#193. Everything I Want to Do. 4
“What, what did you say!? What did you just say? Who are you?”
Woojin took a step closer to her.
She flinched and hesitated because they were so close that they could even feel each other's breathing.
Woojin said.
“Me? The one who can grab you and shake you.”
Her brow furrowed sharply.
“What? Who are you…?”
“Someone who knows your secrets.”
“I’ve come across some really strange people in my life…”
At that moment, the manager stood up from his seat and stood between the two. Then, he spoke firmly to Lee Si-yeon.
“Stop it. Get off the knights quickly.”
Although it was the first time the manager saw Woojin today, he knew about his short steps.
I went into the CEO's office and got a call from the CEO.
Immediately take down the article about the middle school student who donated. And don't even mention the name 'Lee' of Shinhwa Group's Lee Hye-rim.
To summarize this situation briefly, I could really feel the power of that expressionless person.
To sum it up in one word.
I don't know who it is, but it's like, 'If you touch it, you're screwed.'
Woojin spoke up.
“I would like to speak briefly with reporter Lee Si-yeon.”
The manager who was stuck between the two let out an awkward laugh.
“Ah… yes.”
As he stepped aside, Woojin spoke to her, whose neck was red.
“I’ll try to save you. Think carefully about this incident as a lesson. The pen you played with could hurt someone, and it could come back as an arrow and stab you in the neck.”
Lee Si-yeon clenched her hands into fists.
It turned red because of how hard he was holding it.
“Who are you…?”
“Lee Si-yeon!”
The manager couldn't hold it in any longer and shouted.
“You almost lost your balls! You could have never been a journalist again. Since you’re being so kind, apologize quickly!”
She looked at the manager with wide eyes.
"yes?"
“What are you! Don’t you understand the situation? Apologize quickly!”
Her head was finally starting to turn properly.
"ah…."
Lee Si-yeon's eyes trembled as if an earthquake had occurred.
At that time, Woojin stood next to her.
And he muttered in Lee Si-yeon's ear.
“I’ve seen a lot of reporters. They all had one of two options: either be on my side or live like a dead rat with their tails tied up. Why did they become like that?”
Lee Si-yeon closed her eyes tightly without saying anything.
I wanted to slap him right away, but I thought I would be the one who would get hurt if I said anything to him, who seemed like a super strong guy.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
Woojin's head tilted slightly at her apology.
I heard what he said clearly, but he wanted to obey.
“What are you saying? I can’t hear you.”
She bent down.
“I’m sorry. I’ll take the article down and not even mention it.”
Woojin nodded slowly.
He held the power of life and death over her.
On the contrary, Woojin never gave the power over his life and death to anyone.
If the opponent is strong, you just have to become stronger.
“Stop bothering people as if the reporter’s pen is a privilege.”
“Yes, I will be careful from now on.”
Her speech was completely discouraged.
An organism that doesn't need to be talked about or cared about any more.
Woojin nodded slightly and turned his body without any hesitation and headed towards the door.
The manager quickly opened his mouth.
“Get the article down quickly.”
“Yes, but who is that person…?”
“I don’t know either, so hurry up and get the article out. If you don’t want to get cut.”
Lee Si-yeon returned to her seat with quick steps.
Thinking back to Woojin's creepy, vampire-like gaze.
* * *
On a sunny weekend, Woojin and Hyerim Lee were in the car as if they were going for a drive.
Lee Hye-rim continued to smile while looking at Woo-jin's left hand holding the steering wheel.
Because the watch he had given me as a gift was clean and sparkling in the light.
Hye-rim Lee extended her hand out the car window and closed her eyes.
The sunlight streaming in was warm, and the faint scent wafting from Woojin was fragrant.
Even the love songs that flow out.
A smile came to my face.
"good night."
At that moment, Woojin's hand, which was resting on the console box, covered Lee Hye-rim's hand.
"me too."
She didn't open her eyes as she felt Woojin's hand.
The smile only grew deeper.
The place they arrived at was a villa with a spectacular view.
Security seemed tight with men in black suits surrounding the area, but Lee Hye-rim had a free pass.
Hye-rim Lee took a deep breath in front of the door.
Even after the transfer of shares, I continued to visit my grandfather to report and get advice.
But I was nervous when I had to deal with my grandfather like that.
“This is tense in a different way.”
“Let's go in.”
As Woojin opened the door and went in, Chairman Lee, who had been looking down at the Go board from the sofa, raised his head.
“Are you here?”
Lee Hye-rim smiled brightly and sat down.
But, despite how it looked on the outside, I couldn't help but feel nervous.
“Are you playing baduk?”
Chairman Lee nodded at his granddaughter's question and turned his gaze to Woojin.
“I’m saying this isn’t going well.”
He was talking about the baduk he was playing.
Woojin picked up a black stone and placed it on the Go board.
Bam.
“If you do this, the path will open after three steps.”
The chairman laughed in vain, as if he found this ridiculous.
I was thinking about it for 30 minutes, but as soon as I saw it, I made a path with black stones.
Soon, Chairman Lee turned his head and looked at Hye-rim Lee.
“Yeah, you have something to say?”
"yes."
Hye-rim Lee unconsciously held onto the hem of her skirt.
"grandfather."
“I thought you told me to call you Chairman Lee from now on?”
“As your granddaughter, I have something to tell you.”
The chairman buried his back in the sofa as if to see where he was coming from.
“Tell me. Is there a toy you want to buy?”
Lee Hye-rim smiled and shook her head.
“That’s… .”
Lee Hye-rim, whose words were trailing off, looked at Woo-jin.
