episode_0062

I was on my way to a meat restaurant.

Yeah. My brothers came here and helped me.

First of all, it’s not even my money, and my grandfather asked me to buy it for him with his card. I have to buy it for him.

While walking and laughing with my brothers who had stopped by the security department to borrow a club, I ran into my mom.

“Son?”

I faced that head on too.

It seems like Mom is looking at each of her brothers one by one and racking her brain to figure out what the situation is.

I bet you can’t possibly guess.

My mom thinks I should be at school at this time.

Mom looks very embarrassed as she is surrounded by her older brothers.

Yeah. It must be really embarrassing. Even I am embarrassed to have met my mom like this.

I approached my mom and explained the situation.

“Mom. That’s right, someone followed Ye-eun and me this morning, and like Mom said, we thought someone was trying to kidnap us, so we asked my older sister and brothers to catch the person who was following us. They said Grandpa sent them?”

“Haha. That’s what my mom asked me to do when she called grandpa yesterday. Did you know that your son was leaving in the morning?”

“Really? Anyway, my grandfather gave me a card to buy meat for my brothers and I, so we were going to a meat restaurant.”

“Then you’re just going to eat meat and come home?”

“Okay. I’ll just eat the meat and go right in.”

“Okay. Then son, I’ll see you at home?”

“Okay. See you later.”

Mom, who understood the situation, expressed her gratitude to the physical education students and passed by after a brief greeting with the positive older sister.

I headed back to the meat restaurant with my brothers.

We came into a meat restaurant that our family often visits in the neighborhood and sat down together.

Positive older sister looking at the meat restaurant menu.

“Kid. Isn’t this place too expensive?”

“Sister. It’s not my money.”

“But wouldn’t 10 people be too many?”

“It’s okay. Eat as much as you want, sis.”

The oldest brother who heard me whispered something to the other brothers and then spoke to me.

“Is that Jaehoon? We feel guilty about taking money from you, an elementary school student? But Mr. Chairman? I don’t feel guilty about taking money from cards at all. So instead of taking money, you eat as much as you want?”

“Yes, brother. Thank you. Enjoy your meal.”

It was really good news to me and my brothers ordered meat and started gorging on it like they had been starving for days.

“Sister. But how do you know the guys from the physical education department?”

“Huh? I don’t know everything, but that guy over there. He’s my dad’s disciple.”

“Aha?”

“I have a gym bag that I bought when I was young. How many of you know?”

The meal continued for over an hour.

Let’s finish paying by handing our card to the very cheerful owner of the restaurant.

The brothers said that it was their first time doing something like this and that it was a lot of fun, and that they would meet again if they had the chance. Then they parted ways.

Finally, I expressed my gratitude to my positive older sister and headed home.

“Mom, I’m home~”

“Son, are you here? What about Positive and your brothers?”

“I greeted you nicely.”

“You’re amazing, you even have bodyguards, who would think you’re the son of someone?”

“Huh, right?”

“But from now on, if something like this happens, you shouldn’t try to solve it on your own, but tell your mom first?”

“Okay. Ah! This is Grandpa’s card.”

Let’s take out the card that we finished paying at the restaurant and give it to our mom.

“Mom, you talked to Grandpa on the way here too? She said Jaehoon should keep the card and use it when needed?”

It was obviously a corporate card. Anyone could tell that it was embezzlement, but since it was already my card, I naturally put the card back in my pocket.

“Did Grandpa say anything?”

“I heard you were really happy that your eldest grandson grew up so smart?”

“But why didn’t you tell me that the bodyguards were following you?”

“Oh my. Mom said she got a call from Grandpa after you guys left. She was going to say hello and introduce you when she got home from school.”

“Really?”

“Right. But I never thought my son would catch it from the first day.”

“Haha. I see.”

After understanding the whole situation, I had no choice but to scratch my head and go into the room.

I happened to arrive home a little earlier than usual, and because of the smell of meat on my body, I couldn’t even take a nap until I finished showering.

***

“Son!”

“Son!!”

My father woke me up by shaking me with a serious voice, unlike usual.

“Why.”

“Wake up for a moment.”

“Please sleep a little more.”

“Ahem. Son, today isn’t like that, so wake up.”

What on earth is going on here?

I opened my eyes, got out of bed and looked at my dad.

“A guest came to my house. Should I come out and say hello?”

“Guest? Who?”

“Come out first.”

Let’s open the door and go out with Dad.

Mom and Ye-eun were standing next to me,

I met again the bodyguards who had been beaten by my brothers in the morning and disappeared in a car.

“Uh.. Hello.”

“Oh, yes, sir.”

“You can say that comfortably”

“Haha, no.”

“Are you feeling okay?”

“Oh my! You got caught by our son this morning?”

“…..”

Dad, holding back laughter at the thought of something so funny, brings up the morning’s events.

