Return To The Building Owner [EN]: Chapter 67

He says he’s going to handle it himself this time, claiming the location will be a goldmine and asking for my help.

He said he saw it in a dream—a precognitive dream, as they say, insisting he possessed such an ability.

I was dumbfounded and felt it was absurd.

So, naturally, I refused.

It’s insane to agree with a child’s nonsense unless you’re crazy yourself.

Then, he suddenly brought up Kim Tae-chon and said he would be arrested today, claiming, of course, that he saw it in a dream. Naturally, I didn’t believe it and had no expectations.

But now, the TV is reporting Kim Tae-chon’s arrest.

Kim Tae-chon was really caught, just as Hyun-sung said. I thought it was nonsense, but it actually happened.

I should believe it, but I can’t.

How…….

At that moment.

“Haa!”

Another person gasping for breath: loan shark Park Hee-chul.

Hyun-sung suddenly claimed he had a special ability.

That he sees future events in his dreams. Of course, it was nonsense, so he didn’t believe it.

Then, he brought up the story of how he saved him and mentioned the wild ginseng.

He couldn’t say a word in rebuttal because he was a living witness, and it was true that he had repaid the debt.

But no matter what, he couldn’t bring himself to believe it.

Then one day, he suddenly said he was going to get a commercial building.

The reason was simple.

It was definitely going to be a jackpot location. Of course, he had seen that jackpot in a dream too.

Still suspicious, he used Kim Tae-chon as a test this time.

But Hyun-sung’s words came true to a frightening degree.

This is the third time.

First, the wild ginseng; second, his life; and now, Kim Tae-chon’s arrest.

Everything is undeniable.

It’s too much to dismiss as coincidence.

“Really……?”

Park Hee-chul’s head moved slowly from side to side, indicating he still couldn’t believe it.

But if he didn’t believe it, there was no way to explain this situation.

“If that’s true…….”

Heh heh!

This is huge.

Knowing the future?

If that’s true, what can’t he do? Stocks, land… If he sets his mind to it, he can earn dozens, no, even hundreds of times more.

Heh!

He let out a hollow laugh, finding it absurd himself.

But strangely, his heart was racing. What was that about?

He’s a ghost when it comes to smelling money. Park Hee-chul couldn’t possibly not know why his heart was racing.

“Then…….”

Ting, ting, ting, ting…….

Park Hee-chul pressed the phone button.

After a while.

“He went to Incheon…….”

He called to meet him right away, but he said he went to Incheon early in the morning. Frankly, he wanted to ask why he went to Incheon.

But that wasn’t appropriate.

Now, he was curious about Hyun-sung’s every move.

He couldn’t believe everything, but it was enough to pique his curiosity. He didn’t think so, but his instinctive heartbeat was telling him there was something there.

He hadn’t felt his heart beat this fast in his life.

It wasn’t the sad pain he felt when his wife died.

What should he say—a pleasant excitement… that kind of feeling.

Park Hee-chul looked at his watch.

In a little while, the last bus from Hoengseong will arrive at the terminal. Of course, Hyun-sung will be on that bus.

“This is no time to be doing this.”

Park Hee-chul approached the safe.

Ttirik ttirik.

He turned the number and opened the safe door.

A strange smile began to spread across Park Hee-chul’s face as he took out envelopes and bundles of cash.

Thump.

The bus shook violently because it was on an unpaved road.

“Are we almost there…….”

Hyun-sung woke up and checked the time. He still had about 20 minutes to go before arriving at the terminal.

His whole body was stiff from riding the bus all day.

He couldn’t meet his wife, Yoon Ji-soo, and only met two unexpected people.

Moon Hee-yeol and Lee Se-ho.

Meeting Moon Hee-yeol was really unexpected. He hadn’t seen him once since they parted ways back then. He was the first person he had received help from in a foreign land, so he always remained in his heart.

He met such a person again. Meeting Moon Hee-yeol instead of his wife was at least rewarding.

He checked his house, so he could visit him when needed.

And another human being.

