1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 22



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#22. Unrequited Love
2023.08.15.

　
Lee Hyun’s car, driven by Yerin, arrived at Lee Hyun’s home, Jinheonjae.

The smell of deliciously cooked food wafted inside Jinheonjae.

Mrs. Yoon Hyeran greeted Lee Hyun and Yerin brightly.

“Are you here, son? Our secretary Han has had a hard time since morning.”

“No, ma’am.”

“The chairman is waiting, let’s go in.”

As they entered the dining room, the neatly laid table caught their eye.

“Sit down.”

Chairman Cha of Ji Seok Electronics was sitting at the highest seat.

Lee Hyun sat to his right, and his older brother Soo Hyun sat to his left.

Yerin stood on one side of the dining room with the other secretaries.

Chairman Cha let out a solemn voice before he even picked up his spoon.

“How is the marriage business between Lee Hyun and Soo Hyun going?”

It seemed like the topic of today’s breakfast meeting was the marriage of the two sons.

Su-hyeon confidently announced that she would diligently go on blind dates and find a woman who would suit her heart.

Chairman Cha’s gaze fell on Lee Hyun.

He raised his head and stared at Ye-rin with unwavering eyes.

Soon, Lee Hyun’s mouth opened.

“I have a crush on a woman.”

Everyone in the dining room gaped at Lee Hyun’s words.

Chairman Cha’s eyes narrowed significantly.

Then, he soon asked again, wondering if what he had heard was true.

“Unrequited love?”

“Yes.”

Mrs. Yoon was furious.

“No, son. What is lacking in you to have a crush on me?”

She looked like she really didn’t understand.

“Where else can you find a man as talented as our son? He’s handsome, tall, and smart. Isn’t that right?”

Lee Hyun muttered with only one corner of his mouth raised.

“You don’t know how to handle women, do you?”

“That’s true. I’ve never seen my son meet a woman, so I’ve always been worried.”

Mrs. Yoon looked at Lee Hyun with interest and asked.

“I’m so curious about what kind of girl you are?”

Lee Hyun’s head slowly turned to Yerin.

Since he had been staring at Lee Hyun the whole time, their gazes were intertwined in the air.

Yerin clasped her hands together in front of her and pursed her lips.

Why was she looking at me like this in this situation?

Yerin was worried that Mrs. Yoon might look at the place where Lee Hyun’s gaze landed.

“Son! Why are you looking like that when you stop talking to Mom?”

Lee Hyun had no choice but to turn his head again at Mrs. Yoon’s voice calling him.

“Who are you? I’m just really curious, Mom.”

“If you find out who you are.”

“Huh?”

“What are you going to say when you go find her?”

Lee Hyun’s face hardened fiercely. It was

a chilling warning that even if she was his mother, he wouldn’t let it go if he did something so outrageous as to visit the woman he had a crush on.

“No?”

Mrs. Yoon made a face that seemed to be wronged, as if she hadn’t intended to do that in the first place.

“Why would I say anything to that poor girl? There must be a reason why I’m pushing you away.”

Lee Hyun stared at Mrs. Yoon as if she was surprised.

“First, I should ask her about the whole story.”

Since Mrs. Yoon cherished her son so much, she thought she would immediately catch the person Lee Hyun had a crush on and beat him up.

Like, “Who are you to dare reject our son?”

However, Mrs. Yoon didn’t seem to have any such intentions.

“What kind of whole story are you asking?”

Yerin was looking forward to Mrs. Yoon’s next words, but at the same time, she was afraid to hear them.

She lowered her head to the floor and opened her ears.

Mrs. Yoon’s soft voice continued.

“Shouldn’t I ask you why you don’t like our son? There might be some flaws in you that I don’t know about.”

“If there are.”

Of course, she thought she would say that there was no way, but what Mrs. Yoon said was unexpected.

“Son, then of course you should fix it.”

Everyone in the dining room seemed surprised, though they didn’t show it.

Mrs. Yoon leaned forward and made a stern expression as if she were scolding Lee Hyun.

“That’s why that girl hates you.”

“I see.”

“Yes, the one who loves more is usually the one who becomes the loser.”

As she said that, Mrs. Yoon looked at Chairman Cha.

“Isn’t that right, honey?”

“Ahem.”

Chairman Cha cleared his throat, embarrassed that the conversation had suddenly changed to me.

So he pretended to pick up his spoon.

“Here, pick it up.”

Mrs. Yoon covered her mouth with one hand and laughed as she watched Chairman Cha.

“Do you know how much your father followed me around because he liked me?”

Lee Hyun nodded with a snicker.

It was a story he had heard so many times.

“I said no, I said no. Even if you offered me all your assets, I said no and refused.”

After Chairman Cha lost his first wife, he had met Mrs. Yoon for the first time at a volunteer group.

