Return To The Building Owner [EN]: Chapter 113

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Sigh…….

Hyun-sung, who paid dearly for his pointless prank, could finally breathe a sigh of relief only after bowing his head.

Hic.

Wiping away tears, Ji-yeon Kim looked at Hyun-sung and said,

“Oppa, I hate you!”

“I’m sorry, I must have been crazy for a moment. I promise I won’t play pranks like that again, so please cheer up.”

“I don’t know!”

Ji-yeon Kim was sulking hard.

She only stopped crying after hearing that Il-soo Kim was quite happy to receive the letter.

Hyun-sung wanted to slap himself for playing such a prank at that moment.

Hyun-sung cautiously spoke to Ji-yeon, who had turned away.

“I’ll make sure to get a reply tomorrow. So please stop being angry. Okay, Ji-yeon?”

“…… Really?”

Ji-yeon turned her head and barely said a word.

At that, Hyun-sung said loudly again.

“Of course, it’s real. I guarantee it.”

“Do you think Il-soo oppa will really write back?”

“Don’t worry, I’m telling you. If he doesn’t write back…….”

Hyun-sung raised his fist without realizing it. Then Ji-yeon narrowed her eyes and glared at Hyun-sung.

“Are you a gangster, oppa?”

“No, that’s not what I meant…….”

“I’m warning you, if you even lay a finger on our Il-soo oppa, you’ll have to deal with me. I won’t let it go.”

“What…….”

Our Il-soo oppa, she says.

Hyun-sung was speechless.

He wanted to say something out of anger, but he had no choice but to endure it because he was guilty.

Then, Ji-yeon suddenly remembered something and urgently called Hyun-sung.

“Oh! Oppa.”

“Why? What’s wrong suddenly?”

Hyun-sung was startled and looked at Ji-yeon as her voice suddenly grew louder.

Then Ji-yeon said.

“Do you know the Jan-di gang well?”

“Why suddenly the Jan-di gang?”

“Do you know them or not?”

“Not really, just a little……, but why? Are those guys saying something to you?”

“That’s strange…….”

Ji-yeon tilted her head slightly, resting her chin on her hand.

As if something was different from what she thought.

Hyun-sung also felt uneasy seeing that. The fact that the word Jan-di gang came out of Ji-yeon’s mouth was bothering him.

Because that meant they had approached Ji-yeon in some way.

Hyun-sung asked immediately.

“Did those guys say anything?”

“Actually, they’ve been coming to the classroom for the past few days.”

“What?”

Hyun-sung’s voice grew louder.

“Don’t be so surprised. It’s not like I’m going to be taken advantage of by those guys.”

In contrast to Hyun-sung’s surprise, Ji-yeon’s attitude was too relaxed. Hyun-sung was even embarrassed by her reaction.

In a hurry, Hyun-sung asked again.

“Why are those guys after you?”

“They were talking about oppa…….”

Ji-yeon’s words made Hyun-sung even more curious.

“Those guys talked about me?”

“Yeah, they said oppa allowed it?”

What kind of nonsense is this?

Allowed it…….

Hyun-sung couldn’t understand what it meant and felt frustrated.

“Me? What exactly did I allow?”

“Studying.”

“Studying?”

“Yeah.”

Only then did Hyun-sung remember what Han Myung-soo and Kim Tae-jin had said at the school gate a few days ago.

At first, they asked Hyun-sung himself to teach them. Of course, he refused. He didn’t want to be involved with the Jan-di gang in any way anymore.

Then, Kim Tae-jin said something about a second option.

– It was on the condition that Hyun-sung would allow whoever they chose.

So, he agreed without hesitation. He couldn’t say anything about that. And he thought that would be the end of it.

But now, according to Ji-yeon’s words, the person they chose was none other than his younger sister, Ji-yeon Kim.

“Ha!”

Hyun-sung was dumbfounded.

He was backstabbed properly. He never dreamed that the object of their choice would be his sister, Ji-yeon Kim.

No wonder Kim Tae-jin’s smiling face looked strange back then.

‘Look at these guys.’

These guys knew from the beginning that Hyun-sung would refuse. So, they said that in advance.

The more he thought about it, the more absurd and dumbfounded he felt.

But what’s done is done.

Hyun-sung stared straight at Ji-yeon.

Now, he was only curious about one thing. What decision Ji-yeon had made.

“So?”

Hyun-sung asked briefly. Then Ji-yeon scratched her head slightly and said.

“Oppa, you know.”

“Know what?”

“What my dream is.”

“Dream……?”

Hyun-sung suddenly grabbed the back of his neck.

His younger sister, Ji-yeon Kim’s dream was to become a teacher.

‘Could it be……?’

Hyun-sung tilted his head and cautiously asked Ji-yeon.

“So, what’s the conclusion?”

“I decided to start this weekend. A teacher can’t discriminate against students. And I think it might be helpful to have taught these kinds of kids later on.”

“…….”

Hyun-sung was speechless.

It was already water under the bridge. There was no way to pick up that water now.

And the important thing was that everything his sister, Ji-yeon, was saying was correct.

Of course, a teacher can’t discriminate against students. And like his sister said, having the experience of teaching these rough kids would definitely be helpful for the future.

Anyway, it was clear that things were flowing in a strange direction, unlike what he initially thought.

When Hyun-sung didn’t say anything, Ji-yeon asked.

“Why, aren’t you saying anything? Did I do something wrong?”

“Huh? Oh, no……, it’s nothing like that.”

