episode_0082

『Here’s the news. The stock prices of Mirae Asset Daewoo have been unstable recently. The last announcement was successful, but rumors of Chairman Hong Seo-yeon’s poor health are still having a negative impact on the stock market.』

『Vice Chairman Hong Kwon-tae, who has been very active recently, expressed confidence that there are no problems with the R&D of future companies. Unfortunately, the new products announced this time have a different performance increase than last year…』

Hong Seo-yeon was smiling as she listened to the loud announcer’s voice filling the kitchen.

As she had expected, the future company she had disappeared from did not develop any great new products.

All they had were moderately improved products made by replicants with a life expectancy of about a year.

The fact that nothing else came out meant that, as Hong Seo-yeon had expected, the development department of Mirae Enterprise was having fun, just like they usually do when they swear.

‘Does that old lady think I don’t know that she’s only leaving her people there?’

Even when I was the president, I was never happy with the development department.

I seriously thought about firing or purging everyone if I ever got the chance.

Because it was South Korea, it was impossible to deal with the employees within Megacorp. If the headquarters had been in Japan or the United States, Hong Seo-yeon would have killed at least several thousand people long ago because she did not like the employees who held Vice Chairman Hong Kwon-tae’s ‘strings’.

‘If I leave it alone, the shareholders will come looking for me and do something about it… . Well…’

Now Hong Seo-yeon had some free time.

Chairman Hong Kwon-tae, who was blatantly embarrassed at the new product launch, had a plan to kill Hong Seo-yeon.

Of course, there was also a way to suddenly kill Hong Seo-yeon and become the chairman. However, the bio ID had already returned to Hong Seo-yeon’s hands.

She is alive and well. Even if the replicant is destroyed, if she attends the shareholders’ meeting and explains that she is the real Hong Seo-yeon and what Chairman Hong Kwon-tae did…

It was obvious that there would be more shareholders who would support Hong Seo-yeon, who would bring money to the company, than Vice Chairman Hong Kwon-tae, who had lost his teeth.

Of course, right now it’s more like a 50-50 chance, but as time goes by, they’ll find Hong Seo-yeon on their own.

‘I should think of it as a long vacation and enjoy it… Even though I won’t get pregnant…’

This isn’t bad either. Hong Seo-yeon smiles and starts lightly cooking various ingredients she took out of the refrigerator.

She never thought she would cook this much in her life.

The android standing in the corner of this vacation home could actually cook better than Hong Seo-yeon.

But she didn’t order it. She just wanted to cook the food herself to eat with her beloved husband.

‘I’ve really changed too…’

Efficiency

Cost-effectiveness

These were actions that were not typical of Hong Seo-yeon, who had always lived with such thoughts in her head.

I still leave the cleaning up to the android, but that’s only because I don’t feel any love in the act of cleaning.

“…What are you doing so early in the morning?”

Ji-hoon, who came out of the bedroom, saw Hong Seo-yeon putting two frying pans and a pot on the fire, and then he poured himself a glass of water and drank it.

In his eyes, Hong Seo-yeon looked like a lovely wife happily enjoying her newlywed life.

‘…I’ve never hypnotized you into doing something like this…’

A strange thought briefly filled his mind, but it didn’t matter.

Honestly, what man doesn’t like it when a woman takes the time to prepare food for him and act cute?

Ji-hoon, who had just finished drinking some cold water, approached Hong Seo-yeon, who was cooking, admired her near-perfect body, and slapped her butt.

“Ugh, Master… Cooking… . Gasp.”

Hong Seo-yeon’s face turned red as she unknowingly called Ji-hoon her master.

Ji-hoon doesn’t specifically point that out and make fun of that fact. He just chuckles and sits quietly at the table.

“Ahh… Honey, don’t touch it like that while I’m cooking. It’ll all burn. ”

“The breakfast that my husband makes for me will probably be delicious even if it all burns”

“Lies…”

Hong Seo-yeon laughs and moves her hands to cook.

In fact, he was simply moving his arms exactly as instructed, using the program in his head.

If you say it’s similar to the feeling of playing a cooking game, it was similar. But isn’t the basics of cooking to follow a recipe perfectly?

There was definitely love in the cooking that Hong Seo-yeon did, and although she followed the recipes, it wasn’t because she was lazy, but because she loved Ji-hoon and wanted to give him the best food.

“Chairman Hong Kwon-tae… . What is this, after being humiliated last time, he keeps getting cursed at as each day passes.”

“Of course. In this day and age, young people just physiologically dislike old people.”

Hong Seo-yeon continues talking while lightly placing the homemade scrambled eggs on a frying pan into a bowl and grilling the bulgogi, which has a strong soy sauce smell, beautifully.

“Old people seem conservative, right?”

“Ah.. So Chairman Hong Kwon-tae just gave the chairman position to us and stepped down…”

“That’s right, what’s the point of advertising for a hundred days? That future company over there has a ghostly old woman who’s over 100 years old as its president. What kind of innovation would there be in a place like that? Blah blah blah..”

Hong Seo-yeon, who had heard the story so often that it was almost ringing in her ears, scooped up rice from a rice cooker that was emitting pure white steam.

To Ji-hoon’s eyes, it looked like an ordinary South Korean family breakfast…

‘What the hell is this… A meal that costs over a million won? This is crazy…’

Freshly cooked rice.

Scrambled eggs made with fresh eggs.

Homemade soybean paste stew with a strangely savory smell.

