Return To The Building Owner [EN]: Chapter 89

Hyunsung and Kim Ilsoo walked away from the empty lot.

Kim Ilsoo spoke first.

“Hey, what are they going to do?”

“What do you mean? It’s over with this.”

“Over?”

“If it’s not over, did you really think I’d want to share a meal with those guys?”

Hyunsung shook his head.

‘No, thank you.’

He had so much to do, and now the Grass Clan too…? Thirty people at that. Just thinking about cleaning up after them made him shudder.

Then Kim Ilsoo asked again.

“Then what was that condition?”

“Condition? Hey! Kim Ilsoo, did that sound like a condition to you?”

“If it wasn’t a condition, then what was it?”

Hyunsung stopped walking and looked at Kim Ilsoo.

He really did look like an 18-year-old at times like this. So naively believing him.

Hyunsung smiled and said,

“I was politely refusing. If I had just said no, do you think Han Myungsoo would have let it go? That guy waited at the front gate since morning, even with his crutches. To persuade someone like that, I had to show some sincerity, right?”

“So you’re saying you set a condition from the start that couldn’t be met.”

“I had no choice.”

Kim Ilsoo suddenly started laughing.

“What’s with that laugh?” Hyunsung asked.

Kim Ilsoo stopped laughing and gave him a strange look.

“Just hypothetically… what if they went crazy and met that condition?”

Thwack!

“Ugh!”

Kim Ilsoo clutched his side, where Hyunsung had suddenly struck him.

Hyunsung said, “You’re cursing me. Do you want to see me die?”

“I’m just saying…”

Kim Ilsoo was still clutching his side and couldn’t speak properly.

Just then.

Tap, tap, tap.

‘What’s that sound?’

Hyunsung turned around.

“Why is she here again?”

Seo Inhye was running towards the empty lot from a distance.

But this time, Seo Inhye wasn’t alone.

“This is driving me crazy.”

Hyunsung’s face twisted.

Huff, huff.

“Oppa~!”

“Oppa!”

Following Seo Inhye, his younger sister Kim Jiyeon ran up to Hyunsung, panting.

Hyunsung looked at the two of them and said, “Hey, why are you two making such a fuss in the morning?”

“Oppa, are you okay?”

“What do you mean?”

“I heard the Grass Clan guys dragged you away…”

It was his younger sister, Kim Jiyeon.

Seo Inhye, who was next to her, asked immediately, “Oppa! Are you hurt anywhere? Why are those guys making such a fuss in the morning? Shouldn’t you have finished them off yesterday?”

“Ha…”

Hyunsung was speechless.

Since Hyunsung didn’t say anything, his younger sister Kim Jiyeon spoke up again.

“Oppa, why aren’t you saying anything? Don’t tell me… no, right?”

He didn’t know what she was imagining, but if he stayed silent, things would get out of hand.

Hyunsung had no choice but to look at his younger sister Kim Jiyeon and say, “Nothing happened, so quietly take Inhye and go to the classroom. And don’t worry too much, your brother isn’t that weak.”

“How scary are those Grass Clan guys?”

“Jiyeon, I’m really okay, so don’t worry about that. Go to the classroom!”

Then Seo Inhye added fuel to the fire.

“Oppa, if you need help, just say so. Our girls are not to be trifled with either.”

“Yeah, yeah, I know, so go on in.”

Only then did the two of them start to move slowly.

When they were far enough away, his younger sister Kim Jiyeon looked at Hyunsung and said, “Oppa, come home early today.”

“Why?”

“There’s something going on, so you have to come early.”

Hyunsung nodded and waved. He was planning to go straight home after Soohyuk’s discharge party anyway.

He had to fix the wild boar, Joonchi’s, pen that he had been putting off.

As expected, being wild, its activity level was no joke. So he had tried to return it to the mountain several times, but each time he had failed.

He had no choice but to conclude that he had to reinforce the pen.

Hyunsung was about to take a step when he noticed Kim Ilsoo’s face next to him.

“What’s wrong with you now?”

“What do you mean?”

“Why is your face so red? Don’t tell me it’s because of Inhye…”

“Don’t tell me what? You’re trying to catch me out again in the morning. I’m just hot. It’s nothing like that. It’s not…”

Kim Ilsoo disappeared in a hurry.

Tsk, tsk.

Hyunsung clicked his tongue as he watched Kim Ilsoo’s retreating figure.

“What’s going to happen to you, Ilsoo…”

Hyunsung was muttering to himself when.

“Hyunsung!”

Lee Jungwoo waved his hand at Hyunsung from the front gate.

Lee Jungwoo had become much brighter and talked a lot more these days. He had been exercising a lot after school, so his gait was much steadier than before.

As Hyunsung approached, Lee Jungwoo asked again, “Why are you coming from that way?”

“I had something to take care of.”

“What’s going on in the empty lot from this morning…? Don’t tell me?”

Lee Jungwoo seemed to know something too.

“Don’t tell me what?”

“You’re not going to beat up middle schoolers again, are you? I heard you crushed some middle schoolers yesterday too? With Ilsoo, no less.”

“Where did you hear that?”

“Where else? The rumor has already spread…”

Being a rural area, rumors spread quickly.

Hyunsung smiled and said, “Anyone would think I beat up kids all the time. It’s not like that. Anyway, how’s the exercise going?”

“Fortunately, it’s manageable because I’m doing it with Chulmin.”

“That’s a relief. What about Soochul?”

Park Chulmin and Lee Soochul used to follow Kim Ilsoo. Park Chulmin surprisingly changed his mind quickly and got along well with his classmates, but Lee Soochul did not.

