Return To The Building Owner [EN]: Chapter 77

“Is it you again?”

It was Min Doo-shik.

Funnily enough, this time he didn’t come alone but brought two more people with him.

Hyun-sung was dumbfounded by the sight.

He roughly understood what was going on.

Then, Min Doo-shik pointed at Hyun-sung and said again,

“Officer, this bastard assaulted me.”

Min Doo-shik said, raising his finger. His finger was already bandaged.

Then, one of the police officers approached Hyun-sung.

“Since a report has been filed, we need your cooperation. First……”

The officer asked about the situation a little while ago and seemed to be checking Hyun-sung’s student ID.

After a moment.

The officer glanced at Hyun-sung.

Then Hyun-sung immediately asked.

“Why? Is there a problem?”

“No, it’s not that, but are you the one who caught the pickpocket gang at Wonju Terminal a while ago?”

“Ah, those guys. Well, it just happened…, but does that kind of thing show up too?”

“No, it’s not that, it’s just that the name is the same as my younger brother, so I remembered it.”

“Ah, I see.”

The officer returned the student ID and said.

“I’m sorry, but please briefly explain the situation a little while ago.”

Hyun-sung was dumbfounded, but he had no choice but to organize and explain what Min Doo-shik had done since this morning.

After listening to Hyun-sung’s explanation, the officer called Min Doo-shik this time.

“Mr. Min Doo-shik, is what Mr. Kim Hyun-sung said all true?”

“Well, almost……”

Min Doo-shik couldn’t speak properly.

The officer looked at Min Doo-shik and asked again.

“First of all, is it true that you flicked Mr. Kim Hyun-sung’s forehead with your finger?”

“Well, that’s because that bastard was being so rude……”

The police officer looked at Hyun-sung this time and asked.

“Do you know him well?”

“I met him for the first time this morning.”

After hearing Hyun-sung’s answer, the officer asked Min Doo-shik again.

“Mr. Min Doo-shik, do you usually swear like that to someone you meet for the first time?”

“That’s……”

“Do you know that swearing at others is also violence, not just fists?”

“Pardon?”

Min Doo-shik looked at the officer as if he was dumbfounded.

Then, the officer standing behind him looked at Min Doo-shik and said.

“Mr. Min Doo-shik, please take off that finger bandage.”

“Yes? This…, why?”

“I think we need to check the extent of it.”

“It really hurts. Don’t you believe me?”

“We only believe what we see with our eyes. So, please take off that bandage quickly.”

“I’m telling you, it really hurts.”

Hyun-sung covered his mouth with his hand.

It was because he couldn’t handle the laughter that was about to burst out.

The reason why Min Doo-shik was resisting was obvious.

There was no way there would be any traces left.

Even without that, judging by his actions, he was careful from the beginning because he was afraid of having to pay for damages if he touched him wrong.

He [Hyun-sung] wanted to break his wrist on the spot, not just his finger.

Hyun-sung looked at Min Doo-shik once again.

He was still resisting.

That being said, he couldn’t understand Min Doo-shik clinging on like this.

A shopping district wasn’t some kind of child’s toy, and it didn’t make sense that he was acting like this just because he lost it.

It’s not like he’s young or anything… that’s not it either.

He couldn’t figure out why he was doing this.

It was then.

‘What is it?’

An absurd thing was happening before his eyes.

The police officer who had told Min Doo-shik to take off the bandage a little while ago ended up grabbing Min Doo-shik’s hand and started unwrapping the bandage himself.

With each layer that was unwrapped, Min Doo-shik’s expression was a sight to behold.

Swoosh.

The moment the last layer was unwrapped, Min Doo-shik’s bare skin came out.

His index finger was a different color from the other fingers because it had been wrapped so tightly.

“Ah ah….”

Min Doo-shik complained of pain.

“Why, does it hurt?”

“That’s……”

“Does it really hurt?”

