Chapter 51 – Telluric Currents Flow There

When the mother and daughter were exchanging silly con-artist jokes in front of Teum.

Vrooooom!

With a loud engine sound, a red Ferrari came to a sudden stop in front of Teum.

Screeech.

At the sound of the tires scraping the ground vigorously, the passersby turned their heads toward that direction at the same time.

A bright red, handsome car body. It was a moment when everyone’s interest was focused on the Ferrari.

The mother and daughter were also instinctively captivated. The surrounding people whispered.

“Wow… That car is killer.”

“Isn’t that a Ferrari F8? Isn’t it super expensive?”

“Wow… Who is driving it?”

Everyone’s desire to see who the car owner was was the same. People’s eyes simultaneously turned toward the Ferrari’s driver’s seat.

Click.

As the door opened, the first thing revealed was a heel of intense red. A woman stood up gracefully from the driver’s seat.

The woman closed the car door chicly, then indifferently pressed the lock button.

“Wow… She’s fucking beautiful.”

“Is she a model? No, her aura is like an actress. Who is it?”

People whispered while looking at her, and Cha Ra-ri grinned as if enjoying the attention. Then, with light steps, she entered the entrance of Law Firm Teum.

The mother gave a sidelong glance and whispered to her daughter.

“Huh? Look at that girl. By any chance… is she making a move first right now?”

The mother and daughter’s eyes turned back to the car that Cha Ra-ri had arrived in.

The shining red car body was dazzling. A new car without a speck of dust, as if it had just been delivered.

At the horse logo engraved inside a yellow shield, rearing its front legs bravely, their spirits were instantly deflated a little.

“…Well, these days, any dog or cow drives a Ferrari. You’re not losing to that girl in terms of looks either! First, let’s head inside.”

Inside the office. Cha Ra-ri, who had finished recruiting Gangyeok cases in the morning today as well, returned to the office and was exchanging jokes with the staff as usual.

“So you went squid fishing all weekend? I saw somewhere that they are very rare.”

“Yeah, there are many times when you go out and can’t even catch a single one, but I caught one yesterday. Haha.”

When Manager Yeom spoke proudly, Cha Ra-ri asked curiously.

“But Manager. Is fishing that fun? You just sit still while fishing. It looked extremely boring.”

“Oh, if you don’t know, don’t say anything. You have no idea how fun it is. Once you feel that tugging sensation of the catch, you can never stop.”

Just as Manager Yeom’s praise of fishing was going on for a while.

“Excuse me, is Lawyer Geum Nae-yeong here?”

A mother and daughter entered from the entrance. Hearing their voices, Cha Ra-ri approached them right away.

“Hello. Did you make a reservation?”

“No, we just came.”

“Oh, is that so? Then please come this way first.”

The young woman glanced at Cha Ra-ri from head to toe.

Her proportions were so good, and her suit was impeccably neat. In front of such a Cha Ra-ri, the woman unconsciously felt slightly intimidated for a moment.

“Then, please sit here. Would you like a drink while you wait?”

“No thanks. I stopped by Starbucks and had a latte this morning.”

The young woman tried to act cold on purpose.

“Ah, I see. Then, what kind of matter would you like to consult about… May I hear it first?”

At Cha Ra-ri’s smooth sales tone, the mother among the mother and daughter answered with a bit of embarrassment.

In fact, the consultation was just an excuse, as their purpose was to seduce Geum Nae-yeong.

“Ah… Well, as for the consultation content… I am a rental business operator…”

The mother began to make up and recite a story she hadn’t even prepared.

“Ah, I see. That must be a really troublesome matter.”

“Indeed. I’m not getting the money…”

“Right. Then, did your daughter just come along with you?”

“Yes… Well… I’m… just.”

As the young woman hesitated, Cha Ra-ri lightly shifted the mood.

“Oh, your daughter is really beautiful and has a great aura. Looking at her now, your daughter looks just like you, mother.”

The woman was flustered by the unexpected compliment.

“Pardon? Ah… Yes. Thank you.”

Cha Ra-ri spoke with a smile.

“Since you have such a wonderful aura and are beautiful, there won’t be many things in the world for you to worry about. We provide friendly consultations even for minor things.”

At her friendly smile filled with capitalist sincerity, the young woman felt her tense heart relax.