That’s why Hyunsung was asking about Lee Soochul.

Lee Jungwoo said, “Leave him alone. Who does he think he is…? He doesn’t even know what he’s done. He’s a joke.”

“I know, right? Anyway, I saw you walking a little while ago, and it looks a lot different than before. How do you feel?”

“Hehe, does it look that way to you too? I feel like it’s been easier to walk since one day.”

“Really?”

It was a welcome sound.

He hadn’t been exercising for very long. But if he already felt that way, there was plenty of room for improvement.

In his past life, he had been using a cane since he was over forty. Because one leg was shorter than the other, it put a lot of strain on his back.

Lee Jungwoo smiled and said, “Are you that happy?”

“Of course, I am. Let’s work harder in the future. And once you have some leg muscles, let’s start upper body exercises too.”

“Arms?”

“Yeah, the lower body is difficult, but the upper body is easier. Strength is national power, right?”

At Hyunsung’s words, Lee Jungwoo smiled happily and said, “Hehe, I know. Anyway, is it true that our whole class is eating *jajangmyeon* [black bean noodles] at the Chinese restaurant today?”

“Of course. And Soohyuk’s father said to eat whatever you want, so you can eat whatever you’ve been wanting to eat.”

“Ah! That’s right. Soohyuk’s father is the chairman of the cooperative.”

“Is that how it works?”

“The chairman of the cooperative makes a lot of money.”

“You’re quick with the calculations at times like this.”

The two laughed and walked through the front gate to the classroom.

That afternoon.

Rows of students lined up in two columns on the school playground. Homeroom teacher Shin Minho looked flustered, with a whistle in his mouth that he had prepared at some point.

Beep! Beep!

“Hey, class president, are all the kids here?”

“Yes! Everyone is here without exception!”

Class president Lee Youngmin’s voice was also full of energy.

Judging by the atmosphere, the class atmosphere was at its peak, as if they were being invited to the Blue House [the South Korean equivalent of the White House].

“Wow! What’s going on?”

“I know, right? I’m going to eat a double portion of *jajangmyeon*.”

“Can we eat sweet and sour pork too?”

“Hyunsung said Soohyuk’s father told us to eat whatever we want…”

“Really?”

It was so noisy that it was hard to hear.

At that time.

Principal Park Sanghyun and Lee Soohyuk’s father, Lee Mansoo, were looking out the window from the principal’s office.

Principal Park Sanghyun smiled and spoke first.

“The students are so happy.”

“Haha, I know, right? It’s all thanks to that student, Hyunsung, isn’t it? I’m amazed that he thought of this at such a young age.”

“That’s what I’m saying. He doesn’t seem like an ordinary student no matter how you look at him.”

“By the way! I heard something strange yesterday.”

“Yes? What…?”

Lee Mansoo seemed to think for a moment and then continued, “I heard from real estate agent Park that Hyunsung rented a commercial building.”

“Ah! That story?”

“Did the principal know about it too?”

“Yes, I received a report from Hyunsung’s homeroom teacher a few days ago, but I can’t believe it.”

The two of them shook their heads from side to side as if they had made a promise.

It was an incomprehensible situation to anyone, so the two’s reaction was perhaps a natural one.

Then, Lee Mansoo spoke again.

“Have you been to that commercial building?”

“I’ve been there. I checked the sign too.”

“I went there right away yesterday, and the sign was amazing…”

“I feel the same way. ‘Shin Ramyun That Makes Men Cry,’ it seems to be talking about spicy ramen, but I don’t know what to say…”

The two’s reactions were similar.

It was so unfamiliar. But they couldn’t say anything before it even started, and they were just worried.

This time, Principal Park Sanghyun spoke first.

“Let’s watch for now. It’s unsettling, but he doesn’t seem like an ordinary student.”

“I think we should eat ramen for lunch on the opening day. Don’t you think?”

“Haha, I know, right? Anyway, a notable person has emerged from Seomyeong High School, so let’s wait and see. The seedling looks promising.”

“I agree. Haha, by the way! Should we go to the restaurant now?”

“Let’s do that.”

The two left the principal’s office and walked towards the school gate.

Beep, beep!

Homeroom teacher Shin Minho blew the whistle and said loudly, “Second grade, second class, everyone forward!”

Chatter, chatter.

The kids were so happy, as if they were going on a picnic, and they couldn’t keep their mouths shut for a moment.

Then Hyunsung nudged Lee Soohyuk’s shoulder next to him.

“Are you happy?”

“Yes! I’m happy!”

“That’s good. Do well in the future.”

“Yeah! Thanks. And eat as much *jajangmyeon* as you want today.”

Hyunsung smiled and shook his head.

And said,

“Do you know that?”

“What?”

“You shouldn’t eat *jajangmyeon* or *jjambong* [spicy seafood noodle soup] when you’re not paying for it. And the same goes for the fried dumplings service.”

“What? Who says that?”

“There is. Kim Dongsoo.”

Fuhaha…

Hyunsung burst out laughing.

He suddenly thought of Kim Dongsoo.

It was when he was selling wild ginseng and was in danger of being caught by thugs. After barely escaping the danger with the help of his army buddy Kim Dongsoo, it was when he was ordering at a Chinese restaurant.

That’s what Kim Dongsoo said then.

He was planning to go to Seoul soon anyway. Because of the spicy peppers. He had no choice but to import spicy peppers, so he had called Kim Jinyong, Kim Dongsoo’s father, a few days ago to ask for a favor.

Fortunately, he received a reply that he would import them together while importing other medicinal herbs.

That date is next week.

He has benefited a lot from his army buddy Kim Dongsoo in many ways.