A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 194



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The Chairman Who Has No Regrets Episode 194 – Returning Home (2)

In a small flower shop.

Suyeong had been busy painting on the canvas since morning. Her pursed lips seemed to indicate how focused she was at the moment.

Slowly and steadily.

Hye-ri approaches from behind, puts both hands inside the apron that Soo-young is wearing, and starts patting Soo-young.

“Whoa!”

Surprised, Sooyoung drops the brush.

“Kekekeke.”

Hye-ri giggles and laughs, saying something good.

“Hey Tuna! I told you not to touch it!”

At the completely non-threatening shout, Hye-ri furrows her eyebrows and sticks out her tongue.

“Ahh! Hah!”

“What the hell, our pig?”

“Ugh- This isn’t the college life I wanted! It’s just a series of assignments, assignments, assignments, assignments, assignments! What, they just changed the first letter from “homework” to “assignment,” but it’s harder than when I was in high school!”

Hye-ri nodded as if she agreed with Soo-young’s words.

“But you don’t do autopsies or anything.”

Suyeong’s body shuddered.

“Uhhh… I imagined it.”

“Ugh.”

“Are you laughing?”

Hye-ri, who was smiling, looked at the picture that Soo-young had drawn. It was a picture with a German background and a silhouette of a man.

“What is this? This picture? My future husband?”

Suyeong coughed and said.

“The task is Europe.”

“No, that’s fine, but who is this guy here?”

Hye-ri still had one eyebrow raised. It was as if she knew everything you did last summer.

“That senior from back then, Kim Min?”

“No, I’m just saying that person is my senior.”

“Hey- That senior’s eyes were dripping with honey as he looked at you?”

“Ahh- That’s enough! That senior isn’t my type.”

“Oww- Western painting queen-”

“No, it’s not AC!”

Before I knew it, Suyeong’s cheeks were dyed bright red.

Hye-ri was so excited to swim that she kept giggling and playing around, and thanks to that, the sound of the door to the studio opening and closing was drowned out by their bickering.

“What’s so funny?”

“Whoa!”

“Mom-”

Suyeong and Hye-ri were startled by the sudden sound of a man’s voice from behind. Despite being larger than Hye-ri, Suyeong hid behind Hye-ri, and Hye-ri protected Suyeong by spreading out her arms like ferns.

The young man who had spoken to her, Kim Min, smiled at her.

“Huh? The future queen… Ugh!”

“Shut up! I’ll kill you!”

Suyeong covered Hye-ri’s mouth, pushed her aside, glanced at Kim Min, and said.

“Senior, you have to knock.”

“Oh, dear. I thought you were concentrating, so I apologize.”

Suyeong smacks her lips as he apologizes so politely. Soon, Kim Min hands her a small bag.

“I think I’ve been up all night for the past few days, so I think I’ll be hungry in the morning.”

Although Sooyoung had an unpleasant expression on her face, Hye-ri smiled brightly and quickly opened the bag that Kim Min handed her.

Plastic insulated containers.

I could tell at a glance that it was a lunch box.

“Oh, senior, can I open it?”

Kim Min smiled and nodded at Hye-ri’s words, but Soo-young frowned and said.

“Hey! Okay!”

“Why- Senior, what are you doing in the morning? My love··· Sob sob!”

“Shut up! Please!”

“Ee-thing.”

Anyway, inside the opened lunch box were rice balls and sandwiches neatly packaged with care.

Kim Min continues to speak with a smile, regardless of whether Sooyoung frowns or not.

“I worked hard to make it. I put a lot of effort into it, so it’ll probably be delicious.”

“Wow~ He’s the best groom-”

Suyeong, who wants to punch Hye-ri, says thank you with a trembling face.

“Thank you, senior.”

“Yeah- Isn’t swimming free today?”

“Oh, well… that’s true, but I’m busy with homework.”

Swimming with a pre-emptive iron wall.

The young man named Kim Min didn’t look like he had any clue, but he smiled and said.

“Yeah, when you’re having a hard time, let’s talk about going for a walk.”

“Yeah, well, let me see.”

Kim Min-eun spoke with a smile until the end.

“Ah! I need a drink. Just a sec-”

“Oh, senior, are you okay···”

Kim Min has already gone outside.

“Oh my, this is burdensome.”

Swimming whets my appetite.

“Hey, why are you so rude to that senior?”

Suyeong shrugged her shoulders at Hye-ri’s question.

“I don’t know.”

“What? When did you say you were going to be a troublemaker at Seoul National University?”

“Ah, I don’t know!”

I didn’t really know how to swim either.

“He’s handsome and tall.”

Hye-ri continues talking while tapping her lunch box.

“The ability seems okay, but this lunch box is from a very expensive manufacturer.”

“There is tea too.”

“Wow, a college student has a car?”

“uh.”

