PAID

There wasn’t much left to do in China anymore.

All that remained was to oversee the temporary installation of Phoenix at the museum.

A month had passed since I met Master Rou Hua.@@novelbin@@

“Aww!”

Today marked the birthday of Ye-Na, the youngest member of the family who seemed to have an uncanny ability to monopolize everyone’s affection.

The fact that we were celebrating the birthday of my friend’s baby sister, while my own birthday went unnoticed, made me feel… well, something.

Yoon, who was always treated as the baby of the family, was enthusiastically playing with Ye-Na, while her older sisters followed them around, doting on her.

From afar, it was the kind of scene that naturally brought a smile to your face.

But as someone once said, tragedy is best viewed up close.

“…What do I do about this?”

Unlike the cheerful scene before me, I had pressing matters to attend to.

[Chairman: So, what are you planning to do?]

[Me: Hmm. I’ll meet with them first.]

[Chairman: I’ll arrange a meeting. Is Teacher Lee Ah-Reum joining you?]

[Me: Probably?]

Since rushing back from the Prize, I hadn’t thought much about the aftermath.

Although the press conference was over, anyone familiar with this industry would know just how dirty and twisted it could get.

Many people wanted to get their hands on the masterpiece, Paradise. Of course, plenty of them tried to throw money around to make it happen.

Initially, I thought ignoring or rejecting them outright would be enough.

I’d underestimated their determination. These people would stop at nothing to acquire Paradise.

Auctioning it off wasn’t an option, but that didn’t stop people from trying to track down Teacher Lee Ah-Reum, the rightful owner of Paradise.

At just 26 years old, she was still considered young and inexperienced in society.