Our Glamorous Time( A Vsoo adaptation novel by Ding Mo)

Chapter 17(A Lonely Winter Night)

Beneath the dark sky, a few dozen workers in blue workers jumpsuits were marching towards the office with sullen looks on their faces.

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When Jisoo stepped out of the office, the sky was already dark. She was deep in her thoughts, so she was unaware of the surrounding noise. She only felt something was wrong behind her when she reached the center of the parking lot outside of the building.

She turned around and her eyes widened.

A large group of workers in blue was approaching the office building threateningly. Jisoo even spotted a few of people in the crowd with something like metal rods in their hands. Another thing caught her attention: a few security guards were rushing towards their direction, and leading in front was no other than Yeonjun!

They blocked the workers’ path. Yeonjun questioned them, “What are you planning to do? Where are you heading?”

The leaders were a few fiendish-looking, big and tall men in their thirties. One of them shouted, “Get out of the way! We want to reason with the board! Justice shall prevail! They are behind in payment, working in collusion with the outsiders to bring down Aida. They have never cared whether senior employees like us live or die! We demand an explanation!”

Right after he finished his speech, a few people in the mob loudly echoed their agreement. The rest kicked up a fuss as well.

Most of the security guards were inexperienced lads; they were stunned and did not know what to do. Yeonjun alone dared to say loudly, “You are just stirring up trouble! There is no such thing going on. Go back now!”

When she heard the troublemaking leader spew these accusations, the first thought that popped into in her mind was:

Is it New Bori or SMQ?

Her pulse started racing; she turned around and walked further away to a safer place. At the same time, she took out her cell phone and called Mr Kim. The call hadn’t even been put through when suddenly she heard another outburst. Someone shouted angrily, “Beat him! This brat is one of them too! They are here just to bring down Aida!”

Jisoo’s heart sank. Instantly she turned around, and all she saw were the men in blue jumpsuits and the security guards in dark grey jumbled in a mess. Punching, kicking, tearing, mobbing; ruthless faces were mixed among the frightened looks. They were genuinely fighting! Under the dim night light, someone lifted a metal rod up high and slammed it down. Not knowing whether it hit someone or the ground, a loud crack sounded out.

Jisoo’s heart thumped with fright. Finally the call with Taehyung had been put through. The sound of the call connecting rang at her ear, but for the longest time no one answered the phone. Irritated, Jisoo hung up and dialed 1-1-0 instead.

Meanwhile, other people noticed what was happening. The staff walking out from the building, the operators from the industrial zone behind, the security guards up front... Some of them came forth and tried to stop the fight, but most of them stayed in the outer circle just like Jisoo, afraid to move.

Suddenly, from the fighting crowd, a worker glanced at Jisoo. Pointing to her he shouted, “That girl used to work at SMQ! Grab her and ask her!”

The crowd stared at Jisoo.

Jisoo’s heart sank deeper. She couldn’t be bothered with calling the police now. Surely someone would call. She turned around and ran.

It’s SMQ! This is undoubtedly SMQ’s doing!

Since this was a planned riot, there were likely gangsters involved. Jisoo would definitely not stay and “confront” or “stop” them, because it would be of no use.