“Oh my, he must be rich!”

“maybe.”

“But what exactly do you dislike?”

“I don’t know-”

Hye-ri said, furrowing her eyebrows again.

“Hey- Actually, it’s really good, right? Huh? Are you lying because you’re afraid I’ll be jealous?”

“No way?”

“I’m all for our pigs getting married!”

“Okay? Now, what kind of Joseon Dynasty is the poetry collection of a first-year university student?”

“Why? When did you sing a wedding song to our river, saying, ‘Seo-bang-seo-’?”

“Kang-i is different!”

Hye-ri’s eyes lit up with twinkles.

“It’s impossible?”

“Bad year.”

“A worse year.”

“Gyaaaah.”

“Kyaaaaah.”

Suyeong, who had been grumbling again, sat down on the chair in front of the canvas and picked up her brush.

“So why, why did you come here so early in the morning? Can’t you see that you’re busy?”

“Oh, our pig went to college and became a different person, so that’s why the black-haired beast…”

“Just say verse 1, just verse 1!”

“You’re the loudest···”

“Gyaaaah!”

Hye-ri, who slightly stuck out her tongue, slowly stepped back and spoke with a very cute expression.

“Today is the day the river comes.”

Suyeong, who was about to move her brush busily, suddenly stopped.

“What? Really?”

Hye-ri laughed in disbelief at Soo-young’s wide-eyed question.

Hye-ri’s gaze turns back to the picture that Soo-young drew.

As I was thinking about it, I noticed the silhouette of a man wearing clothes of the same color as the clothes in the photo Kang took alone.

“Huh? You think I’m a really sassy girl?”

“Okay! What time is the flight?”

“Eleven o’clock!”

“What?”

Suyeong hurriedly checks her wristwatch.

“Hey! We have to leave right now! Where’s Mom?”

“Is that my mom?”

“What about your mother?”

“Because of the store, he told me to go alone.”

“Let’s go quickly, quickly!”

Kim Min, who had just returned to the art shop holding two cans of coffee, asked.

“Huh? Where is Suyeong?”

“Oh, I’m sorry, senior. I’m busy.”

“Uh… I have a day off today….”

“Thank you for the lunch box, I’ll just accept the thought – I don’t have time!”

Suyeong shouts while dragging Hye-ri.

“Hey! Not that much! Slow down! My arm hurts! It hurts!”

“Come quickly! One o’clock is urgent!”

Kim Min smacks his lips and scratches the back of his head.

“Hey, if you’re busy, should I give you a ride?”

“No! If I take a taxi… sob sob!”

Hye-ri covered Su-yeong’s mouth.

“Hey! How much is the taxi fare? I’m freezing to death in this taxi!”

Soon Hye-ri spoke to Kim Min with sparkling, kind eyes.

“Then, senior, can I get a ride?”

“Haha, okay- I’ll give you a ride, where should I go?”

“Gimpo International Airport!”

“Ah- who’s coming?”

“yes!”

“Yeah, I have free time before 2 o’clock, so the time is fine. Let’s go-”

“thank you!”

Suyeong purses her lips slightly.

“Oh my, the taxi fare is okay···”

Hye-ri whispered softly into Soo-young’s ear.

“Does Kang-i like a frugal woman?”

Suyeong said with her face turning red.

“Oh, what do you want me to do!”

“Hmm- Are you turning on the twin flames? I’m Kang’s older sister.”

“Oh, when did you turn on the twin flame again···”

“That’s short talk.”

“yo. this···”

“Right – good.”

Hye-ri, who is stroking Su-yeong’s head, lets out a sly laugh.

Swimming with your body trembling.

“I think America would be a good place to live for my new home···”

I was walking alone in a flower garden.

***

Flash.

Inside the plane, where the lights had been turned off, fluorescent lights began to flicker, and the busy movements of the flight attendants could be felt.

“How much is left?”

A flight attendant answers my question with a smile.

“We will land in 2 hours.”

“okay.”

I lifted my seat and took my seat, leaving the flight attendants behind who were busy preparing the last meal.

“The porridge and bread are ready.”

“American breakfast.”

“Yes, I will prepare it for you.”

Now I’m going to eat Korean food until I get sick of it, so I’ll choose Western food for my last meal.

“We have champagne, beer, wine, etc. for drinks, sir.”

My mouth was watering, but I shook my head.

“Let’s have coffee.”

The flight attendant’s eyes widened for a moment at my answer, then she smiled as if nothing had happened and disappeared. Do you think I’m a drunkard? Well, even the manager came to tell me to stop drinking. Ahem.

After eating a quick breakfast, I got up from my seat and headed to the bathroom.

Wash your face thoroughly and brush your teeth carefully.

“Haa- haa-”

Blow into your mouth and smell your breath. Forcibly burp and smell your breath.

