Max-Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 10

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10. Indiscriminate Dream Distribution

While Jeong-hyeok’s Mother was pacing back and forth in front of the Public Phone for quite some time.

At the same moment, Chairman Cha’s Home of Taeseong Group was in complete chaos.

The phone had been ringing non-stop since early evening.

Ring ring.

Chairman Cha answered the phone.

“Hello?”

-Father, it’s your Eldest Son. Just now, my wife and I, as well as all the children, had strange dreams. Well, a Grim Reaper appeared in our dreams and······.

Chairman Cha flinched.

In fact, he had also had the same dream just 5 minutes ago.

It was a nightmare he had while sitting on the sofa watching the news, when he suddenly dozed off as if fainting.

-Unluckily, Seong-jun dies a tragic death in a plane crash on New Year’s Day.

“Hmm!”

-They say Seong-jun has a seven-year-old son, but that stone-like guy having a wife and child? And a child who’s already seven years old? That can’t be possible. Hahaha!

“Kheumm!”

The longer the Eldest Son talked, the more Chairman Cha’s temples throbbed painfully.

It was even more headache-inducing because it was exactly the same content his panicked wife had rushed over to babble about earlier.

“Just hang up. You’re making too much of a fuss over just one nightmare.”

-But from the way the Grim Reaper recited the birth date in detail, it was so chillingly vivid······.

“I said stop!”

-Yes. Rest well, Father.

As soon as he hung up, the ringing sound came again.

“Hello?”

-Father. It’s your Second Son. We just had such a strange dream, you know? A Grim Reaper appeared in our dreams and······.

The Second Son was also babbling exactly the same things as the eldest.

Chairman Cha felt like his breath was being cut off.

“It’s not even eight o’clock yet! Collapsing and sleeping soundly from this early evening is why your company’s performance is in that state! Hang up!”

The Second Son immediately hung up the phone.

Ring ring!

-Father!

“Don’t tell me you also dreamed of the Grim Reaper?”

-No way, how did you know? Did our Father receive divine inspiration? In the dream, Seong-jun was…

“Haah…”

Chairman Cha became extremely tired.

So he hung up immediately without even responding to his daughter’s call.

Thud.

Chairman Cha buried himself in the sofa.

A seductive voice with gentle movements.

“Chairman, I brought you honey water.”

His wife, twenty years younger than Chairman Cha, set down the tray.

“Please drink this and calm down.”

His wife’s hand offering the honey water was trembling slightly.

She was Seong-jun’s mother and a woman who blindly believed in superstitions.

So she often went to famous fortune tellers with others.

“Chairman, I’m really so scared. What if something terrible happens to our Seong-jun…”

“Nonsense!”

Chairman Cha shouted angrily.

His chest felt tight, so he gulped down the honey water in one go and then spat it out.

“Kheuk!”

“That’s hot!”

“Damn it! Why didn’t you bring cold water instead of hot honey water in this situation…! Argh!”

Chairman Cha slammed down the mug cup.

His already burning stomach felt like it was completely turning upside down.

‘How can something like this happen?’

It was an unprecedented strange occurrence.

‘On the same day, at the same time, everyone in the entire household had the exact same dream. Is this really possible?’

Chairman Cha was someone who didn’t believe in superstitions.

He didn’t believe in ghosts, religion, dreams, or legends, so what was this about a Grim Reaper?

‘Honestly, there’s no way our Seong-jun could have a seven-year-old child, what kind of absurd nonsense…!’

Chairman Cha had always been very displeased with his wife’s frequent visits to famous fortune-telling houses.

He had definitely felt that way before…

Ring ring.

The phone rang again.

Chairman Cha’s head was throbbing, so he waved his hand dismissively.

“This is so annoying. You answer it this time.”

“Hello?”

-Madam, this is Inwangsan Fairy Bodhisattva.

Inwangsan Fairy Bodhisattva.

She was a very famous shaman who claimed her family had served the White Tiger Spirit of Inwangsan for generations.