“It’s, it’s numb…….”

“Pardon?”

The officer looked at Min Doo-shik as if he was dumbfounded.

Huh!

Hyun-sung was just as dumbfounded.

That’s how Min Doo-shik’s clumsy act came to an end.

The officer took Min Doo-shik away, saying that they had to go to the police station together for a while.

Hyun-sung was left alone.

“This is ridiculous, really…….”

The more he thought about it, the more he could only laugh.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t understand Min Doo-shik’s actions.

“Now he won’t come anymore.”

That’s what Hyun-sung thought.

However, Hyun-sung didn’t know that it wouldn’t take long for him to realize that his thought was just his own wishful thinking.

It was then.

“What are you doing here?”

It was his homeroom teacher, Shin Min-ho.

“Oh? Teacher, are you getting off work now?”

“I’m on duty today.”

“Ah, I see.”

Shin Min-ho looked at Hyun-sung as if he had something to say.

Then Hyun-sung opened his mouth first.

“Please, speak.”

“You rascal, you’re really good at reading the room. I’m sorry about what happened to Soo-hyuk this afternoon. I couldn’t help it……”

“It’s okay. You don’t have to apologize. I know you didn’t do it out of malice.”

At that moment, Hyun-sung was honestly very angry.

He really hated his homeroom teacher, Shin Min-ho, who stuck to principles and talked about responsibility even in a dangerous situation.

But as time passed, his thoughts changed.

Hyun-sung himself knew that Soo-hyuk had acute appendicitis because of his memories from his past life, so he was able to act so boldly.

If that hadn’t been the case, he would never have acted that way.

He wasn’t great or decisive. It was just because of his memories from his past life.

Thinking that way, he felt sorry for being rude to his homeroom teacher, Shin Min-ho.

Then Shin Min-ho shook his head slightly and said.

“Of course, I didn’t have any malice, but it’s true that I was cowardly. Even at that moment, I wanted to reduce my responsibility as much as possible.”

That’s natural for a person.

Who would blame him for that?

If something had happened to Soo-hyuk, his homeroom teacher, Shin Min-ho, would not have been free from that responsibility either.

Hyun-sung looked at Shin Min-ho and said.

“Everyone is the same. Anyway, the result is good this time, so let’s just be grateful for that. And I’m even more grateful that you’re being so honest with me.”

“The doctor said that if it had been a little later, it would have been a real disaster, so I got goosebumps all over. If you hadn’t hurried… it’s terrible just to think about it.”

“Soo-hyuk was lucky, I guess. Let’s stop talking about that and what are you going to do?”

Shin Min-ho looked at Hyun-sung.

“About what?”

“Are you really asking because you don’t know?”

“Don’t beat around the bush, what are you talking about?”

“You really don’t know. Let’s drop it. I guess that’s why you’re like that to me too……”

One of Hyun-sung’s old memories came back to him.

He was very sick when he started his second year of high school. He had told Choi Mi-yeon, the math teacher, about it a while ago, but Shin Min-ho was the one who didn’t even make a single phone call for a week while he was sick and couldn’t go to school.

Even though he was his homeroom teacher.

He must have been so upset that he still vividly remembered that memory even after regressing.

Hyun-sung had personally learned that people are greatly hurt by even small things when they are sick.

On the other hand, Shin Min-ho couldn’t help but feel upset by Hyun-sung’s attitude.

“Hey, Kim Hyun-sung. Why are you cutting off your words in the middle? Are you making fun of your teacher right now?”

“Who’s making fun of you? I’m just going to think that’s how it is.”

“This is your last warning. So tell me what that ‘that’s how it is’ means. Don’t you think about the person who’s listening?”

“I can’t say that with my own mouth.”

“This guy is really…….”

Shin Min-ho suddenly remembered what he had heard from Choi Mi-yeon, the math teacher, a while ago.

It was the day of the school opening.

