1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 27
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#27. Fairly
2023.09.01.
She had no idea what kind of a huge question would come up.
Yerin waited for Lee Hyun’s question with a nervous face.
“A secretary asked me before. What is my favorite food?”
Yes, that was it. That stupid question that she had just said to kill time.
“I was curious, too.”
“Are you saying you’re curious about my favorite food?”
“Yes.”
“Ah… … .”
Yerin was quite embarrassed. She
had worked for many bosses, but no one had ever asked her about her tastes.
No, that was natural.
Even if a secretary takes care of their boss’s tastes, the boss doesn’t.
“Why would you be curious about that… … .”
“It has to be fair.”
Fairness?
“I told a secretary my favorite food. Then wouldn’t it be fair if the secretary told me too?”
It was a really strange logic, but listening to it, it seemed like it was true.
Even if he had argued against it, Lee Hyun would have convinced Yerin somehow.
“I like spicy food.”
“For example?”
“Spicy tteokbokki or spicy chicken feet.”
“I see.”
While we were talking, our order came out.
Lee Hyun very naturally brought the steak in front of me and started cutting it for me.
“Secretary Han has met both of our parents. I’ve only met Secretary Han’s father.”
“Huh?”
In this situation, all Yerin could do was foolishly ask what he really meant by that.
“No, I thought this was a little unfair.”
Yes, it seemed like he was going to bring up fairness and unfairness again.
I don’t know why they were talking about meeting each other’s parents while working.
If you just overheard their conversation, it wouldn’t be strange at all to think that they were lovers, or even a couple about to get married.
“Director, is there a reason you had to meet my parents?”
“I was just curious.”
“Oh, yes… … .”
“I wasn’t trying to burden Secretary Han.”
In the meantime, Lee Hyun placed a well-sliced steak on Yerin’s plate.
“Let’s talk while we eat.”
“I’ll cut it for you.”
“Secretary Han, I think you keep making the mistake.”
Lee Hyun continued to cut the steak and offered Yerin another piece of steak.
“We’re off work.”
“Yes.”
Yerin also knew that.
“We’re not sitting here as a boss and secretary, right?”
“Then… … .”
“I came here to persuade Secretary Han as her ex-boyfriend.”
“Director, if you say you’re her boyfriend, someone will misunderstand if they hear you… … .”
“Who.”
Lee Hyun scanned the empty, spacious restaurant with his head.
“No one will misunderstand if they hear you?”
“Yes, unfortunately.”
“So if I do it for you, just accept it comfortably.”
“It’s not comfortable at all.”
“Ah.”
Lee Hyun put down his knife and fork as if he hadn’t thought about that.
“Then what should I do?”
“What?”
“That seems to be the biggest problem. “ Secretary Han always finds me uncomfortable.”
“I like this.”
“Uncomfortable?”
“Yes, even if it’s uncomfortable, it’s comfortable.”
I couldn’t understand what she was saying, but she felt good about it anyway.
“You don’t want to get closer to me, is that it?”
That’s true.
It was also really weird to speak so rudely in front of someone.
So Yerin thought for a moment and started making excuses.
“Where did I hear that?”
“Tell me, Secretary Han.”
“A relationship between a man and a woman is better than being comfortable… … .” She
had no idea why she was saying that.
When Yerin pressed her lips together, Lee Hyun, curious about what she would say next, urged her on.
“Why did you stop talking, Secretary Han?”
“They say it’s better to be uncomfortable… … .”
Lee Hyun, who had been thinking hard, nodded once, as if what Yerin said made sense.
“That’s right. It’s better to be uncomfortable than comfortable.”
Lee Hyun smiled brightly, pulling up the corners of his mouth.
“Okay, then. So let’s get back to what we were talking about earlier.”
“What were you talking about?”
The subject changed so abruptly and he couldn’t keep up with Lee Hyun’s elegant speech that he was completely out of his mind.
“What kind of person is Secretary Han’s mother?”
“Even if I wanted to meet her… … I can’t meet her.”
Lee Hyun’s eyes were slightly embarrassed at those words.
“If I made a mistake… … .”
“Oh, no!”
It seemed that he thought Yerin’s mother was no longer in this world because he couldn’t meet her.
Yerin quickly added,
“My mother is very sick.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Yes, she’s in the hospital.”
It meant that it was difficult to meet her, not because she was someone who moved around freely like Pyeonghoon.
Lee Hyun listened to Yerin’s words silently.
Aside from Na-ri and Seo-yoon, Lee Hyun was the first person to open up about his family to someone.
At first, he wondered why he had to talk about such trivial things, but before he knew it, he had stepped forward and started talking.
