Chapter 2: Kwon Se-ah, the Youngest Daughter of a Chaebol Family (2)

“A woman uses such a large house all by herself…?”

At first, I was at a loss, wondering how to get back to ‘Kwon Se-ah’s house’.

But after my grandfather’s comforting pats and getting into the limousine, all my problems were solved.

People in black suits ‘escorted’ me home.

And the house I arrived at was truly enormous.

“Two entrances…?”

I didn’t know the password, but the door lock naturally had fingerprint recognition, so there was no problem.

Between the first and second entrances, there was a shoe closet.

“…I saw this on YouTube, they called it a waste of money.”

Next to the ordinary shoe closet was a shoe care appliance that took up three times the space.

Its color was a plain black, but the fact that someone would insist on having and using such a thing made me laugh hollowly.

“Hansung Electronics…”

Admiring the large logo on the appliance, I took off my shoes and roughly put them inside.

Honestly, I didn’t even know how to use it, and more importantly, I was dying to take off my clothes because they were so itchy.

“Hello…! Is anyone there?”

Opening the second entrance door, a surprisingly neat living room and kitchen immediately came into view.

‘Just how big is this house?’

‘I know it’s incomparably larger than the studio apartment I used to live in…’

“No… why are there two bathrooms when a woman lives alone?”

“And there are three rooms… huh?”

Is this what they call ‘living alone’ for the youngest daughter of a chaebol family?

One room was a bedroom, and another was a dressing room entirely filled with clothes.

Even the remaining one was a room with various books and a computer, looking somewhat like an office.

“This is no joke…”

“I struggled just to live in that studio apartment…”

Just in case, I checked every corner of the house, worried a cleaning lady or a bodyguard might appear.

Fortunately, there was no one like that, and I confirmed that I was the only one in a house that seemed spacious enough for a family of four.

“First… let’s take off these clothes.”

“These clothes… I really can’t stand how itchy they are.”

I hurriedly went into the dressing room and took off the black coat and skirt I was wearing.

I unbuttoned the tight white blouse and was finally down to my stockings and bra.

“Ah…! Seriously!”

“How do women even wear these things?”

‘This thing called a bra is worse than I thought.’

“No… how do I take this off?!”

‘Isn’t it something you can just take off like a t-shirt or panties?’

‘What is this?’

‘Your prison starts now!’

‘Is it something like that?’

Like a fool, I fumbled behind my back with one hand, turning awkwardly, and ended up hitting my head on the wall.

“Aaaargh…!!!”

I finally managed to unfasten the bra by grabbing the hard hook on my back and pulling it.

‘Do I have to do this every day?’

‘Isn’t there something simpler, like panties?’

Still, the stockings were no big deal; I just had to grab them and pull them down.

‘…But can I wear these multiple times?’

‘Do I hang them up somewhere like long johns?’

“Ah… I don’t know.”

“Let’s just put on something comfortable, anything.”

I grabbed and opened the nearest wardrobe I saw.

Whether I opened a black one, a red one, or a white one, only fancy clothes came out.

“There are no panties or bras here either… Ah.”

Only then did I go back to the bedroom and open the wardrobe in one corner.

As expected, there were incredibly loose-looking pajamas hanging there.

“…Bra… I should wear one, right…?”

The body of ‘Kwon Se-ah’ I saw in the mirror earlier was honestly beautiful.

‘If I ruin this body by not wearing a bra because it’s itchy, that would be a huge problem, wouldn’t it?’

“Oh, what’s this… this looks okay.”

‘Kwon Se-ah was a human being after all.’

Next to the fancy and itchy-looking bras, there was a pile of bras labeled Calvin Klein.

‘This feels like looking at a Steam library.’

‘Aren’t they all the same?’

‘What’s the difference?’

“Ah… I don’t know.”

“I can’t live with my chest exposed, so let’s just wear anything.”

“Anything.”

I picked the one that looked the least itchy and forced my arms and body into it.

‘But is this okay?’

‘I’m squishing my body in like a glove, what if it turns out each one costs hundreds of thousands of won?’