“Ah… Is… Is that so?”

‘What is this? Why do I keep talking…? Something is strange…’

“Um. Well… We only have plans to move…”

“Moving? Well, our lawyer is an expert on contracts, so please leave that to him later.”

Cha Ra-ri’s eyes suddenly sparkled.

“Then, shall I check if the house you’re moving to suits you using feng shui?”

“Feng shui?”

“Of course~ I even have a feng shui master license. You know *Taekriji* (The Book of Choosing Places to Live), right? I read it so much that I almost memorized it.”

“Really…?”

“Of course, all the places picked as good areas in *Taekriji* are wealthy neighborhoods now.

Gangnam, Apgujeong, Bundang… Yi Jung-hwan-seonseang had already pinpointed all of those during the Joseon Dynasty. He really had an amazing eye for real estate.”

Hearing those words, the mother put down the coffee she was drinking and spoke up as if something had occurred to her.

“Oh… Then, we are planning to relocate my parents’ grave. Do you know how to look at things like that too?”

“Of course! Naturally.”

Cha Ra-ri quickly brought over her laptop and pulled up a satellite map.

“Nowadays, you can see feng shui, water outlets, mountains, and waters all with this. Although in the past we had to go in person and check everything. Ridge lines, surrounding building layouts, everything!… Just a moment.”

When the mother found and showed the location to relocate the grave on her phone, Cha Ra-ri nodded seriously while zooming in and out repeatedly.

“Where did you say it originally was?”

“Mountain 82, Sumin-ri.”

“…Ah~”

Cha Ra-ri nodded as if she realized something and spoke.

“Lately, even if you did business or worked, there wouldn’t have been anything left for you.”

“Oh my! That’s right! No, how did you know?”

“Telluric currents flow here.”

Cha Ra-ri frowned and pointed at the laptop screen.

“It’s like currents flowing underground. It connects to water veins, making it a place where energy disperses. Money and people’s luck leak out together.”

“Oh my, oh my! This young lady is really like a ghost! Then how about the place we are moving to this time?”

“Just a moment~”

Cha Ra-ri rotated the screen while moving the mouse around.

“Ah, here… Hmm, it’s good, but just one thing. Twist the direction slightly this way. That way, the energy gathers.

This terrain is the *Hyeonmu Pogok* (Black Tortoise Embracing Terrain), where the northern mountain wraps around in the shape of the Black Tortoise, and the front is open to embrace and gather energy.

It’s a site that receives the thick, secret virtue of ancestors, literally a site where one benefits from ancestral virtue.

The spot where your parents are currently located… You got the site slightly wrong. The spot right next to the current one was extremely good…

It’s called the *Oknyeo Tan-geum Hyeong* (Jade Maiden Playing the Zither Terrain). It’s a place where a fairy plays the zither and dances, so it’s a site where one becomes rich and holds feasts frequently. Ah, what a waste.”

“Oh my, she’s the real deal! Oh my goodness!”

The mother clapped her hands. After staring at that sight, the daughter spoke up.

“Ah, then sister. Can I ask about this kind of thing too?”

“Oh, why wouldn’t it be allowed? Hoho.”

“They started chatting like old friends during the waiting time for the consultation, and the mother joined in as well.”

In that way, 30 minutes quickly passed by.

“Rari, you have a phone call!”

“Oh, it was so much fun that I lost track of time. I’ll go take the call. Let’s continue the conversation we were having when I get back!”

When Cha Ra-ri stepped away for a moment to take the call, the young woman leaned in slightly toward her mother and whispered.

“Mom, let’s go.”

“Huh? Why? We haven’t even met the lawyer yet.”

“Just… go.”

The young woman and the mother quietly stood up from their seats, glanced at Cha Ra-ri once, and left the place without a word.

“Oh, did they leave?”

Cha Ra-ri, who returned after taking the call, muttered with regret when she saw the empty seats.

“I should put the laptop back…”

As Cha Ra-ri was about to close the laptop, she looked into the screen and made a surprised expression.

The direction of the map had been subtly skewed.

“Huh? Oh my, this way was northeast? I don’t know why the green portal map’s compass direction occasionally rotates this way.

What should I do… Water veins flow here and it looks like an extremely ominous spot at a glance?

Ah well… Since I just said it for fun, they probably won’t listen to it.”