“We were a harmonious, ordinary family. Before my father’s business failed.”
“That’s right.”
“My mother was under a lot of stress because my father’s work wasn’t going well. That’s why she started getting sick and is receiving treatment.”
As she was talking, she started to miss her mother, Chan-sook.
However, she couldn’t just go and see her whenever she wanted.
Pyeong-hoon didn’t tell Ye-rin which hospital Chan-sook was admitted to.
All he did was send her the hospital bill and let her call him once a month.
At that thought, Ye-rin suddenly felt emotional and her eyes turned red.
“I’m sorry.”
She quickly picked up a napkin and wiped her eyes, but tears were already running down her cheeks.
“Oh, why is this happening?”
This was already the second time she had suddenly shed tears in front of Lee Hyun.
Was it because she had let out a story she had kept inside?
Or was it because she thought there was someone listening to her story?
Her tightly locked heart seemed to have opened without her knowing it.
Lee Hyun got up from his seat as if he was embarrassed and approached Ye-rin.
“Oh no. I made a secretary cry again.”
Soon, Lee Hyun opened his arms and hugged Yerin without warning.
Yerin’s nose instantly smelled the good scent coming from Lee Hyun.
“Chief?”
Surprised, Yerin squirmed in Lee Hyun’s arms.
Lee Hyun continued talking while holding her without letting her go.
“I’m comforting you.”
“Ah… … .”
Strangely, her tears gradually stopped as she was held by Lee Hyun.
And her heart started beating again without warning.
It was only natural. Who would be calm when such a handsome man suddenly hugged her?
Lee Hyun’s large hand stroked Yerin’s back regularly.
Surprisingly, that comforted her.
After being held by Lee Hyun for a while, Yerin let out a small voice.
“Chief, I’m really okay now.”
At those words, Lee Hyun slowly relaxed his arms. He
slowly swept Yerin’s swollen red eyes with his thumb and whispered softly.
“I made you cry again.”
“No. “ It’s not because of the chief.”
“I asked a secretary about her family for no reason. It’s all my fault.”
Yerin shook her head, saying no.
She smiled faintly, telling Lee Hyun that she didn’t have to feel sorry anymore.
Lee Hyun went back to where he had been sitting.
“I’m not the type of person to cry in front of anyone.”
But she couldn’t understand why she was so emotional in front of Lee Hyun.
Lee Hyun smiled, lifting the corners of his mouth as if he was so happy about something.
“Is that so?”
“Yes. It’s strange that I act like this when I’m with the chief.”
“That’s fortunate. It’s like I’m being told that I’m special to a secretary.”
“… … .”
It seemed that way.
However, Yerin was worried that Lee Hyun might misunderstand if she answered in that way, so she just smiled faintly instead.
“Actually, it’s been a while since I’ve seen my mother.”
“Why?”
She knew that Lee Hyun might think she was strange if she told him that story.
However, it seemed that she needed someone she could open up to and talk to.
Yerin bit her lips and spoke with difficulty.
“I don’t know which hospital she is in.”
Lee Hyun listened to Yerin silently.
Then, wondering if he understood correctly, he asked again.
“So, Secretary Han’s mother is hospitalized in some hospital and receiving treatment.”
“Yes.”
“Secretary Han has never visited her mother in the hospital, is that right?” That
was correct.
Lee Hyun swept his smooth chin with one hand and asked curiously.
“Then who in your family is taking care of her?”
“My father sometimes goes there, but…”
Lee Hyun nodded once.
Since he was quick-witted, he must have figured out the situation right away.
After thinking for a moment, Lee Hyun carefully spoke.
“I want to help Secretary Han.”
“Why?”
“I also want Secretary Han’s help? Am I being too materialistic?”
“No, that’s not true.”
She was curious about how she could help her.
In fact, Yerin had tried to find the hospital where her mother was hospitalized.
But Pyeong-hoon didn’t tell her until the end, and when he called every hospital in Seoul, he only received a response that he couldn’t give out patient information. He seemed to have read Ye-rin’s thoughts, wondering
how Lee Hyun, who wasn’t even her family, could help her. “If Secretary Han is okay, I’d like to transfer my mother to Jiseok Hospital for treatment.” “Why are you going that far?” “Even though you know.” “Are you doing this because of a fake relationship?” “Correct.” Ye-rin’s lips slowly opened. “Seriously?” “Yes. I’m very serious right now.” That’s what it seemed. Lee Hyun took his cell phone out of his jacket and placed it on the table. Then he tapped the phone with his index finger. “Everything can be solved with just one phone call.” “How… …” “That’s a trade secret, so I can’t tell even Secretary Han.”
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