Return To The Building Owner [EN]: Chapter 737

Hyun-sung returned home immediately after parting ways with Shin Min-ki, the chairman of Nongshim, and grilled the pork intestines he had bought.

His wife, Yoon Ji-soo, devoured the grilled intestines with impressive speed, as if making up for lost time.

She ate three servings.

Yoon Ji-soo looked at Hyun-sung, a surprised smile on her face.

“Hyun-sung, I think I’m going crazy. How could I eat three servings of pork intestines?”

“No, you’re perfectly normal, so don’t say that. Anyway, it wasn’t you who ate those intestines; it was our twins, right?”

“Hehe, is that so?”

“Of course, our twins take after their dad and are excellent eaters.”

Hyun-sung smiled and then looked at Yoon Ji-soo’s bulging belly, asking,

“Did our twins enjoy their meal?”

“Yes~ Daddy! It was so delicious,” Yoon Ji-soo chimed in, echoing Hyun-sung.

The two of them continued to talk to the twins in her belly for a long time.

It might seem childish to others, but this was the happiest time for them.

Moreover, for Hyun-sung, it was an emotion he had never felt in his previous life, so the happiness felt amplified.

At one point, Yoon Ji-soo suddenly asked, as if she had just remembered something.

“Oh, right, why did the chairman suddenly come to see you?”

“Ah, that. It’s nothing much, but…” Hyun-sung summarized and explained the conversation he had with Chairman Shin Min-ki at the pork intestine restaurant. After Hyun-sung’s explanation, Yoon Ji-soo tilted her head, looking puzzled.

There was something in Hyun-sung’s words that she couldn’t quite grasp.

Yoon Ji-soo, who had been tilting her head, asked directly.

“Does Hyun-sung have such a special ability?”

The special ability that his wife was referring to was his ability to discover and treat Chairman Shin Chun-oh’s illness.

“Yes, that’s right. It’s hard for me to understand, but I do have that ability. But what’s even more amazing is that it doesn’t apply to everyone, but only to some people.”

“That’s also amazing. It works for some and not for others.”

“Exactly.”

Hyun-sung also couldn’t understand that part.

He couldn’t figure out why the ability was selective.

In fact, he hadn’t said it out loud, but he had tried many times to test his ability whenever he came into contact with people, just in case.

But the conclusion was that the special ability only affected a very small number of people.

“The more I think about it, the more amazing it is that you have such an ability.”

“Tell me about it. I suddenly found out one day.”

“But what’s the criteria? Why doesn’t it apply to most people and only works for some?”

“That’s what I’m saying. It would be nice if it worked for more people.”

Hyun-sung also felt it was a shame. If it did, he would have been able to treat more people than he could now.

Just then, Yoon Ji-soo shook her head and said,

“Hyun-sung, I don’t think that’s right.”

“Yes? What is it?”

“If that were the case, you wouldn’t be able to do anything else and would only be treating patients. I think that would be unfortunate. Don’t you think?”

“Ah, is that how it would turn out?”

Perhaps she wasn’t wrong.

If Hyun-sung’s ability worked for everyone, countless people would come to him, especially those with incurable diseases.

If that happened, he wouldn’t even be able to dream of a normal life, as his wife said.

He chuckled.

Hyun-sung couldn’t help but laugh.

He thought that it was better for him that it didn’t turn out that way.

“Now that I think about it, it’s better this way. If it had been like that, it wouldn’t have been easy to grill pork intestines for you like this.”

“That’s right. I think so too. I like this ordinary life better.”

A smile spread across Yoon Ji-soo’s face. She then continued,

“Anyway, you’re definitely an amazing person, the more I think about it.”

“Why am I?”

“Because of your precognitive dreams and your ability to heal people. Not just anyone can have these abilities. Don’t you think?”

Hyun-sung had no choice but to nod.

It was an undeniable fact.

But one thing was definitely not true.

The precognitive dreams she believed in were not a special ability.

That was something Hyun-sung made up to hide the fact that he had regressed [reincarnated or traveled back in time].

But Hyun-sung couldn’t help it. He couldn’t reveal the fact that he had regressed under any circumstances.

“In the end, the chairman came to see you because of his father?”

