The Regressed Chaebol Grandson Finds It Hard to Forgive - Chapter 112

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Episode 112. Obtaining the Result (4)

She asked casually, but Jang Ji-yu’s voice was already trembling.

‘Trillions? Really?’

Jang Ji-yu was normally cynical about everything in the world.

But she was genuinely shocked now.

Her father, the chairman of Shindo Group, didn’t have cash holdings in the trillions.

Stock value might reach trillions, but cash was different.

From the way Ha Tae-ung spoke, he clearly held cash assets.

‘Could it be cryptocurrency??’

It was entirely plausible.
There were people who’d turned a few million won in investment into trillions in profit.

Kang Jun-woo had been investing in cryptocurrency for some time now.

After getting investment tips from Ha Tae-ung, he’d burned through a billion won he’d been holding.

‘That’s it! Cryptocurrency!’

The market was in decline right now.

Though she was only a high school senior, Jang Ji-yu checked economic news and current events daily.

It was a natural routine for the eldest daughter of a conglomerate family.

Her father constantly urged her to keep tabs on global trends and news.

She resented him emotionally, but there were many lessons she had to accept.

Ha Tae-ung smiled at everyone, his grin widening.

“N-no way!!”

Lee Jung-jun stammered in shock.

Even his mother Ju Mi-ju held hundreds of billions in pure cash assets.

But Ha Tae-ung—kicked out of the group, disowned by his family—trillions?

‘Where’s he pulling this garbage from!’

It was absurd nonsense.
A chaebol grandson becomes a hundred-billion-won shareholder and it makes the newspapers.

But trillions?

He thought he could pull the wool over naive students.

Lee Jung-jun glared at Ha Tae-ung while adjusting his glasses.

Having been humiliated once, Lee Jung-jun was convinced Ha Tae-ung was lying.

“Prove it.”

He threw down a card he couldn’t avoid, trying to steady his racing heart.

If everyone saw it directly, it would all be settled.

“You’re cute, you know that?”

Ha Tae-ung let out a low chuckle.

“Show us the proof!!”

Lee Jung-jun shouted with conviction.
Everyone watching silently agreed with their eyes.

If Ha Tae-ung really was a billionaire in the trillions, not a soul here would dare open their mouth.

The same applied to Kang Jun-woo’s position.
As for Jang Ji-yu—she’d have to call someone older than her by an honorific title.

“Sigh.”

Ha Tae-ung exhaled softly.

“Jun-woo.”
“Yeah, Tae-ung?”
“Do I really need to stay in this circle?”
“Look at my face—just accept it. You don’t have to prove anything. Everyone already knows you’re Chairman Ha Cheol-gon’s grandson. That’s qualification enough.”

Kang Jun-woo stepped in to mediate.
All the members weren’t hiding their resentment toward Ha Tae-ung.

At this level of atmosphere, the president could intervene using his authority.

“I approve his admission.”

Jang Ji-yu raised her right arm as she spoke.
She found Ha Tae-ung appealing.

An outcast who didn’t lose his composure, standing his ground in front of all these proud members.

On top of everything else, his face was incredibly handsome.

While she wasn’t shallow about looks, there was nothing wrong with a new member being good-looking.

‘He’ll live up to his face.’

Jang Ji-yu’s instincts were firing.
Ha Tae-ung’s appearance wasn’t the kind you’d commonly see in modeling or entertainment.

Tall with excellent proportions.

He looked lean but surprisingly well-built.

Most decisively, there was an intense yet subtle masculine aura about him.

In a space that might as well be enemy territory, he remained remarkably at ease.

The circle’s current president, Kang Jun-woo, was losing ground by comparison.

Coldly speaking, Ha Tae-ung seemed far better suited for the president’s seat.

Unlike Kang Jun-woo, who’d grasped his position through his mother’s influence.

‘Kang Jun-woo… what are you thinking?’

Kang Jun-woo was essentially the one who’d orchestrated today’s play.
Jang Ji-yu sensed something.

Kang Jun-woo had enormous pride.

Not being a direct line of Ilseong, he was mocked behind his back as “fake Ilseong.”

Yet Kang Jun-woo had personally picked Ha Tae-ung.

The process was far too suspicious to believe it was simple friendship.

“Does everyone agree?”

Lee Jung-jun refused to give up, asking the remaining Management Research Club members.

“…….”

But they all fell silent.
Students representing each group, regardless of grade, were present.

Even in this cramped space, business group hierarchy determined the politics at play.

“I…… approve.”

It was Lee Hyo-ju, who was related to Lee Jung-jun by blood.

Her family would call it betrayal, but relations between them had never been good anyway.

“Lee Hyo-ju!!”

Their cousin Lee Jung-ho, who’d been watching silently, raised his voice at Hyo-ju.

‘Is this insane!!’

Lee Hyo-ju had abandoned her family.

They’d clearly agreed to support Lee Jung-jun as the next club president.

And Hyo-ju, knowing that, had betrayed them.

“It’s my choice.”

Lee Hyo-ju shot back without batting an eye.

Lee Jung-ho and Lee Jung-jun were future competitors who’d have to fight for position.

Lee Hyo-ju was gladly raising her hand for Ha Tae-ung instead.

“I’ll…… approve if…… it’s verified.”
“Same. I’ll support it once the account’s confirmed.”
“Me too…….”

‘Heh heh. It’s over.’

Lee Jung-jun was certain of victory.
Ha Tae-ung couldn’t bluff his way through nonexistent assets.

“I’ll approve once you authenticate the account.”

Lee Jung-jun drove the nail home.
All eyes in the room turned toward Ha Tae-ung.

Their gazes conveyed absolute certainty of the impossible.

While President Kang Jun-woo was backing him, the club members’ opinion couldn’t be ignored.

The Management Research Club’s history didn’t end with the current generation.

Meetings continued with all the former presidents who’d graduated.

That was the crux of it.

If the current president wielded total authority, he’d face sanctions from graduated seniors.

For future business leaders, that was an even harder position to maintain.

“…….”

Kang Jun-woo chose silence.
He’d expected some resistance, but not this strong.

If he were a direct bloodline of Ilseong’s maternal side, this would be absolutely impossible.

Today, Kang Jun-woo had felt the limits of being Ilseong’s in-law branch.

The same applied to Jang Ji-yu.

The eldest daughter of Shindo Group, but rumors of a distant relationship with her father had circulated for years.

She lived like a princess at school, but after coming home…….

Silence hung over the Management Research Club Office as if by agreement.

“If you want it that badly.”

Ha Tae-ung’s grin widened.
Then.

“There’s one condition.”
“……!!”
“……??”

At Ha Tae-ung’s sudden declaration, the faces of the watching members turned pale.

‘W-wasn’t it a bluff?’

Lee Jung-jun was equally flustered.
For him to state a condition with such confidence…….

“T-talk then!”

Lee Jung-jun stammered in a trembling voice.
Once momentum shifted, it was all over.

“I can’t accept the bunch of you.”
“……!!”
“What??”
“For that reason…….”

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