@ jyp_stan : Yeah, I feel happy and nostalgic too. I first published the pirate fic on 6 May 2019, which means 9 months ago. It's quite long ago, but it also seems like yesterday.

@ blank123 : You call me little ? Well, that's better than dead meat LOL. And oh, I actually updated 2 chapters at once. One for cowgirl (chapter 116), one for pirate. Did you read the cowgirl chapter? I just worry if you accidentally skipped that due to it being posted simultaneously with the pirate fic.

@ Wivern : Can you guess who will be the villains in the 2nd season of the pirate fic?

@ krina_love : You know, I wrote that season 2 episode 1 only in 40 minutes, by copy-pasted it from the first season (Chapter 8) and edit-and-replaced it. The original training scene was Momo training Mina. There, Mina was still a weak, coward, little penguin LOL.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

Chaeyoung had just finished eating her lunch and feeding Seoyeon. She then took Seoyeon to a nap.

She was contemplating to call Nichkhun and talk to him by phone, or go to his house and talk to him directly. She chose the latter, thinking it would be better to talk to him directly so that she could observe Nichkhun's expression and check whether he was lying or not.

Chaeyoung rode her bicycle and went to Nichkhun's house.

She then asked Nichkhun to come out and talk with her.

The Thai cowboy looked confused to see Chaeyoung visited him.

"You still want to talk? I thought we already agreed with the deal." Nichkhun said.

"Yes. But I just want to ask you again, just to make sure. Have you told anyone else about my prank?" Chaeyoung questioned.

The two were talking in a low voice.

"No, I didn't tell anyone," answered Nichkhun.

"Not even Jaebum?" Chaeyoung asked again, while observing Nichkhun's face, trying to detect a sign of lies and dishonesty.

"No. Not even Jaebum," Nichkhun said.

Chaeyoung stared at him. "You're blackmailing me using my secret. How do I know you're not going to blackmail me again using this secret? How will I know you're not going to come to me again next month and ask me to do another thing? Because if you kept blackmailing me, then I will just choose for you to reveal my prank to the whole town." Chaeyoung said.

Her words made Nichkhun think a bit. Of course, Chaeyoung's fear was reasonable. Most of the times, people got blackmailed more than one time for the same secret and the same weakness. And Chaeyoung didn't want that.

"No. Don't worry. I will only do this to you once. And I only do this for my little sister." Nichkhun said.

"Okay, I will do what you say this time. But if you blackmail me the second time, then I will just let you reveal my prank to the whole town." Chaeyoung said.

Nichkhun nodded. "Okay."

Chaeyoung then stared at Nichkhun. "Listen, Nichkhun. I have an offer for you. How about I give you the money for your sister's surgery?"

"...." Nichkhun was startled for a minute. He then shook his head. "No. I don't think you can give me that much money, Chaeyoung."

"Oh but I do have money. I'm rich now. I can give you one million won, and more if you want. But of course I can't give you a promotion and salary rise because I'm not your employer,” said Chaeyoung.

Nichkhun fell into silence once again.

"How about that, Nichkhun? I'll give you money, and you'll cancel your deal with Jaebum."

Nichkhun thought for a moment. "Give me time to think. I will give you the answer tomorrow."

"Okay. Give me a call tomorrow." Chaeyoung said.

Nichkhun nodded. And with that Chaeyoung left the place.

Nichkhun stared at Chaeyoung from behind, thinking of how wrong and how low his act was, helping the bad guys and blackmailing the good guys. He knew deep inside he was wrong. But he didn't have a choice. Blame the government, the society, and the social security system.

Nichkhun was about to get back into his house, when suddenly someone appeared out of the blue.

"Seulong?" Nichkhun stared at the person, surprised to see him there. It seemed this person had been hiding behind the wall while listening to Nichkhun and Chaeyoung's conversation earlier.

Just like Nichkhun, Seulong also worked in Im Ranch. And Seulong was the one who once pushed Mina to the ground and made the cowgirl fall face down on the puddle of mud during one of her visits to the Im Ranch. Everybody knew Seulong hated the Myouis.

"Nichkhun, I heard what Chaeyoung said to you. She wanted you to cancel your deal with Jaebum, right?" Seulong asked. And Nichkhun nodded.

The man then came and grabbed Nichkhun by the collar, and slammed the latter to the wall.

"Don't you dare cancelling your deal with Jaebum! If you dare to do that, you will face the consequence, Nichkhun!"

He slammed Nichkhun onto the wall once again, making the Thai cowboy wince in pain.

"Seulong, you don't have anything to do with this. Did Jaebum send you to come here and threaten me?"

