While Taking Revenge, I Will Eat Idol Top - Chapter 334
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Episode 334
The child really liked this space.
It was very unfamiliar as it was my first time here, but in a house as spacious and clean as a playground, there were tons of toys that weren’t even packaged yet. When he was told by his uncle, who brought him here from school, that he could ‘play with it however he wants’, he jumped up and down with joy and even clapped as if he was going to fly.
Then the uncle looked very embarrassed and looked back at the red-eyed man sitting on the sofa. Although he picked up the words, ‘The child is too young’ and ‘I’m sorry, CEO,’ the child did not understand that they were talking about him.
As the child was still at an age where it was difficult to determine age based on appearance, the child called the man with red eyes ‘Uncle’. Because in the child’s world, the people wearing those black clothes were all very grown-up adults. He could have called me ‘uncle’ like the man who drove, but I don’t know… That felt a little difficult.
In fact, even the child who had a very bright personality got the impression that he was a little scared when he saw the ‘uncle.’ The man was very quiet, so he rarely answered even when the child spoke to him in detail, and his eyes were very cold.
However, after hearing from my uncle that all these toys were bought by him, that wariness disappeared like melting snow. Now that we’re a little closer, it would be nice to play together, but he quickly left the house. When he looked a little glum, his uncle soothed him by saying that he was a very busy person and there was nothing he could do about it.
The child, who was used to spending time alone thanks to his father who always said he was busy and never came home, said, ‘It’s okay! After energetically replying, ‘I’m good at waiting!’, he sat down in front of the TV in the living room and started watching his favorite hero animation.
– [I am the apostle of justice, Red! I will never forgive you for trampling on the lives of innocent people in the name of justice!]
– cheer up! Cheer up, Red!
While I was tapping my toes watching the hero desperately fighting against the villain, I accidentally touched the remote control and the channel changed. A strange song was playing and handsome brothers were standing under the colorful lights.
– Oh no!
At the desperate moment when the hero was counterattacked by the villain, the child saw the screen turn and stamped his feet and ran in front of the TV. Then, a tearing scream was heard and his brother, who was in the very center, was seen falling down. The child was startled and covered his eyes with his hands. And in the meantime, the uncle next to me suddenly answered the phone and left.
– There’s something scary on TV, so I have to do something else. I need to do something else… … .
With his heart pounding, the child hurriedly turned off the TV and headed to the place where the toys were piled up to erase what he had just seen from his mind. And I opened a figure set that seemed to be a direct copy of the main character from an animation I had not seen before.
Because it was a very expensive toy, it had all the characters that appeared in the animation, but the child was only interested in heroes. He played with the figures frantically for a while, and even when he stepped on the villain he had thrown in the corner, the child didn’t care at all.
And not long after, there was the sound of the front door opening.
As usual, his face turned bright red and he jumped up from his seat and ran to the front door.
– mister!
Then, although it was not my father, the man who had left the house earlier had indeed returned.
Along with his ‘brother’ who has pure white skin and a face like a doll.
He looked somewhat similar to the man I saw on TV earlier. I should say that the only difference is that he is a bit more handsome than his brother on TV, has darker under-eyes, and looks thinner.
Sniff, I secretly smelled it and it smelled like a medicine I didn’t like.
Maybe he went to the hospital.
-What can I say, Yoo Tae? This is Kang Hyuk-woo’s son.
As the name ‘Kang Hyuk-woo’ was constantly mentioned during the conversation, it seemed like he was my father’s friend. When he smiled brightly and asked, ‘Are you Dad’s friend?’ his older brother hesitated and took a step back.
– Why did you bring me here? What should I do? … .
Ah, after my complexion turned completely white, I looked even more like the person on TV.
Are they really the same person?
While I was tilting my head, he held out his hand and said.
– … Should I play with my uncle? Were you bored because you were alone?
An uncle must have a bulging stomach, a beard, and a loud voice to be an uncle, so why does my brother call himself an uncle? Even though I was thinking that, I was happy to hear that he was going to play with me, so I went into his arms and felt his arms gently hug me.
