A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 135
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Episode 135 – Do as you wish – (3)
People who followed Park Jeong-yong’s instigation. Most of them were people who had initially refused to participate in the project to find houses in the shantytown, saying that land prices would rise.
And maybe I had expected something like this. My deep-rooted distrust of humanity is perfect for times like this.
As always, ‘maybe’ became ‘as expected’.
“Is this it?”
Taesu waves the key ring.
I nodded, accepted it, and said to Sanggeun.
“When I open the door, you push it.”
Sanggeun nodded readily, and I unlocked the front door, which should not be locked.
Crunch.
I nodded to Sanggeun as if giving him a signal, and he grabbed the doorknob, turned it, and pushed it with his shoulder.
The guy’s face is bulging with tendons as if there is resistance from within.
However, Sang-geun was so big that he stood out no matter where he went. He had an incredible physique that was hard to find in this day and age. He was over 190cm tall and weighed easily over 100kg.
What I mean is.
It means that the power is crazy.
“Ugh!”
The front door opens with a groan from inside.
The man who had been blocking the door and cowering behind me looks at Sanggeun and me with a frightened face.
“Huh? That old man!”
The boy pointed at the man and started talking to the kids in Sanggye-dong.
“Isn’t that the old man who grabbed Kang by the collar last time?”
“what?”
The Sanggye-dong guys look down at the man with cold eyes. Just because he grabbed me by the collar, the kids’ hostility toward the man reaches its peak. Sanggeun, who usually only looks for bread, looks down at the man with a serious expression on his face.
“I, a student at Jeon Gang… That’s not it-”
Sang-geun stops him from approaching me and grabbing my trouser leg.
“Just tell me.”
I shook my head.
“No, go out. This is my house.”
“Nowhere to go…nowhere to go.”
I didn’t listen to those words anymore as he muttered, looking down at the floor without even looking me in the eye.
There is no human being without a story.
It was a fact that had been known for a long time. It didn’t matter how the man had ended up here or why he had nowhere to go.
Each and every one of their stories.
Each and every one of someone’s circumstances.
If you listen to all that, feel sad, and feel sorry for them, you wouldn’t be able to make money.
“Twice.”
“huh?”
“I gave you two chances. And you kicked them away.”
After saying that, I turned around and called Sanggeun.
“Sanggeun.”
“Huh, huh?”
“There is still a lot of work to be done.”
“Uh huh.”
Sanggeun, who was flustered by my unusual appearance, different from the way I used to hold weight, followed me around absentmindedly.
The other kids can’t say anything either, but they watch my expression and follow Sanggeun and me.
“Ah… Once we decide on our cap, we don’t change it…”
I heard the little voice of my brother-in-law behind me, but I didn’t care. I guess the pity of the man who had a lot of stories for them was something they still had a hard time shaking off.
Bam.
As the doors opened one by one, Sang-geun’s breathing became faster and his face started to turn red. Was it because he had used so much strength, or was it because he was feeling a lot of regret?
“Hoo-”
Sanggeun’s long sigh.
“Go out, I won’t talk much.”
At the same time, my mechanical notification.
People all talk and complain.
“Please… please just this once.”
People who have already proven to me that it is all too easy for once to become twice are discussing opportunities with me.
“Do you think you are qualified?”
The pupils of the woman who was looking up at me with longing eyes shook violently.
People who built houses on their friends’ land without asking permission, thinking that the house would make them money, and that the land would become theirs, were filled with greed.
Do you really think you are qualified?
The woman who had been looking up for a long time soon lowered her head.
It’s a lie to say you didn’t know.
They knew it too.
Sympathy for the illegitimate grandmother.
The favor of the illegitimate grandmother.
Like the famous line from a movie that says if you continue to be kind, you think it’s a right. At some point, they took it for granted. And they coveted it.
Without any qualifications to dare.
“Get out, if you don’t want to go to the police station for breaking and entering again.”
A woman trembles in shock.
Looks like he had quite a hard time at the police station.
“Hey, you shameless little brat!”
A curse word heard from somewhere.
I look back and see a seemingly drunk man coming out of the last remaining house and pointing at me.
That man is also the one who stuck close to Park Jeong-yong and criticized me.
I know it too.
It is a prick to the conscience.
So, instead, you get angry.
If you admit everything, sometimes a person will break down. So you can’t admit it. Just like I couldn’t go see my mother’s face or my sisters’ faces until the end.
“It’s no use asking for forgiveness.”
“You’re talking about forgiveness, you swindler!”
A man strides toward me and stretches out both his hands as if to grab me by the collar.
“Please speak out.”
Sanggeun quickly stopped him.
“Don’t you have a father or mother? Why are you meddling in adults’ business!”
A man who is blocked by Sanggeun’s power and suddenly brings up his parents.
“Sir, it was the ladies who were at fault first!”
Dong-soo, as is his personality, does not back down and takes it.
“This kid keeps talking back to adults!”
The man approaches Dong-soo, angry that he couldn’t approach him because Sang-geun blocked him.
“You said the right thing, what’s the fuss about!”
Hyoryeong’s grandmother appeared, screaming.
Now that her grandmother has passed away, she is the eldest adult in this Hodori village.
