A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 197



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The Chairman Who Has No Regrets Episode 197 – Returning Home (5)

Chubby.

When you tap your stomach, your palm will bounce back. That means your stomach is full.

“Hoo-”

A satisfied sigh escapes my lips. It’s not just me who ate a lot, but my little sister and Sooyoung’s sisters also look a little tired.

It’s all thanks to our mothers and aunts who gave us enough food to fill our bellies.

“Big sister, why do you eat so little?”

My older sister smiles brightly at my question.

“We need to leave room for dinner.”

“What and how great is it that you want to eat?”

The older sister just smiled meaningfully and didn’t answer.

He who does not work, shall not eat.

To put it the other way around, it would mean that if you have something to gain, you have to work for it.

As I was about to quietly get up from my seat and head to the kitchen, my older sister suddenly put a hand on my shoulder and stopped me.

“Just go home and rest.”

“Hey, I’m so busy. It’s okay.”

It was so amazing that my sister and I could hear each other’s conversation in the busy kitchen.

My mother suddenly pulled her head out and shouted.

“Okay! Kang-i, go in!”

“No, it’s okay, Mom. Men should do the hard work.”

Behind his mother, Gyu-il’s mother, Mrs. Hwang, smiles faintly, revealing her arms.

“Hey, I want to beat all the young men in the neighborhood.”

Those who use a sewing machine and sew by hand, their arms are definitely weak.

Did you do some secret iron work?

I think that arm might be a part of the reason why Gyu-il can’t do anything to his mother.

“ha ha ha.”

“Will the river suddenly become swollen?”

A snicker escapes from the mother’s joke, but the mother speaks to the mother with a very disappointed expression on her face.

“It looks dry but it’s sturdy. Why is it like this?”

“Oh my, there’s a rumor going around that even Kang can’t carry his mother.”

You’re attacking with facts in a lethal way.

I quickly ran into the kitchen and looked up at my mother, who was wearing a wet apron.

“No! I’ve been working out lately!”

“Oh my! Oh my, you’re all wet!”

Then I sat down and stood up twice.

Mrs. Hwang and Suyeong’s mother laugh and clap.

“Oh my, it’s business, it’s business-”

“Our Kang-i has a strong lower body too!”

My mother hits me on the back.

“Let go, let go! I’ll take all your expensive suits.”

No matter how expensive it is.

Should I just pay for the food I ate?

I let my mother down, who was screaming for me to get down, and rolled up my shirt.

“Okay, give me the apron!”

My mother shook her head as if she couldn’t stop me, then took out an apron and handed it to me.

Just as I was about to receive the apron.

Whoosh.

A hand suddenly appeared from somewhere and snatched the apron.

When I turned my head, Gyu-il was smiling with the corners of his lips raised.

“Hey, boss’s son.”

“What? When did you come?”

Sweat was beading on the guy’s forehead.

“This employee will do it, so why don’t you just get rid of the poison?”

It was a ridiculous statement, but I nodded. Strictly speaking, Gyu-il was also a part-time worker who had a stake in Kang’s restaurant.

“Huk, huk, huk. Ah! Kim Gyu-il, why are you so fast? Oh my… Captain! I’m not late, am I?”

Then there’s Dongsu.

A guy who breathes heavily but still has a smile on his face.

“Yeah, it’s not too late.”

“Haa- that’s a relief.”

A guy who straightens his back.

I was drenched in sweat.

Now August is over.

But it’s still incredibly hot now, past 3pm, so it looks like they ran all the way here from school in this weather.

“Did you have a nice trip, Captain?”

In that greeting, there was no sign of malice or impure intentions.

“then.”

“Well done.”

My brother-in-law is smiling faintly.

“When I told them to go after teasing the kids, they made a fuss saying that if they got caught by the old man, they would die.”

He chuckled at the guy’s words and nodded his head while looking at Gyu-il. There is a way for a student to behave in a way that is appropriate for a student.