Normally older brothers would stutter and hug each other uncomfortably, but the older brother named ‘Yoo Tae’ seemed very familiar. So you are my uncle? Although he had such doubts, he quickly cleared his thoughts and inflated his expectations when he saw the child immediately wake up and head towards the room where the toys were placed.
After putting the child down in the room and looking at the red cape he had been wearing the whole time, ‘Brother’ muttered something like this.
– Usually kids like this kind of thing.
The child nodded his head furiously and asked, ‘Why?’ and in a low voice, ‘… It’s just that my uncle and younger brother didn’t seem to like this kind of thing. ‘All they did was read a book and be held by me,’ came the reply.
The older brother’s face looked very lonely as he said that, so the child lowered his head and stuck out his snout without even realizing it. It was just that, when I saw his older brother’s face, I felt like I was going to cry like my younger siblings, so I tried to distract myself by tapping my toes on the ground.
‘Brother’, who found the child like that, said, ‘No, I said it wrong. ‘Forget it,’ he said, laughing. Then she shook the toy box to attract her child’s interest.
– I am the apostle of justice, Red! I will never forgive you for trampling on the lives of innocent people in the name of justice!
He was very good at giving hugs, but he seemed a little clumsy at playing the hero, but he quickly adapted and often played the role of the villain. When a child who saw a child fall to the floor like a villain in an animation came to him crying and called him, did he grin and hug the child?
Then the child belatedly burst out laughing and hung on to his neck with his arms around him.
And every time the child was held like that, he hugged the child tightly again and again.
“I really, really like you bro!”
The child felt a deep sense of happiness every time he was filled with those warm arms.
Although he didn’t express it, the child was always lonely.
The child’s father rarely came home, which inevitably led to the child spending more time at home without his family.
Although there was a nanny who closely cared for him 24 hours a day, how could he receive all the love that a child of that age deserved? It was natural for such a child to feel thirsty after meeting someone like Seo Yu-tae who gave her love completely.
Seo Yoo-tae was a kinder person than anyone the child had ever met.
As I was fully enjoying him and smiling, the child’s hand around my neck caught the collar, exposing the skin under the cloth.
The white skin was all purple and dead.
The child stared blankly at the colors so vivid that it hurt his eyes, and then asked in a worried voice.
“Brother, your body is purple. “What’s wrong with you here?”
Seo Yoo-tae hesitated without answering the question.
He was looking for a plausible excuse. And just as I was about to open my mouth to say ‘I fell,’ Choi Choi came into the room holding a cell phone.
As soon as he saw him, Seo Yu-tae stopped moving for a moment and slowly placed the child on the floor.
Then he lowered himself a little, took the child’s hand, and led him toward the front door.
“let’s go.”
“Where?”
“I have to go back. “I contacted your father.”
The child, who sensed that the time to say goodbye was approaching, pouted his mouth as if he was a little disappointed, but was also happy that his father was coming, so he prepared to go back without any hesitation. Still, he seemed a little disappointed, so he grabbed Yutae’s hand and pulled it, making Yutae bend down, and then whispered in his ear.
“Brother, can I take that?”
I was referring to the red figure and cape I had been playing with all day today.
Seo Yu-tae responded that you can take whatever you want, but the child shook his head and only took the two toys he had mentioned.
I have to show off when I meet my dad. Today was really, really fun.
That’s what I promise.
* * *
[Chaeyul’s father, I came to school on time… … .]
“… … .”
[I can’t see Chaeyul.]
The moment Kang Hyuk-woo heard those words, he felt as if his body was falling to the ground.
‘Should I report it to the police? … That’s not allowed. Then, when the story spreads that Chae-yul is my son… … .’
I couldn’t even hear the nanny making excuses. It felt as if my head was screaming as it was occupied by stories about missing children that I had once seen on the news and had dismissed at the time as having nothing to do with myself. There were countless possibilities, including kidnapping, disappearance, hit-and-run accidents, and human trafficking.
But the most frightening possibility was that someone with a grudge against him had intentionally kidnapped the child. As I imagined my son’s face screaming and crying as he was dragged away by faceless people, his hands and feet were shaking and it was difficult for him to stand properly.