“If Dad saw the physical education students running at me with clubs, he wouldn’t have said that.”

“Did you even pick up the baton?”

“Yeah. It was brutal.”

Even now, thinking about it, the sight of eight older men running towards me from both sides with clubs in their hands was amazing.

Even if he was a UFC world champion, isn’t this something he would have suffered?

“We’re just flustered because we’ve never been directly attacked. We’re confident in our security skills.”

“Oh, yes. Please take care of it.”

Yes. He wasn’t the one who needed to be protected, and he wouldn’t have been attacked himself.

“That. We will protect you better in the future without making it obvious.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

The bodyguards finished saying goodbye and left the house, and my father, who was standing next to me, spoke to me.

“Son. Grandpa was laughing so hard. Tell me more about it.”

“Nothing much.”

“Tell me, my grandfather was so happy that I raised him well~”

I left my curious father behind and went back to my room to sleep, but my father followed me all the way.

“Son! Tell me a story~”

“Who followed me in the morning? I caught the positive older sister and brothers. The end.”

“Who are you guys?”

“The brothers that my positive older sister knows.”

“Where did those guys get their clubs?”

“They’re from the Physical Education Department. They borrowed it from the security department next door. ”

“Then you just went out of nowhere and threw it away?”

“I thought she would definitely follow me, so I went out and she followed me, so I gave a signal to the positive older sister behind me.”

“So you’re saying you just threw it away?”

“Yeah.”

“What are you going to do if you insist that it’s not true without any evidence?”

“At least it was a warning.”

“What if those guys have a criminal record?”

“Your father or grandfather must have taken responsibility for you.”

“No? Dad doesn’t take responsibility for such things?”

Of course, would my father, who was willing to take responsibility for such a loser until the end, really do that?

I left my father behind and went back to bed to try to sleep,

“Son. Eat~”

I got up again at the sound of my mom’s voice, not my dad’s, and headed to the kitchen.

“”I’ll eat well.””

“Son. Those people are the ones who will be watching your son outside, so be polite and nice, right?”

“Of course. So now I can comfortably go to school in the morning by car?”

“Huh? No?”

“Then?”

“My legs are fine, so should I walk?”

“Why?”

“Why?”

I was looking forward to finally being able to live like a chaebol, but something feels strange.

“Mom. Wouldn’t it be more convenient for them to drive to school rather than walking while worrying about it?”

“Son! I always said this, but I hope Jaehoon and Ye-eun live normal lives when they’re young.”

“But isn’t it safer to go by car?”

“What could be dangerous with bodyguards following you around?”

“Okay.”

I guess my chaebol life is not over yet.

Then, my father, who had been quiet, started making strange noises.

“Honey, I think we need to move before Jaehoon starts middle school next year.”

“Why all of a sudden?”

“Dad wants to send Jaehoon to an international middle school?”

“Father? Why all of a sudden?”

“They say that smart kids will develop and become smarter if they go to places where smart kids gather?”

“…..”

Mom ate in silence, finding it hard to disagree with her grandfather. It seemed likely that they would move next year.

I also ate quietly to suit the mood, and while I was sitting on the living room sofa watching TV with my family, my dad spoke to me.

“Son. Do you know that?”

“What else.”

“Sae-ah, are you coming to Korea soon?”

“How does Dad know that?”

“Are you in contact with your in-laws?”

“Have you been in touch until now?”

“Sometimes?”

“Oh my. Is the new baby coming?”

“Right. It’s been 3 years.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen my mom, Sae-ah.”

“We decided to have a meal together when you come.”

Out of nowhere, you’re my new sister.

My head got complicated,

“What has Sae-ah been up to?”

“You just went to school and studied, right?”

“When are you coming?”

“The successor who came after my brother-in-law said he would come after the adjustment period was over, right? ”

“So when is that?”

“I don’t know?”

“…..”

“Sae-ah, you must have grown a lot?”

“I guess so? When Sae-ah comes to Korea, she will be in the second year of middle school?”

Nothing will change even if you worry about it.

I just got up from my seat, went to my room, lay down and tried to sleep.

***

When going to school and when coming home after school.

Just a normal day, except for the bodyguards following behind.

Days passed by, neither more nor less.

My normal daily life is that I stay at home as much as possible, sometimes work out with my positive older sister, and just go to school.

A sudden variable appeared in that daily routine.

“Jaehoon~!”

A familiar voice comes from behind.

I looked back and saw that Saea-nuna had grown so much that it was hard to call her a child anymore.

My sister, Sae-ah, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time, ran towards me with her arms wide open as if to hug me who had been far away.

I wonder if the weaving I learned so diligently at the gym has taken effect on my body.

I, a 29-year-old single man, was flustered by the sudden situation.

I unconsciously dodged my sister’s arm that was trying to hug me.

“Huh?”

huh?

It was my first reunion with my older sister in three years.