“Yes, that’s right. Of course, there were other things he was curious about, but the thing he wanted to know most was about the chairman’s father.”

Perhaps it was only natural.

As a son, he didn’t know that his father was ill. And it wasn’t just any illness; it was liver cancer, which could be life-threatening.

“So, the chairman is on his way to the countryside to meet the big chairman?”

“Yes, that’s right. He’s probably almost arrived in Seo Myeon by now.”

“You’ve done a great job again.”

“No, I just…”

“No!” Yoon Ji-soo interrupted Hyun-sung and shook her head from side to side. Then she continued, “Honestly, the two of them are reconciling thanks to you. If you hadn’t stepped in, they wouldn’t have been able to resolve their cold relationship. Don’t you think?”

“Maybe…”

Hyun-sung had no choice but to nod.

Perhaps his wife was right. If he hadn’t stepped in this time, their strained relationship wouldn’t have been easily resolved.

He had seen many such cases in his previous life.

People who were father and son but could not resolve their issues and never broke down the wall in their hearts.

A father-son relationship is fine when there are no problems.

But Hyun-sung knew very well that once the relationship is twisted, it is never easy to untangle it.

Yoon Ji-soo suddenly brought up a completely different topic than before, as if she had just remembered something.

“And also, I’ve decided.”

“What did you suddenly decide?”

“Our honeymoon.”

“Ah, that…”

He had talked to Yoon Ji-soo about the honeymoon a few months ago.

It was about deciding where to go for their honeymoon.

His wife had asked him to leave it to her.

So he readily agreed.

In the end, his wife was now saying that she had decided on the location of their honeymoon.

“Where did you decide to go?”

Hyun-sung asked, but he had already expected it to some extent.

In his previous life, they had traveled all over the country. That’s because his wife wanted to do that back then. But he had many regrets at that time.

The reason was the short trip duration.

3 nights and 4 days—that’s how long they went on their honeymoon in their previous life.

Realistically, they didn’t have much time, so that was all they could spare.

As a result, it was called a nationwide tour, but in reality, they went down the east coast and turned back halfway.

At that time, he said that they should make time to travel again later.

But he never kept that promise.

It was always something he felt sorry for his wife about.

Yoon Ji-soo said with a happy expression.

“Hyun-sung, let’s go on a nationwide tour.”

As expected, his wife’s decision was the same as in her previous life.

But Hyun-sung pretended not to know anything and asked directly.

“A nationwide tour instead of a trip abroad?”

“I don’t like going abroad. The food doesn’t suit me, I can’t communicate, and most of all, I don’t think there’s any place more beautiful than our country.”

That’s what she always said in her previous life. She said that her country was the most beautiful place in the world, more than any other country.

She continued,

“I probably won’t be able to see all of Korea even if I spend my whole life doing it. And actually, this has been my dream.”

“Dream?”

“Yes, to go on a nationwide tour for my honeymoon.”

He chuckled.

Hyun-sung couldn’t help but laugh. The reason was that she had said the same thing in her previous life.

But that was only something Hyun-sung knew.

From Yoon Ji-soo’s point of view, she couldn’t help but wonder why Hyun-sung was laughing.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Actually, I felt the same way.”

It was a moment when Hyun-sung’s quick wit shone.

It was a crucial moment where his sense was important, as he could hurt her feelings if he said something wrong here.

Was it because it worked?

Her face was full of joy.

“Is that real? It was also your dream to go on a nationwide tour for your honeymoon?”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

“Then that’s great. But how long will it be…?”

Yoon Ji-soo looked at Hyun-sung. She was now asking Hyun-sung about the duration of the trip.

In his previous life, he had too many regrets because it was only 3 nights and 4 days. But now there was no reason to do that.

He had plenty of time and money.

Hyun-sung said confidently.

“Indefinitely.”

“Yes? Indefinitely?”

“Yes, I don’t care if it’s a month or a year, as long as you want it. So you can travel for as long as you want.”

Hyun-sung was finally fulfilling his regret from his previous life.

It was a moment when a smile bloomed on Yoon Ji-soo’s face. She suddenly got up from her seat and ran towards Hyun-sung.

She hugged Hyun-sung with both arms. Hyun-sung also hugged her tightly.