“Bodhisattva? Why are you calling our house?”

-I just had a strange dream. I think it concerns Chairman Cha of Taeseong Group’s household. A Grim Reaper appeared and…

“Pardon?”

Inwangsan Fairy Bodhisattva was famous for correctly predicting everything from Joseon’s independence to the Korean War and military coups that led to regime changes.

Famous figures from the Republic of Korea’s political and business circles frequented her place so often they wore down her doorstep.

Even high-ranking officials from Japan would come to have their fortunes told.

The wife of Taeseong Group’s chairman was also a regular customer of Inwangsan Fairy Bodhisattva.

-Didn’t I tell you recently that the Gate of Death had opened in Chairman Cha’s household, and the aura of sudden death was casting a very thick shadow?

The wife of Taeseong Group’s chairman felt her heart sink.

-It was an extraordinary dream. I felt I shouldn’t dismiss it carelessly, so I called you.

“Th-thank you for your concern.”

The hand holding the phone trembled pitifully.

-Madam, let’s meet at the shrine soon. I got a reading that you’ll be bringing a new person into the household.

Inwangsan Fairy Bodhisattva hung up the phone.

“Good heavens.”

It was a first.

It was known to be extremely rare for the angel bodhisattva to make the first call.

The Taeseong Group chairman’s wife looked at her husband.

“Actually… there was a woman in Seong-jun’s life.”

“What?”

This was the first Chairman Cha had heard of it.

“There’s Lee Su-jin, who entered Korea University as valedictorian. You remember, Chairman, you briefly met Seong-jun’s university junior in front of our house.”

“Ah, that neat and pretty girl with an elegant bearing. But she was Seong-jin’s girlfriend?”

“No. Seven years ago, I gave her a money envelope and separated them…”

Chairman Cha’s eyebrows shot up dramatically.

“Then what do we do? You unilaterally pushed through Seong-jun’s engagement to Wookwang Group’s youngest daughter, Chairman.”

Their youngest son had arbitrarily enlisted in the military once the engagement was decided.

After completing his service, he kept traveling abroad, claiming to be securing construction contracts.

That had been going on for seven years already.

‘Surely not… it couldn’t be?’

Chairman Cha pressed his forehead.

His wife moved her lips several times before finally retreating to the master bedroom.

“Secretary Kim!”

“Yes, Chairman.”

“Seong-jun, who’s in the Middle East. Send him a telegram to return home immediately.”

“Understood.”

“One more thing. Lee Su-jin, was it? Did you know about her too?”

“Yes. I personally carried out the madam’s orders.”

This meant the money envelope had been Secretary Kim’s handiwork.

“Not long after, she was kicked out of her home and disappeared without a trace. So I didn’t conduct any further investigation.”

This meant she would be difficult to find immediately.

Chairman Cha pressed firmly on his throbbing temples.

“Whether that girl Lee Su-jin is really raising my grandson, where and how she’s living. You take responsibility and find out everything properly.”

“Understood.”

“I need to meet her once. How many days will it take?”

“She’s someone who disappeared without a trace for 7 years. It’ll take at least two weeks.”

“Too slow! New Year’s Day is in ten days!”

The Grim Reaper had warned that his youngest son would die in a plane crash on New Year’s Day.

Even if it was just a dream, it felt too ominous to bear.

“Use any means necessary to find her quickly! Search the entire nation like you’re hunting for lice!”

“Yes.”

“Mobilize the entire Taeseong Group Intelligence Team, and call all the Myeongdong Problem Solvers too!”

“Yes.”

“I should make a call to the KCIA too. Who was that guy who’s good at finding people?”

Ring ring.

Chairman Cha answered the phone irritably.

“Hello!”

-Oh, it’s been a while, Chairman Cha. This is Lee Su-jin. About your youngest son Seong-jun…

No way, how could this happen!

The person he needed to find even if it meant searching the entire nation like hunting for lice called first? And after 7 years?