Bulgogi..

In addition, there are also kimchi and simple dried side dishes.

‘If it’s something sold at a factory… I think it’s just a bit expensive, but making it yourself is fucking expensive…’

What is the difference between factory-made food and hand-cooked food made with fresh ingredients?

Jihoon couldn’t figure it out.

He couldn’t imagine the difference between factory-grown eggs and fresh eggs.

But to Hong Seo-yeon, it was as common sense as the sun setting and the moon rising, so she didn’t explain anything.

“Hey, honey, you said you wanted to have breakfast like this, right?”

“…I was just saying it once…”

Has anyone ever eaten breakfast like this in 21st century South Korea?

For Ji-hoon, who would wake up and just eat ramen or skip lunch altogether, the breakfast table that Sonagi prepared for him, which was more expensive and had many handmade items, felt novel.

I felt a strange sense of happiness, like I was truly married to Hong Seo-yeon, completely enjoying the love of a woman.

‘I was using Hong Seo-yeon moderately and then trying to throw her away…’

There was a reason we started out as sex partners.

Because I was planning to have fun fucking the chairman’s vagina and his throbbing asshole, and use the overflowing money of the future company to live happily with Sona.

However, as he spent each day with Hong Seo-yeon, the thought naturally entered Ji-hoon’s mind that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to start a household with Hong Seo-yeon.

“But honey.”

Hong Seo-yeon, who started breakfast naturally, took a few bites of rice with a spoon, drank some soup, and then opened her mouth.

“…When are you going to introduce me to your parents?”

Hong Seo-yeon’s eyes shine strangely.

I introduced her to Vice Chairman Hong Kwon-tae, her only relative, although it was for a bad reason.

I know that the Kim Ji-hoon in front of me is a Net-Runner. I also know that the basics of a Net-Runner is to hide one’s identity.

But you’re not married, are you? Unlike when you were just sex partners, now that you’re married, it’s only natural that you want to know more about Ji-hoon’s family.

‘What should I do with this…’

Here, Ji-hoon was able to use a hypnosis program to stop asking questions like this or thinking like this.

“I’m sorry, but my parents passed away a long time ago…”

“Ah…”

Hong Seo-yeon didn’t ask any more questions, thinking that they were both in the same pain. She briefly stroked her hair in embarrassment.

“Then you don’t have any younger siblings, older brothers, or older sisters?”

Ji-hoon nodded. This was different from before, it didn’t really exist. In fact, how could he meet his parents in the 21st century Republic of Korea? Even that was as good as dead, since there was no way to talk to them.

“…You’re similar to me. My dear…”

Hong Seo-yeon flicks her chopsticks with a strange smile.

“..I saw your parents on the news…”

Ji-hoon deliberately lets the words slip.

“That’s right. He passed away. He was on a plane to America a long time ago… I don’t know if it was hijacked or something, but he died in an accident. If he had asked for money instead…”

I can give you as much as you want.

Money, that damn money, was more to Hong Seo-yeon than the water that gushes out from a faucet when you turn it on.

100 million? Even if they asked for 1 trillion, Hong Seo-yeon would have given it if it would have saved her parents’ lives. She was a minor at the time, and she didn’t have that kind of money, but…

“But…”

Ji-hoon was able to freely control the direction of the conversation because Hong Seo-yeon had already told him about her parents last time.

“…If it were your parents, they would have been the future presidents of companies, right?”

“That’s right. Of course, the chairman. Why?”

“No, it’s a bit… weird…”

Hong Seo-yeon, who likes to explain things, gulps as Ji-hoon drops a hint without saying anything.

“… Even if you think about it, it’s strange. Our mom and dad aren’t stupid… Would they just let them attack or hijack the plane? They even brought private soldiers with them.”

“That’s right, that doesn’t make sense. The president of a future company dying in an accident… It’s exactly the same as what’s happening now.”

“Right? Honey. So I did some research back in the day… and it looks like that old lady did it.”

Hong Seo-yeon bit her tongue as she said that.

Would a grandfather who tried to kill his granddaughter also kill his own child?

He seemed to think so emotionally, but had no evidence.

I investigated, but Vice Chairman Hong Kwon-tae is not a fool. There is no record of him making a request to anyone.

Even the most common account tracking couldn’t tell exactly who was receiving the money because of the elaborate laundry programs.

“Is there any trace of giving money?”

“Yeah, there is. That’s why I’m suspicious. Honestly… the shareholders don’t like that old lady smell either. Because…”

“That’s probably because he killed the shareholders who were giving him shit.”

“…How did you know?”

“Can’t an old man who kills his own children kill shareholders?”

Hong Seo-yeon nods at Ji-hoon’s words. But there is no evidence.

Everyone has a feeling, but it’s hard to do anything without evidence. So Hong Seo-yeon forced a smile, thinking about ending this story.

This is a story that ended 10 years ago. What would Hong Seo-yeon have done as soon as she became the chairman and seized control of Mirae Enterprise? It’s an obvious story.

“Then… if there’s evidence that Hong Kwon-tae did something so dirty, we can just throw him on the floor without waiting long.”

“Uh.. That’s true. But honey, I can’t use the Future Company network right now because my bio ID is suspended…”

“Nothing is impossible. Trinity.”

Ji-hoon smiles and calls out to the legendary net-runner.

“Did you call me, Mr. Kim Ji-hoon?”

“Let’s find someone.”