***

It was when Chairman Shin Min-ki’s car arrived at the entrance of Seo Myeon, his destination.

“Driver Kim, wait a minute!”

Chairman Shin Min-ki suddenly stopped the car.

“Secretary Yoon, what is all that I see in front of me?”

“It’s cosmos flowers. A whopping 200,000 pyeong [approximately 165 acres]. In the spring, it’s full of cherry blossoms and canola flowers, and in the fall, they plant cosmos like that.”

Chairman Shin Min-ki couldn’t believe it even though he was seeing it with his own eyes. What he saw was an endless field of cosmos flowers.

No other words were needed other than fantastic.

“Amazing!”

“Yes, it is. Who in the world could create something like this?”

“So, this is also President Kim’s work?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Hehe…”

Chairman Shin Min-ki could only let out a hollow laugh.

Of course, he knew to some extent because he had read the report, but when he saw it with his own eyes, the surprise was beyond words.

A flower field of 200,000 pyeong…

He could only exclaim.

“Incredible!”

It wasn’t just the flowers that were amazing. What was really amazing were the people who filled the flower field. Countless people were filling the cosmos.

Chairman Shin Min-ki asked Secretary Yoon Seung-hyun.

“How many people are there?”

“On weekends, at least 100,000 people come and go.”

“100,000 people?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Even if those people spend only 10,000 won [approximately $7.50 USD] each, that’s not 1 billion won [approximately $750,000 USD]?”

“That’s right. But who would only spend 10,000 won? They’ll spend at least an average of 30,000 won…”

Secretary Yoon Seung-hyun shook his head as he answered.

When he first came here to investigate Hyun-sung, he didn’t know it would be like this. But after investigating, he found out later.

The fact that more than 3 billion won [approximately $2.25 million USD] is spent here on weekends.

About 2 billion won [approximately $1.5 million USD] of that was Hyun-sung’s share. And that was pure cash. There was no other company like this.

“Hmm…”

Chairman Shin Min-ki had nothing to say.

Some people have to work their bones out to make money by running factories, while others just sit and earn 2 billion won a day.

“Secretary Yoon.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

“Isn’t this too unfair?”

“That’s what I’m saying. We have to stay up all night making ramen, but President Kim just sits and earns 2 billion won a day…”

Chairman Shin Min-ki smacked his lips without realizing it. Then he asked again.

“So, you’re expecting 10 trillion won [approximately $7.5 billion USD] in 5 years?”

“Yes, that’s right. By then, the construction of the mixed-use building will be finished, as well as the housing that we’re planning for the future.”

“Hehe, 10 trillion won…”

Chairman Shin Min-ki had nothing more to say.

“Driver Kim, let’s go see the chairman.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

The car carrying Chairman Shin Min-ki started moving again.

At that time.

Chairman Shin Chun-oh and Secretary Choi Jin-young were watching the setting sun outside the window.

Chairman Shin Chun-oh said.

“Secretary Choi, another day is coming to an end.”

“Yes, it is.”

“Time flies, doesn’t it?”

“I think so. Come to think of it, it’s already been 5 years since you came here.”

“Hehe, 5 years…”

Chairman Shin Chun-oh stroked his chin.

He ended up coming down here, but he has no regrets at all. The only thing that bothers him is his distant relationship with his eldest son.

The cause was the Shin Ramyun factory [a popular instant noodle brand in South Korea].

But it’s already in the past. It’s no longer on his mind.

But the problem is that it’s not easy to resolve that feeling.

It is said that no parent can win against their child.

What’s the point of pride between father and son?

Chairman Shin Chun-oh nodded as if he had made up his mind and said.

“Secretary Choi, I think I should go first now…”

It was at that moment.

A familiar car was coming into his house from afar in Chairman Shin Chun-oh’s eyes.

Chairman Shin Chun-oh urgently called Secretary Choi Jin-young.

“Secretary Choi!”

“Yes, Chairman.”

“Is that right? That car?”

“Yes, I think so. It seems that your heart has been conveyed to the little chairman…”

Chairman Shin Chun-oh opened the front door and ran out into the yard before Secretary Choi Jin-young could finish speaking.