After that, I put on loose-looking pajamas, top and bottom, and threw myself onto the bed.

“Ah… it feels like I’m visiting a hotel room.”

Kwon Se-ah’s body, which had woken up after a month, was more exhausted than I thought.

‘I’m sure I had something… serious to think about…’

‘What situation am I in now, and is this possessed life really safe…’

‘It feels like there’s a mountain of things I need to seriously investigate…’

“Uuungh… so sleepy…”

Kwon Se-ah’s body couldn’t withstand the assault of the fluffy bed for even 10 seconds and fell straight into a deep sleep.

***

“Hwaaam… How tired was I?”

“How could I wake up at 11 AM…”

Having slept peacefully without a single worry, I groggily crawled out of the room and sat at the kitchen table.

Just in case, I glanced towards the front door, but no cleaning lady or bodyguard had come.

“Ugh… there’s nothing in the fridge.”

For some reason, I opened the refrigerator with anticipation, but thankfully, it was empty.

‘Well, of course.’

‘After 30 days in a coma, the fridge would naturally be dead too.’

“Delivery food is a waste of money… where’s the convenience store…”

Muttering to myself, I unlocked the smartphone in my right hand.

Of course, I didn’t know the password, but since it had face recognition, it wasn’t difficult at all.

It was even the same model I used to use, so operating it wasn’t hard either.

“…Wait, why am I thinking of going to a convenience store?”

“Am I an idiot?”

“I can just order delivery, can’t I?”

‘Starting brunch with delivery as soon as I wake up?’

Normally, I’d rummage around for food that could last three meals at once because it was too much of a waste of money, but things are different now.

“Who am I… I’m Kwon Se-ah…”

‘There’s no way I don’t have money!’

“Of course, even the youngest daughter of a chaebol family orders delivery!”

Moreover, the smartphone even had a proper food delivery app installed.

There were even traces of frequent use, so I wouldn’t suddenly be accused of the young lady losing her mind!

“Wow… what, what should I eat?”

“I can’t have chicken or pizza for breakfast.”

‘Maybe I should have sushi at times like this?’

‘It feels like the more money I spend, the more expensive and delicious food I can get?’

“Tuna… yes, let’s have tuna.”

“I heard this is incredibly expensive and delicious!”

It was 11 AM, but surprisingly, there was a sushi restaurant open.

[Fresh Tuna Special]

[Tuna Flower, Otoro, Chutoro… A perfectly prepared set. 12P]

[54,000]

‘No matter how I look at it, eating this for brunch is insane extravagance.’

“Gulp…”

I couldn’t resist and pressed the order button immediately.

– Click!

The linked card, of course, passed easily with face recognition.

“Wow… now… for one meal, huh, how much did I just spend?”

“₩50,000?”

‘I used to think it was a great deal to eat cheaply at the company cafeteria when I was short on money.’

‘No, even when I ate budae jjigae while listening to the manager’s lecture, I was grateful for saving money, wasn’t I?’

‘…But how long can I live like this?’

“I just spent ₩50,000 like crazy right now…”

‘Maybe the financial situation of a chaebol’s youngest daughter is more ordinary than I think.’

‘It’s not like my bank balance is only two million won and I just spent ₩50,000, right…’

With a heart full of worry, I swiped through the smartphone’s screen.

‘Our 26-year-old Miss Kwon Se-ah’s smartphone is more ordinary than I thought.’

‘Instagram is installed as if it’s a given… and surprisingly, there are a few games too.’

‘Does a chaebol young lady play mobile games?’

‘Well, since she can infinitely spend on gacha, maybe it’s a bit fun?’

“Anyway… let’s check how much is in the bank account first.”

With a pounding heart, I quickly finished the face recognition.

‘It’s funny that this bank app has the same name here too.’

[₩4,394,120,200]

“Ones… tens… hundreds… thousands… Huh?”

“Huh?”

“Billion?!”

“4 billion?”

‘She just has 4 billion won in her personal account?’

‘It’s a bit bewildering that there’s only one linked account, but…’

“Wow, 4 billion won…”

“I could really just play and eat for the rest of my life…”

‘4 billion won.’

