Max-Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 27

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27. Let’s Get Married!

Until I met Father.

Honestly, I was a little anxious and worried.

‘I had an idea about Mother’s feelings.’

Just looking at how she treasured Father’s Watch, I could tell how much she cherished it.

‘But I didn’t know Father’s feelings.’

Out of sight, out of mind – that’s how people are.

Perhaps Father’s feelings had cooled during all this time, I had thought.

‘I guess I was worrying for nothing.’

Father and Mother looked at each other.

As if they were the only two people in this world.

They were so entranced just looking at each other without saying a word, but the gazes they exchanged were deep and passionate.

Love, resentment, longing, joy, worry, anger, happiness and sadness.

It seemed like all kinds of emotions were swirling together.

Click.

I quietly entered Inside the House, leaving the two behind.

Uncle Cheol-gu, who was making the Christmas Tree, laughed heartily.

“Is it very cold outside? You really needed that Scarf and Fur Hat, didn’t you?”

The Taeseong Group Security Guards put down the Tree Decorations they were making and started rummaging through the Taeseong Department Store Paper Bag.

“Young Master, please wait a moment. The Scarf and Fur Hat should be somewhere here.”

“If we look carefully, there should be Fur Gloves and Earmuffs too.”

“We bought Fur Shoes too. Ah, here they are!”

I shook my head.

“Later. Not right now.”

The adults who had been bustling around were startled and stopped what they were doing all at once.

“Did you perhaps fight with Mother?”

“Why did you come back alone?”

“And where is Mother?”

It was gentle concern.

“Father came.”

“What?”

Uncle Cheol-gu’s eyes widened as he peered through the window.

“That shameless bastard who abandoned his Wife and Children! I need to get a good look at that face today… Gah!”

Landlady Grandmother, who had rushed over, struck Uncle Cheol-gu’s head with a ladle.

“You damn Brat, how dare you curse the child’s Father in front of him? Did I raise you like that?”

“No, that’s not what I meant…!”

“Say one more word! You won’t get breakfast today either!”

“Ahem, Little Kid. I’m sorry. Please forgive me just this once.”

Uncle Cheol-gu fidgeted and scratched the back of his head.

Landlady Grandmother rolled up her sleeves.

“If Jeong-hyeok’s Father came, I need to put more effort into the dining table. This level definitely won’t do!”

Soon after, loud chopping and spectacular fire shows began in the Kitchen.

One of the Taeseong Group Bodyguards handed me Tree Decorations.

It was the large Gold Ball Ornament I liked.

He was a bodyguard with quite a Sharp Eye.

‘Yes, you’re the winner!’

I ran over quickly and hung the Gold Ball on the tree while asking quietly.

“What kind of person is our Father?”

“He’s quiet, smart, and wonderful.”

What I’m curious about is his private life, you fool.

“I heard Father got engaged.”

“Ahem, that part is difficult for me to comment on.”

I slipped some sincerity into the bodyguard’s pocket.

That’s about ten ten-thousand won bills, right?

The reaction came immediately.

A quick-witted Security Guard crouched down, pretending to pick out Tree Decorations while whispering softly.

“Father is incredibly good at work, and he loves work very much.”

So because Father is good at work and loves work, there’s no way the engagement with Wooguang would be broken?

“Father enlisted in the military immediately after getting engaged, and as soon as he was discharged, he was incredibly busy traveling around the Eight Provinces of the Nation to secure hotel, resort, and road construction contracts.”

Oh ho.

“As soon as marriage talk came up, he fled to the Middle East, didn’t he? Since he was actively securing overseas construction contracts, they couldn’t even tell him to return home immediately. So he’s incredibly good at work and loves work very much.”

Aha.

So that’s what it meant?

“I heard that Chairman prepared Taeseong Chemical for Young Master Seong-jun’s share, but he stubbornly insisted on taking charge of construction instead.”

Taeseong Chemical is a joint venture company established by Wooguang and Taeseong.

