Return To The Building Owner [EN]: Chapter 591

Hyun-sung, after leaving the hospital, headed to a car center near Bupyeong Elementary School.

It was the same place that Yoo Young-seok had seen on TV the day before.

The reason for visiting this place was because of Yoo Young-seok’s request. He wanted to convey a message of support for living diligently, in case they might meet someday.

“Hmm… is that Lee Sang-cheol?”

A young man working at the car center caught Hyun-sung’s eye. He appeared to have a leg disability.

After watching him for a moment, Hyun-sung went straight into the car center.

“Welcome!”

The young man greeted Hyun-sung cheerfully.

Hyun-sung, not wanting to appear as if he had come on purpose, said,

“I’d like to get my engine oil changed.”

“Yes, I understand. It will take about 30 minutes, so please go to the office and wait.”

“No, I’ll just stay outside.”

Hyun-sung got out of the car and began to watch the young man work.

Just then,

A man in his 40s, who appeared to be the owner of the car center, approached Lee Sang-cheol.

“Sang-cheol, what about this car?”

“It’s an engine oil change. I think this will be the last job for today.”

“Can you do it alone?”

“Why are you asking? I can do this with my eyes closed now. By the way, didn’t you say you were meeting someone today, boss?”

“I was just about to leave.”

“Okay, then go ahead, I’ll finish this car and go home.”

“Okay, see you tomorrow.”

The man, who appeared to be the owner, nodded slightly towards Hyun-sung as if to say not to worry, and then left the car center.

“Can I have a cup of coffee?”

Hyun-sung asked Lee Sang-cheol, who was working. Lee Sang-cheol immediately replied.

“Yes, of course. If you go into the office, there’s a mini vending machine. You can get some there.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Hyun-sung went straight to the office.

A little later.

Hyun-sung, with a cup of coffee in his hand, came back to where Lee Sang-cheol was working. After taking a sip of coffee, he said,

“Are you Lee Sang-cheol?”

“Oh? Yes, I am, but how do you know my name…?”

“I saw you on TV yesterday…”

“Ah, yes… that’s right. I was on TV for a bit yesterday, oh? But you remembered my name even though I was only on for a short time?”

Usually, unless it’s a special case, people rarely remember your name just because you were on TV for a short time. Lee Sang-cheol was hinting at that.

“It wasn’t me, but my brother remembered. Of course, it was also my brother who watched TV.”

“Oh? Then did you perhaps come here on purpose today?”

“Yes, that’s right. I’m actually here on an errand for my brother.”

“An errand?”

Lee Sang-cheol glanced at Hyun-sung at the word ‘errand’.

At that moment!

“Oh? Could it be…?”

“What is it?”

“Are you perhaps Kim Hyun-sung, the owner of the video store in Bupyeong?”

“Oh? Do you know me?”

Hyun-sung couldn’t help but be surprised.

He was meeting Lee Sang-cheol for the first time today. He only knew his name before coming here, and even that name was only known through Yoo Young-seok.

But how did the other person know him?

Curious, Hyun-sung immediately asked.

“I’m meeting you for the first time today, so how do you know me?”

“Movie Mind.”

“Movie Mind?”

Hyun-sung tilted his head. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t figure out what the Movie Mind [presumably a video rental franchise] he mentioned had to do with him.

Then Lee Sang-cheol spoke again.

“Do you know that your face is in the Movie Mind guidebook?”

“My face?”

This was the first time he had heard of it. If that were true, there was no way Hyun-sung wouldn’t know. If it was in the Movie Mind guidebook, he would have been contacted in some way.

“I saw your face about a month ago.”

A month ago?

Then it must have been in the October issue of the Movie Mind book.

At this point, it was certain that it was in the Movie Mind guidebook, even though he didn’t know about it.

Hyun-sung immediately asked.

“Was it in the October issue?”

“Yes, that’s right. I sometimes rent videos from the Movie Mind Bupyeong branch, and I saw it last month.”

“What was the content?”

“The closure of the Bupyeong branch. It said that you were the one who closed the Bupyeong branch?”

“……”

Hyun-sung had nothing to say.

With this much information, it must be true that it was in the Movie Mind book. He didn’t know exactly how it was written, but in any case, Hyun-sung himself was the one who closed the Bupyeong branch.

“I wanted to meet you.”

“Yes? Me?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“May I ask why?”

“Because you’re the only one.”

What was he talking about?

Hyun-sung immediately asked.

“What do you mean by ‘the only one’?”

“You’re the only one who won against Movie Mind in the whole country. So far, there hasn’t been a single place in the country that has won against Movie Mind, but the Bupyeong branch opened and closed in just six months. So I was curious. What kind of person could have done what no one else could do?”

“Huh…”

Hyun-sung could only let out a hollow laugh.

He had never thought of this. He never thought that his story would be in the Movie Mind guidebook in this way.

“The owner of the Movie Mind Bupyeong branch already knows you.”

“Me?”

“Yes, he said he already visited your store in Bupyeong.”

“Ah, yes…”

Well, it would be possible if he wanted to. It’s not a long distance, only 20 or 30 minutes away. And if he didn’t say anything, he wouldn’t know he came.

“But is it true?”

“What is?”

“The 200 million. Our boss said that the monthly sales were 200 million…”

“It just happened…”

“Wow! That was really true.”

Lee Sang-cheol shook his head in disbelief as he finished the last of the engine oil change.

Hyun-sung looked at him and said,

“Do you have any plans after you finish today?”