“You have money for alcohol, but no money for apologies and ribs? Do you even have a conscience?”
Hyorong’s grandmother shouted at each and every one of the people who had opened the door and struck poses as if the world was ending.
“What kind of ribs are ribs to a con man!”
“The fraud is the fraud you guys committed!”
Hyorong’s grandmother came running and knocked on the wall of the house where the man had been drinking and resting comfortably all night.
“Have you ever slept in a house with such strong walls? Have you ever lived in a house with such pretty doors? If you have eyes, look!”
The man bites his lower lip, as if his grandmother’s words are true.
“Inside the house, inside the house, outside the house. There is no place where sincerity is not felt! You let me live in such a precious house and even gave me money! You guys really don’t know what that little girl was trying to do!”
“It’s all his house anyway! That’s why he put his heart into it! He’s trying to steal it like this!”
Hyorong’s grandmother grabbed the old man by the collar and dragged him away.
“You rotten bastard! You worthless punk! Do you really think so? Do you really think that little kid did that?”
“No! Isn’t that what it is in the end?”
“profit!”
His grandmother uses her strength to drag him somewhere.
“Look! Look, you punk! Look at these pictures!”
“Put this down!”
“While you guys were out doing your stupid shit, have you seen what these shantytown kids are doing? Every day, they were dirty and hungry, but now they’ve gained weight and are smiling!”
“……”
“Even if the district office were to destroy it right away, this shantytown would still be full of smiles!”
“……”
“If you guys had sold it off for something of little value like that, would this Hodori village still be alive?”
No one made eye contact with the old woman. The onlookers surrounding her nodded and pointed at them.
“What have you guys done to build this Hodori Village? Did you carry bricks? Did you erect beams? If not, did you even clear away rocks! Wake up, you guys! Go away! You guys don’t deserve to be here in our Hodori Village!”
The man fell to the floor helplessly at the grandmother’s push.
“Puppy.”
“Yes, Grandma.”
“Will you give me two days to finish it?”
It seems like I’m the one who’s giving the decision, but it’s more like a recommendation. They’re asking me to give them two days.
“yes.”
“Okay, I’ll take responsibility and have the house empty within two days.”
“Yes, I understand.”
I bowed my head to greet the old lady and turned around to walk away. People shook their heads and some people pointed their fingers and swore at me.
It seems that Hyoryeong’s grandmother’s words resonated with them. If you live in Hodori Village, you can’t help but sympathize with her words.
Perhaps, even if it weren’t for me, the people of this town would have to leave this town because of Park Jeong-yong. The town’s residents aren’t always kind to me. Of course, there were people here and there who looked at me with pity, but they also seemed to be gritting their teeth at the sight of a man who had abandoned his conscience.
“are you okay?”
I turned around as I passed the square at the unexpected question. Dong-su was looking at me with a worried look in his eyes.
“what.”
“You must be upset too… Ah- Why do those men and women do such things!”
The Sanggye-dong guys nodded their heads in agreement with Dong-su’s words and talked amongst themselves.
“Who said no- why does that strange person follow me around and create this mess?”
“Did you hear that earlier? You were mumbling about where you should go? Oh… Seriously, I wanted to help you all.”
“So, how hard would it be for Cap? He’s telling him to go out and carry a gun.”
You guys are making a huge mistake.
I’m not having a hard time at all.
Coincidentally, if all the people who had settled around the house of the old lady left, the houses in the center and best location of Hodori Village would be empty. And I planned to build there the things that a tourist attraction should have. I planned to make Hodori Village a tourist attraction in earnest.
What a losing business.
Because I’ve never done it since I was born.
Rather, I was thinking that it would be a good idea to give them an excuse to kick them out.
“It’s not hard.”
When I say something, the guys from Sanggye-dong tap me on the shoulder or back and say,
“Cheer up.”
Comfort from the blunt Taesu.
“If you need any help, just let me know.”
Kind words from Gyu-il.
“So what does it mean to have a good friend?”
Seonghak speaks in a cool manner, picking his nose as if it’s nothing.
“The potatoes and sweet potatoes in the warehouse are running low. Should we add some to our membership fee?”
The guy who says he’ll waste his membership fees without even being able to buy textbooks.
“Shall we bring the leftover rice cakes from our mill over here?”
The son of the best rice cake shop owner in Hodori Village, Jeong-woo.
“If there’s anything you need help with, please tell me.”
Sang-geun speaks while pounding his chest like a gorilla.
And the rest of my friends who were silently watching that scene. Even without saying anything, I could tell that they were all thinking of me. And I could tell that their thoughts were based on the bond and trust they had built up over time. The guys were acting like they had a deep misunderstanding. They were only evaluating me positively because I was their friend.
“Cap! Don’t worry too much. If anything happens, we’ll be there to help you!”
The children nodded at Dong-su’s words.
“Yeah! Cap, do whatever you want! We’ll push you all the way! Did you see my grandmother earlier? She’s the biggest adult in our town!”
Hyorong, that guy, puts a period on it.
Why are there so many people telling me to do whatever I want? Right now, I feel like I’m living the way I want to more than anyone else in the world.
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