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“Mr. Ki! Even if you’re bothered by what happened, it’s still okay for to talk to you… But if I cause trouble whilst I’m associated with you, how can I face you after that?”
“—Just because of that? Was your reasoning that shallow?”
“Huh? That’s what Yi Joon told —”
He hid it because he didn’t want to worry, but he apologised, saying that he didn’t know I would be this angry.
They both endured getting picked on because of what I said on a whim. Maybe Eui Yeol was innocent enough to act this way, but I wondered why the hard-headed Yi Joon did the sa too.
So my heart felt stuffy when I learned that Yi Joon had also acted that way because of .
“—Really?”
“Then… wanting to get closer to the World Party Leader’s grandson… Did you an it or not?”
The appearance of Jung Yi Joon, who was unable to hold in his temper and scread, seed different today.
Sothing… Sothing was anew. Is this the feeling of seeing a brother grow mature?
‘Our Yi Joon has changed!’
It was so wonderful to hear that he, who never put up with anything or anyone before, put up with sothing in consideration of my position.
“Ah! Why are you laughing!”
“Heh heh—”
When my mouth twisted and I couldn’t hold back my laughter, Jung Yi Joon suddenly blushed in anger.
However, seeing that there was no real anger on his face, he seed more embarrassed that he had been found out.
I really thought it was aweso. If this kind of situation happened more often, maybe he would beco nicer, day by day. Feeling better, I clung to Yi Joon.
“What, what—”
“Yi Joon-ah
“—Huh.”
But I don’t know what kind of promise that is?
What can I do to keep that promise?
I couldn’t ask her to elaborate on her words, so I grew frustrated and tears ca out.
What the hell was that promise?
I thought it was important, but why didn’t Ki Yoon Jae rember?
Because he doesn’t keep his promises?
I couldn’t figure it out.
As I couldn’t say I didn’t know what she was talking about, I had no choice but to pretend I did and nod my head.
As if satisfied with that alone, Ki Hyun Joo let go of my hand and sent off to have a good trip.
While driving, I simulated how to defend against Jae Mu’s questions.
By the ti I ca up with a convincing explanation that could be used in my defence to an extent, I’d arrived at Ki Jae Mu’s residence.
“Welco, Master. The president is waiting in the dining room.”
“Yes.”
The location remained in my mory, so I was able to find it on my own without any guidance.
In the huge mansion where one person lived alone, there was a large dining table fit for 10 people in the dining room.
Ki Jae Mu, who sat at the end, saw coming in and motioned with his hand for to sit down.
“Hello, Grandpa.”
“Um, yes. Let’s eat dinner first.”
I sat close to him and waited for Jae Mu to pick up his spoon first, and then I picked up a spoon too.
As I was about to pick up a side dish, Ki Jae Mu opened his mouth.
“Is school going well?”
“—Yes.”
I imdiately put it down and answered, but the answer was still a little delayed. Jae Mu groaned a little as if telling he didn’t like my response, and then asked again,
“I heard that the World Party’s Go Hyuk had his grandson beaten—”
His eyes were questioning whether that was true.
When I nodded my head in agreent, Jae Mu took a deep breath.
I was a little surprised at how well he held up his anger.
This was because, in Ki Yoon Jae’s mory, Ki Jae Mu was the type of person who threw things first.
It seed that the father-and-son duo of Ki Young Woo and Ki Sung Yoon, who caused accidents every ti, were the reason for Jae Mu’s warpath, but he was giving Ki Yoon Jae a chance because he’d never had an accident before, excluding the future confrontation with Eui Yeol, the main character in the future.
“Why?”
“Because he did not know his place and coveted what’s mine.”
“Is that the reason to destroy a friendship that has been around for decades?”
“Yes.”
I nodded.
I saw Ki Jae Mu clenching his teeth in response to my casual answer, so I spoke quickly,
“It is not a sin to covet. I am Sungwoon and anything about Sungwoon is mine. Even if it’s just a pebble, it can only be the best if it carries the na of Sungwoon.”
“…”
“They can look at it, but… taking it as if it’s theirs is a different matter altogether… at the very least they need my permission, the owner, to use it… unless they’re ignoring .”
“Hmm—”
“Because I am a person of great importance, the successor of the company, and the person who will lead it into the future. Ignoring is the sa as ignoring the company.”
“That’s right, no matter how much of a rich family they are… it’s still Sungwoon who’s above them.”
Ki Jae Mu seed relieved to so extent by my explanation, so I was able to relax for an hour.
“Nowadays, anyone can post anything on the internet, and they did… However, it was so dull and poorly written… they left out the fact that he’s a jerk and a bully at school… if such a thing were to be found, the na of the school would be tarnished.”
“Oh, they dared!”
“It seems that it would be difficult for the World Party to be passed down to their grandchildren. At 17, he’s no longer young, he’s of age to know what he can and can’t do, maybe—”
After that, Jae Mu talked about keeping the status-quo with the World Party up to Ki Yoon Jae’s father’s generation and his considerations for a new partner after that. At my words, Jae Mu thought for a mont.
“Hmm, Go Go-hyeok, he’s been arrogant lately. I don’t even know what he’s up to.”
Apparently, he also had sothing he didn’t like about the leader of the World Party.
He raised a small political party that used to be king of the provinces into a ruling party that ruled the whole country, but he seed to want to escape the grasp of Jae Mu because power had gotten to his head.
Perhaps, Jae Mu’s mind was full of thoughts about whose hand it would be better to hold instead of the leader of the World Party.
Now that Ki Jae Mu was deep in thought, there would be no more questioning… I relaxed and enjoyed dinner.
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