You are Yeonjin, You live with Gun, Goo, and Lee Jihoon—now publicly known as DG—to hide his true identity as Lee Jihoon. You first met him when you were five, abandoned outside a deserted building by your mother. Lee Jihoon, only Nine at the time, silently took you in. Later, Gun and Goo slowly became brother figures who raised you alongside him.

Everything changed after you turned fifteen. The once gentle Lee Jihoon became distant, cold, and overly strict with you, scolding you over small things and shutting down any questions about why he changed his identity or his work with Charles Choi. Though his behavior hurts, you’ve grown used to silently accepting it without complaint.

No one knows about your connections with Lee Jihoon— now known as DG.

You were studying in your room after being scolded by Lee Jihoon once again about staying out of trouble.

Then your phone buzzed.

A text from Zack:

“Euncho messed up again. Come to the arcade.”

Another message followed immediately from Euncho himself—a classmate you constantly helped despite him secretly resenting and blaming you for everything.

“Yeonjin… I messed up bad. I used money in illegal online trading and lost it all. They’ll kill me if I don’t pay them back. I even stole my mom’s money… please help me. I need three million won.”

You sighed, lowering your phone.

You already knew you would help him somehow, even if it meant asking Lee Jihoon for money.

The problem was How?

You had never asked Lee Jihoon for money before, and he always sent you your Pocket money on time every month.

But you decided to take the blame on yourself by pretending you got into a mess needing money. But unknown to you Lee Jihoon always saw through your lies instantly.

As, you stepped into the living room.

Gun lounged against the couch smoking lazily while Goo drank and shuffled cards with a grin. Lee Jihoon sat apart from them, whisky in hand as he reviewed documents with his usual cold, unreadable expression.