“are you okay.”

Because I can see the sweat you shed, it seems like you welcome me enough.

Although Gyu-il pretended not to show it and was acting tough, his back was also dyed a slightly darker color.

“Huk, huk, huk. Ugh-”

“Ah! You little pig!”

“Dying… gasp, gasp.”

Sanggeun and Seonghak also came.

Sanggeun is almost on the verge of vomiting.

Hyo-ryong and Jeong-woo, who are overshadowed by the large Sang-geun, and the guys from Sanggye-dong peek their heads out here and there.

“colon!”

“Puppy!”

All sorts of names used to refer to me.

But the heart is one.

He wrinkles his nose for no reason and spits out words rudely.

“You punks.”

If anyone saw you, they’d think you’d been to a war zone, you punks.

“Huh— ha— huh— ha—”

Sanggeun takes a deep breath and catches his breath, wondering if he really wants to say something.

I patted the guy on the shoulder as if I knew everything.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. I came back safely.”

Sanggeun shakes his head.

“No, Kang-ah.”

“Oh, Sanggeun.”

“Are American hamburgers really that good?”

There was someone else thinking differently. I didn’t know that.

“Oh my – you were wondering that, little pig!”

Yeah, what matters is how they feel, what matters is how I feel right now, happy to see them. No matter what other people say, isn’t my feeling more important?

If I expect something from those guys who call themselves friends, that’s my problem, not theirs.

“If you’re curious, why don’t we go together next time?”

Sanggeun opens his eyes wide at my words.

“Should I go to America too?”

“Eat hamburgers, hot dogs, and pizza.”

“Wow, sir! Captain!”

Suddenly he says he’s the captain.

The size is distracting.

“Hey, the boss’s son.”

Cheeky call.

That guy, Gyu-il, is right.

“Hey, but my mother is the CEO, so wouldn’t it be more appropriate for her to be the CEO’s son?”

Gyu-il looked towards the kitchen, startled by my words.

“That’s right! Kang is right! That shameless bastard.”

Before I knew it, Mrs. Hwang had double chins in her eyes.

“Mom, you misheard me! I said you were the boss’s son! Mom, it’s true!”

Our mother laughed and pulled Mrs. Hwang back into the kitchen, who was sticking her head out.

Then, Gyu-il, with a slightly blushed face, said while scratching the back of his head.

“Taesu, have a nice trip.”

He was really putting on airs.

That’s what you were saying.

“okay.”

“We did well and sent it.”

“That’s right, Cap! I sent you a backpack packed so full of kimchi that it almost burst!”

cap.

This cap is really bad.

I can’t help but laugh.

“Yeah, good job.”

Just a few words.

The guys raise their lips brightly. How can one word I said to them make them feel so good?

Gyu-il took something out of his bosom and handed it to me.

“ruler.”

“What is it?”

“Taesu told me to give it to you.”

When I looked closely, I saw that they were beautifully embroidered slippers. The texture was incredibly soft. They seemed to be made of silk.

“What in the middle of summer.”

A chuckle escaped my lips, but I could understand Taesu’s intentions.

“That’s the price of a scarf.”

Gyu-il nodded with a smile at the following words.

“know.”

This is not for me.

Like the scarf I gave him.

The embroidery is rough and clumsy.

I put my heart and soul into it.

And three pairs of those slippers.

I looked at the protagonists of these slippers, who were busy moving around in the kitchen.

Sisters, mother.

I hope this winter will be warm too.

“I should visit Germany in the winter too.”

Gyu-il’s face brightens at my words.

“Oh, are you going to see Taesu?”

“Okay, let’s go.”

“Go and keep a close eye on that guy.”

“You do the surveillance.”

Gyu-il blinks his eyes and then raises the corners of his lips.

“Then let’s all watch together.”

How much does a plane ticket cost? You shameless bastard.

“Okay.”

