The Highest Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 413



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413. Our house

The Samcheong-dong Hanok house was large and grand as always.

I looked up at the large wooden tile-roofed gate.

Yoo Jong-tae tilted his head to the side.

“Why are you standing there for so long without knocking on the door? It’s not like you’re a nobleman.”

“I suddenly remembered the old days.”

There was a time when I was coming and going from this house for three months until the threshold was worn out.

It was the middle of winter and the breath was so thick back then.

But Yoo Jong-tae smiled with a mischievous face.

“Aha, that time you asked Miss Yerin out on a date to the amusement park?”

Back then, we sat side by side on the cornerstone of the gate under the orange streetlight and shared sweets.

But what I remembered was something from a longer time, from a previous life.

‘On this cold day, Yerin goes to Inwangsan every year to practice silence and offer a hundred-day prayer, right? She gave up her life for me.’

You must have had a hard time.

It must have been very difficult.

You’ve been doing that for thirty years without even showing any emotion.

‘Phew.’

A white sigh spreads out.

I looked up at the snow-covered roof of the Hanok.

“Oppa!”

Bam!

The large wooden door opened wide.

I was happy to see the small head peeking out.

“Hehehe, if you’re here, come in quickly. Why are you just standing here?”

“I don’t want to cause trouble for you.”

“Hey, right. Where can I find something like that?”

“absolutely?”

I stepped over the threshold with a sneer.

Then the Grim Reaper shouted loudly, carrying his backpack with one hand and shaking his sleeve with the other.

[Come here!]

A whirlwind of wind started to rumble from the sleeves of the Grim Reaper.

The wind pressure was so strong that it made my skin tingle.

The grim reaper made a gesture of grabbing the air with his hand and pulling it.

[Ugh! Kehehe!]

A transparent white tiger the size of a house began to be dragged towards me at incredible speed.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The white tiger howled and crashed loudly into the ground.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwak!

Only after banging his head against the grim reaper’s feet was Baekho able to barely stop.

At first glance, he looked like he was in a state of total tatters.

As soon as his eyes met the Grim Reaper’s, the white tiger turned into a gentle lamb, wagging its tail and lowering its eyes.

[Your Majesty, it’s been a while!]

[Okay.]

[If you had given me a warning in advance, I would have been more careful to greet you.]

The white tiger lay flat on its stomach.

[The stupid white tiger didn’t even notice the messenger’s procession and just stupidly rolled around on the cat tower… ]

[How far should I listen to your excuses?]

[Ku …

The white tiger roared loudly.

Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!

From inside the mansion, the sound of a gong being struck with madness and urgency echoed.

The reaction was immediate.

Knock, knock!

A middle-aged woman dressed in a hanbok opened a paper door covered with hanji.

“Oh my god!”

The Inwangsan Fairy Bodhisattva came running out barefoot, her eyebrows fluttering.

Every time he ran, the shaman’s bell in one hand jingled loudly, and the five-colored flag in the other hand fluttered.

“Did your majesty personally come all the way to this wretched place?”

Crash!

The Bodhisattva Seonnyeo of Inwangsan fell to the ground and touched her forehead to the ground.

Like a white tiger trembling in the same posture next to it.

“The noblewoman has been kidnapped! Priestesses, spread out a muslin cloth on the floor immediately! What are the flower girls doing? Don’t you scatter flower paper at every step you take!”

The Bodhisattva Fairy of Inwangsan shouted at the top of her lungs.

“Everyone run out, play music, and hang the five-flag flag on each porch! We must welcome them with great fanfare!”

“… … .”

Yerin opened her mouth wide.

I shrugged.

“Look. It’s a nuisance, isn’t it?”

Nodding, nodding, nodding!

Yerin nodded like a broken car doll.

When the Grim Reaper glanced at the small, translucent Jujak sitting on Yerin’s shoulder, Jujak immediately jumped down next to Baekho and struck him head first.

[Beep!]

Yerin flinched and laughed awkwardly.

“I wonder if it’s really that much of a fuss that my brother just crosses the threshold of our house… … .”

My words!

But the Inwangsan Bodhisattva was so frightened that she waved her hands.

“Oh, no! Your Majesty, there is no need to think about such things!”

“It’s been a while. How have you been?”

I put my hands together and bowed.

