I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 290
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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (290)
“Is Jaeok here?”
“yes.”
“Why are you here so early?”
“It just happened.”
This is Daedeok-gun,
Mrs. Kim Ho-nam encountered her daughter who got off work earlier than usual.
The daughter’s face was no different than usual, but the shadows around her eyes were probably just her mood. The mother, who had been watching her, cautiously opened her mouth.
“What’s wrong with you?”
“If you go to work, there is always work.”
“Really? How is Myeong-ui doing these days?”
“Why? I want to go to Japan to see my mother’s name.”
“Okay, let’s go and see.”
“Really? Mom, do you want to go to Japan?”
Mrs. Kim Ho-nam felt something was suspicious about her daughter’s sudden change in attitude, but she did not take it seriously.
“Yeah, let’s go see our son.”
“Then I will go with you.”
“Don’t you have to go to work?”
“I can take a vacation. I’m a full-time director now. Who would say anything if I take a break?”
Mrs. Kim Ho-nam raised the corners of her mouth.
The girl who used to take her menstrual leave on Monday because she didn’t want to go to work is saying something like that, but that was a thing of the past when I was still immature.
My daughter, who has worked hard to become a standing director, should now enjoy this kind of luxury.
This time, I planned to persuade my son to go on a family trip, and we set off on such a long journey.
***
“Mom is coming?”
[Oh, I did try to persuade you, I said I wanted to go on a trip to see you]
“Then you still don’t know that your father passed away?”
[huh]
This is Japan, and Park Myeong-ui had a phone call with his older sister.
The father was found dead in exile, and according to the Central Intelligence Agency, there were no signs of murder.
The US CSI also confirmed this case as suicide.
If there are no objections from the family, the body will be returned to them.
Even though he was a criminal who committed treason, shouldn’t he be buried in his hometown in the end? However, if he did that, he might attract the attention of Korean public opinion, and Park Myeong-ui also considered holding his father’s funeral quietly in Japan.
So, I persuaded my older sister to bring my mother to Japan.
But even now, there was still hesitation in my heart.
‘Do I really have to tell you? Why can’t we just settle this quietly among ourselves?’
Does it really matter to my mother that my father died?
My mother took care of my in-laws all her life, but my father did not treat her as a wife, and she even raised an illegitimate child from her husband’s mistress, thinking, “What crime has a child committed?”
But the mother who advised her husband, “Get rid of that damn political disease!!” was it out of love for her husband? Or was it a stinging beating for a political disease patient who couldn’t come to his senses?
Because they don’t know that, the children are confused.
Would it hurt my mother to tell her about my father’s death, or would it be better for her to just bury it?
After much deliberation, the siblings made a decision.
“Sister, let’s just pretend we don’t know.”
[Is that really what you mean?]
“Oh, Mom, you haven’t had a proper trip in a while. You must have been in a good mood when you came here, but how would you feel if I showed you Dad’s body? Let’s just finish it between us.”
[… Okay. Then let’s just finish this quietly among ourselves.]
The kissing children went on a family trip with nonchalant expressions on their faces.
A mother who has the happiest expression on her face while traveling with her children, how can she talk about her father’s death in this atmosphere?
I felt sorry for hiding something, but my determination that this was the way to protect my mother did not waver.
A trip to Japan that lasted 4 nights and 5 days,
When the tour was over, the children sent their mother on a plane back home.
“Mom, be careful.”
“Yeah, that’s right, Myeong-ui, Jae-ok, are you really not going?”
“I have something to take care of at the Japan branch. Mom, you go first.”
“How can Mom get to the airport by herself? What was it? What was the check-in thing called? You should do that.”
“I sent someone to the airport. Don’t worry.”
Mrs. Kim Ho-nam boarded the plane, thinking, “That’s how it is.”
My daughter is a standing director of Daehan Transportation, and I thought maybe she had some business to attend to at the Japanese branch, so she was acting like that. And since she was gone for 4 nights and 5 days, I didn’t have any other suspicions, thinking she must have a lot to do.
The children who sent their mother away like that were moved to the mortuary,
While the family enjoyed the five-day, four-night trip, the body crossed the Pacific Ocean and came to rest in Japan.
The only remaining procedure is to identify the bodies of the family members.
The siblings faced the corpse wrapped in a white cloth.
“Would you like to check?”
“yes.”
Although he said that, Park Jae-ok kept his eyes tightly shut.
To be honest, I didn’t want to see my father’s end, not because I felt sorry for him, but because I was just uncomfortable facing this reality.
How would the child feel as he watched his father abandon his wife and touch this woman after that like a kindling?
No matter how hard I tried to bring out my emotions, it didn’t work.
It was the same with Park Myeong-ui, he maintained a cool demeanor even when faced with a colorless corpse.
“Confirmed.”
“Then shall we proceed with the funeral proceedings?”
“No. Just put on some makeup.”
“Ah… Okay, I understand.”
With the proceedings over, the two siblings threw their father’s body, which had been reduced to a handful of ashes, into the air.
Isn’t it too cruel that even the worst criminals on death row are given a chance to ask for forgiveness and mercy from God before they die?
The mouth that had been tightly closed opened.
“Myung-i, is there anything you want to say to your father?”
“what?”
“No… Even if a person on death row has committed a heinous crime, he still prays for God’s mercy in front of the pastor before he dies. Of course, it’s true that my father committed a great sin, but can’t he pray that he will be born a good person in the next life?”
