The Genius Decided To Live An Ordinary Life [EN]: Chapter 337

Even on the night before the Chuseok [Korean Thanksgiving] holiday, many employees remained, brightly illuminating the Yeouido Research Center.

State-of-the-art bulletproof vests for the military and police, fireproof equipment and gas masks for firefighters, safety devices for safer quad drones, functional shoes and sportswear for land sports like soccer and baseball, and the still-in-development Sphere Capsule, among others.

Numerically, the future sustenance of over 130 SeIn employees was nestled here, knowing neither night nor holiday.

These individuals were lost in the irresistible excitement of realizing their own worlds. For these workaholics, holidays were merely opportunities to dedicate themselves to their work in a quieter, more focused environment.

Although the unmanned security system was in operation, on-duty SSS agents would take turns to maintain an even more airtight security posture.

The cafeteria cooks, filled with pride that their company was leading the world, would undoubtedly keep the lights on all night for them.

The lights at the rooftop mansion also remained on late into the night.

Jinhyuk felt guilty relaxing alone while his employees worked late, so he intended to return to the office after exercising, but he couldn’t.

Because Hong Sujeong appeared, pulling a suitcase like someone going on an overseas trip, with a bright smile.

“What if your mom finds out? You have to go down to the countryside tomorrow morning.”

“Hehe-. I couldn’t resist coming.”

Hong Sujeong was increasingly becoming like Yuseora.

Perhaps the side of her that had matured to match Jinhyuk was reverting to its original state.

Still, thanks to the proactive Hong Sujeong, Jinhyuk’s romantic life was as bright and hot as a summer afternoon.

It was always too hot, but that didn’t mean he neglected his exercise or work, or that his records declined. Son Jinhyuk was a professional through and through.

He had even become a pro in other fields using the various skills he learned in the other world.

“W-what, what can’t you resist- what is that supposed to mean-.”

“Ehehe-. It means I can’t resist seeing you. What are you thinking, oppa [term of endearment for older brother or boyfriend]? I’m just being natural, uh? Where are you going? Come here!”

“Y-yes, I’m coming-.”

Jinhyuk, who was subtly trying to head to the kitchen, quickly ran over. He looked like an iron bead being pulled by a magnet.

‘Sujeong wants me to come, so I have to.’

As he sat obediently on the sofa, Hong Sujeong sat close and rummaged through her bag.

“Ta-da-! Hee-.”

Hong Sujeong smiled brightly like the sun, took Jinhyuk’s hand, and slipped a ring onto his finger.

“I saved up the allowance oppa gave me to buy it. Money isn’t just money, you know.”

“I’ve never worn something like this before.”

“I really wanted to do it. You can take it off if it’s uncomfortable.”

“I won’t take it off.”

The base seemed to be platinum.

There was a gold pattern, and a red gemstone the size of a grain of sun-dried salt was embedded in the center.

A ruby.

“What are you doing? You have to put one on me too.”

“Okay-.”

Jinhyuk took the ring and knelt in front of Hong Sujeong.

In the posture of a heinous criminal.

“Ahaha-! What is that-.”

“I’ll only kneel in front of Sujeong.”

“Still, it looks weird because you’re kneeling like someone who committed a crime. You should raise one up.”

“Ah, is that so?”

One is already up, but ah, not that one.

I should have tried it sometime.

“That’s not the finger.”

Ah, I guess you don’t put it on the middle finger.

I should have tried wearing a couple ring sometime.

“I told Hyejeong I’m sleeping over and that I’ll meet oppa in the morning to go together.”

“Hyejeong? I didn’t meet any friends like that.”

“Heehee-. There’s no friend like that, so I won’t get caught even if I stay out.”

What on earth does this mean?

Does it mean you’re innocent if you commit a crime without tools?

“My mom often used this method on my grandpa when she was dating my dad, and she never got caught.”

I doubt it.

Could it be that he just pretended not to notice?

I have a reasonable suspicion that Grandpa turned a blind eye.

“Still, lying to Mom is a bit-.”

“Is my mom more important to oppa, or am I more important?”

Hong Sujeong crossed her arms, feigning a pout.

“Both are important.”

“Ah, is that so?”

“Who isn’t important? Your mother is not just anyone to me. Of course, Sujeong is important, but that’s a bit of a loaded question.”

Sigh-. That’s not it. Hong Sujeong scratched the side of her head.

Time to change tactics.

“Oppa, are you very tired?”

“No.”

Being with Hong Sujeong drains his energy several times over, but he wasn’t tired.

That’s Son Jinhyuk for you.

“It’ll be hard to be alone together in the countryside, right?”

“Sujeong is always right.”

Which is heavier for a starting youth, the desire for each other or the guilt towards their parents? The answer was obvious. If they shed the clothes of guilt, only strong desire remains.

The two youths, who had matched couple rings and began to burn even more intensely, adorned the bright living room even more splendidly.

Slurp, slurp-.

