My Peninsula 2007

Chapter 433 Min Xiujin

Jeonju Central Hall is located on Chungmuro ​​Road in Myeongdong, right next to Exit 6 of Myeongdong Subway Station.

In the spacious private room, waiters dressed in hanbok brought small dishes of kimchi to the table. The large square table, which was full of people, was already covered with all kinds of plates. However, if you looked closely, there was actually not much food on the table. If you were to judge it from An Rusong's perspective, it would be like the saying that Chinese netizens used to joke about Korean state banquets in his previous life: this table was like the condiment station when eating hot pot in China.

However, the individual servings of bibimbap were quite good, and they suited An Rusong's tastes quite well.

This private room is the largest one at the Jeonju Central Hall Myeongdong Main Store, but even so, both sides of the long table were still full of people.

In addition to the four men and one woman in the An family, including An Rusong, there are also Sun Manzhu and Li Caicao, as well as Luo Shengkui and Luo Zaixun.

The restaurant was booked by Sun Manzhu. An Rusong originally wanted to go to the Shilla Hotel, but his sister Rubin rejected the idea. This girl is becoming more and more opinionated. According to her, the Shilla Hotel is a place for business entertainment and is not suitable for the family to sit down and eat together.

Moreover, it was Ruze and his group's first time in Seoul, and they were completely unfamiliar with the place. In addition, their experience was limited. If they were taken to a place like the Shilla Hotel for a meal, they probably wouldn't be able to eat anything.

Ru Bin's suggestion received strong support from Sun Manzhu, so they decided to have lunch there.

That's fine too. An Rusong didn't really want to get involved in these kinds of family matters. Since Sun Manzhu and the others were willing to take care of it, he was happy to have some peace and quiet.

Perhaps because Sun Manzhu had been in frequent contact with people in Yuantongli over the past period, she had become quite familiar with the Ruze brothers. In fact, at today's dinner table, it was mainly Sun Manzhu who was responsible for taking care of the three Ruze brothers and Luo Shengkui; she played the role of hostess very well.

As for An Rusong, I don't know if it's just my imagination, but the youngest Ru Hui was a little better. However, Ru Ze and Ru Yu, as well as Luo Shengkui and Luo Zaixun, all seemed quite reserved and somewhat afraid of An Rusong.

This is actually quite normal. For Ruze and Ruyu, their older brother is no longer the ordinary, taciturn older brother he used to be. He has become a billionaire and is very powerful in a place like Seoul. He can even chat and laugh with generals in the army.

This older brother not only felt unfamiliar to them, but he also carried an imposing aura that commanded respect without anger. As a result, the two brothers dared not speak much when facing him, let alone chat or laugh.

As for An Rusong, he was preoccupied with something on his mind, so he didn't say much at the dinner table. This silence made him look even more serious, which made the people who came to his home even less willing to communicate with him.

Halfway through the meal, there was a gentle knock on the door of the private room. An Rusong, who was listening to Sun Manzhu talking with her younger brothers, turned around and glanced in the direction of the door. He saw Luo Minzhi pull the curtain door open a crack and peek in from the outside.

The commotion at the doorway caused Sun Manzhu and the others to stop talking and turn to look at the entrance.

An Rusong put down his chopsticks and asked, "What is it?"

Luo Minzhi did not answer directly. His gaze swept quickly around the private room, and then he looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

“Go and take a look, I’m here,” Sun Manzhu whispered from the side.

As the woman closest to An Rusong, she knew that her man had too many secrets, but she never asked about them.

An Rusong nodded, supported himself on the table in front of him, stood up from the tatami, first nodded apologetically to Luo Shengkui and Luo Zaixun opposite him, and then turned and walked towards the door.

“Miss Li Shiying has arrived. She’s in a private room upstairs,” Luo Minzhi said in a low voice as he led him a few steps forward after he came out of the private room and entered the corridor. Just before they reached the corner of the stairs, Luo Minzhi led him a few more steps.

“Okay,” An Rusong nodded and followed the other person up the stairs.

Previously, Li Shiying called him for help. Although he responded coldly at the time, after completing the relevant procedures for military service and confirming that he would be having dinner here, he still called her and asked her to come here to meet him and find out what was going on.

Considering Li Shiying's status, Luo Minzhi naturally couldn't bring her to An Rusong's private room, which led to the scene that just happened.

"Did she come alone?" After climbing the stairs, An Rusong asked, as if something had occurred to him.

