If I Don’t Earn 1 Trillion Won, My Regression Ends - Chapter 51
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Episode 51
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Bang.
The door slammed shut behind her.
The grip on her wrist was brutally strong. Before Seosing-a could even let out a groan from the throbbing pain, her hand was thrown aside.
Seosing-a staggered and straightened up. She could see Jeong Hyeon-gyo’s reddened eyes directly in front of her.
“Jeong Hyeon-”
“Who’s a good person.”
But it was only one eye.
The boy, looking noticeably more haggard than before, was wearing an eyepatch that reeked strongly of disinfectant.
Seosing-a hesitated and lost her words.
Just because he got hit… she had only thought it was simply that much.
“Your eye… is it okay?”
“What makes you call me good? Why, because I took this disgusting scar in your place? Seosing-a. Does being nice to you and acting affectionately make everyone a good person? Is that it?”
Being a good person sure is easy.
“Well, not anymore. You saw clearly, didn’t you? How fortunate that you finally realized I’m neither good nor anything but pathetic.”
Jeong Hyeon-gyo sneered self-deprecatingly.
“I’m tired too, so I can’t keep accommodating you anymore. Stop tormenting people and go back to find those who cater to your whims. You have plenty of people who like you besides me. It wouldn’t even show if one like me disappeared.”
“…”
“Who asked you to come in the first place? Who told you to come and comfort me? You could just ignore it. Everyone else does. Is it so hard to stay quiet like other people? Why are you standing stubbornly at the door? Why do you keep coming? Why do you keep talking to me, why?”
“…”
“Why should I be grateful that you came all the way here? I never wanted it!”
Jeong Hyeon-gyo never shouted.
He despised that kind of violence.
It was his own stubbornness of not wanting to resemble the perpetrator even an inch.
But standing in front of Seosing-a, his voice kept rising. It might have been resentment.
Why can’t I keep being a good person to her?
She was the one who extended her hand when I was most lonely and lost.
She’s the only one who comes out to meet me on the way home, when returning alone had always been natural.
Only this one child.
Jeong Hyeon-gyo, whose intelligence was remarkably higher than his peers, objectively recognized that he wasn’t particularly good or kind.
He had simply learned early how to act appropriately according to others’ standards and his parents’ expectations.
Therefore, the only person he had ever genuinely and purely shown kindness to was the neighbor’s younger sister who had first shown kindness and approached him.
“…Ha.”
After pouring out his anger like vomit, what remained in the empty space was hollowness and fear.
Jeong Hyeon-gyo, his reason returned, was overwhelmed with dread.
He couldn’t bear to check Seosing-a’s reaction. He just kept his eyes lowered and waited for judgment.
And Seosing-a spoke.
“You were listening to everything I said?”
“…What?”
“You were listening to everything I said outside the door, weren’t you? When I complained asking if you weren’t even grateful when I came with such effort, that was just a joke. The part about being pathetic too… I didn’t mean it. You weren’t answering at all, so I just threw something out there. I’m sorry if you got hurt.”
“…What? What are you…”
What are you saying right now?
Jeong Hyeon-gyo’s eyes wavered. He couldn’t believe this reaction.
Why are you apologizing?
But on Seosing-a’s pretty face, he couldn’t see the contempt, anger, or hatred he had imagined.
The eyes looking up at him were as clear as always.
“I was thoughtless. I shouldn’t speak carelessly to someone who’s cornered… I spoke too impulsively. I didn’t think about your feelings at all, and I guess I forgot there was someone listening beyond the door. I’m really sorry.”
She was so clear and transparent that he felt as if everything was being exposed and laid bare before her.
Jeong Hyeon-gyo looked at Seosing-a, breathless.
“So, Jeong Hyeon-gyo.”
“…Yeah.”
“You apologize to me too.”
Seosing-a quietly appealed.
“Oppa. Don’t hurt me.”
“…”
“You don’t want to do that. Right?”
“…Yeah.”
“Me neither. Then we can exchange. Let’s apologize to each other and end it. It’s okay. I usually don’t really believe what people say when they’re in pain or angry. If there was anything you really wanted to say among what you just said, write it in a letter. Then I’ll answer seriously too. We get along well, so there’s nothing we can’t resolve through conversation.”
“…No.”
Jeong Hyeon-gyo said with difficulty.
“No. I didn’t mean any of it… not a single thing.”
“Yeah. I thought so.”
Seosing-a finally smiled brightly.
“Open your mouth.”
“…”
Jeong Hyeon-gyo obediently opened his mouth.
A familiar-tasting green grape candy rolled in.
Seosing-a chattered that she brought it just in case. Sweet defeat filled his mouth.
Affection is a powerful force.
It was a blade that gently cut through the heart.
Looking into the eyes of Seosing-a smiling up close, Jeong Hyeon-gyo had the illusion of sinking into the depths of this person’s soul.
This Black Tile House located near Jeongra Port was positioned where the winter sea could be seen at a glance.
From the wide-open second-floor window, you could always hear the sound of waves.
The waves were crashing.
The sea was nearby.
“…Sing-a.”
“Yeah?”
The desire to confess the secret he had hidden deep inside was more intense than ever.
But Jeong Hyeon-gyo couldn’t bring himself to do it. His secret was truly filthy.
“Just one thing. At least one thing was sincere… I’m really not a good person.”
“There you go again.”
“Do you know why Father hit me?”
“I don’t know. But he was too harsh~. Your eye is really okay, right? It’s not seriously injured, is it?”
“I told Father to keep Mother in line. That no matter how busy he is, he should manage her playing around with strange men outside. That it was embarrassing.”
“…”
Seosing-a’s mouth fell open.
She hadn’t expected such a shocking statement to come out!
“Are, are you… okay?”
You can make it back alive, right…?
Though she swallowed the rest of her words, Jeong Hyeon-gyo seemed to understand and nodded.
“It’s okay. Father knew about it too.”
“…What?”
“Father wasn’t angry because he didn’t know. He was angry because I forcibly brought up facts that everyone was pretending not to know. He thought I was defying the authority of the head of household.”
“…”
His tone was so utterly calm that it was rather sad.
Seosing-a’s hand wrapped around Jeong Hyeon-gyo’s hand comfortingly.
Jeong Hyeon-gyo wanted to lean on the gentle warmth and confess everything to receive comfort, but he held back again and decided to tell only half.
“Our family is different from your family. I’ve never once thought of those people as my family. If family means people you can lean on and depend on each other… Know this, Sing-a.”
A house submerged in darkness and the sound of waves.
The light from an old vintage lamp illuminated his flaxen hair, making the boy look like a protagonist from a period cinema.
Meeting the gaze of the breathless Seosing-a, Jeong Hyeon-gyo calmly confessed his true feelings.
“You are my only family.”
Probably forever, only you will be.
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【Causality fluctuation detected!】
【Causality has been refracted due to the singularity’s intervention.】
【The fate of connection ‘Jeong Hyeon-gyo’ is being altered.】
【Due to information changes, all connection information for ‘Jeong Hyeon-gyo’ has been unlocked.】
【Connection – Jeong Hyeon-gyo, born 1989】
【Category: Undetermined】
【Potential: (Undetermined)
Destiny Power: ★★★★☆
Compatibility: ★★☆☆☆
Connection Level: ★★★★★】
【The reason the story of warm sunlight removing a traveler’s coat has been passed down among people for so long is probably due to the powerful truth that story contains. Through the power of connection, Jeong Hyeon-gyo’s predetermined future begins to embrace another possibility.】
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