#177. Hmm… … . 1
Just as Woojin was about to enter the villa, a man who looked to be in his late 50s came out.
He bowed his head slightly to Woojin.
Woojin also greeted him and asked.
“What is the condition of this chairman?”
It was none other than a doctor.
“You have very strong mental strength.”
“Are you also receiving medication, cognitive rehabilitation, or memory training?”
“Yes, very proactive.”
Woojin nodded.
However, the disease that this chairman suffers from can worsen at any moment.
“Thank you for your hard work. Take care.”
"then."
After the doctor left, Woojin went straight into the villa.
As we entered, a man who looked to be in his mid to late 30s bowed his head.
“Are you here?”
It wasn't the kind of speech I'd heard from Woojin once or twice.
“What about the chairman?”
“He is on the second floor.”
Woojin strode up the stairs that looked like a snake coiling itself.
And then there was a knock at the door.
“Chairman Lee, it’s me. Shin Woo-jin.”
“Come in.”
As Woojin opened the door and went inside, he saw Chairman Lee looking out the window with his luggage on his back.
Outside, the stream was trickling.
As Woojin approached, Chairman Lee turned his body.
His hair is whiter than before, as if frost had settled on it.
The chairman asked Woojin with a smile.
“How do I look?”
“You look consistent.”
The chairman shook his head and laughed.
“My heart feels lighter when I hear that you, an extraordinary person, are being seen like that.”
“I’m just an ordinary person.”
“There is a saying that if you are too humble, it becomes nonsense.”
When Chairman Lee saw Woojin, he sometimes thought he was a man with foresight.
When I looked at the other person, I tried to match their past with mine, and even looked into their future.
The guy said that if you understand the other person's personality, behavior, and surroundings, you can see it, but it didn't seem to make sense.
They call it cognitive reasoning, but it involves statistics and mathematical calculations.
Even just looking at this, he was an extraordinary guy.
Woojin opened his mouth as he saw the chairman sitting on the sofa.
“What did you do today?”
The chairman chuckled.
“Are you treating me like a patient too?”
“You have to feel the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. The mountains are a great place to feel the five senses.”
Stimulating the five senses can be of great help in treating illness.
“You go for walks regularly and you’re eating well, so come and sit here.”
Woojin sat facing Chairman Lee.
Of course, there was a go board between the two.
The chairman said this while scratching the stones in the Omok bowl with his hand.
Knock knock.
“My doctor said that playing baduk is also very helpful for treating dementia.”
"you're right."
“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t give more than ten points?”
Woojin shook his head with a smile.
“I changed my mind. It shouldn’t be more than six points.”
The chairman knew why Woojin said this.
It means that you hope that it will help with the condition you are suffering from.
In other words, keep using your head.
“Okay, six points.”
Before the game began, the chairman placed a stone down on the table.
And then he opened his mouth.
“I feel like I often see my son who passed away these days.”
The chairman looked at Woojin with a wrinkled smile.
“Please understand if I call you Jeongman. I’m a patient, aren’t I?”
This was the chairman who spoke so casually and comfortably.
Of course, it was something I couldn't tell just anyone.
“It’s an illusion where you only see what you want to see. Be strong.”
“Tsk, what a heartless person.”
The chairman said that, but his smile remained the same.
Woojin said.
“Then shall we make a bet before we do it?”
“I have something in mind.”
“Please speak.”
Chairman Lee, who was scratching the stones on the Go board, soon began to speak.
“If I win, I will marry my granddaughter, Hye-rim. She is a kind-hearted girl who is also good at business.”
If other people had heard it, it would have been shocking enough to make them roll their eyes and nod their heads.
But Woojin didn't even blink an eye.
No, I nodded my head slowly.
“If I win, please give 1% of the Shinwha Group’s holding company shares to Ms. Lee Hye-rim.”
As the chairman's wrinkled eyes widened slightly, Woojin continued speaking.
“Miss Lee Hye-rim is currently carrying out the chairman’s instructions well. I mean, she’s overcoming the pressure from the chairman’s children. I think she’s having a hard time. I think a gift to that extent is okay.”
The chairman looked at Woojin quietly.
Woojin looked at Chairman Lee for a moment, then moved his gaze to the window and looked out at the scenery.
They observed each other, but Woojin was satisfied with just a brief glance.
Chairman Lee, who was looking at Woojin, slowly nodded his head.
There was no doubt that the guy had feelings for Hye-rim.
“You have to think carefully. If it goes over even 1%, Hye-rim might have a harder time.”
Because the children won't sit still with their eyes open.
“If you don’t consider Miss Lee Hye-rim as your successor, I think it wouldn’t be a bad idea to wait and see.”
“If you give me four more points, I’ll think about it.”
“As I said earlier, I can’t give you more than six points. Even for the sake of the chairman.”
The chairman's smile grew deeper.
Even the members of the National Assembly are at a loss in front of him, but from the beginning, he was nowhere to be seen.
That's why I liked it more.
"good."
widely!
The chairman's stones struck the board with a cheerful sound.
“Let’s see if our Jeongman can beat this father. Hahaha!”
* * *
The next day.
The children of this chairman gathered together.
Lee Hye-rim's father, Lee Jeong-cheol, was not seen.
Lee Jeong-mi, who was linking arms with her, spoke to her eldest son, Lee Jeong-ho, as if swearing.
“Oppa! I’ll just watch! Even the 1% stake will go to Hye-rim right away!”