Janggun, who was chewing on a dog treat at Jinhyuk’s feet, disappeared into the hallway as if he had seen something he shouldn’t have.

Grrr-.

The bastards are starting to eat again.

*

Kiyuuuung-.

Jinhyuk’s eyebrows twitched at the sharp engine sound announcing the morning.

‘Ah, did the captain come? Is he starting the engine to go to the countryside?’

The dazzling sunlight made his face twitch involuntarily, and his back screamed from sleeping passed out on the sofa.

‘Aigo [expression of dismay], doesn’t she feel uncomfortable?’

Hong Sujeong was sleeping embraced by Jinhyuk. Just like that night 15 years ago when they first met and fell asleep.

The difference was whether they were clothed or not.

Kaa-.

She still had the habit of drooling, but it didn’t seem like hand-foot-mouth disease.

‘How comfortable must she be to sleep without clothes? Or is she just exhausted?’

To avoid waking her from her sweet sleep, he draped a blanket that was crumpled haphazardly next to the sofa around her. At that moment, a suspicious sound was heard in the distance.

Ddi-ddi-diddiddi-.

‘Huh? Ddiddiddiddi-?’

Home invasion?

Ddiririk-.

Door lock disengaged.

The pilot doesn’t know the door lock password.

The little sleepiness that remained vanished in a flash.

Jinhyuk’s mind began to spin rapidly.

The only person Jinhyuk had told the password to, besides his family.

And if it’s someone who can come by quad drone…

‘Euaaaaaa!’

I’m doomed!

He hurriedly grabbed Hong Sujeong’s shoulders and shook her.

“S-Su, Sujeong-ah-. Wake up.”

“Uung······. Sleep more-. Mom doesn’t know-.”

“Dad knows! He’s here!”

Mom must be on the quad drone too!

“Hiiik!”

There wasn’t much time.

Hong Sujeong was equally shocked, and she fumbled around without even putting on clothes.

Click-.

‘Kkeuaaaaaa-!’

Again, there wasn’t much time.

The path from the entrance to the living room was a corridor that turned once, and it wasn’t very far. About 10 steps for Hong Gijun’s stride.

There wasn’t enough time to escape to a room or bathroom, and if they tried to escape, the probability of being seen by the person entering the hallway was 200%. As a grown woman, she couldn’t show her naked body running away from her father.

Hong Sujeong quickly hid behind the curtains.

What remained was Jinhyuk’s responsibility.

He quickly pushed the clothes under the sofa and stood in a position where he could protect Hong Sujeong from the sight of the person who would soon barge in.

‘Ah, crap!’

I have to put on pants.

‘Kkeuaaeuk-! It’s caught in the zipper.’

The little guy reacted to seeing his naked backside running away, and because there wasn’t enough time to even put on underwear, this disaster occurred in his haste.

Tears welled up, but he quickly put on a t-shirt to cover it.

A voice was heard from the entrance.

“Ohoho-, Janggun, it’s been a while. Are you doing well? Good, good. That’s a good boy, our Janggun.”

Hehehek-.

At least Janggun is buying time.

Janggun is truly the best friend.

It’s as if he knew this would happen and came from the countryside.

Finally, Hong Gijun entered the living room.

“Father-in-law, ah, Father, you’ve arrived-.”

Jinhyuk bowed more deeply than ever.

“Yes. I heard the airplane sound but you didn’t come out, so I thought you were sleeping and came in. Did you just wake up?”

“Ah, yes. I overslept. I’m sorry.”

Jinhyuk kept bowing in attention. With one hand on his lower abdomen.

“No. You have to oversleep on your days off to get rid of toxins.”

“Ah, did you come to ask us to go to the countryside together-?”

As he subtly rolled his eyes, he saw two quad drones sitting side by side in the landing field beyond the opposite window.

‘Damn it. I can’t even distinguish the sound of landing from the sound of starting. I’ve become too lazy.’

Jinhyuk’s face was not good, so Jinhyuk felt as if his chest was crushed by a heavy rock, making it hard to breathe.

“I was going to wait here with Sujeong until she came, and then go together if she came······.”

Hong Gijun rolled his eyes.

Those cold, sharp eyes suffocated Jinhyuk.

Isn’t that the look of someone looking for his daughter?

‘-was, thought······.’

You noticed.

Ah, there are shoes in the entrance too. I was going to put them in the shoe rack, but Janggun was being a pain, so I just left them, and that became a clue. Provisional cancellation of the best friend title.

‘Aaaa-, I’m embarrassed, I’m sorry······.’

Should I confess and ask for forgiveness, or should I stay quiet since he might not know yet?

As he couldn’t bring himself to make eye contact and fiddled with the front of his t-shirt, Hong Gijun moved.

“The Yankees are getting on my nerves these days, so I had something to discuss.”

“You must be talking about the military expansion?”

“Yes. While we’re on the subject, shall we hear your thoughts?”

Even as he said that, Hong Gijun glanced at the master bedroom door with his hands behind his back and peeked into the kitchen. He also subtly opened and closed the bathroom door.

