Return To The Building Owner [EN]: Chapter 60

“What are you hesitating to say?”

“Oppa [older brother, a term used by females to address older males they are close to], by any chance… are you free this Sunday, the day after tomorrow?”

“Free? Why all of a sudden?”

Kim Ji-yeon hesitated for a moment before speaking again.

“Someone wants to meet you.”

“What? What are you talking about?”

“Do you happen to know Seo In-hye?”

“Seo In-hye? Who’s that?”

“You really don’t know her?”

Kim Ji-yeon asked again, as if it couldn’t be possible.

“You really don’t know Seo In-hye?”

“No, who is she? Am I supposed to know her?”

Kim Ji-yeon shook her head.

At this point, there was one person whose eyes were particularly sparkling. It was his mother, who absolutely couldn’t stand being curious.

“Who is Seo In-hye?”

“The queen of our school.”

“Queen? What’s that?”

“The prettiest girl in our school. And my best friend.”

Then, Hyun-sung joined the conversation.

“Queen? Isn’t something wrong?”

“What is?”

“If it’s queen, shouldn’t it be you?”

Pfft.

Kim Ji-yeon couldn’t help but laugh at Hyun-sung’s serious demeanor.

“Oppa, even if we’re family, people will curse you if they hear that. Don’t ever say that kind of thing again.”

“Who would curse? I’m just stating the facts as they are. With this height, this face, and this much… well, isn’t it the best?”

Hyun-sung’s gaze was fixed on Kim Ji-yeon’s chest.

“Oppa!”

Kim Ji-yeon’s voice echoed loudly enough to fill the room. Her face turned red, and she glared at Hyun-sung as if she would devour him.

Then, his mother, who had been watching the scene from the side, added a word.

“Someone must be happy. Hoho….”

“Why are you doing this too, Mom?”

“Anyway, why that student?”

“Ah, well, that girl apparently has her eye on you, Oppa. She’s been begging me to let her have just one ‘bread’ [date] with you. I’m so tired of it.”

“Bread….”

His mother’s eyes began to sparkle more and more.

Kim Ji-yeon continued.

“It’s obvious. The ‘bread’ [date] is just an excuse. She’s confident.”

“Hoho. That’s interesting. Am I going to see my daughter-in-law already?”

“Mom!”

Kim Ji-yeon screamed.

Then, his mother looked at Hyun-sung with even more amusement and said.

“Why are you so quiet?”

“Am I supposed to answer?”

“You should understand her feelings too.”

“What about my feelings?”

Hyun-sung was just dumbfounded. He hadn’t expected this at all, and it hadn’t happened in his previous life either. He couldn’t understand why this was happening all of a sudden.

Every time something that hadn’t happened before kept happening like this, his anxiety grew.

It might be a trivial matter now, but he was afraid that some big thing he didn’t know about might happen later.

That was Hyun-sung’s problem, anyway, and he had to answer his sister Kim Ji-yeon’s question.

“I don’t have time.”

He didn’t care whether she was a queen or a dud, and he had to go somewhere on Sunday.

Then, Kim Ji-yeon said in disbelief.

“Oppa, you really don’t know Seo In-hye? Other male students are dying to meet her, and you’re rejecting her?”

“I’m not interested.”

“Can’t you just meet her once? Even if it’s just for my sake, who’s begging you like this.”

Suddenly, Kim Ji-yeon’s attitude changed.

She was a girl who was almost always flawless in everything she did.

Even if a friend asked her, Kim Ji-yeon wouldn’t show this much obsession.

Hyun-sung looked at Kim Ji-yeon and asked.

“Did she perhaps get some dirt on you?”

“Dirt?”

“If not, your behavior is a bit strange. It feels too awkward.”

Kim Ji-yeon’s heart sank.

It was the second day after school started.

Suddenly, Seo In-hye started talking about her brother. She said she saw him passing by and he was totally her style.

That was the beginning.

A barrage of gifts.

Starting with snacks after class, snacks every break, and even side dishes for lunch. And yesterday, she even received cosmetics as a gift.

And they seemed quite expensive.

In the end, she agreed.

The requirement was simple. Not twice, but just once, to let her meet him.

Kim Ji-yeon said again as if nothing was wrong.

“What dirt would I have to get caught on? It’s just that my friend is asking me so much. Oppa, don’t do that. I don’t need it twice. Just once. Huh?”

Kim Ji-yeon even added some aegyo [acting cute or innocent].

Watching her, Hyun-sung said quietly.

“I’m going to Incheon on Sunday.”

“Incheon?”

“Yeah, Incheon. It’s very far from here.”

It was the moment Kim Ji-yeon’s eyes turned upside down.

Suddenly, Incheon?

There was no one in Incheon. Her aunt was in Samcheok and her maternal family was in Sokcho.

There were other relatives, but as far as she knew, there was no one in Incheon.

But why suddenly?

Kim Ji-yeon looked at Hyun-sung and asked immediately.

“Really?”

“Yeah, there’s someone I have to meet.”

“Someone to meet? Who is it?”

“That’s….”

Hyun-sung was lost in thought for a moment.