Seulong didn't answer, and just continued threatening Nichkhun. "You're blackmailing Chaeyoung using her secret. A prank. What prank?"

"I won't tell you."

THUD!!!

"Ugh!" Nichkhun doubled over upon receiving a punch on his gut.

Seulong then made him stand up again.

THWACK!! THUD!! THWACK!! THUD!!

He continued giving Nichkhun some beating. Seulong was much bigger than Nichkhun. And because he was much more senior, Nichkhun didn't dare to fight back. Other than that, Nichkhun was sure Seulong was sent by Jaebum to watch over him. It would be useless to fight back against Seulong.

"I won't tell you!" Nichkhun said while cowering under the beating.

Seulong then stopped the beating. "Tck! Don't cancel your deal with Jaebum! We'll make sure you'll regret that if you do!"

Seulong slammed Nichkhun once again onto the wall and kneed him on the gut. And then he left the place, leaving the Thai boy lying on the ground, writhing in pain.

LATER THAT NIGHT.

The three sisters were busy preparing for their mission tonight. Mina checked her car once again to make sure it won’t give them trouble during their mission. While Momo helped Chaeyoung prepare the equipment. Seoyeon had put to sleep earlier than usual, so that they could go out to carry out their mission.

After everything was ready, they got into the car and Mina drove behind the wheel. The three of them wore a tight black outfit that made them look like a ninja assassin.

"Mina, are you sure we won't have trouble again with your car?" Momo, who was sitting on the shotgun seat, said.

"No. Don't worry, I have checked several times today. I assure you my car won't disappoint us today." Mina replied while kept focusing her eyes on the street.

Meanwhile, Chaeyoung sat quietly on the back seat. She was carrying a backpack full of equipment: a long rope, two flashlights, cellphone, screwdrivers, key-unlocker, CCTV device, GPS, transmitter, receiver, camera, and other surveillance device and spying equipment.

It was Saturday, 9 PM in the evening. A lot of people were roaming around on the street, enjoying the night.

They headed to Sana's house to pick the girl up. And once they arrived there, they were all stunned upon seeing Sana's appearance.

The Japanese beauty was wearing a nice, fancy dress that accentuated her S-line. Her guitar was slung over her shoulder. She also put more makeup on her face, making herself looked more beautiful and shining.

Mina couldn't help but eyeing Sana from top to toe, amazed to see her girlfriend's appearance.

"Wow, Sana, you look different tonight." Mina said, drooling over her girlfriend.

"Yeah, Sana, you are so y." Momo said, also drooling over her cousin's girlfriend.

Sana frowned. "Well, you said I have to distract and seduce the guards. That's why I decided to dress like this. I actually borrowed this dress from my friend. Is this too distracting?"

"Hm. Yeah. It is indeed very distracting, Sana. But it's good. Come, get in the car." Chaeyoung said as she opened the car door.

Sana got inside the car, and they continued driving to Jaebum's house.

MEANWHILE. AT THE IM MANSION.

Jaebum had fully recovered, and now he was enjoying a good evening with Nayeon. The two were standing on the balcony, staring at the moon. It wasn't a full moon, only a half moon, but it still looked beautiful.

"Nayeon, my mother is very happy to receive the news of our wedding plan. She said she wanted to come here to visit us soon." Jaebum said while glancing at Nayeon.

"Oh, that's great. When is she going to visit us?"

"Around next month."

"Okay. I will tell my mother and prepare things." Nayeon said.

Jaebum then slowly shifted herself closer to his fiancée.

"Nayeon, how would you like our wedding party to be like?"

"Hm? Wedding party. I want it to be private with only a few guests, our family and closest friends."

"Okay. And what style do you want for our wedding? Korean style? Western style?"

Nayeon frowned and side-eyed him. "Korean style is okay."

"And where do you want to go for our honeymoon? France? Italy? Spain? Egypt? India?"

"Hm. Anywhere is fine for me."

"Great. Let's go to all those countries then."

"Okay."

"Nayeon, I think after we get married we should find another house, you know, to keep it more private for us. Of course you can still stay in your mansion whenever you want to, and I will stay with you. But we need to have our own house too. A bigger one than my current house."

"Yeah, I agree."

"Nayeon, I know you're still not opening yourself up to me. But I'll be waiting patiently. Let's take it slow. You know I'm willing to be a better man for you. And I want to get along with your friends too."

Nayeon frowned at this. "Yes, you have to get along with my friends, Jae, especially Mina."

Jaebum couldn't help but stare at Nayeon upon hearing the mentioning of that name.

"I do have been trying to get along with her. I've given her a lot of projects."

"I know Jae, thank you." Nayeon said while thinking. She wanted to confront Jaebum for his scheme to attack Mina in the po