“Okay. Then I’ll try my best. But one thing I’m curious about is why the Jan-di gang suddenly wants to study? Does oppa know the reason?”

“Well, that’s…….”

From Hyun-sung’s point of view, it was a difficult question to answer.

It was a condition he had set, but it was too childish and absurd to explain it to his sister in detail, so he couldn’t say it in the end.

Hyun-sung was stuck in an awkward situation in the middle.

He had been trying to get away from the Jan-di gang, but he couldn’t help but feel that the atmosphere was constantly turning against him.

But the problem was that he never knew his sister, Ji-yeon, would be at the center of it.

Hyun-sung couldn’t say anything and was just burning inside.

Hyun-sung said in a weak voice.

“I don’t really know either…….”

In the end, Hyun-sung decided to accept all the situations.

Now, everything depended on his sister, Ji-yeon.

If she could improve the Jan-di gang’s skills in a month, Hyun-sung would have no choice but to take responsibility for the Jan-di gang, and if not, he would be cleanly freed from the Jan-di gang.

Of course, what Hyun-sung wanted was the latter.

Was it because of that?

Hyun-sung’s eyes looking at Ji-yeon were different from usual.

Then Ji-yeon asked as if it was strange.

“Why? Do you have something to say?”

“No, just…… be gentle with them…….”

For now, that was all Hyun-sung could say. He wanted to tell her to quit, but unfortunately, he had no justification to do so.

As soon as Hyun-sung finished speaking, Ji-yeon clenched her fist and continued.

“Oppa, don’t you know me? I’m a person who does what I set out to do. The Jan-di gang kids are all dead meat!”

“…….”

Hyun-sung was speechless.

The next day.

Two guys caught Hyun-sung’s eye as he arrived at the school gate.

It was Han Myung-soo and Kim Tae-jin of the Jan-di gang.

Hyun-sung asked with a sullen expression.

“What’s this from the morning?”

“We have something to report, so we’ve been waiting since morning.”

“Report?”

“Yes, sunbae-nim [senior in school].”

Kim Tae-jin bowed politely and said.

‘Look at these guys.’

It was the moment Hyun-sung’s eyes narrowed.

He could roughly guess what they were going to talk about. These guys were definitely going to talk about what his sister, Ji-yeon, had said yesterday.

As expected.

“We found a teacher to teach us.”

Kim Tae-jin’s words followed immediately before Hyun-sung could even ask.

Pfft.

A faint smile spread across Hyun-sung’s lips as he looked at them.

There was no way he wouldn’t know why Kim Tae-jin was doing this. They must have thought they had given Hyun-sung a big middle finger.

So, they were subtly boasting and packaging it as a ‘report.’

Of course, he was dumbfounded and speechless when he first heard about it from his sister, Ji-yeon, yesterday. But that was only for a moment.

As time passed, he realized it wasn’t a big deal.

It wasn’t just one or two people, but a whopping 30 people. Hyun-sung thought that it would be impossible for anyone to teach that many people at once and raise their grades by 5 levels.

Was it because of that?

Hyun-sung asked Kim Tae-jin, pretending not to know, with a relaxed expression.

“Who is it?”

“Huh? Don’t you really know?”

Kim Tae-jin’s head turned to the side.

‘Huh? This isn’t it…….’

He thought that Ji-yeon would have told her brother, Hyun-sung. But looking at Hyun-sung’s reaction now, he had no idea. That meant Ji-yeon hadn’t said anything to Hyun-sung.

Sigh!

Kim Tae-jin took a short breath.

But he didn’t think that would change anything. If he didn’t know, he could just tell him now.

“Ahem…….”

Whether it was confidence or not, Kim Tae-jin kept clearing his throat.

Hyun-sung smiled inwardly as he looked at him and asked again.

“Who is it that you’re being so hesitant about?”

“It’s Ji-yeon.”

“Who?”

Hyun-sung asked again, pretending not to know.

Then Kim Tae-jin’s face was full of smiles. But his expression of trying hard to hold it back was kind of cute.

Then Han Myung-soo, who was next to him, called out his sister’s name clearly as if to show off.

“It’s Kim Ji-yeon. I’m talking about your sister, sunbae-nim.”

“…….”

Hyun-sung deliberately saved his words. It was a kind of expression of surprise.

Then Han Myung-soo and Kim Tae-jin looked at each other and smiled. They looked satisfied.

Hyun-sung checked that and smiled.

Then he looked at Kim Tae-jin and asked.

“Is this your work?”

“Hehe, it just happened…….”

‘It just happened?’

It was disgusting. But Hyun-sung wasn’t going to show it.

“Kim Tae-jin, are you the brains of the Jan-di gang?”

“The brains?”

“Yeah, you idiot. I’m talking about using your brain. This time, it came from your brain, right?”

At Hyun-sung’s question, Kim Tae-jin nodded as if he finally understood and continued.

“It’s not that grand. I’m just thinking and acting with the single-minded desire for the Jan-di gang to do well.”

“Anyway, it came from your brain, right? It’s not from Han Myung-soo’s brain here, is it?”

With those words, Hyun-sung looked at Han Myung-soo next to him.

Then Han Myung-soo also nodded as if it was right and continued.

“This guy’s IQ is over 140.”

“Really?”

It was a fact he didn’t know.

If your IQ is over 135, it is said that your IQ is high. Depending on your effort, the results can be very different.

Hyun-sung looked at Kim Tae-jin and asked as if he was interested.