Without even being able to attempt a con con targeting Geum Nae-yeong, they ended up leaving as if being chased out.

Once they stepped outside the Teum building, the mother began to grumble.

“Hey, we should have at least had a taste of our target! We didn’t even step foot into the office, so why did you tell me to just leave?”

The daughter stopped her steps and looked at her mother.

“Mom, do you still not get it?”

“What?”

“We can’t beat that woman.”

The daughter’s voice was calm.

“She is on a different level from us. She is not an ordinary person. Did you see how she talks and the look in her eyes? Her energy is too strong.”

“What?”

The mother opened her eyes wide.

“We’ve failed at pulling a scam here. Let’s not waste time and just look elsewhere.”

“Hmm… Well, the way she talked was indeed no joke.”

The mother said, shrugging her shoulders.

“Well… It’s a shame, but since we at least had a grave site designated for us, it’s our gain.

Seeing how she spoke earlier, she was really the real deal. Since she’s a law office employee… she must be good at looking at real estate, so this kind of thing must be completely accurate!”

The woman checked the grave site Cha Ra-ri had told her about once more and saved it on her phone.

“Hmm… But this lawyer is out of the question, is there anyone else now?”

Sitting in the driver’s seat, the mother said as she scrolled through her phone contacts.

“Oh, right! There was one more lawyer, right? The lawyer who appeared on the broadcast together with him. What was his name, Noh Si-an?

He sheds tears easily and looks completely gentle, right? Just in case, I saved his phone number when his business card appeared on the broadcast.”

“Noh Si-an?”

The daughter’s eyes sparkled with interest.

The mother and daughter started the engine to set off toward Gangyeok while discussing their new target.

***

At that time, Seo Ki-ryong of Law Firm Gangyeok was continuing his phone call with a court employee.

“So you’re saying the accountant and the landlord colluded to siphon off the money?”

“Yes, simply put, that’s it. So the Teum side is on the verge of becoming beggars soon. They have about 1 billion won tied up, but because there’s a prior lien, they can’t recover all of it.”

“Really? Hmm… Then the contract period must still remain. They won’t be able to leave.”

“Indeed. But they said they would ‘just buy it’?”

“Buying the building?”

“Yes. The office manager there called. He slyly sounded me out saying he was from the court, so I also pretended not to know and dug up some information.

He asked about the appraised value of the building, and then said they would buy it outright. The lawyer there did. His name was Geum something.”

“Ah… Really?”

“Yes, well, I don’t know if they actually have the money to buy the whole thing, but for now, they only need about 10% for the bid deposit anyway.”

“Good information. Thanks as always. Send your account number by text.”

Click.

Seo Ki-ryong smiled as he hung up the phone.

“Is that so… Then if we win the bid for that building, we will become the landlords.

Hahaha, there will be plenty of ways to torment them, won’t there?”

He muttered his future plans with an excited expression.

“We can block their use of the building, or there are ways like cutting off the electricity or water… If we torment them, they will eventually suffer and leave because they can’t hold out.

Furthermore, if we also interfere with their lawsuits to make their reputation bad… it’s killing three birds with one stone. Hahaha!”

For the first time in a while, a satisfied smile spread across Seo Ki-ryong’s face.

He immediately uploaded the agenda for using reserve funds to purchase the building to the board of directors’ minutes, and the rumor quickly spread among the lawyers.

***

Riiiiing.

A sudden phone call came to Geum Nae-yeong’s office number.

“Yes, this is Law Firm Teum.”

“Is this… Lawyer Geum Nae-yeong’s office?”

“Yes, that’s right. But who is calling?”

“Is Lawyer Geum here?”

“No, he went to court. I am the manager in charge, so you can speak to me.”

“Ah, then that’s good. Well, you don’t need to know who I am. …I’m sick and tired of these Gangyeok bastards, so I’m planning to leave soon…

And while I’m at it, I wanted to give you a piece of information before I leave.”

“Gangyeok?… Information?”

Ju Yong-hae tilted his head.

“That building of yours, it’s put up for auction, right? Gangyeok is going to buy it.

They also seem to have something going on with the court employees, as they are receiving information in advance. Anyway, be careful.”

Click.

Without even waiting for Ju Yong-hae’s response, the other party unilaterally hung up the phone.