Then, the Bodhisattva Seonnyeo of Inwangsan bowed deeply with her forehead on the floor.

“It is excessive. How can I dare to receive your greetings? Your Majesty, please stop the courtesy.”

“… … .”

Yerin laughed even more awkwardly and scratched the back of her head.

“Uh, um, oppa, you came to my house… … .”

“Hey kids, are you ready for the music yet? Why aren’t you wearing the white silk? What about the flower paper? Aren’t you going to hang the five-flag flag?”

“… …Shall we go out and play?”

“Okay then.”

Yerin ran over to me and jumped into my arms.

She had a small and slender body.

As always, a warm baby smell, a mixture of baby oil and powder, rose from Yerin’s body.

“Can I come and play with Yerin for a bit?”

“Oh, of course. Are you just coming to play? You can stay out overnight! A few days, no, even a month is fine!”

It was a generous human touch.

The Bodhisattva of Inwangsan Mountain raised both her hands, trembling like a poplar tree.

“I absolutely approve of this meeting!”

[That’s right.]

The Grim Reaper smiled contentedly and released his grip on the air.

Only then did Baekho, who had been suffocating as if he was being strangled, take a deep breath.

Even the Inwangsan Fairy Bodhisattva, who had been shedding buckets of cold sweat, finally sat down on her seat.

I held Yerin’s hand and crossed the threshold.

[Kuuuuuuuu, take a look! Your Majesty, next time… … again… … again… … .]

Leaving Baekho behind, unable to bring himself to say goodbye, he asked her to come again next time.

We walked side by side down the alleyways of Samcheong-dong.

“Yerin, you suddenly wanted to make a snowman?”

“Yeah! It snowed so beautifully yesterday and the day before. Hehehe.”

Yerin wiggled her fingers and smiled faintly.

“But Grandma is always busy, and the new sisters are also busy… … .”

“If you were going to do it, you should have called me on a snowy day. I could have come running whenever I wanted.”

“Actually, I was wondering if that was really true.”

Yerin smiled bashfully.

“You seem very busy, oppa. Then I shouldn’t bother you. You’re a person who has a lot to do.”

“Really? Who would have spread such useless nonsense?”

I looked back with narrowed eyes.

Yoo Jong-tae, who was startled, quickly pressed the instant camera button.

He just rolls his eyes and pretends not to notice the instant photos that are slowly coming out.

“The photos have to come out pretty… … .”

“picture?”

Yerin’s eyes sparkled.

“Can I have that for mine?”

“Of course. I will be your photographer today as well. Just leave it to me!”

“Then can I have two?”

“You can have a hundred.”

“Wow, this is so good! Hehehe, thank you so much.”

… … Since Yerin likes it, let’s close our eyes just this once.

Yerin flapped her wings while waiting for the instant photo to become clear.

The eyes looking at the photo folded beautifully.

“Hehehe, look at this, oppa.”

“How are my eyes?”

“You look like you have a really bad personality because you have those squinty eyes.”

“… … .”

Yoo Jong-tae, you left a dark history behind. I won’t forget this!

“How can oppa be so cute with eyes like these? I really like this picture. I love it! Cuteness is the best!”

“… … .”

… … Well, if Yerin likes it, then that’s fine. Ahem!

The grim reaper shook his head while carrying a bundle on his back.

[Anyway, it’s not for sale.]

‘No way?’

[Aren’t you tired of looking at one woman for over 30 years?]

‘Are you tired of our Yerin’s face?’

[… … It’s definitely not the kind of beauty that you’d easily get tired of. It’s prettier every time you see it.]

I nodded quietly.

The transparent magpie, as big as a chick, sitting on Yerin’s shoulder flapped its wings and squeaked.

The grim reaper clicked his tongue.

[I know. This is one of the most beautiful places in history. Who said what?]

[Piyaaaaah!]

It was a triumphant cry.

Yerin stretched out both arms and looked at the pictures carefully.

“Do you know that, Oppa? There are so many pictures of you in my room, the size of my forehead.”

“How much is the forehead?”

“… … A hundred, a thousand?”

Our Yerin still can’t count well.

By the time you’re seven, you should be able to count to a hundred.

“Again, again, again, oppa, your eyes are slanted.”

“No way?”

“You have the exact same eyes as in this picture?”