“He said there was someone he had to find while traveling Every Corner of the Nation? Thanks to that, Taeseong Hotel and resorts ended up located in the best spots throughout the Eight Provinces of the Nation.”

I was intrigued.

As I listened, the corners of my mouth naturally turned up.

“The fiancée was too young when they held the engagement ceremony, and after she came of age, she was attending University so her path rarely crossed with Young Master Seong-jun’s. We haven’t seen that engaged woman’s face many times either.”

Then he pressed his lips close to my ear and whispered.

“For reference, Mother is much more beautiful. Much, much, much! About a million times more?”

The Security Guard winked at me.

“I enjoyed that expensive Wine yesterday. So please put this back.”

He slipped the money I had given him back into my pants pocket.

‘As expected, greasing the wheels in advance is the best!’

I clearly knew he was in a position where he couldn’t freely talk about the private lives of the chairman’s family.

But to inform me in such a roundabout way.

I won’t forget that kindness!

I also tilted my head toward the Security Guard and whispered softly.

“Tonight it’s whiskey.”

“Oh my, you don’t need to take such good care of us.”

“Even if it’s 1926 Macallan Fine and Rare?”

It’s a liquor that was auctioned for about 2.3 billion won in the 21st century.

About 51 million won per glass!

Gulp!

The Taeseong Group Bodyguard hung tree decorations with a flushed face, pretending not to notice.

But he was giving a thumbs up with his hands clasped behind his back.

Trust sprouting amidst the exchange of sincerity!

This warm atmosphere wasn’t just because we had the boiler running full blast.

“Young Master, loyalty, loyalty!”

The Taeseong Security Guard who had been saluting grinned and made a V sign with two fingers.

“So now I’m loyalty number two. Right?”

“What’s your name?”

“I’m Yoo Jong-tae. Team leader of the 5th Security Team directly under Chief Secretary Kim Yeong-geol.”

That meant he had the ability to handle dirty work as well.

“I’ve made it to this position through intuition. There’s only one person I want to pledge my loyalty to, and that’s you, Young Master. Please take me under your wing!”

Oh my. I really do like ambitious guys!

Uncle Cheol-gu, who was hanging a pure gold star at the top of the tree, gave a thumbs up.

“Oh, did I just get myself a lackey?”

This guy only has good instincts at times like this!

I turned my head, pretending not to notice.

While pretending to focus on making the tree, I summoned the Grim Reaper.

Snap.

But unlike usual, the Grim Reaper glared at the Christmas tree with a very displeased expression.

[You might as well hang Village Shrine Flags on a shrine tree. What kind of nonsense is this, tsk.]

Village Shrine Flags originally referred to cloth hung on village shrines or their trees.

They mainly used colorful Five-Color Cloth in red, green, blue, yellow, and white.

[It’s not a Mountain God Festival, nor a Seven Star ritual, nor Buddha’s birthday, but following those Western foreigners with decorations as colorful as rainbow lanterns…]

‘Hey, Guardian Spirit. That’s not what’s important right now.’

Now that I’ve learned there’s a high possibility that Father and Woo-gwang’s fiancée have a distant relationship.

This time I need to find out what things are like between our parents.

That way I can decide whether or not to support our parents’ marriage.

‘Shut up and Vision Sharing!’

[Understood.]

* * *

Mother and Father sat on the garden bench where they had lit the bonfire yesterday.

A dry, cold wind blew between the two sitting side by side.

Father asked.

“Have you been well?”

“Yes. Senior Agent, you’ve been well too, right?”

“No, I haven’t been well at all.”

It was a bitter smile.

“You vanished without a trace without saying a single word, so how could I have been well?”

“Senior Agent, I…”

“I searched for a long time. Like a madman.”

Father rubbed his face with his hands.

“I combed through every corner of the nation like searching for a flea, but couldn’t find you. Everything went dark before my eyes.”

“…”

“I threw away all my pride and got on my knees to beg Secretary Kim. But even that man had lost track of you. Do you know what I thought then? Could you have been murdered?”

“Senior Agent…”

“I was going crazy. Who could have touched you. Why would they touch you. All kinds of thoughts went through my head.”

