Chapter 31

Chapter 31

All for Our Jeong-hyeok!

I waved my hand to see Grandfather off.

“Grandfather, take care! Come play again!”

“Yes.”

Grandfather turned with a smile.

But no trace of a smile showed on the back that had turned.

I let out a small sigh.

‘The insides of Grandfather turning like that must not be easy either.’

It was bitter.

It was the adults’ circumstances that children don’t need to know.

* * *

The footsteps of Chairman Cha getting into the parked car after leaving the Hannam-dong mansion were light.

Go manager took the steering wheel.

Chairman Cha sat in the back seat and smiled contentedly.

“That Seong-jun guy, he really obtained one good son!”

Chairman Cha looked out the window while receiving the warm heater wind.

The wall magnificently stacked with pebbles boasted a great majesty.

The iron gate like an impregnable fortress, the splendid garden, the expensive ornamental bonsai or stones, of course the house structure or pyeong as well as the interior, etc.

It was a rich house mansion carefully and elaborately built in every way.

“How on earth did our Jeong-hyeok buy a house like this? Clearly the budget was only a mere 10 million won. That guy is quite talented? Hahaha!”

If it’s a guy pulling tricks like this at just seven years old······.

‘How big will he grow the company when he grows up? Just imagining this makes my chest surge.’

This is why they say child farming, grandchild farming.

The words “a dog under a tiger father” were the worst curse heard in this field.

‘No matter how hard you grow the company, if an incompetent child starts ruining it, bankruptcy is also in an instant.’

Chairman Cha had seen the rise and fall countless times.

How many companies are newly established every year, and how many companies go bankrupt every year.

This place was a battlefield without guns and swords.

‘Lee Su-jin, that child educated the child very properly.’

Chairman Cha’s evaluation of Lee Su-jin rose a bit more.

It was thanks to raising the precious grandson well.

‘Honestly, until before seeing Jeong-hyeok, I thought all women are the same, so pairing with a woman from a good family among them is the best support.’

Is that why?

Among the grandsons, there is no guy like Jeong-hyeok.

Chairman Cha took out the gangji paper that the grandson had given.

‘Where did he get something like this again. And the negotiation skill? No matter how I look, the ability is quite something.’

When he unfolded the neatly folded gangji paper, a statement written in handwriting came out.

The more Chairman Cha read, the more he tightly crumpled his brow.

“Damn it!”

Chairman Cha crumpled the gangji paper tightly.

Anger surged to the top of his head.

“Cha Yun-seong!”

He was Chairman Cha’s youngest younger brother.

“Even the incompetent guy who couldn’t even properly keep Taeseong Lumber is a younger brother! He begged so much saying he’s ashamed to see the children and to give him just one decent upper position, so I temporarily seated him in the Taeseong Construction president position! What’s going on? This damned guy!”

Curses poured out without stopping, da da da da.

“What’s the reason I’ve been pampering a guy who only consumes money without ability until now! What’s the reason I deliberately pretended not to know that he was secretly diverting the construction funds that my child earns behind!”

Chairman Cha didn’t not know.

“That guy also has a family, has close aides to take care of, and has employees to embrace, so I moderately turned a blind eye!”

This guy doesn’t know what moderate is!

“Either start your own business separately with the diverted money! Or prepare to move to another affiliate! From the beginning, I nailed it that Taeseong Construction is Seong-jun’s share!”

Chairman Cha fumed.

“Dare aim for my child’s rice bowl? Hitting the back of the head of your older brother? And that while holding hands with U-gwang?”

That was the reason Chairman Cha was greatly angry.

“Even though incompetent, I pampered him saying it’s blood, but this guy really keeps looking and looking! Yes, since you turned your back first, don’t resent me saying I’m cold-hearted!”

A sense of betrayal surged.

The hand holding the gangji paper trembled.

“I feel like drinking.”

The mouth was bitter, and the throat was blocked.

“Go to the Taeseong Hotel. Today I’ll put everything down and have a drink. That guy is still my biological younger brother!”

A sigh naturally came out.