Woojin nodded slowly, and her mouth opened again.
“I want to marry this person.”
The chairman's eyes widened slightly.
Chairman Lee, who had been looking at the two alternately, fixed his gaze on Hye-rim Lee.
“Are you serious?”
"yes."
"ha ha ha!"
The chairman hit the sofa and laughed heartily.
“I wonder who you are. You have an eye for detail, don’t you?”
Lee Hye-rim's heart began to race at the chairman's positive attitude.
“Okay, I will allow it.”
Her eyes grew wide.
As Woojin said, his grandfather brought up the subject of marriage, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.
“Are you sure?”
“Have you seen this old man talking twice?”
The chairman turned his gaze again and looked at Woojin.
“But there is one condition.”
I've seen countless people over the years, flying and tall, but this guy was a little different.
He has eyes that see through the world.
I could definitely feel it while chatting while playing baduk.
The same goes for behavior.
But that's what it is.
The chairman opened his mouth. No, Woojin spoke faster.
“I will draw up a prenuptial agreement. I will notarize the property so that you cannot take anything. The same goes for your participation in management.”
Chairman Lee, who had been staring blankly at Woojin with a smile, laughed again.
Look at me, don't you know what I'm thinking?
“Do you have to write it in front of me?”
Woojin nodded.
“Of course I will.”
To Woojin, the prenuptial agreement was nothing more than a scrap of paper.
It was because it was a marriage that was done solely for the sake of Hye-rim Lee.
Woojin had no greed for money, he just had a lot of things he wanted to do.
There are already a lot of them.
“Yes, marriage is something you do when you want to get married. If you miss the right time, it will be late and wither away.”
Woojin and Hyerim Lee made faint smiles.
That's not possible.
Woojin and Hyerim Lee, who had now become one, still had a lot of things they had not tried yet.
“But what can I do about this? Even if I get permission, there’s still a big mountain to climb.”
Lee Hye-rim asked, blinking her eyes.
"yes?"
“Your father. Did you ask Jeong-cheol’s permission and come to this old man? Even if it’s a marriage that the two of you like, you need to get the adults’ approval.”
"ah…."
“They say there is no parent who wins over their child, but Jeong-cheol is different. You may have felt it was wrong, but he cares for you a lot. Jeong-cheol acts differently from other parents. That’s why I treated him coldly.”
Lee Hye-rim nodded her head slowly.
I've been feeling that way more and more these days.
If you were to introduce Woojin to your father, what would he say?
'Break up right now.'
That might be the case.
***
Woojin, who had played a few games of baduk with Chairman Lee, left the villa with Hye-rim Lee and got into the car.
As the car engine started, Lee Hye-rim stared blankly at Woo-jin.
'How are you going to get approval?'
Woojin answered his grandfather's question.
'I have something in mind.'
And Woojin never brought up the subject again.
Lee Hye-rim, unable to contain her curiosity, asked.
“What have you thought about?”
Woojin smiled faintly.
“Holding on to your father’s ankle and hanging on?”
She chuckled.
“Hye-rim, since we’re on the subject, should I come see you today?”
"today?"
“Yeah, like the chairman said, there’s no benefit to putting it off.”
It was truly Woojin-like execution power.
If you think about it, it starts moving immediately.
"hmm…."
Woojin asked her, looking troubled.
“Why? Am I weird today?”
“No? Who would be a husband? He’s perfect. Wait a minute.”
Hye-rim Lee called her father from inside a moving car.
“It’s me. Hye-rim. Do you have time around 7 o’clock?”
-I have some time. Want to have dinner?
“By the way, I have someone I’d like to introduce to you.”
-introduction?
“Yes, you will know when you meet me.”
-Okay. Set a time and place and contact Secretary Kim.
“Okay, I’ll see you later.”
When Lee Hye-rim finished the call, Woo-jin suddenly stopped the car.
Lee Hye-rim, who was leaning forward, asked in surprise.
“Why? Did you hit something?”
“Wait a minute, don’t come out.”
Woojin got out of the car and fell down like he was falling off a cliff.
But soon we were back in the car again.
widely.
Woojin, who got into the car, held out a small flower. No, he put it in her hair.
“Because you look pretty. It suits you well.”
And click.
Woojin, who took a picture of her, immediately set Lee Hye-rim as the background on his phone.
“I won’t change it. And I’ll go around bragging about it.”
“You know what?”
Hye-rim Lee held up her cell phone so that Woo-jin could see it clearly.
On her phone, there was a photo taken with Woojin under a tree a long time ago as the background.
The two of them were illuminated by the slowly rising sunset, and after running for an hour, they were able to arrive at the restaurant they had made a reservation at.
“Am I shaking?”
Lee Hye-rim shook her head at Woo-jin’s question.
“No, it doesn’t look like that at all.”
It looked no different than usual.
And although I had felt that Woojin's eyes were deepening, I had never once seen them tremble.
At that time, Lee Jeong-cheol came in, guided by the staff.
At the same time, Woojin suddenly got up.
“Hello, Father. My name is Shin Woo-jin.”
Lee Jeong-cheol unbuttoned his suit and looked at Woo-jin.
“Haven’t we seen this before?”
“Yes, I met him once when I was playing Go with this chairman.”
Lee Jeong-cheol's gaze moved to Lee Hye-rim.
It was implicitly asking about this situation.
Can you introduce me to a baduk teacher?
And the title you call yourself is.
“Father?”
At that moment, Woojin fell face down as if bowing.
“Father, please give me your daughter!”
Lee Hye-rim felt like she was losing her mind.
