Return To The Building Owner [EN]: Chapter 631

Thump, thump!

Hyun-sung hung up the phone and immediately left the video store, running towards the real estate office.

Normally, it would have taken at least 10 minutes, but Hyun-sung arrived in just 2 minutes and went straight into the real estate office.

“Hey, Mr. Kim!”

Yoo Young-chul greeted Hyun-sung urgently. He immediately spoke again.

“They just finished the contract and left here.”

“Are you sure the person who signed the contract was Yoon Ji-soo?”

“Definitely, look here.”

Yoo Young-chul held up the contract that had just been signed.

Yoon Ji-soo!

It was definitely her name.

“Where did she go?”

“As soon as she finished the contract, I saw her going down this road.”

Yoo Young-chul pointed in one direction. Hyun-sung immediately nodded, bowed, and ran outside in the direction Yoo Young-chul had indicated.

A moment later.

“Huh? What?”

Yoon Ji-soo was nowhere to be seen. No matter how much he looked around, he couldn’t find any trace of her.

Only a few minutes had passed. Yoo Young-chul had said he called as soon as she finished the contract. And Hyun-sung himself arrived at the real estate office in 2 minutes. So, even adding up all that time, it wouldn’t be more than 3 minutes.

Yet, there was no sign of her.

“Where did she go?”

Hyun-sung felt frustrated. He had been waiting for days to see her today. Now he thought he could finally see her…

Thump, thump!

Hyun-sung started running again. This time in the opposite direction, towards the villa. The very villa she was moving into.

A moment later.

Hyun-sung arrived in front of Mijin Villa, only to be frustrated again. He couldn’t find her anywhere.

“Haa!”

A sigh escaped him.

Just then.

Ring, ring!

His phone rang.

“Hello.”

-How did it go?

It was Yoo Young-chul from the real estate office. He was curious and called.

“I couldn’t find her.”

-Where did she go so quickly?

“That’s what I’m saying. It’s only been 3 minutes at most, and she disappeared in that time. I’m in front of Mijin Villa right now.”

-So, she’s not there either?

“No, she didn’t come this way.”

-Hehe, it’s a mystery. Where did she disappear to in such a short time…

“I’ll hang up now. I’ll look for her again.”

Click.

Hyun-sung hung up the phone and turned around again to look for Yoon Ji-soo.

Two hours later.

Shuffle, shuffle.

Hyun-sung returned to the real estate office with tired steps.

“Still couldn’t find her?”

Yoo Young-chul asked as soon as Hyun-sung entered.

“No, she’s not there. No matter how much I look, she’s not in this neighborhood.”

“So, she left this neighborhood as soon as she signed the contract.”

“It seems so. Otherwise, there’s no way I wouldn’t have found her after searching so thoroughly.”

As Hyun-sung finished speaking, Yoo Young-chul took out a cold drink from the refrigerator and handed it to Hyun-sung.

“Here, drink this and cool down. You’ve been running around so much…”

“Yes, thank you.”

Hyun-sung drank the drink in one gulp and immediately asked.

“What color clothes was she wearing?”

“Um… I think it was yellow, yes, it was definitely a yellow jacket. And jeans on the bottom.”

Yellow.

It was her favorite color. So, when she bought clothes, she always bought yellow ones first. So much so that she even bought yellow slippers for the bathroom.

Yoo Young-chul continued.

“I understand why Mr. Kim is looking for her so much. She’s quite a beauty. A rare sight in our neighborhood.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Yes, when she first came into this office, I was so surprised.”

“Mr. President, you’re too much…”

“No, I’m not kidding, she’s really pretty. But did you really see her in a dream?”

Looking at Yoo Young-chul, he looked like he didn’t believe it.

Maybe it’s natural. Seeing someone in a dream and looking for them is not a common thing.

Smile.

Hyun-sung smiled slightly instead of answering. Since it was a lie that he saw her in a dream, it was an unconscious action.

Then Yoo Young-chul immediately asked.

“What does that smile mean?”

“Why would I lie to you, Mr. President?”

Hyun-sung had no choice but to lie again. He couldn’t say anything else in this situation.

Yoo Young-chul continued.

“But…”

“Yes? Is there a problem?”

“The age…”

“Age? What about the age?”

“Of course, age is not important in a relationship, but when I saw her signing the contract, she looked a bit…”

Yoo Young-chul couldn’t finish his sentence. Then Hyun-sung asked again.

“Is there a problem with her age?”

“You said you’re thirty this year, right?”

“Yes, but…”

“She was born in ’62…”

Yoo Young-chul trailed off.

Born in ’62, that means she’s 7 years older than Hyun-sung. That’s what Yoo Young-chul wants to say. But Hyun-sung immediately asked as if he didn’t care.

“So what?”

“Oh? Did you know?”

Even if he’s lying, he couldn’t have known her age in the dream.

“I didn’t know that…”

“Are you okay with that? She’s 7 years older.”

“What’s the problem? I don’t care.”

It was the same in his past life. Age is just a number, and it has never been a problem between them.

But that’s just Hyun-sung’s opinion, and Yoo Young-chul looked like he didn’t understand.

“You’re okay with that?”

“Yes, I don’t care. Why is that a problem?”

“That’s because you’re still young…”

“Mr. President!”

Hyun-sung interrupted Yoo Young-chul. Then he continued.

