your stamina on the weak side, by any chance?"
Ẃ еb̆ňо̊ v́ӗ l Е́n u m̂ а
"Hardly. I counted twelve State Security soldiers in the lobby alone. If I'm going to take them on, I'd better steel myself in advance."
"...You're getting ready to brawl with a pack of burly men, and that's why you're dumping me?"
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"So it seems."
At my shameless refusal, Yang Mi-ryeong smiled as though she'd never expected anything in the first place.
"Heh heh. All right, then. Get some good rest."
For now, she was a hard woman to read.
W е b n̄ о vеl̆ Е n ǔ m̆а
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The first floor was the lobby, the second staff-only rooms.
The third floor was, in its entirety, a restaurant.
We went in and sat down in a private VIP room set apart from the rest.
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"You can look around all you like, but you won't find So Se-hyok. The man never orders anything but room service, straight to his room."
Lifting one of the pre-set wine glasses, Yang Mi-ryeong smirked at me.
Ѐn̆ ü m̃ а.id
Perhaps it was my artless way of busily sweeping the restaurant with my eyes, but the smile in hers had deepened.
"No, I wasn't looking for So Se-hyok.... I'd only heard this place was kept under tight security, so I assumed there wouldn't be many guests. I'm just a little surprised there are so many."
"How could I keep a hotel this size running without guests? Our hotel houses the largest casino in Liaoning Province, so plenty of people make the trip from far away just for it. If you're really curious, I'll even give you a tour of the basement casino."
"Haha.... My pockets are far too thin to go loitering around a casino. I'll have to pass."
"Oh, I know all about a civil servant's wallet. And don't worry about money. I'm not so hard up a woman that I can't stake my brand-new boyfriend to a few rounds at the tables."
She shrugged lightly, wearing an easy smile.
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As she elegantly swirled her raised wine glass, the sight of her in that red dress, every bit as bewitching as the crimson wine within, filled my eyes all over again.
The off-shoulder design baring the line of her shoulders and the nape of her neck, the dizzying valley plunging deep below it, and the sleek curve of her crossed legs displayed brazenly through the daring slit of her dress.
I pretended not to notice, turned my eyes away, and busied myself shoveling down salad.
Nom nom.
"The salad here is really good."
"Heh heh. Is it? If I let you in on a little secret, our breakfast menu is even better than the dinner menu."
Е̊n̂ŭṁ а . і̂ d
"Oh."
"And if you want breakfast, you'll simply have to get to bed early, won't you? Anyway, no complicated thoughts tonight. Just stay by my side, eat, enjoy yourself, and let the evening pass."
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That was my plan too.
If So Se-hyok was only ever holed up in his room, there wasn't much I could do anyway.
And the Yang Mi-ryeong sitting in front of me wasn't exactly cooperative when it came to my work, either.
But despite her easy admonition, the atmosphere around us slowly began to turn strange.
Ѐ n u m̀ a. ĭ d̀
"...What's that?"
We both turned to look at the same time.
A commotion drifted in from the restaurant entrance, and the next moment a dozen or so State Security soldiers in crisp uniforms poured inside and began clearing a path between the tables.
Then, down the path the soldiers had opened, a man dressed in a North Korean people's suit came walking in.
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Who else but So Se-hyok would walk into a restaurant under the escort of dozens of North Korean soldiers?
Yang Mi-ryeong had been watching the entrance in disbelief, and the instant she spotted him, her expression twisted hard around the eyes.
Ё ǹu̇ m̀а́
"...Unbelievable. Why on earth has he come all the way down here today?"
She hurriedly straightened her clothes and rose from her seat.
As the hotel's owner, she had no choice but to go and greet her most unwelcome VIP guest.
Then, as if it had only just occurred to her, Yang Mi-ryeong shot me a fierce glare.
She warned me flatly.
"Don't even think about drawing that gun."
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That was exactly what I'd been thinking.
I nodded promptly, though of course Yang Mi-ryeong didn't look like she believed me for a second.
"Stay here. I'll be right back."
With that firm instruction, Yang Mi-ryeong stepped out of the room.
I picked at my salad bowl for a while, and once I judged she'd gotten far enough away, I quietly, stealthily lowered myself out of my seat.
Then, gathering up my half-finished salad plate and wine glass, I followed her out of the room.