When Lee Jeong-ho, who had his eyes closed, said nothing, Lee Jeong-mi spoke again as if she was frustrated.
“Brother!”
SH Construction, which should have been in the hands of her son, has been passed on to Hye-rim Lee, and to make matters worse, if the shares of the holding company are also given to Hye-rim… If the shares continue to flow like that, even a little bit…
His share is gradually decreasing.
“Be quiet.”
Lee Jeong-mi tapped her chest as if she was frustrated at Lee Jeong-ho's words, and the youngest daughter Lee Jeong-hye spoke on his behalf.
“Is Dad sick? He may have dementia or something.”
Lee Jeong-ho's brow furrowed at Lee Jeong-hye's words.
My father, who said he was going to rest for a while and told me not to look for him, disappeared as if he was hiding.
Instead, he secretly sent a representative to Lee Hye-rim.
Lee Jeong-ho's eyes, which had been closed, slowly opened.
And then he glanced around his father's house.
I once thought that my father might be sick.
Lee Jeong-ho's hands were so strong that it felt like the armrest of the sofa was going to be ripped off.
'Still, that's true.'
Could it be that I was that ugly?
Did you think he would wield a knife like the abolished Geumchisanja?
Of course, there were other legal systems similar to the interdiction of power.
If my father really thought so… .
I really saw it properly.
Indeed, it was the father who built the Shinwha Group with his bare hands.
Suddenly, I remember something my father said before.
'If there is a way, you must make it yours.'
“Jeongcheol oppa looks so excited.”
Lee Jeong-cheol was Lee Hye-rim's father.
Lee Jeong-ho quietly bit his molars at the words of his youngest daughter, Lee Jeong-hye.
“What you think will never happen. Keep your mouth shut and keep quiet.”
Lee Jeong-ho got up from his seat and moved to the front door.
“Where are you going, oppa!”
Even his brother's screams could not stop his feet.
“Sister, aren’t we going to get into serious trouble like this? You promised me a golf course and some nice forest for my birthday… .”
“Hey! Is that the problem now? Ha~ You annoying person.”
As Lee Jeong-mi stood up, Lee Jeong-hye asked.
“Where are you going?”
“I need to meet that girl Hye-rim one more time.”
“Should I go with you?”
“You go home.”
“Sister!”
That moment.
Lee Jeong-ho, sitting in the backseat of the car, was talking on the phone.
"so?"
-He's a terrible guy. He's denying anything.
“I'll go there.”
-If you come in person…
Lee Jeong-ho closed his eyes as if suppressing his anger and let out a long breath.
No, I couldn't stand it.
He spat out his words as if he was chewing them.
“If you did your job well, there would be no need for me to step forward!”
-Sorry, I'm sorry.
Lee Jeong-ho, who had just hung up the phone, nervously loosened his tie and muttered.
“I have to move the accumulation. Myself.”
Lee Jeong-ho suddenly looked at the driver.
"What are you doing?"
“Waiting for the signal.”
“Step on it, kid!”
"yes yes!"
Woof-
The car Lee Jeong-ho was riding in began to speed down the road.
Did you run like that for 30 minutes?
A man in a black suit greeted Lee Jeong-ho as he arrived at the dark and dreary construction site.
He bowed deeply.
“Are you here?”
Lee Jeong-ho said as he passed by him.
“Where are you?”
“It’s the 7th floor. This way.”
Lee Jeong-ho walked up the stairs to the 7th floor under the guidance of a man.
Three men were standing there, and flames were crackling out of the drum.
And another one tied to a chair.
The man's head was soaked in blood, as was his face.
Another peculiarity was that his eyes were covered by a tie.
As Lee Jeong-ho approached, the three men bowed.
Lee Jeong-ho stood in front of the blindfolded man, ignoring them.
“I’m different from these guys. I won’t ask you twice. Where is the chairman?”
When he opened his trembling mouth, thick blood mixed with saliva flowed out like snot.
“No, I don’t know. I really don’t know.”
“Are you saying that you heard something from someone you met for the first time and relayed it to Hye-rim Lee?”
He poured out his words in a hurry at Lee Jeong-ho's words.
“Yes! It’s true! It’s true! Please believe me!”
“Do you believe me?”
He nodded like a crazy person.
“Trust me. It’s true… … It’s true!”
Lee Jeong-ho picked it up and laughed.
I heard that the delivery man was just delivering his father's words, and that the item he was delivering was a cell phone.
You are using your cell phone for disposable purposes.
However, it was not possible to pressure Lee Hye-rim.
Since she was in contact with her father in some way, Lee Hye-rim's mouth would become even heavier, and her father's whereabouts could also change at any time.
Lee Jeong-ho, who had been quietly watching him tied to the chair, loosened the tie covering his eyes.
Despite this, the man couldn't even bring himself to meet Lee Jeong-ho's eyes.
“Look at me.”
When he started shivering, I raised my gaze.
“Do you remember where you received the item?”
“Yes. Yes. I remember.”
“Where is that place?”
The man began to explain his position desperately, as if he were standing on the edge of a cliff.
Lee Jeong-ho nodded while looking into his eyes and took out his wallet.
Then he took out several ten million won checks and threw them in front of him.
“It’s worth the medicine.”
Lee Jeong-ho spoke to the men as he left.
“Take care of it and send it to me.”
“Please enter carefully.”
Lee Jeong-ho left them behind and went down the stairs while making a phone call to someone.
“Here it is, Mr. President. Someone sent a strange object to my nephew, and I don’t know how to find it. Could you help me?”