Jinhyuk was on pins and needles.

Isn’t that openly protesting, ‘Where did you hide my daughter?’

“I think it’s better to leave them alone.”

“What do you mean?”

“Sujeong- ah, America, I mean.”

“Leave them alone?”

Hong Gijun stopped searching and looked at Jinhyuk.

“Since it’s not aimed at our SeIn but at the Arab world, and their weapon technology is decades behind ours, I don’t think we have anything to worry about even if they target us. I think it’s okay to let them live in the illusion of being the world’s police. Isn’t the world inhabited by humans? Unless a threat comes to us, taking a step back is also······.”

Wow-, our oppa is so cool. Whisper, whisper-.

The sound of a baby cat purring was heard from somewhere.

Hong Gijun, having heard Jinhyuk’s answer, smiled awkwardly.

He was smiling, but his eyes were very sharp.

“Hmm. You have a lot of leeway now. And your generous thoughts are still there. You seem like someone who has encountered a turning point.”

“It’s. It’s. Thanks to you for being on my side.”

Be on my side, yap!

Don’t notice the turning point!

“It seems like it will take you some time to prepare, so we’ll go first. I don’t think it’s right to keep the other family members waiting.”

“Ah, yes. Then as soon as I’m ready, I’ll-, yes. I’ll go.”

Hong Gijun, without answering, turned around and soon spoke in a cold voice.

“Don’t be late. Everyone waiting is older than you.”

He had heard Hong Gijun’s cold voice several times, but this was the first time that the ice was directed at Jinhyuk. Hong Gijun’s voice was trembling noticeably.

‘The elders are an excuse. It must be a sense of betrayal caused by Sujeong. I should prostrate myself and beg for forgiveness now-. No. I promised to only kneel to Sujeong.’

Even though she’s an adult, she’s still a precious young lady, so how angry must he be?

Even though Hong Gijun thinks of Jinhyuk terribly, even if Jinhyuk changed his position, he would be angry. Yet, just by not slapping him right away, Hong Gijun could be called a gentleman among gentlemen.

Hong Gijun, who was leaving the living room, stopped and turned his head.

“Sujeong will come with oppa too, right?”

“Yes, Dad. Hiiik-!”

The curtain, which had been answering brightly, flinched, and Jinhyuk lowered his head deeply.

‘Hey, you······.’

Because it was sunny, because the curtain was bright, because it was the first day of the Chuseok holiday. It was an even more difficult morning.

Ha-. I can’t kill those things. Those resentful bastards. You could have at least given me time to prepare my mind······. I need to replace the SSS guys who didn’t report it either······. If they had only reported it, the shock would have been less······. What would Yuseora say if she knew? Hong Gijun’s muttering trailed down the hallway.

Click-.

Hong Gijun, who opened the front door, left one more word. His teeth were clenched.

“I’ll keep it a secret from Sujeong’s mom.”

“Thank you, Father-in-law!”

Kuang-!

As if a giant had pressed down on him, Jinhyuk’s knees buckled involuntarily.

A warrior swearing allegiance to his family’s enemy would have looked more dignified.

***

“Kkaaaaaa-! Oppa, look at that! A flock of geese is flying away!”

“Yeah-. It’s cool······.”

But those are crows.

The resident landlords you see when you pass by this area.

Hong Sujeong isn’t afraid of her dad. They’re more like friends. That’s why Hong Gijun’s sense of betrayal must be even greater.

Anyway, since she treats her dad like a friend, she must be so cheerful even after being caught red-handed.

‘Hahyu-. Am I going to get fired?’

When was the last time I felt like I was being dragged to jail on the way home?

Was it the last time I was kissed by little Hong Sujeong?

‘Wow. It was this bastard back then too?’

Suddenly, anger surged.

Hong Sujeong was there every time Jinhyuk was in a difficult situation.

Hong Sujeong, who was enjoying the open view offered by the quad drone, felt a sharp gaze and looked at Jinhyuk.

“Why, oppa-?”

Hee-.

‘She’s really pretty. Our Sujeong.’

You idiot.

Still, I can’t hate the girl who has always been on Jinhyuk’s side.

He held Hong Sujeong’s hand tightly.

“I love you, Hong Sujeong.”

“Hehe-. I know. But why are you using polite language?”

“It just came out that way.”

Why did polite language come out?

He tried not to think about it.

“Hehe-. I like it.”

Yuseora-fication. So what if it happens a little.

Even if she’s immature and clumsy, I hope she’s happy forever and bright forever, this girl.

Kyuuuuuuung-.

Flying slowly at 300km/h.

The quad drone cut through the sky above the Sapgyo Lake Seawall.

“Kkaaaaaa-! Oppa, look at that! The sea is sparkling!”

That’s a freshwater lake.

“It’s really, really dazzling-.”

“Sujeong is the most dazzling in the world.”

Captain, please go a little slower······.

I’m scared thinking about how close we’re getting to home.