“But I guess you still have feelings for your father, sister?”
“Ugh~ I don’t know. I don’t know if I should call it affection or pity… I just think we’re too cruel.”
Park Myeong-ui nodded.
No matter how bad a person is when they die, is it over if you spit on them and curse at them?
It would be the least a human being could have to pray for this poor soul to rest in peace, so I prayed in my heart.
“Father, farewell. Next time, be born as a good person. This is the last conscience we can have.”
Park Jae-ok nodded to his younger brother’s monologue.
The corners of my eyes were getting hot, but it must have been my imagination. As soon as my younger brother sprinkled the last of the powder into the air, I showed my cool attitude.
“Myung-hee, let’s go to work now.”
“Heh~ Sister, aren’t your mood swings too severe?”
“We took a vacation for 4 nights and 5 days, we have to think about that.”
Park Myeong-ui shook off both his hands and followed his older sister.
Now that his father’s death was behind him and he was concentrating on his work, he didn’t even pay attention to the person who had blown away his father’s ashes.
***
“Uncle, it’s time to rest.”
This is Geumneung,
I held a small funeral at the official residence.
The funeral arrangements will be taken care of by the siblings, but I feel uneasy about ignoring them like this.
If I bury my uncle’s death like this, won’t I become too cold-hearted? I showed the minimum amount of courtesy to someone who was once my family.
Incense rising in front of the deceased’s memorial tablet,
I sat in front of it for a long time.
What’s the point of talking to myself in front of the spirit tablet? My uncle is already dead and whatever I say won’t reach him.
It’s just a procedure to show that I still have a minimal amount of conscience as a human being. I know that I’m being hypocritical.
At this very moment, prisoners trapped on the island are dying under inhuman treatment, so am I qualified to mourn my uncle’s death here?
Above all, I am not generous enough to feel pity for the death of a sinner. Those who deserve to die deserve to die.
Honestly, I thought it was fortunate that my uncle died.
‘This is the end.’
My uncle who created a faction while fighting with Kim Jong-pil,
How much has that bad news affected Korean politics over the past 10 years?
The faction was able to exist because my uncle was alive, but now that the central figure has disappeared, factional politics has come to an end.
Kim Jong-pil’s faction will completely collapse only when Kim Jong-pil dies. I have even started to estimate Kim Jong-pil’s lifespan.
“How is Kim Jong-pil doing?”
“Yes, I heard he is living in seclusion in his hometown.”
“At home? You’re not going to gather more followers there, are you?”
“That… that is…”
The CIA agent was tight-lipped.
It is true that many Chungcheong Province residents welcomed Kim Jong-pil when he returned to his hometown, but this only complicates matters.
If you’re going to return to the countryside, why don’t you end it there? Why are you trying to attract the attention of local residents and meet politicians?
If you want to be forgotten, you have to be completely forgotten. If Kim Jong-pil meets politicians and shows suspicious movements, he has no choice but to be imprisoned.
Now that my uncle is dead, I must completely end the Kim Jong-pil faction, so I pressured Kim Jong-pil by any means necessary.
***
“Why did you meet those people?”
“No… That’s because guests came and I couldn’t help it…”
“Don’t you know what happened to former Prime Minister Park Jeong-ui and his group? Why are you creating unnecessary misunderstandings and urging me to give orders?”
This is Chungcheong Province,
Kim Jong-pil broke out in a cold sweat under the pressure from the KCIA agents.
It is a widely known fact that Park Jeong-ui’s faction has completely fallen apart, and the Kim Jong-pil faction, which stood at the opposite end of the spectrum, would also have to protect itself if it had any sense.
But politicians who continue to search for the fallen Kim Jong-pil, if you want to enjoy the lifespan that heaven has given you, you should stay quiet. Isn’t it just a case of your liver being thrown out of the boat?
Kim Jong-pil promised never to meet them again.
But the Central Intelligence Agency, not satisfied with that alone, pushed Kim Jong-pil deeper into the organization.
“If you want to be forgotten, disappear completely from people’s sight.”
“What…what does that mean?”
“As long as you are here, the factions you lead will use this place as their political center. The Marshal is very displeased with that.”
“This is my hometown, can you show this old man some mercy?”
“No, we can’t. If you insist, we will have no choice but to investigate you and your men.”
Kim Jong-pil nodded silently.
Park Jeong-ui and his group have also ended up in the same situation, so if they insist on being stubborn here, not only they but also their subordinates who have followed them will suffer.
In that case, there was no choice but to completely disappear from the world, so he was led by the Central Intelligence Agency to a place where people could not see him.
‘Ah, the enemy has abandoned Prime Minister Kim.’
The people of Chungcheong Province kept their mouths shut about this incident.
If only Kim Jong-pil had been beaten up, people would have been dissatisfied with the head of state, but didn’t everyone see what happened to Park Chung-hee?
If you think about it calmly, it is true that public opinion in Korea was split in half because of these two people, and in that respect, the head of state made a cool-headed decision.
Who would dare say that Kim Jong-pil is pitiful?
Everyone knew about it but pretended not to know, and after this incident, politicians could not even dare to dream of factional politics.
There was no need to argue about politics anymore, as the people, who were the owners of the country, had regarded the head of state as their sole authority, and were only focused on the will of the head of state.
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