“You must be mistaken.”

I blinked my eyes.

Yerin burst into laughter.

“Unlike me, my brother has really deep, gentle, and black pupils that sparkle. They’re like black marbles.”

Come to think of it, Yerin’s eyes were unusually light for a Korean.

So much so that it seemed like a faint blue glow was appearing.

His skin was extremely white, his hair was light, and his nose and facial features were sharp like those of a foreigner.

She was a peerless beauty, coveted by many men.

Yerin grabbed my hand.

“You didn’t want to see me, oppa?”

“I missed you.”

“A little bit?”

“A lot.”

“Hehehe, me too!”

Yerin smiled brightly and rubbed her cheek against my chest.

As the small head moved around awkwardly, my chest started pounding wildly.

What do you mean you were waiting for me too?

“Oh! Oppa, I’ve been having these really longing dreams every day lately?”

Can you miss your dreams?

“It was a small semi-basement house, and on days when it snowed lightly, my brother would make a small snowman like this and place it by the window.”

……uh?

“The snowman with the red hat was me, and the snowman with the blue hat was my brother… … .”

for a moment.

“My brother would go to work early in the morning, and I would wait for him at the house with the snowman every day.”

Wayler Minute.

“At that time, I was constantly sick, so I would cover myself with the blanket and groan in pain every day.”

I did a dry wash.

What am I hearing now?

“Whenever I was in so much pain that I thought I was going to die, I would look up and see the snowmen standing next to me outside the window. Then, somehow, it felt like my brother was by my side, and I felt like I wasn’t alone, so I would smile.”

No?

Am I thinking about something wrong right now?

“One day, my brother gave me a rose that was really pretty. I wanted to put it next to the snowman, but the snowman had already melted, so it was a shame that it was gone.”

Yerin took out two small cone-shaped hats from her pocket.

“I asked Sister Shin. She made it from the leftover scraps of Obangcheon.”

Yerin smiled brightly.

“Hey, do you want to make a snowman with me today?”

“okay.”

There was something I really wanted to show you someday.

I grabbed Yerin’s hand.

“let’s go.”

“Huh? Suddenly?”

“Yeah, suddenly.”

“Where are you going?”

“You’ll know when you go.”

I tapped Yerin’s round nostrils.

Yerin covered her nose with both hands and looked surprised.

“No way… Oppa, right?”

Yeah, I don’t know what that means.

I hope that’s not my guess.

* * *

“Wow… … !”

Yerin opened her mouth wide.

“It looks exactly like the house I saw in my dream.”

Why are these premonitions always wrong?

My suspicion turned out to be correct.

“This is totally amazing!”

Yeah, I think so too.

‘This is the house we used to live in together.’

In both my past life and this life, I bought this house first.

I know, it’s such a foolish foolish thing.

“Oh my god, what is this? Oppa, even the stairs here are exactly like in the dream! The windows over there, the roof over here, and even the bricks over there are exactly the same!”

Even after becoming one of the five biggest names in the underground financial world, I lived in this house.

My nickname is Shillim-dong Ant Hell.

It was the ghost of Sillim-dong that I couldn’t leave.

“That’s ridiculous. How did you know that I dreamed of this house?”

I didn’t know.

They say shamans can see into the past as if looking at the back of their hand, but how could I have known that your divine power could see into things like this?

I didn’t know until then.

Yerin looked around.

“But when I look closely, it seems a little different from the house I saw in my dream.”

“What is different?”

“First of all, the yard is so big. It’s so, so, so, so, so big!”

That’s because I bought up all the multi-family houses around here and tore them down.

The garden was too small to create flower beds where you could plant all your favorite kinds of flowers.

In the wide garden, there was a snowy field without a single footprint.

“Besides, I never dreamed of a dog house like this.”

Well, I guess you like puppies.

I’ve always wanted to bring home a puppy with you.

“Do you want to go inside?”

“Is that okay? I want to go, I want to go!”

The basement stairs in our house were separated so that they could be entered through a separate back door.

Yerin found the stairs and the front door right away.

Click.

A light came on in the dark semi-basement house.

“wow.”

I’ve been waiting for you here alone for 30 years.

You have come back here after going around and around for a long time.

Yerin muttered softly.

“Here… this is our house… … !”