He also met the landlord, Lee Se-ho.

Pfft.

Suddenly, he laughed, remembering his bewildered expression earlier.

He remembered how he tried to resist, screaming as he twisted his fist. He wanted to twist it completely out of his temper, but he couldn’t.

And he’s going to meet that human again anyway. He just postponed the time.

He will repay him as much as he suffered—no, ten or twenty times more.

“Look forward to it, Lee Se-ho.”

A faint, bitter smile spread across Hyun-sung’s lips.

Squeak.

The bus finally arrived at the terminal.

Incheon is far away. It felt different from when he used to drive there himself.

He was just getting off the bus when someone called Hyun-sung’s name.

“Hyun-sung.”

He looked up, and it was Park Hee-chul.

“Oh? What brings you here?”

“Just come down.”

As soon as Hyun-sung got off, Park Hee-chul took him to his car as if he had been waiting.

As soon as he sat in the passenger seat, Hyun-sung looked at Park Hee-chul and asked.

“Did you come to pick me up?”

“It just happened that way.”

*Just happened?*

He’s not that kind of person. He’s a methodical person from start to finish. There’s no such thing as coincidence. That means there’s a purpose.

But how did he know I was coming in this car?

“How did you know I was coming in this car…….”

Hyun-sung stopped talking and turned to look at Park Hee-chul. To have come to pick him up means he knew where Hyun-sung had gone, and to do that, he would have either stopped by his house or asked by phone.

So, it must be one of the two.

“Did you happen to stop by my house?”

“No, by phone.”

It doesn’t matter how he found out anyway.

The important thing is the reason—the purpose of picking him up.

Hyun-sung asked immediately.

“Anyway, where are you going now?”

“Let’s have dinner. You haven’t had dinner yet, have you?”

“Well, that’s…….”

Hyun-sung looked at Park Hee-chul again.

There’s definitely something going on. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have called his house and come all the way to pick him up at this hour.

He wanted to ask the reason, but Hyun-sung decided not to ask anymore because it would be revealed soon anyway.

Then Park Hee-chul asked first.

“Aren’t you curious why I came to pick you up?”

“I’m curious.”

“You’re curious? But why are you just sitting there without asking?”

“Do I have to ask?”

“What?”

Park Hee-chul looked at Hyun-sung with a dumbfounded expression at Hyun-sung’s answer.

It’s natural for a person to ask if they’re curious. So he asked why he didn’t ask, but he asked back if he had to ask.

It was a situation somewhat far from common sense, so Park Hee-chul was briefly taken aback.

Still, he couldn’t help but be curious. He couldn’t stand being curious when he got older, and he sometimes felt pathetic even when he thought about it himself.

Park Hee-chul opened his mouth again.

“I’m curious about that too. Why don’t you ask when you’re curious?”

“Because I’ll automatically find out soon anyway. But why bother…….”

“What? You’ll automatically find out soon? Heh heh… that makes sense because I’ll have to tell you with my own mouth anyway.”

Park Hee-chul had nothing to say to Hyun-sung’s answer because Hyun-sung’s words were true.

Because he’s the one who’s eager right now.

While the two were talking, the car arrived at the restaurant.

It was the same barbecue restaurant they had been to before.

The employee who recognized Park Hee-chul ran up to him.

“Hello? Chairman, you came with your grandson again today.”

“Grandson? Heh heh…….”

Park Hee-chul glanced at Hyun-sung and burst into hearty laughter as if he felt good.

Hyun-sung ignored it.

Because it would be awkward to deny it in this situation. It’s best to just stay still in this case because it would only make the atmosphere awkward.

He was already hungry because he had a rough lunch, so he thought it was a good thing.

And in the past, he would have been uncomfortable just being with Park Hee-chul, but now he doesn’t feel that way.

Because Park Hee-chul is not the Park Hee-chul of the past.

The saying that there’s no match for death [a Korean saying meaning a person changes after facing death] seemed to be about Park Hee-chul.

It was certain that Park Hee-chul had changed.