Mother gripped the hem of her coat tightly.

“But Senior Agent, you got engaged to another woman.”

“Then you must also know that I enlisted three days before my engagement ceremony?”

“What?”

“What about how I fled to the provincial areas as soon as I was discharged? How I fled to the Middle East when marriage talk came up? How I’ve been sending people to keep looking for you all this time?”

Mother couldn’t answer.

Her eyes looking at Father only trembled violently.

“You’re really heartless. How could you not visit your parents’ house even once.”

“That’s…”

“I bought the house next door to your parents. Even hired people. It’s been seven years now that I’ve been desperately waiting for you to visit your parents’ house.”

Father wrapped the gray scarf he had been wearing around Mother’s neck as he spoke.

“That child from earlier, he’s my child, right?”

“…Yes.”

“Just to be sure, is there someone you’re seeing now?”

“…No.”

Father smiled.

“Then marry me. If you still feel the same way about me as I do about you.”

Looking at Mother who didn’t know what to do.

“I can give up everything. I’m serious.”

* * *

‘Great!’

I cut off Vision Sharing with the Grim Reaper.

‘I’m going to support this marriage!’

I was burning with motivation.

I clenched my tiny fists tight.

‘It’s not like she doesn’t have feelings for him, so what’s the problem? Even if there are problems, I’ll just handle them all!’

Seriously, this chaebol family.

They take marriage way too lightly.

Among the heavenly bonds of parent, spouse, and child that even heaven cannot sever, the only one you can choose is the marital bond.

Your life changes depending on what kind of spouse you meet.

No matter how much they say money can buy happiness,

Even marriages made for love often fall apart.

But I still believe that marriage is one of life’s great affairs, and the stress from the person you live side by side with stabs sharply like a blade carving out your heart every moment.

That’s why even when our Kang-woo brought home some trashy woman from a terrible family.

I told Kang-woo to only look at women, and even then, only to see if they were women he could be with.

‘If only Father had the courage to abandon everything and choose Mother, things would become very easy.’

I couldn’t force love upon Father.

If Father had turned away from Mother and chosen to live the life of a chaebol, I planned to leave quietly without resenting him.

Circumstances create positions, and emotions fade with time.

It’s foolish to cling to emotions that have already faded.

So while I never abandoned hope until the very end, I had also prepared myself for the possibility of cutting ties with the Cha Family and living with only Mother.

‘Then should I try to resolve this 30 billion won engagement that’s holding Father back?’

Wooguang and Taeseong jointly invested and established Taeseong Chemical based on the premise of this engagement.

By 21st century standards, it was a company worth over 1.5 trillion won.

That was why Chairman Cha couldn’t readily approve Mother and Father’s marriage, and why Father’s love couldn’t receive blessing.

‘If Father steps forward first to demand breaking the engagement, he’d probably have to hand over Taeseong Chemical to Wooguang. Chairman Cha won’t tolerate that. So I need to make the opposite happen.’

My mind began racing quickly.

‘Let me create a scenario where even if Father steps forward to break the engagement first, he can demand damages from Wooguang and seize Taeseong Chemical! For that, I’ll need Uncle Cheol-gu’s help with this matter.’

I turned to look at Uncle Cheol-gu.

Uncle was looking around nervously with an extremely anxious expression.

“What is it? Did you feel it too, kid? This unpleasant creepiness crawling up the back of my neck! The air suddenly became damp and chilly, but then it disappeared instantly!”

This man really does have good instincts!

I glanced up above Uncle Cheol-gu’s head.

The Grim Reaper’s countdown had already disappeared.

That meant there was no longer any reason to be cautious and protect himself.

“Why are you looking at me with those eyes?”

Uncle Cheol-gu blinked his eyes and smiled innocently.

“Aha, you really did want to put a Pure Gold Star on top of the Christmas Tree, didn’t you?”

Good instincts, but terrible at reading situations.

He has good intuition, but he’s completely clueless when it comes to reading the room.

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