The Genius Investor Who Picks up The Conglomerates - Chapter 355



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Episode 355: A child born with love

“Of course, we are not blood relatives. However, we can say that we are like biological sisters who grew up in the same orphanage.”

“ah···.”

More than anything else, the fact that my birth mother was from the same orphanage as me made me feel complicated.

“The name is Choi Jin-hee. She was a stupid girl who was too nice even though she was nice.”

“Would such a good person abandon his child?”

“I didn’t throw it away! You can’t say something like that without knowing anything.”

After throwing a tantrum, Sophie sighed softly and apologized to me.

“I’m sorry. From Dae-woon’s perspective, of course I had no choice but to think that way… But I can tell you with everything I have. Jin-hee and Joo-cheol are not the kind of kids who will never act without responsibility.”

“Then why was I abandoned in the alley? No, before that… I can’t quite sort it out. Please tell me in detail what my biological parents do and how they live now.”

Sophie turned her gaze towards the fireplace, stared at the bright red flames crackling, and opened her mouth heavily.

“Jinhee and Seokcheol… So, Daewoon’s parents and I stayed in the same orphanage. The two of them were special even within the orphanage. Perhaps because they were the same age, they depended on each other a lot and eventually developed into a romantic relationship. As adults, they attended the orphanage. “When I had to leave the hospital, we had already promised a future together, but dating and marriage are two different things.”

As someone who is about to make such an important decision as marriage, there were some things I agreed with to some extent.

“So we made a promise to each other. Let’s work hard to save up money for just 5 years and start married life with that. From then on, Joo-cheol went to the factory and worked day and night, and Jin-hee stayed at the shop all day, saying she wanted to learn hairdressing. I was watching from the side. It made me click my tongue and wonder how much we love each other to do something like that.”

Sophie’s eyes, looking at the flickering wood fire, seemed to return to those days.

“Actually, it’s when you want to have fun the most. You’re in your twenties. But those two people didn’t even pay attention and just worked hard. One day, I was so frustrated that I called Jinhee over and bought her a meal. Then I asked her, what on earth is going on? Are you going to do that for me? Is it right to work every day at the most brilliant age? Do you know what Jinhee said?

“I do not know.”

Even though it wasn’t confirmed yet that they were my biological parents, I found myself drawn into the story without even realizing it.

“She said that later marrying Joo-cheol and starting a happy family will be the most glorious time for her. When I think about a happy future, my heart beats so much that no matter how difficult things are, I can get over them without a problem. There is absolutely no doubt about it. Their eyes were filled with confidence. In the end, they found a small apartment and got married without any family or friends, but it is still vivid in my memory. “The sight of Jinhee confidently entering alone in a wedding dress.”

“Why does someone who has such a special desire for a family call me…?”

Sophie’s eyes began to water little by little as she stared at the flickering fire.

“We became a married couple with everyone’s blessings, but the baby wasn’t as successful as we expected. Then, on the third year of marriage, we finally became pregnant. The child we had been waiting so desperately for was born, and since it was a precious child, Jinhee and I Joo-cheol really cared for the baby. He was on his way to the hospital that day because the baby seemed to have a mild fever.”

“accident···?”

“It was a traffic accident. Why is it commonly seen in dramas? A cargo truck driving drowsily crashes into a passenger car…”

“no way···.”

I hoped that wasn’t the case, but harsh reality always betrays expectations.

“Joo-cheol… died on the spot, and Jin-hee was seriously injured. But, like a miracle, the child in his mother’s arms was unharmed.”

From then on, I didn’t feel anything, as if someone had hit me on the head.

No, I decided not to think about anything. Otherwise, she felt like she wouldn’t be able to listen to the end of the story.

“Jinhee was taken straight to the hospital in an ambulance, and someone at the scene took the baby.”

After listening to it, the nuance was a bit strange.

“I didn’t bring you, but I took you with me?”

“I don’t know for sure. I wasn’t there at the scene. When I heard the news and went to the hospital, Joo-cheol had already gone to heaven… Jin-hee was lying unconscious in the intensive care unit. I couldn’t see the baby. “I was puzzled and asked the 119 paramedics who brought Jinhee to the hospital, but they said they didn’t know. So I asked the police who had arrived at the scene and they said that a woman said she was a relative of the accident victim and took the baby.”

“Yes…? Did you have any relatives?”

“I had doubts about that too. I had no choice but to report it to the police and wait until Jinhee came to her senses. On the sixth day after the accident, Jinhee finally came to her senses. As soon as she opened her eyes, she looked for the baby first. Although she hesitated… ·. I had no choice but to talk about it. Joo-cheol has already gone to heaven, and they say someone took the baby, but they don’t know where it is.”

