Second Memory - The Business Club Incident
He was eighteen.
Ji Eun, sixteen.
She had attended one of the junior networking events, reluctantly, as always.
She hated those gatherings.
Hated the eyes.
The whispers.
The fake smiles.
That night, something had gone wrong.
A young heir, arrogant, drunk on both influence and alcohol, had approached Ji Eun.
Pushed.
Pressed.
Close to physically assaulting her.
But not succeeding.
he was however, Invasive.
Disrespectful.
Mo Han remembered the anger that had surged through him when he heard about it.
He had been ready to crush the boy. Destroy his family's standing if necessary. He had even called his father's assistant, prepared to escalate. But before anything could happen...
The boy disappeared.
Not socially.
Not temporarily.
Completely.
Within days:
The family businesses started facing "unexpected audits." Key partnerships withdrew. Their standing dropped overnight.
And eventually...
They left the city altogether.
Mo Han had assumed...
His family did that.
Or
The Song family intervened quietly.
It made sense.
Those were the only powers he knew could move that quickly.
But now…
He frowned deeply.
His father had never mentioned it. Not even once. Not even indirectly. And the Song family,they didn't act like that.
Not without reason.
Not without visible consequence.
But this, this had been silent.
Efficient.
Precise.
Almost… surgical.
Mo Han's chest tightened slightly as a realization began to form.
Not fully shaped yet.
But there.
Someone else was there.
Someone...
Who acted before he did.
Who resolved things before they reached him.
Someone...
Who didn't need to show it.