There is no detectable smell of alcohol.

“You did a good job.”

If I had a drink in the morning, my back probably wouldn’t have been touched by my mother’s palm.

It’s true that you endured well.

For a moment, I have a thought that I should quit high school and go to college early. It’s because I feel like there are a lot of restrictions because of my status as a high school student.

“Ugh.”

I wonder if my mother would approve of my decision to drop out at this time.

That can’t be true.

My older sister and my mother are the same, and I think they are probably lying down with a band around their heads.

Sigh.

I couldn’t help but laugh as the thoughts of the guys from Sanggye-dong flashed through my mind.

If I told them I was dropping out, they’d make a scene. They’d probably grab me by the leg and tell me to come to my senses.

Yeah, the guys also have to decide on a career path, and although it’s a bit of a shame that it’s taking up a lot of time, let’s console ourselves and endure it, since it’s time we have to spend with the guys.

Hurrying and being fast are not necessarily good things. We have already experienced through our lives what joy and fun it is to move slowly.

-We’re landing soon.

The captain’s Konglish landing instructions came over the speakers, and the plane landed on Korean soil with a rumble.

The corners of my lips that went up never came back down again. It’s definitely not because I’m happy about the country called the Republic of Korea.

I’m not very patriotic.

However, the people I miss and love are living here.

It just makes me feel good to think that the time to see the people I want to see is just a few minutes away.

“I miss you···”

There are people who feel the same way about me. I realized that I have so much to gain from this life. Just the thought of wanting to see someone was enough to make me feel completely happy.

“Thank you, sir. Have a pleasant journey back home.”

I got off the plane and started walking, greeted politely by the flight attendants.

Of all the people who got off the plane with me, my steps were the fastest, even though no one was urging me.

I thought I was walking quite leisurely, but maybe I wasn’t.

Since there aren’t many people at Gimpo International Airport, it was naturally deserted. It was hard to find even a line at immigration.

“Did you have a nice trip?”

A friendly staff member at immigration asks questions in Korean.

You’re speaking informally to me right away? I guess I’m still young. Speaking informally to young students is a very common sight these days, so I don’t see any awkwardness at all.

I just feel uneasy all by myself.

“Yeah, it wasn’t bad.”

“That would be nice. When I was your age, I couldn’t even dream of going abroad.”

After nodding my head to the useless TMI, he stamped my passport.

After passing through the immigration hall, picking up my luggage, and finally stepping outside.

My mother’s face, my sisters’ faces, and the faces of the guys from Sanggye-dong flash through my mind. I wonder what kind of appearance they will have waiting for me.

I said I would pick and choose the gift, but I’m not sure if I’ll be satisfied.

I tried to continue walking while pulling the corners of my lips that were naturally going up.

Phew.

It’s perhaps natural that the airport is deserted during these times.

“Hmm.”

Did you mix up the floors?

Should I wait a moment? What should I do?

Since cell phones had not yet become widespread, there was no way to contact them.

Since pagers weren’t yet widespread, something like this would have been truly frustrating. Of course, it’s not necessarily a bad thing, since we live in a world where romantic moments like meeting someone when the first snow falls coexist.

“Hmm···”

I felt strange.

How should I describe this feeling?

“Did you have a nice trip?”

I turned my head at the sudden, familiar voice.

“Oh, it looks like I wasn’t the one you were waiting for.”

Choi Tae-woong, with a smiling face, approached me and asked to shake my hand.

“Come out to greet me.”

“Haha, if we’re going to meet our largest shareholder and consulting assistant instructor, we should come out barefoot, right?”

“I see. It’s not a debt collection issue, is it?”

“Oh my – the weather has cleared up. It looks like you’re disappointed because it’s not the people you were waiting for.”

It’s a shame.

I feel that way too.

A chuckle escaped.

During this time, I.

Me of my whole life.

To my mother.

To my sisters.

To someone.

You must have always been a sad person.

No, maybe he was someone I hated.

I guess I was the type that held a lot of resentment.

But to feel resentful over just one thing? You have no conscience.

“Well, it’s not so bad.”

“yes?”

“no.”

“The vehicle has been prepared.”

“Thanks to you, I can go comfortably.”

The moment when Choi Tae-woong smiles and gives directions with his hand, and we walk in step with him.

“Puppy!”

In the distance, I saw two women running towards me in a panic, their hair fluttering in the wind.

Nice to meet you.

Very much.

So much so that the resentment in my heart seemed to have been washed away.

“Sister!”

I also waved back and greeted him happily.

“Haha, really. I told you, you’re a strange person.”

Choi Tae-woong muttered something, but I ignored him cleanly. I just wanted to enjoy the moment.

In this life, don’t feel resentful towards me, don’t hate me.

May you be filled with abundant happiness.

I guess so.

Just then I.

I realized that I had returned home.