In the end, a single tear rolled down Sophie’s cheek.

“Jinhee was in a state where she couldn’t even control herself and just shed tears. And she said to me, please help me find the baby. With those words, Jinhee walked away in vain.”

“ah···.”

Like a crucian carp jumping out of the water, I just opened my mouth.

To be honest, it felt like I was listening to someone else’s story.

“It’s a very spectacular story. But how can I believe that? No, even if the story is true, how can I be sure it’s me?”

“I can assure you.”

“yes?”

“I couldn’t ignore Jinhee’s will to find the baby, so I did everything I could to find the baby. It was even more than Daewoon thought. Then I got seriously ill, met my now-husband, and moved to Canada. I immigrated to . When I was living with the guilt of not being able to listen to Jin-hee’s last will, I happened to see Dae-un’s face and said something like that. “If you pursue and long for it, you will gain some kind of strange magical power. Even now that I think about it, it feels like a lie when Daewoon’s face appears on the screen.”

“You saw it once or twice when you were a baby and immediately thought it was me? Does that make sense?”

“I haven’t seen it just once or twice. I’ve probably seen it tens of thousands of times. Just give it a moment.”

Sophie, leading the wheelchair with her bony hands, took something out of an old dresser.

“This···?”

“This is the parenting notebook Jinhee wrote at the time.”

It was from then on. The point when my hands and feet started shaking.

When I opened the faded and worn notebook, a photo fell out.

The photo I picked up showed a young couple with world-happiest smiles and a newborn baby in their arms.

“ah···.”

For a moment, my head tingled as if I had received an electric shock.

I knew it right away when I saw it.

The fact that these are my parents who brought me into this world.

I looked at the photos as if fascinated and slowly turned the pages of the notebook one by one.

Although there were only a few pages written, the process from the beginning of pregnancy to after birth was carefully and thoroughly written.

And a photo of a newborn baby attached to the last page.

That was definitely me.

After looking at the photo for a while, I quietly closed the notebook.

“Even the strangely shaped mole below my belly button… I’m right.”

Only then did emotions begin to fill Sophie’s eyes.

“Ah… Finally! Jinhee… Joo-cheol… I found it. I found it… Hehehe… Oh my God…”

Tears began to flow freely from Sophie’s eyes like a torrent of tears.

“Who… took me away, and why was I abandoned in the alley like that? Why…? For what…?”

I felt frustrated, as if there was a stone in my chest.

What kind of crazy person would take a baby away from the scene of an accident in the first place?

“I don’t know exactly, but I have an idea.”

Sophie said, wiping her tears with her handkerchief.

“What is that?”

“Overseas adoption… There is a high possibility that a broker took the child for that purpose.”

“Overseas… Adoption? Kidnapping a child for just that reason?”

“It wasn’t just winter. It was the painful bare face of Korea, which was quite popular at the time.”

Sophie, with red eyes, told the story as if complaining.

“You may not believe it, but at the time, international adoption was encouraged by national policy. As a result, many adoption agencies competed to send children for overseas adoption. So many children were sold overseas that there was once a stigma of being an orphan exporting country. Because Korean children were popular because they were smart and healthy, adoption was possible even if the adoptive parents did not come to Korea in person, just by looking at the children’s photos and documents. “It was possible.”

“But I didn’t adopt overseas… in an alley.”

“The timing was perfect. At that time, you could make a lot of money just by sending orphaned children overseas for adoption. Naturally, many brokers were bound to emerge. But coincidentally, at the same time that Mr. Daeun disappeared, there was a change in government and adoption of overseas adoption. “As regulations arose, it became not as easy to send children for adoption overseas as it used to be, so I think they just left them in the alley.”

“her···.”

I was speechless.

I wondered if that made sense, but considering the era of the 80s at the time, it didn’t seem impossible.

“I’m out of my mind right now, so I’m at a loss for words, but the important thing is that Jinhee and Joocheol loved and cherished Mr. Daewoon more than anyone else in the world. I can say that much with confidence.”

I looked at Sophie, who was breathing heavily and letting out old emotions, and asked her.

“Now… where are my parents?”

“It’s in Yongin.”

“Yongin···.”

After hearing the whole story about my parents from Sophie, I boarded a plane to Korea the next day.

As soon as I arrived at Incheon Airport, I headed straight to Yongin and headed to the charnel house where my parents are buried.

Although I was in a daze and couldn’t sleep at all, I managed to get to the charnel house with the determination to see my parents as soon as possible.

And when I arrived at the altar where the urn was placed, I could not react at all, as if I had been struck by lightning.

I was faced with a photo of my parents’ portraits that radiated a sacred white light that I had never seen before.