I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 140

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Chapter 140
140: Gifts Pouring In! (3)
Chanmin Lee had known since childhood that I was exceptional.
And with good reason. I’d excelled in school, graduated from a prestigious university, and landed my first job at a respectable mid-sized corporation. But I didn’t stop there—I steadily built my career and credentials, eventually securing a position at a major corporation. There was no denying my success.
Because of this, I struggled to understand others. If you failed, shouldn’t you just work harder? I’d lived with such thoughts, which bordered on arrogance.
While my nature had contributed to my success, I didn’t recognize the role that talent and fortune had played. I believed I’d climbed to where I was purely through my own effort. Consequently, the standards I imposed on others became equally rigid.
Many friends had drifted away because of this, but since there was truth to my perspective, I didn’t believe I was wrong.
Originally, I’d been busy and had recently taken on a new project, so I’d considered working through the holiday. Yet here I was anyway.
“So Chanmin came too? I heard Dohyun is coming today as well.”
“Yes. Your younger sister Chanmi is coming too.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Chanmi, my own younger sister, rarely kept in touch, and Dohyun, who’d skipped last year while preparing for employment, was also coming. I couldn’t help but smile wryly.
‘Still, it was good I came.’
After all, they were my closest sibling and cousin. This was an opportunity to share my success story and help them develop themselves.
I greeted the adults while thinking this to myself.
At thirty-one, I felt I had every right to do so. As I conversed, I noticed Seongho Lee asking Seonghun something with curiosity, and I detected a subtle undercurrent.
“So what did Dohyun end up doing for work? Since he’s coming, it seems like he got a job, but…”
As I probed gently, Seonghun looked troubled and glanced at Han Seunghee before dodging the question awkwardly.
“Ha ha, ask Dohyun when he arrives.”
“Ah, you’re making me curious. Fine, I’ll ask when Dohyun gets here.”
“Hmm.”
It seemed Dohyun had gotten a job, and perhaps my youngest uncle was keeping it secret to surprise us. Well, whatever it was, it would likely pale compared to my transfer to a major corporation. I thought this seriously as I entered the family home after so long.
As I stepped inside, I could see Minyeong, Minjoo, and Dohui sitting on the living room sofa near the entrance, laughing cheerfully.
“Oh, it’s been a while since you all were here?”
“Chanmin oppa, hi!”
“Chanmin oppa, welcome!”
“It’s been a while.”
Seeing them greet me warmly, I smiled slightly and said,
“Let me go change clothes first.”
Since this was my family home, I went upstairs to my room to change. From below, I could hear the three of them chattering, and then the sound of the adults coming inside.
Earlier, I’d seen Seonghan Lee showing them the field while discussing it, and it seemed that had finished. Regardless, I entered my room and noticed it was still immaculately organized—a testament to my mother Mijin Jeong’s careful maintenance.
After changing into comfortable clothes and heading downstairs, I could see the adults had already settled in and were eating fruit from a spread table.
Dohui, Minyeong, and Minjoo were also sitting on the sofa, each holding a fork and eating apples. I thought nothing of it and sat nearby, spearing an apple myself. As I ate, Seongho Lee, apparently quite curious, asked me a question.
“Chanmin, I heard you changed jobs recently?”
“Ah, yes.”
I answered and straightened from my relaxed posture. When I looked at my uncle Seongho Lee, he gestured reassuringly and said,
“Never mind, never mind. Sit comfortably. So where did you transfer to?”
“Ah, I joined Ilseong Electronics this time.”
“What?! Ilseong Electronics?”
“My goodness, Ilseong Electronics?!”
“Wow, that’s amazing.”
“Chanmin oppa got into Ilseong Electronics!?”
Everyone’s eyes widened as they looked at Chanmin, and feeling their gazes, he smiled with considerable satisfaction while simultaneously lowering his head in embarrassment.
As the saying goes, ripe grain bows its head. In any case, as he displayed such modesty, Jisoo Kim, the wife of Seongho Lee, asked in surprise.
“Then Chanmin is an Ilseong man too?”
“Ha ha, well, yes.”
“Oh my, we finally have someone in the family working at Ilseong.”
“That Chanmin was so smart from childhood.”
And so the conversation blossomed around Chanmin—tales of awards he’d received as a child, what rank he’d achieved, which university he’d attended—stories they all already knew, yet Seonghan Lee’s brothers and their wives chattered away merrily, laughing and gossiping.
Chanmin felt their attention and couldn’t help but feel quite proud. In a way, wasn’t this the family’s honor? He thought it was right to take pride in it, and he straightened his shoulders and chest with confidence.
But then Chanmin detected a peculiar undercurrent in the atmosphere.
As mentioned before, Chanmin possessed quite exceptional talents and was remarkably perceptive about reading the mood and picking up on subtle cues, and it was the same now.
To Chanmin, his youngest uncle—that is, Lee Seonghun and Han Seunghee, and even Dohui—were speaking about his accomplishments, but they weren’t particularly praising him or making much of a fuss. They did offer some flattery and compliments, but there was something slightly lukewarm about their response.