‘If I had tried to save this much originally, I probably couldn’t have earned it even if I worked for 100 years without eating a single meal, right?’

“Wow… what should I do with 4 billion won?”

‘Even if I eat delicious food every day, it feels like it would last a lifetime?’

***

“Her stomach is small…”

Our Miss Kwon Se-ah’s stomach was full before she could even eat half of the 12 pieces of sushi.

Of course, it wasn’t a ₩50,000 meal for nothing; it came with a small udon and many little side dishes…

“Still, this is what ₩50,000 gets you.”

“It’s delicious.”

‘If delivery sushi is this good, what level is omakase then?’

‘Is it to the point where the sushi just melts in your mouth?’

‘…No, but the texture is important too, so wouldn’t it be tasteless if it just melted away?’

 Bzzzz!

Bzzzz!

“Uh… who is this?”

Just as I was wondering how to clear the sushi piled on the table, my smartphone suddenly buzzed loudly.

[Kwon Si-young]

‘Who is Kwon Si-young?’

“Ah… I remember.”

“The cousin with the earrings…”

‘Wasn’t she the woman who slapped her mother’s back and angrily asked why she was talking like that?’

‘She was older than Kwon Se-ah, right?’

‘What should I do?’

‘Just ignore it?’

‘…If I ignore it, won’t she come barging in, thinking something happened because I’m holed up alone at home?’

“Ahem… hello?”

– “Se-ah! Is something wrong?”

– “Why aren’t you answering?”

The voice that burst out as soon as I answered the phone was, as expected, incredibly cheerful and loud.

“Huh?”

“Didn’t you just call me now?”

– “You, what, have you been drinking?”

– “I’m saying this because I’ve been sending you texts since morning and you haven’t seen them!”

‘…I didn’t receive anything?’

‘The first thing I checked when I groggily went to the bathroom was my smartphone notifications.’

‘There was nothing?’

“Ah…”

I hurriedly checked my messenger app and saw 999 notifications piled up.

Moreover, when I tapped to check, I saw that notifications for all chat rooms were turned off.

Even the app’s own notifications were also turned off.

“…I’m sorry, Unni.”

“I woke up late this morning, so I was a bit out of it.”

– “What’s this, why are you suddenly calling me Unni, Unni?”

– “Ah… it’s that, right?”

– “Right?”

– “It’s because Mom was being a b*tch yesterday, so you’re a bit down, right?”

‘Just what kind of life was this 26-year-old chaebol’s youngest daughter living?’

‘Did she not call her older cousin ‘Unni’ and just said ‘hey, hey’?’

“Ah, no.”

“That’s not it…”

– “It is!”

– “You’re even using polite speech, unlike usual!”

“Unni!”

“I told you it’s not like that!”

I blurted it out, and thankfully, it was the right answer.

A cheerful laugh came from beyond the smartphone.

– “Nothing’s wrong, right?”

“Yeah, no.”

“I’m really okay, Unni.”

– “Still, you… Mom said some things a bit harshly yesterday, so I’m sorry.”

– “Want to meet up?”

I quickly flicked my thumb across the smartphone to check the content of the messages Kwon Si-young had sent.

[Se-ah, sorry about yesterday, want to go shopping for a change?]

[Sorry Mom said weird things. Unni will buy you a present.]

[Cheer up, ㅋㅋ really.]

‘…Kwon Si-young feels sorry for me.’

‘In this situation, if I say, “No, I’m just going to stay home,” wouldn’t her goodwill turn into hostility?’

“Okay, Unni.”

“Then where should I go?”

– “Go where?”

– “I’ll come to your place by 2 PM, so just get dressed casually and come out, okay?”

Hearing her words, laughter burst out of me.

‘So, people in this family don’t set up a meeting place and meet there; they come to pick you up by car.’

‘Acting like a chaebol’s youngest daughter overnight was, as expected, not an easy task.’

‘But what kind of present is she going to buy me?’

‘Honestly, when I think of presents, the only things that come to mind are the Spam or cooking oil sets I received during holidays…?!’