It was the first time I experienced fear.
‘Why did this happen?’
I didn’t want something like this to happen, so I made a request to the nanny to pick up the child on time for school, but I couldn’t understand why this happened.
“… Hey, this XXX, I’m giving her money to take good care of her kid, so what? Can’t you see the kid? Do whatever it takes to find it! XX, I will kill you, I. “If I can’t find you, I’ll find your whole family and kill them in front of you.”
In the end, after becoming furious and swearing at the nanny, Kang Hyuk-woo immediately ran out.
“Chaeyul! Kim Chae-yul!”
And then he started running around the school and the house, calling the child’s name at the top of his voice. Every time she encountered a passerby, she asked if they had ever seen a child who looked like this, showing them pictures on her phone, but she couldn’t get any hints.
“Whoa, whoa… omg.”
Kang Hyuk-woo, who was out of breath and wiping the sweat dripping down with his sleeve, eventually took out his cell phone after hesitation.
Should I report it to the police?
Since the child is gone now, should I not think about later?
Beep.
While I was chewing on the flesh in my mouth, feeling conflicted, I received a call from Lee Sae-hwa.
.
.
.
Kang Hyeok-woo, who hurriedly went to the address sent by Choi Sang-hyun, immediately found his son holding the hand of ‘Han Seung-beom’. As soon as Kang Hyeok-woo saw his son, his legs lost strength and he sat down on the spot, gasping for breath and making an ugly moan.
“Daddy!”
The child ran to him in joy and tried to take him into his arms, but Kang Hyuk-woo immediately stopped him and held the child’s arm tightly, checking to see if there were any injuries. And I belatedly noticed the cookie crumbs on his mouth, the red figure in his hand, the cape draped over his shoulders, and his red cheeks from playing.
“… … .”
I felt betrayed.
I’ve been to hell and back several times, wandering around the neighborhood looking for you, but have you been having fun with those enemies?
For a moment, I felt so disgusted with the child who was smiling brightly without knowing anything.
“you… “Someone told me to follow someone I don’t know.”
“… dad?”
The child was shocked and stiffened by his father’s hard expression upon seeing him for the first time, but Kang Hyuk-woo did not stop there and eventually crossed the line.
“Are you sane now?”
Kang Hyuk-woo’s hand, raised upward, hit the child’s cheek.
It was an action to pass on the overwhelming anxiety that came from the fear of losing the child to the child, under the plausible packaging of ‘worry.’ Maybe he thought that if he was scared like this, he would never follow someone he didn’t know again.
The child was unable to overcome the adult man’s strength and fell to the floor, then looked up at Kang Hyuk-woo, holding his cheek as if he could not believe that he had been hit.
“Ah, ah… … .”
And then I started crying.
Right now, it seemed like the surprise was greater than the pain.
As soon as he caught that sight, Kang Hyuk-woo looked down at his hand with trembling eyes.
‘What have I done now?’
I felt like I had made an irreparable mistake.
I tried to resolve the situation by urgently reaching out to the child… … .
“… Chaeyul, Chaeyul, your father was wrong. Sorry.”
“Ahhhh! no! “I hate it!”
The child almost screamed as soon as the shadow of a large hand appeared above his head.
When I saw that, I remembered Jo In-chan’s face, who closed his eyes in resignation every time he raised his hand. And then his closed eyelids opened again, and the memory of him looking at me with his shapely eyes full of resentment stuck in my mind.
Can not be done.
I will not raise my son like that.
This means that in order to maintain a good relationship, the child was raised without any abuse, even reading unsuitable parenting books.
That child shouldn’t have looked at me like that.
I had to love myself completely. That’s mine.
“Chaeyul, please… … .”
Kang Hyuk-woo stared blankly at the back of his son, who shook off his hand and snuggled into the arms of Seo Yu-tae, whom he hated so much.
‘no. It was just a hand movement. Like a habit… … .’
Becoming a ‘good person’ is much more difficult than you think.
Creating a precious being did not happen overnight.