‘What’s this?’
The atmosphere felt odd, but since it wasn’t the kind of thing he could pinpoint exactly, Chanmin couldn’t very well ask what it was, so he remained silent.
Still, one thing was certain.
‘Does Dohyun have something going on too?’
After all, a large corporation—and especially one that couldn’t compare to Ilseong Electronics. And it wasn’t as if Dohyun had belatedly gone into medicine or law. It seemed strange, and then he suddenly remembered.
If Dohyun had caused trouble or created problems, that might explain such a reaction.
Wouldn’t it sting if your own son was causing problems while your older brother’s son was doing so well?
Once he thought about it that way, it seemed to fit, and Chanmin became convinced.
That Dohyun must have caused some kind of trouble.
Strictly speaking, he had indeed caused trouble, but Chanmin had no way of knowing that much, so he held his tongue.
‘I’ll ask when Dohyun gets here later.’
Thinking that way, as they were engaged in warm conversation, the entrance door suddenly burst open with a bang, and everyone’s attention was inevitably drawn in that direction.
As soon as they saw who it was, they could see that Chanmi Lee, a woman with a pretty face, had arrived.
Everyone was startled by Chanmi’s sudden arrival, but they all welcomed her with bright smiles.
Since it had been so long since Chanmi had visited, everyone greeted her warmly with smiles.
“Oh! Chanmi’s here!”
“Being busy is a good thing~.”
“My, Chanmi’s gotten even prettier.”
“Welcome.”
“Oh, unnie!”
“Long time!”
“Long time, unnie.”
“You made it?”
Seeing everyone greet her so warmly, Chanmi smiled softly and returned their greetings.
“Hello. It’s been a while.”
Though she’d used being busy as an excuse not to visit, now that she was here, everyone welcomed her kindly, and watching his younger sister, Chanmin spoke bluntly.
“What have you been doing that you’re only coming now?”
“What does it matter to you?”
Chanmin shook his head as he watched Chanmi respond to his blunt remark with irritation. Honestly, her temperament was something else. With that thought, Chanmin gave a short shake of his head. In any case, since she’d come anyway, he decided not to stir up any more trouble and remained silent.
Once Chanmi had gone to her room on the 2nd Floor to change clothes and returned, Dohyun was the only family member who hadn’t arrived yet.
Noticing Dohyun’s absence, Chanmi quietly asked Dohui.
“Dohyun isn’t coming this time either?”
Chanmi had come because she’d heard he was coming, but when she asked if Dohyun wasn’t coming this time, Dohui spoke to her quietly.
“No, he’s coming, but he said he’d be late because he’s driving his own car.”
“Oh, Dohyun bought a car?”
“Yeah, a used one.”
As Dohui mentioned it was a used car, she seemed to recall something and shuddered slightly, but neither Chanmi nor Chanmin, who was eavesdropping, noticed.
The fact that Dohyun, who until last year had been unable to visit because he was preparing for employment, had now bought a car was as good as confirmation that he’d gotten a job. Chanmin looked quite surprised as well.
‘He bought a car?’
For a moment Chanmin tensed, but then he reminded himself it was a used car and thought it couldn’t be better than his own. Even though Chanmin had transferred to Ilseong Electronics, buying a brand-new BMW 540i right away wasn’t easy, so he’d bought a used one too.
Still, he relaxed his tension, thinking it probably wasn’t a better car than his.
After all, he was his cousin’s younger brother, and at twenty-six, he was five years younger than Chanmin. With that thought, he assumed it would be a decent enough car. Just then, as if he couldn’t help himself, he could see a car carefully entering the Courtyard.
Minyeong, who spotted it first, shouted.
“Hey! Isn’t that Dohyun’s car???”
At those words, everyone turned their heads, and they could see a used Sonata Hybrid pulling into the Courtyard. The other family members laughed with delight at the fact that Dohyun had arrived, but Chanmin was laughing for a different reason.
He smiled with relief, thinking his car was indeed the best after all. Chanmi looked at her brother as if it was absurd, but she just shook her head and let it go.
Just as Chanmin was about to say something while watching Dohyun get out of the car, everyone’s pupils began to tremble as they saw him emerge.
Dohyun stepped out of the car laden with countless shopping bags from various luxury brands—so many that it was hard to count them at a glance. Everyone stared at him through the window with expressions asking what all this was. Dohyun came running over with a bright smile, opened the entrance door, and entered, carrying an enormous number of shopping bags as if to prove this wasn’t a dream.
“Oh, it’s been a while.”
As Dohyun greeted them warmly, everyone was too stunned to respond, their eyes fixed on the shopping bags. Seongho Lee, the second son, belatedly looked at Dohyun and asked.
“W-what is all this???”
“W-well…”
Seonghan Lee, the eldest, also asked in bewilderment, and Dohyun looked at them with a puzzled expression and replied.
“Gifts, of course?”
At Dohyun’s response, which seemed to ask what else it could be, everyone’s jaws dropped involuntarily.

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