She said that Hyun-sung had hard feelings about him a few days ago. When he heard the details, he knew what she was talking about.

Of course, there was a good reason for that.

But he didn’t say anything because it would be ridiculous to make excuses now.

Shin Min-ho looked at Hyun-sung and opened his mouth.

“Hey, are you acting like this now because of that incident in the first semester?”

“That incident?”

Hyun-sung doubted it.

‘It can’t be.’

He didn’t think Shin Min-ho was talking about that.

Then Shin Min-ho’s words continued again.

“What Choi Mi-yeon said, that’s right, isn’t it?”

“Pardon?”

‘Teacher Choi Mi-yeon?’

This means that Teacher Choi Mi-yeon told Shin Min-ho what she heard from Hyun-sung.

‘What is it?’

Like father, like son [a Korean proverb meaning they are similar].

They’re the same teachers…….

Hyun-sung’s expression twisted slightly.

Then Shin Min-ho, who saw that, said again.

“What? It seems like it’s true since you’re not saying anything? Are you still sulking about that?”

Somehow the atmosphere was flowing strangely.

If what Hyun-sung was expecting was correct, he was about to become a petty miser.

First of all, confirmation was a priority.

Hyun-sung asked slowly.

“……, but what is it?”

“What else could it be? You told Teacher Choi Mi-yeon that I didn’t even call you when you were sick, right?”

“…….”

As expected, ominous premonitions never miss.

Shin Min-ho was making him not only a petty person but also a tattletale.

But what he didn’t like was Shin Min-ho’s expression.

That subtly smiling expression.

As expected, Shin Min-ho was showing that humans are evil by nature.

“Why are people like that?”

Hyun-sung looked at Shin Min-ho with a sulky expression. Of course, he couldn’t be in a good mood.

Then Shin Min-ho didn’t stay still either.

“People? Are you talking about me and Teacher Choi right now?”

“Isn’t that so? You’re still teachers, but the two of you are gossiping about a student…….”

Whoosh!

Suddenly, Shin Min-ho’s fist flew towards his shoulder. Of course, the speed was fast, but the power was reduced.

But Shin Min-ho’s fist didn’t reach Hyun-sung’s body.

From some point on, his body had started to react on its own without him knowing.

Even when his friends played pranks, his body avoided them on its own. Moreover, yesterday, even when class president Lee Young-min hit him on the back of the head from behind, he naturally avoided it.

So he thought that he should take some time to go back to the place where he dug up wild ginseng.

No matter how much he thought about it, he didn’t think that this ability would arise simply because he regressed.

So he worried about it.

In the end, after worrying, it was wild ginseng and deodeok [a type of root vegetable], Hyun-sung’s conclusion.

Deodeok must be filled with water.

It was the moment when Shin Min-ho’s pupils shook violently.

“Oh? Look at this guy. He avoids that?”

Shin Min-ho was dumbfounded.

Of course, it was during his school days, but he had once learned boxing.

What he threw a little while ago was a jab.

In boxing, it is a technique that continuously extends the arm to lightly strike the opponent’s face or body. Speed is, of course, far superior to power.

Unless you’re a professional, it’s almost impossible for an ordinary person to avoid it.

But now Hyun-sung avoided it so naturally.

Hyun-sung said.

“Are you using violence now?”

“Hey, did you know that and avoid it?”

“No.”

Hyun-sung said honestly.

Shin Min-ho’s jab this time was clearly different from his other friends.

In the case of other friends, they usually move from the shoulder. Kim Il-soo was the same. So he could easily recognize it in advance and block or avoid it.

But Shin Min-ho was different.

There was no movement at all, but it suddenly flew in an instant.

Shin Min-ho asked again with a dumbfounded expression at Hyun-sung’s answer.

“No? Then what is it?”

“My body avoids it on its own without me knowing.”

“What, your body avoids it on its own……?”

“Yes.”

Shin Min-ho was still dumbfounded.