“There’s another person,” Luo Minzhi replied, “Miss Li Shiying said she’s her friend.”

An Rusong didn't say anything more. He followed Luo Minzhi upstairs and went directly to the second private room on the right. Following Luo Minzhi through the curtained door of the private room, An Rusong saw Li Shiying and a woman with shoulder-length hair kneeling side by side on the inside of the long table in the private room, facing the door.

Seeing him enter from outside, the two hurriedly stood up from the tatami mat. Li Shiying looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated, while the woman beside her gave An Rusong a deep bow.

An Rusong didn't speak. He took off his shoes at the door, stepped onto the tatami mat, and sat down cross-legged, saying, "Please sit down."

Behind him, Luo Minzhi stood guard outside the door and closed it for them.

Seeing him sit down opposite him, Li Shiying reached out and grabbed his female companion's forearm, gently tugged at her arm, and pulled her to kneel down on the tatami mat.

After the two sat down, An Rusong's gaze fell on the woman on his right.

When Lee Se-young asked for help on the phone, he thought she was also in the entertainment industry. But when he met her, he realized she looked unfamiliar. He didn't remember any such female celebrity in South Korea in his previous life.

However, to be fair, this woman is quite good-looking. She is over 1.7 meters tall, with a slender and well-proportioned figure. A pair of tight jeans accentuates her long and straight thighs, and her small face has delicate and pretty features.

Well, the only slight drawback is that her chest is a bit flat. Like I said before, most Asian women, especially those with a pure and innocent look, generally have relatively flat chests, and this woman in front of me falls into that category.

“Brother Rusong, this is my friend, Min Xiujin,” Li Shiying said nervously after sitting down, looking at An Rusong with even more anxiety than her female companion. “She…”

“Let her say it herself,” An Rusong said, taking out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, putting one down on the table, and reaching for his lighter.

The two women exchanged a glance, and Li Shiying bit her lip and nodded vigorously to her female companion.

“Mr. An,” Min Xiujin said, her voice trembling slightly as she watched An Rusong light a cigarette, “Yes, yes, that’s how it is.”

As she spoke, she haltingly recounted the troubles she had encountered to An Rusong.

Just as Li Shiying had said on the phone, Min Xiujin's trouble was that she owed a loan shark a loan she could never repay.

Min Soo-jin and Lee Se-young are childhood best friends. However, unlike Lee Se-young, Min Soo-jin attended Daejin University. After graduation, she became an advertising model because of her sweet appearance and outstanding figure.

Advertising models also need to have an agency, and the agency that Min Soo-jin signed with is called "Vivid MGMT", which is a small agency.

After signing a contract with the company, the company will organize training for the newly signed models, and this type of training requires a training fee, which is about 190 million Korean won in total.

1.9 million Korean won is only a little over 10,000 yuan, which isn't a lot. But the problem is that Min Soo-jin had just graduated and her family wasn't well-off, so it was difficult for her to come up with so much money all at once.

Fortunately, the company had connections to help them borrow money, although the interest rate was a bit high. If they borrowed 190 million won, they would need to repay 370 million won a week later.

Min Xiujin knew this was a classic case of usury, but according to the company, the loan was disbursed quickly; she could receive the money the moment the contract was signed. Most importantly, the company promised that after the training, they would assign her work, and advertising models earned a high income; getting one or two jobs would allow her to easily repay the debt.

At the time, Min Xiujin was full of hope for the future. Most importantly, she was also very confident in her appearance. She felt that once she officially entered the industry, she would soon be able to earn tens of millions of won a month, and the debt of more than three million won was nothing at all.

However, it turned out that her optimism was clearly blind, because a month after the so-called training ended, the company failed to get her a single order. Not only was she unable to repay the high-interest loan, but she also had to borrow another 50 won in private to make ends meet.

And so, in a daze, two months later, when those "good-tempered" lenders came knocking on her door, her debt had ballooned with interest, growing from the initial two million won to over 40 million won, which is equivalent to more than 200,000 yuan.

At this point, those guys who used to be so nice and always told her "money is no rush" completely changed their tune. Just half a month ago, these people approached Min Soo-jin and told her that she either had to pay back her 50 million won debt immediately or work for them. Otherwise, they would take her to have her organs harvested.

Min Soo-jin was terrified, so she fled the company and hid at Lee Se-young's house.

(End of this chapter)