As I was just raising the corners of my lips without saying a word to the guys, my little sister appeared like a triumphant general with her hands on her waists.

“Hey! There are customers here, and you little brats are blocking the road!”

Just like the Red Sea parted, the distracted guys who were just like my sister said, quickly retreated outside the entrance.

My older sister grabbed Gyu-il by the back of his neck and said.

“Where are you slacking off when you’re not working? You’re an employee!”

“ah···”

I pretended not to see Gyu-il’s sad eyes and greeted the ladies in the kitchen and his mother.

“Mom, you’re busy, so I’ll go in first-”

“Okay, son – take a rest and come back in the evening.”

“In the evening?”

“Yeah, 7 o’clock.”

He tilted his head, nodded, and went outside. He must have been hiding well to avoid his little sister’s eyes because Dong-soo waved at him.

“Cap! Get in!”

He’s the captain.

Just do one. Just one.

I tilted my head as I looked at the Sanggye-dong guys who were just waving their hands from afar.

“Aren’t you going?”

“Oh, we have an appointment.”

He nodded.

Well, I guess this is enough of a welcome. How far must it be for me to walk home with you?

“I’m going.”

I wave to the guys and turn around, but a hand the size of a pot lid grabs my hand.

“Why, Sanggeun?”

“The price of a hamburger.”

Sanggeun immediately drags my two carriers towards him.

“Hey, it’s okay. It’s light because it has wheels.”

As I said that and started off again, it felt like my body was being held by some kind of truck. Or like a magnetic field with tremendous magnetic force was pulling me.

“It’s okay, really.”

Sanggeun shakes his head.

“Okay, you do it.”

The guy who laughed out loud.

“I’ll bring it to you later.”

“okay.”

Anyway, my luggage inside is only a handful, the rest is to be distributed to the guys and other people.

It doesn’t have to be now. It’s the middle of the afternoon, and Hodori Village, which now has the air of a tourist destination, is also busy.

I guess I can return the gift later tonight.

“I’m really going!”

The guys wave their hands.

Thud thud.

Just a few weeks.

About a month.

It was a road I hadn’t walked for a long time, but I was so happy to see it again. The crumbling flyers and propaganda materials stuck here and there on the cement walls, the buildings covered with ivy here and there, and the streetlights we installed ourselves that shine brightly at night.

I walk this street, where such trivial and insignificant things seem to loom large, and I cherish each and every step.

“Good.”

That there are people who welcome you.

That there are people I wanted to see.

That’s a really good thing.

I am so grateful for your warm welcome.

As I approach the entrance to Hodori Village, I see little children coming out from the entrance of the village in the distance.

“#1 hyung!”

“Oppa—”

The guys recognize me from a distance and shout and wave at me.

They all rush towards me.

“Fall down—”

I warn myself loudly without realizing it.

The guys who came running without a care in the world were hanging on here and there with their legs and arms. If someone saw me, they would think I was their uncle or father.

“Brother, did you have a good trip?”

“Brother, are you hurt anywhere?”

Led by Chang-Hyeon, the children in the village ask about my well-being with bright eyes.

“You guys were waiting for me too?”

“yes!”

The child who gave me a bunch of sunflower seeds is now offering me something with her small, delicate hands.

A colorful, moderately purple, moderately pink necklace made of azaleas.

“If a precious person comes, I give them a flower necklace!”

He sat down on the dirt floor with one leg bent and his head bowed.

She smiles bashfully and puts a flower necklace on me.

“Am I a precious person?”

“Yes! The adults said that you were a precious person!”

no.

I am not a precious person.

He’s just a guy who returned to his home country.

If I were a precious person.

that.

“It must be because of you guys.”

Thanks to the townspeople.

It’s because of my mother.

Thanks to my older sisters.

It’s the Sanggye-dong guys.

“Well made.”

I said that while touching the flower necklace and looking at the village of Hodori in the distance.

……. (continue)