The reason for his concern was simple. Even if he told her, Kim Ji-yeon wouldn’t know the person anyway. But he wanted to be honest about this person.

Because she was such a precious person.

When Hyun-sung couldn’t answer properly, Kim Ji-yeon urged him again.

“Who is it?”

“Yoon Ji-soo.”

“Yoon… what?”

“Yoon. Ji. Soo.”

Hyun-sung spelled out his wife’s name, one letter at a time.

Then, Kim Ji-yeon was taken aback.

It was because of Hyun-sung’s attitude.

It was a seriousness she had never seen before. It was an appearance that she couldn’t possibly think of as just saying it.

Judging by the name, it was definitely a woman.

Yoon Ji-soo?

A name she had never heard before.

‘Who is it?’

It was then.

“What are you talking about?”

Then, his mother looked at Hyun-sung in bewilderment and asked.

Then, Hyun-sung said indifferently.

“I’m going to meet my mother’s daughter-in-law in the real future.”

It’s true.

He had been waiting for Sunday for several days now. Of course, in his previous life, it was an encounter he would only meet 15 years later, but waiting until then didn’t make sense.

Of course, even if he went to find her, Yoon Ji-soo wouldn’t know Hyun-sung.

But that wasn’t a problem. It was a natural thing anyway.

He just wanted to see her.

That’s all.

The relationship can be made from now on.

His wife Yoon Ji-soo had said.

– How nice would it have been if we had met a little earlier?

It was their 3rd wedding anniversary.

His wife was 43 years old then.

She said that before going to bed.

It was after she had a miscarriage of her first child in the hospital a month ago. That night, the two ended up holding hands and crying.

Then they promised.

We’re happy enough as it is, so let’s not change our minds and cherish each other in the future.

That was his wife, Yoon Ji-soo.

Then Kim Ji-yeon asked.

“Oppa, this isn’t another dream story, is it?”

“Dream?”

“Yeah, like the last time with the wild ginseng, a precognitive dream that you saw in advance, something like that.”

“That’s right.”

He had revealed his wife Yoon Ji-soo’s name, but it was difficult to explain the situation otherwise. But Kim Ji-yeon brought up the dream story just in time.

Hyun-sung continued.

“I saw her face and even her name exactly.”

“Of course, she’ll be living in Incheon, right?”

“Of course, Incheon Bupyeong.”

“Haa!”

Kim Ji-yeon could only sigh, not knowing what to say.

That’s because if he only talks about dreams, there’s nothing to say. Because none of what he’s said so far has been wrong.

Kim Ji-yeon’s expression was distorted.

“Ah, really….”

“Sigh….”

It was the same with his mother.

She wanted to say something and ask something, but if it was a dream, there was nothing she could say. The two could only glare at Hyun-sung and quietly leave Hyun-sung’s room.

Hyun-sung was left alone after the two left the room.

“Will I be able to meet her?”

It’s not difficult to find her.

The question is whether he will be able to meet Yoon Ji-soo. It was obvious that someone else would be living in the last house he lived in.

Then, the only way is to go to the house where she lived before she met Hyun-sung, but there is no guarantee that she will be there.

He vaguely heard that she moved there later.

“I’ll know if I go.”

First of all, going is the priority.

Hyun-sung’s conclusion was to move according to the situation at that time.

Looking at the clock, it was just past 10 o’clock.

Click.

Hyun-sung turned on the radio.

It was a radio that had always been with him like a friend from high school. He bent down to check the product name.

– Eagle Brand Shayco Cassette Radio SW-970

“Eagle Brand?”

Even the name felt unfamiliar.

Well, how much time has passed…….

Music flowed from the radio.

“Huh? This is….”

It was a familiar melody.

The melody flowing through the speaker was the signal music for ‘To You Who Forgot the Night’ [a popular late-night radio program].

Come to think of it, it’s a radio program that he used to listen to occasionally before returning in his previous life.

The first broadcast started on Radio Seoul (RSB) in May 1964, and it was a legendary program that he listened to until Hyun-sung returned, passing through Tongyang Broadcasting in 1966 and KBS 2nd Radio (Happy FM) in 1981.

Hyun-sung closed his eyes and listened to the radio.

“This voice is….”

The voice he hadn’t heard in a long time, it was the voice of announcer Won Jong-bae.

Hyun-sung nodded and was absorbed in the music flowing from the radio for a while.

“Good.”

About 10 minutes passed.

Hyun-sung turned down the radio volume slightly.

He used to study while listening to the radio, so if he just turned down the volume a little, it wouldn’t be a big problem.

Click.

Hyun-sung opened his math textbook again.

He will inevitably be very busy when he opens the store in the future. Even if he entrusts the store to Lee Jung-woo’s mother, Shin Myung-soon, he won’t be able to ignore it.

Then, of course, he will not have enough time to study.

Even if he adapts to it then, he must do his best to make progress before that. Otherwise, it will never be easy to keep up with the school’s progress. It is calculated that he has to do several times more than others.

As his sister said a little while ago, he doesn’t even remember the concept of rational numbers.

It means there is a lot to study.

He already knows how to study.

Then, from now on, it’s a fight against time.