Return To The Building Owner [EN]: Chapter 30

“Oppa, I appreciate your concern, but this isn’t helpful. Why ask about something when you don’t have a solution? Do you even know how much my head aches these days just thinking about it?”

“A solution?”

“Yeah, do you have money, Oppa? That’s the reality. What can we do given our family’s situation?”

Jiyeon’s point was ultimately about having a solution, which meant financial resources.

Hyeonseong looked at Kim Jiyeon and said,

“What if I did?”

“Are you kidding me right now? Okay, fine, then show me. Show me right in front of my eyes. Then I’ll believe you.”

“I don’t have it right now. But I’ll make it happen no matter what. I can promise you that.”

“Where does such irresponsible talk come from?”

Irresponsible!

Kim Jiyeon was calling Hyeonseong irresponsible. Hyeonseong needed to say something in response, but he had nothing to say.

Because, like his sister said, he had nothing to show right now.

Do it in the future?

Promise?

This didn’t make sense.

Hyeonseong realized his mistake.

It was a mistake.

He was so eager that he made a big mistake with his sister.

From his sister’s perspective, how ridiculous must it have sounded?

Knowing full well that he had no ability, and being a student himself, he was spouting nonsense, so it was natural for her to be angry.

As his sister said, it was truly irresponsible behavior.

It’s pointless to talk more like this. It won’t help himself or his sister. It will only hurt each other.

Hyeonseong, belatedly realizing his mistake, looked at his sister Kim Jiyeon and said,

“Jiyeon, I’m sorry. I didn’t think it through. I should have shown you something concrete before talking like that, but I was just too eager. I’m really sorry. Really…”

“……”

Kim Jiyeon covered her face with both hands instead of answering.

Hyeonseong felt so sorry looking at her.

Why couldn’t he think of that?

He wasn’t a child, how could he make such a mistake… No matter how he thought about it, he just felt pathetic.

Then Kim Jiyeon rubbed her face with both hands and continued,

“Oppa, you shouldn’t do that. You should have thought about it at least once before asking. I’m having a hard time these days too. Oppa, why is our family so poor?”

Tears were welling up in his sister Kim Jiyeon’s eyes.

He hated himself for pushing ahead with words without any solutions while she was having such a hard time. It was a harsh reality after all.

Just because he had regressed [referring to time travel or a similar concept], there was nothing he could do for his sister right now.

He couldn’t answer his sister’s question. He just mumbled incomprehensible words under his breath.

She asked why they were poor, but he had nothing to say.

His sister eventually left the room sobbing.

That’s how the conversation with his sister ended.

Rushing to solve things quickly out of guilt from his past life had backfired.

Why couldn’t he think of that?

That there was nothing he could do right now….

Hyeonseong quietly closed his eyes.

***

Park Heecheol was fuming as he watched TV.

“That crazy bastard, just you wait.”

The words “crazy bastard” came out of Park Heecheol’s mouth again. He seemed to be cursing under his breath all day.

He was so angry that he couldn’t even eat properly.

Tourism?

That’s not the problem. The most important thing is his relationship with Assemblyman Choi in the future. It will naturally become strained.

Whenever there was a problem, one phone call would solve it. Of course, he paid a corresponding price each time, but the gains outweighed the losses.

But it won’t be easy in the future.

Hoo!

A sigh escaped his lips.

“Why is time going so slow?”

The day felt like a year.

Looking at the clock, it was 7 PM, and there were still two hours left until 9 PM.

The only reason he was waiting for 9 PM was Kim Hyeonseong. The moment the 9 PM news ended, he would go after him. And he would make him pay.

Gritting his teeth.

His teeth clenched involuntarily.

Then the 7 PM news started.

He wouldn’t pay attention anyway. He was waiting for the 9 PM news.

But the anchor’s voice was more tense than usual. Perhaps that’s why Park Heecheol’s gaze naturally turned to the TV.

[Breaking news! Reports of a tour bus crash on Hange Pass. This afternoon…]

It was news of a tour bus crash on a downhill road. It was speculated that there might have been a problem with the braking system, as there were no skid marks.

“Huh?”

Park Heecheol, who had been lying down watching TV, sat up abruptly.

At first, he thought it was just another common accident. But when the scene of the accident was captured on the screen, Park Heecheol sat closer to the TV.

Because they were people Park Heecheol knew.

Park Heecheol’s mind went blank for a moment.

“How could this…”

It didn’t make sense. An unforgettable thing had happened.

The accident was one thing, but what he couldn’t accept was Kim Hyeonseong. When he pulled him out of the bus this morning, he clearly said that.

– If you go like this, you’ll die today!

He knew in advance. How on earth….

“This doesn’t make sense.”

Park Heecheol jumped up from his seat and went out to the living room.

Then he immediately ran across the yard towards Hyeonseong’s house.

At that time.