Ẽn̈ um̈ ӑ
'No way I'm letting a golden opportunity like this slip by.'
Relocating to a corner table set well back from the entrance, I found I could watch everything at a glance from there, from Yang Mi-ryeong's back as she advanced with elegant steps to the restaurant entrance, So Se-hyok's table, and every movement of the State Security soldiers standing guard.
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Yang Mi-ryeong tucked away her seductive air for the moment and approached So Se-hyok's table wearing a smooth, professional smile.
"Halt. Come no closer. What is your business?"
"Pardon the intrusion. My name is Yang Mi-ryeong, and I manage this hotel. I only wished to pay my respects to Director So Se-hyok of the Investigation Bureau for honoring our hotel with his stay."
"Mm? Ahem.... Wait here a moment."
Ẁе̃ b n̊ ӧv еl Eǹ.ûm̂a
The State Security soldier blocking her path stepped over to So Se-hyok and reported Yang Mi-ryeong's visit.
Before long, while the State Security agents raised their guard with a sharpened air, Yang Mi-ryeong approached So Se-hyok with perfect composure.
She inclined her head and offered a greeting in polished Chinese.
"Allow me to introduce myself, Director So. I am Yang Mi-ryeong, the manager of this Kowloon Hotel."
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"Oh! Boss Yang. I have heard a great deal about you. They say you newly claimed the owner's seat of the Kowloon Hotel two years ago, is that so?"
"That's right. My predecessor was promoted and departed for Hong Kong, and I stepped in to fill the vacancy."
Е́n û mа̂
"Oho. At such a young age. Boss Yang's talents must be remarkable indeed."
"You flatter me. I'd heard you had graciously chosen our hotel, but as you kept to your room, I regret I could not come and greet you in person sooner."
At Yang Mi-ryeong's markedly courteous bow, So Se-hyok smiled in satisfaction.
His gaze seemed to sweep calmly across the restaurant, then slid down, clinging like a snake, in a blatant crawl over her red dress.
"What brings you all the way down to the restaurant, Director? Is there perhaps anything you need?"
"Merely that sitting cooped up in a hotel room leaves a man restless. And with Boss Yang, who runs so grand a hotel, blessed with such fine beauty, I confess I worried the nights might leave you lonely."
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Even at that cheap harassment, tossed off as if it were nothing, Yang Mi-ryeong simply parried with a flawless smile, not so much as an eyebrow twitching.
"You're too kind. I'm far too busy with work to have any time to be lonely."
"Is that so? Well, one need only look at this hotel's casino to see it. Judging by how ruthlessly it rakes in money, I knew you were no ordinary woman."
Mid-smile, that smile as cold as a snake's, So Se-hyok abruptly thrust his face in close to Yang Mi-ryeong's.
His gaze slid once more, clinging like a snake, over the line of her waist and hips.
"But Comrade Boss Yang. Listening closely to your Chinese accent, I catch the faint scent of South Chosun, which lies not so far from here. Where, might I ask, is your hometown?"
Ӗnu m̀а
"I'm from Heilongjiang. Did my accent sound like someone from the Republic of Korea?"
"Hmm. I see. My mistake, then. I very nearly made a grave misjudgment. It is a famous rumor, after all, that the women of South Chosun are exceedingly fair of face, is it not? Boss Yang's beauty is so fine that an idle suspicion crossed my mind."
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Was it the Investigation Bureau director's particular instinct, or just a probe he threw out of habit?
Either way, in the face of his veiled interrogation, Yang Mi-ryeong was no easy mark herself.
Even through his continued rudeness, she only shrugged gracefully.
"I'll take that as a compliment. Since you've come all this way, I'd love to treat you to a glass of good wine. If you'll wait just a moment...."
Ẇ еb n ӧ ṽ е̂ l̇ Е̊n̂ ū m а̄
Moving to bring the encounter to a close, Yang Mi-ryeong took a natural step back.
She was just raising a hand to summon one of the staff standing by nearby.
At that instant, bang!
"Hm?"
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"Wh, whoa?"
Bang-bang-bang! Ba-bang!
Е̄ ṅūmа̄
"Eek! AAAAAH!"
"Wh-what's happening!"
"G-gunshots! That was a gun!"
A merciless noise rattled through the entire hotel.
Gunfire, unmistakable, that no one could fail to recognize.
In an instant, the restaurant descended into pandemonium.
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