“No, I don’t. But why do you ask?”

“Didn’t I say I came on an errand for my brother?”

“Ah, you did. But what kind of errand is it…?”

“It’s dinner. My brother is in the hospital right now, and he told me to buy you dinner. So that’s why I came.”

It was Yoo Young-seok’s request.

He didn’t know if he would ever see him again, but he wanted to send his support for living diligently despite his disability. And he asked for dinner.

“Why is your brother in the hospital?”

“I’m sorry, but can’t we talk about that over dinner? It’s a long story.”

“Haha, so you’re saying I have to have dinner?”

Hyun-sung smiled slightly and nodded. Then Lee Sang-cheol also smiled slightly and nodded, saying.

“Is it okay for me to get a free meal like this on our first meeting?”

“I’m the one asking, so I would appreciate it if you would.”

“Then I have a condition.”

“Yes? A condition?”

Hyun-sung paused for a moment at the word ‘condition’. It seemed a bit strange to set a condition in this situation.

But what could he do? Lee Sang-cheol was the one calling the shots right now.

Hyun-sung immediately continued.

“Yes, that’s fine. What is the condition that you want?”

“It’s simple. From this moment on, you have to speak informally to me. I’m much younger than you anyway.”

“Yes? That was the condition?”

Snort.

Hyun-sung couldn’t help but laugh. At first, he thought there was some other special reason for the condition. But when he heard that the condition was to speak informally, he couldn’t help but laugh.

“Yes, that’s right. Anyway, it seems like you have something to talk to me about, and I also wanted to meet you, so since it’s come to this, I want to call you ‘hyung’ [older brother – a term of respect] right away.”

“Haha, I’m fine with that too. Then I’ll speak comfortably from now on. No, I’ll speak comfortably. Is that okay?”

“Yes, hyung.”

Lee Sang-cheol scratched his head shyly. Then he immediately continued.

“Okay, hyung, the engine oil change is done.”

“The work speed is fast. So now we can go home?”

“Please wait 5 minutes. I just need to organize the tools and close the office.”

“Okay, I understand.”

Lee Sang-cheol began to move diligently.

A little later.

“Hyung, it’s all done. But where are we going?”

“How about Barbecue Plaza?”

“You mean the one at Guldari Five-way Intersection?”

“Yeah, the meat there is fresh and good. Since we’re eating, let’s go there.”

Back then, there was no place like that. Not only in Incheon, but throughout the country, there was no place that boasted that kind of scale.

Lee Sang-cheol nodded as if he understood.

“Then can I eat some good meat today thanks to you, hyung?”

“Okay, let’s go. Let’s go in my car.”

“Yes, hyung.”

The two immediately got into the truck.

“Shall we formally introduce ourselves? I’m Kim Hyun-sung.”

Hyun-sung said, extending his hand as he got into the truck. He hadn’t properly introduced himself yet, so he wanted to formally introduce himself.

“I’m Lee Sang-cheol. I wanted to meet you to see what kind of person you were, and I’m honored to meet you like this.”

“Honored?”

“No, I heard about you from the owner of Movie Mind, and I really wanted to meet you. How could you close down Movie Mind? And I originally admired successful people.”

“Successful?”

“Yes, that’s right. You won against Movie Mind, so you’re as good as successful.”

Lee Sang-cheol’s eyes sparkled, showing how he thought of Hyun-sung. Hyun-sung smiled slightly at the sight and continued.

“Are you hungry?”

“A little.”

“Okay. Let’s talk while we eat. Let’s go.”

Hyun-sung immediately stepped on the accelerator towards Barbecue Plaza.

20 minutes later.

The two sat facing each other across the table.

Lee Sang-cheol looked at the set table and said.

“I’m going to eat beef for the first time in a while today thanks to you, hyung.”

“Okay, you must be hungry, so eat a lot.”

“Before that, can I ask you one thing first?”

“Yeah, what is it?”

“Your brother. Is he badly hurt?”

Hyun-sung nodded slightly instead of answering. That meant that the shock was that great for Lee Sang-cheol.

“No, what happened?”

“It was a traffic accident. About a month ago in Nonsan…”

Hyun-sung began to explain about Yoo Young-seok. As his explanation continued, Lee Sang-cheol’s expression was dark throughout the story. And finally, when Hyun-sung’s explanation was over, Lee Sang-cheol closed his eyes and couldn’t say anything.

It was about 2 or 3 minutes later that he spoke again.

“Did you say his name was Yoo Young-seok?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“So that means he’s not your real brother?”

“He was an employee at our video store. But now we’ve decided to be brothers.”

“He’s the same age as me?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“……”

Lee Sang-cheol was silent again, wondering what he was thinking.

After a while.

“Hyung.”

“Yeah, what is it?”

“Did that friend say he gained courage from seeing me on TV?”

“Yeah, he said he thought a lot after watching TV yesterday. And he asked me to meet you.”

“Is it possible to talk to him now?”

“Of course. Do you want to talk to him now?”

“Yes, I think I need to talk to him directly. There’s something I really want to say to him.”

Lee Sang-cheol’s expression was quite serious.

Hyun-sung immediately took out his cell phone and started making a call.

-Hello.

“Young-seok, it’s me.”

-Yes, hyung. Did you meet Lee Sang-cheol?

“Yeah, I’m with him now. Sang-cheol has something to say to you. Wait a minute, I’ll switch him over.”

Hyun-sung handed the phone to Lee Sang-cheol, ending his words.