Hyeonseong was having dinner with his family.

Hyeonseong glanced at his sister Kim Jiyeon’s face. The image of her crying and leaving during the day remained in his mind.

Hyeonseong, feeling sorry, gently pushed a side dish plate towards Kim Jiyeon and said,

“Eat a lot.”

“Huh? …Okay.”

Kim Jiyeon also knew.

That her brother didn’t do it intentionally with bad intentions. Lately, just thinking about her career path made her head hurt.

There was a school she wanted to go to, but no matter how she thought about it, considering her family’s situation, there was no answer. In fact, one of the reasons she wasn’t home during the summer vacation was that.

Because all that came out when she came home was a sigh.

However, it was a problem that she couldn’t show in front of her mom and dad. Because she knew too well that nothing would change even if she talked about it.

She just resented poverty.

But when Hyeonseong suddenly poked at her sore spot, her emotions became heightened. Anyway, she had some sorry feelings because she knew her brother’s heart.

Then the mother sensed the strange atmosphere between the two.

“What’s wrong?”

She asked, looking at Hyeonseong.

“Yes? What is it?”

“Why is the atmosphere so gloomy? Did you two fight again?”

“Mom….”

His sister Kim Jiyeon looked at her mother and glanced as if nothing had happened and started eating.

Then Hyeonseong chimed in from the side.

“As expected, the potato stir-fry that my mother made is the best. Do you know that I missed this taste so much?”

“So much? What does that mean again?”

“Ah, it means it’s that delicious. Haha….”

Hyeonseong was covering up a slip of the tongue with a laugh.

His sister Kim Jiyeon also noticed and glanced at Hyeonseong and smiled lightly.

Then his father opened his mouth.

“Hyeonseong seems to be right, but the side dishes for dinner today are unusually delicious……”

“Why are you even like that?”

“No, it’s really delicious……”

“Hoho, you too…, anyway, thank you for saying it’s delicious. Eat a lot.”

Perhaps the matter of going to class president Oh Jinsoo’s house during the day seemed to have gone well for his father. His expression was quite flushed, unlike usual.

Hyeonseong glanced slightly at his father, mother, and even his sister.

Chewing.

The way they ate looked so lovely without exception. Perhaps that’s why a smile spread on his face without him knowing.

Eating together?

In the past, it was taken for granted. Because it had always been like that, and he thought they would always be together.

But as time went by, it wasn’t always taken for granted. Only after many years did he realize that those times were good.

But now he knows. How precious and happy this time, this moment is.

It was then.

Someone suddenly came into the yard. It’s Park Heecheol.

“Hyungnim [term used to address an older brother or male friend],?”

His father greeted Park Heecheol first. But Park Heecheol didn’t even look at his father and went straight to Hyeonseong.

“What happened?”

Park Heecheol started shouting as soon as he saw Hyeonseong.

When Hyeonseong looked at him, he immediately continued.

“Explain it. How did you know about that accident in advance? Unless you’re a ghost, this doesn’t make sense. How on earth did this happen? Tell me now.”

Park Heecheol seemed to have lost his mind.

Shaking.

His eyes looking at Hyeonseong were shaking violently.

Hyeonseong looked at Park Heecheol.

“Get a grip.”

Hyeonseong was calm, in contrast to Park Heecheol. Because it was a somewhat expected part anyway, and there was no reason for him to be excited.

Then Park Heecheol couldn’t calm down and grabbed Hyeonseong by the collar.

He had already lost his mind.

“Hey, you bastard, who the hell are you? What are you doing?”

Thud!

Hyeonseong knocked Park Heecheol’s hand away and jumped up from his seat.

“Mister!”

When Hyeonseong shouted, Park Heecheol seemed to come to his senses a little and took a step back.

Then Hyeonseong’s words continued again.

“If you’re an adult, sort out the situation like an adult.”

“What?”

Park Heecheol’s voice still pierced the sky.

Hyeonseong pointed to the floor with his finger and continued.

“The important thing is that you are standing in this place right now. Do you know what I mean? You’re alive!”

“So how did you know that in advance?”

It was Park Heecheol who was repeating the same words.

Hyeonseong was starting to get annoyed. He was disappointed in Park Heecheol, who was only focused on how he knew it, instead of saying thank you for saving him.

Hyeonseong said again.

“Is that so important?”

“Of course!”

“More than you being alive like this?”

“That, that’s……”

Park Heecheol seemed to have come to his senses a little now that Hyeonseong asked slowly.

Hyeonseong’s words continued again.

“Think carefully. What is the most important thing right now?”

“The important thing……”

“Yes, if you think about what is really important to you at this point, I don’t think you’ll just be shouting like this.”

Park Heecheol looked at Hyeonseong instead of answering.

At first, he was so surprised that he couldn’t think of anything. He was only curious about how Hyeonseong knew about the accident.