“I looked after that guy for 55 years since he was a baby. Today we brothers should drink until our noses are crooked and settle it.”

“Chairman······.”

“It was something that had to be done someday. It was a set course from when that Yun-seong guy brought in incompetent guys who can’t even work as executives saying they’re his close aides and held money parties.”

Chairman Cha hit the leather seat.

“Go manager, what are you doing not departing quickly?”

“Secretary Kim hasn’t gotten in yet.”

Clang.

Just in time, Secretary Kim came out of the main gate.

“Get in quickly! I’m thinking of going to grab that Yun-seong guy’s collar right now!”

“Chairman, please receive this. Young Master Jeong-hyeok said it’s a gift to the chairman.”

“My child sent a gift?”

Chairman Cha quickly opened the paper envelope.

“Deodeok liquor? This is a high-grade product that can’t be easily obtained on the market. Ha······.”

A small note was attached to the liquor bottle.

It was crooked child’s handwriting.

Grandfather, don’t drink a lot of alcohol saying you’re upset. But today it can’t be helped, right? If you must drink alcohol, please drink medicinal liquor that upsets the insides less. -From Jeong-hyeok-

The complexion of Chairman Cha who had been turning red and blue because of the Taeseong Construction president greatly softened.

The crumpled brow also unfolded, and the bitten lips drew an arc.

“Still, the only one who understands my insides is our precious child.”

“Young Master Jeong-hyeok requested. He said not to offer even a single glass of deodeok liquor to the Taeseong Construction president.”

“Did I even see through that I would drink with that Yun-seong guy? Hahaha!”

What’s so special about this.

Why is it so commendable and contented.

“I’ve never received a gift with this kind of heart from my own child either.”

The precious grandson was already caught in the eyes.

The cute appearance smiling brightly while making a snowman flickered.

“Everyone only says give money while holding out their hands to me! Was there even one guy who thought of my heart, my insides? They only complain saying why don’t you understand my insides. Tsk!”

But there was exactly one child who didn’t complain saying why don’t you understand my insides.

A taciturn, serious, always consistent guy.

Since there were no complaints, he just passed it over thinking it was fine enough.

Was that why.

He couldn’t even think of first considering that guy’s insides.

“I didn’t know Seong-jun had a woman.”

Chairman Cha looked out the window.

Heavy snow was falling flutteringly.

“Just looking at Seong-jun’s eyes, I could tell. The guy who treats U-gwang’s daughter like a stone, but when he sees Lee Su-jin, honey drips from his eyes. The heart is deep.”

A long sigh naturally followed.

“Hoo······.”

Chairman Cha’s face looked deeply worried today.

“This, the reason I have to drink alcohol increased by one more.”

Chairman Cha looked at the deodeok liquor.

The yellow-colored liquor was swaying.

“Secretary Kim, about Taeseong Chemicals.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

“If we step forward and clean up the shares, extract once how much loss we have to bear.”

“Does it mean you will clean up the marriage with U-gwang?”

“There can be a what if.”

Chairman Cha had cool eyes.

“I also know that if we clean up Taeseong Chemicals now, the loss on our side will be a lot. Probably the noise won’t stop either, and the backlash will be quite severe. We’ll have to bear restructuring too, and we’ll turn red in the face with U-gwang too.”

Chairman Cha crossed his arms.

He closed his eyes and buried his body deeply in the back seat.

“But what can I do. My son says he likes it. He says he wants to marry the woman he loves.”

It was after already seeing the son’s solemn face.

“Where in the world is there a parent who wins against their child? He says he can’t abandon his wife and child. He says he’ll take responsibility for the matters he started himself. Even if I can’t cheer saying it’s admirable, how can I stop that.”

The youngest son already had a father’s face.

So Chairman Cha also decided to firm his resolve as a father.

“Rather than seeing blood tears in my son and grandson’s eyes, it’s better for me to bear the bleeding.”

Go manager holding the steering wheel was surprised and looked back.

“Chairman, is it sincere?”