“Oh! I was just waiting for your call.”

Chairman Cha welcomed her with great joy.

“So, what’s the reason for your call?”

-I’m sorry. I thought you should at least know of our existence. In case something happens to me…

Revealing her existence in preparation for the future?

Even if this could be dismissed as an old man’s foolish nonsense.

“Do you happen to have a seven-year-old child?”

-How, how do you know that!

Is it really true?

“Is it really our Seong-jun’s son?”

-…Yes. I’m truly ashamed. I’m sorry.

“…”

Chairman Cha’s mouth fell wide open.

‘This is a coincidence?’

There’s no other way to explain it?

Chairman Cha squeezed his eyes shut and spoke.

“Let’s discuss the details when we meet tomorrow. Bring that child along too. Would that be alright?”

-······Yes.

Thanks to one phone call, the meeting that was expected to be at least two weeks away was moved up to just 15 hours later.

* * *

“Huh!”

I was lying spread-eagle on the warm floor of the inn room watching TV when I was startled.

“What the hell!”

I snapped to attention and bolted upright.

“Hey, Grim Reaper! Get your ass in front of me right now. Execute!”

[E-Execute?]

Whoosh.

The Grim Reaper appeared in bewilderment, rising like smoke.

I furrowed my brow deeply.

“You’re screwing with me right now, aren’t you?”

[······?]

“What? The plane my father was on crashed? I haven’t even met my father yet! What are you going to do about this!”

This isn’t what we agreed on!

You said you’d give me the Golden Spoon!

You said you’d let me meet Father!

[No, I never even entered your dream in the first place······.]

“Then let’s say I eavesdropped!”

I suddenly realized that King Yama had told me to ask Mother who my father was, but had never actually promised to let me meet Father.

‘Come to think of it, Taeseong Group’s youngest son died young in a foreign land, causing Taeseong Construction to falter. Because of that incident, they couldn’t even put up a fight in the subway construction bid and were helplessly eliminated.’

I only knew that Taeseong Group’s youngest son had died, but I didn’t know how he died.

Such things had nothing to do with Taeseong Group’s stock price—it was just a fact from long ago.

But not now.

That was my father’s death.

[Wh, why are your eyes like that?]

What’s wrong with my eyes? What? Why!

That’s right, I’m someone who’s seeing red right now!

“Hey, Guardian Spirit. Grim Reapers aren’t limited to just operating in Korea, right?”

[······?]

“Send the same dream to the Other Side of the Earth right now, execute!”

[Ex, execute?]

* * *

A man bolted upright in a Dubai Hotel.

He had dozed off while working on Construction Bid Documents, only to have a terrible nightmare.

Cold sweat drenched his entire body.

“What was that? Some Grim Reaper in my dream······.”

The person who received the warning that he would die on New Year’s Day, crashing into the Arabian Sea in a plane accident.

Cha Seong-jun trembled at the vivid nightmare.

Bang.

The hotel room door opened vigorously.

Secretary Lee, who was both friend and attendant, approached with excited steps.

He waved an Airplane Ticket enthusiastically while grinning broadly.

“Hahaha! I got this with great difficulty! Ta-da, this is a Round-trip Air Ticket to Bombay! Let’s go to India and win tons of construction contracts!”

Cha Seong-jun looked at the Airplane Ticket waving playfully before his eyes.

【Air India Flight 855 Departure Time: January 1st 09:30】

It’s just a nightmare.

So why does this look like a One-way Ticket to the Underworld?

That wasn’t all.

‘My child? If they’re seven years old······.’

Even though I thought it was just a dream, my heart was beating so hard that I could hardly calm down.

“Get me an airplane ticket to Korea. I don’t mind connecting through other countries, just get me there as fast as possible.”

“You’re going to enter Korea?”

“Yeah.”

Secretary Lee’s eyes widened.

“For years, telegrams urging you to return home poured in almost daily, but you pretended not to know. Now suddenly?”

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