Mrs. Yoon didn’t like Chairman Cha, who was older than her, as a man. She had

n’t been attracted to him from the beginning, but when she came to her senses, she had become his lover.

It was a love story that had been ingrained in her ears for a long time.

Even if it was about how his parents met, dating, love, marriage—

all of those things were completely unimportant to Lee Hyun, so he had always let it slide.

However, today, for some reason, he was curious about what happened next.

Even though children tend to resemble their parents, it was strange that he had inherited this unrequited love from Chairman Cha.

Lee Hyun pretended not to care and asked Mrs. Yoon indifferently,

“Why did you marry my father when you said no?”

“Your father really chased me around so much that it was disgusting.”

Lee Hyun looked surprised at how Chairman Cha, who was so blunt, could have such a side.

“He would stand in front of our house with flowers every day.”

Lee Hyun and Soo Hyun nodded at those words.

Despite his busy schedule, Chairman Cha celebrated various anniversaries in a surprising way.

Unlike other conglomerates who usually married for political reasons, he had married for love, so everyone envied Mrs. Yoon.

“I thought he would quit after a day or two, but he really stood there to see my face, rain or shine. I thought this man was no ordinary man.”

Even on the days he returned from a business trip, Chairman Cha would stop by Mrs. Yoon’s house at the airport to see her, even if he couldn’t sleep for a few hours.

“One day, I went to an appointment and came back, but your father was not in front of the house.”

Before he knew it, Lee Hyun and everyone in the dining room were completely absorbed in Mrs. Yoon’s love story.

Except for Chairman Cha, who was dying of embarrassment.

“Were you a little upset that day?”

“That makes sense.”

“I was worried that something might have happened because the man who used to come every day wasn’t here, so I went inside the house, but well.”

Mrs. Yoon covered her mouth with one hand and laughed heartily, wondering what she was thinking.

“My mom and I were chatting while arranging flowers at my house.”

Chairman Cha, who is known for being extremely reserved, did something like that. It

was unbelievable.

“I fell in love with him then.”

Did he fall in love with him while arranging flowers?

Lee Hyun’s face grew even more troubled as he thought that a woman’s heart is something she knows but doesn’t.

What really made Mrs. Yoon fall in love with was Chairman Cha’s unchanging, unchanging appearance and the way he took care of his family.

Mrs. Yoon laughed in amusement and absurdity when she thought back to that time.

Chairman Cha waved his hand, feeling embarrassed for no reason.

“Uh. Don’t talk nonsense. Lee Hyun and Su Hyun are talking about marriage right now… …”

Mrs. Yoon cut off Chairman Cha’s words.

“Honey, do you think marriage is something you can just talk about?”

Chairman Cha quietly shut his mouth again at Mrs. Yoon’s rebuke.

Even though he only saw the family dinner scene for a short time, anyone could tell.

The real power in this house was Mrs. Yoon.

Mrs. Yoon was very excited because it was the first time Lee Hyun had taken an interest in her love story.

“Son, are you curious about the detailed process of how Dad seduced Mom?”

“Just what.”

Mrs. Yoon’s mouth kept turning sour as she thought back to that time.

“It might help me win over that woman my son has a crush on.”

Lee Hyun put down his spoon and stared at Mrs. Yoon at her words that it might be a solution.

However, Mrs. Yoon was not easy either.

“If there’s something you want, your son should give it to you first.”

“Okay.”

The Ji-seok Electronics family, even between father and son, never gave out information.

“I’ll take care of it myself.”

Lee Hyun was completely unreliable.

Chairman Cha let out a short sigh after seeing that.

“Why are you trying to take such a difficult path?”

Chairman Cha fixed his gaze on Soo-hyun.

“Just go on a blind date like Soo-hyun and get married if the conditions are right.” “

No.”

Lee Hyun had never once objected to what Chairman Cha said.

However, Lee Hyun looked very serious today.

“I’m in love with someone right now, so I’m really upset.”

“Ugh.”

“That’s why I don’t think I can go on a blind date that I’m not interested in.”

Chairman Cha’s brow furrowed even deeper.

“And I have no intention of marrying anyone other than the woman I’m in love with.”

Chairman Cha responded without giving up.

“You must know the conditions for handing over the position of successor to the Jiseok Group.”

“I know.”

Lee Hyun looked confident, unlike before, and stared at Ye-rin again.

“I will definitely make that woman mine.”

It was as if he was declaring war.

Mrs. Yoon was quite impressed

by her son. “Oh my, son! You really take after your father.”

“Ahem, keep talking nonsense.”

“Son, I will support your love life.”

“Thank you. It’s not love yet, but just

one-sided courtship.” Lee Hyun was certain that his one-sided feelings would eventually reach that woman.

Yerin knew that no one could know that Lee Hyun’s unrequited love was her, but she was worried for no reason and lowered her head.

Mrs. Yoon’s gaze occasionally fell on Yerin.

Without anyone knowing.