Instead of saying ‘From the beginning, it was a button I fastened hastily and wrongly.’

Chairman Cha pretended not to know and turned his head to the passenger seat.

“Secretary Kim, how many Taeseong Construction stocks did that Yun-seong guy have?”

“The chairman gave 4%. On top of that, the stocks he secretly bought under a borrowed name will be about 3%.”

“Diverting the construction payment that my child received running until his feet burned, even selling the apartment sites held by Taeseong Construction! The stocks bought like that are only 3%? There’s a limit even to incompetence!”

Chairman Cha ground his teeth.

“I can’t stand it anymore! From now on, everything I extract from that Yun-seong guy, all of it, turn it over to Jeong-hyeok!”

“Yes, Chairman.”

Secretary Kim nodded.

But Go manager couldn’t help but be shocked.

“Not to Young Master Seong-jun who is the son, but to Young Master Jeong-hyeok who is the grandson?”

“Yes, if merit was established, a corresponding reward must be given.”

Chairman Cha lightly touched the gangji paper and the deodeok liquor.

“Life is originally give and take!”

Chairman Cha didn’t stop there.

“How much is the total money that Yun-seong guy diverted behind?”

“It’s not certain since we haven’t looked through all the ledgers yet, but it will be roughly 1 billion.”

“1 billion?”

The more he heard, the more his insides boiled.

“I have to make that money also be spit out again!”

Go manager was astonished.

“Surely all of that too······?”

But Secretary Kim nodded contentedly as if it was natural.

“Then shall we also investigate and report all the Taeseong Construction executives this time?”

“Of course! Those incompetent and shameless guys, all of them have their necks cut and recover the embezzled money too!”

It was a purge declaration.

“Right now, tell that Yun-seong guy to come up to the Taeseong Hotel bar! If he can’t come, it’s fine to drag him!”

Chairman Cha’s eyes shone coldly.

They were eyes that had resolved for blood.

“Still, since he’s a younger brother, I should listen to the last excuse. There’s enough loyalty to pour one drink as a farewell!”

Chairman Cha glanced at the deodeok liquor that the grandson had prepared.

“But I can’t permit even a single sip of deodeok liquor. Prepare cheap soju for that guy’s share!”

The car that Chairman Cha was in headed to the Taeseong Hotel.

* * *

I came out of the baby bathtub where warm water had been swaying.

I wiped my body fluffy and put on high-quality new clothes.

When I came out of the bathroom, the Taeseong Group security guards waiting outside the door held out something a lot.

“Young Master, please have some sweet cocoa here.”

“There are also cookies and candy.”

“You like chocolate, right? So I bought the piece cake in chocolate too.”

All were snacks that children would go crazy for.

Just looking, it seemed like I would get diabetes.

It was that sweet and warm goodwill.

I gathered both hands and did a navel bow.

“Thank you. I’ll eat well.”

The Taeseong Group security guards smiled with very contented expressions.

Behind them, Uncle Cheol-gu was continuously winking one eye.

Just looking, he was the culprit of this current situation.

“Oh dear, oh dear. Young Master, the things I prepared are a bit different from these guys’.”

On the other hand, the quick-witted Taeseong security guard, the self-proclaimed number two, was different.

“I floated two eggs in ssanghwa tea. The accompanying snack is puffed rice, and the palate cleanser is of course silver pellets.”

“As expected!”

I raised my thumb.

The Taeseong Group security guards couldn’t hide their shocked expressions.

“No, it was ssanghwa tea, not cocoa?”

“To refuse cookies and choose puffed rice!”

“Silver pellets instead of piece cake!”

The quick-witted security guard, the self-proclaimed number two, Yu Jong-tae who volunteered to be my limb, smiled with a very triumphant face.

“I knew it would be like this! As expected, the chairman’s bloodline!”

“H, how can this be!”

Uncle Cheol-gu was making an expression as if the sky had collapsed.

The lollipops he was holding fell to the floor with a thud.

Regardless.

I turned my head.

Father was lost in thought looking at the Christmas tree with his hands stuck in his pants pockets.