“I’ll only listen to that much.”

“Oh? Oh, okay, let’s do that. I don’t want to talk about it either. If you feel bad…”

“No, it’s okay. After all, there are different opinions on that issue.”

“Anyway, what are you going to do now?”

“I’m going to go out and look for her one more time, just in case.”

“Is it really necessary to go that far? She’s moving in in three days anyway, so you can see her then, right?”

In a way, that might be the smartest way. She’s moving in in three days anyway. But that’s only the case for a third party, and Hyun-sung couldn’t do that.

“I can’t do that. I’ve been waiting for a long time.”

That’s true. He had been waiting for her since he realized he had returned to high school.

Hyun-sung left the real estate office and started looking around the alley again.

How much time has passed?

“Haa!”

A long sigh escaped Hyun-sung’s mouth. He had been walking around the neighborhood for two hours, but he couldn’t find any trace of her.

He was just passing by the bakery.

“Mr. President!”

Someone called from behind. When he turned around, it was Lee Se-yi, the owner of the bakery.

“Yes? Ah, yes.”

“What’s wrong? Do you know how many times you’ve passed by here today? I’ve seen you three times already.”

“Ah, I’m looking for someone…”

“No, who are you looking for that you’re walking around all day sweating like this?”

“That’s…”

Hyun-sung couldn’t easily say who it was. He couldn’t say he was looking for his wife in this situation.

Hyun-sung had no choice but to change the subject.

“By the way, how’s business these days?”

“Business has been a bit slow these days because it’s spring. But it’s much better than before. The cheese bread you mentioned played a big role.”

“The demand for cheese bread will continue to increase over time. So, you should continue to focus on developing new products.”

“Yes, I know. I’m already developing one. Wait a minute.”

Lee Se-yi disappeared inside the counter with those words.

A moment later.

She came out again with a piece of paper in her hand.

“Take a look at this.”

“Oh? Isn’t this a barista license?”

“Yes, that’s right. I finally passed.”

“Congratulations. So, now all that’s left is the store expansion?”

“The hair salon next door said they’re leaving at the end of this month, so I’m planning to start construction in early May. Then the store size will increase a bit, and I think I’ll be able to breathe a little.”

In her past life, she would have decided to close down and prepare to leave this neighborhood around this time. But now, contrary to her past life, she’s trying to expand her store.

She continued.

“It’s all thanks to you, Mr. President. If it weren’t for you, I would have been crushed by Paris Baguette [a popular bakery chain in South Korea] and closed down and left this neighborhood.”

“That’s not true, it’s thanks to the president’s hard work…”

“No, I still remember. You were the one who gave me courage when I was scared in advance that Baribagetto was coming in and crying last year.”

She continued.

“I really couldn’t see the future then. It’s still dizzying to think about it. If you weren’t there at that time…”

“Mr. President!”

Hyun-sung quickly interrupted her. Then he continued.

“I hope you stop talking about that and only think about the future.”

“Yes, I know. I keep thinking about that time…”

Just then.

A yellow van stopped in front of the bakery, and Yoon Soo-jung got out of the car.

“Oh? Uncle!”

As soon as Yoon Soo-jung got out of the car, she ran into Hyun-sung’s arms. Seeing that, Lee Se-yi smiled and continued.

“Yoon Soo-jung, aren’t you being too much? You don’t even look at your mom…”

“Mom!”

Only then did Yoon Soo-jung give her a look. Seeing that, Hyun-sung put Yoon Soo-jung down from his arms and said.

“Soo-jung, did you listen to your teacher well today?”

“Yeah, but why are you here, Uncle?”

“I thought it was time for Soo-jung to come, so I was waiting.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, that’s right. Uncle has seen Soo-jung’s face now, so I have to go. Mr. President, I’ll be going…”

Hyun-sung bowed to Lee Se-yi and started to leave.

Just then.

“Uncle, this.”

Yoon Soo-jung held something out to Hyun-sung. She had a candy in her hand.

“This is candy, right?”

“Yeah, Uncle. This is for you to eat. They gave it to me during snack time, but I didn’t eat it and brought it.”

Seeing that, Lee Se-yi shook her head and smiled. Seeing that, Hyun-sung also just smiled lightly.

Yoon Soo-jung.

In her past life, they would have soon parted ways. She was crying because she didn’t want to leave this neighborhood with her mom.

That was Yoon Soo-jung, but now, nowhere could he find the dark side of her at that time.

After leaving the bakery, Hyun-sung moved his steps back to the villa alley, just in case.

An hour later.

“Haa!”

Hyun-sung sighed deeply.

In the end, she didn’t appear in the villa. The only good thing was that she signed the contract for the villa today, whatever the reason.

Hyun-sung got up and headed to the video store.

***

She didn’t show up the next day either. And the same was true the day after that, she couldn’t be seen in Bupyeong.

Finally, April 5th.

“Hmm, around this time…”

Hyun-sung, who was looking at the clock, jumped up from his seat. The place he headed to was the villa alley.

It was when Hyun-sung had just arrived at the villa.

Vroom, vroom!

A moving truck was slowly entering the alley.

Screech!

As soon as the truck stopped, a person got out of the passenger seat. It was a woman wearing khaki sweatpants and a black hat pulled down low.

Hyun-sung’s pupils widened to the maximum.