Villagers now occasionally praise him. A person who should have already died has begun to be recognized by the villagers.

Of course, he’s a person, so there’s more to see, but according to the rumors so far, that’s the case.

As soon as they entered the room and sat down, Park Hee-chul looked at Hyun-sung and said.

“Order today.”

“Me?”

“Yes, order whatever you want to eat.”

As soon as Park Hee-chul finished speaking, the employee looked at Hyun-sung—a look that said to order quickly.

“Ahem, ahem……, should I then?”

Hyun-sung cleared his throat for no reason and picked up the menu.

In his past life, he honestly checked the price first when he wanted to eat beef. His biggest complaint was that Korean beef was too expensive.

It’s true that it’s too expensive for ordinary people to eat beef, requiring great courage.

But today, he doesn’t have to worry about that at least because he can just point and say ‘this’ gracefully.

Hyun-sung looked at the employee and asked.

“What’s good today?”

He deliberately lowered his voice a bit.

In TV dramas, people with something always ask that when they go to a seafood restaurant or a barbecue restaurant. It was something he wanted to try at least once.

He’s regressing, so there are days like this.

The employee opened his mouth, seemingly embarrassed by Hyun-sung’s question.

“Yes? Ah…, yes. The ribeye has the richest juice and the best savory taste. And today, the chuck flap tail is also soft, so it’s perfect for grilling raw.”

“Do you have short ribs too?”

“Of course, we do.”

“Then, give me some ribeye, chuck flap tail, and short ribs. I like the chewing taste of short ribs. And give me cold noodles with the meat. Oh, and the cold noodles are spicy.”

Hyun-sung looked at Park Hee-chul. It was to choose cold noodles.

Then Park Hee-chul smiled and opened his mouth.

“I only eat meat when I eat meat.”

Hyun-sung took Park Hee-chul’s words again and said to the employee.

“Give it to me like that.”

“Yes, I understand.”

As soon as the order was finished, Park Hee-chul looked at Hyun-sung and asked as if he had been waiting.

“Did you really know?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Kim Tae-chon, I mean.”

Only then did Hyun-sung get a sense of it. He could understand why Park Hee-chul had come to pick him up at the terminal in the middle of the night.

Park Hee-chul must have heard the news of Kim Tae-chon’s arrest on TV. So, naturally, he would have been curious, so he would have called…….

Come to think of it, he had forgotten.

He was only thinking about his wife, Yoon Ji-soo, while going to Incheon, so he couldn’t think about Kim Tae-chon at all.

Hyun-sung looked at Park Hee-chul and asked.

“Was he caught?”

“Heh heh…, what is this? Are you the only one who hasn’t checked yet?”

“I had something else to worry about.”

“Even so, I was waiting so eagerly that my eyes were falling out.”

Park Hee-chul looked at Hyun-sung as if he was wronged.

Then another person came to Hyun-sung’s mind: Lee Jung-woo and his mother, Shin Myung-soon.

He’ll see those people tomorrow.

It was then that the employee brought the meat.

Sizzle, sizzle.

The beef was showing off its beauty by sizzling on the oak charcoal fire.

As heat was applied, the juice added a glossy shine.

Indeed! Korean beef is art.

Tap, tap.

It was when Hyun-sang smacked his lips and picked up his chopsticks to tap on the table.

“Wait!”

Hyun-sung looked at Park Hee-chul.

“What is it? This atmosphere…….”

“Take this first.”

Park Hee-chul quickly handed over the envelope.

Then Hyun-sung’s reaction was unexpected.

“Later.”

“Later……?”

Hyun-sung ignored Park Hee-chul’s words and put a piece of short rib on top of the spicy cold noodles.

He didn’t know what it was, but he thought it was disrespectful to Korean beef to focus on something else without eating this at this moment.

Hyun-sung said to Park Hee-chul, who was staring blankly at him.

“Eat the meat. Let’s live with respect for Korean beef.”

“Heh!”

Park Hee-chul, who was watching the scene, was just dumbfounded.

His hand was just tapping the innocent envelope.